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Euro-commuters' have emerged as a new group of migrants since the onset of the economic crisis in the EU. These people work in one country but live in another. This book analyses the characteristics of these migrants, their motivations and how commuting influences their...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-12-17
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A scholar of race and a leader in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement, Cedric Dover embodied the 20th-century cosmopolitan redefinition of racial identity. Tracing Dover's evolution through his relationships with W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, this...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-12-16
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Addressing the specific contexts of communal leadership, educational policy, inter-communal relations, legal reform, media production, public discourse, public opinion, and responses to government policy, this volume examines Western-Muslim relations and makes proposals...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-12-16
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This book explores the historiography, ports, and peoples of the Persian Gulf over the past two centuries, offering a more inclusive history of the region than previously available. Restoring the history of minority communities which until now have been silenced, the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-16
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The Arts of Citizenship in African Cities pushes the frontiers of how we understand cities and citizenship and offers new perspectives on African urbanism. Nuanced ethnographic analyses of life in an array of African cities illuminate the emergent infrastructures and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-16
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(Ab)use of religion as a political means to an end: the achievement of nationalist political goals, analyzing 'how' through which mechanisms this phenomenon has been and still is practiced in South-Eastern Europe.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-16
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A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief. With specific chapters spotlighting the rights to health care, nutritious food, and adequate and affordable housing, the book describes in...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-12-16
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Chechens: Culture and Society is an ethnography that elaborates the lived experiences of Chechens, focusing primarily on relationships and socio-cultural norms within the context of the current conflict in the Chechen Republic.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-16
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This volume investigates the appropriate position of Islam and opposing perceptions of Muslims in Southeast Asia. The contributors examine how Southeast Asian Muslims respond to globalization in their particular regional, national and local settings, and suggest global...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-15
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Since the 1990s and the 2000s, Western social protection systems have experienced a turn towards activation. This turn consists of the multiplication of measures aimed at bringing those who are unemployed closer to participation in the labour market. These measures...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2014-12-15
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Wohltätigkeit, Wohlfahrt und Fürsorge sind Begriffe, die im Judentum eine bedeutende und zentrale Rolle spiel(t)en, da sie das umschreiben, was sich als konstitutiv für die jüdische Gemeinschaft erwies: eine traditionell gewachsene Unterstützungspflicht von Menschen für...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-15
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Introducing the concept of observation to social work students can be a complex and challenging task. Assessing their observation skills and assignments can be even harder, especially if much of this work takes place implicitly, throughout their training and placements....
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Learning Matters
Parution :
2014-12-15
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The topics of bullying and hazing have sparked interest and discussion in recent years. Hazing is a crime in the United States, and Western nations have made efforts to stamp out bullying in schools, the workplace, and institutions. However, for the most part, bullying...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-12-15
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This book explores some of the challenges presented to church and mission from the contemporary culture of globalization and how this affects Christian spirituality in various ways. The attention is primarily focused on contemporary East Asian urban life, but from the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-15
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How do young people with migration backgrounds take part in and shape urban leisure socialities in European cities? Presenting results of a long-term ethnographic research project carried out in ethnic club scenes in Paris, London and Berlin, this book challenges...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-15
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Current knowledge about effective internet addiction treatment is limited. This book explores how 20 international internet addiction therapy experts experience the presenting problem of internet addiction in psychotherapy.
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2014-12-12
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This groundbreaking Brief brings a rights-based perspective to social work as opposed to the charity- and needs-based formats traditional to the field. Core principles for effective practice are discussed in the context of global human rights advocacy, from addressing...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-12-12
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"The political and academic worlds are fractured by two competing discourses: the universalism of human rights and cultural relativism. This fracture is represented by the deep separation of cultural analysis and theories of international politics. Derek Robbins in a...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-12-11
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What are the implications of colonialism for a theory of global justice today?What does rectificatory justice mean in the light of colonialism?What does global rectificatory justice require in practice? The author seeks to answer these questions covering a significant...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-10
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The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were seen as a success and the hosts were praised for the promotion of equality, tolerance and unity as well as inspiring a legacy to continue these values. This volume contains a collection of sociological case studies which...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2014-12-10
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