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Moving beyond the (now somewhat tired) debates about secularization as paradigm, theory, or master narrative, Periodizing Secularization focuses upon the empirical evidence for secularization, viewed in its descriptive sense as the waning social influence of religion,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-10-31
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Moving beyond the (now somewhat tired) debates about secularization as paradigm, theory, or master narrative, Periodizing Secularization focuses upon the empirical evidence for secularization, viewed in its descriptive sense as the waning social influence of religion,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-10-31
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This book proposes that creative and participatory modes of measuring, knowing, and moving in the world are needed for coming to grips with the Anthropocene epoch. It interrogates how creative, affective and experiential encounters that traverse the local and the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-30
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The aim of this book is to reflect on ''vernacularity'' and culture. It concentrates on two major domains: first it attempts to reframe our understanding of vernacularity by addressing the subject in the context of globalisation, cross-disciplinarity, and development,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This book addresses the topic of personhood—who is a “person” or “human,” and what rights or dignities does that include—as it has been addressed through the lens of science fiction. Chapters include discussions of consciousness and the soul, artificial intelligence,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This comprehensive manual provides a user-oriented overview of U.S. Census data and demographic methods for redistricting applications. It addresses current issues and concerns accompanying the creation, adjustment, and evaluation of election districts and plans that...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This book explores the transmedial nature of the storyworlds created by and/or affiliated with television auteur, writer, and filmmaker, Joss Whedon. As such, the book addresses the ways in which Whedon’s storyworlds, or ‘verses, employ transmedia, both intrinsically as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-29
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A moving chronicle of who belongs in America.Like so many American factory towns, Lewiston, Maine, thrived until its mill jobs disappeared and the young began leaving. But then the story unexpectedly veered: over the course of fifteen years, the city became home to...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2019-10-29
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The existing welfare regime literature identifies differences in welfare state systems. Sarah Förster asks, if we can learn something on the organizational level about the embedding of philanthropic foundations in the field of social welfare in different welfare state...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This book draws on research into darknet cryptomarkets to examine themes of cybercrime, cybersecurity, illicit markets and drug use. Cybersecurity is increasingly seen as essential yet it is also a point of contention between citizens, states, non-governmental...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-29
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
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With little existing scholarship on LGBT diaspora from Asia, this groundbreaking book examines the intersectionality of migration, sexuality, and gender, as well as race and ethnicity, through an analysis of the transnational experiences of Japanese LGBT diasporas in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-10-28
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This book presents the first comparative study of the works of Charlotte Delbo, Noor Inayat Khan, and Germaine Tillion in relation to their vigorous struggles against Nazi aggression during World War II and the Holocaust. It illuminates ways in which their early lives...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-28
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Visual Communication: Understanding Images in Media and Culture provides a theoretical and empirical toolkit to examine implications of mediated images. It explores a range of approaches to visual analysis, while also providing a hands-on guide to applying methods to...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2019-10-28
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Cet ouvrage analyse la participation associative des jeunes en France et en Italie dans le contexte européen contemporain (articles en français et en italien).
Editeur :
Harmattan Italia
Parution :
2019-10-28
Collection :
Harmattan Italia
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Cet essai sociologique présente les résultat d'une enquête comparative conduite entre Milan et Rotterdam sur la citoyenneté urbaine, en prenant compte notamment des dimensions de l'espace et du genre (en anglais).
Editeur :
Harmattan Italia
Parution :
2019-10-28
Collection :
Harmattan Italia
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The Making of Migration addresses the rapid phenomenon that has become one of the most contentious issues in contemporary life: how are migrants governed as individual subjects and as part of groups? What are the modes of control, identification and partitions that...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2019-10-28
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At a time of intense theoretical debates in urban studies, the research practices underlying such theories have not received the same attention. This original and creative text interrogates the methodological underpinnings of contemporary urban scholarship, with...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2019-10-28
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This book, written in an accessible style with numerous illustrations and with drawings by the author, discusses what brands are and the role brands play in American society and consumer cultures, in general. The book uses a cultural studies approach and draws upon...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-10-25
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This book advances understanding of the manifestations, causes, and consequences of generosity. Synthesizing the findings of the 14 research projects conducted by the Science of Generosity Initiative and offering an appendix of methods for studying generosity, this...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-25
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
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Das Buch untersucht das menschenrechtliche Verbot der Diskriminierung aufgrund der Rasse einschließlich der Schutzvorschriften gegen Hassrede und beleuchtet umfassend die relevanten Entscheidungen unterschiedlicher nationaler und internationaler Gerichte. Es folgt dabei...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-25
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