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This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book's stark accounts of academic labour, and its proposals for reform of the tenure system, are novel,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-04-30
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Andrew Davidson goes behind the scenes at Britain's largest hospital trust and describes a year in the life of a hospital through the stories of those who work there and those who pass through. St Thomas' Hospital, opposite the Houses of Parliament, is one of the most...
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Abacus
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2015-04-30
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This volume comprises some twenty articles, speeches and conversations of Fei Xiaotong from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Their central connecting theme is how civilizations could co-exist against a backdrop of rapid globalization. Fei proposes his concept of...
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Springer
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2015-04-30
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Discourses about food, especially on social media, affect the dietary choices of many people on a daily basis all over the world. In recognition of this phenomenon, the selection of 25 ethnological essays in this volume explores the effects of the digital age on...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-04-30
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Fewer concepts in American society have received more attention recently than the need for skilled crisis intervention. Images of crises inundate internet and newspaper headlines, television screens and mobile devices. As a result of the growing amount of acute crisis...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-04-30
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Mit diesem Band wird in der Auseinandersetzung mit Ferdinand Tönnies’ Kritik der öffentlichen Meinung ein neuer Weg beschritten. Es geht um die öffentliche Meinung als Kategorie der soziologischen Theorie. Die Soziologie ist – so Tönnies – eine „theoretische...
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Springer VS
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2015-04-30
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Where do feelings of national belonging come from? Why is it that this belonging often seems both fundamental and banal, both intangible and omnipresent? This book argues that the answers to these questions lie in childhood and the socialisation to the nation that we...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2015-04-30
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This volume analyses the problems and instruments of European citizens’ political participation and focuses in particular on the «European Citizens’ Initiative» (ECI) right. Introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, the ECI enables European citizens to propose legislative...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2015-04-30
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Der vorliegende Sammelband ist eine Zusammenstellung nahezu aller Vorträge, die im Rahmen der KATHARINAfeier an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät Salzburg seit Beginn der Veranstaltung gehalten wurden. Die Vorträge stammen aus unterschiedlichen theologischen und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-04-30
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Die Autorin erarbeitet eine für den juristischen Sprachgebrauch einheitliche Definition häuslicher Gewalt. Neben rechtsgeschichtlichen und sozialwissenschaftlichen Ansätzen untersucht sie dazu auch Kriterien aus wissenschaftstheoretischer Perspektive.Die verschiedenen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-04-30
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In this book an international group of authors reflects mechanisms of the cultural and social construction of landscapes. International migration and global exchange are associated with a multitude of different cultural meanings of landscapes. The logics of...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2015-04-29
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This book explains, compares and evaluates the social and legal functions of adoption within a range of selected jurisdictions and on an international basis. It updates and extends the second edition published by Springer in 2009. From a standpoint of the development of...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-04-29
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Multiple Normalities enhances sociological understandings of normality by illustrating it with the help of British novels. It demonstrates commonalities and differences between the meanings of normality in these two periods, exemplifying the emergence of the multiple...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-29
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This book investigates the alarming of fatalities among migrant workers. The authors argue that migrant workers are often powerless and unprotected by national laws, unearthing new truths on migrant workers as significant economic players.
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-04-29
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The author develops an original interpretation of foreign aid by analysing it as a particular domain of international government. She demonstrates how foreign aid practices are contemporary forms of gift-giving that have made recipient countries and populations...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-04-29
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This book analyzes the literary representation of Indigenous women in Latin American letters from colonization to the twentieth century, arguing that contemporary theorization of Indigenous feminism deconstructs denigratory imagery and offers a (re)signification,...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-04-29
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Why were the European middle classes ready to acquiesce in neo-liberalism? This book argues that upward mobility, the growth of individual and family assets, the growing significance of private provision, and processes of individualization contributed to a major...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-04-29
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Im Rahmen einer qualitativen Interviewstudie analysiert Anne Schröter, welche Strategien Familien entwickeln, um die Bedürftigkeit im Sinne des SGB II zu überwinden.Im Fokus stehen die sogenannten Aufstocker-Familien, die trotz eigenen Einkommens auf zusätzliche ALG...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2015-04-29
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This book reveals how a privatization of fish resources has paved the way for a wide-reaching concentration and change in ownership. It is a thought-provoking contribution to the debate on the future of European fisheries and the possible solutions to overfishing in...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-04-29
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In the United States and Great Britain, 20-30% of all homicides involve the killing of a woman by a man.In When Men Murder Women, Dobash and Dobash - two seasoned researchers and longtime collaborators in the study of violence against women - reveal what they learned...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-04-29
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