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This book comprehensively examines religious faith in China from the perspective of cultural philosophy and cultural history. It explores the social, political, cultural and spiritual meanings of religions, tracing their historical development and related paradigm...
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Springer
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2017-12-26
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Andrea Hense entwickelt ein theoretisches Modell zur sozialen Erklärung subjektiver Ungleichheitswahrnehmungen, das eine theoriegeleitete Hypothesengenerierung anleitet und empirisch prüfbar ist. Ihr PFH-Modell kombiniert Lindenbergs Theorie sozialer...
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Springer VS
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2017-12-23
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This Brief examines the role of United States private military contractors (PMCs) in human trafficking and forced labor in case studies of Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Through the lens of these cases, the authors explore the legal and regulatory deficiencies surrounding...
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Springer
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2017-12-23
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SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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In this tribute to Benjamin Wright, former students and colleagues recall the foundational contributions he made to the theory and practice of measurement in a career spanning over five decades. Wright is recognized as the foremost proponent of the psychometric approach...
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Springer
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2017-12-22
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This book brings together a collection of essays by leading criminologists to explore the relationship between the private sector and criminal justice. The private sector has become an increasingly important ‘partner’ in contemporary criminal justice with the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-12-22
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Anja Eckold sondiert die umstrittene und kontrovers diskutierte Maßnahme Jugendarrest historisch und analysiert sie am Beispiel einer Arrestanstalt. Den Hauptteil der Arbeit bilden ihre empirisch-biographieanalytischen Fallstudien mit Arrest verbüßenden Jugendlichen....
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Springer VS
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2017-12-22
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Studien zur Schul- und Bildungsforschung
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This book discusses the impacts of climate change that are already being felt on every continent and provides the scientific basis for a number of modern approaches and state-of-the art methods for monitoring the environment, social behavior and human expectations...
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Springer
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2017-12-21
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This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the political dimensions of civil religion in the United States. By employing an original social-psychological theory rooted in semiotics, it offers a qualitative and quantitative empirical examination of more than...
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Springer
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2017-12-21
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the differences and similarities between civil legal aid schemes in the Nordic countries whilst outlining recent legal aid transformations in their respective...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-12-21
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Sabine Pabst untersucht deskriptiv Praxis und Diskurse zu anonymer Autorschaft anhand von einschlägigen Lexika und Fallbeispielen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Diese kontrastiert sie mit historischen und theoretischen Erörterungen etwa in der Literatur- und...
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Springer VS
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2017-12-21
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This book offers a rationale for and ways of reading popular culture for peace. It argues that we can improve peacebuilding theory and practice through examining popular culture’s youth revolutionaries and their outcomes - from their digital and plastic renderings to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-21
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This edited collection addresses a substantial gap in the existing literature on filicide by presenting the latest research from empirical investigations around the world. Despite its low occurrence, little is known about the incidences, causes and circumstances of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-12-21
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The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders provides current insights from established experts into the phenomenology, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders. Fully revised to reflect new DSM-5 classification and diagnostic criteria, each chapter of the...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-12-21
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This book explores the contours of a transformational sociology which seeks to reconsider the horizons of sociological imagination. It questions accepted modernist assumptions such as the equation of society and nation-state, the dualism of individual and society and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-20
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This open access book reports on research carried out as part of the European Union co-funded C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project which targeted hate speech and hate crime across a number of EU member states. It showcases the bearing that discourse analytic research can have on our...
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Springer
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2017-12-20
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SpringerBriefs in Linguistics
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Daniel Weber beschäftigt sich mit den Licht- und Schattenseiten von nationaler und europäischer Identifikation in Deutschland. Mithilfe einer quantitativ-empirischen Analyse zeigt er, dass gruppenbezogene Identifikation vor allem dann mit negativen Konsequenzen wie ...
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Springer VS
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2017-12-19
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Michalina Seekamp untersucht die Ursachen der Anpassungsträgheit der deutschen Musikindustrie im Angesicht disruptiver Technologien. Mittels einer empirischen Untersuchung weist sie nach, dass dieses im Extremfall existenzgefährdende Verhalten durch eine homogene...
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Springer Gabler
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2017-12-19
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Climb a mountain and experience the landscape. Try to grasp its holistic nature. Do not climb alone, but with others and share your experience. Be sure the ways of seeing the landscape will be very different. We experience the landscape with all senses as a complex,...
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Springer
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2017-12-19
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Landscape Series
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This authoritative and comprehensive edited volume presents current research on how demography can contribute to generating scientific knowledge and evidence concerning refugees and forced migration, developing evidence based policy recommendations on protection for...
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Springer
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2017-12-19
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This book is a reflection on the nature of confinement, experienced by prison inmates as everyday life. It explores the meanings, purposes, and consequences involved with spending every day inside prison. Female Imprisonment results from an ethnographic study carried...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-19
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
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