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In this book, López proposes the ‘political imaginary’ model as a tool to better understand what human rights are in practice, and what they might, or might not, be able to achieve. Human rights are conceptualised as assemblages of relatively stable, but not...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-04-13
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This book provides a study of governmental digitalization, an increasingly important area of policymaking within advanced capitalist states. It dives into a case study of digitalization efforts in Denmark, fusing a national policy study with local institutional...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-04-13
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This book explores the geography of the everyday roadway and contemplates how regulation and design shape our streets. People may question the hegemony of cars, but reimagining public streets is a major conceptual and technical challenge. Drawing from “new mobilities”...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-13
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Vor dem Hintergrund des gesellschaftlichen Wandels durch Migration und der damit einhergehenden Rekonstruktion und Neubewertung von Fragen nach politischer und sozialer Gerechtigkeit haben sowohl Politische Bildung als auch Soziale Arbeit neue Herausforderungen zu...
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Springer VS
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2018-04-13
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Bürgerbewusstsein
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This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the various sociologies of New Zealand from the late 19th century to the present day. Opening with previously undocumented insights into the history of proto-sociology in New Zealand, the book then explores the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-13
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Sociology Transformed
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This book presents a detailed sociolinguistic study of the traditionally Catalan-speaking areas of Southern France, and sheds new light on language attitudes, phonetic variation, language ideologies and minority language rights. The region’s complex dual identity, both...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-12
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This book deals with macro and micro aspects of population change and their inter-face with socio-economic factors and impact. It examines theoretical notions and pursues their empirical manifestations and uses multidisciplinary approaches to population change and...
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Springer
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2018-04-12
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How do Chinese, Japanese and Korean mothers in Britain make sense of their motherhood and employment? What are the intersecting factors that shape these women’s identities, experiences and stories? Contributing further to the continuing discourse and development of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-12
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This book aims at presenting a conceptual apparatus and empirical analysis of the ways Nordic civil society is affected by social transformations by focusing on the Norwegian case. The Norwegian empirical focus allows identifying processes and factors of change that are...
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Springer
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2018-04-11
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This book aims to thoroughly discuss new directions of thinking in the arena of environmental archaeology and test them by presenting new practical applications.Recent theoretical and epistemological advancement in the field of archaeology calls for a re-definition of...
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Springer
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2018-04-11
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This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating urbanization, and demystifies Social Sustainability, the least understood of all the different areas of sustainable development. The volume’s twin focus on these profoundly intertwined topics creates a nuanced and...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-04-10
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This book examines the gun-related policy responses to three school shooting incidents in the United States. Gun violence prevention activists and others involved in policy making were interviewed for the book, and news media articles and policy documents were...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-10
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This book is centered on the history of the girl from the medieval period through to the early twenty-first century. Authored by an international team of scholars, the volume explores the transition from adolescent girlhood to young womanhood, the formation and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-10
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Die Beiträge in diesem Buch untersuchen das Wechselverhältnis von Medien, urbanen Räumen und Kollektivität durch eine Analyse der vielfältigen kommunikativen Figurationen des städtischen Lebens. Der interdisziplinäre Sammelband bringt Forscherinnen und Forscher aus der...
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Springer VS
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2018-04-10
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When strangers meet in social clubs, watch reality television, or interact on Facebook, they contribute to the social glue of mass society—not because they promote civic engagement or democracy, but because they enact the sacred promise of friendship. Where most...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-10
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Der Band sammelt Aufsätze, die sich mit der Publikumszuwendung zu Medien bzw. Einschätzungen des Publikums gegenüber Medien heute auseinandersetzen und unterschiedliche Aspekte von Beständigkeiten und Veränderungen vertiefen. Medien werden bedeutende öffentliche...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2018-04-10
Collection :
Forschung und Praxis an der FHWien der WKW
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“Brilliantly illustrates the immense and disarming power of changing course and driving not toward division, but toward civility and mutual respect.” --Ms. magazine As a progressive commentator on Fox News and now CNN, Sally...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
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2018-04-10
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the manifestations and interrelations of collectivity and power on the internet from a sociological point of view. It addresses questions on how different forms of internet-based collectivities (masses, crowds, movements,...
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Springer
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2018-04-10
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How does the simple act of running make us human? As a form of enskilled movement that shapes how we perceive our surroundings, running enacts a mindful bodily engagement with the world, an engagement that generates our very minds through perceptual learning. Thomas F....
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-04-10
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