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In many western societies today the optimism of the 1990s and early 2000s has given way to a deep unease and sense of foreboding.In the aftermath of the financial crisis, many people feel worse off and the future seems bleak. The mood has changed – that’s clear. But...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-08-28
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Music sociology occupies a special position in the social and cultural sciences. The terminology alone – in German it is ‘Musiksoziologie’ and not ‘Soziologie der Musik’ – indicates many possible approaches: Is ‘music sociology’ a subdiscipline within sociology or...
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Springer VS
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2018-08-28
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The bombings in New York and Washington in 2001 and subsequent terrorist attacks in different countries of the West have led to fast changing socio-cultural and political contexts where Islam has been depicted as a global threat.The meaning of being a Muslim has...
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OUP India
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2018-08-28
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This book offers support for interdisciplinary research on the interactions of nature and society. It is based on the hypothesis that a science of coevolution is needed to explore paths to a sustainable future. Jens Jetzkowitz initially discusses why social science...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-27
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Die Auswirkungen der gegenwärtigen Krise in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen wie Regierungspolitik, Arbeitsmarkt, Wohlfahrt, Familien- und Beziehungsstrukturen sind Thema des vorliegenden Sammelbandes der Herausgeberinnen Annette Schad-Seifert und Nora...
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Springer VS
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2018-08-27
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Lutz Peschke liefert einen Beitrag zum Verständnis, wie Wissensaneignung durch Infografiken bei Rezipienten in der Freizeit motiviert wird und stattfindet. Für die Untersuchungen hat der Autor ein Medien-Aneignungsmodell unter Berücksichtigung der freiwillig motivierten...
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Springer VS
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2018-08-27
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This book provides the solid and detailed evidence for some debated theories in Chinese studies, based on quantitative-qualitative analysis or mixed methods, which is quite novel compared with the extant work through qualitative or quantitative research alone. In...
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Springer
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2018-08-27
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Das Buch untersucht in einem integrativen Ansatz das Wirtschaftshandeln der Unternehmer, die Arbeitsorganisation, die Arbeits- und Leistungsbedingungen und die sozialen Beziehungen zwischen Unternehmer und Arbeitern einschließlich der Interessenvertretung der Arbeiter.
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2018-08-27
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Power, Glamour and Angst is about the social and cultural life of three Australian neighbourhoods – Toorak (Melbourne), Mosman (Sydney) and Cottesloe (Perth) - which are home to some of the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens. The book explores how living in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-25
Collection :
The Contemporary City
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This book carries out a comparative analysis of the power struggles over the post-neoliberal social security reforms in Venezuela and Ecuador. The research breaks down why the social security system reform initiated by Hugo Chávez’ government in Venezuela has come down...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-08-25
Collection :
The Latin American Studies Book Series
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From sending imams abroad to financing mosques and Islamic associations, home states play a key role in governing Islam in Western Europe. Drawing on over one hundred interviews and years of fieldwork, this book employs a comparative perspective that analyzes the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-25
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As research continues to accumulate on the connections between media and crime, #Crime explores the impact of social media on the criminal legal system. It examines how media influences our perceptions of crime, the perpetration of crime, and the implementation of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-24
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
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With well over one-hundred episodes, the podcast Welcome to Night Vale has spawned several international live tours, two novels set in the Night Vale universe, and an extensive volume of fan fiction and commentary. However, despite its immense popularity, Welcome to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-08-24
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Recent decades have seen the rise of a global beauty boom, with profound effects on perceptions of bodies worldwide. Against this background, Beauty and the Norm assembles ethnographic and conceptual approaches from a variety of disciplines and across the globe to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-24
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Die Beiträge des Bandes befassen sich mit dem sozialen Gedächtnis der Migration. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Analysen zum kulturell verankerten Fremdheits- und Vertrautheitswissen sowie zur Frage, inwieweit gesellschaftliche Vergangenheitsbezüge Fremdheit und Befremden...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-08-23
Collection :
Soziales Gedächtnis, Erinnern und Vergessen – Memory Studies
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This edited collection focuses on the ethics, politics and practices of responsiveness in the context of racism, inequality, difference and controversy. The politics of difference has long been concerned with speech, voice and representation. By focusing on the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-22
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This book explores collective consciousness and how it is applied to the pursuit of gender justice in international law. It discusses how the collective mode of behaviour and identity can lead to unconscious role-playing based on the social norms, expectations or...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-22
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This book explores the strong links between sustainability and the humanities, which go beyond the inclusion of social sciences in discussions on sustainability, and offers a holistic discussion on the intellectual and moral aspects of sustainable development. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-08-22
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This book examines the ways in which the histories of racial violence, from slavery onwards, are manifest in representations of the body in twenty-first-century culture set in the US South. Christopher Lloyd focuses on corporeality in literature and film to detail the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-22
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This book explores three worlds shared by the humans in their collective experiences. It identifies and explores the world of commonsense, the world of religion, and the world of science as three essential dimensions of human experience. The book helps understand that...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-08-22
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