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Janina Mangold uncovers the contributions of philanthropic foundations in higher education in Germany and the USA. Considering the three regime classifications of Varieties of Capitalism, Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, and Social Origins Theory, she examines the...
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Springer VS
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2019-07-19
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This book brings small places to the main stage in an exploration of the nature of immigration in rural areas and small towns in Europe. Extending recent efforts to study migration at a sub-national scale, the authors focus their analysis on non-metropolitan...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-07-19
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This book provides a broad survey of Chinese rural households, examining ongoing changes in Chinese society and economy through the lens of the situation of rural families in China. Based on data from Zhejiang University’s China Rural Household Panel Survey (CRHPS) in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-07-19
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Dieses Open-Access-Buch setzt die 2018 begonnene Sammlung von Methoden für transdisziplinäre, transformative wie nicht-transformative Forschung fort. Auch in Band 2 werden Methoden der Wissenserzeugung, Wissensintegration und Transformation so ausführlich beschrieben,...
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Springer VS
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2019-07-15
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This volume brings together current research on young people, (non)religion, and diversity, documenting the forms young people’s stances may take and the social or spatial contexts in which these may be formed. The social contexts studied include the family, school, and...
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Springer
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2019-07-11
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Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies
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For many years, the history of British Sociology has been a neglected area of study among sociologists. In more recent times, there are signs of a growing curiosity among British sociologists about their subject’s origins and development. This collection sets out both...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-07-09
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This book is a fascinating, wide-reaching interdisciplinary examination of urbanism in the context of humanities and social sciences research, comprising cutting-edge theoretical and empirical investigations of urban livability and sustainability. Urban livability is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-07-09
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Rasant verbreitet sich im Zuge der Digitalisierung der Wille, alltägliches Geschehen nicht nur im Spektrum der Worte, sondern in Form von Zahlen zu dokumentieren. Im Kontext von Diabetes und Quantified Self analysiert Lisa Wiedemann in dieser Studie das sogenannte...
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Springer VS
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2019-07-05
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This book makes a unique contribution to contemporary research into masculinities, men’s movements, and fathers’ rights groups. It examines the role of changing masculinities in creating equality and/or reinforcing inequality by analysing diverse men’s...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-07-05
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The global icon is an omnipresent but poorly understood element of mass culture. This book asks why audiences around the world have embraced particular iconic figures, how perceptions of these figures have changed, and what this tells us about transnational relations...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-07-01
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Water is one of the most pressing concerns of our time. This book argues for the importance of water as a cultural object, and as a source of complex meanings and practices in everyday life, embedded in the socio-economics of local water provision. Each chapter aims to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-06-29
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Dieses Handbuch präsentiert unterschiedliche Perspektiven auf Landschaft und zeigt die Disziplinen mit ihren Landschaftsverständnissen auf. Ziel ist es, einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Landschaftsforschung zu geben und gleichzeitig die Zukunft der...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-28
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This handbook provides an in-depth exploration of the entire journey of postgraduate research in the social and behavioural sciences, from enrolment to its culmination in the form of a thesis, dissertation or portfolio, and beyond. It is written in an accessible and...
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Springer
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2019-06-27
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Offering an empirical study into anti-Semitism and anti-Israel attitudes in Malaysia, this book examines the complicated nature and function of such beliefs within the contemporary context, mapping these discourses onto different ethnic and economic divisions. Based...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-06-21
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Konflikte um die Energiewende, um die Ausweisung neuer Nationalparks und die Planung von Städten haben eines gemeinsam: jeweils werden landschaftliche Deutungen als Argument für Erhalt oder Veränderung von beteiligten Konfliktparteien vorgebracht. SolcheKonflikte lassen...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-19
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Szenezugehörigkeiten können als in stilspezifischen Praktiken sozial hervorgebrachte und sinnstiftende Gemeinsamkeiten des Handelns verstanden werden. Sie werden in den jeweiligen Stilbildungen über materielle Artefakte und deren Gebrauch, den Körper sowie mediale...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-14
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Depopulation, Deindustrialisation and Disasters are three of the biggest problems facing Japan today. This book discusses how sustainable communities are being created in Japan in an attempt to overcome the threat of the triple Ds . It provides an overview of how each...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-06-14
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Ajit Singh untersucht im Kontext des leistungsorientierten Nachwuchstrainings im Trampolinturnen, wie die Vermittlung von Körper- und Bewegungswissen durch Trainerinnen und Trainer sowie Athletinnen und Athleten gemeinsam koordiniert wird. Ausgangspunkt ist die These,...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-11
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Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about much more than patrolling territorial boundaries at the edges of states: it now...
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Polity
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2019-06-10
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"A brilliantly clear and concise guide. Highly recommended." – Ben Chu, Economics Editor, BBC Newsnight
In this book, Professor Mike Brewer discusses "What We Know" about economic inequalities in the UK, presenting new analysis of the top 1% and 0.1% in the UK, and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2019-06-10
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