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In this book, Johnston argues that affirmation is not only encouragement or support, but also the primary mechanism we use to form our identities and create safe spaces. Using the work of feminist care ethics and the thinking of French philosopher Henri Bergson to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-10
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Contending that culture lies at the root of our current planetary and civilizational crisis, this book uniquely explores the nature of the specifically cultural dimensions of that crisis and how culture relates to the areas of politics, policy, economics, ecology and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-06-10
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Der Band präsentiert die Gesamtergebnisse des Wuppertaler DFG-Projekts zu Sprachgebrauch und Spracheinstellungen von Jugendlichen im Schulalter in insgesamt 9 Bundesländern. Mit einer durch Befragung und Beobachtung gewonnenen Datengrundlage von Datengrundlage von über...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-06-10
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The book provides key insights in experiencing lives and attitudes of the increasing number of people who reside beyond national boundaries and strategically create their life-paths. It is a brief but comprehensive introduction to the latest theoretical developments...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-06-10
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This book is an account of protests organized by trade unions from the late socialism to the 21st century. It uses protest event analysis and mass surveys to examine the impact of trade unions on institutions before and after systemic change. Social protest in the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-06-10
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This publication is a collection of articles which summarise results of investigations into archival materials concerning wartime stories of various nations involved in the Great War. The objective of the authors was to analyse the wartime experience of individuals and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-06-10
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Obwohl das Leitbild der Hausfrauenehe 1977 abgeschafft wurde, wird es noch immer gefördert. Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Geschlechterungerechtigkeit, die der vermeintlich freien, jedoch vor dem Recht nicht gleichbehandelten Wahl des Lebensmodells zugrunde liegt....
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-06-10
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International development is a dynamic, vibrant and complex field – both in terms of practices and in relation to framing and concepts. This collection draws together leading experts from a range of disciplines, including development economics, geography, sociology,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-10
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This unique volume explores why and how youth join and leave gangs, as a lens for exploring intervention and prevention through comparative, international research. The book explores three key questions: how do youth gangs form and how do they change over...
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Springer
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2016-06-09
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Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America’s penal system. Draws from both ethnographic and professional...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-06-09
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This volume aims to explain the mechanisms for the “epidemic-like” rise in homicide rates São Paulo, Brazil during the late 20th century as well as their sharp decrease after 2000. The homicide rates increased 900 percent from 1960s-2000, and then dropped relatively...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-06-09
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This book critically examines the psychology of gambling in Hong Kong and Macao. Covering the history of gambling and its development in the two jurisdictions, it highlights the prevalence and status quo of problem gambling, the theoretical perspectives on the etiology...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-06-08
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Within the study of language and social interaction, the concept of 'accountability'-including related concepts, such as 'account' or 'motive,' 'accounting,' and 'being accountable'-has been of longstanding interest in terms of how interactants in both ordinary and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-06-08
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Das Buch befasst sich aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive mit dem Entstehen und der Entwicklung von StadtLandschaften. Diese StadtLandschaften lassen sich als Teil gesellschaftlicher Hybridisierungsprozesse deuten. Diese lassen sich nicht oder nur noch unzureichend...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-06-07
Collection :
Hybride Metropolen
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This book presents a case study of shichigosan, an extremely popular childhood family ritual in contemporary Japan. It is an interesting example of a custom with very ancient roots (going back to the tenth century), that has undergone several transformations...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-07
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In an interactive and densely connected world, transnational communication has become a central feature of everyday life. Taking account of a variety of media formats and different regions of the world, Adrian Athique provides a much-needed critical exploration of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-06-07
Collection :
Global Media and Communication
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Digital technologies are a key feature of contemporary education. Schools, colleges and universities operate along high-tech lines, while alternate forms of online education have emerged to challenge the dominance of traditional institutions. According to many experts,...
Editeur :
Polity
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2016-06-07
Collection :
Digital Futures
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The current "obesity epidemic" has been at the top of the national and, increasingly, global public agenda for the last decade, the subject of extensive and intensive concern, scrutiny, and corrective efforts from various quarters. In the United States, much of this...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-06-07
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With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being increasingly thrust into the spotlight. However, jury room secrecy has long prevented a rigorous analysis of its complexities. Expert Evidence...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-06-07
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With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being increasingly thrust into the spotlight. However, jury room secrecy has long prevented a rigorous analysis of its complexities. Expert Evidence...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-06-07
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