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This pivot examines non-governmental organization (NGO) interventions in two community development initiatives, namely social capital and community empowerment, and their role in funding and formulating development frameworks in developing countries like Bangladesh. It...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-11-25
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This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have faced the challenge of dealing with former ‘terrorists’. Offering a theoretically robust, empirically rich account of work with ex-prisoners and those considered ‘at risk’...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2016-11-25
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Reflecting the currently growing eco-movement, this book presents to western readers Tao Yuanming, an ancient Chinese poet, as a representative of classical oriental natural philosophy who offered lived experience of “dwelling poetically on earth.” Drawing on Derrida’s...
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Springer
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2016-11-25
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This book centers around mid-level charismatic pastors in Ghana. Karen Lauterbach analyzes pastorship as a pathway to becoming small “big men” and achieving status, wealth, and power in the country. The volume investigates both the social processes of becoming a pastor...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-25
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This book examines the demographic development of Russia from the late Russian Empire to the contemporary Russian Federation, and includes discussions of marriage patterns, fertility, mortality, and inter-regional migration. In this pioneering study, the authors present...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-24
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Party Reform is a new comparative study of the politics of party organization. The book provides a novel perspective in party scholarship and develops the concept of 'reform' as distinct from evolutionary and incremental processes of party change. As an outcome, reform...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-11-24
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Julia Roll geht der Frage nach, wie Erwachsene mit der alltäglichen Ablenkung durch mobile Medien wie dem heute weit verbreiteten Smartphone umgehen. Dabei nimmt sie erstmals eine integrierte Perspektive ein, denn Aufmerksamkeit berührt neben psychischen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-11-24
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The volume presents the most comprehensive survey to date of citizens’ use of media and attitudes towards the EU. It shows that the media have a definite, but differentiated, impact on citizens’ attitudes. A broad use of media positively influences support for the EU,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-24
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China is home to one of the largest and oldest societies in the world, and presently contains fifty-six ethnic groups. Among them is the Zhuang, the largest of the minority populations, which partakes in a very long history of preliterate oral traditions. This volume...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-11-24
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There is a widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be. We hear constant laments that we live too fast, that time is scarce, and that the pace of everyday life is spiraling out of our control. The iconic image that abounds is that of the frenetic,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-11-24
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This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore. Looking at Chinese Singaporean employees at a French multi-national firm, the author explores the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-24
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This volume explores the ways in which music scenes are not merely physical spaces for the practice of collective musical life but are also inscribed with and enacted through the articulation of cultural memory and emotional geography. The book draws on empirical...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
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Questions of the extent to which social movements are capable of deepening democracy in India lie at the heart of this book. In particular, the authors ask how such movements can enhance the political capacities of subaltern groups and thereby enable them to contest...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
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Anna Voigt untersucht mit einer diskursanalytischen Vorgehensweise Formen von Männlichkeit in der US-Serie „Six Feet Under“ und kommt auf Grundlage kritischer Geschlechter- und Männlichkeitsforschung zu dem Ergebnis, dass auf der Folie ökonomischer Krisen eine Abkehr...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-11-23
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Die Studie untersucht Bildungsmotivation, Bildungseinstellungen und Bildungsstrategien junger Frauen mit Migrationshintergrund und zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, wie diesen Chancen auf eine berufliche und soziale Teilhabe eröffnet werden können. Im Zentrum steht die Frage,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-11-23
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This pivot analyzes the historical emergence of legal graffiti and how it has led to a new ethos among writers. Examining how contemporary graffiti writing has been brought into new relationships with major social institutions, it explores the contemporary dynamics...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
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This book presents an institutional ethnography of budgeting processes of commissioning contracts within welfare, education, and health ministries as case studies. With the historical surge in the power position of economic globalization organizations and their impact...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
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Set at the intersection of Human Rights, social justice and Literature, this cutting edge book examines a range of literary texts, fiction, plays and poetry, and through them considers representations of Human Rights and their violations. Examining violated bodies...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
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This book interrogates the ways in which new technological advances impact the thought and practices of humanism. Chapters investigate the social, political, and cultural implications of the creation and use of advanced forms of technology, examining both defining...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
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This Brief fills a gap in criminological literature, as there are few empirically-based studies on delinquency of adolescent girls. It provides results of a longitudinal study, The Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS), which includes 2,451 girls, followed annually from age...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-11-23
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