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What if highlighting solutions and telling positive stories was the best way to solve the ecological, economic, and social problems our countries are grappling with?
In 2012, Cyril Dion learned about a study carried out by twenty-two scientists from around the world...
Editeur :
Éditions Actes Sud
Parution :
2017-05-03
Collection :
Domaine du possible
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Health Geographies: A Critical Introduction explores health and biomedical topics from a range of critical geographic perspectives. Building on the field’s past engagement with social theory it extends the focus of health geography into new areas of enquiry. Introduces...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-05-03
Collection :
Critical Introductions to Geography
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31,95€
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What do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness, or at least the freedom to pursue it. For women, though, pursuing happiness is a complicated endeavor, and if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2017-05-02
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This book features research papers that examine a host of contemporary issues in Thailand. Coverage includes culture, gender violence, tourism, human trafficking, environmental and ecological issues, sustainability and the sufficiency economy, the (mis)handling of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-05-02
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Renowned author Ulrike Schuerkens presents an in-depth exploration of social transformations and developments. Combining an international approach with up-to-date research, the book: Has dedicated chapters on contemporary topics including technology, new media,...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-05-01
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The last two decades have been an exciting and richly productive period for debate and academic research on the city. The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies offers comprehensive coverage of this modern re-thinking of urban theory, both gathering together the best of...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-05-01
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This collection of new writing on contemporary Greek cinema builds and expands on existing work in the field, providing a coherent analysis of films which, despite their international importance, have so far received limited critical attention. The volume maps key...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-05-01
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How do the communication practices of governments, NGOs and social movements enhance opportunities for citizen-led change? In this incisive book, Thomas Tufte makes a call for a fundamental rethinking of what it takes to enable citizens’ voices, participation and power...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-04-28
Collection :
Global Media and Communication
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Burcu Uysal untersucht die spezifischen Mechanismen, die bei jungen Männern mit Migrationshintergrund für die Entstehung und Entwicklung antisozialen Verhaltens eine Rolle spielen, und wertet sie im Hinblick auf Präventions- und Interventionsmaßnahmen aus. Die...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-04-28
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The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortuary cannibalism Few subjects stir the imagination more than the study of how people across cultures deal with death and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-04-26
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62,95€
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One of the headlines of the 2012 Presidential campaign was the demise of the white American male voter as a dominant force in the political landscape. On election night four years later, when Donald Trump was announced the winner, it became clear that the white American...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2017-04-25
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This book supports the emerging field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) for face and upper-limb transplants by providing a revised, ethically appropriate consent model which takes into account what is actually required of facial and upper extremity...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-04-25
Collection :
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
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How can we lay the foundation for a more just and peaceful world?How can we prevent communications from fracturing and societies from tearing themselves apart?How should we prioritise economic, social and cultural demands for resources and opportunities? This book...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-04-24
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Composing Research, Communicating Results: Writing the Communication Research Paper provides communication students with the knowledge and necessary tools to compose a variety of course-required papers that are scholarly, accessible, and well-written. The first work of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-04-21
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Bringing together the latest empirical evidence with a discussion of sociological debates surrounding inequality, this book explores a broad range of inequalities in people's lives. As well as treating the core sociological topics of class, ethnicity and gender, it...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-04-21
ePub
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28,30€
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This volume investigates the relationship between migration, identity, kinship and population. It uncovers the institutional practices of categorization as well as the conducts and the ethics adopted by social actors that create divisions between citizens and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-04-20
Collection :
IMISCOE Research Series
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This book provides an overview of urban transformations taking place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the last three decades. It analyses urban dynamics within the metropolis and its relationship with Brazilian urban networks.This book is written by researchers...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-04-18
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The book is a study of intra-urban inequality in quality of life (QOL) in Aizawl city.The main objectives of the study include analysis of processes and patterns of social differentiation along the three-dimensional space of Aizawl city as well as analysis of spatial...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-04-18
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Dieses Buch geht der Frage nach, welche sozialökonomische Stellung Frauen und Kinder in der patriarchalisch geprägten Ständeordnung in Russland und in der traditionell geprägten schweizerischen Gesellschaft am Ende des 19. und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts innehatten....
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-04-18
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