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In the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War in April 1975, as Americans fled and their Vietnamese allies and employees prepared for the worst, John Riordan, a young banker, the assistant manager of Citibank's Saigon branch succeeded in rescuing 106 Vietnamese. They...
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PublicAffairs
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2015-04-07
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The promise of an ever-closer union that has guided Europe from the Treaty of Rome to the present time rests on the evolution of democratic governance to meet the many challenges that European communities face. Now after years of managing the financial and fiscal...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-04-02
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Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-01
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Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-04-01
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Anhand von qualitativen Interviews mit jugendlichen Akteuren aus linksaffinen politischen Gruppen untersuchen die AutorInnen der vorliegenden Studie, wie sich politisches Engagement im biografischen Verlauf herausbildet, weiterentwickelt und welche prägenden Erfahrungen...
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Springer VS
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2015-04-01
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This volume examines journalism and memorialization in the age of social media, with a particular emphasis on communication in times of crisis. Recognizing that individuals are sharing more actively than ever before, this book investigates the implications of this...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-01
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Der Band will am Beispiel ausgewählter zeitgenössischer Gesellschaftstheorien, die bereits mehrheitlich auch in der Genderforschung rezipiert werden, zum stärker systematisierten Dialog zwischen Genderforschung und Gesellschaftstheorien einladen. Unter Bezugnahme auf...
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Springer VS
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2015-04-01
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From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs. At the same time, a different kind of headline has captured public attention: a...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-04-01
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In The Tumbleweed Society, Allison Pugh offers a moving exploration of sacrifice, betrayal, defiance, and resignation, as people cope in a society where relationships and jobs seem to change constantly. Based on eighty in-depth interviews with parents who have varied...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-04-01
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This book explores how the current sustained economic slow-down in North America and Europe has increased immigrant vulnerability in the labor market and in their daily lives. It details the ways this global recession has affected the immigrants themselves, their...
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Springer
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2015-03-31
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This book examines ways to ensure that the rights, interests and concerns of young people are properly represented in Western democracies. One new proposal is the introduction of youth quotas in political institutions in order to counter the possible marginalization of...
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Springer
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2015-03-31
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In the midst of racial strife, one young man showed courage and empathy. It took forty years for the others to join him Being a student at Americus High School was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper's life. Greg came from a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, whose...
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PublicAffairs
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2015-03-31
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This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Adopting a four nations approach, it contributes to our understanding of how pluralistic...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-03-31
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This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. It is part of a timely revival and reappraisal of his unique contribution to our...
Editeur :
Polity
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2015-03-31
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Key Contemporary Thinkers
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This volume explores Armenian migration around the world, including the interrelation between domestic communities in Armenia and Armenian communities elsewhere. It takes a close look at the motivation to migrate and the specifics of Armenian communities in different EU...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-03-31
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Although many contemporary scholars have deepened our understanding of civil society through critiquing the limits of civil society discourse or seeking to offer empirical analyses of existing civil societies, none have attempted anything as bold or original as Jeffrey...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-03-31
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Der Autor widmet sich Marcel Prousts berühmten Hauptwerk À la recherche du temps perdu im Hinblick auf das Thema der Genealogie. Diese ist im Buch als Frage nach dem Geschlecht im mehrfachen Wortsinne von Abstammung, Vererbung und Sexualität/Fortpflanzung auf allen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-03-31
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The great migration of farmers leaving rural China to work and live in big cities as 'floaters' has been an on-going debate in China for the past three decades. This book probes into the spatial mobility of migrant workers in Beijing, and questions the city 'rights'...
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Springer
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2015-03-30
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Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. A critical...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-03-30
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Schools are facing increasing numbers of homeless students and school social workers and other related professionals are often at the front line of addressing the negative impact homelessness brings to individual students and the school overall. School social workers...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-03-30
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