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New media, development and globalization are the key terms through which the future is being imagined and performed in governance, development initiatives and public and political discourse. Yet these authoritative terms have arisen within particular cultural and...
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Polity
Parution :
2014-01-15
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The issue of protecting essential infrastructure against the threat of terrorist attack is one which continues to concern governments worldwide. But terrorism is not the only threat this infrastructure may face: environmental hazards, industrial accidents and sabotage...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-01-15
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Political parties are central to democratic life, yet there is no standard definition to describe them or the role they occupy. "Voter-centered" theoretical approaches suggest that parties are the mere recipients of voter interests and loyalties. "Party-centered"...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-14
Collection :
Political Sociology
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Most books dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict see events through the eyes of policy-makers, generals or diplomats. Menachem Klein offers an illuminating alternative by telling the intertwined histories, from street level upwards, of three cities-Jerusalem,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-01-11
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This book provides a critical overview of the myriad literatures on “work,” viewed not only as a product of the marketplace but also as a social and political construct. Drawing on theoretical and empirical contributions from sociology, history, economics, and...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-12-23
Collection :
Key Concepts
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Reflective practice is an essential skill for those working in health and social care, but why is it so vital and how can it be learned? As inter-disciplinary working becomes more common, finding shared ways of reflection on practice are becoming more and more...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-12-19
Collection :
Key Themes in Health and Social Care
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Seit Beginn menschlicher Kultur waren Heilkundige bemüht, Kranken auch mit geeigneten Worten zu helfen. Archaische und mittelalterliche Heilspruchtexte, bisher als magische oder per Wortakt performierende Instrumente gedeutet, werden vom Autor erstmals nach...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-19
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Edited by François Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Conceptualizing Relational Sociology: Ontological and Theoretical Issues, addresses fundamental questions about what relational sociology is and how it works.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-12-18
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Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus on Germany.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-12-18
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Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa has historic roots, and though it has accelerated in recent decades, it retains distinctive forms. This book explores sub-Saharan urbanism through a detailed and wide-ranging study of Maputo, Mozambique, covering physical and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-12-17
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Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Entwicklungen antisemitischer Vorkommnisse. Untersucht wird, ob von einem spezifischen Antisemitismus unter Muslimen in Deutschland ausgegangen werden kann oder ob es sich nicht vielmehr um antisemitische...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2013-12-09
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This book highlights an important moment in the history of Romanian sociology: The idea of getting involved in the knowledge and construction of social life as well as the virtues of the sociologic monograph method that were promoted by the Bucharest Sociologic School...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-04
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This study captures the attitudes and values of the youth generation of college students in the USA toward the military, war, national defence, and foreign policy matters. Providing a unique insight into civilian and military Millenials, the authors explore the impact...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2013-12-02
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The book won the Surveillance Studies Network Book Prize 2014. The book argues that the mobile as a political technology in a broad sense facilitates the global export of the Western concept of individuality. This empowers those subjectivities and mindsets which can...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-27
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This book focuses on families and their changes in Taiwan and China. Traditional notions of what constitutes a family have been changing in China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. The chapters in this book provide interesting methodological and substantive...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-11-26
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War-related separations challenge families in many ways. The worry and uncertainty associated with combat deployments provokes anxiety in family members left at home. Lengthy separations may challenge the personal, social, and economic coping resources of families at...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-11-23
Collection :
Risk and Resilience in Military and Veteran Families
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In recent years evangelical Christians have been increasingly turning their attention toward issues such as the environment, international human rights, economic development, racial reconciliation, and urban renewal. Such engagement marks both a return to historic...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-11-20
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This book is designed to extend the field of organizational learning in several ways. The contributors from three continents bring different perspectives on processes and outcomes of knowledge creation and sharing in and between organizations in diverse contexts. They...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-11-19
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Dieser wissenschaftliche Essay beschäftigt sich mit nationalen Grenzen und der Etablierung von grenzüberschreitenden Regionen in Europa. Der Autor untersucht aus soziologischer Perspektive, ob sich Staatsgrenzen, wie Gesellschaftstheorien annehmen, zunehmend auflösen....
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-19
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Der automobile (R)Evolutionsprozess Elektromobilität führt bereits heute in weiten Teilen der Automobilindustrie zu enormen Innovationsanstrengungen und zu zahlreichen inner- und außerbetrieblichen Reorganisationsprozessen.Der Autor untersucht am Beispiel eines großen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-19
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