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Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts to explore systematically the key themes of Sufism's new global presence, from Yemen to Senegal via Chicago...
Editeur :
Hurst
Parution :
2019-11-01
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Man’s best friend, domesticated since prehistoric times, a travelling companion for explorers and artists, thinkers and walkers, equally happy curled up by the fire and bounding through the great outdoors—dogs matter to us because we love them. But is that all there is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-11-01
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In diesem Band wird aus medien- und kommunikationswissenschaftlichen, ingenieurwissenschaftlichen, philosophischen, geographischen oder rechtlichen Perspektiven, von Standpunkten des Veranstaltungs-, Verkehrs- und Social Media-Managements sowie aus feuerwehrlichen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-01
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This book is for all those actively working in the built environment. It presents the latest theory and practice of engaging with stakeholders to co-design, develop and manage thriving places. It starts from the importance of integrating design of nature into practice...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-01
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Drawing on in-depth qualitative research, this book provides a nuanced picture of the everyday identifications experienced and expressed among the superdiverse Tamil migrant population in Britain. It presents the first detailed analysis of the narrative and experiences...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-31
Collection :
Global Diversities
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This book focuses on the archaeological and historical research on the seaport heritage of galleon navigation in Asia-Pacific region. It reconstructs the Manila Galleons’ era of early maritime globalization, established and operated by Spanish navigators from the 16th...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-31
Collection :
The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation
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Im Zentrum der mikrosoziologisch und kulturpsychologisch informierten Studie steht die Subjektposition der armen Frau.Im Unterschied zu anderen Subjektpositionen geht diese nicht mit einem Versprechen sozialer Anerkennung einher, sondern erfolgt vorrangig unter...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-10-31
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This book sheds critical light on the routinely debated issue of how to create sustainable, equitable and meaningful partnerships between visual art organisations and youth organisations. Using a Bourdieusian framework, this book analyses the different...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-31
Collection :
New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
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This book addresses the nature of intimacy and relationships in a time of what Eva Illouz characterizes as ‘cold intimacies’. The contributors to this collection highlight the ambivalence and tensions contained in ‘intimacy’ by uncovering a nuanced and complex...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-31
Collection :
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
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Migration moves people, ideas and things.Migration shakes up political scenes and instigates new social movements. It redraws emotional landscapes and reshapes social networks, with traditional and digital media enabling, representing, and shaping the processes,...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2019-10-31
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This book proposes that creative and participatory modes of measuring, knowing, and moving in the world are needed for coming to grips with the Anthropocene epoch. It interrogates how creative, affective and experiential encounters that traverse the local and the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-30
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The aim of this book is to reflect on ''vernacularity'' and culture. It concentrates on two major domains: first it attempts to reframe our understanding of vernacularity by addressing the subject in the context of globalisation, cross-disciplinarity, and development,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This book addresses the topic of personhood—who is a “person” or “human,” and what rights or dignities does that include—as it has been addressed through the lens of science fiction. Chapters include discussions of consciousness and the soul, artificial intelligence,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This comprehensive manual provides a user-oriented overview of U.S. Census data and demographic methods for redistricting applications. It addresses current issues and concerns accompanying the creation, adjustment, and evaluation of election districts and plans that...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This book explores the transmedial nature of the storyworlds created by and/or affiliated with television auteur, writer, and filmmaker, Joss Whedon. As such, the book addresses the ways in which Whedon’s storyworlds, or ‘verses, employ transmedia, both intrinsically as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-29
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A moving chronicle of who belongs in America.Like so many American factory towns, Lewiston, Maine, thrived until its mill jobs disappeared and the young began leaving. But then the story unexpectedly veered: over the course of fifteen years, the city became home to...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2019-10-29
ePub
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The existing welfare regime literature identifies differences in welfare state systems. Sarah Förster asks, if we can learn something on the organizational level about the embedding of philanthropic foundations in the field of social welfare in different welfare state...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-10-29
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This book draws on research into darknet cryptomarkets to examine themes of cybercrime, cybersecurity, illicit markets and drug use. Cybersecurity is increasingly seen as essential yet it is also a point of contention between citizens, states, non-governmental...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-29
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
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With little existing scholarship on LGBT diaspora from Asia, this groundbreaking book examines the intersectionality of migration, sexuality, and gender, as well as race and ethnicity, through an analysis of the transnational experiences of Japanese LGBT diasporas in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-10-28
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This book presents the first comparative study of the works of Charlotte Delbo, Noor Inayat Khan, and Germaine Tillion in relation to their vigorous struggles against Nazi aggression during World War II and the Holocaust. It illuminates ways in which their early lives...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-10-28
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