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Demokratie ist das am weitesten verbreitete gesellschaftspolitische Modell in der Welt, und es wird lebhaft darüber diskutiert. Wir leben mit allerlei Vorstellungen von dem, wasDemokratie ist oder sein könnte, und vieles davon ist mythisch verklärt. Wir glauben zu...
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Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten die vielschichtigen Verflechtungen des Mythos Stadt mit (kultur)hegemonialen, ideologischen, städteplanerischen, ökonomischen oder subjektiven Interessen. Sie decken die Konstruktionsebenen ausgewählter literarischer, philosophischer,...
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Dieses Buch liefert neue Erkenntnisse im Bereich der Grundlagenforschung zu Migration und Stadt und zeigt innovative Methoden der Stadtforschung am Beispiel senegalesischer Migranten in Bozen auf. Die Improvisationen dieser Menschen schaffen Öffnungen für neue urbane...
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'This is a great resource that reflects the huge expertise of the authors. It will be welcomed by students, researchers and indeed anyone wanting critical but comprehensive coverage of key issues and trends concerning drugs and society - locally and globally,...
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The book is a study of the most recent American fiction, published at the turn of the 21th century, which demonstrates a renewed interest in the matters of history. Using the concepts of memory and experience, the author points at the ways in which subjective history...
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Die Arbeit ist ein Beitrag zur Historisierung der Körper, vornehmlich des weiblichen Körpers, zu Körpervorstellungen und -praktiken sowie deren Wandel im deutschen und im tschechischen Turnmilieu. Der besondere Reiz dieser Thematik besteht in ihrer Mehrdimensionalität,...
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Nowhere has Western public distrust towards Islam been as strong as in the Netherlands. This book provides a thorough discussion of Dutch multicultural society seen through the lens of literature. The literary work of four important contemporary writers – Kader Abdolah,...
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This book is part of the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series and is written specifically to support students on the social work degree. Full of practical activities, case studies and opportunities for students to critically reflect and explore...
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From Hegel to the present, the humanities and social sciences have revealed the volatile power of third agency. Systems of thought and practice are often disturbed by the presence of a figure that exceeds traditional binary oppositions. The articles in this volume trace...
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This book deals with the political corruption which infested Peru during the Fujimori years (1990-2000). The work is not about petty corruption, the small bribe paid to the underpaid police officer to avoid being booked for a minor traffic violation, but addresses the...
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At the 25th International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum, which took place in one of the greatest of all museums, The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the researchers of many countries discussed stained glass collections for the first time. The present conference...
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Während rund vier Jahrhunderten verfolgten geistliche und weltliche Gerichte angebliche Hexen, unter aktiver Mitwirkung der Bevölkerung. Aber nicht nur Erwachsenen machte man vom 15. bis ins frühe 18. Jahrhundert den Prozess. Auch zahlreiche Kinder, deren genaue Anzahl...
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This book explores the concept of displacement in the fiction produced by the Chilean writer Isabel Allende between 1982 and 2000. Displacement, understood in the author’s analysis to encompass social, geographical, linguistic and cultural phenomena, is argued to play a...
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Between 1870 and 2010 over half a million Slovaks migrated to the USA and Canada. As other ethnic groups from East Central Europe, they headed principally to the industrial triangle of the USA and to central Canada’s cities in search of work. Finding themselves in...
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People with intellectual disability cannot assume that they can speak up for and represent themselves. A host of socially constructed factors act as barriers to their becoming self-advocates. This book analyses the nature of these factors and investigates how the label...
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'From finding a research topic through to the final write up, this clear guide takes the mystery out of graduate-level research. This book will help your project succeed' - James V. Spickard, Professor of Sociology, University of Redlands, US Just starting your...
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Why are we so obsessed with cars? Shiny objects of desire, cars never cease to fascinate us. As symbols of freedom they return again and again in art and film, even if real freedom is sometimes only achieved in the final explosive crash – the climax of the sheer...
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Since launching in 2003, Transforming Social Work Practice has become the market-leading series for social work students. These books use activities and case studies to build critical thinking and reflection skills and will help social work students to develop good...
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Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Bürgerstiftung als besonderer Ausgestaltungsform der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. Von den Anfängen der Bürgerstiftung in Deutschland Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts, als die Idee aus den USA importiert wurde, wird die Entstehung und...
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Quoting an abolitionist preacher, Martin Luther King Jr. once said, «The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice». This is true, but the moral arc doesn’t bend on its own. We must lean into the task. Making Room for One Another is the story of how...
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