Adria - Social & Cultural Studies 5

This book challenges the hegemonic view that economic calculation represents the ultimate rationality. The West legitimises its global dominance by the claim to be a rational, democratic, science-ba……続きを見る

In the face of increasing failures, comments attributed to Albert Einstein loom large: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” There is a pervasive feelin……続きを見る

Wie hat sich die Europäische Integration auf das politische Personal der EU ausgewirkt? Gibt es eine Art europäischen Politikertypus? Oder wirken in den supranationalen Organen 28 nationale Delegati……続きを見る

Generating Transworld Pedagogy: Reimagining La Clase Mágica lays the foundation for addressing one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century: meeting the educational needs of a diverse society ……続きを見る

Modern economies must "grow" because money borrowed for investment can be repaid only by expanding production and consumption to meet the burden of usurious rates of interest. The roots of this dyna……続きを見る

Hadrian Cook’s new account of the New Forest in southern England, provides an historical narrative of the occupation and use of a vast area that was, for centuries, important as a Royal Hunting Fore……続きを見る

This book is ideal for teaching subjects related to marketing, management, entrepreneurship, and business ethics. It can be used as the tool to teach students/trainers in advanced undergraduate and ……続きを見る

This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives a……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2002: The rise of New Public Management and the fragmentation of agencies that resulted, created unprecedented new tensions and problems in multi-agency work. This ……続きを見る

This book discusses key ethical and deontological problems concerning the use of the most common information and communication devices. It focuses on the challenges of the new environments we now fi……続きを見る

Hend is a young Saudi Arabian woman struggling to challenge her conservative society, which is represented by various soldiers, real and metaphorical, in her life. After a failed arranged marriage t……続きを見る

In 2012, philosopher and public intellectual Slavoj Žižek published what arguably is his magnum opus, the one-thousand-page tome Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism. A……続きを見る

Quando ero giovane mi capitava di ascoltare persone che erano parti della Storia. Ricordo l’emozione di allora. Ero sorpreso. Sorpreso di ascoltare persone che dicevano quello che io non sapevo dire……続きを見る

Ha senso parlare di indipendenza nell’epoca della globalizzazione? La Sardegna è veramente oggetto di sperequazioni economiche da parte dello Stato o i sardi hanno le loro responsabilità? Perché nac……続きを見る

L’idea di scrivere una serie di saggi, i cui temi sono stati liberamente scelti dai 10 autori (psicologi e antropologi, filosofi e pedagogisti, artisti e fisici, counselor e antiquari, ma soprattutt……続きを見る

La riforma della RAI è imminente. Così annuncia il governo. Una passeggiata in Europa, l’ascolto di voci di chi vive all’interno dell’azienda, una ricostruzione storica, rapida ma significativa, di ……続きを見る

An “arresting” and deeply personal portrait that “confront[s] the touchy subject of Darwin and race head on” (The New York Times Book Review). It’s difficult to overstate the profound risk Charles D……続きを見る

As the dynamo of South Africa’s economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation’s imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the gl……続きを見る

Illicit drugs and their use are a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. As such, this second edition of the popular Illicit Drugs: Use and Control provides a timely,……続きを見る

Originally published in 1962, this study discusses the changes in the life of the Ovimbundu from the time of their caravan trade in slaves, rubber, and ivory down to the more recent period when the ……続きを見る

¿Por qué la investigación es un acto ético? ¿A quiénes beneficia la práctica ética de la investigación social? ¿Cuáles son las resistencias internas, tanto institucionales como de investigadores? ¿C……続きを見る

Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coule. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in M……続きを見る

Il Dizionario politico-sociale di Nova Milanese. Qui potrete trovare: - Tutti i nomi dei Sindaci e dei Consiglieri comunali dal 1860 al 2018 - Nomi, fatti, luoghi relativi a: Comune e territorio, la……続きを見る

Through a series of penetrating conversations originally published in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books, Brad Evans and Natasha Lennard talk with a wide range of cutting edge th……続きを見る

Un crime sanglant dans une résidence paisible, une joyeuse bande de retraités à la gouaille ravageuse, des jeux sexuels dangereux, les prémices d’une épidémie mondiale sur fond de rites satanistes e……続きを見る

Liberals blame the retreat of the liberal world order on populists at home and authoritarian leaders abroad. Only liberalism, so they claim, can defend the rules-based international system against d……続きを見る

First published in 1997, This book presents a detailed analysis of the Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) policy process. Using developments in the late nineties in the public policy literature to a……続きを見る

First published in 1999, this volume features contributors specialising in urban planning and examines the challenges of environmental planning in urban areas, focusing on policy, management, organi……続きを見る

Drawing on unique research and rich data on cross-border practices, this book offers an empirically-based view on Europeans’ interconnections in everyday life. It looks at the ways in which EU resid……続きを見る

Pornography keeps getting more extreme. Manufacturers, defenders and consumers of porn rely on a mix of wilful ignorance and bad faith to avoid serious discussion. When we do talk about violence aga……続きを見る