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Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income...
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Springer
Parution :
2007-10-06
Collection :
International Studies in Population
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"John Tomlinson's book is an invitation to an adventure. It contains a precious key to unlock the doors into the unmapped and unexplored cultural and ethical condition of 'immediacy'. Without this key concept from now on it will not be possible to make sense of the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-09-27
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The use of ethnographic research - social research based on the observation of individuals or institutions where the researcher becomes part of the group or very close to the group to better understand their actions - is becoming more and more of a prevalent methodology...
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Springer
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2007-09-20
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'This is a well written, thought provoking, and highly challenging book for anyone who claims to be a criminologist or for whom crime is of central concern. It should be required reading on all undergraduate and post-graduate criminology courses. A truly innovative take...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-09-18
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In today’s world, there seems to be no corner of the world that has not been affected by globalization – for good and for bad. While the world becomes more hegemonized socially and culturally, local communities are fighting to preserve their way of life as part of their...
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Springer
Parution :
2007-09-12
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Why is the stereotypical image of the bride before her wedding day that of a stressed, moody, indecisive, and frustrated woman cracking under pressure and snapping at everyone in sight?Why does being a bride feel like going through a second adolescence? And why, with...
Editeur :
Balance
Parution :
2007-09-10
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Although both demography and gender relations have been the focus of research for quite some time, the intersection of gender studies and demographic analysis is a more recent phenomenon. Fortunately, gender aspects of dem- raphy and demographic aspects of gender are...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-09-06
Collection :
The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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The adviser to Senator Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, and President Bill Clinton proves that small is big by identifying 75 hidden-in-plain-sight trends that are moving America, revealing that the nation is no longer a melting pot but a collection of communities with many...
Editeur :
Twelve
Parution :
2007-09-05
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A well-developed appreciation of emotions is absolutely essential for sociology because no action can occur in a society without emotional involvement. Jack Barbalet (2002:2) Why we engage in what we do is a consuming passion of our existence. Motivations are searched...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-09-04
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The insightful essays in this book shine a new light on the roles of women within criminal networks, roles that in reality are often less traditional than researchers used to think.The book seeks to answer questions from a wide range of academic disciplines and traces...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-09-04
Collection :
Studies of Organized Crime
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Doherty provides detailed information on the outrageous festival---its inception, history, growth, and players--for the hundreds of thousands who have attended, as well as those who only wish they had.
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2007-09-03
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Philanthropy has been around for thousands of years but the study of philanthropic organizations and their role in a civil society is still recent. Most of the research focuses on organizations and institutions in developed market economies, in particular the United...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-08-29
Collection :
Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
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This Print On Demand book will be sent within 3 weeks (metropolitan France) and in a separate package if you order another paperback book.Cet ouvrage en impression à la demande sera envoyé sous 3 semaines environ (France métropolitaine) et dans un colis séparé en cas de...
Editeur :
QUAE
Parution :
2007-08-28
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'Tony Bryant and Kathy Charmaz are the perfect editors for this excellent and forward looking Handbook which is surely destined to be a classic'
- David Silverman, Professor Emeritus, Goldsmiths College
For anyone interested in grounded theory this is a must have...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-08-23
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The Amerindian (American Indian or Native American – reference to both North and South America) practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies has long intrigued both the research community as well as the public. As a subject that is both controversial...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-08-21
Collection :
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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In 2004, the discipline of sociology celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Sociological Association.In 2005, the Section on Medical Sociology celebrated 50 years since the formation of the Committee on Medical Sociology within the ASA. And, in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-08-19
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In the large body of literature produced during the last fifteen years on the transformation of Eastern European societies after the fall of communism, studies investigating changes in urban form and structure have been quite rare. Yet a profound reorganization of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-08-13
Collection :
GeoJournal Library
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Crime prevention should be rational and should be based on the best possible evidence. Decision-makers should weigh heavily any available evidence on what works best. How can a program that has produced no discernable evidence of effectiveness, as shown through numerous...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-08-09
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Over the last 100 years, perhaps no segment of the American population has been more analyzed than black males. The subject of myriad studies and dozens of government boards and commissions, black men have been variously depicted as the progenitors of pop culture and...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2007-08-07
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There are a number of reasons why this book is important. First, there is no one source that summarizes what we know about the prevention of substance abuse from the research field, so the book serves as a repository of accumulated knowledge on prevention theory,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-08-06
Collection :
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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