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There is widespread concern today about the “radicalization” of young muslim men, and the deprived areas of Western cities are believed to have become breeding grounds of home-grown extremism. But how do young Muslims growing up in the cities of the West really live?...
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Polity
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2018-06-11
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This book is a new introduction to the history and practice of economic anthropology by two leading authors in the field. They show that anthropologists have contributed to understanding the three great questions of modern economic history: development, socialism and...
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Polity
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2018-06-11
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This book describes children and youth on the one hand and parents on the other within the newly configured worlds of transnational families. Focus is put on children born abroad, brought up abroad, studying abroad, in vulnerable situations, and/or subject of...
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Springer
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2018-06-08
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International Perspectives on Migration
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This open access book bridges the disciplinary boundaries within the social sciences to explore the role of social institutions in shaping geographical contexts, and in creating new knowledge. It includes theorizations as well as original empirical case studies on the...
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Springer
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2018-06-07
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Knowledge and Space
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One of the main goals in fisheries governance is to promote viability and sustainability in small-scale fishing communities. This is not an easy task given external and internal pressure, including environmental change and competition with other economic sectors...
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Springer
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2018-06-07
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MARE Publication Series
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This handbook provides a comprehensive view of the field of the sociology of gender. It presents the most important theories about gender and methods used to study gender, as well as extensive coverage of the latest research on gender in the most important areas of...
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Springer
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2018-06-05
Collection :
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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How are “grey market” imports changing media industries? What is the role of piracy in developing new markets for movies and TV shows?How do jailbroken iPhones drive innovation? The Informal Media Economy provides a vivid, original, and genuinely transnational account...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-06-05
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Carole Pateman is one of the foremost political theorists writing in English today. In this outstanding new work, she presents a major reinterpretation of modern political theory. She shows how standard discussions of social contract theory tell only half the story. The...
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Polity
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2018-06-05
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This book analyses how multiple and hybrid ‘modernities’ have been shaped in colonial and postcolonial India from the lens of sociology and anthropology, literature, media and cultural studies, law and political economy. It discusses the ideas that shaped these...
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Springer
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2018-06-04
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Archeological rescue excavations uncovered three burial grounds in Nadlac, dating from the 6th to the 8th centuries. The burial customs and material culture provide important archaelogical data io the mobile lifestyle (nomadism) and possible micro-regional patterns of...
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Editions L'Harmattan
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2018-06-04
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A unique contribution to discussions of social theory, this book counters the argument that no social theory was ever produced in Britain before the late twentieth century. Reviewing a period of 300 years from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century, it...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2018-06-04
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The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory expounds the development of critical theory from its founding thinkers to its contemporary formulations in an interdisciplinary setting. It maps the terrain of a critical social theory, expounding its distinctive...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2018-06-04
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This book explores various aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regimes with regard to plant-variety protection and farmers’ rights; traditional knowledge; geographical indications, genetically modified crops; and access to genetic resources within the broad...
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Springer
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2018-06-02
Collection :
South Asia Economic and Policy Studies
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This book seeks to push forward the boundaries of current practices and knowledge to embrace innovative solutions, novel approaches, and grounded technologies within realistic comprehension of economic risks and environmental implications. It investigates different...
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Springer
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2018-06-01
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This book presents the most important ideas behind Bayes’ Rule in a form suitable for the general reader. It is written without formulae because they are not necessary; the ability to add and multiply is all that is needed. As well as showing in full the application of...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-05-31
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Refugees and migration are not a new story in the history of humankind, but in the last few years, against a backdrop of huge numbers of migrants, especially from war-torn countries, they have again been a topic of intensive and contentious discussion in politics, the...
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Springer
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2018-05-31
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This book critically assesses mobilities across the Mediterranean Basin and explores the implications of changing European relationships in the light of observations of the intersectional formation and evolution of identities, behavior and ideas. Further, it discusses...
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Springer
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2018-05-31
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This book provides a detailed overview of governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopting a unique integrative approach, it examines the fragmentation of governance that is a critical barrier to achieving the SDGs. The main question addressed is: What...
Editeur :
Springer
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2018-05-31
Collection :
Sustainable Development Goals Series
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This book discusses health care issues related to domestic violence, using extensive case studies from India. By discussing the global literature, legal systems, methodological challenges of gathering information on domestic violence, and health systems issues, along...
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Springer
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2018-05-30
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A chilling, lavishly illustrated who's-who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore, now an online streaming series. Here are the incredible true stories of some of the mortals who...
Editeur :
Wildfire
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2018-05-29
Collection :
The World of Lore
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