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This book presents the first scientific outcomes of a project aimed at scrutinizing the forms and meanings of exhibition systems from the perspective of display. Due to its inherently cross-disciplinary nature, the display device is a negotiation ground resistant to a...
Editeur :
Hermann
Parution :
2024-11-27
Collection :
HORS COLLECTION
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This book focuses on how to provide social work services for elderly people living in poverty. Divided into eight chapters, the book first outlines the scale, characteristics, and causes of poverty among elderly people and discusses the significance of social work in...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-11-27
Collection :
Poverty-Alleviation and Social Work in China
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This book examines the intersection between Indian cinema (across geographic regions, languages and formats) and human rights. It analyzes Indian cinema from multiple human rights perspectives, such as freedom of expression and censorship, socio-economic rights, caste...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-11-26
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Der schwerste islamistische Anschlag in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik – der Anschlag auf den Berliner Breitscheidplatz – hat eine Besonderheit: verschiedene Polizeien ermittelten über Monate gegen den späteren Täter, stellten ihre Ermittlungen dann aber Monate vor...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-11-26
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In this book, anthropologist and geologist Christoph Antweiler shows that geology is a special, namely historical, natural science and is therefore relevant for a historically informed anthropology. He argues that we do not only need a geologically informed cultural...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-11-25
Collection :
Anthropocene – Humanities and Social Sciences
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«Jenkins’ meticulously researched essay will change how you think about UFOs. The interesting question is not whether flying saucers are real or fake, but rather, in what sociotechnical world were such sightings plausible? A fascinating exploration of military...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-11-25
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The most prosperous company in Mexico is not in the top 10 Aztec companies and is not even listed in the legal commercial register. It is a consortium of drug cartels that floods the world market with illicit products, from cocaine to heroin and synthetic drugs, and...
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Max Milo Editions
Parution :
2024-11-25
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This book proposes a broad synthesis of the state of the art regarding the debate on the phenomenon of Emergence. Discussing from a theoretical and a theological perspective, it aims to propose a new interpretation, according to the theological and metaphysical...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-11-23
Collection :
New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion
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This book provides an analysis of the evolving BDSM scene in Central Europe, with an emphasis on selected post-communist countries. It explores how the region’s communist past delayed the development of BDSM communities and public discourse compared to Western...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-11-23
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There are currently over eight billion people on Earth: how did we arrive at the current distribution of humans on the planet? What shape is it taking, and how will it evolve? This book proposes an original answer to this, which is based on the explicit desire to place...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2024-11-22
Collection :
ISTE Consignment
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This open access book focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being, happiness and quality of life, taking into account the mediating effects of social inequalities. The volume brings together and into dialogue the different experiences and perspectives...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-11-21
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Großsein ist großartig. Körpergröße ist ungeheuer wichtig. Wer groß ist, erscheint kompetent, verdient mehr Geld, nimmt bevorzugte Positionen in der Gesellschaft ein. Wer auf andere herabschauen kann, wirkt nicht nur auf seine Mitmenschen dominant, sondern ist zu allem...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-11-21
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Facing the reality of the social transformation in contemporary China, this book analyzes the structure, nature and influence of social classes in contemporary China based on the new development of the theoretical paradigm of class analysis at home and abroad, and the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-11-19
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The book provides deep insights into heritage politics in Myanmar on the basis of the conservation history of Bagan and its entanglement in national politics. It particularly investigates the heritage practice of the dictatorial regime that ruled Myanmar from 1988 to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-11-18
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This book analyzes how the use of digital media by young children can affect their development. Children are starting to use digital media at an earlier age and this use is increasing. With the adoption of technology moving so quickly, research in the area also needs to...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-11-18
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While there has been a wealth of research and conversation about the role of racism in shaping our social, political and economic structures, antiracism – its highly publicized counterpart – has been very little studied, discussed or debated. Veteran race scholar John...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-11-18
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The digital communication technologies that emerged at the turn of the century have profoundly disrupted long-practiced norms of nearly every media industry. In particular, internet distribution has fundamentally changed the foundation of the media industry to enable...
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Polity
Parution :
2024-11-18
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This new book by Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre is a highly original analysis of the two key processes that shape the contemporary public sphere. On the one hand, there are the processes of news provision which select out a range of facts and events and bring them to...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-11-18
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This book explores the growing body of research associated with police legitimacy. It reports on a systematic review to trace, evaluate, and synthesize all the results of published police procedural justice training tests. Further, the volume explores, for the first...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-11-18
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This book presents cutting-edge methods and findings that are expected to contribute to significant advances in the areas of communication design, fashion design, interior design and product design, as well as musicology and other related areas. It especially focuses on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-11-17
Collection :
Springer Series in Design and Innovation
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