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This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundamental effects it has had in the structuring of public debate. With its help, statements are bundled together and discourse is...
Editeur :
Polity
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2019-08-05
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Ausgehend von der Überlegung, dass sich die positionsstrukturelle Sonderrolle des Torhüters am deutlichsten dort auswirkt und zu erkennen gibt, wo das Fußballspielen tagtäglich und von Berufs wegen betrieben wird, beschäftigt sich der Autor mit der Lebenswirklichkeit...
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Springer VS
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2019-08-03
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Elena Isabel Zum-Bruch untersucht im Rahmen einer empirisch fundierten Typologie polizeilicher pro-organisationaler Devianz die Normbrüche, durch die Polizeibeamte und –beamtinnen der Organisation der Polizei nicht schaden, sondern zu ihrem Funktionieren und ...
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Springer VS
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2019-08-03
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Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten Prozesse der Globalisierung in den Bereichen der Wirtschaft und der Politik aus (zumeist) organisations- und kultursoziologischer Perspektive. Der Inhalt• Kapitalismus, Ungleichheit, Demokratie – Eine Literaturstudie•...
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Springer VS
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2019-08-02
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Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play examines a wide range of factors that can influence how police determine foul play in possible homicide cases and in other possible crimes. It develops a new theory of uncertainty at micro, meso, and macro...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-02
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Social Justice Journalism: A Cultural History ofSocial Movement Media from Abolition to #womensmarch argues that to better understand the evolution, impact, and future of digital social justice media we need to understand their connections to a venerable print culture...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-08-02
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This book tells the story of how families separated across borders write--and learn new ways of writing--in pursuit of love and money. According to the UN, 244 million people currently live outside their countries of birth. The human drama behind these numbers is that...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-08-02
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This book addresses the challenges of living together after empire in many post-colonial cities. It is organized in two sections. The first section focuses on efforts by people of multiple faiths to live together within their contexts, including such efforts within a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-08-01
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This open access book investigates how trade unions representing different social classes use YouTube videos for renewal purposes. Information and communication technology has undoubtedly offered new opportunities for social movements, but while research suggests that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-08-01
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This book analyses the particular nature, characteristics and current conditions of urbanization in China. It reviews the theory of “urbanization with a diversified process” and puts forward the basic principles for promoting urbanization on the basis of a perspective...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-08-01
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This book provides a cutting edge analysis of the rapid rise of China’s network society and reviews recent key developments within China’s internet economy, notably the concepts of “Lucky Money” and E-Business on Wechat, and Crowd-Funding Platforms. It focuses on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-08-01
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Wie gelingt es einer Gesellschaft, die nachkommende Generation zu überzeugen, bestehende Strukturen und Prozesse zu akzeptieren, diese selbst mitzutragen und sich darüber an der zu-künftigen Gestaltung von Gesellschaft zu beteiligen? Das Buch leistet einen Beitrag zur...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-08-01
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Die vorliegende Studie setzt den Fokus auf einen wichtigen und zentralen Ausschnitt aus dem umfassenden Thema der Digitalisierung:Die Arbeit in der Digitalwirtschaft. Dass die Digitalisierung mittlerweile ein hoch aktuelles und mitunter auch brisantes Thema unserer...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2019-08-01
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More than just reminding us that migrant voices matter, this book discusses the operationalization and integration of migrant narratives in the overall discourse and proposes a critical reflection on the knowledge production about migration. Hamza Safouane draws on...
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Springer VS
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2019-08-01
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This uniquely inspirational and practical book explores human simulation, which is the application of computational modeling and simulation to research subjects in the humanities disciplines. It delves into the fascinating process of collaboration among experts who...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-08-01
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Mirrorlands is a journey through space and time to the meeting points of Russia and China, the world's largest and most populous countries. Charting an unconventional course southeast through Siberia, Inner Mongolia, the Russian Far East and Manchuria, anthropologist...
Editeur :
Hurst
Parution :
2019-08-01
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This book explores urban futures in the making, as seen through the lens of urban infrastructure. The book describes how socio-technical arrangements of energy and water provision are being recast in continuing efforts towards realising ‘sustainable’ transformation of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-31
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In How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children, Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessness, putting this often-overlooked legacy in conversation with the issues that childless women and men face in the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-07-31
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We live in an age where language and screens continue to collide for creative purposes, giving rise to new forms of digital literatures and literary video games. Towards a Digital Poetics explores this relationship between word and computer, querying what it is that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-31
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This book uses narratives collected over a period of four years, detailing the stereotypes and stigmas attached to LGBTQ employees at the workplace in India, and it allows their voices to be heard. Further, it explores the strategies used by individuals from the LGBTQ...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-30
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