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This book is the second Volume of the INPUT2020 Conference Proceedings on ‘Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning’. The 11th International Conference INPUT was held at the University of Catania (Italy) on September 8-10th 2021 and allowed gathering...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-25
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A classic work of crowd psychology.Based on the ideas of Gustave Le Bon, Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War was very influential in the development of group dynamics and crowd psychology. This book is certain to be of marked interest to every student of human...
Editeur :
Alicia Éditions
Parution :
2022-02-25
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This new introduction to the sociology of gender and sexuality offers a fresh take on the importance of these concepts in modern society. It provides an insight into our rapidly changing attitudes towards sex and our understanding of masculine and feminine identities,...
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Polity
Parution :
2022-02-25
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Razors, tweezers, wax and hair removal creams: these are the tools for the initiation rites that signal the passage from girl to woman. Today the only acceptable places for a woman to have hair are on her head (preferably long), her eyebrows (not too wild) and eyelashes...
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Polity
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2022-02-25
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While there is a multiplicity of identity markers that affect the dynamics ofintercultural communication, the intersectionality of gender and religiondeserves more scholarly attention. The book takes the dissimilar culturalconcepts and identity performance as a starting...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2022-02-24
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This volume presents a selection of papers from the 13th International Conference on Military Geosciences (ICMG), held 24-28 June 2019 in Padua, Italy. It covers a wide range of subjects within the confines of military geoscience written by scientists...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-23
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The fully revised new edition of the defining reference work in the field of medical anthropology A Companion to Medical Anthropology, Second Edition provides the most complete account of the key issues and debates in this dynamic, rapidly growing field. Bringing...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-02-23
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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Slavery is a live issue today, but the people who talk about it as such are not all of a piece. Some insist the world is now plagued by the contemporary equivalent of transatlantic slavery, and call on us to combat "modern slavery". Others hold that the on-going...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2022-02-23
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This book reveals the core features of digital culture, examined by means of semiotic models and theories. It positions commercial and market principles in the center of the digital semiosphere, avoiding the need to force the new cultural reality into the established...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-02-23
Collection :
Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress
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Das vorliegende Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer zehnjährigen soziologischen Studie zu Migranten aus der chinesischen Stadt Wenzhou, die sich in Paris niedergelassen haben. Es zeigt den deutlichen Wandel, den die Wenzhouer von Paris innerhalb des Studienzeitraums...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2022-02-23
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The second edition of this successful handbook, edited by well-known experts in this field, includes core questions in the field of child abuse and neglect. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with “What is child abuse and neglect?” and...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-22
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This book adopts a multidimensional approach to analyze both the historical and emerging factors that contribute to make Latin America and the Caribbean the most unequal region in the world. Social inequality is a historical characteristic of the region, but at the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-02-21
Collection :
Latin American Societies
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Women represent the majority of people working to improve health outcomes in communities, non-governmental and multilateral organizations, both as paid and unpaid health and social care workers. So why is it that when it comes to leadership positions, we have a...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-19
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This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the many socio-economic challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic across international boundaries, disrupting the economic system and life styles globally. It starts by setting the historical context of the pandemic...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-18
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We are in crisis. As a society we have never been less connected. The internet and globalisation fuel ignorance and anger, while the disconnect between people's reality and perceived identities has never been greater. Karl Marx outlined the idea of a material 'base' and...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2022-02-17
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"It became untenable for me to remain silent about a part of my life I had long kept secret. I had to follow the persistent, uncomfortable pull of truth, wherever it would lead me."From the outside looking in, the young life of Mia Döring seemed unremarkable, as she...
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Hachette Books Ireland
Parution :
2022-02-17
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This book draws attention to the nonlegal, sociocultural aspects of justice for minorities in China. The primary objectives are threefold. The first is to present a tentative analysis of the lived realities of being ‘the other’ in China, with the aim of presenting...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-02-17
Collection :
Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
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Demographers describe and analyse individual events at multiple levels of observation that range from the individuals themselves to the overall population of interest. In quantitative population studies, one way to streamline investigation is to perform a multilevel...
Editeur :
Ined Éditions via OpenEdition
Parution :
2022-02-17
Collection :
Méthodes et Savoirs
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Adjusting to a new culture and getting along with the local people can be a challenge for everyone who lives and works abroad. Whether in business, diplomacy, education, or as a long-term visitor, anyone can be blind-sided by a lack of international knowledge and...
Editeur :
John Murray Business
Parution :
2022-02-17
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This book examines the use and potential impact of deepfakes, a type of synthetic computer-generated media, primarily images and videos, capable of both creating artificial representations of non-existent individuals and showing actual individuals doing things they did...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-02-16
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