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Key Thinkers on Cities provides an engaging introduction to the dynamic intellectual field of urban studies. It profiles the work of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way cities around...
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We experience violence all our lives, from that very first scream of birth. It has been industrialized and domesticated. Our culture has not become totally accustomed to violence, but accustomed enough. Perhaps more than enough. Geographies of Violence is a...
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Archives are the documentary memory of each society and so they become one of the pillars of its identity. Its destruction is sometimes accidental, but it is often deliberate in order to remove the ties with the past. The new times that revolutions attempt to reach...
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Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity and financial abuse. Drawing on evidence and contemporary examples from practice this book will help readers understand the new...
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This very practical book will support students to meet the requirements of the compulsory Readiness for Direct Practice assessment. Useful for social work students and lecturers alike, it takes each of the 9 domains that students are tested on, breaks them down step-by...
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The photographer Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992) was one of the most significant Italian artists of the late twentieth century. This volume – the first scholarly book-length publication on Ghirri to appear in English – introduces his photographic and critical work to a broader...
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Women’s emancipation in Uganda is one of the most successful ventures an African country has ever undertaken. The reality of its success, however, remains a challenge in a society with a long-held structure of patriarchy and institutional, cultural beliefs.
After a...
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Renowned author Ulrike Schuerkens presents an in-depth exploration of social transformations and developments. Combining an international approach with up-to-date research, the book: Has dedicated chapters on contemporary topics including technology, new media,...
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The last two decades have been an exciting and richly productive period for debate and academic research on the city. The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies offers comprehensive coverage of this modern re-thinking of urban theory, both gathering together the best of...
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This collection of new writing on contemporary Greek cinema builds and expands on existing work in the field, providing a coherent analysis of films which, despite their international importance, have so far received limited critical attention. The volume maps key...
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How can we lay the foundation for a more just and peaceful world?How can we prevent communications from fracturing and societies from tearing themselves apart?How should we prioritise economic, social and cultural demands for resources and opportunities? This book...
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The Aesthetic Revolution in Germany refutes the stereotypical image of Germany as the country of romantic but unworldly poets and thinkers. In 1750, an aesthetic revolution takes place in Germany, at the beginning of which stands J.J. Winckelmann.The romantic movement...
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Dieses Buch geht der Frage nach, welche sozialökonomische Stellung Frauen und Kinder in der patriarchalisch geprägten Ständeordnung in Russland und in der traditionell geprägten schweizerischen Gesellschaft am Ende des 19. und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts innehatten....
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Das Buch erforscht den Präteritums- und Perfektgebrauch in der Fremdsprache Deutsch. Zu diesem Zweck wurden zwei neue Korpora erhoben, die aus schriftlichen Erzählungen deutscher und griechischer Lernender bestehen. Auf Grundlage einer Lernerspachenanalyse konnte...
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Sei es in Verhandlungen, Besprechungen oder nur beim Plausch mit Kollegen - wünschten Sie nicht manchmal, Sie könnten die Gedanken Ihres Gegenüber erahnen? Wenn Sie lernen Körpersprache zu lesen, zu verstehen und gezielt anzuwenden können Sie nicht nur die...
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This book examines the connection between food and identity in the Nigerian diaspora community in Belgium. Encounters between people from different cultures do not lead to a simple adaptation of the diet, but usually give rise to some kind of fusion of new and...
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Vulnerability reins our time. People know that their world is changing in ways that they cannot foresee. Communities disintegrate and boundaries lose their relevance. Drawing on the concept of vulnerability as an affective relation individuals hold with their world and...
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Questions of privacy are critical to the study of contemporary media and society. When we’re more and more connected to devices and to content, it’s increasingly important to understand how information about ourselves is being collected, transmitted, processed, and...
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Written by a leading sociologist of Scotland, this ground-breaking new introduction is a comprehensive account of the social, political, economic and cultural processes at work in contemporary Scottish society.
At a time of major uncertainty and transformation The New...
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Computerspiele wie «Dragon Age: Inquisition», «Guild Wars 2» oder «Star Wars: The Old Republic» versprechen ihrem Publikum großartige, nachgerade «epische» Inhalte. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie sie das erreichen und welche Rolle dabei der Rezeption deutschsprachiger Epik des...
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