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Children’s rights appear universal, inalienable, and indivisible, intended to advance young people’s interests. Yet, in practice, evidence suggests the contrary: the international framework of treaties, procedures, and national policies contains fundamental...
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Polity
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2021-01-07
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This book is a detailed account of how hierarchy has been maintained historically by the Nepali state, affirming the uniqueness of a caste-based social order by bringing outsiders, especially ethnic groups and religious minorities, into the caste fold. Focusing on the...
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Springer
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2021-01-05
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full of wisdom and entertaining anecdotes' The Economist'fascinating' Financial TimesSocial Chemistry will utterly transform the way you think about 'networking.' Understanding the contours of your social network can dramatically enhance personal relationships, work...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2021-01-05
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This book focuses on the Chinese context to investigate how informal institutions (Confucian culture and its dimensions, religion, political connections) in China affect accounting behaviors.This book tries to show that cultural influence and religious impacts in China...
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Springer
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2021-01-04
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Contributions to Finance and Accounting
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This book presents an original contribution to the study of care and care work by addressing pressing issues in the field from a Latin American and intersectional perspective. The expansion of professional care and its impacts on public policies related to care are...
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Springer
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2021-01-03
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Latin American Societies
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Ellen Key (1849–1926) was one of Europe’s most influential thinkers on issues of motherhood and women’s sexuality during the early 1900s. This anthology maps how her ideas were reformulated in Europe’s five major language areas – English, German, French, Italian, and...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-24
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This book identifies and examine the changing roles of Nigerian women: in the family, educational attainment and society as experienced and expressed by a sample of educated, Nigerian women. Five of the participants were children caught in Biafran (Nigerian) war and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-12-22
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This book tells the story of the Mount Songshan area architecture in simple terms, while also providing detailed information on the history of Buddhist architecture. The history of the Mount Songshan area can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty in the 23rd century B.C....
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-21
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Catholic Sexual Pathology and the Western Mind: The Ancient Era, Vol. 1 documents with historical and clinical data the correlation betweenCatholic sexual orthodoxy andCatholic sexual pathology. The Roman church government replaced the sex positive Hebrew Tradition,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-12-21
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This is the first volume about the Italian philosophy of technology written in English and including novel and translated contributions. The volume presents original research on emerging topics in the field, as well as an overview of the most distinguished Italian...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-20
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The book explores the concepts of migration, space, memory and identification drawn from the experiences of Istanbulite Romiois/Greeks and through the notion of being minority.The primary problematic examined in this book revolves around the meaning of these concepts,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-18
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This book contributes to the discourse about science communication strategies from different perspectives. It provides models, projects and case studies of international academicians and practitioners from different fields. The book is divided into two parts. The first...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-18
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This book advances the reflexion into how temporary urbanism is shaping cities across the world. Temporary urbanism has become a core concept in urban development, and its application is increasingly crossing the borders of both the North and the Global South. There is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-18
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The Urban Book Series
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This book mainly analyzes the major issues at all phases of the transition of urban-rural relation, as well as measures adopted by the transition launcher in face of such issues, including not only the system and policy design of the national and local government, but...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-18
Collection :
Social Development Experiences in China
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This book explores changes in eating habits in African, Latin American and Asian cities. It reveals—through studies on city dwellers’ food practices and representations—the inadequacy of an analytical approach to these changes in terms of Westernization,...
Editeur :
QUAE
Parution :
2020-12-18
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This edited volume presents a comprehensive examination of contemporary Confucian philosophy from its roots in the late 19th century to the present day. It provides a thorough introduction to the major philosophers and topics in contemporary Confucian philosophy. The...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-17
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This volume brings together diverse Asian religious perspectives to address critical issues in the encounter between tradition and modern western evolutionary thought. Such thought encompasses the biological theories of Charles Darwin, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Earnest...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-17
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Computer haben sich seit den 1960er Jahren in einer rasanten Geschwindigkeit entwickelt. Das Internet mit E-Mails, Verkaufsportalen, Suchmaschinen und sozialen Netzwerken verändert Geschäftsmodelle, Sozialverhalten und politische Institutionen. Die Entwicklungen der...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-16
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This book brings together a group of innovative scholars examining the contemporary issue of effecting gender and sexuality justice in the context of Asia, consonant with engendering a just, equitable and sustainable development for all. These grassroots initiatives are...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-15
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Die muslimischen Gemeinden in Niedersachsen blicken auf eine lange Geschichte zurück.Die ersten muslimischen Strukturen wurden bereits vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gelegt und sollten mit der Arbeitsmigration stetig ausgebaut werden. Im Laufe der Jahre entstanden zahlreiche...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-15
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