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Partnerships among a variety of institutions – for profit, not-for-profit, and non-profit – are a relatively recent organizational development. Such partnerships link businesses, government, and social agencies. The primary reason for these relationships is to achieve...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-05-10
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This book reflects recent scholarly and theoretical developments in media studies, or Medienwissenschaft. It focuses on linkages between North America and German-speaking Europe, and brings together and contextualizes contributions from a range of leading scholars. In...
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Springer
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2016-05-09
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Rape in marriage is a global problem affecting millions of women -- it is still legal in many countries and was only criminalized in all U.S. states in 1993. In much of the world, marital rape is too often understood as an oxymoron due to the fact that the ideology of...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-05-09
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Cultural sociology - or the sociology of culture - has grown from a minority interest in the 1970s to become one of the largest and most vibrant areas within sociology globally. In The SAGE Handbook ofCultural Sociology, a global range of experts explore the theory,...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2016-05-09
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Hendrik Trescher zeigt, dass der Heimalltag von
Menschen mit Behinderungen oftmals von Regulierung, Überwachung und asymmetrischen
Abhängigkeitsverhältnissen geprägt ist. Er stellt fest, dass HeimbewohnerInnen
vom Steuerungssystem der sogenannten Behindertenhilfe in...
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Springer VS
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2016-05-06
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Die Beiträge
dieses ersten Bandes der Reihe „pop.religion: lebenstil-kultur-theologie“ sind
ursprünglich aus den Vorträgen der Jubiläumstagung des Arbeitskreises Populäre
Kultur und Religion („20 Jahre AK POP“) hervorgegangen. Sie zielen bisweilen
spielerisch, stets...
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Springer VS
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2016-05-06
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Powerful Schools seeks to release the creative vision within all educators, and show how schools can lead the way in establishing structures and practices that will support young people to become productive members of a global society. If educators are liberated to...
Editeur :
John Catt
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2016-05-06
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Today's world is aging at a great speed, and although increased longevity represents one of the greatest achievements of the last century, the extension of life expectancy does not necessarily correspond to an extension of healthy lives. Aging populations, particularly...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-05-06
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'Excellent' Robert Webb, author of How Not To Be A Boy'A valuable book for parents' Barbara Ellen, ObserverWhy are boys three times more likely than girls to be suspended from school? And four times more likely to have behavioural difficulties? Why do men make up 75% of...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
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2016-05-05
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The way we see and understand crime falls into two types of story that, in essence, have been told and retold many times throughout human history - in fiction, as in fact. Criminality is either a selfish choice, an aberration; or a forced choice, the product of social...
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Penguin
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2016-05-05
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A book as rich and sprawling as the seductive metropolis it evokes, Rio de Janeiro builds a kaleidoscopic portrait of this city of extremes, and its history of conflict and corruption. Award-winning novelist, ex-government minister and sociologist, Luiz Eduardo Soares...
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Penguin
Parution :
2016-05-05
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Die Autoren untersuchen kompositorische Schaffensprozesse, wobei weder einzelne KomponistInnen noch ihre Werke im Vordergrund stehen. Sie erweitern die Selbstbeschreibungen der KomponistInnen beziehungsweise deren Ich-Perspektiven durch einen soziologisch und...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2016-05-04
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From the cross-disciplinary perspective of urban management and planning, geography and architecture, this book explores the theory and methods of urban memory, selecting Beijing's historic buildings, historic areas, central areas and city walls as research cases. It is...
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Springer
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2016-05-04
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This book is a critical introduction to code and software that develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. Written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background, the book provides a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-04
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This volume examines the importance of establishing egalitarian relationships in fieldwork, and acknowledging the impact these relationships have on scholarly findings and theories. The editors and their contributors investigate how globalization affects this...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-05-04
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Feminism has hit the big time. Once a dirty word brushed away with a grimace, "feminist" has been rebranded as a shiny label sported by movie and pop stars, fashion designers, and multi-hyphenate powerhouses like Beyoncé It drives advertising and marketing campaigns...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
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2016-05-03
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Das Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft stellt - erstmals im deutschsprachigen Raum - Beträge zu den wichtigsten Aspekten der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft zusammen. Neben der Darstellung der zentralen Begriffe und Kategorien sowie konzeptionellen und...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2016-05-03
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Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften
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On average, a quarter of a million children in the United States enter foster care every year. Most of these children are placed in non-kinship homes; that is, with people who are complete strangers. In The Neglected Transition, child welfare researcher Monique B....
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Oxford University Press
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2016-05-03
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Coming of Age the RITE Way: Youth & Community Development through Rites of Passage addresses the absence of community-oriented rites of passage. This book is distinguished from others in that it combines almost fifty years of scholarship and practice to examine the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-05-02
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Dieses Fachbuch ordnet die hochaktuelle Fluchtthematik in größere theoretische Zusammenhänge ein. Dabei werden die wichtigsten globalen Fluchtbewegungen und Migrationsrouten und regionale Hot Spots skizziert, und zwar aus europäischer und insbesondere aus...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
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2016-05-02
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