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In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. He criticises those theoretical accounts whose roots lie in...
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Polity
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2018-03-15
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It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed and deployed as a multi-polar world system is being born. The full implications...
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Polity
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2018-03-15
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This book proposes that romantic relationships—filtered through various socio-cultural sieves—can lead to the development of affective kin bonds, which underlie our sense of personhood and belonging. Sirisena argues that the process resembles an attempt to make...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-03-15
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Der vorliegende Band nimmt Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Gleichstellungspolitiken, strukturellen Diskriminierungsformen und prekären Arbeitsverhältnissen in der neoliberalen Hochschule in den Blick.Die Arbeits- und Lebenssituation von Wissenschaftler_innen hat sich in den...
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Springer VS
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2018-03-14
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This book analyses the current state-of-the-art research on families, working hours and well-being in Europe, addressing both paid and non-paid work from a family perspective, and introducing emerging issues related to working hours and family life. Further, it...
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Springer
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2018-03-14
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Focusing on Mostar, a city in Bosnia Herzegovina that became the epitome of ethnic divisions during the Yugoslav wars, this cutting edge book considers processes of violent partitioning in cities. Providing an in-depth understanding of the social, political, and mundane...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-03-14
Collection :
The Contemporary City
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Als anthropologische Konstanten werfen Traum und Schlaf ein bezeichnendes Licht auf unterschiedliche Kulturen bzw. Gesellschaften und historische Epochen. Gleichzeitig hat der Gegenstand ‚Traum‘ nichts von seiner Ungreifbarkeit und Rätselhaftigkeit verloren. Unter dem...
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J.B. Metzler
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2018-03-14
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The twentieth-anniversary edition of the original women’s empowerment manifesto An ancient title of respect for women, the word ‘cunt’ long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation...
Editeur :
Seal Press
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2018-03-13
Collection :
Live Girls
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This book provides scholarly perspectives on a range of timely concerns in Irish diaspora studies. It offers a focal point for fresh interchanges and theoretical insights on questions of identity, Irishness, historiography and the academy’s role in all of these. In...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-13
Collection :
Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
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This edited collection explores family relations in two types of 'migrant families' in Europe: mixed families and transnational families. Based on in-depth qualitative fieldwork and large surveys, the contributors analyse gender and intergenerational relations...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-13
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Im Fokus dieses Buches steht die Frage, wie Sportjournalisten über Wechselspekulationen zu Profifußballern in Online-Medien berichten und wie Fans über diese Transfergerüchte in Online-Foren diskutieren. Hierbei wird einerseits eine Perspektive eingenommen, die sich...
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Springer VS
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2018-03-13
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This book takes the debate about the (ir)rationality of the transition to ethical life in Kierkegaard’s thought in a significantly new direction. Connecting the field of Kierkegaard studies with the meta-ethical debate about practical reasons, and engaging with Alasdair...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-13
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Dieser Band stellt die gegenwärtige Entwicklung, Merkmale und Praxisbeispiele evidenzorientierter Kriminalprävention vor. Er umfasst die Beiträge von 76 renommierten Experten und vermittelt dadurch einen umfassenden Eindruck von der Präventionswissenschaft in...
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Springer VS
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2018-03-13
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David Schünemann untersucht die Frage, wie der unwahrscheinliche Erfolg der Entwicklung von Free- und Open-Source-Software (FOSS) zu erklären ist. In einer medien- und techniksoziologischen Betrachtung geht er der These nach, dass FOSS nicht nur eine innovative Art und...
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Springer VS
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2018-03-12
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Amsterdamse Bos, Bois de Boulognes, Epping Forest, Hong Kong’s country parks, Stanley Park: throughout history cities across the world have developed close relationships with nearby woodland areas. In some cases, cities have even developed – and in some cases are...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-03-12
Collection :
Future City
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Whether you are an urban geographer, an urban sociologist or an urban political scientist, and whether you take a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods approach, the challenge that confronts researchers of our increasingly "globalized" urban studies remains...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
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2018-03-12
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Das Buch adressiert das zentrale Problem der Postmoderne: die Beziehung zwischen den sich langsam wandelnden Strukturen einerseits und den unbeständigen Subjektivitäten andererseits. Es analysiert Wechselwirkungen zwischen den biografiegestaltenden Aufgaben der...
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Springer VS
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2018-03-12
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Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-03-12
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Examining the subtle forms of aggression, violence, and harassment that occur in our society and manifest in institutions and places of work, the expert contributors collected here describe the experience of social marginalization and expose how vulnerable individuals...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-10
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This edited collection explores the meaning of feminism in the contemporary moment, which is constituted primarily by action but also uncertainty. The book focuses on feminist modes of activism, as well as media and cultural representation to ask questions about...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-09
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