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Historically, social workers have confronted and alleviated many of society's most far-reaching and seemingly intractable challenges. As we move further into the 21st century, however, the field faces a renewed call to action as critical problems become more deeply and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-02
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This edited book aims to provide a new perspective on the identification and interpretation of short-term occupations in Paleolithic Archaeology.
The volume includes contributions with a particular focus on the definition and identification of short-term occupations...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-12-02
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Der Band bestimmt den Begriff der Begegnung als eigene, bedeutungstragende Kategorie und fokussiert zum ersten Mal systematisch und historisch Fragen der Interaktion zwischen Menschen und Tieren in Philosophie, Kunst, Literatur und in sozio-kulturellen Praktiken....
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2019-12-02
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Several months after a 2014 operation in the Gaza Strip, fifty-three Israeli Defense Forces combatants and combat-support soldiers were awarded military decorations for exhibiting extraordinary bravery. From a gendered perspective, the most noteworthy aspect of these...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-02
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This book explores the need for deep-seated social change in Myanmar if the country’s democratic transition and peace process is to deliver tangible benefits for those that have long faced profound vulnerability and marginalisation. Drawing on detailed case studies, it...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-30
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This book examines the diversity of practice in regional research and its contribution to local, national and global issues. Three themes are advanced here: Place and change, Transition and resilience, and Challenges for the future. Contributors embrace frameworks of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-29
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In this sweeping appraisal of the urban condition, David Wadley argues that anything less that high-level resolution in modelling the well-being of inhabitants is wasting precious time. Humanity is encountering rising entropy, caused by unsustainable economic and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-29
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Menschen, die nach vormodernen Verständnis bedürftig waren, benötigten i.d.R. lebensnotwendige Unterstützung durch Dritte. Neben privater Versorgung konnten Betroffene in Klöstern, Hospitälern und bei Medizinalvertretern Hilfe finden. Archäologisch wurde dieser Aspekt...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-29
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Im Fokus dieses Sammelbandes steht die Auseinandersetzung mit methodologischen und methodischen Herausforderungen von Forschungen im Kontext von Flucht und Migration. Die Suche nach kritischen Forschungszugängen, die zu einer Überwindung der Reproduktion...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-29
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This open access book analyses the interplay of sustainable development and human rights from different perspectives including fight against poverty, health, gender equality, working conditions, climate change and the role of private actors. Each aspect is addressed...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-28
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Saskia Fuchs zeigt in ihrer Untersuchung, wie das soziale Kapital – insbesondere soziales Vertrauen – in Deutschland verteilt ist und welche Herausforderungen sowie Lösungsmöglichkeiten bei dessen Messung bestehen. Anhand der Daten des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP)...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-28
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Winner of the Working-Class Studies Association's "Jake Ryan and Charles Sackrey Award for a Book about the Working-Class Academic Experience"This collection by three generations of women from predominantly working-class backgrounds explores the production of the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-28
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This book charts the historical development of 'forensic objectivity' through an analysis of the ways in which objective knowledge of crimes, crime scenes, crime materials and criminals is achieved. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, with authors drawn from law,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-28
Collection :
Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice
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This Open Access book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-Western perspective and explores the cultural context for its...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-28
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The book is the first systematic study of the beginnings of psychoanalysis on Polish lands in Galicia (Austria-Hungary) and Congress Poland (Russia) during the partitions of Poland in the years between 1900 and 1918.The birth of the movement was presented on a broad...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-28
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This book not only seeks to theoretically analyze the concept, chief characteristics and framework of “social mentality”, but also explores the influence of social mentality on such elements of social functioning as individuals, groups, societies, markets and countries,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-27
Collection :
Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path
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This collection examines LEGO from an array of critical and cultural studies approaches, foregrounding the world-renowned brand's ideological power and influence. Given LEGO’s status as the world’s largest toy manufacturer and a transnational multimedia conglomerate,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-27
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This edited volume contains sixteen chapters by eminent scholars on one of the largest migration corridors in the world i.e., between South and South-East Asia and the Gulf region. Asia’s trade and cultural contact with the Gulf date back to ancient historical times....
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Springer
Parution :
2019-11-27
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The objective of this study is to understand the perceptions, beliefs, and influencing factors that may lead to different fertility outcomes among young women in Nicaragua, a country with one of the highest adolescent fertility rates in Latin America.The results are...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-27
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Doris Gräber gibt in ihrer metaphernanalytisch angelegten Arbeit einen Einblick darin, wie Sozialarbeitende in Flüchtlingswohnheimen die täglichen Herausforderungen ihrer Arbeit meistern, wie sie mit unlösbaren Dilemmata umgehen, und welchen Auftrag sie in Bezug auf die...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-27
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