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The role of women in Islamic societies, not to mention in the religion itself, is a defining issue. It is also one that remains resistant to universal dogma, with a wide range of responses to women’s social roles across the Islamic world. Reflecting this heterogeneity,...
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Springer
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2012-06-12
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The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening. Features new research data in most of the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-06-12
Collection :
Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
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Why is it important to take a critical approach to your work? And what are the consequences if your critical voice is suppressed? These are the questions that lie at the heart of Disenfranchisement, which focuses on the deteriorating possibilities for a group of...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-12
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Public policy and management problems have been described as poorly defined, messy, squishy, unstructured, intractable, and wicked. In a word, they are complex. This book illustrates the development and use of simulation models designed to capture some of the complexity...
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Springer
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2012-06-12
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As institutional religiosity loosens its hold, different modes of spirituality are on the rise. The essays in this volume, based on papers delivered at the ‘Religious Experience: North and South’ international symposium convened at the University of Helsinki in 2010,...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-12
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Les « lieux de mémoire » lancés par Pierre Nora dans les années 1980 ont connu un grand succès dans différentes historiographies européennes. Le présent ouvrage veut faire sortir ce concept du cadre national dans lequel il reste encore trop souvent enfermé. Ce...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2012-06-11
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Society is complicated. But this book argues that this does not place it beyond the reach of a science that can help to explain and perhaps even to predict social behaviour. As a system made up of many interacting agents – people, groups, institutions and governments,...
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Springer
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2012-06-09
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In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result takes the...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2012-06-07
Collection :
Brief Histories
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In Nepal wirken heute, in der vorerst konsolidierten politischen Lage nach dem Bürgerkrieg, wieder zahlreiche japanische Akteure der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Jahrzehntelang waren staatliche ODA-Hilfsleistungen ein singuläres Instrument japanischer Außenpolitik. Diese...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-06
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In this moving guide, a gay man shares his personal journey of letting go of shame and moving forward with self-compassion and healing. Even though an entire generation of men have openly and freely come out of the closet, gay men still struggle with self-acceptance....
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Legacy Lit
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2012-06-05
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A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do about it largely begins and ends with...
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PublicAffairs
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2012-06-05
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The meso-level realm of social reality is structured by corporate and categoric units, along with their respective cultures. Unlike the macro and micro realms of social reality, the meso-level does not reveal its own unique forces. Rather, the dynamics of...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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Die tief greifenden sozialen und ökonomischen Veränderungen der europäischen Gegenwartsgesellschaften werfen verstärkt die Frage nach der Rolle der Sozialen Arbeit «in» der Gesellschaft und dem Verhältnis Sozialer Arbeit «zu» Gesellschaft auf. Dabei gilt es zu fragen,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-01
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Written by Anne Brown, this AQA AS Sociology Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit 1: Families and Households.This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit, with...
Editeur :
Philip Allan
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2012-06-01
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Aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive wird an Morenga von Uwe Timm untersucht, wie der Autor auf das kulturelle Wissen über Kolonialvergangenheit sowie Selbst- und Fremdbilder einzuwirken versucht. Die Studie arbeitet in einer umfassenden Kontextanalyse heraus, wie...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-05-31
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This volume covers the most important contributions to and discussions at the international symposium Migrations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (1-3, July, University of Vienna), organised by Renée Schroeder and Ruth Wodak which was dedicated to the multiple...
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Springer
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2012-05-26
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This book critically examines the response of the United Nations (UN) to the problem of sexual exploitation in UN Peace Support Operations. It assesses the Secretary-General’s Bulletin on Special Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2003) (SGB) and its...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-05-25
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Refugee research and debate have focused on international agreements, border controls and the legal status of asylum seekers. The lived, daily life of refugees in different phases of their flight has thus been unduly neglected. How have refugees experienced policies of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-05-25
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This volume is the first in a new Springer series to examine one of humanity’s most pressing concerns: global migration and its implications for development. As population mobility grows in an ever more crowded world, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)...
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Springer
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2012-05-23
Collection :
Global Migration Issues
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Providing a unified and comprehensive treatment of the theory and techniques of sub-national population estimation, this much-needed publication does more than collate disparate source material. It examines hitherto unexplored methodological links between differing...
Editeur :
Springer
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2012-05-23
Collection :
The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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