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Für die Lösung komplexer, gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen sind soziale Innovationen von enormer Bedeutung. In dem Herausgeberband kommen 18 Sozialinnovatoren zu Wort, deren Lösungen eine der folgenden 5 gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen adressieren:...
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Springer VS
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2014-06-18
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The authors select sermons by Martin Luther King Jr. and Jeremiah Wright to as a framework to examine the meaning of God in America as part of the formational religio-political narrative of the country.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-06-18
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By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-06-17
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Child Law starts with the question “Who is the Child?” In direct contrast to the CRC, which calls for putting the interests of the child first in all policies dealing with children, it appears that the interests of others are the major consideration de facto. In law,...
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Springer
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2014-06-17
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The book examines the evolving governance of pharmaceutical biotechnology in South Korea in order to derive conclusions about the dynamics of a latecomer system transition. Based on an analysis of innovation activities in the biomedical sector, which is complemented by...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-17
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Warum sind Witze aus einer anderen Sprache nicht immer lustig? In diesem Werk geht es um eine kontrastive Studie zu deutschen und chinesischen ethnischen und Familienwitzen. Ca. 1200 Beispiele werden anhand der Generellen Theorie des Verbalen Humors (Attardo 1994)...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-17
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The essays collected in this book provide profound insights into the wide-ranging topic of the fashionable queen: the manifold implications and effects that the combination of body, power and gender can have are examined by using different approaches and a variety of...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-17
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Schneidende und stechende Werkzeuge, vom Messer bis zur Schere, Beil und Axt, und Hieb- und Stichwaffen wie Schwert, Säbel und Dolch sind in populären Volkserzählungen, insbesondere in Sage, Märchen und Schwank, unentbehrlich und als Reflex der in ihnen gespiegelten...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-17
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Die in diesem Buch versammelten Beiträge deuten auf die Vielschichtigkeit der Märchenproblematik hin und verweisen schnittpunktartig auf Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in dem aus dem polnischen und dem deutschsprachigen Kulturkreis stammenden Forschungsmaterial. Im...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-17
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Wie gestalte ich Nachrichten – strukturell, inhaltlich, sprachlich? Was macht einen guten Leadsatz aus? Die Reihe klassischer Fehler in vielen Meldungen ist schier endlos: Die wichtigste Botschaft wird irgendwo im Text versteckt. Gedankensprünge und überfrachtete...
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Springer VS
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2014-06-16
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What forms of knowledge can social science claim to produce? Does it employ causal analysis, and if so what does this entail?What role should values play in the work of social scientists?
These are the questions addressed in this book. They are closely interrelated,...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2014-06-16
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Brazil has done much to shape football/soccer, but how has soccer shaped Brazil? Despite the political and social importance of the beautiful game to the country, the subject has hitherto received little attention. This book presents groundbreaking work by historians...
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Hurst
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2014-06-15
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Most contemporary journalistic and scholarly accounts of the instability gripping Afghanistan and Pakistan have argued that violent Islamic extremism, including support for the Taliban and related groups, is either rooted in Pashtun history and culture, or finds willing...
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Hurst
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2014-06-15
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Millions of users have taken up residence in virtual worlds, and in those worlds they find opportunities to revisit and rewrite their religious lives. Robert M. Geraci argues that virtual worlds and video games have become a locus for the satisfaction of religious...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-06-13
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Where is sociology in contemporary media studies? How do sociological questions and arguments shape media analysis? These are the questions addressed in this timely collection on media sociology. Sociology was fundamental in defining the analytical boundaries of early...
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Polity
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2014-06-13
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Do you feel under increasing pressure to produce high quality publications, or struggle to translate your great ideas into inspirational – and engaging – writing? Gillie Bolton introduces her three ‘key phases’ method (Write for Myself, Redraft for my Reader, Edit for...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2014-06-13
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Die Herausforderungen des demografischen Wandels verlangen nicht nur arbeits-, sondern auch entgelt- und leistungspolitische Lösungen. Anhand einer ersten empirischen Studie zeigt dieses Buch, dass es in den Betrieben bereits eine breite Palette von entgelt- und...
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Springer VS
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2014-06-13
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The book critically investigates the local impact of international organizations beyond a Western rationale and aims to overcome Eurocentric patterns of analysis. Considering Asian and Western examples, the contributions originate from different disciplines and study...
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Springer
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2014-06-13
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In this edited open access book leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective integration of the social science...
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Springer
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2014-06-11
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When is the "right" time? How can I meet the demands of a professorship whilst caring for a young family? Choosing to become a mother has a profound effect on the career path of women holding academic positions, especially in the physical sciences. Yet many women...
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Springer
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2014-06-11
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