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This book presents a powerful and thorough investigation into police deviance and sexual misconduct in the US. Drawing on news reports, official government press releases and academic research sources, Barker examines a wide array of cases including sexual...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-20
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Das Buch beinhaltet eine ganzheitliche Untersuchung von Musikclubs als Akteure der kulturellen Produktion. Die Einbettung von Clubs und ihre Reaktion auf Veränderungen in ihren sozialräumlichen Bezugsfeldern lokaler Musikszenen, des Stadtraums und der Music Industries...
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Springer VS
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2020-01-20
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Since the 1930s, the Walt Disney Company has produced characters, images, and stories that have captivated audiences around the world. How can we understand the appeal of Disney products? What is it about the Disney phenomenon that attracts so many children, as well as...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-01-20
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Namrata Goswami’s research on the Naga armed ethnic movement offers a compelling narrative on how conflict has affected the daily lives of the Nagas. This volume is an account of the Naga ethnic movement going on in India since 1918, covering both historical and...
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OUP India
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2020-01-17
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Every day we are inundated by propaganda that claims life will be better once we are connected to digital technology. Poverty, famine, and injustice will end, and the economy will be “green.” All anyone needs is the latest smartphone. In this succinct and lively book,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-01-17
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Digital Futures
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This book outlines the theory of convenience for white-collar crime to explain what motivates and enables offenders, providing a unique focus on white-collar crime in the business context. The theory of convenience suggests that the extent to which elite members commit...
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Springer
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2020-01-17
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'Blistering' Sunday Times'Indispensable' Observer'Fascinating' The Times'Brilliant' Peter Frankopan'Revelatory' Lindsey HilsumA timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted...
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Wildfire
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2020-01-17
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Theorizing gender is more urgent and highly political than ever before. These are times, in many countries, of increased visibility of women in public life and high-profile campaigns against sexual violence and harassment. Challenges to fixed, traditional gender norms...
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Polity
Parution :
2020-01-17
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Through the examination of different themes and subjects the book provides an in depth analysis of the concept of deterrence and its utility in dealing effectively with current threats. Although the concept of deterrence precedes the Cold War, in modern times and...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-01-16
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Boasting trillion-dollar companies, the digital economy profits from our emotions, our relationships with each other, and the ways we interact with the world. In this timely book, Tim Jordan deftly explores the workings of the digital economy. He discusses the hype and...
Editeur :
Polity
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2020-01-16
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain and his physician son explore how modern culture threatens to rewire our brains and damage our health, offering a practical plan for healing.Contemporary life provides us with infinite opportunities, along with...
Editeur :
Yellow Kite
Parution :
2020-01-16
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Kerstin Discher nimmt auf Basis einer narrativen Analyse die Sichtweise junger Erwachsener auf den sozialstaatlichen Aktivierungsdiskurs in den Blick. Anhand biografischer Fallgeschichten verdeutlicht sie, wie junge Erwachsene im beruflichen Übergang auf die Anforderung...
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Springer VS
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2020-01-16
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Culture, cultural difference, and cultural conflict always surround us. Cultural sociologists aim to understand their role across all aspects of social life by examining processes of meaning-making. In this crisp and accessible book, Lyn Spillman demonstrates many of...
Editeur :
Polity
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2020-01-16
Collection :
What is Sociology?
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This book presents the first detailed study of Tebtunis, a village in Egypt within the Roman Empire, in the first century AD. It is founded on the archive material of the local notarial office, or grapheion, which was run by a man named Kronion for most of the mid-first...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-01-16
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This book presents the first detailed study of Tebtunis, a village in Egypt within the Roman Empire, in the first century AD. It is founded on the archive material of the local notarial office, or grapheion, which was run by a man named Kronion for most of the mid-first...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-01-16
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While people used to conceal the fact that they were gay or lesbian to protect themselves from stigma and discrimination, it is now commonplace for people to "come out" and encourage others to do so as well. Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are systematically examines...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-15
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This book analyses social conflict among fishers in Indonesia by implementing class theory, thus adopting a new approach to analysing fishers’ conflicts in Indonesia. In using this approach, the book enables a comprehensive understanding of the nature of fishers’ social...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-01-14
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In the West, human bondage remains synonymous with the Atlantic slave trade. But large slave systems in Africa and Asia predated, co-existed, and overlapped with the Atlantic system—and have persisted in modified forms well into the twenty-first century, posing major...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-14
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An award-winning journalist envisions the future of leadership, excellence, and prosperity in Black America with this "urgent and pathbreaking" work (Marc Lamont Hill). Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Conversations in Black offers sage wisdom...
Editeur :
Legacy Lit
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2020-01-14
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Contrary to optimistic visions of a free internet for all, the problem of the ‘digital divide’ – the disparity between those with access to internet technology and those without – has persisted for close to twenty-five years.In this textbook, Jan van Dijk considers the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-01-14
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