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Weber's Rationalism and Modern Society rediscovers Max Weber for the twenty-first century. Tony and Dagmar Waters' translation ofWeber's works highlights his contributions to the social sciences and politics, credited with highlighting concepts such as "iron cage,"...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-04-08
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This collection takes the study of diasporic communication beyond the level of simply praising its existence, to offering critical engagements and analysis with the systems of journalistic production, process and consumption practices as they relate to people who are...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-04-08
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An examination of how screen texts embrace, refute, and reinvent the cultural heritage of antiquity, this volume looks at specific story-patterns and archetypes from Greco-Roman culture. The contributors offer a variety of perspectives, highlighting key cultural relay...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-04-08
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This book discusses how civilized oppression (the oppression that involves neither violence nor the law) can be overcome by re-examining our participation in it. Moral community, solidarity and education are offered as vibrant strategies to overcome the hurt and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-04-08
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In Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Narratives, Martin Pehal applies structural analysis to four New Kingdom narrative compositions. The study explains the strong configurational character of ancient Egyptian (mythological) thought which has the ability to connect various...
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EME Editions
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2015-04-08
Collection :
Nouvelles Études Orientales
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Silvia Lucchini lavora presso il Centre de recherche en didactique deslangues et littératures romanes (CEDILL) dell'Università cattolica di Lovanio. Da molto tempo collabora con le istituzioni italiane (COASCIT e COMITES) che si occupano del problema dell'inserimento...
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EME Editions
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2015-04-08
Collection :
I.R.I.S.
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Examines the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of heritage research and practice, and the underlying international politics of protecting cultural and natural resources around the globe. Focuses on ethnographic and embedded perspectives, as well as a commitment...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-04-08
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Seit etwa zehn Jahren werden in der Verkehrsforschung Versuche unternommen, die Mobilität (im Sinne der täglichen oder auch selteneren Wege) im Längsschnitt individueller Lebensläufe zu erfassen und zu verstehen. Dazu wurde eine Reihe von theoretischen und methodischen...
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Springer VS
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2015-04-07
Collection :
Studien zur Mobilitäts- und Verkehrsforschung
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The New Cockney provides a sociolinguistic account of speech variation among adolescents in the 'traditional' East End of London. Embedded in its social context, it focuses on the interaction and social practices within a single community and highlights some of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-07
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Policing Wildlife examines both the extent and enforcement of wildlife law, one of the fastest growing areas of crime globally. The book considers how enforcement regimes need to adapt to contemporary wildlife crime threats, particularly those posed by terrorism and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-07
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology
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This study focuses on the field of security studies through the prism of migration. Using ethnographic methods to illustrate an experiential theory of security taken from the perspective of migrants and asylum seekers in Europe, it effectively offers a means of moving...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-07
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Cinema has long played a crucial role in the way that societies represent themselves. Hedges discusses the role of cinema in creating cultural memory within a global perspective that spans five continents. The book's innovative approach and approachable style should...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-07
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Janika Suck greift ein aktuelles Thema auf: Trotz eines funktionierenden medizinischen Versorgungssystems können sozial benachteiligte Familien die Gesundheitsförderung ihrer Kinder häufig nur unzureichend realisieren. Eine Vielzahl von Studien weist auf einen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-04-07
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Das Buch befasst sich mit den regionalen Integrationsbestrebungen im südlichen und östlichen Afrika. Der Autor beleuchtet intensiv Geschichte und Aufbau zweier Integrationsregime, der Southern African Development Community (SADC) und der East African Community (EAC),...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-04-07
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In the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War in April 1975, as Americans fled and their Vietnamese allies and employees prepared for the worst, John Riordan, a young banker, the assistant manager of Citibank's Saigon branch succeeded in rescuing 106 Vietnamese. They...
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PublicAffairs
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2015-04-07
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The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its public administration. Successive reforms have been accompanied by claims that the changes would make the world a better place by transforming the way government worked. Despite much discussion and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-04-03
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The promise of an ever-closer union that has guided Europe from the Treaty of Rome to the present time rests on the evolution of democratic governance to meet the many challenges that European communities face. Now after years of managing the financial and fiscal...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-04-02
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The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its public administration. Successive reforms have been accompanied by claims that the changes would make the world a better place by transforming the way government worked. Despite much discussion and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-04-02
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Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-01
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Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-01
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