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Democracy is based on the belief that the media gets the attention of voters. But is this plausible in an age of multiplying media, disillusionment with the political system and time-scarcity? This book addresses this question, and charts experiences of 'public...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-01-12
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Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation. The book's editor was the principal...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-12
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Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-12
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While typically the victims of war, civilians are not necessarily passive recipients of violence. What options are available to civilians in times of war? This book suggests three broad strategies - flight, support, and voice. It focuses on three conflicts: Aceh,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-01-12
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The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography provides an expansive overview of the challenges presented by qualitative, and particularly ethnographic, enquiry.The chapters reflect upon the means by which ethnographers aim to gain understanding, make sense of what they...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-12
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
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This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women's autonomy over their bodies since the late 1960s. It deals with two important facets of this struggle, prostitution and the right to abortion, as...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-01-12
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The growth of Islam in Europe is reflected in the increasing numbers of Muslims in British and French prisons, but authorities have responded differently to the challenges presented by Muslim prisoners in each country.The findings of three years of intensive research in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-01-12
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Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks. By investigating how punk is made, for whom, and in opposition to what, this book takes the reader on a journey through the lesser-known aspects of the punk subculture.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-12
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This book contains a wealth of information providing essential reading for all those interested in crime prevention, the motivation of different types of offenders and the effectiveness of various security measures. There has been little consideration of the extent,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-09
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This book contains readings of American, British and European postmodern dances informed by feminist, postcolonialist, queer and poststructuralist theories. It explores the roles dance and space play in constructing subjectivity. By focusing on site-specific dance, the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-08
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Identity Trouble assembles contributions from a variety of discourse fields to discuss the pressures on traditional understandings of identity. The focus is on failures and uncertainties in people's construction of their identities when faced change and the contributors...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-01-08
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The word 'rape' today denotes sexual appropriation; yet it originally signified the theft of a woman from her father or husband by abduction or elopement. In the early modern period, its meaning is in transition between these two senses, while rapes and attempted rapes...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-01-08
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Dieses Gutachten des
Wissenschaftlichen Beirates für Familienfragen beim Bundesministerium für
Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend untersucht die drei Teilhabedimensionen
Bildung, Einbettung in soziale Netze und Gesundheit daraufhin, wann und unter
welchen Bedingungen...
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Springer VS
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2016-01-08
Collection :
Familie und Familienwissenschaft
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The concept of the soul in Platonic, Ciceronian, and Talmudic thought segues into the Celtic tradition, Thomas Aquinas, and Maeterlinck and threads its way through the tapestry of Proust’s narrative and his principal characters. Bette H. Lustig uses a hermeneutic...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-01-08
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In the early 1990s, Berlin and Shanghai witnessed the dramatic social changes in both national and global contexts. While in 1991 Berlin became the new capital of the reunified Germany, from 1992 Shanghai began to once again play its role as the most powerful engine of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-01-08
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This book analyzes the family and residential trajectories of men and women across the twentieth century, which are placed in a long-term generational perspective and in the historical context where they played out. It brings together a set of studies based on data from...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-01-06
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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy is a comprehensive reference guide to the practice of philanthropy across twenty-six nations and regions. In addition, thematic chapters examine cross-national issues to provide an indispensable guide to the latest research...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-06
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The rise of fundamentalist movements in major religions has forced decision-makers, development organizations and academics to turn their attention to its meaning for development. Global scholars and practitioners examine these issues and fundamentally...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-01-06
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Using examples from the US, Europe and Asia,this collection presentsempirical studies of print, recorded music, movies, radio, television and the Internetto reveal both how media structure public spheresand how people use media to participate in the public sphere.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-05
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A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930, that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-01-05
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