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Immigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-12
Collection :
Immigration and Society
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25,00€
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This book demonstrates the pivotal role played by state confines in the geography of Balkan countries through powerful GIS and remote sensing analyses. It provides unique mapping perspectives on the Balkan region, with over 140 illustrations. The book is dedicated...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-09-10
Collection :
Springer Geography
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This book portrays the Himalayan-born River Saraswati, a legendary river that was the lifeline of a progressive and vibrant society for more than three thousand years. Written in simple language and richly illustrated, it highlights the events that resulted in the...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-09-10
Collection :
Society of Earth Scientists Series
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Breaking away from the idea that sociology only ever elaborates the negative, Sociology for Optimists shows that sociology can provide hope in dealing with social issues through critical approaches that acknowledge the positive.
From politics and inequality to nature...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-09-10
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This book is about ethnic diversity in voluntary organizations and seeks to explain whether intergroup contact contributes to the development of generalized trust. It relies on a novel multilevel design and data from Amsterdam in which 40 voluntary organizations and 463...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-09-09
Collection :
IMISCOE Research Series
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Comment appréhender les phénomènes reliant faits de nature et faits de société qui constituent la majeure partie des problèmes critiques et irrésolus contemporains ?Comment dépasser le grand partage fondateur de la modernité et surmonter la division du travail...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2016-09-09
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This collection is a great contribution to the field of violence and security studies. It presents six comparative, cross-regional analyses of violence and security, with both theoretical contributions and empirical researches conducted in Mexico, Morocco, Colombia,...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2016-09-09
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Der Sammelband vereint Beiträge, die im Rahmen der Vorlesungsreihe «Afrika: Radikal neu denken?» an der Freien Universität Berlin entstanden sind. Sie fragen nach den Pfaden, die Afrikaner_innen heute jenseits der anscheinend allgemein gültigen Konventionen beschreiten...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-09-08
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'Leo Ruickbie's impeccably-written The Impossible Zoo is a menagerie like no other, as its exotic inhabitants are fabulous in every sense of the word. So for anyone who has ever wished that dragons and unicorns were real, for anyone who believes that they are, and for...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2016-09-08
ePub
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With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote 'self-knowledge through numbers'. In this groundbreaking book...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-07
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This book directly addresses the multiplicity and complexity of narrative research by illustrating a variety of avenues to pursuing and publishing research that falls under the umbrella of narrative work. The chapters are drawn from a wide range of disciplines including...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-07
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In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is hardly a more urgent task than understanding how humans can learn to live alongside one another. This fascinating book shows...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-07
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Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-06
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese advertising as an industry, a discourse and profession in China’s search for modernity and cultural globalization. It compares and contrasts the advertising practices of Chinese advertising agencies and foreign...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-06
Collection :
China Today
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Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future. But what exactly is the future? It remains a mystery ? perhaps the greatest mystery,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-06
ePub
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20,40€
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When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better-but it is always more tiring In Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age ten, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2016-09-06
ePub
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This book explores different aspects of LA-ICP-MS (laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry). It presents a large array of new analytical protocols for elemental or isotope analysis. LA-ICP-MS is a powerful tool that combines a sampling device able to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-05
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The aim of this volume is to explore entrepreneurship and business from the perspective of Islamic principles, which are usually based on collaboration, teamwork, generosity and altruism. The contributions deal with the confluence of Islamic Principles with...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-02
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This book examines the changes in the governance of human expression as a result of the development of the Internet. It tells the story of the emergence of a global regime that almost completely lacks institutions, and develops a concept of ‘expression governance’ that...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-02
Collection :
Law, Governance and Technology Series
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The images of migrants and refugees arriving in precarious boats on the shores of southern Europe, and of the makeshift camps that have sprung up in Lesbos, Lampedusa, Calais and elsewhere, have become familiar sights on television screens around the world. But what do...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-02
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