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This series of four volumes honors the lifetime achievements of the distinguished activist and scholar Elise Boulding (1920–2010) on the occasion of her 95th birthday. This first anthology documents the breadth of Elise Boulding’s contributions to Peace Research,...
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Springer
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2016-11-02
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This book brings together research findings from a variety of disciplines in this integrated study of the migration of Ukrainian nationals to the EU. It contextualizes and historicizes this migration against the background of the series of crises experienced by Ukraine...
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Springer
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2016-11-02
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IMISCOE Research Series
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The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment. How can we understand the place that the correctional system occupies in contemporary societies? What are the experiences of those who are...
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Polity
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2016-11-02
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Die Autorin zeigt, wie Köpersprache wahrgenommen wird und welche Formen der Körpersprache es gibt (Gesten, Bewegungen etc.), wie sie eingesetzt werden und was sie bedeuten. Buchstäblich von Kopf bis Fuß »übersetzt« sie dann die Körpersprache. Angefangen mit der...
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Wiley-VCH
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2016-11-02
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Für Dummies
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This edited volume presents a structured approach to a new lean education curriculum, implemented for the education of engineers, managers, administrators as well as human resources developers. The authorship comprises professors and lecturers, trainers and...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-11-01
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This work approaches the modern phenomenon of online dating, examining the ways people make use of its technical and social potential. In particular, the users' mate preferences, choices, strategies, and interactions are analyzed using the innovative method of...
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Springer
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2016-11-01
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Aus historischer Perspektive wird in diesem Sammelband ein Blick auf Geschlecht bzw. Gender geworfen, wobei unterschiedliche Wissenschaftsdisziplinen zu Wort kommen – die Theologie, die Geschichtswissenschaft, die Germanistik sowie die Erziehungswissenschaft. Die...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-10-31
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Die Studie befasst sich mit der interkulturellen nonverbalen Interaktion zwischen deutschen und marokkanischen Studierenden. Hierfür untersucht der Autor authentische interkulturelle Interaktionssituationen mit Mitteln der linguistischen Gesprächs- und...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-10-31
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This book examines immigration to small cities throughout Canada. It explores the distinct challenges brought about by the influx of people to urban communities which typically have less than 100,000 residents. The essays are organized into four main sections:...
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Springer
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2016-10-31
Collection :
International Perspectives on Migration
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In this thought-provoking and engaging book, Mike Michael brings us a powerful overview of Actor-Network Theory. Covering a breadth of topics, Michael demonstrates how ANT has become a major theoretical framework, influencing scholarly work across a range of fields. ...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-10-28
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This book spotlights how women leaders behave in chaotic environments and features examples of women who have been key figures in determining complex socio-economic outcomes throughout history. Women leaders can be seen on many high- levels in the political arena, be...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-10-27
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This book analyses efforts to advance the rights of Indigenous People within peace-building frameworks: Section I critically explores key issues concerning Indigenous Peoples’ Rights (struggles for land, human, cultural, civil, legal and constitutional rights) in...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-10-25
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Music and Social Dynamics in Nigeria explores the diverse ways in which music reflects, and is shaped by, historical and social dynamics of life in Nigeria. Contributors to this volume include some of the leading scholars of Nigerian music, such as Joshua Uzoigwe, Laz...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-10-25
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This edited volume presents a detailed portrait of couples living with mixed HIV status, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other negative. Readers will come to understand the various and complex ways in which these mixed-status, or serodiscordant couples build a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-10-24
Collection :
Social Aspects of HIV
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This is the first book to examine social learning and innovation in hunter–gatherers from around the world. More is known about social learning in chimpanzees and nonhuman primates than is known about social learning in hunter–gatherers, a way of life that characterized...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-10-22
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Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
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Water is an essential element in the future of cities. It shapes cities’ locations, form, ecology, prosperity and health. The changing nature of urbanisation, climate change, water scarcity, environmental values, globalisation and social justice mean that the models of...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-10-22
Collection :
Future City
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This book analyses how developmental projects in a globalizing Delhi have brought about neglect, exclusion and alienation of certain sections of population, while benefiting others. It discusses the physical, economic and social displacement of people in...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-10-21
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This volume focuses on the specific relationship between the institutional impunity, lack of public safety and public space in failing to prevent organized sexual murder. The murder of women on the U.S.-Mexican border is a complex phenomenon with multiple geographic,...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-10-21
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Exploring the nexus of American Studies and the Medical Humanities, this book examines the interdisciplinary interfaces between disease and American cultures and literatures. It traces the appropriation of yellow fever to legitimize the young nation and its embeddedness...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-10-21
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Antonio Piazza verfasste sein Erzählwerk in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts. Die Kommunikationsstrategien der weit verbreiteten Moralischen Periodika waren ihm aus seiner eigenen journalistischen Tätigkeit geläufig. Wie sehr die Moralblätter für den...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-10-21
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