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This book explores how low fertility levels could fundamentally change a country's population and society. It analyzes the profound effects below average birthrates have on virtually all aspects of society, from the economy to religion, from marriage to gender roles. An...
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Springer
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2017-10-27
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Isabella Bertmann investigates the connection between disability, poverty, and quality of life, and how social protection measures can influence this relationship. The focus of this study is on South Africa. On the basis of qualitative interviews conducted with...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-27
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Gesundheitsförderung - Rehabilitation - Teilhabe
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This edited collection advances the call for continued multicultural dialogues within education. Dialogue and education are the two most essential tools that can help tackle some of the biggest problems we are facing across the globe, including fanaticism, chauvinistic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-10-27
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This book systematically reviews the experiences and problems encountered in the development of China’s rural areas over the past three decades since the start of the country’s economic reform. As such, it addresses the most important aspects in terms of China’s rural...
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Springer
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2017-10-27
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Sowohl auf globaler als auch auf lokaler Ebene kennzeichnen ambivalente Entwicklungen zurzeit den Umgang mit den neuen Mobilitäts- und Migrationsprozessen in Deutschland. Die aktuellen restriktiven politischen und rechtlichen Strukturen fördern neue sozialräumliche...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-27
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This book places the topic of the state and society in the context of modern development in China over the past century, investigating the dynamic relation and internal tension between the state’s power enhancement and society’s vitality activation instead of simply...
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Springer
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2017-10-27
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Social Development Experiences in China
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Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures...
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Polity
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2017-10-27
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The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such; for others, religion has not declined, it has only changed its shape....
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OUP Oxford
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2017-10-27
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Marking the 50th anniversary of UN sanctions, this work examines the evolution of sanctions from a primary instrument of economic warfare to a tool of prevention and protection against global conflicts and human rights abuses. The rise of sanctions as a...
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Springer
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2017-10-27
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A powerful, urgent and timely polemic on why women still need equality, and how we get thereGender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights First and developing worlds; rich and poor women. Gender injustice impacts health, wealth,...
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Penguin
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2017-10-26
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In this handbook social science researchers who focus on sustainability present and discuss their findings, including empirical work, case studies, teaching and learning innovations, and applied projects. As such, the book offers a basis for the dissemination of...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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The crime drop is one of the most important puzzles in contemporary criminology: since the early-1990s many countries appear to exhibit a pronounced decline in crime rates. While there have been many studies on the topic, this book argues that the current crime drop...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-26
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This book offers new perspectives on global phenomena that play a major role in today’s society and deeply shape the actions of individuals, organizations and nations. In a complex and rapidly changing environment, decision-makers need to gain a better understanding of...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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Bärbel S. Traunsteiner erforscht die aktuellen Lebenslagen gleichgeschlechtlicher Frauen über 60 Jahre. Entlang der intersektionalen Schnittstellen von Alter, Geschlecht und sexueller Orientierung analysiert die Autorin die spezifische sozial-strukturelle Positionierung...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-10-26
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This book focuses on the human and societal aspects of sustainable development. Three major perspectives are considered: governance and its influence on sustainable development; urban environments and their broader human and environmental impacts; and disaster...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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Das vorliegende Werk beschreibt Bedeutung, Aufgaben, Organisation und Umsetzung der Altenselbsthilfe in Deutschland. Es wendet sich an politische Institutionen, Entscheider im Sozialmanagement, z.B. Kommunalstellen sowie an alle Bereiche, die mit Altenarbeit zu tun...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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This book examines the convergent paths of the Internet and the American military, interweaving a history of the militarized Internet with analysis of a number of popular Hollywood movies in order to track how the introduction of the Internet into the war film has...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-26
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This book provides a socio-historical analysis of the 2002 massacre at Bellavista-Bojayá-Chocó, Colombia. The author examines how the concepts of forced displacement and migration could be formulas for historical erasure. These concepts are used to name populations,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-26
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This book explores the concept of diffused religion as it is found in contemporary society, resulting from a vast process of religious socialisation that continues to pervade our cultural reality. It provides a critical engagement with a framework of non-institutional...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-26
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In der qualitativen Interviewstudie geht Stephanie Osawa der Frage nach, wie deviante Jugendliche in Japan ihr eigenes Handeln deuten. Ziel ist es, zu erarbeiten, wie sich die ‚Täter‘ im Spannungsfeld der gesellschaftlichen Definition von Normabweichung und dem eigenen...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-26
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