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Die Wissenssoziologische Diskursanalyse (WDA) verbindet theoretische Grundlegungen der wissenssoziologischen Tradition von Peter Berger und Thomas Luckmann mit Diskursperspektiven von Michel Foucault. Sie zielt auf die Diskursanalyse gesellschaftlicher...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2014-07-08
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Wang's book offers an empirically rich and conceptually nuanced analysis of how local state agents maintain control over village self-governance in China. His careful analysis of primary documents enables him to explicate the formal mechanisms used by members of the...
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Springer
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2014-07-08
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This book is the last work of the author’s trilogy on Chinese rural politics. In the background of prominent social conflicts since the 1990s during China’s social transformation, the author conducted in-depth comparative analyses of several conflicts to understand the...
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Springer
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2014-07-08
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This book explores changes in the social, economic and political processes underpinning the mechanisms for the management of human mobility and cohabitation in the Mediterranean region, while suggesting comparisons with the situation in the Americas. It considers the...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2014-07-08
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This book gives a general view of sequence analysis, the statistical study of successions of states or events. It includes innovative contributions on life course studies, transitions into and out of employment, contemporaneous and historical careers, and political...
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Springer
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2014-07-02
Collection :
Life Course Research and Social Policies
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A wide range of international contributions draw on theoretical and empirical sources to explore whether alternatives exist to both conceptualise and conduct research into what people do and don’t do, in relation to their health and experiences of illness. Presents a...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2014-07-01
Collection :
Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
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This timely volume offers an in-depth theoretical analysis of children's experiences growing up with mobile internet technologies. Drawing on up-to-date research, it explores the relationship between childhood as a social and cultural construction and the plethora of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-06-25
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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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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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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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Bringing together sociology of the body with powerful examinations of educational theory and social class, Henry examines how children's experiences of school and pedagogy are shaped by their bodies and the ideas of social class and class identity that their bodies...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2014-06-11
Collection :
The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education
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The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies. These often secretive activities...
Editeur :
Polity
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2014-06-05
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There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack relevance to ‘real’ politics. Echoing these debates, Lois McNay examines in this book some theories of radical democracy and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-06-05
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The search for meaning is an essential human activity. It is not just about agreeing on some definitions about the world, objects, and people; it is an ethical process of opening up to find new possibilities. Langlois uses case studies of social media platforms...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-06-05
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Das Problem des Gedächtnisses, Erinnerns und Vergessens ist ein nicht eigens benannter Bestandteil vieler soziologischer Theorien. Erst seit wenigen Jahren beginnen Soziologinnen und Soziologen damit, Fragen der gesellschaftlichen Bewahrung, Routinisierung oder...
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Springer VS
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2014-06-02
Collection :
Soziales Gedächtnis, Erinnern und Vergessen – Memory Studies
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?Wie lässt sich die Entstehung eines Wirtschaftsclusters in einer Stadt verstehen? In der Auseinandersetzung mit ökonomischen, soziologischen, raumwissenschaftlichen und politikwissenschaftlichen Ansätzen wird ein praxeologischer Forschungsansatz entfaltet, mit dessen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2014-05-28
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This book explores the ways in which Western-derived music connects with globalization, hybridity, consumerism and the flow of cultures. Both as local terrain and as global crossroads, cities remain fascinating spaces of cultural contestation and meaning-making via the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-27
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This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life. With a sociological and historical perspective, it explores the media-enhanced individualization and rationalization of the lifeworld, discussing the dramatic mediatization of daily life and...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2014-05-26
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Der Diskurs über Zuwanderer in Deutschland ist häufig verzerrt; Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmungen klaffen hier meistens weit auseinander. So, wie sie gesehen werden, sehen sie sich selbst nicht; und die einheimische Bevölkerung sieht vieles nicht, was den Zuwanderern...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2014-05-23
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In this unique collection, theologians born and formed during the Cold War offer their insights and perspectives on theological relationships with such musical artists and groups as Joy Division, U2, Nick Cave, and John Coltrane. These essays demonstrate that one's...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-21
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