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This book reprints an ancient Chinese work from the late Warring States period (3rd century BC) that contains stories and anecdotes exemplifying the carefree nature of the ideal Taoist sage. Chuang Tzu’s philosophy represents the main current of Taoist teachings, and...
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Springer
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2015-10-15
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Ergebnisse langjähriger Arbeit belegen in diesem Sammelband, inwiefern Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekten in der Sozialarbeits- bzw. Sozialforschung ein bedeutender evidenzbasierter Impact-Faktor für die Gesellschaft zugesprochen werden kann. Forschung und...
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Springer VS
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2015-10-14
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Forschung und Entwicklung in der Sozial(arbeits)wissenschaft
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This book focuses on the role of the processes and mechanisms involved in metropolitan identity construction, maintenance, and change in twentieth century decolonization, an event integral to world politics but little studied in International Relations.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-10-14
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Das Thema Migration ist im gesellschaftlichen Diskurs angekommen. Aber die Perspektiven der Migranten kommen in der Medienöffentlichkeit zu kurz. Die deutsche Integrationspolitik strebt deshalb an, die Zahl der Journalisten mit Migrationshintergrund zu erhöhen. Damit...
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Springer VS
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2015-10-14
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This edited collection addresses the relationship between diaspora, religion and the politics of identity in the modern world. It illuminates religious understandings of citizenship, association and civil society, and situates them historically within diverse cultures...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-10-13
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This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-10-13
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This Second Edition of the Handbook addresses the evolving interdisciplinary health care context and the broader social work practice environment, as well as advances in the knowledge base which guides social work service delivery in health and aging.This includes...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-10-13
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This comprehensive book examines the state of research on policing in Hong Kong. It surveys the history and development of the field of police studies in Hong Kong, and examines the various methods, problems and prospects in the field.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-10-12
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This book explores how photography and recorded music act as vehicles or catalysts in processes of remembering, and how they are regarded, treated, valued and drawn upon as resources connecting past and present in everyday life. It does so via two key concepts:...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-10-12
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This is the first comprehensive volume to explore and engage with current trends in Geographies of Media research. It reviews how conceptualizations of mediated geographies have evolved. Followed by an examination of diverse media contexts and locales, the book...
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Springer
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2015-10-12
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This volume examines two distinct low fertility scenarios that have emerged in economically advanced countries since the turn of the 20th century: one in which fertility is at or near replacement-level and the other where fertility is well below replacement. It explores...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-12
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Companion to Celebrity presents a multi-disciplinary collection of original essays that explore myriad issues relating to the origins, evolution, and current trends in the field of celebrity studies. Offers a detailed, systematic, and clear presentation of all aspects...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-12
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Social work with vulnerable adults is becoming increasingly centred on a key piece of legislation: the Mental Capacity Act. The Act provides a framework for protecting the vulnerable while allowing those who may lack capacity to have certain safeguards enshrined in law....
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Learning Matters
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2015-10-12
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White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. The impending demographic shifts are already felt in most urban centers and the effect is a national...
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Polity
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2015-10-12
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This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2015-10-09
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Intricacies of Patriotism presents a selection of concepts of patria along with their corresponding forms of patriotism. The various contributions represent different backgrounds and draw a picture of patria as a universal value that is indispensible to one’s sense of...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-10-09
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Zunehmende Mobilität und Migration von Menschen haben die Erfahrung sozialer und kultureller Heterogenität, die Pluralität von Lebensweisen an vielen Orten zum Normalfall werden lassen. Zusammen mit der Präsenz von Wissensbeständen aus unterschiedlichen...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2015-10-09
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The author focuses on the research-policy nexus in development studies, highlighting reciprocal orientations and interactions between the domains of social research and of policy and politics. He looks at instances where these domains are complementary and geared...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-10-08
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What will replace fossil fuel? Is there a way forward using renewable energy sources while avoiding nuclear power?
This book argues that nuclear is unlikely to have much of a role in future, and shows that the pro- and anti-nuclear debate has absorbed too much time and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-10-08
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