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From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs. At the same time, a different kind of headline has captured public attention: a...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-04-01
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In The Tumbleweed Society, Allison Pugh offers a moving exploration of sacrifice, betrayal, defiance, and resignation, as people cope in a society where relationships and jobs seem to change constantly. Based on eighty in-depth interviews with parents who have varied...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-04-01
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This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. It is part of a timely revival and reappraisal of his unique contribution to our...
Editeur :
Polity
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2015-03-31
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Key Contemporary Thinkers
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This volume explores Armenian migration around the world, including the interrelation between domestic communities in Armenia and Armenian communities elsewhere. It takes a close look at the motivation to migrate and the specifics of Armenian communities in different EU...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-03-31
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Although many contemporary scholars have deepened our understanding of civil society through critiquing the limits of civil society discourse or seeking to offer empirical analyses of existing civil societies, none have attempted anything as bold or original as Jeffrey...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-03-31
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This major new book explores the peculiar place of feminism in contemporary culture.
Editeur :
Polity
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2015-03-30
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Das Berliner Osteuropa-Institut wurde in den Jahren des Kalten Krieges gegründet. Beginnend mit den Gründerjahren zeichnet die Autorin entscheidende Phasen der Organisationsbiografie bis in die 1970er-Jahre nach. Als innovativ erweist sich die Verknüpfung des...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-03-26
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Following the transformation of the Soviet-controlled Eastern European system, there has been a renewal of discourses on civil society. The collection of essays discusses this complicated and controversial concept and explores the possibility of new approaches for the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-03-26
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Eleonore Kofman and Parvati Raghuram argue for the benefits of social reproduction as a lens through which to understand gendered transformations in global migration. They highlight the range of sites, sectors, and skills in which migrants are employed and how migration...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-24
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Diversities Old and New provides comparative analyses of new urban patterns that arise under conditions of rapid, migration-driven diversification, including transformations of social categories, social relations and public spaces. Ethnographic findings in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-23
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Who and how we love may be changing but our desire to be in a relationship endures. This book presents an incisive account of how couples experience, understand and sustain long-term relationships, exploring the emotional, practical and biographical resources that...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2015-03-12
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Wie schreiben sich soziale Erinnerungsprozesse in urbane Topografien ein? Welche Räume und Imaginarios werden dabei generiert, welche Konflikte und „Risse“ entstehen?Wie koexistieren Ausnahmeorte, die an staatlichen Terror erinnern, mit dem städtischen Alltagsleben?...
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Springer VS
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2015-03-10
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This book explores the diversity of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) models and outlines a self-assessment on models to support social entrepreneurs. The chapters trace the concept and origins of social entrepreneurship and elicits current implementation of SIA models by...
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Springer
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2015-03-05
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Magali Lehners bezieht sich in ihrem Buch auf die Erweiterung der schulischen und außerschulischen Fördermöglichkeiten in sozial benachteiligten Stadtvierteln der Stadt Luxemburg. Ein zentrales Anliegen ist hierbei die Untersuchung der Kooperation zwischen Schulen und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-03-02
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Marriages across ethnic borders are increasing in frequency, yet little is known of how discourses of 'normal' families, ethnicity, race, migration, globalisation affect couples and children involved in these mixed marriages. This book explores mixed marriage though...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-01
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Sport ist heute ein Milliardengeschäft: Sport, Kult und Kommerz bilden ein magisches Dreieck, an dem Sponsoren ebenso beteiligt sind wie Werbeagenturen.
Gottlieb Florschütz untersucht Inszenierungen und Sendeformate vonSport in Film und Fernsehen. Der Autor gibt einen...
Editeur :
Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Parution :
2015-02-27
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Die Studie gibt erstmals einen umfassenden Einblick in die Vielfalt und Differenziertheit der Lebenslagen von älteren alleinstehenden Migrantinnen in Deutschland. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung stehen zentrale Lebensbereiche, die Einfluss auf die Lebensqualität, den...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Parution :
2015-02-27
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'...a good bit of spice to give the critlings a flavour, and plenty of treacle to make the mince-meat look rich'Radical Victorian reformer Henry Mayhew walked the streets of London interviewing ordinary flower girls, market traders, piemen and costermongers to create...
Editeur :
Penguin
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2015-02-26
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Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a new form of collective consciousness and identity in Britain.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-26
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This book is a longitudinal story of seven Italian-Australian family business dynasties, spanning over a hundred years across three generations, and starting with the founding generation who migrated to Australia in the first half of the 20th century. With hard work and...
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Springer
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2015-02-23
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