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Over the last several years, the debate about publics seems to have newly emerged. This debate critically reflects the Habermasian ideal of a (national) public sphere in a transnational context. However, it seems that the issue of a reconstruction of a global public...
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Polity
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2014-07-17
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The most significant philosopher of Being, Martin Heidegger has nevertheless largely been ignored within communications studies. This book sets the record straight by demonstrating the profound implications of his unique philosophical project for our understanding of...
Editeur :
Polity
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2014-07-17
Collection :
Theory and Media
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Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and...
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Polity
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2014-07-17
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Norbert Elias has been recognized as one of the key social scientists of the 20th century at least in sociology, political science and history. This book will addressNorbert Elias's approach to empirical research, the use of his work in empirical research, and compare...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-07-17
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Religion is considered a key predictor of volunteering: the more religious people are, the more likely they are to volunteer. This positive association enjoys significant support in current research; in fact, it could be considered the ‘default perspective’ on the...
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Springer
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2014-07-17
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Bislang wurden in der historischen Diskursanalyse Fragen zur Funktion von Bildern in Diskursen noch wenig berücksichtigt. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes nehmen sich dieser Thematik an und zeigen, dass auch Bilder die Möglichkeitsbedingungen des Sag- und Denkbaren...
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Springer VS
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2014-07-17
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From Pakistan to Chechnya, Sri Lanka to Canada, pioneering women are taking their places in formal and informal military structures previously reserved for, and assumed appropriate only for men. Women have fought in wars, either as women or covertly dressed as men,...
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Polity
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2014-07-17
Collection :
Gender and Global Politics
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Cities in industrialised countries have grown over time, yet shrinkage of cities occurs in many regions. This process has many impacts on urban ecology, which can be observed on urban brownfield sites in particular. The integration of these sites with sustainable urban...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-07-15
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Lange Zeit fristete der kulturelle Nationalismus ein Schattendasein in der Forschung. Zu Unrecht, denn der kulturelle Nationalismus spielt eine entscheidende Rolle in der Ausbildung einer nationalen Identität. Indem er die Menschen mit ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit und...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-07-15
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This volume addresses the conditions allowing the transformation of specific children’s rights into capabilities in settings as different as children’s parliaments, organized leisure activities, contexts of vulnerability, children in care. It addresses theoretical...
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Springer
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2014-07-14
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This brief fills a gap in the studies of organized crime in Mexico (Kan 2012, Ríos 2011, Dell 2011) by documenting and mapping the post-2008 assassination of Mexican border police chiefs. It traces out a “systematic” of law-enforcement assassination in Northern Tier...
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Springer
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2014-07-14
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This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events. The analysis of interaction offers insights into language in the legal process.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-12
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As we listen to Psy's music are we laughing at him or with him? This book responds to this question from historical and theological perspectives and tackles the pressing issues concerning racial stereotypes, imposed masculinity, and imitating another in order to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
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2014-07-11
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ALDA – The Association of Local Democracy Agencies – is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of good governance and citizen participation at the local level. It is made up of over 160 members comprising local authorities and civil society organisations in the...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2014-07-11
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In this book, Parent puts together a history of representations of the 1944 mutiny in Senegal. Combining firsthand analysis of the works and their intertextual interactions as well an external perspective, Parent engages with history, literature, film, poetics, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-10
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Voice and Environmental Communication explores how people give voice to, and listen to the voices of, the environment. This foundational book introduces the relationship between these two fundamental aspects of human existence and extends our knowledge of the role of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-07-10
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This volume explores the ways in which the complicated revolution in British newspapers, the New Journalism, influenced Irish politics, culture, and newspaper practices. The essays here further illuminate the central role of the press in the evolution of Irish...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-07-10
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This book explores the development of the influential worldwide Hizmet movement inspired by the Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, known for his moderate Islamic emphasis on peaceful relations among diverse people. It provides a detailed study of Gülen’s account of the...
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Springer
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2014-07-10
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Tief greifende soziale Wandlungsprozesse und veränderte Selbstbeschreibungen moderner Gesellschaften – verbunden mit Forderungen nach und Versprechungen von mehr Bildung und lebenslangem Lernen – stellen ein umfangreiches Bündel an Herausforderungen für Kulturelle...
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Springer VS
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2014-07-10
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Gründungsszenen sind Ankerpunkte soziologischen Theoretisierens: Als konkrete Bezugsprobleme stiften sie im weitesten Sinne des Wortes einen Realitätsbezug, der sich nicht in die Kategorien der methodisch kontrollierten Erhebung empirischer Tatbestände übersetzen lässt....
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Springer VS
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2014-07-10
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