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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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Digitale Assistenztechnologien sollen ältere Menschen unterstützen, auch bei altersbedingten Einschränkungen möglichst lange selbstbestimmt leben zu können. Wie aber werden diese Technologien entwickelt? Welche Vorstellungen von Alter(n) spielen dabei...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-07-27
Collection :
Altern & Gesellschaft
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This book explores the contributions of Eastern female pioneers in science, politics and arts from Ancient Egypt to modern times, and discusses the possible psychological and social impact of this knowledge on today’s gender role in Eastern and Western Societies.
Based...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-27
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Der Übergang in den Ruhestand ist für viele Betroffene ein biographischer Einschnitt. Eine Vielzahl von Aspekten bestimmt dabei die Entscheidung über das „Wann“ und „Wie“ des Renteneintritts. Ein Aspekt bleibt in der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion eher unberücksichtigt:...
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Springer VS
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2021-07-27
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This is the first book devoted to the topic of Manila galleon shipwrecks in North America; previous research on Manila galleons either has focused on the economics of the Manila galleon trade or has been limited to reports of the galleon wreck sites in the western...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-26
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A reconciliation movement spread across Australia during the 1990s, bringing significant marches, speeches, and policies across the country. Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians began imagining race relations in new ways and articulations of place, belonging, and...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-07-26
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This book includes speeches given during five seminar sessions held in honor of Prof. C. R. Rao, on his 100th year.This book also contains a few write-ups touching on the diverse aspects of this august personality. The chapters pay tribute to Prof. C. R. Rao, the Padma...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-26
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This book focuses on the role of the indigenous system of medicine or traditional medicines in gender selection in India. Issues such as the harmful effects of traditional practices on the health of the woman and the foetus during early pregnancy are explored in this...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-24
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This book explores in depth the significance of soft skills within engineering education and the profession of engineering and emphasizes the importance of integrating hard and soft skills effectively, thereby enhancing personal acumen. Among the most important soft...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-24
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This book takes a global perspective to address the concept of belonging in youth studies, interrogating its emergence as a reoccurring theme in the literature and elucidating its benefits and shortcomings. While belonging offers new alignments across previously...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-22
Collection :
Studies in Childhood and Youth
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Young people are very often the driving forces of political participation that aims to change societies and political systems. Rather than being depoliticized, young people in different national contexts are giving rise to alternative politics. Drawing on original...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-22
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Dieses Fachbuch zieht ein vorläufiges Fazit über die ersten 12 Monate der COVID-19-Pandemie in den verschiedenen Ländern der Welt, die aus nichtmedizinischer Sicht eine Vielzahl von Fragen aufgeworfen hat: Aus der Sicht der Wirtschaft standen die Auswirkungen im...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2021-07-21
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The focus of this book is on the experiences of government-sponsored refugees in the early stages of integrating into Canadian society. Combining data gleaned from a longitudinal study of relatively recently arrived refugees in Calgary, Canada, with a close focus on the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-21
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Immigrants, migrants, displaced, and diasporic persons: all have been constrained or enabled by borders of some sort. This book explores international cases of how and why such boundaries come to be; who is affected by socially constructed borders; what it means to...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-07-21
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This book maps father failure and redemption through three decades of Hollywood family films, revealing how libertarian notions that align agency with autonomy lead to new conflicts for the contemporary father. The films find resolution to these conflicts through a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-20
Collection :
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
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This edited volume addresses critical issues surrounding higher education access for students of refugee backgrounds. It combines a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives on the challenges, opportunities, experiences and expectations of refugee students,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-07-20
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Johanna Schulze untersucht in ihrer Arbeit mithilfe längsschnittlich angelegter Fallstudien und eines Mixed-Methods-Ansatzes die forschungsleitende Fragestellung, inwiefern und unter welchen Bedingungen schulische Medienkonzepte ihr Potenzial als Instrumente der...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-07-19
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The Enhancing Resources and Increasing Capacities of Poor Households Towards Elimination of their Poverty (the ENRICH) programme is being implemented by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), which is a government-established Foundation and implements its programmes...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-19
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Vertrauensverluste und Glaubwürdigkeitskrisen von gesellschaftlichen Institutionen sind Ausdruck der Pluralisierung von Werten und Normen und der zunehmenden Verhandelbarkeit, Labilität und Ungewissheit für allgemein und beständig genommener Verbindlichkeiten. Die im...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-07-17
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This open access book focuses on how and why digital games and gambling are increasingly intertwined and asks “does this matter?” Looking at how “loot boxes” became the poster child for the convergence of gambling and gaming, Wardle traces how we got here. She argues...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-16
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