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Among the ways that digital media has transformed political activism, the most remarkable is not that new media allows disorganized masses to speak, but that it enables organized activist groups to listen. Beneath the waves of e-petitions, "likes," and hashtags lies a...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-11-01
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This work approaches the modern phenomenon of online dating, examining the ways people make use of its technical and social potential. In particular, the users' mate preferences, choices, strategies, and interactions are analyzed using the innovative method of...
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Springer
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2016-11-01
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This book explores the impact of transnational migration on the views, feelings, and practices of home among migrants. Home is usually perceived as what placidly lies in the background of everyday life, yet migrants’ experience tells a different story: what happens to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-31
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Die Studie befasst sich mit der interkulturellen nonverbalen Interaktion zwischen deutschen und marokkanischen Studierenden. Hierfür untersucht der Autor authentische interkulturelle Interaktionssituationen mit Mitteln der linguistischen Gesprächs- und...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-10-31
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This book examines immigration to small cities throughout Canada. It explores the distinct challenges brought about by the influx of people to urban communities which typically have less than 100,000 residents. The essays are organized into four main sections:...
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Springer
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2016-10-31
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Wissenschaftskommunikation ist zentral für moderne Wissensgesellschaften – und in den vergangenen Jahren immer vielfältiger geworden. Sie findet in der Wissenschaft auf Konferenzen oder in Fachpublikationen statt, in der Politik- und Unternehmensberatung, in Kampagnen,...
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Springer VS
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2016-10-31
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Aus historischer Perspektive wird in diesem Sammelband ein Blick auf Geschlecht bzw. Gender geworfen, wobei unterschiedliche Wissenschaftsdisziplinen zu Wort kommen – die Theologie, die Geschichtswissenschaft, die Germanistik sowie die Erziehungswissenschaft. Die...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-10-31
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Alfred Ruppert untersucht in Form einer Einzelfallstudie, wie stark und auf welche Weise sich Rankings auf eine Universität auswirken. Er setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, welche Transformationsprozesse stattfinden und welche sozialen Dynamiken und kulturellen...
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Springer VS
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2016-10-29
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Robin Hofmann zeigt im vorliegenden Buch, wie in der Flüchtlingskrise die neue europäische Sicherheitsarchitektur zunehmend an ihre Grenzen stößt. Der Autor schlägt einen Bogen von der historischen Entwicklung einer gemeinsamen europäischen Kriminalitätsbekämpfung...
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Springer VS
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2016-10-28
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This book examines the phenomenon of the “digital city” in the US by looking at three case studies: New York City, San Antonio, and Seattle. Kristin Scott considers how digital technologies are increasingly built into the logic and organization of urban spaces and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-28
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One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Not...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-10-28
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In this thought-provoking and engaging book, Mike Michael brings us a powerful overview of Actor-Network Theory. Covering a breadth of topics, Michael demonstrates how ANT has become a major theoretical framework, influencing scholarly work across a range of fields. ...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-10-28
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This study argues that the defining feature of contemporary advertising is the interconnectedness between consumer participation and calculative media platforms. It critically investigates how audience participation unfolds in an algorithmic media infrastructure in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-27
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This book spotlights how women leaders behave in chaotic environments and features examples of women who have been key figures in determining complex socio-economic outcomes throughout history. Women leaders can be seen on many high- levels in the political arena, be...
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Springer
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2016-10-27
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with foreword by Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USAThis book critiques U.S. public policy about communication and offers guidelines to improve public safety and create strong democratic communities. The lack of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-27
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This book introduces 'convenience' as the key concept to explain financial crime by white-collar criminals. Based on a number of fraud examination- reports from the United States and Norway, the book documents empirical evidence of convenience among white-collar...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-27
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Focusing on Shenzhen as a representation of the general urban village phenomenon in China, this book considers the impact of China’s economic reform on urbanization and urban villages over the past three decades. Shenzhen’s urban villages are some of the first of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-27
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Anhand einer bundesweiten empirischen Studie liefert das vorliegende Buch einen fundierten Überblick über die gewerblichen Produktivgenossenschaften - sowie die beschäftigungsorientierten Sozialgenossenschaften - in Deutschland und deren beschäftigten Mitglieder....
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Springer VS
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2016-10-27
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Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie
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The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research offers a vivid portrait of both theoretical perspectives and practical action research activity and related benefits around the globe, while attending to the cultural, political, social, historical and ecological...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-26
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This book illuminates the hidden history of South Korean birth mothers involved in the 60-year-long practice of transnational adoption. The author presents a performance-based ethnography of maternity homes, a television search show, an internet forum, and an oral...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-26
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