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This book is a theological reflection on the broken state of faith within the Catholic Church in Ireland following more than two decades of revelations about institutional and child sexual abuse and the Church’s now acknowledged failure to respond to the abuse in an...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-15
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This book offers the only synthesis of early-period Marianas archaeology, marking the first human settlement of Remote Oceania about 1500 B.C. In these remote islands of the northwest Pacific Ocean, archaeological discoveries now can define the oldest site contexts,...
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Springer
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2013-07-13
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SpringerBriefs in Archaeology
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Humankind’s progress has always been driven by two momentums: the pursuit of truth and the creation of value. But our understanding of value, and our ability to reflect on its complexity, has long lagged behind our constant search for truth. This has, in turn limited...
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Springer
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2013-07-12
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In the twenty-first century, promotion is everywhere and everything has become promotable: everyday goods and organizations, people and ideas, cultures and futures. This engaging book looks at the rise of advertising, public relations, branding, marketing and lobbying,...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-07-11
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Family Conflict takes a life course approach as it provides an accessible discussion of family conflict issues, processes, and outcomes. Chapters draw on recent theory and research regarding sub-systems and stages in family life to give readers resource-rich overviews...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-07-11
Collection :
Key Themes in Family Communication
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Die 68er-Generation, die einst mit ihren in den Nationalsozialismus verstrickten Eltern abrechnete, wird nun von ihren eigenen Kindern vor Gericht gestellt.Die Studie untersucht ausgewählte Texte von Joachim Bessing, Sophie Dannenberg, Jess Jochimsen, Bettina Röhl,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-11
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It is commonly assumed that the best way to help the poor out of their misery is to allow the rich to get richer, that if the rich pay less taxes then all the rest of us will be better off, and that in the final analysis the richness of the few benefits us all. And yet...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-07-11
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The focus of «Fusion Fashion» is on Orientalism as a sartorial practice, which has to be differentiated from the common knowledge of Orientalism by means of its organization, constitution and reception.The book offers historic as well as systematic perspectives. On the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-10
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Diese Festschrift anlässlich des 70. Geburtstags von Claudia von Werlhof enthält deutsch- und englischsprachige Beiträge von langjährigen FreundInnen, WeggefährtInnen, Geistesverwandten aber auch KritikerInnen der Jubilarin. Sie verdeutlichen, aus welchem...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-10
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This book examines the attitudes of tertiary students in Melanesia and Timor-Leste to national identity and key issues of nation-building. Their views are pivotal to understanding the challenges of building a more cohesive sense of national identity and political...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-09
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This volume rethinks the work of Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) on the centenary of his birth, by presenting an overview of the current debates based on Ellul's insights. As one of the most significant twentieth-century thinkers about technology, Ellul was among the first...
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Springer
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2013-07-08
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The field of Luminescence Dating has reached a level of maturity. Both research and applications from all fields of archaeological science, from archaeological materials to anthropology and geoarchaeology, now routinely employ luminescence dating.The advent of optically...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-07-05
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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Colonization has imposed drastic changes on indigenous societies in North America. This process has reverberated through cultural conceptions and constructions of social roles, particularly affecting the roles of elders and the old. This book charts these changes by...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-04
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Trauma and Resilience in American Indian and African American Southern History explores the dual process of a refusal to remember, that is, the force of active forgetting, and the multiple ways in which Native Americans and African Americans have kept alive memories of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-07-03
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A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism offers a ground-breaking combined discussion of the concepts of diaspora and transnationalism. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars provide interdisciplinary perspectives that link together the concepts in new and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-07-03
Collection :
Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
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This book showcases some of the papers presented at the 9th Annual ESPAnet Conference «Sustainability and Transformation in European Social Policy», held in Valencia, Spain from the 8th to 10th of September 2011. The selected papers present a double perspective within...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-03
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In 2012, the ERASMUS programme celebrated its 25th anniversary. As one of the best-known initiatives of the EU, it has already enabled almost three million students to spend a part of their studies abroad. But ERASMUS is more than just a simple academic exchange...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-03
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"A groundbreaking exploration of bisexual politics by a revolutionary thinker" (Publishers Weekly) provides the missing piece of the puzzle for readers who identify as bisexual Depicted as duplicitous, traitorous, and promiscuous, bisexuality has long been suspected,...
Editeur :
Seal Press
Parution :
2013-07-02
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Spätestens seit dem ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert sind Nationen bestimmende Faktoren der europäischen Geschichte. Trotz aller Tendenzen zur Bildung suprastaatlicher Organisationen gilt dies bis in unsere Gegenwart. Die Weiterentwicklung und Neubildung von Nationen geht...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-02
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Time has become an increasingly important topic in urban studies and urban planning. The spatial-temporal interplay is not only of relevance for the theory of urban development and urban politics, but also for urban planning and governance. The space-time approach...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-07-01
Collection :
Urban and Landscape Perspectives
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