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This handbook is the winner of the William B. Gudykunst Award for Outstanding Book in 2023, given by the International Academy of Intercultural Research.This handbook includes state-of-the-art research on love in classical, modern and postmodern perspectives. It expands...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-05-04
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Social life is in a constant process of change, and sociology can never stand still. As a result, contemporary sociology is a theoretically diverse enterprise, covering a huge range of subjects and drawing on a broad array of research methods. Central to this endeavour...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-05-04
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It is a simple story. A 37-year-old man belonging to the Traveller community is shot dead by a special unit of the French police on the family farm where he was hiding since he failed to return to prison after temporary release. The officers claim self-defense. The...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-05-04
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This book is about the human factor in cybercrime: its offenders, victims and parties involved in tackling cybercrime. It takes a diverse international perspective of the response to and prevention of cybercrime by seeking to understand not just the technological, but...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-05-03
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This book presents studies on the management of the Brazilian world heritage and its international counterparts, relating its preservationist practices to the risks and alerts that run its maintenance in the face of so many challenges in the contemporary world. The book...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-05-03
Collection :
The Latin American Studies Book Series
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Diese Studie sammelt Thesen für eine interdisziplinäre Forschung der Soziologie als Leitwissenschaft zur Erkundung der Steinzeit. Nach Ankunft des Homo sapiens von Afrika nach Westeuropa beginnt nach dessen biologischer Stabilisierung seine weitere Formung als sozialer,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-05-03
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This book extends a previously published model of social evolution by using macroeconomic measures to indicate both the current state of the society, and its evolutionary trajectory.This model considers society as a system of interacting elements evolving through stages...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-30
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The Anthropocene has become a field of studies in which the influence of human activity on the Earth System and nature is both the main threat and the potential solution. Social Representations Theory has been evolving since the 1960s.It links knowledge and practice in...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-30
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'Hough's conversational prose reads like the voice of a blues singer, taking breaks between songs to narrate her heartbreak in verse, cajoling her audience to laugh to keep from crying' - The New York Times'Hough's writing will break your heart' - Roxane Gay, author of...
Editeur :
Sceptre
Parution :
2021-04-29
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Based on the German case, this open access book highlights the increasing flows of migration and the internationalisation of individual life courses. It analyses the experiences of migration across four central domains - employment and income, partners and families,...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-29
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This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the health inequities and human rights issues faced by sex workers globally across diverse contexts, and outlines evidence-based strategies and best practices.
Sex workers face severe health and social...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-28
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In Digital Society: An Interactionist Perspective, William Housley explores the ways interactionist thinking contributes to our understanding of current trends and topics within digital sociology. Drawing on a range of aligned approaches, concepts and empirical...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2021-04-28
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Since the publication of James Smith’s groundbreaking book on the Magdalene laundries in 2007, many developments have made the issue even more topical. Even though the lack of access to archives and records of religious orders remains a major obstacle to writing a...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-04-28
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Literature has been a bastion of male creativity, not of female procreativity, which has traditionally inhibited the voices of women and disempowered their self-expression. This book explores the underestimated legacy of women’s fiction and (semi-)autobiographical works...
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NBN International
Parution :
2021-04-28
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The perfect starting point for any student new to this fascinating subject, offering a serious yet accessible introduction to anthropology. Across a series of fourteen chapters, Introducing Anthropology addresses the different fields and approaches within anthropology,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-04-28
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Facebook has fundamentally changed how the world connects. No other company has played a greater role in the history of social networking online. YetFacebook is no longer simply a social networking site or social media platform.Facebook is Facebook. Taina Bucher shows...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-04-27
Collection :
Digital Media and Society
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This volume explores various themes at the intersection of archaeology and philosophy: inference and theory; interdisciplinary connections; cognition, language and normativity; and ethical issues. Showcasing this heterogeneity, its scope ranges from the method of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-04-26
Collection :
Synthese Library
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This open access book honors the work of Michael Cernea, who was the World Bank’s first professional sociologist, by taking on and extending his arguments for "putting people first.” Cernea led a community of social scientists in formulating and promoting a...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-23
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This book provides insights into the enormous impact of fetal and newborn loss in the aftermath of the natural disasters that Japanese society constantly has to face. It first reveals effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 on the next generation and...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-22
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This open access monograph provides an overview of the everyday lives of undocumented migrants, thereby focusing on housing, employment, social networks, healthcare, migration trajectories as well as their use of the internet and social media. Although the book’s...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-22
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