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This book examines the changing digital geographies of the Anthropocene. It analyses how technologies are providing new opportunities for communication and connection, while simultaneously deepening existing problems associated with isolation, global inequity and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-09-04
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This book addresses the persistence of meat consumption and the use of animals as food in spite of significant challenges to their environmental and ethical legitimacy. Drawing on Foucault’s regime of power/knowledge/pleasure, and theorizations of the gaze, it...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-09-04
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Die Texte des Bandes untersuchen aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive das Phänomen "Augenblick" und entfalten seine zeitsoziolgische wie auch ästhetische und kunsttheoretische Bedeutungsvielfalt.Der InhaltTeil A: Panorama: Augenblicke. Wegmarken im...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2019-09-04
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This book systematically assesses the political and social values of the more than 1.3 billion Catholics around the globe, by far the largest denomination of Western Christianity. Based on an extensive analysis of data from the World Values Survey and other global...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-09-03
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This book provides a nuanced understanding of an often neglected aspect of armed conflicts, namely the everyday structures that sustain lives during crises and, specifically, care-work performed by women. It showcases the work of women as key protagonists and stresses...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-09-03
Collection :
Gender, Development and Social Change
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Rankings sind in der modernen Gesellschaft allgegenwärtig: Athleten, Hotels, Nationalstaaten, Unternehmen, Universitäten, Kunsttreibende und viele andere sehen sich Leistungsvergleichen in der Form von regelmäßig veröffentlichen Ranglisten ausgesetzt. Die Beiträge des...
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Springer VS
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2019-09-03
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Junge minderjährige Geflüchtete bedürfen eines besonderen Schutzes und werden innerhalb der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe betreut. In diesem Sammelband sollen die Rechtsgrundlagen sowie Rahmenbedingungen innerhalb der Jugendhilfe fokussiert werden. Hierbei wird insbesondere...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2019-09-03
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This book is an invitation to come home to your authentic self in a world that is frequently mesmerized by "spin," narcissism, fantasy, and exhibitionism. Psychology and classic wisdom literature have, in various ways, long recognized the value for simply becoming who...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-09-02
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The Social Construction of Black Masculinity examines the legacy of negotiating black masculinity in a relatively free society that forced black men to justify claims of equitable humanity.The book represents an unapologetic narrative about behavioral choices by black...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-09-02
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In Social Life, the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relations and conditions - put forward by eight modern social theorists - and analyse how these have informed sociological inquiries into people’s lives in...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2019-09-02
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Believing in Bits advances the idea that religious beliefs and practices have become inextricably linked to the functioning of digital media. How did we come to associate things such as mindreading and spirit communications with the functioning of digital technologies?...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-09-02
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A multi-authored book, with editors and authors who are leaders in Faith Community Nursing (FCN) that aims to address contemporary issues in faith-based, whole person, community based health offering cost effective, accessible, patient centered care along the patient...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-08-31
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This open access book highlights Singapore’s development into a city in which water and greenery, along with associated environmental, technical, social and political aspects have been harnessed and cultivated into a liveable sustainable way of life. It is also a story...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-08-30
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the metallographic study of ancient metals. Metallography is important both conceptually as a microstructural science and in terms of its application to the study of ancient and historic metals. Metallography is a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-08-30
Collection :
Cultural Heritage Science
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This book explores the lived experiences of African immigrants in Australia, and the way they are represented in the media. By delving into the group’s everyday lives, the book exposes the roles that media and social perceptions play in the production and regulation of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-08-30
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Der Sammelband arbeitet das bislang unterschätzte, jedoch zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnende Potenzial von Sekundäranalysen in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe heraus. Dazu werden nicht nur verschiedene, bereits durchgeführte Analysen präsentiert, sondern auch Möglichkeiten...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-08-30
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This is an eight-scene drama portraying black women reliving their journey through higher education and work-based learning. Black women’s voices are the focus, reflecting on the complexities and dynamics of institutional power, professional exploitation, silencing,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-08-30
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At a time when resources are scarce, not every crime may be investigated as fully as is desirable. Police generally use experience to guide their case screening. This volume demonstrates a new, research-based approach, exploring innovative research on crime solvability...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-30
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The genre of crime fiction – so often rooted in the details of a place, time and subculture – enjoys significant international popularity and provides readers with a unique opportunity to explore the different cultural identities represented in its texts. This book...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-08-30
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Awarded the Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk
The study of Czechoslovak women refugees in Britain is noticeably missing from current research and Anglo-Czechoslovak historiography. This book explores the diverse experiences, dilemmas and contributions to Britain of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-08-30
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