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Pain in one form or another is probably the most common symptom presented to medical and healthcare professionals. Long a subject of biomedical interest, more recent biopsychosocial theories have extended the study of pain as a concept which is highly individual in the...
Editeur :
Polity
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2017-12-08
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Key Themes in Health and Social Care
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From the rise of terrorism to the uncertainties associated with economic crisis and recession, our age is characterized by fear. Fear is the expression of a society on unstable foundations. Most of us feel that our social status is under threat and our future prospects...
Editeur :
Polity
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2017-12-08
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This is not a book that provides a new integrated theory of religious change in modern societies, but rather one that develops theoretical elements that contribute to the understanding of some contemporary religious developments. Most of the approaches in sociology of...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-12-08
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The Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology focuses on the material culture and lifeways of the peoples of prehistoric and early historic East and Southeast Asia; their origins, behavior and identities as well as their biological, linguistic and cultural...
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Springer
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2017-12-08
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Demography is not destiny. As Giacomo Casanova explained over two centuries ago: 'There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our own lives.' Today we are shaping them and our societies more than ever before. Globally, we have never had fewer children per...
Editeur :
Polity
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2017-12-08
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Media are central to our experiences and understandings of sex, whether in the form of familiar 'mainstream' genres, pornographies and other sex genres, or the new zones, interactions and technosexualities made possible by the internet and mobile devices. In this...
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Polity
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2017-12-08
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'He writes history like nobody else. He thinks like nobody else ... He sees the world as a whole, with its limitless fund of stories' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday TimesWhere have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in...
Editeur :
Penguin
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2017-12-07
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This collection examines what happens when one country’s experience of dealing with its traumatic past is held up as a model for others to follow. In regional and country studies covering Argentina, Canada, Japan, Lebanon, Rwanda, Russia, Turkey, the United States and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-07
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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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-07
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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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
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.
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
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
Parution :
2017-12-06
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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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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
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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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-05
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