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Ist ‚gutes Leben‘ im Kapitalismus möglich? Diese Frage verhandeln Angestelltenromane seit ihrer Entstehung zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die vorliegende Studie analysiert das Spektrum zwischen Müssen und Muße, Lust und Frust, Arbeit und freier Zeit vor dem Hintergrund...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-01-21
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The Great War set in motion all of the subsequent violence of the twentieth century.The war took millions of lives, led to the fall of four empires, established new nations, and negatively affected others. During and after the war, individuals and communities struggled...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-01-21
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This book discusses the political, social and cultural change of Western civilization since ancient Greek in the adventure of civic thought in political theory. The aim of this book is to contribute to the discussion of citizenship through "citizenship awareness",...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-01-21
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Dieser Band ist das Ergebnis der wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit den Problemen unserer Zeit, die durch die Globalisierungsfolgen geprägt ist. Die hier versammelten Texte unterstreichen die Bedeutung der Bewältigung der globalen Probleme: Umweltdesaster,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-01-21
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In this innovative book, Celia Lury argues that the time has come for us to explore the world not only with new methods, but with a new approach to methodology itself. Fundamental changes are taking place in how we produce knowledge, how we communicate it and, indeed,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-01-20
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This book offers a systematized overview of Ian Hacking's work. It presents Hacking’s oeuvre as a network made up of four interconnected key nodes: styles of scientific thinking & doing, probability, making up people, and experimentation and scientific...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-19
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This book proposes a new interdisciplinary understanding of urban design in China based on a study of the transformative effects of socio-spatial design and planning on communities and their governance.This is framed by an examination of the social projects, spaces, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-18
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Located in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan practices the philosophy of Gross National Happiness (“GNH”) that embraces environmental conservation as one of the main building blocks for its sustainable development goals. Bhutan’s conservation strategies and...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-15
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This book situates Taiwan’s indigenous knowledge in comparative contexts across other indigenous knowledge formations. The content is divided into four distinct but interrelated sections to highlight the importance and diversity of indigenous knowledge in Taiwan and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-01-15
Collection :
Sinophone and Taiwan Studies
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The migration crisis of recent years has elicited a double response: on the one hand, many states have responded by tightening border controls, in an attempt to restrict population movements, while on the other hand many citizens have responded by welcoming new...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-01-14
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Introducing a broad range of innovative and creative qualitative methods, this accessible book shows you how to use them in research project while providing straightforward advice on how to approach every step of the process, from planning and organisation to writing up...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2021-01-13
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This book proposes new ways of looking at the built environment in archaeology, specifically through postcolonial perspectives. It brings together scholars and professionals from the fields of archaeology, urban studies, architectural history, and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-01-11
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology
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The book represents original research in a field of study rarely pursued while analysing the intellectual dimensions of disputes over ethically sensitive issues that occur in European Union politics. These disputes are generally analysed at ideological, ethical,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-01-11
Collection :
Contributions to Political Science
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The book offers a model for city development and renewal based on land value capture (called ‘value capture’). Firstly, a review is presented of cities around the world that are currently using value capture. From these city examples the author shows how any state, city...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-11
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This book adds to the research of urban informality in the Global South with a specific focus on South Africa and Zimbabwe. It addresses the agency and the potential transformative capacity of the phenomenon of urban informality in connection with Southern African...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-01-09
Collection :
The Urban Book Series
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The true story of a foundling. 'Extraordinary ... A fascinating, moving book: part history of the Foundling Hospital and the development of child psychology, part Cowan's own story, and part that of Cowan's mother' LUCY SCHOLES, TELEGRAPH Growing up in a wealthy enclave...
Editeur :
Virago
Parution :
2021-01-07
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This insightful volume explores the experiences of ethnic migrants returning to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Israel. Return migrants who were exposed to the western culture and society undergo personal transformations that significantly impact their views on values such as...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-01-07
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The open access book provides a critical account of parenthood in Polish society. It uses a qualitative perspective to show how mothers and fathers engage with parenthood and also function in the labour market. Parenting in contemporary Poland is not only affected by...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-01-07
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Sociology
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This volume brings together archaeologists, archaeological scientists and historians contributing different specialisms to an emerging field of research: food and foodways in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean. It presents the output of the POMEDOR project “People,...
Editeur :
MOM Éditions
Parution :
2021-01-07
Collection :
Archéologie(s)
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Sociology, as a discipline, was born at the height of global colonialism and imperialism. Over a century later, it is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This book explores why, and how, sociology needs to be decolonized. It analyses how...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-01-07
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