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?This Brief examines the “militarization” of law enforcement in the United States through the lens of the stakeholders primarily responsible for implementing, funding, and enacting the practice. Largely a result of policies such as the war on drugs, war on terror,...
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Springer
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2018-12-11
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This books demonstrates the difficulty of protecting victims of human trafficking from being held liable for crimes they were compelled to commit in the course, or as a consequence, of being trafficked, under current European law. The legislation remains vague and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-12-11
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Domestic burglary has fallen significantly over the past 20 years in many countries, but still remains a high volume crime. On top of substantial financial loss and property damage, burglary also leads to high levels of anxiety and fear of crime. The research presented...
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Springer
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2018-12-11
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This book focuses on the closely interlinked areas of refugee migration and health. It discusses the main challenges of the recent unprecedented, extremely diverse and mostly unregulated refugee migration wave for Germany and Europe, and offers a broader view of refugee...
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Springer
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2018-12-11
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Migration, Minorities and Modernity
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Ist die Menschheit allein im Universum? Gibt es eine Chance, jenseits der Erde auf fremde Intelligenzen zu stoßen? Und was würde ein solcher Kontakt für die Zukunft der Menschheit bedeuten? Dies sind die Fragen, die im Mittelpunkt der neuesten sozialwissenschaftlichen...
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Springer VS
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2018-12-11
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Das essential unterscheidet drei grundlegende Typen sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschungsdesigns: x-zentriert, y-zentriert und kontrastiv. Diese unterscheiden sich durch die Anzahl der betrachteten Theorien und dadurch, ob diese Theorien logisch konkurrierend oder...
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Springer VS
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2018-12-11
Collection :
essentials
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This book examines the role of Hindu-inspired faith movements (HIFMs) in contemporary India as actors in social transformation. It further situates these movements in the context of the global political economy where such movements cross national boundaries to locate...
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Springer
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2018-12-11
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This book investigates the role of inference in argumentation, considering how arguments support standpoints on the basis of different loci. The authors propose and illustrate a model for the analysis of the standpoint-argument connection, called Argumentum Model of...
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Springer
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2018-12-10
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The Web has been with us now for almost 25 years. An integral part of our social, cultural and political lives, ‘new media’ is simply not that new anymore. Despite the rapidly expanding archives of information at our disposal, and the recent growth of interest in web...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2018-12-10
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What does it mean when images of refugees’ plight are shared on social media? Or when we respond to emotive NGO fundraising campaigns, or are heartened by do-good reality TV shows? Do these narratives offer incentives for genuine social change or only momentary feelings...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2018-12-10
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Millions of people around the world are forced to work without pay and under threat of violence. These individuals can be found working in brothels, factories, mines, farm fields, restaurants, construction sites and private homes: many have been tricked by human...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2018-12-10
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Dieser Band thematisiert nach der Verleihung des Titels „UNESCO City of Music“ an Hannover und Mannheim das Thema „Musik und Städte“ mit Beiträgen zu konkreten Musikstrategien von Städten wie Berlin, London oder Stockholm, internationalen Vergleichen der Musikförderung...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2018-12-08
Collection :
Jahrbuch für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung
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This book asks how thinking, governing, performing, and producing the urban differently can assist in enabling the creation of alternative urban futures. It is a timely response to the ongoing crises and pressing challenges that inhabitants of cities, towns, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-12-08
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Die Texte des Bandes befassen sich schwerpunktmäßig mit den Erfahrungen der Quartiersentwicklung im Globalen Süden und der Frage, wie es gelingen kann, selbst in Situationen geringster Ressourcenverfügbarkeit und größter Not menschenwürdige Lebensbedingungen auf der...
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Springer VS
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2018-12-08
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Die Arbeit stellt die erste Einführung und Übersicht zu soziologischen Arbeitsmarkttheorien im deutschsprachigen Raum vor und versucht einen Brückenschlag zwischen Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktsoziologie. Anhand eines mehrdimensionalen Systematisierungskonzeptes werden...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-12-07
Collection :
Wirtschaft + Gesellschaft
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Silver, Butter, Cloth advances current debates about the nature and complexity of Viking economic systems. It explores how silver and other commodities were used in monetary and social economies across the Scandinavian world of the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 AD) before and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-12-07
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This book addresses the ‘three moments’ in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers’ and refugees’ efforts to secure protection: The reasons for their flight, the Refugee Status Determination process, and their integration into the host...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-12-06
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This book focuses on the Boko Haram insurgence in Nigeria, and provides information on the origin and growth of the sect, antecedent and historical factors behind the insurgence, assessing a variety of socio-political drivers. The structure, organization and ideology of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-12-06
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This book offers an interdisciplinary study of hip-hop music written and performed by rappers who happen to be out black gay men. It examines the storytelling mechanisms of gay themed lyrics, and how these form protests and become enabling tools for (black) gay men to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-12-06
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Silver, Butter, Cloth advances current debates about the nature and complexity of Viking economic systems. It explores how silver and other commodities were used in monetary and social economies across the Scandinavian world of the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 AD) before and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-12-06
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