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'I took the plunge and went back to work full-time, leaving a baby at home ... that was the start of the 20-year experiment with every different type of working arrangement possible in my quest to try and do justice to my children, my education, my ambition.'Fiona...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
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2012-06-30
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?Das Heim steht mit seinem Konzept der geschlossenen Rundum-Versorgung und der Vorgabe besonderer Lebenskonzepte für Hilfe- und Pflegebedürftige in der Kritik. Unter dem Stichwort der „Öffnung der Heime“ werden Alternativen erprobt, die eine Mitverantwortung von...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Parution :
2012-06-28
Collection :
Sozialpolitik und Sozialstaat
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Siân Lincoln considers the use, role and significance of private spaces in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, she explores the place of 'the private' in youth cultural discourses, both historically and contemporarily, that until now...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-06-26
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This volume is dedicated to the subject of mobile communication and the transition in everyday life. Mobile media have become a part of the media ensemble and lead to specific media communication practices. Researching the integration of mobile media to everyday life...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-06-25
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Surveys enjoy great ubiquity among data collection methods in social research: they are flexible in questioning techniques, in the amount of questions asked, in the topics covered, and in the various ways of interactions with respondents.Surveys are also the preferred...
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Springer
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2012-06-21
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Intercultural Policies and Education is concerned with educational challenges in multicultural societies. Educational policies, practices and strategies for fruitful coexistence in the multicultural school and classroom are explored and analysed through a collection of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-06-13
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The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening. Features new research data in most of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-06-12
Collection :
Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
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Why is it important to take a critical approach to your work? And what are the consequences if your critical voice is suppressed? These are the questions that lie at the heart of Disenfranchisement, which focuses on the deteriorating possibilities for a group of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-06-12
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The meso-level realm of social reality is structured by corporate and categoric units, along with their respective cultures. Unlike the macro and micro realms of social reality, the meso-level does not reveal its own unique forces. Rather, the dynamics of...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. Fantasy took over his life, in a world of battles ruled by his teddy bear, Alan Measles. He grew up. And in 2003, an acclaimed ceramic artist, he accepted...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-05-31
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Die Rolle der Religion für die Entstehung sozialen Kapitals – d. h. zivilgesellschaftliche Netzwerke und soziales Vertrauen – ist sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch hoch ambivalent. Richard Traunmüller zeigt die Bedingungen auf, unter denen Religion als vorpolitische...
Editeur :
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Parution :
2012-05-22
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In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal, country, or mountainside locales. This book explores the narratives emerging from amenity-left migration using methods developed within the 'strong'...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-05-17
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The collapse of communism has opened up Russia and East-Central Europe to outside influences and enabled new lifestyle choices and forms of religious expression. Based on extensive ethnographic research, this collection uses a variety of theoretical perspectives and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-04-20
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Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society. Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-17
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What is it to care for another human being? How do we show compassion for each other? Is ‘social care’ an activity only for paid professionals? This book sets out on a radical re-examination of the nature of social care, the way it is practised, and its purpose. Rather...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-04-12
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The must-read memoir from Nancy Jackman, a cook in interwar England. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, DownstairsAn inspirational true story loved by readers:'To read Nancy's story in her own words was an absolute joy.The history, the humour, a perfect...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-04-12
Collection :
True Stories of Life Below Stairs
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This book explores why it is white ethnicity has been rendered invisible, arguing that contemporary people's conceptions of themselves are conditioned by, and derive from, the unknown and forgotten legacy of a colonial past that cannot be confined to the past.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-11
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Teachers in schools where students have experienced trauma face particularly difficult challenges, for how is a teacher to promote academic growth and attainment of educational goals in such a situation? Provides advice, understanding, and proven strategies for meeting...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-09
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