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Indian call centre employees work through the night, sleep during the day, and listen to foreign voices in accented tongues over transnational telephone connections. Through a description of the nightly and daily lives of call centre workers in the university town of...
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OUP India
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2018-01-02
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Visual communication shapes our perceptions and experiences of the world. This is not only a question of photographs or video, but also the design of websites, the use of data visualization software, the branding of packaging, and even the design of buildings and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2018-01-01
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This book presents original data on the proximate determinants of fertility in Japan. Its goal is to disaggregate low fertility levels in Japan into physiological, behavioral, and social components. Further, the book reviews previous studies on the proximate...
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Springer
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2017-12-30
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This book is dedicated to a specific component of paleoneurology, probably the most essential one: endocasts. A series of original papers collected here focuses on describing methods and techniques that are dedicated to reconstruct and study fossil endocasts through...
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Springer
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2017-12-28
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Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
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This collection examines the role that foreign aid can play in dealing with the severe global challenge of climate change, one of the most pressing international development issues of the 21st century. Addressing the key threats of rising temperatures, changes in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-28
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This book examines the meaning, structure, practices and symbolism of corruption in relationship to European Union structural funding in Romania. It offers a unique account of the complex transformations faced by post-communist societies. Despite the new legislation...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-27
Collection :
Political Corruption and Governance
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Critical Service Learning Toolkit offers a strengths-based, interdisciplinary approach to promoting social competence while enhancing emotional and academic skill development. Designed as a user-friendly guide to carrying out successful CSL projects, this Toolkit...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-27
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Die kritische These dieses essentials geht davon aus, dass das Radikalisierungsparadigma die Terrorismusbekämpfung an den Rand einer epistemischen Krise brachte. Denn es blendete zahlreiche Radikalisierungsmechanismen und -faktoren jenseits der verdächtigen ...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-12-27
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This book comprehensively examines religious faith in China from the perspective of cultural philosophy and cultural history. It explores the social, political, cultural and spiritual meanings of religions, tracing their historical development and related paradigm...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-12-26
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Andrea Hense entwickelt ein theoretisches Modell zur sozialen Erklärung subjektiver Ungleichheitswahrnehmungen, das eine theoriegeleitete Hypothesengenerierung anleitet und empirisch prüfbar ist. Ihr PFH-Modell kombiniert Lindenbergs Theorie sozialer...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-12-23
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This Brief examines the role of United States private military contractors (PMCs) in human trafficking and forced labor in case studies of Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Through the lens of these cases, the authors explore the legal and regulatory deficiencies surrounding...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-12-23
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In this tribute to Benjamin Wright, former students and colleagues recall the foundational contributions he made to the theory and practice of measurement in a career spanning over five decades. Wright is recognized as the foremost proponent of the psychometric approach...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-12-22
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This book brings together a collection of essays by leading criminologists to explore the relationship between the private sector and criminal justice. The private sector has become an increasingly important ‘partner’ in contemporary criminal justice with the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-22
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Anja Eckold sondiert die umstrittene und kontrovers diskutierte Maßnahme Jugendarrest historisch und analysiert sie am Beispiel einer Arrestanstalt. Den Hauptteil der Arbeit bilden ihre empirisch-biographieanalytischen Fallstudien mit Arrest verbüßenden Jugendlichen....
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-12-22
Collection :
Studien zur Schul- und Bildungsforschung
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This book discusses the impacts of climate change that are already being felt on every continent and provides the scientific basis for a number of modern approaches and state-of-the art methods for monitoring the environment, social behavior and human expectations...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-12-21
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This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the political dimensions of civil religion in the United States. By employing an original social-psychological theory rooted in semiotics, it offers a qualitative and quantitative empirical examination of more than...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-12-21
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the differences and similarities between civil legal aid schemes in the Nordic countries whilst outlining recent legal aid transformations in their respective...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-21
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Sabine Pabst untersucht deskriptiv Praxis und Diskurse zu anonymer Autorschaft anhand von einschlägigen Lexika und Fallbeispielen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Diese kontrastiert sie mit historischen und theoretischen Erörterungen etwa in der Literatur- und...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-12-21
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The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders provides current insights from established experts into the phenomenology, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders. Fully revised to reflect new DSM-5 classification and diagnostic criteria, each chapter of the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-21
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This book offers a rationale for and ways of reading popular culture for peace. It argues that we can improve peacebuilding theory and practice through examining popular culture’s youth revolutionaries and their outcomes - from their digital and plastic renderings to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-21
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