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There is a clear and pressing need for collective action to develop alternative approaches to the way we organize our activities. This necessity implies the development of a robust theory that outlines a potential, attainable, and desirable future, which is embedded in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2025-03-13
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This book was the winner of the 2022 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Media & Communication.
Thailand, the "land of smiles," is often seen as a "gay paradise." But how does Thai culture understand sexuality?This book moves beyond Western frameworks to explore...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2025-03-13
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Theological Hermeneutics and Daly's verification process offers an original overview of Mary Daly’s inputs to the theological hermeneutics from the feminist perspective. In the context of multiple theological methodologies and a growing interest for gender and feminist...
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Springer
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2025-03-12
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The long history of how restricting access to abortion has been used to curtail women’s advancement Attitudes about abortion cycle between long periods of widespread tolerance, to repression, and back again. What accounts for these pendulum swings? From ancient...
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Seal Press
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2025-03-11
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An investigation that shows how the most ambitious figures in the Democratic Party want to transform the rest of America into the progressive dystopia that is California. Take a close look at today’s Democratic Party power brokers and you’ll quickly realize...
Editeur :
Center Street
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2025-03-11
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This book presents a critical vision of the role of architecture and design in constantly changing cities, territories and societies from a Latin American perspective. Topics include, pandemic and post-pandemic; public culture and aesthetics; right to housing, city and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-11
Collection :
Springer Geography
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The open access volume stems from a conference held during the Indian G20 Presidency in New Delhi on 28-29 July 2023, featuring 40 leading experts from 14 countries across the world. It addresses issues, such as climate adaptation, global health, technology, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-03-07
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Accusations of racism by both the progressive left and populist right have become increasingly politicized in this age of rupture. Rethinking Racism captures this moment and movement, in which the concept of racism is evolving in response to shifting discourses and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2025-03-07
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A pioneering sociological exploration of boredom as a culturally- and socially-dependent emotion Does boredom have a history? What can hunter-gatherers teach us about boredom? Is boredom experienced differently by those in different socio-economic classes? Is boredom a...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2025-03-07
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This book presents a collection of research papers and case studies from leading experts in the field.This proceedings book explores innovative approaches to addressing environmental challenges in urban settings through the integration of technology and sustainability....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-06
Collection :
Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
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This open access edited volume addresses the multi-layered relations between migration, transnational flows, and the contested meanings of race in Asia. It tries to answer the following questions: how do migration and transnational flows from the Western world impact...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-06
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The volume examines urbanization and migration trends and their patterns in the light of India's emerging urban policy, planning and governance perspectives. It sheds light on the differences in urbanization between developed and less developed parts of the world, with...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-03-06
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Abrechnung – ein Begriff, der einen schonungslosen Blick erwarten lässt. Als Leitgedanke soll in diesem Buch eher mit dem Begriff gespielt werden. Der kalkulatorische Blick nimmt, wenn es um die Erklärung unseres Verhaltens geht, eine wichtige Rolle ein: Was bringt es?...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-06
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An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times–bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America, from “one of our country’s greatest historians” (Clint...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2025-03-04
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A fun and fascinating social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which from the 1910s to the 1960s, trained women for executive secretary positions but surreptitiously was instilling the self-confidence and strategic know-how necessary for them to claim...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
Parution :
2025-03-04
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This book examines the role of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) in public and scholarly discussions of the meaning of the Anthropocene proposal. The status of the Anthropocene, both as a geoscientific concept and as a cultural concept becoming increasingly familiar...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-03
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This open access edited volume focuses on fairness issues concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for social service provision in national welfare systems. With this, it touches upon important questions in the innovation agenda of countries across continents...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-03
Collection :
Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Society
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This volume explores contemporary caste dynamics in India, combining theoretical insights with rich empirical evidence. It offers an insightful examination of how caste practices, particularly concerning marginalized communities or Dalits, have transformed over the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-02
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Using the theoretical framework of new economic geography and the research methods of GIS and econometrics, this book analyzes the impact of high-speed railway development on China's economic distribution, population mobility and regional integration. The development of...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-03-02
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This volume takes a global perspective on intersectionality embodied by Muslim women. It addresses questions such as balancing multiple identities, lived experiences and complex realities, and the role of faith in social roles. The chapters debunk the idea of Islam or...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-02-28
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