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New challenges that emerged in the postwar era have given rise to ongoing debate about the place of religion in public life, in the United States and in other established democracies, and this debate has dramatically reshaped the way scholars, policymakers, and...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-05-07
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In this major new assessment of Zygmunt Bauman's work, Smith gives a clear introduction to this controversial and challenging sociologist.
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Polity
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2013-05-06
Collection :
Key Contemporary Thinkers
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Alternative and Activist New Media provides a rich and accessible overview of the ways in which activists, artists, and citizen groups around the world use new media and information technologies to gain visibility and voice, present alternative or marginal views, share...
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Polity
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2013-05-06
Collection :
Digital Media and Society
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For the understanding and interpretation of the religions of times past, the imagery of those cultures has always been an important source of information, besides the written sources (if at all available) and the ever-richer archaeological material. The topic of this...
Editeur :
Presses universitaires de Liège
Parution :
2013-05-06
Collection :
Kernos suppléments
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Today autism has become highly visible. Once you begin to look for it, you realize it is everywhere. Why? We all know the answer or think we do: there is an autism epidemic. And if it is an epidemic, then we know what must be done: lots of money must be thrown at it,...
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Polity
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2013-05-03
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In this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships. Drawing on a large body of work across a vast historical and geographical range, he offers an innovative and wide-ranging...
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Polity
Parution :
2013-05-02
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Europa und die Türkei: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den verfassungsrechtlichen Fragen der Übertragung von Hoheitsrechten auf die EU bezüglich der türkischen Verfassungsordnung, möglichen verfassungsrechtlichen Konflikten und entsprechenden Lösungen. Aufgrund der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-02
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Although the Polish immigrant movement in Germany has existed for more than 150 years, this fact is not reflected in the shape or standing of contemporary organisations. The history of Polish associations in Germany is an example that demonstrates, on the one hand,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-02
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Die aus Frankreich eingewanderten Hugenotten sind zweifellos die prominenteste Minderheit innerhalb der frühneuzeitlichen Geschichte Preußens. Unter dem Schirm einer eigenen Kolonie hatten sie sich im 18. Jahrhundert schichtübergreifend in alle relevanten Lebens- und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-02
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Jugendliche müssen sich in einer rasch wandelnden Welt behaupten, ohne die innere Kontinuität und den Kontakt zu den Ursprüngen zu verlieren. Zunehmende Individualisierung und der Einfluss moderner Medien zwingen sie, sich immer wieder neuen Situationen anzupassen und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-01
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Politisch werden «Vertrauen» und «Verantwortung» ständig thematisiert. Die Untersuchung zielt hierzu auf ein reflektiertes Begriffsverständnis. Sie spannt den Bogen über staatstheoretische Ansätze von John Locke, Edmund Burke, die Federalist Papers, Benjamin Constant,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-01
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Under the blazing Iraqi sun in the summer of 2007, Shannon Meehan, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, ordered a strike that would take the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians. He thought he was doing the right thing. He thought he was protecting his men. He thought that he...
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Polity
Parution :
2013-04-30
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The literature on governmentality has had a major impact across the social sciences over the past decade, and much of this has drawn upon the pioneering work by Peter Miller and Nikolas Rose. This volume will bring together key papers from their work for the first time,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
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Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes to cultural, economic and social life. This book interrogates various understandings of ageing, and provides a critical...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
Collection :
Key Concepts
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This book introduces green ideas to students of the social sciences, showing how society affects and is affected by nature and assessing the future of the green movement.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
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This accessible, introductory text explains the importance of studying 'everyday life' in the social sciences. Susie Scott examines such varied topics as leisure, eating and drinking, the idea of home, and time and schedules in order to show how societies are created...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
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Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
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This accessible, introductory text explains the importance of studying 'everyday life' in the social sciences. Susie Scott examines such varied topics as leisure, eating and drinking, the idea of home, and time and schedules in order to show how societies are created...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
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This is not a diary: while these observations were recorded in autumn 2010 and spring 2011 in the form of dated entries, they are not a personal reflection but an attempt to capture signs of our times in their movement - possibly at birth, at a stage when they are...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-26
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States over the past 500 years have become the dominant institutions on Earth, exercising vast and varied authority over the economic well-being, health, welfare, and very lives of their citizens. This concise and engaging book explains how power became centralized in...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-26
Collection :
Political Sociology
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