java - Social & Cultural Studies 6

Apocalypse Observed is about religious violence. By analyzing five of the most notorious cults of recent years, the authors present a fascinating and revealing account of religious sects and conflic……続きを見る

This book draws on extensive fieldwork among Muslims in Nepal to examine the local and global factors that shape contemporary Muslim identity and the emerging Islamic revival movement based in the K……続きを見る

"The lessons in this book remind us that we can-and that we must-do better, for the sake of our children, their futures, and the sake of our nation. . . . This volume is a call to action, and I enco……続きを見る

First published in 1915, Towards International Government considers the consequences of war for global diplomacy and the alliance system. Hobson argues that, to reduce armaments and the possibility ……続きを見る

Over the past three decades, market reforms have transformed public services such as education, health, and care of the elderly. Whereas previous studies present markets as having similar and largel……続きを見る

In most discussions about the knowledge-based economy, innovation is associated or even equated with technology, while culture’s influence is ignored. Innovation is however embedded in cultural and ……続きを見る

First published in 1984, this groundbreaking title explores the concept of fatherhood, by following a hundred men who become fathers for the first time. The book is addressed to men who are discover……続きを見る

A comprehensive introduction to policy and planning approaches, methods, models, ways of thinking, and techniques, Social Group Work Today and Tomorrow is presented in a reader-friendly fashion for ……続きを見る

Before World War II Roosevelt's New Deal put Americans to work and established Social Security. After World War II the American economy was substantially a 90% production economy. The world was deva……続きを見る

Did the Mad Butcher of Cleveland also strike in Pennsylvania? From 1934 to 1938, Cleveland, Ohio, was racked by a classic battle between good and evil. On one side was the city’s safety director, El……続きを見る

Poliitikas armastatakse sageli rääkida pendlist, mis kõigub vasakpoolsete ja parempoolsete ideoloogiate vahel. Käesoleva raamatu koostajad ning autorid on seda meelt, et libera……続きを見る

First published in 1997, this collection of articles and essays analyses the political economy of reform and change in Eastern Europe during the years of Gorbachev’s perestroika and the years immedi……続きを見る

Are Museums Irrelevant? Museums are rarely acknowledged in the global discussion of climate change, environmental degradation, the inevitability of depleted fossil fuels, and the myriad local issues……続きを見る

Innovation, Networks and Learning Regions? address key issues of understanding in contemporary economic geography and local economic policy making in cities and regions in the advanced economies. De……続きを見る

In this masterful portrait of life in Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War, prize-winning historian Jacqueline Jones transports readers to the balmy, raucous streets of that fabled South……続きを見る

The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to understan……続きを見る

In 1842 at York Factory, the English-born missionary James Evans built a lightweight tin canoe that glittered and shone in the sunlight. Wherever he went, Native peoples called the canoe his "Shinin……続きを見る

Among the monsters said to roam the world’s jungles and desolate deserts, none is more feared than the chupacabraー-the blood-sucking beast blamed for the mysterious deaths of thousands of animals s……続きを見る

Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique indi……続きを見る

_______________ 'A moving book by one of our generation's finest foreign correspondents' - Daily Telegraph 'A terrifying account, soberly written ... Presents a stunning portrait of the anarchy, cru……続きを見る

Pričujoča knjiga je, pod naslovom Zagatnost in performativnost ali kako obljubiti, prvič izšla leta 1989. Najprej sem jo ponudil založbi Krt ter po nekaj tednih od njih prejel odgovor, da se z izdaj……続きを見る

"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they can l……続きを見る

Innovation studies and partnering/collaborative alliances are rapidly growing areas of interest. Originally combining the two areas, this book examines the role of business partnering as a pathway t……続きを見る

Namen predmeta Upravno pravo je študentke in študente na univerzitetnem študiju 1. stopnje programa Javna uprava seznaniti s pojmom in razvojem upravnega prava ter njegovimi temeljnimi inštituti. Pr……続きを見る

A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, Evil Men confronts atrocity head-onーhow it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes’s unflinchingl……続きを見る

This is a highly innovative and stimulating work with the outline of an entirely new approach to massive and rapid shifts in opinion and communication. It discusses and explains such mysterious phen……続きを見る

The Asian challenge to the universality of human rights has sparked off intense debate. This volume takes a clear stand for universal rights, both theoretically and empirically, by analysing social ……続きを見る

The winners of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting tell the astonishing story of Mary Clarke. At the age of fifty, Clarke left her comfortable life in suburban Los Angeles to follow ……続きを見る

A “provocative [and] vivid” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) look at the primitive cultures that have given many gifts to the modern world, and how their very existence is now threatened “This book should……続きを見る

Sexually explicit sculptures may be found on a number of medieval churches in France and Spain. This fascinating study examines the origins and purposes of these sculptures, viewing them not as magi……続きを見る