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Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan?Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Greeks? The answer: inequality.This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard...
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Penguin
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2010-11-04
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Häusliche Gewalt betrifft nicht nur das von der Misshandlung betroffene Familienmitglied, in der Regel die Mutter, sondern auch die Kinder, die die Gewalt sehen, hören oder mit ihren Folgen konfrontiert sind und in einer von Gewalt geprägten Atmosphäre aufwachsen. Die...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2010-11-03
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Soziologie und raumbezogene Planung stehen in einem ambivalenten und wechselhaften Verhältnis. Planung unterlag im historischen Verlauf einem generellen Prozess der ‚Versozialwissenschaftlichung’, und soziale Anforderungen an Planungsprozesse und -ergebnisse steigen...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2010-11-01
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This book approaches its subject matter in a way that combines a strong analytical and critical perspective with a historical and sociological framework for the understanding of the emergence of Science Studies.This is a novelty, since extant literature on this topic...
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Springer
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2010-10-22
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Die Arbeit befasst sich mit einem in der juristischen wie politischen Diskussion weitgehend vernachlässigten Institut – dem ehrenamtlichen Richter in der allgemeinen Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit. Grundlage der theoretischen Untersuchung bildet zunächst die Darstellung der...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2010-10-05
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There exists today a rich and abounding diversity of religions in the world-a diversity with respect to both belief and practice. But it is a diversity that poses many challenges and raises many questions, most especially in a pluralistic milieu. How do we engage in...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-10-01
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Christianity in the United States has long been organized around congregations and denominations. However, a different type of organization operating outside of these traditional structures is claiming an increasingly important place in the religious market. The growth...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-09-30
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"A treasure trove for sociolinguistic researchers and students alike. Edited by three leading sociolinguists, the 39 chapters cover a wealth of valuable material... And the cast list reads like a veritable Who's Who of sociolinguistics, with a refreshing number of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2010-09-23
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This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that are often considered as much more recent developments in social theory. Situating Simmel's work in particular with respect to New Vitalism and Bruno...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-09-17
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Reinhard Selten, to date the only German Nobel Prize laureate in economics, celebrates his 80th birthday in 2010. While his contributions to game theory are well-known, the behavioral side of his scientific work has received less public exposure, even though he has been...
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Springer
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2010-09-09
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Providing a comprehensive analysis of the increasingly common phenomenon of child migration, this volume examines the experiences of children in a wide variety of migratory circumstances including economic child migrants, transnational students, trafficked, stateless,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2010-09-09
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The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-08-20
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In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2010-08-11
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Micro-level dynamics revolve around face-to-face interactions among individuals. What occurs within encounters is constrained by their embedding with corporate and categoric units and, by extension, institutional domains, stratification systems, community networks,...
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Springer
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2010-08-05
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In a general study of Sociological Theory, social processes are usually broken down into three tiers: macrodynamics (societies and large-scale institutions), microdynamics (interpersonal encounters), and mesodynamics (corporations, communities, smaller organizations)....
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Springer
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2010-08-05
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As intimate lives become more public, and discussions of gender and sexuality more complex, there is a need to rethink how we engage with our own perceptions and identifications with respect to intimacy. This book explores whether our intimate desires are limited by...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2010-08-04
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