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This book, based on field research in the West African country of The Gambia, explores how domestic gun control is shaped by international efforts and how local actors interact with international organizations or opt not to do so. The book also shows how the question of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-08
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This volume explores generational differences in alcohol consumption practices and examines the changing role of alcohol across the life course. It considers generational patterns in where, how and why people buy and consume alcohol and how these may interact with...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-08
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In this work, the author contends that we should create a comparative framework for the study of imaginary worlds in the social sciences. Making use of extended examples from both science fiction and fantasy fiction, as well as the living movement of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-08
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This book explores the Afro-diasporic experiences of African skilled migrants in Australia. It explores research participants' experiences of migration and how these experiences inform their lives and the lives of their family. It provides theory-based arguments...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-08-06
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This book examines the law in relation to how it has responded to sexual and gender issues in the context of Hong Kong, and addresses the implications of those responses for the global context. It aims to develop a localized theory of justice which enables the analysis...
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Springer
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2022-08-06
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Das vorliegende Buch beschäftigt sich mit Auswirkungen symbolischer Gewalt im Leben von trans* Personen, die vor allem in Bezug auf ihre Transitionsprozesse thematisiert werden. Im Jahr 2016 wurden im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts leitfadengestützte Interviews mit 14...
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Springer VS
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2022-08-06
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In diesem Buch wird der aktuelle Zustand der österreichischen Sozialpartnerschaft und ihrer Kontextbedingungen aus verschiedenen disziplinären Perspektiven (Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft,Rechtswissenschaft und Wirtschaftswissenschaft) in ausgewählten...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2022-08-05
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In recent years, smartphones and digital platforms have become essential to our lives and are now inextricably interwoven into the everyday practices of millions, especially young people. Focusing on smartphone practices and experiences of youth today, this volume is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-05
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?Warum berühren uns Serien wie „Game of Thrones“, „Breaking Bad“, „Sex Education“ und Filme wie „Es“, „Sieben“, oder „Mamma Mia!“? Manchmal sind wir gefesselt von einem Film oder einer Serie und vergessen alles um uns herum. Und ein anderes Mal vergeht die Zeit einfach...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-08-05
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A vibrant and richly detailed guide to fossils for readers with a passion for the natural world and those that inhabited it long ago.This is a book for those that want to learn to scan the beach for fossils, who love the simple pleasure of getting outside or those who...
Editeur :
Trapeze
Parution :
2022-08-04
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This book follows the ways in which women negotiate and navigate between their feminist identities and their belonging to science fiction fandoms that at times disregard or dismiss them. It explores frictions and discords, including those between feminist women fans and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-03
Collection :
Palgrave Fan Studies
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This book documents, verifies and brings to life the issues and debates that are created around the aging society. It carefully offers a series of opinions that attempt to illuminate the fact that the aging society goes beyond aging and includes a series of changes in...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-08-03
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This book critically discusses the significance of popular music heritage as a means of remembering and re-presenting rock and pop artists, their music and their place in the culture of contemporary society. Since the mid-1990s, the contribution of popular music to the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-03
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Facial recognition is set to fundamentally change our experience and understanding of monitoring, surveillance, and privacy. Backed by powerful industry interests, this technology is being integrated into many areas of society – from airports to shopping malls,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2022-08-02
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Both nationally and internationally, the south Indian state of Kerala has been an object of study for its matrilineal kinship organization among some communities, as well as its achievements in education, literacy, and life expectancy for women against a weak economic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-01
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Insurgent Skin: Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema argues that twenty-first century Latin American cinema about lesbian, feminist, intersex, and transgender themes is revolutionary because it disrupts heteronormative and binary representation and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-08-01
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender
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Die Beiträge des Bandes bestimmen mit interphilologischem Blick Formen der Literarisierung und A¨sthetisierung des Vogels seit 1800 im Kontext aktueller naturpolitischer Diskurse und kulturwissenschaftlicher Theoriebildung. Über Epochen- und Gattungsgrenzen hinweg...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2022-08-01
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In Friedrich Nietzsches Buch Morgenröthe korrespondieren Titel, Inhalt und Form. So verbreitet das Werk Aufbruchstimmung. Als Buch des heraufziehenden neuen Morgens vertreibt es mit seinem heiteren, nüchternen Ton die Nachtgespenster einer vergangenen schweren Zeit: Für...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2022-08-01
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Altersgerechte Assistenzsysteme leisten einen wichtigen Beitrag, die Lebensumgebung mit intelligenter Technik gesundheitsfördernder und selbstbestimmt zu gestalten. Diverse Sensoren, Geräte und Dienste (z.B. Sturzmeldesysteme, Exergames und Fitnessprogramme) sind heute...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2022-08-01
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This book presents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Technological Research - RITAM 2021. RITAM 2021 was held on October 27–29, 2021. It was jointly supported and co-organized by the RITAM Research Network (Sucre, Central Técnico, Turismo y...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-08-01
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