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Human beings are adapted for group living. Groups have a wide range of adaptive functions for individuals, including both material benefits of mutual aid and collective action, and subjective psychological benefits of affiliation and social identity. Recent development...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-10-16
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Social interaction lies at the heart of our everyday experience. We make our way down the street and avoid crashing into others, take our place in the supermarket queue, take care in the way we talk about others in conversation, acknowledge the social status of people...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-11
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This collection provides access to up to date, very high quality research and critical perspectives on China’s CCIs on an industry by industry basis. Industries dealt with by this collection include: advertising, architecture, art and antiques, computer games, crafts,...
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Springer
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2013-10-08
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This book is unique in the sense that it offers a comprehensive review and analysis of human communication and mediated communication around the world.This is one of the first attempts to do so in a systematic, comprehensive way. It challenges the assumption that...
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Springer
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2013-10-07
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The recent conflict in Iraq evolved from an insurgency against the interim U.S. led government (the Coalition Provisional Authority or CPA) into a sectarian civil war. Violence became widespread, especially in areas of Baghdad City such as Sadr City, Al Amiriyah, and Al...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-10-04
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Better health all around--this is what clinicians and patients, alike, desire. But achieving and maintaining good health can be difficult task, as this requires the adoption of behaviors, habits, and lifestyles that are challenging for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-10-02
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Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine,...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2013-10-01
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Change is often a mystery, one that baffles doctors, therapists, teachers, coaches, parents--and especially those of us who struggle to alter our own bad habits or make lasting improvements in our lives. Why do we suddenly change for the better after years of failed...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-10-01
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??The Art of Transitional Justice examines the relationship between transitional justice and the practices of art associated
with it. Art, which includes theater, literature, photography, and film, has
been integral to the understanding of the issues faced in situations...
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Springer
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2013-09-25
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Women and Poverty analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women's poverty. In doing so, the book provides a unique documentation of women's experiences of poverty and classism at the individual and interpersonal...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-09-18
Collection :
Contemporary Social Issues
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The Understanding Research series focuses on the process of writing up social research.The series is broken down into three categories: Understanding Statistics, Understanding Measurement, and Understanding Qualitative Research.The books provide researchers with guides...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-09-03
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Neuropschology with Asians and Asian Americans Practical and Theoretical Considerations J. Mark Davis and Rik Carl D'Amato, editors The challenge of cultural competence for health providers is more than the recognition of other ethnicities: it entails the balancing of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-08-19
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This book explores the concept of “socially-responsible psychology in a global age” and how it might be used to organize, integrate and bring enhanced focus a field that has the potential to contribute to solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. In this volume,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-08-13
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Collective experiences in the former Yugoslavia documents and analyses how social representations and practices are shaped by collective violence in a context of ethnic discourse. What are the effects of violence and what are the effects of collectively experienced...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-08-13
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An indispensable collection of real-life clinical cases from practicing experts in the field of multicultural counseling and psychotherapy Case Studies in Multicultural Counseling and Therapy is a one-of-a-kind resource presenting actual cases illustrating assessment,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-08-12
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The last decade has seen a major shift in how nations prioritize issues of national and international security, with terrorism coming to the fore as one of the most significant threats with which to contend. Building on prior research in this area,The Political...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-08-06
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With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-07-29
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With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-07-29
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In this volume, Qi Wang traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of memories of the personal past and of the family and the community. Wang combines rigorous research, sensitive survey of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-07-26
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Roughly 54 million people with disabilities live in the U.S., and there are many more millions of people with disabilities around the world. Not surprisingly, differences among and between people with disabilities are often as notable as differences between people with...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-07-25
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