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For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the Standing Rock...
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Polity
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2021-07-28
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This book discusses the policy and public health challenges in Hong Kong from the perspective of economic and social welfare challenges, specifically focusing on the poverty and inequality research supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust....
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Springer
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2021-02-27
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Obdachlosigkeit ist einer der schlimmsten persönlichen Schicksalsschläge in unserer Wohlstandsgesellschaft, und es gibt sie in jeder Stadt. Als Gegenstand sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung ist ?Obdachlosigkeit aber dennoch unentdeckt. Die vorliegende Studie...
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Springer VS
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2021-02-02
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An “indispensable” (Nation) examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. You're told that if you "do what you...
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Bold Type Books
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2021-01-26
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This book is a detailed account of how hierarchy has been maintained historically by the Nepali state, affirming the uniqueness of a caste-based social order by bringing outsiders, especially ethnic groups and religious minorities, into the caste fold. Focusing on the...
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Springer
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2021-01-05
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The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs.Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2020-09-08
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This book explores the foundations and potential of a theory of need-based distributive justice, supported by experimental evidence. The core idea is that need-based distributive justice may have some legitimatory advantages over other important principles of...
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Springer
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2020-04-29
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There are two narratives of the American class structure: one of a country with boundless opportunities for upward mobility and one of a rigid class system in which the rich stay rich while the poor stay poor. Each of these narratives holds some truth, but each...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-03-30
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This book explores navigations of contemporary masculinities amongst young, advantaged men living in Australia and Germany. Taking an intersectional approach, the book argues that more open, egalitarian forms of masculinity, such as caring masculinities,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2020-02-25
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?Unter dem Begriff der „Devianz“ können Verhaltensweisen oder Einstellungen verstanden werden, welche von allgemein anerkannten, normativen Erwartungen einer Gesellschaft abweichen und entsprechend einer informellen oder formellen Sanktionsdrohung unterliegen. Die...
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Springer VS
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2020-01-03
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In an unprecedented exploration of space and power in rural Xinjiang, a Chinese region home to the Muslim population of the Uyghurs, this book adopts a grounded theory approach and a trans-ethnic perspective into the complex and sensitive topic of land issues and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-13
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'A sympathetic and perceptive account of a fine writer at a critical moment in our cultural life' KEN LOACHOn 27 May 1958, A Taste of Honey opened in a small fringe theatre in London. Written by a nineteen-year-old bus driver's daughter from Salford, the play exposed a...
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Vintage Digital
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2019-08-29
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Gewalthafte Ereignisse schaffen Atmosphären von Bedrohung und Unsicherheit. Unter den Rufen nach politischen und justiziellen Lösungen wird die Sicherheitsfrage mit der Bestimmung und Bearbeitung vermeintlich spezifischer sozialer Gruppen beantwortet: die islamistischen...
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Springer VS
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2019-07-16
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This book presents a novel approach to framing the concept of stigma, and understanding why and how it functions.
Graham Scambler extends his analysis beyond common social interactionist understandings of stigma by linking experiences to the larger social...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2019-07-01
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Steffen Rudolph widmet sich in seiner Studie der empirischen Untersuchung digitaler Ungleichheiten mit dem besonderen Fokus auf Partizipation im Internet. Vor dem Hintergrund einer an Pierre Bourdieu anknüpfenden Perspektive zeigt sich, dass nicht nur der Zugang,...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-24
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Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people’s lives. Examining social class, gender, ethnicity, disability and migration status, it...
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Polity
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2019-05-29
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This book describes the experience of joblessness and unemployment in contemporary Poland. It does so by combining qualitative and quantitative data from a special project conducted in Poland after the Great Recession and the long-term Polish Panel Survey (POLPAN) to...
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Springer
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2019-05-07
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Yana Kavrakova fokussiert den Misserfolg der EU-Governance im bislang unerforschten Feld der Roma-Politik und deckt dabei Inkonsistenzen, Widersprüche und kontraproduktive Wirkungen auf. Die Autorin analysiert ihr Zustandekommen im Wechselspiel zwischen...
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Springer VS
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2019-04-29
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Danielle Gluns examines how urban housing governance reacts to the onset of urban growth in an internationally comparative perspective. The study is based on in-depth case studies of Washington, D.C., which is an example of primarily market-based interactions, and...
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Springer VS
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2019-03-07
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This book presents a reconstruction of the history of well-being on the European continent with special attention to the European Union, as people from Europe have a history of a long-term march towards well-being. It discusses ancient civilizations on the European...
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Springer
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2018-12-14
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