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The book analyzes the methods used in the construction of the grounded type of sociological theory. It provides an overview of examples of qualitative research which are used for delineating the principal characteristics of methods employed in the construction of the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-12-08
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Analysing the convergence of law and regulation with rapidly evolving communications technologies, this interdisciplinary work navigates the intricate balancing act between human rights protection and technological innovation in a digital age, and illuminates the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-07
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book provides a profound insight into post-war Mostar, and the memories of three generations of this Bosnian-Herzegovinian city. Drawing on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, it offers a vivid account of how...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-07
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This book highlights the catalytic role of workers’ education in mobilizing political activism and women’s involvement in labour struggles and politics. Through a comprehensive study of the gendered aspects of workers’ education it explores the intellectual lives of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-07
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This book examines women's participation in the Olympic Games since they were allowed to be included in that global arena. Using a holistic, social scientific approach, and emphasizing the rhetoric of sport mediatization, Female Olympians reviews the literature relative...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-07
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This book asks and answers the question of what communication research and other social sciences can offer that will help the global community to address climate change by identifying the conditions that can persuade audiences and encourage collective action on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-07
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This book contributes to better recognition and comprehension of the interconnection between archaeology and political pressure, especially imposed by the totalitarian communist regimes. It explains why, under such political conditions, some archaeological reasoning and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-12-06
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With the major goal of building an inclusive international community that promotes peace-related research and action, this volume reflects on local, national and global peace engagement and works towards transdisciplinary understandings of the role of psychology in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-12-06
Collection :
Peace Psychology Book Series
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What are the conditions for political development and decay, and the likelihood of sustained political order?What are the limits of established rule as we know it? How much stress can systems tackle before they reach some kind of limit? How do governments tackle...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-12-06
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What are the conditions for political development and decay, and the likelihood of sustained political order?What are the limits of established rule as we know it? How much stress can systems tackle before they reach some kind of limit? How do governments tackle...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-12-06
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This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.This book portrays men’s experiences of home alone leave and how it affects their lives and family gender roles in different policy contexts and explores how this unique parental leave design is implemented in these...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-12-06
Collection :
Life Course Research and Social Policies
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This anthology explores tensions between the individualistic artistic ideals and the collective industrial realities of contemporary cultural production with eighteen all-new chapters presenting pioneering empirical research on the complexities and controversies of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-05
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This book provides a practical, pedagogical perspective on conducting qualitative interviews with children and young people.
From designing and choosing the type of interview through to planning, structuring, conducting, and analysing them this book is a complete...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-12-05
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The digital age is also a surveillance age. Today, computerized systems protect and manage our everyday life; the increasing number of surveillance cameras in public places, the computerized loyalty systems of the retail sector, geo-localized smart-phone applications,...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-12-05
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Bringing together the work of leading scholars of religion in imperial Japan and colonial Korea, this collection addresses the complex ways in which religion served as a site of contestation and negotiation among different groups, including the Korean Choson court, the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-05
Collection :
Religion and Society in Asia Pacific
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This book provides a wide range of studies on methods of assessing natural disaster risks and reducing those risks in the context of land use. A major benefit of the book is that it presents extensive research and practices from interdisciplinary perspectives through...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-12-05
Collection :
Disaster Risk Reduction
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This book examines smart growth entrepreneurs—innovators in government, development companies, architectural firms, and other organizations, who coalesce to shift policies and markets toward green planning and building practices. Cities across the world are trying...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-05
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This collection focuses on media representations of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, defendants in the Meredith Kercher murder case. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, encompassing criminology, socio-legal analysis, critical discourse studies, cultural studies...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-04
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In this book, distributional justice theories developed by John Rawls and Amartya Sen are applied to the governance of today’s media, proposing a fresh, and innovative assessment of the potential role for media in society. Three case studies describe the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-04
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Immigration has been deeply woven into the fabric of American nation building since the founding of the Republic. Indeed, immigrants have played an integral role in American history, but they are also intricately tied to America's present and will feature prominently in...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-12-02
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