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This book investigates the emerging phenomenon of the self as it exists in the online world. It argues for an externalist conception of self and identity, one that does not depend on the continuity of consciousness of the subject. It also offers an analysis of...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-07-27
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This book examines a range of practical developments that are happening in education as conducted in urban settings across different scales. It contains insights that draw upon the fields of urban planning/urbanism, geography, architecture, education and pedagogy. It...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-07-26
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This book presents the legal institutions involved in cultural heritage protection from a Polish point of view. Its authors set out the legal framework of cultural management in the context of private and public law. They analyse the Anglo-Saxon concept of trusts,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-07-22
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Beijing’s urban structure in the 20th century, analyzing essential social and economic changes in the housing sector. Focusing on the urban changes that took place under the market economy after 1978 and...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-07-20
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This essential reference guide to strategies and solutions for urban planning in hot arid environments reflects the journey toward many cities, towns and villages in Iran, which are documented and presented in the form of case studies and comparative analysis. It is the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-20
Collection :
The Urban Book Series
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This book presents up-to-date information about museums and museology in present-day Asia, focusing on Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Asian countries today have developed or are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-20
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This book explores expertise relevant for two working groups of NeDiMAH, a European Science Foundation (ESF) funded Research Networking Programme. It examines mapping methods, procedures, tools, criticism, awareness, challenges and solutions around the concepts of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-19
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What is the role of religion(s) in a human rights culture and in human rights education?
How do human rights and religion relate in the context of public education?
And what can religious education at public schools contribute to human rights education?
These are the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-15
Collection :
Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights
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This book examines Religious Education (RE) in over ten countries, including Australia, Indonesia, Mali, Russia, UK, Ireland, USA, and Canada. Investigating RE from a global and multi-interdisciplinary perspective, it presents research on the diverse past, present, and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-15
Collection :
Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies
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This book studies the historical changes of the cityscape of Nanjing from the point of view of geographical systems. Nanjing is a city located along the Yangtze River, originated 2500 years ago, after which ten dynasties established their capital dependent on the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-15
Collection :
Springer Geography
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This book discusses Asia’s rapid pace of urbanization, with a particular focus on new spaces created by and for everyday religiosity. The essays in this volume – covering topics from the global metropolises of Singapore, Bangalore, Seoul, Beijing, and Hong Kong to the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-15
Collection :
ARI - Springer Asia Series
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The Handbook of Religion and Society is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of a vital force in the world today. It is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and other professionals seeking to understand the role of religion in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-15
Collection :
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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How did it feel to be faced with the prospect of being branded, pressed to death or boiled alive in oil? In this classic account of the history of torture, Geoffrey Abbott guides us through some of the worst torture methods known to man, from chilli powder punishment to...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2016-07-14
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The SAGE Handbook of Global Policing examines and critically retraces the field of policing studies by posing and exploring a series of fundamental questions to do with the concept and institutions of policing and their relation to social and political life in today's...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-07-14
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Within the most recent discussion on smart cities and the way this vision is affecting urban changes and dynamics, this book explores the interplay between planning and design both at the level of the design and planning domains’ theories and practices.Urban...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-13
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Social work in the 21st century is facing great change and upheaval in a period of Government austerity measures. From worsening pay rates to limited resources, these are increasingly challenging times in which social workers practice. It is therefore important that...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-07-12
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"An excellent primer on what it means to live digitally. It should be required reading for adults trying to understand the next generation." -- Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital The first generation of children who were born into and raised in the digital...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2016-07-12
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For a long time, resource conservationists have viewed environmental conservation as synonymous with wilderness and wildlife resources only, oblivious to the contributions made by cultural and heritage resources. However, cultural heritage resources in many parts of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-11
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Survey Methodology is becoming a more structured
field of research, deserving of more and more academic attention. The
SAGE Handbook ofSurvey Methodology explores both
the increasingly scientific endeavour of surveys and their growing complexity,
as different data...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-07-11
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This book is devoted to the study
of the interplay
between religious rules and State law. It explores
how State recognition of religious rules can affect the degree of legal
diversity that is available to citizens and why such recognition sometime
results in more...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-07
Collection :
Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
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