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This book provides a ground breaking interdisciplinary study of the Catholic Church in Taiwan, focusing on the post 1949 Civil War in China through to the present day, and discusses the role played by the Catholic Church in contemporary Taiwanese society. It considers...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-12-07
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Christianity in Modern China
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Das ‚Kompendium Kinder- und Jugendhilfe‘ erfüllt alle Erfordernisse und Bedürfnisse derer, die in Theorie und Praxis, Forschung und Lehre, Organisation und Politik Kinder- und Jugendhilfe denken, machen und verantworten, eine aktuelle, umfassende und verlässliche...
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Springer VS
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2017-12-07
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This critical, international and interdisciplinary edited collection investigates the new normal of work and employment, presenting research on the experience of the workers themselves. The collection explores the formation of contemporary worker subjects, and the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-12-06
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Der Band entfaltet Zugänge zu einer genuin soziologischen Betrachtungsweise von Parlamenten. Er schlägt den Bogen von gesellschaftstheoretischen Ansätzen über mikrosoziologische Perspektiven hin zu internationalen Forschungstendenzen.
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Springer VS
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2017-12-06
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Gentrification is arguably the most dynamic area of conflict in current urban development policy – it is the process by which poorer populations are displaced by more affluent groups. Although gentrification is well-documented, German and international research largely...
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Springer VS
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2017-12-06
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This edited collection provides an innovative and detailed analysis of the relationship between the financial crisis, risk and corruption. A large majority of the published research has concentrated on identifying the traditional factors that contributed towards the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-12-06
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This volume is a compilation of results from sessions of the Second International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place between November 30 and December 6, 2014, in Hokkaido, Japan. Similar to the first conference held in 2012...
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Springer
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2017-12-06
Collection :
Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
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This book provides an in-depth study of Japanese whaling culture, emphasizing how the Japanese have considered whales and whaling in relation to their understanding of nature and religion. It examines why and how the Japanese have mourned the deaths of whales, treating...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-05
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This volume brings into focus a range of emergent issues related to women in the Indian diaspora. The conditions propelling women’s migration and their experiences during the process of migration and settlement have always been different and very specific to...
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Springer
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2017-12-05
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This edited volume critically engages with ecofeminist scholarship. It tracks the ongoing dialogue between women’s issues and environmental change by republishing the work of pioneering scholars and activists in the field. Together with new essays by contemporary...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-05
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This book documents research activities and design experimentation carried out within the scope of a project addressing conservation, urban regeneration, responsible use of resources, and sustainable development in a truly exceptional place: the city of Luxor. The...
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Springer
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2017-12-05
Collection :
Research for Development
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This edited volume provides a fresh perspective on the important yet often neglected relationship between environmental justice and urban resilience. Many scholars have argued that resilient cities are more just cities. But what if the process of increasing the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-05
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This book chronicles the influence of second wave feminism on everything from electoral politics to LGBTQ rights. The original descriptions of second wave feminism focused on elite, white voices, obscuring the accomplishments of many activists, as third wave feminists...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-05
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Das Erzählen ist in allen Bereichen der Gesellschaft unentbehrlich, um etwas mitzuteilen, um auf andere einzuwirken, um Wirklichkeit zu erfassen. Seit dem vielberufenen "narrative turn" werden die faszinierenden Leistungen des Erzählens intensiv erforscht.Das Handbuch...
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2017-12-05
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This book, the first of two volumes edited by McCartan and Kemshall, focusses on perceptions of sexual offenders, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and practitioners to both construct and respond to unknown and known sex offenders within the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-05
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
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This book highlights the important, yet often forgotten, roles that Jamaican women played in the World Wars. Predicated on the notion that warfare has historically been an agent of change, Dalea Bean contends that traces of this truism were in Jamaica and illustrates...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-04
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This collection of essays examines how Southeast Asian women writers engage with the grand narratives of nationalism and the modern nation-state by exploring the representations of gender, identity and nation in the postcolonial literatures of Brunei Darussalam,...
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Springer
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2017-12-04
Collection :
Asia in Transition
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Der vorliegende Band ist mit dem Konflikt befasst, der sich zwischen der Religion und der säkular verstandenen Welt ergeben hat. In aller Vergangenheit sah sich die Religion von einem Glauben bestimmt, durch den sich der Mensch an ein Absolutes als einer subjektivischen...
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Springer VS
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2017-12-04
Collection :
Gesammelte Schriften
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This book evaluates the consequences of economic, social, environmental and cultural change on people living and working within Teesside in the North-East of England. It assesses the lived experiences, working lives, health and cultural perspectives of residents and key...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-04
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Die Energiewende verändert in Deutschland mit dem Ausstieg aus der Kernkraft und dem Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien in weitreichender Weise bisherige Strukturen der Energieversorgung und wirkt sich dabei räumlich stark aus. Biomasse-, Windkraft- und Photovoltaikanlagen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-12-04
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