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What is the status of religious freedom in the world today?What barriers does it face?What are the realistic prospects for improvement, and why does this matter? The Future of Religious Freedom addresses these critical questions by assembling in one volume some of the...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-12-03
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Emotionen sind wichtig. Wissenschaftler debattieren disziplinenübergreifend über die Bedeutung vonEmotionen in zentralen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen wie dem Finanz- und Wirtschaftsbereich, der Familie und der Religion, der Politik und der Kunst sowie den Medien und der...
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Springer VS
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2012-12-02
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Der Alltag menschlichen Zusammenlebens in modernen (nicht nur) westlichen Gesellschaften ist durch eine tiefgreifende und umfassende Mediatisierung gekennzeichnet: Menschen wie Institutionen nutzen bei ihrem Handeln die Medien. Medien spielen bei der kommunikativen...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2012-11-29
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Im europäischen Spitzenfußball dominiert eine kleine Gruppe von Vereinen. Diese statistische Untersuchung analysiert für die vier wichtigsten europäischen Ligen – Bundesliga, Premier League, Primera División, Serie A – die Tendenz zur Dominanz weniger Vereine. Ein Blick...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-11-29
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The image of a job captures our imagination from an early age, usually prompted by the question 'What do you want to be when you grow up?'. Work -- paid, unpaid, voluntary, or obligatory -- is woven into the fabric of all human societies. For many of us, it becomes part...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-11-29
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The image of a job captures our imagination from an early age, usually prompted by the question 'What do you want to be when you grow up?'. Work -- paid, unpaid, voluntary, or obligatory -- is woven into the fabric of all human societies. For many of us, it becomes part...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-11-29
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This volume explores and discusses how privacy is understood today. What is privacy? What strategies are used to achieve or to protect the individual’s privacy? How are our conceptions of privacy evolved throughout times and cultures? Given the multidimensional...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-11-20
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The thirteen essays in this volume challenge conventional scholarly approaches to the sociology of religion. They urge readers to look beyond congregational settings, beyond the United States, and to religions other than Christianity, and encourage critical engagement...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-20
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Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-11-14
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This book explores the generational experience of children of immigrants growing up in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, comparing the lives of Mediterranean youths with those from America and Northern Europe.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-11-13
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How did so many Punjabi immigrants come to find themselves behind the wheels of so many New York City taxi cabs, and what do their stories have to teach us about how immigrants must navigate life in a new society? Diditi Mitra analyzes how race and class influence...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-11-09
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Erwachsenenbildung – zwischen ethischer Bezugnahme und demokratischer Verantwortung – beleuchten und diskutieren die AutorInnen die für das Schaffen und Wirken Wiltrud Giesekes zentralen Aspekte Emotion, Kultur, Profession, Beratung, Frauenbildung/Gender und Programm-...
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Springer VS
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2012-11-03
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Orchester in Deutschland verlieren schleichend an Publikum. Andreas Heinen vergleicht Publikumsstrukturen in den USA mit denen in Niedersachsen und stellt überraschendes fest: JedesOrchester hat sein spezifisches Publikum mit besonderen Vorlieben. Aus dabei wirksamen...
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Springer VS
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2012-11-01
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Pathways through the life course have changed considerably in recent decades. Many of our assumptions about leaving home, starting new relationships and having children have been turned upside down. It is now almost as common to have children prior to marriage as...
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Springer
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2012-10-23
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"Following Vattimo's postmodern philosophy, Badiou's postmetaphysical ontology, and i ek's revolutionary style, the authors of this marvelous book invites us to reactivate our politics of resistance against our greatest enemy: corporate capitalism. The best solution to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-10-19
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This book explores young people's 'nested' and 'political' ecological relationships with crime through an empirical investigation of the important 'places' and 'spaces' in young people's lives; in their social relationships with peers and family members; and within...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-10-16
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There is an increasing appreciation of the interconnections among all forms of violence. These interconnections have critical implications for conducting research that can produce valid conclusions about the causes and consequences of abuse, maltreatment, and trauma....
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Springer
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2012-10-13
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Den Gegenstand des Buchs bilden physische, psychische und sexuelle Formen häuslicher Gewalt gegen Kinder und Eltern, Frauen und Männer. Dabei stehen die gesellschaftliche Problematisierungsgeschichte und die differenziellen Reaktionen auf unterschiedliche Formen...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2012-10-11
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What do people think ‘Europe’ means?What are its values, what are its borders, and what does it stand for? An important topic, without doubt. But the authors of this research collection are not so much interested in what Europe thinks of itself, but rather in what...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2012-09-28
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