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An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City.Drawing on his family’s own experience emigrating from India to Britain and America, and years of reporting around the world, Suketu Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2019-08-22
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This edited collection goes beyond the limited definition of borders as simply dividing lines across states, to uncover another, yet related, type of division: one that separates policies and institutions from public debate and contestation. Bringing together...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-08-22
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This book systematically assesses the value systems of active Muslims around the globe. Based on a multivariate analysis of recent World Values Survey data, it sheds new light on Muslim opinions and values in countries such as Indonesia, Iran, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey....
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-22
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The discourse on migration outcomes in the West has largely been dominated by issues of integration, but it is more relevant to view immigration in non-Western societies in relation to practices of exclusion and inclusion. Exclusion refers to a situation in which...
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Springer
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2019-08-22
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of the Internet on Malaysian politics and how it has played a pivotal role in influencing the country’s political climate. It lays out the background of Malaysia’s political history and media...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-21
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This book presents a multidimensional, psychosocial and critical understanding of poverty by bringing together studies carried out with groups in different contexts and situations of deprivation in Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Nicaragua and Spain. The book is divided in...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-21
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Exploring a hitherto unexamined aspect of San cosmology, Mathias Guenther’s two volumes on human-animal relations in San cosmology link “new Animism” with Khoisan Studies, providing valuable insights for Khoisan Studies and San culture, but also for anthropological...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-08-21
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Exploring a hitherto unexamined aspect of San cosmology, Mathias Guenther’s two volumes on human-animal relations in San cosmology link “new Animism” with Khoisan Studies, providing valuable insights for Khoisan Studies and San culture, but also for anthropological...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-08-21
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This open access book explores the complex relationship between schooling as a set of practices embedded in educational institutions and their specific spatial dimensions from different disciplinary perspectives. It presents innovative empirical and conceptual research...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-21
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This open access book analyses the strategies of migration intermediaries from the public and private sectors in Switzerland to select, attract, and retain highly skilled migrants who represent value to them. It reveals how state and economic actors define “wanted...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-21
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Do schools work differently in deprived and privileged neighbourhoods? As segregation is on the rise in many cities, this book explores how different neighbourhood contexts shape public organisations, by using an innovative approach that combines a Bourdieusian...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-08-20
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From microaggressions to the wage gap, The Memo empowers women of color with actionable advice on challenges and offers a clear path to success.Most business books provide a one-size-fits-all approach to career advice that overlooks the unique barriers that women of...
Editeur :
Seal Press
Parution :
2019-08-20
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Writing, Violence, and the Military takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) as its point of departure, asking how patrons of art conceptualized literacy and how in turn they positioned themselves with respect to it....
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-08-20
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This book features a selection of the published writings and public presentations of Jim Dator. Most of the chapters are directly concerned with futures studies and ideas about the futures. The topic covers many disciplines and subjects. It is also concerned with many...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-19
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This book is the latest and most comprehensive reference to the regional geography of Spain, taking into account emergent issues such as biodiversity, climate change and nationalism. It appeals to scientists as well as to students and instructors and all fields of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-08-19
Collection :
World Regional Geography Book Series
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This volume is being published at a critical time in U.S. history and serves as a comprehensive and much-needed update to what is known about Latinx health. As both the United States and Latinx subgroups experience demographic shifts, it is critical to examine...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-19
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Asia and the Pacific, an immense region, both new and old, in which two thirds of the world lives. A region of superlatives, exceptions, China, continually facing disasters and risks from its past, India, a continent of its own, Japan, archipelago of the future. It is a...
Editeur :
CNRS Éditions via OpenEdition
Parution :
2019-08-19
Collection :
CNRS Alpha
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This book explores the use of handmade crafts as a vehicle for protest. Craftivism has experienced a resurgence in recent years, often in direct response to the social, environment and political concerns of those who engage in the practice. Acts of craftivism raise...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-08-19
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Im Mittelpunkt des Buchs stehen Medien des CERN in der Zeit von 1954 bis 1965: Welche Themen dominierten, welchen Herausforderungen sahen sich Akteure des CERN gegenüber, welche Strategien verfolgten sie? Anna Brocke zeigt auf, dass Wissenschaftskommunikation weder...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2019-08-16
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Der Band fasst die neueren Publikationen sowie einige Originalbeiträge des Autors zur Arbeits- und Wirtschaftssoziologie zusammen, in denen eine gesellschaftstheoretische Interpretation kapitalistischer Dynamik entwickelt wird. Zentrale Themen sind die...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-08-16
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