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This book explores how power relationships, measured through qualitative social network analysis, impact planning participation and livelihood strategies of a marginalized group of farmers cultivating the Yamuna River floodplain in Delhi, India. Through an in-depth...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-03-19
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Das Buch stellt eine empirische Analyse der subjektiven Bedeutung von Armut und sozialer Aus-grenzung innerhalb eines gewandelten sozialstaatlichen Arrangements dar. Es zeigt auf, dass von Armut betroffene Menschen ständig damit konfrontiert sind, dass sie von ihren...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2023-02-27
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The book introduces a preliminary, integrative conceptual framework on the intersections between management and social justice with a view that the quest for social justice is not an endpoint rather an ongoing journey. With contributions from management scholars and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-01-30
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This book, sponsored by the Academic Alliance for Reconciliation Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (AARMENA), focuses on peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and shifts toward approaching the reconciliation process as an inter-, trans- and multidisciplinary...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-10-28
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This book delves into a critical and comprehensive analysis of Mtukudzi’s legacy, as an outstanding musician who anchored his music on cultural identity specifically through the artistic manipulation of language. As a cultural worker, his remit extended beyond...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-09-10
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This book argues that accelerating action toward sustainability for and by cities and their inhabitants can make a huge difference to humanity’s endeavor to recover from current crises and build a sustainable future. It sheds light on...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-08-26
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Strukturfragen und Funktionsprobleme der modernen Gesellschaft sind für René König ein Leitthema, das in den unterschiedlichsten Zusammenhängen immer wieder auftaucht, wenn er sich konkreten inhaltlichen Problemfeldern der Gesellschaft in einer soziologischen...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2022-07-20
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René König Schriften. Ausgabe letzter Hand
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**A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice selection** An incisive narrative about a teen rape case that divided a Rust Belt town, exposing the hostile and systemic undercurrents that enable sexual violence, and spotlighting ways to...
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Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2022-07-12
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This book directly addresses the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It does so by focusing on both the immediate effects during the pandemic and the lockdowns, as well as the issues related to the long-term social consequences that are likely to...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-06-30
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This book identifies “development-oriented poverty reduction” as a crucial part of what is now often billed as China’s unique development path, experience and model. China’s success serves as an example for any society aiming to eradicate poverty. However, there is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-05-09
Collection :
International Research on Poverty Reduction
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Eines der großen Ziele, an denen sich allgemeine Bildung ausrichtet, ist Gerechtigkeit. Werden Gerechtigkeitsfragen in Raum (lokal bis global) und Zeit ausgedehnt und soziale Kategorien mit der materiellen Umwelt verbunden, wird das Gebiet der nachhaltigen Entwicklung...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2022-05-04
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This book reports on cutting-edge legal, ethical, social and economic issues relating to robotics and automation, human-machine interaction and artificial intelligence, in different application areas. It discusses important problems such as robotic taxation, social...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-05-03
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This book adopts a multidimensional approach to analyze both the historical and emerging factors that contribute to make Latin America and the Caribbean the most unequal region in the world. Social inequality is a historical characteristic of the region, but at the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-02-21
Collection :
Latin American Societies
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This important book “weaves lyrical storytelling and fascinating research into a compelling narrative” (San Francisco Chronicle) to look at dietary differences along class lines and nutritional disparities in America, illuminating exactly how inequality...
Editeur :
Little, Brown Spark
Parution :
2021-11-16
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A searing exposé of the profound failures in our justice system, told by a woman who has journeyed from wrongfully accused prisoner to acclaimed public defender Keeda Haynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer,...
Editeur :
Seal Press
Parution :
2021-11-16
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The conditions for strategic health communication campaigns as a public health tool are examined for low-income contexts.The theoretical framework drafts a socioecological model with an extension of poverty influences to bring into focus the dynamics of a resource-poor...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-09-09
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For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the Standing Rock...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-07-28
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This book discusses the policy and public health challenges in Hong Kong from the perspective of economic and social welfare challenges, specifically focusing on the poverty and inequality research supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-02-27
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Obdachlosigkeit ist einer der schlimmsten persönlichen Schicksalsschläge in unserer Wohlstandsgesellschaft, und es gibt sie in jeder Stadt. Als Gegenstand sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung ist ?Obdachlosigkeit aber dennoch unentdeckt. Die vorliegende Studie...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-02-02
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An “indispensable” (Nation) examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. You're told that if you "do what you...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2021-01-26
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