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The recent rise of cities in global environmental politics has stimulated remarkable debates about sustainable urban development and the geopolitics of a changing world order no longer defined by tightly bordered national regimes. This book explores this major...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-25
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This book presents an innovative institutional transpositional ethnography that examines the textual trajectory of “the life of a calling script” from production by corporate management and clients to recontextualization by middle management and finally to application...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-24
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This edited volume focuses on the impact of education among different social groups in different geographical areas of South Asia. The chapters illustrate the effects of formal education on castes ranging from Dalits to Brahmins, Buddhists, and Christians, even as they...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-24
Collection :
Anthropological Studies of Education
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Aesthetics and the Revolutionary City engages in alternative ways of reading foreign visual representations of Havana through analysis of advertising images, documentary films, and photographic texts. It explores key narratives relating to the projection of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-22
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This book describes the application of a high-level technology to solve problems in distributed systems that have networked structures with millions to billions of nodes. The main difference from other works is that the approach is based on holistically and...
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Springer
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2018-09-22
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Der Band sammelt die Ergebnisse der BMBF-Förderlinie „Sexuelle Gewalt in pädagogischen Kontexten“ und diskutiert diese im Hinblick auf weitergehende Forschungsdesiderate. Die bekannt gewordenen Fälle von Verletzungen der sexuellen Integrität von Kindern und Jugendlichen...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2018-09-22
Collection :
Sexuelle Gewalt und Pädagogik
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Archaeological heritage legislation aims to ensure the best possible protection for the archaeological heritage, yet it remains the case that legislation can remain ineffective through other practical considerations. Some consideration may be legal or procedural,...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-09-22
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This is the first book to examine whether France’s ongoing defence of the cultural exception as a means to maintain cultural policies and defend cultural diversity is justifiable in the digital age. It questions whether the arrival of new players such as Apple and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-22
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Das Buch befasst sich mit der Rolle von Medien in einem politischen Ausnahmezustand. Bettina Haasen hat in Burundi Journalistinnen und Journalisten zu ihrem beruflichen Rollenselbstverständnis befragt und diese Aussagen unter Berücksichtigung ihrer sozialen Herkunft und...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-09-21
Collection :
Studies in International, Transnational and Global Communications
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This volume addresses the current challenges for and future prospects of women’s entrepreneurship research, bringing together a wealth of diverse insights with implications for research, education and practice alike.Presenting theoretical and empirical research papers...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-09-21
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This book addresses the challenges threatening the quality of life and well-being of people living in the MENA region. It focuses on both internal / local and external / global drivers impacting their well-being particularly in the domains of economy, health, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-09-21
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Based on a study among higher-educated adult children of lower-class Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands, this open access book explores processes of identification among social climbers with ethnic minority backgrounds. Using both survey data and open...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-09-21
Collection :
IMISCOE Research Series
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This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe safe and sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis. The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of economic overshoot, is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-21
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A dazzlingly original analysis of how emotions shape the times we are living in by one of Britain’s most exciting thinkers‘A masterpiece’ New York Times‘Insightful and well-written’ Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensHow have feelings come to shape the world around us?...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2018-09-20
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This book explores how natural landscapes are linked to positive mental wellbeing. While natural landscapes have long been represented and portrayed as transformative, the link to mental wellbeing is an area that researchers are still aiming to comprehend. Accompanying...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-20
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This book explores and reflects on peacebuilding, which emerges from the experiences and realities of women’s lives in East Africa, specifically, in Uganda. The author argues that often these community based peacebuilding efforts are responses to women's struggles for...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-20
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Ever thought about what Tinder advice Naomi Wolf would give you?Ever wondered what Andrea Dworkin would think about your Brazilian wax? Or what Mary Wollstonecraft would think about the 'fairy-tale' weddings you're always invited to? Using 40 everyday questions and...
Editeur :
Cassell
Parution :
2018-09-20
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'To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - IndependentThe women who shaped and were erased from...
Editeur :
Brazen
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2018-09-20
Collection :
Forgotten Women
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"An authoritative roadmap to navigating the world's economy." The Wall Street JournalIn When Cultures Collide, Richard Lewis provides a truly global and practical guide to working and communicating across cultures, explaining how our own culture and language affect the...
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John Murray Business
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2018-09-20
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"Everyone should have two copies - one for the car and one for the house to plan journeys. . . a reminder to think more about the places you pass and less about your route, because every British journey is through rich history." (Edward Stourton)From much-loved...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2018-09-20
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