| |
This book conceptualises the lived experience of intimacy in a world in which the terms and conditions of love and friendship are increasingly unclear. It shows that the analysis of the 'small world' of dyads can give important clues about society and its gendered...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-11-18
PDF
|
"Woodman and Wyn have produced a text that offers conceptual clarity and real depth on debates in youth studies. The authors skilfully guide us through the main sociological theories on young people and furnish us with sophisticated critiques from which to rethink...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-11-17
PDF, ePub
|
Community development has lately gained much prominence, but the emphasis has remained on the economic and social welfare of communities, rather than the environment. By focusing on 'sustainable' development in Kenya, this study shows the importance of integrating...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2014-11-13
PDF
|
Das Buch „Organisation und Unsicherheit“ geht der Frage nach, wie Organisationen in der Gegenwart auf Unsicherheiten reagieren. Diese Unsicherheiten können organisationsintern erzeugt werden oder aus der Organisationsumwelt resultieren. Aus unterschiedlichen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2014-11-11
ePub
|
The struggle to create and sustain meaning in our everyday lives is fought using cultural ingredients to spin the webs of meaning that keep us going. To help reveal the complexity and intricacy of the webs of meaning in which they are suspended, Tom Inglis interviewed...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-11-06
PDF
|
In this important book, Ulrich Beck - one of the leading social thinkers in Europe today - examines how work has become unstable in the modern world and presents a new vision for the future. Beck begins by describing how the traditional work society, with its life-long...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-11-05
PDF, ePub
|
In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization. Beck draws extensively on empirical and theoretical...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-11-05
PDF, ePub
|
Europe is Europe’s last remaining realistic political utopia. ButEurope remains to be understood and conceptualized. This historically unique form of international community cannot be explained in terms of the traditional concepts of politics and the state, which remain...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-11-05
PDF, ePub
|
Religion posits one characteristic as an absolute: faith. Compared to faith, all other social distinctions and sources of conflict are insignificant. The New Testament says: 'We are all equal in the sight of God'. To be sure, this equality applies only to those who...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-11-05
PDF, ePub
|
?Das Phänomen der Selbstmordattentäter ist historisch belegt und nicht auf bestimmte Religionen und Kulturen begrenzt. Trotzdem liegt der Fokus häufig auf Taten, die in einem islamischen Kontext verübt werden. Die zentralen Beweggründe für Selbstmordattentäter sind...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2014-11-04
PDF, ePub
|
This collection brings together an interdisciplinary pool of scholars to explore the relationship between children and borders with richly-documented ethnographic studies from around the world. The book provides a penetrating account of how borders affect children's...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-11-04
PDF
|
The book explains managerial performance through self-identity aspects. It proposes identity instruments for the evaluation, prognosis and growth of managerial performance. A qualitative study was performed on Romanian managers to discover the identity conditionings of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-11-03
PDF, ePub
|
Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, Wessendorf explores life in a super-diverse urban neighbourhood. The book presents a vivid account of the daily doings and social relations among the residents and how they pragmatically negotiate difference in their everyday...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-11-03
PDF
|
?Es handelt sich bei diesem Band um eine Fallstudie, die in den Überschneidungsbereich der Organisations- und Risikosoziologie gehört. Exemplarisch wird an dem Schiffsunglück des Kreuzfahrtschiffs Costa Concordia ein Zusammenhang zwischen beiden Forschungsgebieten...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2014-10-31
Collection :
Organisationsstudien
ePub
|
Leaving a religion is not merely a matter of losing or rejecting faith. For many, it involves dramatic changes of everyday routines and personal habits.
Davidman bases her analysis on in-depth conversations with forty ex-Hasidic individuals. From these conversations...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-10-31
PDF, ePub
|
Based on an extensive interview study with lesbian, transgender and queer BDSM practitioners, this book sheds new light on sexuality and current theoretical debates in gender and queer studies. It critically discusses practices of establishing consent, pushing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-28
PDF
|
This book describes Martin Bucer (1491-1551) as a teacher of theology, focusing on his time as Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge between 1549 and 1551. The book is centered on his 1550 Cambridge lectures on Ephesians, and investigates them in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-10-27
ePub
|
?Die Methode der logistischen Regression ist eines der statistischen Standardanalysemodelle in den Sozialwissenschaften. Logistische Regressionen werden angewandt, wenn die abhängige Variable nur zwei Ausprägungen besitzt und die Methode der linearen Regression mit...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2014-10-23
Collection :
Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
ePub
|
The status of Hong Kong English has been an increasing concern among the local population. Despite prolific research into attitudes towards language variation within the field of sociolinguistics in general, very few studies have focused on the Hong Kong context....
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
PDF, ePub
|
Sociology and social theory has always been a major source of new perspectives for organization studies. Access to a series of authoritative accounts of theorists and research themes in sociology and social theory which have influenced developments in organization...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-10-16
ePub
|