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This book places the topic of the state and society in the context of modern development in China over the past century, investigating the dynamic relation and internal tension between the state’s power enhancement and society’s vitality activation instead of simply...
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Springer
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2017-10-27
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Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures...
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Polity
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2017-10-27
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The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such; for others, religion has not declined, it has only changed its shape....
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OUP Oxford
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2017-10-27
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Marking the 50th anniversary of UN sanctions, this work examines the evolution of sanctions from a primary instrument of economic warfare to a tool of prevention and protection against global conflicts and human rights abuses. The rise of sanctions as a...
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Springer
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2017-10-27
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A powerful, urgent and timely polemic on why women still need equality, and how we get thereGender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights First and developing worlds; rich and poor women. Gender injustice impacts health, wealth,...
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Penguin
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2017-10-26
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In this handbook social science researchers who focus on sustainability present and discuss their findings, including empirical work, case studies, teaching and learning innovations, and applied projects. As such, the book offers a basis for the dissemination of...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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The crime drop is one of the most important puzzles in contemporary criminology: since the early-1990s many countries appear to exhibit a pronounced decline in crime rates. While there have been many studies on the topic, this book argues that the current crime drop...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-10-26
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This book offers new perspectives on global phenomena that play a major role in today’s society and deeply shape the actions of individuals, organizations and nations. In a complex and rapidly changing environment, decision-makers need to gain a better understanding of...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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Bärbel S. Traunsteiner erforscht die aktuellen Lebenslagen gleichgeschlechtlicher Frauen über 60 Jahre. Entlang der intersektionalen Schnittstellen von Alter, Geschlecht und sexueller Orientierung analysiert die Autorin die spezifische sozial-strukturelle Positionierung...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-26
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This book focuses on the human and societal aspects of sustainable development. Three major perspectives are considered: governance and its influence on sustainable development; urban environments and their broader human and environmental impacts; and disaster...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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Das vorliegende Werk beschreibt Bedeutung, Aufgaben, Organisation und Umsetzung der Altenselbsthilfe in Deutschland. Es wendet sich an politische Institutionen, Entscheider im Sozialmanagement, z.B. Kommunalstellen sowie an alle Bereiche, die mit Altenarbeit zu tun...
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Springer
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2017-10-26
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This book examines the convergent paths of the Internet and the American military, interweaving a history of the militarized Internet with analysis of a number of popular Hollywood movies in order to track how the introduction of the Internet into the war film has...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-26
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This book provides a socio-historical analysis of the 2002 massacre at Bellavista-Bojayá-Chocó, Colombia. The author examines how the concepts of forced displacement and migration could be formulas for historical erasure. These concepts are used to name populations,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-10-26
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This book explores the concept of diffused religion as it is found in contemporary society, resulting from a vast process of religious socialisation that continues to pervade our cultural reality. It provides a critical engagement with a framework of non-institutional...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-10-26
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In der qualitativen Interviewstudie geht Stephanie Osawa der Frage nach, wie deviante Jugendliche in Japan ihr eigenes Handeln deuten. Ziel ist es, zu erarbeiten, wie sich die ‚Täter‘ im Spannungsfeld der gesellschaftlichen Definition von Normabweichung und dem eigenen...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-26
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The performing arts is one particular area of youth community practice can that can be effectively tapped to attract youth within schools and out-of-school settings, or what has been referred to as the "third area between school and family." These settings are...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-10-26
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‘A brilliant work of narrative nonfiction’ – Booklist‘Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power’ – Bernie Sanders‘A searing exposé’ – Kirkus Review‘Taibbi may be the only political writer in America that matters’ – Hartford...
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Virgin Digital
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2017-10-26
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This book investigates post-industrial American cities as sites of struggle where political identities are mobilized and new modes of citizenship are articulated.This interdisciplinary analysis gleans insights from anthropology, literary criticism, cultural studies,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2017-10-26
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Die vorliegende Festschrift würdigt die wissenschaftliche Karriere von Hans-Jürgen Andreß, während der er die Methodenentwicklung im Bereich längsschnittlicher Analysemethoden geprägt und einflussreiche empirische Studien zu Armut, Ungleichheit und den Folgen...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-25
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This book presents a description and analysis of sociolinguistics written from a demographer’s perspective. It synthesizes the data on the materials, methods, and issues of this interdisciplinary field, pulling together the scattered materials published in this...
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Springer
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2017-10-25
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