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South-North Dialogues on Queer Epistemologies, Embodiments and Activisms is composed of research presented at the fourth international Queering Paradigms Conference (QP4), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In line with the QP project ethos of bringing together diverse...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Im Spannungsfeld zwischen kollektiver Koalitionsfreiheit und Arbeitsvertragsfreiheit untersucht diese Arbeit, unter welchen Voraussetzungen die Substitution feststehenden Arbeitsentgelts durch eine Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer am Erfolg bzw. Kapital des Arbeit gebenden...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-10-16
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The status of Hong Kong English has been an increasing concern among the local population. Despite prolific research into attitudes towards language variation within the field of sociolinguistics in general, very few studies have focused on the Hong Kong context....
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Sociology and social theory has always been a major source of new perspectives for organization studies. Access to a series of authoritative accounts of theorists and research themes in sociology and social theory which have influenced developments in organization...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-10-16
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Sociology and social theory has always been a major source of new perspectives for organization studies. Access to a series of authoritative accounts of theorists and research themes in sociology and social theory which have influenced developments in organization...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-10-16
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This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of research relating to immigration and religion that have been produced during the past two decades. Religion, once a neglected topic in...
Editeur :
Polity
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2014-10-16
Collection :
Immigration and Society
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The Quicksands of Belief:The Need for Skepticism draws on history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and the cognitive sciences in an accessible, non-academic style in order to argue that humans don’t question enough. Instead, uncritically accepting the often absurd...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Der Fokus der Jugendsprachforschung liegt auf dem Gesprächsverhalten in weiblichen und männlichen Peergruppen, Analysen gemischter Gruppen erfolgten bisher nicht. Diese Studie schließt diese Forschungslücke und untersucht die Sprachhandlungsmuster Lästern, Frotzeln und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
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In these witty, outrageous ten laws, the well-beloved gadfly, sage and wordsmith Bob Ellis investigates dislocation and security, competence and charisma, youth and old age. He explains why bicycles encourage premarital sex, moving house too many times drives humans...
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E-Penguin
Parution :
2014-10-15
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Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-15
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Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the development of health systems in Latin America was closely linked to men's participation in formal labor. This established an inherent male bias that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-15
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Die Entwicklungspfade von San Diego sind beeinflusst von der sozialen, kulturellen und ökonomischen Verschiedenheit der beiden Räume San Diego und Tijuana. Diese Verschiedenheit hat sich heute zu einer Ressource für Hybridisierungen entwickelt. Hybriditätsforschungen...
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Springer VS
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2014-10-15
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This book will suggest new agendas for identity and heritage studies by means of presenting contentious issues facing archaeology and heritage management in a globalized world. The book is not only present the variability of heritage objectives and experiences in the...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-10-15
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Love seems like the most personal experience, one that touches each of us in a unique way that is more personal than social, and hence it is not surprising that it has been largely neglected by sociologists and social theorists. While it has long been a central...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-10-15
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In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key elements in Beck’s thought. Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-10-15
Collection :
Conversations
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This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global business, nation states and movements rooted in civil society. Beck offers an illuminating account of the changing nature of power...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-10-15
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Every day around the world there are dozens of protests both large and small. Most groups engage the local police, some get media attention, and a few are successful. Who are these people? What do they want? What do they do to get it? What effects do they ultimately...
Editeur :
Polity
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2014-10-15
Collection :
Cultural Sociology
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In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. For it is not religion that is returning; rather, there is something else quite profound that is taking on increasing significance...
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Polity
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2014-10-15
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Port cities have distinctive global dynamics, with long histories of casual labour, large migrant communities, and international trade networks. This in-depth comparative study examines contradictory global legacies across themes of urban identity, waterfront work and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-14
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This collection examines the intersections and dynamics of bordering processes and citizenship politics in the Global North and Australia. By taking the political agency of migrants into account, it approaches the subject of borders as a genuine political and socially...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-14
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