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The articulation between persistence and change is relevant to a great number of different disciplines. It is particularly central to the study of urban and rural forms in many different fields of research, in geography, archaeology, architecture and history. Resilience...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2022-01-28
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The book introduces the concept of encounter CONNECT-ED from the practice of working with the elderly to impart media skills and presents empirical data on the social participation and quality of life of the participants.The research results show the potential of the...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-01-28
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At century’s close, American social scientists, policy analysts, philanthropists and politicians became obsessed with a fearsome and mysterious new group said to be ravaging the ghetto: the urban “underclass.” Soon the scarecrow category and its demonic imagery were...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2022-01-28
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After reviewing related theories on stigmatisation of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), this book applies social exclusion theory, actor theory and stigma theory to the study of social mechanisms of stigmatisation of PLWHA in China to show the influence and mechanism...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-27
Collection :
A Sociological View of AIDS
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This book examines the ways in which law can be used to structure the return of indigenous sacred cultural heritage to indigenous communities, referred to as repatriation in this volume. In particular, it aims at developing legal...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-01-25
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*****'A starkly naked story of a young woman's adventure of self-discovery, told with a striking lack of shame or apology. Highly recommended.' - Dr. Christopher Ryan, author of Sex At Dawn'Smart, original, ambitious, and deeply absorbing memoir... She succeeds by...
Editeur :
Monoray
Parution :
2022-01-25
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This book highlights new and innovative approaches to archaeological research using computational modeling while focusing on the Neolithic transition around the world.The transformative effect of the spread and adoption of agriculture in prehistory cannot be...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-24
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Serving Equality: Feminism, Media, and Women’s Sports offers a much-needed methodological innovation to sports media research by expanding the focus beyond traditional sports media outlets to examine the diversity of media outlets writing about sports. In doing so,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2022-01-18
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This book serves as a solid ground for seeking strategies to build the compact city that situated in a specific local area, based on the systematic examination of the effects of spatial planning system on urbanization control. Furthermore, the critical problems in the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-18
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Geography
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Reinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades. Written by experienced subject expert Cameron Dunn, this Student Guide is divided into two key sections - content guidance,...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
Parution :
2022-01-14
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This book critically discusses the multi-dimensional contemporary issues within the ambit of the driving forces, mechanisms, vulnerability, and opportunities of the intra-region human movement in South Asia. It covers different dimensions of cross-border migration...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-12
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This book explores AIDS from a relatively macro perspective rather than concrete operational methods and focuses on the social construction of AIDS issues instead of its transmission level in the context of China. First, it begins with the theoretical analysis and the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-07
Collection :
A Sociological View of AIDS
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This book focuses on the concept of ‘home’ or ‘place of origin’ (expressed in Tamil as ‘Ur’) and its various dimensions, in turn related to issues of belonging, attachment, detachment, and commonality among the war-affected population in the post-war era of Sri Lanka....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-07
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When Thomas Harding discovered that his family had profited from slavery, he set out to interrogate the choices of his ancestors and Britain's role in this terrible history. His investigation took him to Demerara (now Guyana), the site of an uprising by enslaved people...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2022-01-06
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This book, in two volumes, breathes fresh air empirically, methodologically, and theoretically into understanding the rich ceremonial lives, the philosophical-religious knowledge, and the impressive material feats and labor organization that distinguish Hopewell Indians...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-05
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This book represents a reflection on the policies of preservation that were established and interventions for restoration that occurred in Iran before and in the years after the Khomeinist Revolution, as well as being an analysis of the impact that Italian restoration...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-04
Collection :
Research for Development
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This book provides an insightful sociological study of the shrinking Japanese population through a regional variation perspective as it varies significantly by municipality, even within the same prefecture. Using demographic data on municipal levels, the book identifies...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-03
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This book makes a strong case for the inclusion of Indigenous Elders’ cultural knowledge in the delivery of inclusive education for learners who are members of minority communities. It is relevant to curriculum developers, teachers, policy makers and institutions that...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-03
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This book analyzes how the increasing number of same-sex couples is changing the traditional concepts of family and parenthood, and how these changes affect the psychological studies of family, couple relationships and human development. The majority of chapters...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-03
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This book investigates how ethics generally precedes legal regulation, and looks at how changes in codes of ethics represent an unparalleled window into the research, innovation, and emerging technologies they seek to regulate. It provides case studies from the fields...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-03
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