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This book approaches the field of built heritage and its practices by employing the concept of heterotopia, established by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The fundamental understandings of heritage, its evolution and practices all reveal intrinsic heterotopic...
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Springer
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2019-05-02
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The Urban Book Series
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This book attempts to advance critical knowledge and practices for fostering a variety of entrepreneurship at a city level. The book aims to connect scholarship and policy practice in two disciplines: Urban Studies and Entrepreneurship. The book has included...
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Springer
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2019-05-02
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An anthropologist uses spelling bees as a lens to examine the unique and diverse traits of Generation Z--and why they are destined for successAt first glance, Generation Z (youth born after 1997) seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and...
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Basic Books
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2019-04-30
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This book presents a broad, multidisciplinary review of the factors that have been shown to or might influence sharing information on social media, regardless of its veracity. Drawing on literature from psychology, sociology, political science, communication, and...
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Springer
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2019-04-26
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SpringerBriefs in Complexity
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of gateway cities in contemporary circuits of global production. Apart from facilitating the interlinking of economic activities in the surrounding regions with the global economy, gateway cities have enormous...
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Springer
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2019-04-26
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It may seem obvious that the human being has always been present in anthropology. This book, however, reveals that he has never really been a part of it. Theoretical Anthropology or How to Observe a Human Being establishes the foundations and conditions, both...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2019-04-26
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This book brings together researchers from different fields, traditions and perspectives to examine the ways in which place and space might (be) unsettle(d). Researchers from across the humanities and social sciences have been drawn to the study of place and space since...
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Springer
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2019-04-25
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This book invites readers to both reassess and reconceptualize definitions of childhood and pedagogy by imagining the possibilities - past, present, and future - provided by the aesthetic turn to science fiction. It explores constructions of children, childhood, and...
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Springer
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2019-04-24
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Children: Global Posthumanist Perspectives and Materialist Theories
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This book traces the evolution of Singapore’s parks system, from colonial to present times. Further, it contextualizes the design and planning of parks in the general discourse on western and eastern traditions: early twentieth century western conceptions ‘imported’...
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Springer
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2019-04-23
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Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements
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This book examines how judicial reform can be effectively assessed through a procedural justice approach. It provides a practical framework for assessment of judicial reform, examining a successful reform in Chile through large scale surveys and longitudinal...
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Springer
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2019-04-23
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The definitive account of Bill Cosby's transition from revered father figure to convicted criminal, told by a veteran crime reporter and former senior writer for People magazineBill Cosby's decades-long career as a sweater-wearing, wholesome TV dad came to a swift and...
Editeur :
Seal Press
Parution :
2019-04-23
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Building on the success of the bestselling The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory (2007), this title provides a much-needed and up-to-date overview, integrating some revised and updated chapters with new ones exploring recent developments in grounded theory and research...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2019-04-22
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AFRO-CARIBBEAN. COLOURED. ETHNIC MINORITY. IMMIGRANT. BAME. URBAN. WOKE. FAM. BLACK.These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in...
Editeur :
Dialogue Books
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2019-04-18
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This open access publication discusses exclusionary rules in different criminal justice systems. It is based on the findings of a research project in comparative law with a focus on the question of whether or not a fair trial can be secured through evidence...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-04-17
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Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
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Ob Diesel-Skandal oder Panama-Papers – immer wieder umgehen große Unternehmen oder führende Persönlichkeiten aus Politik und Wirtschaft das Gesetz. Und immer wieder staunt die Öffentlichkeit, warum das so oft kaum spürbare Konsequenzen für die Beteiligten hat. Jochen...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-04-17
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The volume gathers theoretical contributions on human rights and global justice in the context of international migration. It addresses the need to reconsider human rights and the theories of justice in connection with the transformation of the social frames of...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-04-16
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The 2nd edition of the Handbook of Population covers the major topics of the discipline of demography, including current substantive, methodological and theoretical issues of interest, as well as new and emerging topics in the field. In addition to revised, updated and...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-04-16
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This open access book maps the youth transitions of descendants of migrants from Turkey living in Amsterdam and Strasbourg, through a comparative mixed-methods research design. As such, it is of interest to discussions in youth sociology, social mobility and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-04-16
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The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating speciesIf a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2019-04-16
ePub
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A practical guide to philanthropy at all levels of giving that seeks to educate and inspireA majority of American households give to charity in some form or another--from local donations to food banks, religious organizations, or schools, to contributions to prevent...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2019-04-16
ePub
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