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Wall Street and Silicon Valley – the two worlds this book examines – promote the illusion that scarcity can and should be eliminated in the age of seamless “flow.” Instead, Appadurai and Alexander propose a theory of habitual and strategic failure by exploring debt,...
Editeur :
Polity
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2019-11-08
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Claudio Magris is one of Italy’s – and Europe’s – most renowned thinkers and writers. He is considered an authority on central European literature and culture and is frequently interviewed about his hometown Trieste, the region called Mitteleuropa and the European...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-11-08
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*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE 2020*The riveting story of the pioneers who redefined conceptions of 'normality' in the early twentieth century.Under the guiding eye of cultural anthropologist Franz Boas, these...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2019-11-07
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Im Begriff Fluchtort Stadt ist die der Studie zugrunde liegende These ausgedrückt, dass fluchtfolgebedingte Prozesse als ein integraler Bestandteil von Stadtentwicklung betrachtet werden müssen. Bezüge zum Thema Flucht/Geflüchtete und (flucht-)spezifische...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-07
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This book explores how comics function to make meanings in the manner of a language. It outlines a framework for describing the resources and practices of comics creation and readership, using an approach that is compatible with similar descriptions of linguistic and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-07
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This book examines the role of hook-up apps in the lives of gay, bi, trans, and queer immigrants and refugees, and how the online culture of these platforms promotes belonging or exclusion. Within the context of the so-called European refugee crisis, this research...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-07
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This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-07
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'In terms of a non-fiction account of how historical and contemporary language has been shaped by women, I really recommend lexicographer Jonathon Green's Sounds and Furies'ELEY WILIAMS, author of The Liar's Dictionary'When it comes to distaff dirtiness, mainstream...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2019-11-07
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This book provides an account of current work on letters to the editor from a range of different national, cultural, conceptual and methodological perspectives. Letters to the editor provide a window on the reflexive relationship between editorial and readership...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-07
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Starting from the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, Schäfer composes a methodical approach to habitus of social actors and the logic of their praxis: Building upon the generative terms of praxeology, he focuses on identity and strategy in processes of internalization, their...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-07
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Kernfragen in Bezug auf Kontextualisierung, Repräsentation, Verantwortung und Beziehung zu Geflüchteten sowohl in Forschungs- als auch in Arbeitsfeldern sind in Flucht-Migrationsforschungen bisher wenig thematisiert. Die Autorinnen und Autoren widmen sich diesen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-07
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Harold Garfinkel was one of the most important American sociologists. A student of Talcott Parsons who also worked with Alfred Schutz and Kenneth Burke, he sought to craft an empirical and theoretical approach that would combine Parsons’ focus on social systems of...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2019-11-07
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This book offers practical advice on designing, conducting and analyzing interviews with ‘elite’ and ‘expert’ persons (or ‘socially prominent actors’), with a focus on criminology and criminal justice. It offers dilemmas and examples of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ practices in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-07
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Although new technologies are embedded in students’ lives today, there is often an assumption that their use is transparent, inconsequential, or a distraction. This book combines complex systems theory with sociocultural theory and the multimodal theory of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-06
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This book brings together the latest research in education in relation to science and religion. Leading international scholars and practitioners provide vital insights into the underlying debates and present a range of practical approaches for teaching. Key themes...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-06
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Exploring An t-Oileánach (anglicised as The Islandman), an indigenous Irish-language memoir written by Tomás Ó Criomhthain (Tomás O'Crohan), Máiréad Nic Craith charts the development of Ó Criomhthain as an author; the writing, illustration, and publication of the memoir...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-06
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Simulationen geben zunehmend Orientierung für die Entscheidungsfindung in Politik, Ökonomie, Ökologie oder Medizin. Hierzu sind zunächst Modelle zu bilden, wobei die Modellierungsentscheidungen einen großen Effekt auf die Simulationsergebnisse haben. Dieses...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-05
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This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood. It proposes some insightful perspectives on the current discussion about the rights of children in street...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-05
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Die neue Star-Trek-Serie Discovery thematisiert die gegenwärtige Unsicherheit über die Zukunft der westlichen Gesellschaften.Die Beiträge des Bandes zeigen, welche Möglichkeiten die Serie durchspielt. Spiegeluniversen, Zeitreisen, Klingonen und Terraner halten...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-05
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This book focuses on human trafficking and the anti-trafficking movement, particularly as it is expressed in Southeast Asia. The study is based on ethnographic research of the emerging anti-trafficking movement in Singapore, and in-depth interviews and observations with...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-05
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