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This sociological work examines the phenomenon of the Death Café, a regular gathering of strangers from all walks of life who engage in “death talk” over coffee, tea, and desserts. Using insightful theoretical frameworks, Fong explores the common themes that constitute...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-07-31
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This book presents the theory and practical applications of the Master equation approach, which provides a powerful general framework for model building in a variety of disciplines. The aim of the book is to not only highlight different mathematical solution methods,...
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Springer
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2017-07-31
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This book examines the notion of identity through a multitude of interdisciplinary approaches. It collects current thinking from international scholars spanning philosophy, history, science, cultural studies, media, translation, performance, and marketing, each with an...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-07-31
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In dieser interdisziplinär angelegten Studie wird das Modell der personenbezogenen Kommunikation und Rezeption vorgestellt. Es zeigt, dass die betrachteten sozialen Konstrukte wie z. B. Prominente, Stars und (Sport-)Helden nicht nur in Bezug auf kleinere Gemeinschaften,...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2017-07-31
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Lucia Sehnbruch befasst sich mit der Geschichte des Bildschirms ausgehend vom Mittelalter bis in die Moderne. Sie legt dar, dass in der langen Geschichte des Bildschirms eine Sichtbarkeits- bzw. Wissensordnung generiert wurde und wird, die unsere Wahrnehmung und...
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Springer VS
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2017-07-31
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Throughout the modern era the figure of the child has consistently reflected adult concerns about industrialisation, urbanisation, technology, consumerism and capitalism. Children represent a symbolic retreat from modern life, culturally aligned with fairy tales,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-07-31
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Wer sich im Netz bewegt, muss mit Beobachtung rechnen. Mit immer geringerem Aufwand sind sowohl Regierungen, Wirtschaftsunternehmen, Meinungs- und Konsumforschung als auch Privatpersonen in der Lage, Netzaktivitäten und Datenspuren zu erfassen und zu analysieren. Der...
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Springer VS
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2017-07-31
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This book introduces Cyber Justice as a viable approach for promoting good governance based on human rights norms in the internet. The author defines cyberspace as a borderless public space without common rules or government control mechanisms that protect and foster...
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Springer
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2017-07-30
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This book examines how sports journalists covered the historic coming out stories of National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran Jason Collins and football All-American Michael Sam in the context of sports’ “toy department” reputation as a field whose standards are...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-07-28
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This book examines economic transfers across generations and genders from a European perspective. It addresses key challenges that contemporary societies face in regards to ageing, welfare sustainability, and intergenerational and gender equity. Coverage also offers...
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Springer
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2017-07-28
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Improving the relationship between archaeology and local government represents one of the next great challenges facing archaeology –specifically archaeology done in urban settings. Not only does local government have access to powerful legal tools and policy mechanisms...
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Springer
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2017-07-28
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Focusing on Brazil, this book approaches the term “heritage” from not only a historical and architectural point of view, but also considers its artistic, archaeological, natural, ethnological and industrial aspects. The book is divided into four thematic sections –...
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Springer
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2017-07-28
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Why are some crimes identified as acts of terrorism, while others are not? How are critical terms like «terrorism» and «mass shooting» defined and understood in the 21st century? What are some of the causes of the unique American epidemic of mass shootings and gun...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-07-28
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Conceptually, Molefi Kete Asante: A Critical Afrocentric Reader is a reflexive analysis of the editor’s space in higher education over the past three decades. As a historical assessment, this reader is a narrative that offers a constructive perspective of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-07-28
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This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal practices in Scandinavia. The Nordic countries are often hailed by international observers as ‘model societies’, with egalitarian welfare policies, low rates of poverty, humane...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-07-28
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This volume discusses the many recent significant developments, and identifies important problems, in the field of social indicators. In the last ten years the methodology of multivariate analysis and synthetic indicators construction significantly developed. In...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-07-27
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Mit dem Begriff der Wissensgesellschaft betonen Zeitdiagnosen den wachsenden Stellenwert von (wissenschaftlichem) Wissen für alle gesellschaftlichen Handlungsfelder. Eine noch wenig erforschte Konsequenz dieser Entwicklung ist das Erfordernis, Wissen zu kommunizieren...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-07-27
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This book examines the paradox of China and the United States’ literary and visual relationships, morphing between a happy duet and a contentious duel in fiction, film, poetry, comics, and opera from both sides of the Pacific. In the 21st century where tension between...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-07-26
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This book deals with the concept of leisure and the everyday leisure practices of a group of diverse single women in an urban setting—Mannheim, Germany. Vania Sandoval focuses on how social structure and individual choices relate to each other in the local context....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-07-26
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This book is one of the first to integrate psychological and medical anthropology with the methodologies of visual anthropology, specifically ethnographic film. It discusses and complements the work presented in Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia, the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-07-26
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