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A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A love letter to police officers and the most vulnerable people they protect and serve' CHRISTIE WATSON, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS'Extraordinary . . . urgent and compelling. We all have lessons to learn from this book' SIMON...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2020-05-14
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If you think you’re safe, then you’d better think again…Explore some of the world’s most inexplicable occurrences, mind-bending conspiracy theories, spine-chilling urban legends and totally unbelievable truths in this weird and wonderful collection.Whether you’re a...
Editeur :
Summersdale
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2020-05-14
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This book engages expansively with the concept of motherhood in academia, to offer insights into re-imagining a more responsive higher education. Written collaboratively as international, interdisciplinary and intergenerational collectives, the editors and contributors...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-05-13
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
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Offers fresh insights and empirical evidence on the producers, consumers, and content of News 2.0 The second generation of news—News 2.0—made, distributed, and consumed on the internet, particularly social media, has forever changed the news business. News 2.0:...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-05-13
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43,95€
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At the turn of the twenty-first century, typical households were equipped with a landline telephone, a desktop computer connected to a dial-up modem, and a shared television set. Television, radio and newspapers were the dominant mass media. Today, homes are now network...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-05-13
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This book explores the contributions of psychological, neuroscientific and philosophical perspectives to the design of contemporary cities. Pursuing an innovative and multidisciplinary approach, it addresses the need to re-launch knowledge and creativity as major...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-12
Collection :
Springer Series in Design and Innovation
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Yvonne Berger untersucht in einer rekonstruktiven Studie die sozialen und räumlichen Bedingungen universitärer Bildungsverläufe im städtischen China. Dabei fokussiert sie eine bislang qualitativ-empirisch wenig beforschte Gruppe, die sogenannten Bildungsaufsteigerinnen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2020-05-12
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Katastrophen gehören zu den grundlegenden Erfahrungen des menschlichen Daseins. Sie entsetzen, indem sie unvermittelt eine große destruktive Kraft entfalten, die von Individuen und Kollektiven als existenzbedrohend wahrgenommen wird. Soziale Ordnungen werden nachhaltig...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2020-05-12
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This two-volume Handbook provides a major thematic overview of global sexualities, spanning each of the continents, and its study, which is both reflective and prospective, and includes traditional approaches and emerging themes. The Handbook offers a robust theoretical...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2020-05-11
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This is your student guide to research in the field of coaching. It answers your questions about doing research and explores the challenges and opportunities presented by different ways of doing research specifically in coaching. An ideal introduction for trainees and...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2020-05-11
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Social capital is a principal concept across the social sciences and has readily entered into mainstream discourse. In short, it is popular. However, this popularity has taken its toll.Social capital suffers from a lack of consensus because of the varied ways it is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-05-11
Collection :
Key Concepts
ePub
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18,20€
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Black Men's Studies offers an approach to understanding the lives and the self determination of men of African descent in the U.S. context. It not only frames their experiences, it also explores the multidimensional approaches to advancing the lives ofBlack men....
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-05-11
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Classical sociology considered money as central to the functioning of modern society, relatingit to a progressive expansion of instrumental rationality and the emergence of weaker social ties.Modern money, the universal equivalent described by Simmel, facilitates...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2020-05-09
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What is racism? is a timely question that is hotly contested in the philosophy of race. Yet disagreement about racism’s nature does not begin in philosophy, but in the sociopolitical domain. Alberto G. Urquidez argues that philosophers of race have failed to pay...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-05-09
Collection :
African American Philosophy and the African Diaspora
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This volume examines the question “Do abstract objects exist?”, presenting new work from contributing authors across different branches of philosophy. The introduction overviews philosophical debate which considers: what objects qualify as abstract, what do we mean by...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-08
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Der Band geht der Frage nach, welche spezifisch edukativen Techniken angesichts der zunehmenden Etablierung und Professionalisierung der pädagogischen Arbeitsfelder erforderlich werden. In diesem Zusammenhang wird zu klären versucht, welche pädagogische und didaktische...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2020-05-07
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This volume brings together scholars from across disciplines and continents in order to continue to analyse, query, and deconstruct the complexities of bodily existence in the modern world. Comprising nine essays by leading and emerging scholars, and spanning issues...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-05-07
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This brief presents a study addressing the impact of a college degree upon officer use of force. The average American municipal police academy only requires 26 weeks of training, despite previous studies showing overwhelming support that college educated police officers...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-07
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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This new, updated edition provides a lively, lucid and compelling introduction to contemporary controversies over the self and self-identity in the social sciences and humanities. In an accessible and concise format, the book ranges from classical intellectual...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-05-07
Collection :
Key Concepts
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With the transformation of the role of the welfare state, the “social engagement” and “active participation” were taking the place of passive benefits. The importance of individual actions is becoming more and more prominent.With the reduction of welfare benefits and...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2020-05-06
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