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This work fulfills the need for a conceptual and technical framework to improve understanding of Information Quality (IQ) and Information Quality standards. The meaning and practical implementation of IQ are addressed, as it is relevant to any field where there is a...
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Springer
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2014-08-01
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Seit ihren Anfängen befindet sich die Sozialpädagogik in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Hilfe und Kontrolle sowie zwischen Familie und Staat. Sie bekämpft soziale Ungleichheiten und zugleich reproduziert sie diese in der Adressierung von sozialen Problemlagen. Die hieraus...
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Springer VS
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2014-08-01
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Beginning in the 1990s large numbers of women from Mainland China and Southeast Asia married men in Taiwan. They now number over 400,000, warranting some to call them «Taiwan’s Fifth Ethnic Group». This book argues that the rise of these marriages is a gendered and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-08-01
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Is there a 'physics of society'? Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, across economics, sociology and psychology. Ball shows how much of human behaviour we can understand when...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2014-07-31
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Steckt unsere Demokratie in einer Krise? Fühlt sich die Politik nicht mehr an das allgemeine Wohl als ihr oberstes Ziel gebunden? Die wechselseitige Entfremdung zwischen Bürgerschaft und politischen Akteuren sollte in einer funktionierenden Demokratie ausgeschlossen...
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Springer VS
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2014-07-31
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Improving human characteristics goes beyond compensating for an impairment. This book explores the rich and complex relationship between enhancement and impairment, showing that the study of disability offers new ways of thinking about the social and ethical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-07-30
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Evidence pertaining to continual violence throughout the life cycle coupled with the experience of growing old in a life permeated by intimate violence is scarce. And the focus is usually on the victims - usually, the older, battered women - and seldom on their aging...
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Springer
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2014-07-30
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This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-29
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This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with the abolition of border controls between the EU's member states and how this conflict ridden relationship affects and is affected by the institutional shape of the EU's external borders.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-07-29
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Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century, offered a unique insight into the profound impact of the media on modern society. Jaeho Kang’s book offers a lucid introduction to Benjamin’s theory of the media and...
Editeur :
Polity
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2014-07-29
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Theory and Media
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Online-Medien eröffnen Jugendlichen in Hinblick auf politisch relevante Information ein breites Spektrum an Handlungsmöglichkeiten, das sich vom Abrufen und Kommentieren aktuellster Nachrichten über das Weiterleiten interessanter Meldungen bis zum Demoaufruf via...
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Springer VS
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2014-07-29
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Welche Möglichkeiten der Reaktion auf sexualisierte Gewalt gibt es in pädagogischen Einrichtungen? Worin bestehen die Herausforderungen für einen angemessenen Umgang mit sexualisierter Gewalt? In ihren Beiträgen geben Sozial- und ErziehungswissenschaftlerInnen Antworten...
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Springer VS
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2014-07-28
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Erziehungsstellen und pädagogische Hausgemeinschaften stellen ein weitgehend unbeachtetes Handlungsfeld der Hilfen zur Erziehung für Heranwachsende dar. In dem Band werden die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojektes vorgestellt. Beschrieben werden die Wege durch das Leben...
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Springer VS
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2014-07-25
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This study considers the use of they and he for generic reference in post-2000 written British English. The analysis is framed by a consideration of language-internal factors, such as syntactic agreement, and language-external factors, which include traditional...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-25
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This book analyses the transnationalisation of collective bargaining by European trade unions, presenting key theoretical concepts and debates on the Europeanisation of collective bargaining and social dialogue. The author uses comprehensive empirical evidence to...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2014-07-25
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Christian churches across the world such as the Lutheran church in Madagascar have long been engaged in what we would today term «development». The church has been deeply involved in humanitarian assistance and development work, especially in the areas of education and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-07-25
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The swimming pool frequently appears in film not merely as a setting but as a dynamic site where social, political, cultural and aesthetic forces converge. What is it about this space that has so fascinated filmmakers and what kinds of cinematic investigations does it...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-07-25
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Kommunale Wahlkämpfe wurden in der Wahlkampfforschung bislang wenig beachtet. Dabei finden insbesondere zu den Oberbürgermeister- und Landratswahlen Kampagnen statt, die einen weitgehend unverfälschten Blick in das Geschehen vor Ort zulassen. Da Personenwahlkämpfe um...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-07-25
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Are you organising an international heritage project? Turning a so-called 'heritage revival' into a meaningful experience for the general public can be a challenge to historians, archaeologists, museum conservators and tourism professionals alike. This Companion to...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-07-24
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The twenty-first century exploded into the global imagination with unforgettable scenes of death and destruction. An apocalyptic 'clash of civilizations' seemed to be waged between two old foes - 'the West' and 'Islam.' However, the decade-long and ruinous 'war on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-24
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