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The last hundred years have witnessed the ongoing decline of Europe’s population and the explosion of Africa’s, major changes in migratory flows, significant variations in fertility levels across different countries and ethnic groups and the dizzying growth of large...
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Polity
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2026-01-19
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Geography encompasses knowledge, provides skills, and creates unique opportunities that help us understand and engage with the changes happening in the world. The consolidation of territorial dynamics rooted in the past, along with the "shrinking" of time and space due...
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Springer
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2026-01-17
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This is an Open access Book. In this report, the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) examines how the changing media system influences Dutch democracy. The ability of the media to fulfil their democratic functions is under threat. Analyses show...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-16
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Afrika ist mehr als Krisen und Klischees. Mit persönlichen Erfahrungen aus über 300 Reisen zeigt Stefan Liebing, wo der Kontinent zwischen großen Herausforderungen und enormem Potenzial steht. Er erklärt, warumAfrika für Themen wie Klima,...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-16
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This book offers a novel approach to the new science of conservation biogeography by examining the role of this science and its integration with social science research in advancing new knowledge about sustainable environmental management. It offers a new perspective...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-16
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The Sage Handbook of Chinese Digital Media and Communication is the first comprehensive reference work dedicated to the fast-evolving field of digital media and communication in China. Marking three decades since China’s official connection to the internet, this...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2026-01-15
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The Sage Handbook of Urbanization in China is a pioneering handbook that reframes our understanding of China's extraordinary urban transformation—a demographic shift of unprecedented scale and speed that has seen two-thirds of its population becoming urban dwellers....
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2026-01-15
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Their names are Mohamed, Samira, sometimes Matthieu or Sophie. They were born and bred in France and are highly qualified, but they have decided to go and live in London or New York, Montreal or Brussels, Geneva or Dubai. Many were discriminated against on the French...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-01-15
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The volume canvases women’s health and rights by highlighting impacts of migration, intersectionality, structural barriers, and emerging digital world.The book offers data-driven insights, policy recommendations, and innovative strategies to achieve sustainable...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-01-14
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This volume sheds light on the complex global landscape of democracy weakening and autocracy strengthening, along with their profound impact on the response to the climate crisis. The book is divided into three sections and adopts a multidisciplinary...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-13
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This open-access book highlights recent setbacks that threaten women’s human rights and positions achieved through feminist activism and commitment in academia and civil society. Almost three decades after the Beijing Conference and the Platform for Action, this book...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-13
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This open access book offers a unique and timely investigation of the multifaceted relationship between migration and European cities. Its chapters critically examine the historical, economic, socio-spatial, cultural and policy–political dimensions of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-01-10
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This book examines our understanding of the ways in which we produce and consume archaeological knowledge and proposes that this should play a greater role in our attempts to describe and comprehend the nature and purpose of archaeology, and the nature of archaeological...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-01-09
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This book demonstrates the multi-disciplinary nature of the contemporary fashion industry. Edited and authored by leading scholars and industry experts, this comprehensive volume explores how ethnicity influences every facet of fashion—from design and production to...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-09
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Hartmut Rosa is a leading social theorist whose books on social acceleration and resonance have become milestones in discussions about the problems and promises of late modern societies. Rosa not only presents a critical diagnosis of our times but also searches for...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-01-09
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In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the community – and the 50 years since in which activists and ordinary...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2026-01-08
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This book examines the modalities of learning and development of older persons. It calls upon theoretical perspectives that conceptualise people both in their unicity and in their cultural and historical inscriptions – here, mainly, sociocultural psychology and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-01-07
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This book provides an in-depth exploration of women's resilience, leadership and empowerment through Indigenous knowledge and their crucial roles in various socio-cultural contexts across the world. It challenges the conventional narrative, highlighting the strength and...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-07
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The book underscores the importance of integrating a gender perspective into judicial systems worldwide, revealing how gender sensitivity enhances the legitimacy, equity, and efficacy of the judicial process.
The judiciary serves as a cornerstone of democratic...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-06
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A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice | From the Pulitzer-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Nazis Next Door A deeply reported exploration of the violent resurgence of hatred and white supremacy through the lens of Orange County,...
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Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2026-01-06
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