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An occupation is, most simply put, any activity we participate in that engages (occupies) our attention, interests, and/or expectations, at any point throughout the life course. This book offers an emerging and innovative perspective on occupation, based in the work of...
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Springer
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2012-07-26
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Noch am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts orientieren sich Politiktheorie, Politikanalyse und Politische Ethik überwiegend an Gesellschafts- und Politikmodellen, die in den Denktraditionen von Newton und Descartes verhaftet sind. Dies hat unter anderem zur Folge, dass...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-26
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Tackling central problems in philosophy of religion by referring to relevant theories and findings in cognitive science, anthropology, developmental psychology, decision theory, biology, physics, cosmology, the contributors address a range of topics, including divine...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-07-25
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This volume is devoted to the relationship between political and social dimensions of nation-building in Estonia. The authors of the volume analyse the Estonian nation-building since 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and Estonia regained independence, in the context...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-24
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This book is about the impact of the EU on local issues, particularly in the pre-accession phase. It analyses and discusses contending interests and aspirations in culture, education, communication and tourism in parts of former Yugoslavia. Various contributions create...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-23
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As more and more people become mobile to visit friends, family, and business colleagues using social networking websites, technologies in use today like Couchsurfing.com or online hitchhiking websites (OHWs) are allowing people to create new, planned encounters also...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-23
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This study analyzes the social problems of society systematically from a macro view and pluralistic point of view. The main objective of this field-study is to contribute an effort to the culture of discussion and problem-solving culture of society. The research...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-23
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Im Zuge der Globalisierung ändern sich die vielfältigen urbanen Lebensbedingungen kontinuierlich, wodurch der Bedarf an sinnvollen Entwicklungskonzepten für Städte und besonders Metropolen verstärkt wird. Stadtentwicklungskonzepte sind jedoch häufig von wirtschaftlichen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-18
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Die streikenden Krankenhausärzte sorgten 2005 für großes Aufsehen. Ihre Forderung nach höherer Entlohnung und besseren Arbeitsbedingungen wurde von dem der breiten Öffentlichkeit kaum bekannten Marburger Bund unterstützt. Zuvor hatte ver.di als...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2012-07-11
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'I took the plunge and went back to work full-time, leaving a baby at home ... that was the start of the 20-year experiment with every different type of working arrangement possible in my quest to try and do justice to my children, my education, my ambition.'Fiona...
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Ebury Digital
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2012-06-30
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?Das Heim steht mit seinem Konzept der geschlossenen Rundum-Versorgung und der Vorgabe besonderer Lebenskonzepte für Hilfe- und Pflegebedürftige in der Kritik. Unter dem Stichwort der „Öffnung der Heime“ werden Alternativen erprobt, die eine Mitverantwortung von...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2012-06-28
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Sozialpolitik und Sozialstaat
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Siân Lincoln considers the use, role and significance of private spaces in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, she explores the place of 'the private' in youth cultural discourses, both historically and contemporarily, that until now...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-06-26
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This volume is dedicated to the subject of mobile communication and the transition in everyday life. Mobile media have become a part of the media ensemble and lead to specific media communication practices. Researching the integration of mobile media to everyday life...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-06-25
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Surveys enjoy great ubiquity among data collection methods in social research: they are flexible in questioning techniques, in the amount of questions asked, in the topics covered, and in the various ways of interactions with respondents.Surveys are also the preferred...
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Springer
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2012-06-21
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Intercultural Policies and Education is concerned with educational challenges in multicultural societies. Educational policies, practices and strategies for fruitful coexistence in the multicultural school and classroom are explored and analysed through a collection of...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-13
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The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening. Features new research data in most of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-06-12
Collection :
Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
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Why is it important to take a critical approach to your work? And what are the consequences if your critical voice is suppressed? These are the questions that lie at the heart of Disenfranchisement, which focuses on the deteriorating possibilities for a group of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-12
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