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Das Handbuch führt in den aktuellen Diskussionsstand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Entwicklungsforschung ein und liefert einen systematischen Überblick über die Vielfalt der vertretenen Paradigmen und Forschungsfelder.
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2016-05-25
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Springer NachschlageWissen
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Our televisions bulge with weight-loss shows, as the news warn of the obesity epidemic. Fat is such a villain that larger people are stigmatized and we all are seduced by life-changing claims of a multi-billion pound diet industry. Yet, when we question if our bathroom...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-05-24
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Based on the latest scientific discoveries, this “unauthorized biography” of the Humans recounts the story of our distant ancestors during the past 6 million years, since the line of our extended family separated from that leading to modern chimpanzees. The book...
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Copernicus
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2016-05-24
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Menstruation is a topic which is both everyday and sensitive. From Leviticus to Pliny, to twentieth-century debates around 'menotoxin', to advertising and 'having the painters in', Victoria Newton's book offers a lively and innovative exploration of the social and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-05-24
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In diesem Buch werden Kommunikationswege, Programme und Personal als zentrale Organisationsstrukturtypen vorgestellt. Denn um Organisationen gestalten zu können, muss man sich klarmachen, was die Strukturen einer Organisation sind und wie man die Strukturen verändern...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2016-05-24
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This volume explores the development and consequences of morphogenesis on normative regulation. It starts out by describing the great normative transformations from morphostasis, as the precondition of a harmonious relationship between legal validity and normative...
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Springer
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2016-05-24
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The thoroughly revised Women in Culture 2/e explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, gender identity, and spirituality from the perspectives of diverse global locations. Its strong humanities content, including illustrations and creative writing, uniquely...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-05-24
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This book explores the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities as victims, offenders and staff within the criminal justice system. It draws on both emerging and existing LGBT research and campaigns to identify and explore issues relevant to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-23
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Centering on women's movements before, during, and after the revolutions, Women's Movements in Post-"Arab Spring" North Africa highlights the broader sources of authority that affected the emergence of new feminist actors and agents and their impact on the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-05-23
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Media Events: A Critical Contemporary Approach proposes an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach of Dayan and Katz's theory of media events (1992) by applying it to contemporary situations. The contributing authors come from a range of countries (UK, USA, Mexico,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-23
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This book focuses on peri-urban development processes in Africa, with special emphasis on Zimbabwe. The debates included highlight a number of issues in the peri-urban context, such as access to water, appropriate technologies and land management, political economy in...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-05-23
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This book presents an analysis of why some large infrastructure projects are delayed or compromised and offers important insights into the better delivery of future projects. It provides an important reaction to the ambitious €315 billion investment plan devised by the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-23
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Corruption is a problem in prisons about which we hear very little, except when there is an escape from custody or other scandal that makes the media. The closed nature of correctional institutions has made the activities that go on within them less visible to the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-05-23
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Drawing on interviews and focus groups with young mothers and fathers, their parents and other relatives, this book provides a rich exploration of the experience of being a teenage parent now, and for earlier generations, closely examining teenage pregnancy and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-05-19
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This book
highlights the latest research findings from the 46th International Meeting of
the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) in Rome, during which both methodological
and applied statistical research was discussed.This selection of fully
peer-reviewed papers,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-05-19
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An ideology is sweeping Europe and the world which threatens democracy and the rule of law. The post-national ideology, which posits that nation-states are no longer capable of running their own affairs in a modern, interdependent economy, confuses the constitution of...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2016-05-19
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Traditional training in counseling and psychotherapy makes minimal distinctions on the ages of the client and therapist in the treatment process. Therapy Over 50: Aging Issues in Psychotherapy and the Therapist's Life highlights how therapy is frequently a very...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-05-19
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Women, Crime, and Justice: Balancing the Scales presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of women in the criminal justice system, providing important new insight to their position as offenders, victims, and practitioners. Draws on global feminist perspectives on...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-05-19
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This book critically analyses how men in prison act out their masculine identities. It considers how men negotiate their time in prison, which can involve being placed into a feminine position relative to other men, and particularly looks at the subversion of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-18
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We live in an age of global migration. The number of immigrants worldwide is large and growing. At the same time, public and political reactions against immigrants have grown in the US, the UK, Canada, and other traditional and non-traditional receiving nations. In...
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Springer
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2016-05-18
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