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The meso-level realm of social reality is structured by corporate and categoric units, along with their respective cultures. Unlike the macro and micro realms of social reality, the meso-level does not reveal its own unique forces. Rather, the dynamics of...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. Fantasy took over his life, in a world of battles ruled by his teddy bear, Alan Measles. He grew up. And in 2003, an acclaimed ceramic artist, he accepted...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-05-31
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Die Rolle der Religion für die Entstehung sozialen Kapitals – d. h. zivilgesellschaftliche Netzwerke und soziales Vertrauen – ist sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch hoch ambivalent. Richard Traunmüller zeigt die Bedingungen auf, unter denen Religion als vorpolitische...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Parution :
2012-05-22
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In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal, country, or mountainside locales. This book explores the narratives emerging from amenity-left migration using methods developed within the 'strong'...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-05-17
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The collapse of communism has opened up Russia and East-Central Europe to outside influences and enabled new lifestyle choices and forms of religious expression. Based on extensive ethnographic research, this collection uses a variety of theoretical perspectives and...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-04-20
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Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society. Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-17
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What is it to care for another human being? How do we show compassion for each other? Is ‘social care’ an activity only for paid professionals? This book sets out on a radical re-examination of the nature of social care, the way it is practised, and its purpose. Rather...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-04-12
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The must-read memoir from Nancy Jackman, a cook in interwar England. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, DownstairsAn inspirational true story loved by readers:'To read Nancy's story in her own words was an absolute joy.The history, the humour, a perfect...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-04-12
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True Stories of Life Below Stairs
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This book explores why it is white ethnicity has been rendered invisible, arguing that contemporary people's conceptions of themselves are conditioned by, and derive from, the unknown and forgotten legacy of a colonial past that cannot be confined to the past.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-11
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Teachers in schools where students have experienced trauma face particularly difficult challenges, for how is a teacher to promote academic growth and attainment of educational goals in such a situation? Provides advice, understanding, and proven strategies for meeting...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-09
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This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective. Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class Presents an alternative approach based on analyses...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-29
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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Beginning African Philosophy explores the nature and central features of African philosophy from the perspective of African philosophers, analyzing and assessing the importance of African philosophy, its subject matter, its major themes and concerns, and how those...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-03-27
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Auf der Arbeitstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie im Oktober 1961 hielten Karl R. Popper und Theodor W. Adorno Referate zur «Logik der Sozialwissenschaften». Dies leitete den «Positivismusstreit» in der deutschen Soziologie ein, an dem sich prominent vor...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-03-19
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In Manning Up, Manhattan Institute fellow and City Journal contributing editor Kay Hymowitz argues that the gains of the feminist revolution have had a dramatic, unanticipated effect on the current generation of young men. Traditional roles of family man and provider...
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Basic Books
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2012-03-06
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In a brilliant synthesis of genetic, archaeological, linguistic and climatic data, Oppenheimer challenges current thinking with his claim that there was only one successful migration out of Africa.In 1988 Newsweek headlined the startling discovery that everyone alive on...
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Robinson
Parution :
2012-03-01
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Ensure your contented baby has a contented mumBecoming a mum is an exciting journey, with new rewards and responsibilities. But while you focus your energies on the needs of your growing baby, it's easy to neglect your own needs as a new mum. Gina Ford has helped...
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Ebury Digital
Parution :
2012-03-01
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Pragmatism has experienced a renaissance in social theory in recent years. This is no wonder since the so-called classical pragmatists, especially John Dewey and George Herbert Mead, outlined a highly original theory of social life. This book builds on pragmatist ideas...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-02-24
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This work examines in depth the methodological relationships that probability and statistics have maintained with the social sciences from their emergence. It covers both the history of thought and current methods.First it examines in detail the history of the different...
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Springer
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2012-02-22
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Sharp, bold and engaging, this book provides a contemporary account of why medical sociology matters in our modern society.
Combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, and applying the pragmatic demands of policy, this timely book explores society's response to...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2012-02-13
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Seit dem Systemwechsel in Osteuropa werden Vergangenheitsbilder, sprachliche Zuordnung und Konfessionszugehörigkeit zum Ausbau der Herrschaft nationaler Eliten benutzt. Dieser Prozeß beinhaltet die Ersetzung der kommunistischen Ideologie durch ethnonationale Identitäten...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-02-10
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