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In this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history.In a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and others, he...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-04-03
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One of the less fortunate legacies that we who practice ethnography in Oceania have given the scholarly world is the stereotype of the Melanesian leader as "Big Man". The designation "Big Man", derived literally from the metaphor commonly used in Austronesian languages...
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Société des Océanistes
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2014-04-03
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Publications de la SdO
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Mit der Offenen Methode der Koordinierung (OMK) im Bereich der sozialen Eingliederung steht im Fokus dieser Arbeit eine zentrale sozial- und gesellschaftspolitische Programmformel der EU. Sie wird anhand eines neuen Falles, des Beitrittslandes Bulgarien, untersucht....
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-04-01
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Religious Intolerance is on the rise. Debating religious freedom often means debating «West» versus «Islam». This book challenges crucial stereotypes around this issue. It explores the scope of the right to freedom of religion in the International Treaties and...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-03-19
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Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change. Covers a broad range of topics,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-03-12
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
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This volume examines the reasons for intensified social change after 1980; a peaceful process of a magnitude that is historically unprecedented. It examines the kinds of novelty that have come about through morphogenesis and the elements of stability that remain because...
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Springer
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2014-03-10
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Based on two richly described case studies – a Pentecostal worship service and popular music festival – this book draws on sociology, theology and religious studies in order to understand the significance of ecstatic experience in these contexts. Interviews with...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-03-05
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Demonstrates the power of the theoretical framework of analytical sociology in explaining a large array of social phenomena Analytical Sociology: Actions and Networks presents the most advanced theoretical discussion of analytical sociology, along with a unique set of...
Editeur :
Wiley
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2014-03-04
Collection :
Wiley Series in Computational and Quantitative Social Science
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Cities in Relations advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries. Examines the last 20 years of urban development in Hanoi, Vietnam, and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Considers the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-02-28
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IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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Die Studie, im Sinne der Intellectual History angelegt, rekonstruiert und dokumentiert den originären wie konzeptionellen Beitrag Leo Löwenthals zur frühen Kritischen Theorie, wie sie in den 1930er Jahren von den engsten Mitarbeitern des Instituts für Sozialforschung –...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-19
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In Krisenzeiten wird Geld weit mehr Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet als an Tagen wirtschaftlicher Problemlosigkeit. Das zeigt sich im Vergleich der Zeiten vor und nach dem jüngsten Ausbruch der Krisen (Hypothekenmarkt, Banken, öffentliche Haushalte, Wirtschaftssystem,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2014-02-11
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This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group – Gujarati Indians – born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-02-11
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This book explores the impact of globalisation and new technologies on youth cultures around the world, from the Birmingham School to the youthscapes of South Korea. In a timely reappraisal of youth cultures in contemporary times, this collection profiles the best of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-02-06
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Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-30
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For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators with the supposed decline of commitment, and even the decline of the possibility of family...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-30
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The production of 'human waste' – or more precisely, wasted lives, the 'superfluous' populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts – is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side-effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-24
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Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments. With cities taking a...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-21
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Housing policy has been central to the economic success stories of the major East Asian economies as well as a pillar of social and welfare provision. This book explores not only the development of their distinctive approach, but also the challenges posed in recent...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-21
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Polymers have played a critical role in the rational design and application of drug delivery systems that increase the efficacy and reduce the toxicity of new and conventional therapeutics. Beginning with an introduction to the fundamentals of drug delivery, Engineering...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-01-17
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Urban ethnography is the firsthand study of city life by investigators who immerse themselves in the worlds of the people about whom they write. Since its inception in the early twentieth century, this great tradition has helped define how we think about cities and city...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-01-16
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