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The fractious and disorganized governmental response to the coronavirus pandemic in the United States prompted many observers to ask why the country ? which had the knowledge, resources, and plans to deal with such an event ? was caught so unprepared when the crisis...
Editeur :
Polity
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2024-07-09
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The 2020 global pandemic further underscored the need for justice and visibility for Black women. Despite occurring over two months earlier, the tragedy surrounding the killing of unarmed Breonna Taylor at the hands of police seemingly went unnoticed until the murder of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-07-08
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Im Eigenheim zu wohnen ist nach wie vor der meistgenannte Wohnwunsch in Deutschland, die aktuelle Politik und die Baulandnachfrage sind eindeutige Indizien hierfür. Zugleich sind Einfamilienhausgebiete als Siedlungstyp unspektakulär, als gesellschaftlicher Ort terra...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2024-07-08
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Aus Beiträgen der Ringvorlesung „Die Welt retten!? Ein kritisch-interdiszi-plinärer Blick auf die Nachhaltigen Entwicklungsziele der Vereinten Nationen (SDGs)“ sowie der 17. Entwicklungspolitischen Hochschulwochen „Reduce Inequalities. Global denken, nachhaltig...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2024-07-08
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A key feature of those who work for the state, in the legal system and in public services is that they claim to be putting their own personal interests aside and working in a disinterested fashion, for the public good. But is disinterested behaviour possible? Can law be...
Editeur :
Polity
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2024-07-04
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This book offers insight into the most important scientific society on urban morphology worldwide: the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). After addressing the three-decade history of ISUF, the book analyses the present and future of this scientific society, of...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-07-03
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In this poetical-philosophical manifesto, Gerald Raunig develops a materialist philosophy of multiplicity. On the basis of seventeen conceptual innovations – from windy kin to transversal intellect, from dissemblage to technecologies, from minor masculinity to...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-07-02
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Theory Redux
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This book contains a collection of chapters about the Jewish family across different parts of the world, with contributions representing Africa (Ivory Coast and Ethiopia), Latin America, Australia, Europe (Germany), Russia, Israel, Canada, Indian families in Canada, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-07-01
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Der Krieg in der Ukraine hält die Welt in Atem. Die aktuelle Berichterstattung ist emotionalisiert und beschränkt sich weitgehend auf die militärischen Entwicklungen des Kriegsverlaufs. Beiträge der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung wurden und werden in der aktuellen...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-07-01
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Beats Not Beatings: The Rise of Hip Hop Criminology is a powerful radical intersectional scholarly-activist collection of liberation-based articles by "Mic" Crenshaw, Chandra Ward, Maurece Graham, Daniel White Hodge, Anthony J. Nocella II, Antonio Quintana, Andrea N....
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-06-30
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This book emphasizes the rising need for people to have a basic understanding of science and technology and the emphatic role they can play in shaping the AI-driven future, especially in terms of creating sustainable societies with growing job opportunities.This book...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-06-30
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This open access novel uses fantasy and romance to pique readers' interest in understanding how AI technologies can be used for social justice across very different political and social terrains. Can you truly reach out to somebody who is in every aspect the direct...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-06-29
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This book provides a multi-disciplinary exploration of gender, public health, and disease with a focus on urban areas impacted by climate change. In three sections, global case studies are provided that analyze health risk management strategies in vulnerable populations...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-06-28
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Informed by urban political economy and critical social analysis, this book provides a critical comparative analysis of macro- and micro-level spatial design processes in architecture and urban planning. It interrogates the extent to which past and existing...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-06-27
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This book presents new perspectives on gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. It argues that violence against women is a manifestation of unequal gender relations and harmful manifestations of hegemonic masculinity, which are governed by patriarchal beliefs,...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-06-27
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Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2024-06-27
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This book investigates the recent history of the drug market on the dark web and suggests interventions that can be used to curb the trade of illegal products in the internet's underbelly. It outlines the current landscape of this market, highlighting:
• What is known...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-06-26
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This book explores and sheds light on the contemporary discourse between science and religion. Employing the methodological approach of modern science, Overcoming Reductionism aims to explain natural phenomena not in isolation from philosophical or theological...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-06-26
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This book, by noted German sociologist Wilhelm Heitmeyer, analyses capitalist development in Western Europe, with a focus on Germany, since the 1990s and its consequences for open society and liberal democracy. Following Heitmeyer’s long-term interest in extremism, this...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-06-25
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This book informs social work students about the context and potential for burnout in their field experience, their first work with clients, and equips them to recognize, prevent, and address it. With its emphasis on role ambiguity and self-care based on current...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-06-24
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