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Korea, geographically situated at cultural crossroads, has a long history of creative engagement with knowledge from outside sources. This volume discusses processes of knowledge integration – of interpretive adaptation, dissection, selection and re-assemblage, of...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-05
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This volume examines representations and explorations of travel ideals in contemporary international cinema. It assembles work from a diverse range of academic fields including anthropology, sociology, ethnography, cinema, culture, tourism, communication and language...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-05
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Are we living in a post-colonial world? A colonial one? An anti-colonial one? Lifting the veil from language and politics, Anti-Colonial Theory and Decolonial Praxis uses case studies from around the world to explore and untangle these concepts as they relate to...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-08-05
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Der Autor zeigt den Verlauf der sozialen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Prozesse in den Regionen Memelland, Kaliningrader Gebiet, Ermland und Masuren nach 1945 auf. Er vergleicht ihre jeweiligen Entwicklungen kritisch miteinander und rekurriert dabei auf die...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-05
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This book provides a twenty-first century perspective on Roman Britain, combining current approaches with the wealth of archaeological material from the province.This volume introduces the history of research into the province and the cultural changes at the beginning...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-08-04
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Die Beiträge dieses Bandes fragen im Kontext gesellschaftsanalytischer und gesellschaftspolitischer Analysen nach den Voraussetzungen und Perspektiven Sozialer Arbeit in heutigen gesellschaftlichen Konflikten und Kämpfen. Soziale Arbeit ist in diese Konflikte und Kämpfe...
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Springer VS
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2016-08-04
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Das Buch zielt darauf ab, die Entwicklungsbedingungen von Dienstleistungsproduktivität in Unternehmen systemtheoretisch, verbunden mit einer neuen Methodenanwendung für eine empirische Systemtheorie, kritisch zu beobachten und zu beschreiben. Jürgen Daub untersucht,...
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Springer VS
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2016-08-04
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This book is an original application of rhetoric and moral-emotions theory to the sociology of social movements. It promotes a new interdisciplinary vision of what social movements are, why they exist, and how they succeed in attaining momentum over time. Deepening the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-08-03
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In commemoration of Constantine’s grant of freedom of religion to Christians, this wide-ranging volume examines the ambiguous legacy of this emperor in relation to the present world, discussing the perennial challenges of relations between religions and governments. The...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-08-03
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Jasper Böing stellt am Beispiel der Stadt Hagen eine Typologie räumlicher Identifikation vor, die verschiedene Ausprägungsformen beinhaltet und dem Modus der Nicht-Identifikation besondere Beachtung schenkt. Im Kontext von Stadtplanung und -marketing, aber auch aus...
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Springer VS
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2016-08-03
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Since 2001, history has proven the classic and once dominant theories of secularization wrong. Instead of abandoning the subject of secularization, Niels Reeh’s Secularization Revisited demonstrates how the collapse of formerly dominant secularization theories indicates...
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Springer
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2016-08-03
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This Brief provides specific recommendations for police professionals to reduce the influence of implicit bias on police practice, which will improve both effectiveness (in a shift towards evidence-based, rather than bias-based) practices and police legitimacy.The...
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Springer
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2016-08-03
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This book focuses on the prevention of child abuse and neglect deaths in the U.S. In 2013 1,520 children died from maltreatment.This book defines child maltreatment fatalities (CMFs) and discusses the prevalence of deaths in the U.S. over the last several decades. It...
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Springer
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2016-08-02
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Damian Hedinger untersucht die Frage der Gesundheitsversorgung am Lebensende, die durch die Demografische Alterung und eine weiterhin steigende Lebenserwartung immer zentraler wird. Er geht sowohl aus wissenschaftlicher als auch aus gesellschaftspolitischer Perspektive...
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Springer VS
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2016-08-02
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Presenting real-life case studies of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean as a basis for discussing interventions and models of practice that are relevant for a wide range of cultural and social settings, this multi-disciplinary text will be of interest to scholars,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-08-02
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Members of Congress from racial minority groups often find themselves in a unique predicament. For one thing, they tend to represent constituencies that are more economically disadvantaged than those of their white colleagues. Moreover, they themselves experience...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-01
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Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading...
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Hodder Education
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2016-08-01
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What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? Neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-01
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This volume examines the role and representation of ‘race’ and ethnicity in the media with particular emphasis on the United States. It highlights contemporary work that focuses on changing meanings of racial and ethnic identity as they are represented in the media;...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-07-30
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