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Struggles over precious resources such as oil, water, and land are increasingly evident in the contemporary world. States, indigenous groups, and corporations vie to control access to those resources, and the benefits they provide. These conflicts are rapidly spilling...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-05-05
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This book presents an investigation of language contact, focusing on Northwestern China. It breaks down the barrier between human sciences and natural sciences in order to reconsider the diversity of languages on the basis of the latest research findings from genetics,...
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Springer
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2017-05-05
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In the early twenty-first century it had become a cliché that there was a 'God Gap' between a more religious United States and a more secular Europe. The apparent religious differences between the United States and western Europe continue to be a focus of intense and...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-05-05
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Women’s emancipation in Uganda is one of the most successful ventures an African country has ever undertaken. The reality of its success, however, remains a challenge in a society with a long-held structure of patriarchy and institutional, cultural beliefs.
After a...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2017-05-05
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Over the course of thirty-seven chapters, including an editorial introduction, this handbook provides a comprehensive examination of scholarly research and knowledge on a variety of aspects of women's collective activism in the United States, tracing both continuities...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-05-05
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This edited collection brings together scholars and practitioners to consider the ways in which policing organisations approach vulnerability and the strategies they develop to reduce victims, offenders and police officers’ susceptibility to increased harm. Based on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-05-05
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________________'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history. In The Divide, Jason Hickel brilliantly lays it out, layer upon layer, until you are left reeling with the outrage of it all.' - Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics·...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2017-05-04
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This collection of papers aims to draw lessons and apply indigenous knowledge, wisdom and cultural traditions to suit policy contexts describing the (a) role of individuals (b) communities, and (c) the state to ensure effectively manage water resources. Readers...
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Springer
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2017-05-04
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Die vorliegende Studie bildet die Variationsbreite und Vielschichtigkeit der religiösen Alltagspraxis ab und gewährt tiefgründige Einblicke in muslimische Lebenswirklichkeiten. In den qualitativen und quantitativen Analysen wird erstmals Muslimen, die keine aktiven...
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Springer VS
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2017-05-03
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What if highlighting solutions and telling positive stories was the best way to solve the ecological, economic, and social problems our countries are grappling with?
In 2012, Cyril Dion learned about a study carried out by twenty-two scientists from around the world...
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Éditions Actes Sud
Parution :
2017-05-03
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Domaine du possible
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Das Buch entfaltet den werkgeschichtlichen und bio-bibliografischen Hintergrund der wissenschaftlichen und publizistischen Tätigkeit von Ralf Dahrendorf. Es trägt damit entscheidend zur (Wieder-) Entdeckung eines der wichtigsten Soziologen der Bundesrepublik und des...
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Springer VS
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2017-05-03
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Health Geographies: A Critical Introduction explores health and biomedical topics from a range of critical geographic perspectives. Building on the field’s past engagement with social theory it extends the focus of health geography into new areas of enquiry. Introduces...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2017-05-03
Collection :
Critical Introductions to Geography
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What do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness, or at least the freedom to pursue it. For women, though, pursuing happiness is a complicated endeavor, and if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as...
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Bold Type Books
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2017-05-02
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In recent years, attending to diversity in the cultivation of embodied identity has been given additional impetus as a result of intersectionality theory. Despite this, a key gap remains in terms of knowledge about masculinity and disability. This book addresses this...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-05-02
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This book features research papers that examine a host of contemporary issues in Thailand. Coverage includes culture, gender violence, tourism, human trafficking, environmental and ecological issues, sustainability and the sufficiency economy, the (mis)handling of...
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Springer
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2017-05-02
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Die Autoren rekonstruieren den sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungsstand zu gesellschaftlichen Implikationen der Präimplantationsdiagnostik (PID) und identifizieren u.a. folgende Problemkomplexe: eine Expansion der PID in neue Anwendungsfelder, eine Verfestigung sozialer...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-05-02
Collection :
Frankfurter Beiträge zur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
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The growing number of elder men providing hands-on care to loved ones, particularly spouses, undeniably represents a hidden segment of the home care population. With that in consideration, caregiving in communities of color, in particular, is increasing while numbers of...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-05-02
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This book is rooted in the conviction that human biology plays a critical role in understanding drug abuse and antisocial behavior. In the same breath, however, it fundamentally affirms the importance of the many social and environmental factors that influence our...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-05-02
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Renowned author Ulrike Schuerkens presents an in-depth exploration of social transformations and developments. Combining an international approach with up-to-date research, the book: Has dedicated chapters on contemporary topics including technology, new media,...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-05-01
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The last two decades have been an exciting and richly productive period for debate and academic research on the city. The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies offers comprehensive coverage of this modern re-thinking of urban theory, both gathering together the best of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-05-01
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