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Providing new ways of reading Boccaccio's masterpiece, Decameron , Ferme analyzes the dynamics between the women who rule the first half of the story. Peeling back the many narrative layers within and outside of the framework, this book unearths the complications and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-04
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This timely and incisive study reads contemporary literature and visual culture from the American South through the lens of cultural memory. Rooting texts in their regional locations, the book interrupts and questions the dominant trends in Southern Studies, providing a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-04
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In 2006, after a scandal that gripped the country, the British government began to transform its prison system. Under pressure to find and expel foreigners, Her Majesty's Prison Service began concentrating non-citizens in prisons with 'embedded' border agents. Today,...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-06-04
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In 2006, after a scandal that gripped the country, the British government began to transform its prison system. Under pressure to find and expel foreigners, Her Majesty's Prison Service began concentrating non-citizens in prisons with 'embedded' border agents. Today,...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-06-04
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This book attempts to confront spatial, performative and cultural interrelations between tourism and social economic behavior by providing a critical platform for the articulation of touring consumption in our contemporary world. Tourism has become a significant area of...
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Springer VS
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2015-06-04
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There is a growing need for research within practice settings. Increasing competition for funding requires organizations to demonstrate that the funding they are seeking is going towards effective programming. Additionally, the evidence-based practice movement is...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-06-04
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Zehn Jahre nach der Institutionalisierung der Organisationssoziologie in Deutschland wird mit diesem Band nicht nur ein Resümee über ihre Bedeutung in Deutschland gezogen, sondern vor allem Entwicklungslinien aufgezeigt, in die sich die Organisationssoziologie in den...
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Springer VS
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2015-06-04
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Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources...
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Penguin
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2015-06-04
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Examining key countries in every region of world, this handbook presents population profiles and analyses concerning racial/ethnic disparities and changing intergroup relations. Inside, prominent scholars from various parts of the world and disciplines address the links...
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Springer
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2015-06-03
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Drawing from work in a wide range of fields, this book presents novel approaches to key debates in thinking about and defining disability. Differing from other works in Critical Disability Studies, it crucially demonstrates the consequences of radically rethinking the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-03
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Obsolescence is fundamental to the experience of modernity, not simply one dimension of an economic system. The contributors to this book investigate obsolescence as a historical phenomenon, an aesthetic practice, and an affective mode.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-03
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Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-03
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What explains civil society participation in policy making in Latin American democracies? Risley comparatively analyzes actors who have advocated for children's rights, the environment, and freedom of information in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Successful issue...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-06-03
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Through a discussion of diverse art and media such as apocalyptic thrillers, rap, and television, Swirski debunks the American political system, sieving out fact from a sea of bipartisan untruths. Engaging with close analysis and multiple case studies, this book forges...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-03
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Examining the role and impact of technology on creative practice, and how technology evolution determines the forms and format of an artist's work, this book contextualizes technological revolutions with earlier encounters between craft and innovation, endorsing a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-06-03
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Building Noah's Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities examines religion within the framework of refugee studies as a public good, with the spiritual and material use of religion shedding new light on the agency of refugees in reconstructing their lives...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-06-03
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Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Frederik Elwert thematisiert den Zusammenhang von Migration, Religion und Integration am Beispiel einer wenig beachteten Fallgruppe: russlanddeutschen Aussiedlern in freikirchlichen Gemeinden. Als deutsche Staatsangehörige und evangelische Christen entsprechen sie nicht...
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Springer VS
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2015-06-03
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In order to better understand processes of European integration, this book offers a new perspective that compares past experiences of change to current transitional moments at the European level. It addresses key questions about European society, EU integration and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-06-02
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This open access book explores how research and policymaking in the field of migrant integration have developed historically and how this interrelationship plays out in the strongly politicised climate of opinions on migration in Europe. It features interdisciplinary...
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Springer
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2015-06-02
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Das Handbuch vereint Beiträge aus dem Fachgebiet der Bevölkerungssoziologie und beinhaltet eine aktuelle und breit aufgestellte soziologische Auseinandersetzung zum Thema Freizeit. In drei großen Themenblöcken vermessen die Autoren den gegenwärtigen Stand der Forschung....
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Springer VS
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2015-06-02
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