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This book explores international biomedical research and development on the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. It offers timely, multidisciplinary reflections on the social and ethical issues raised by promises of early diagnostics and asks under which conditions...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-09-13
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This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances for the purpose of perceived body image enhancement. While studies on drug misuse to date have examined drug use...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-13
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This book discusses the multifaceted concept of disability in the context of India. Through analyses of theoretical propositions of disability in South Asia and empirical explorations of the lives of persons with disabilities in India, this book not only brings to the...
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Springer
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2016-09-13
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In the sixth edition of Contested Knowledge, social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift of 'universalist theorists' to networks of clustered debates. Responds to current issues, debates, and new social...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-09-13
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"Brilliant, painful, enlightening, tearful, tragic, sad, and funny, this photo-essay book is at its core about healing, and about the social justice work that still needs to be done in the era of hip-hop, Black Lives Matter, and the historic presidency of Barack Obama."...
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Bold Type Books
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2016-09-13
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This book proposes, from a cross-disciplinary perspective, an original reading of current work on residential choice and the decisions associated with it. Geographers, social-psychologists, economists, sociologists, neurologists and linguists have worked together in the...
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Springer VS
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2016-09-13
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Ulrich Glöckler präzisiert die Perspektiven des von ihm 2011 publizierten Konzeptes einer Sozialen Arbeit der Ermöglichung, das die Entfaltung kultureller, sozialer und symbolischer Ressourcen und die bestmögliche Nutzung von Lebenschancen der betreuten Akteure und...
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Springer VS
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2016-09-12
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Wer denkt, des Deutschen Lieblingsgetränk sei Bier, der irrt: Es ist der Kaffee. Ein Deutscher trinkt im Jahr durchschnittlich 146 Liter Kaffee. Dabei wird die Auswahl zwischen den Geschmacksvarianten und den Arten der Zubereitung immer größer. Es gibt jetzt Pads,...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2016-09-12
Collection :
Little Black Books (Deutsche Ausgabe)
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This book critically examines the link between guns and violence. It weighs the value of guns for self-protection against the adverse effects of gun ownership and carrying. It also analyses the role of public opinion, the Second Amendment to the US Constitution,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-12
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Christine E. Meltzer testet in der vorliegenden Studie zum ersten Mal isoliert, ob Medien auch dann noch wirken können, wenn bereits persönliche Erfahrung vorliegt. Dazu konfrontierte die Autorin in einem experimentellen Design Besucher eines Ereignisses mit einem...
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Springer VS
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2016-09-12
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The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality presents a series of research-informed readings on the sociological contributions of technologies, practices, experiences, and organizational quality and safety across a range of healthcare contexts. Represents the first...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-09-12
Collection :
Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
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Fakten, Meinungen, Denkanstöße zu allen Formen und Facetten der Bildung. Rund 80 bekannte Persönlichkeiten aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen des öffentlichen Lebens, aus Medien, Wissenschaften und der Wirtschaft erläutern ihre Vorstellungen zum Thema Bildung. Dargestellt...
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J.B. Metzler
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2016-09-12
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Die Autorin beschäftigt sich in ihrer Untersuchung mit der Identifizierung von Schwierigkeiten im Rahmen des Prozesses der Wiedereingliederung von Mitarbeitenden nach einer Auslandsentsendung. Der Fokus liegt dabei vor allem auf der beruflichen Integration der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-09-12
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Immigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of...
Editeur :
Polity
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2016-09-12
Collection :
Immigration and Society
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If the twentieth century has been
dominated by discussions of the public, public life, and the public sphere, Contemporary Publics argues that, in the
twenty-first century, we must complicate the singularity of that paradigm and
start thinking of our world in terms of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-11
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Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2017Against long-standing characterizations of British Asians as ‘flying the flag’ for traditional life, this book identifies an increase in marital breakdown and argues to reorient debates about conservatism and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-11
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Focusing on ten islands through the Caribbean, this ethnography examines how charismatic religious leaders develop creative transnational religious networking strategies that help spread the movement and increase its potential to become a greater force in shaping the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-11
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This book demonstrates the pivotal role played by state confines in the geography of Balkan countries through powerful GIS and remote sensing analyses. It provides unique mapping perspectives on the Balkan region, with over 140 illustrations. The book is dedicated...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-10
Collection :
Springer Geography
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Breaking away from the idea that sociology only ever elaborates the negative, Sociology for Optimists shows that sociology can provide hope in dealing with social issues through critical approaches that acknowledge the positive.
From politics and inequality to nature...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-09-10
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This book portrays the Himalayan-born River Saraswati, a legendary river that was the lifeline of a progressive and vibrant society for more than three thousand years. Written in simple language and richly illustrated, it highlights the events that resulted in the...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-09-10
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