DK - Social & Cultural Studies 42

Gerhard Klas erteilt in seinem Essay den sogenannten Mikrokrediten für die Armen, die nur selten die Freiheit der Kreditaufnahme in eine Freiheit der Lebensführung ummünzen, eine deutliche Absage. 続きを見る

Without much fanfare Ahmed Kathrada worked alongside Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and other giants in the struggle to end racial discrimination in South Africa. He faced house arrest and many court……続きを見る

In 1994, BRAC, the world's largest NGO, made headlines by putting women's rights centre stage in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world. The Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) Prog……続きを見る

In this book, a distinguished group of presidential campaign staff, journalists, and political observers take us inside the 2016 race for the Republican and Democratic nominations and general electi……続きを見る

Juvenile crime makes headlines. It is the stock-in-trade of politicians and pundits. But young people are also the victims of crime. They too have demands to make of the police. Drawing upon survey ……続きを見る

Paul Ricoeur is one of the giants of contemporary continental philosophy and one of the most enduring and wide-ranging thinkers in the twentieth century, publishing major works ranging from existent……続きを見る

This book explores how the recent development of Muslim countries as a group has fallen far short of non-Muslim countries, which, some have concluded, may be a result of Islamic teachings. The autho……続きを見る

This book studies the Japanese-American coffee farmers in Kona, Hawaii. Specifically, it sheds light on the role of first and second generation immigrants in the emergence of the Kona coffee agricul……続きを見る

The domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber is serving eight consecutive life sentences in federal prison. It was the case of a lifetime, and it had taken nearly a generation to unfold. Federal au……続きを見る

The Social Meaning of Modern Biology analyzes the cultural significance of recurring attempts since the time of Darwin to extract social and moral guidance from the teachings of modern biology. Such……続きを見る

"Du schließt die Augen und schaust in die Sonne, und durch deine Lider hindurch siehst du die Farbe deines Blutes – ein Karminrot. Dies ist die Farbe deiner leiblichen Existenz. Grün ist die Farbe d……続きを見る

Die Energiewende verdrängt schon jetzt Atom- und Kohlekraftwerke in Europa und wird diese in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft ganz ablösen können. Hermann Scheer hat unablässig betont, dass dieser Übergan……続きを見る

Originally published in 1979. Decision makers at all levels need sufficiently detailed information on regional economic structure in order to undertake consistent and comprehensive regional planning……続きを見る

Ambedkar in the Bombay Legislature, with the Simon Commission and at the Round Table Conferences, 1927–1939 By B.R.Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly known ……続きを見る

The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India by B.R.Ambedkar For a long time to come students will be saved the conventional humiliation of making an apology for presenting a study of Indian……続きを見る

Capital cities that are not the dominant economic centers of their nations – so-called ‘secondary capital cities’ (SCCs) – tend to be overlooked in the fields of economic geography and political sci……続きを見る

There are only a few studies that analyze the complex relationship between Migration and development in Africa. The book presents the main trends in African migration since the last two decades. It ……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1926, is neither a catalogue of libraries and record offices, no is it a selection of transcripts from the English and Indian archives. The object of the undertaking is……続きを見る

Repris de justesse relatait le parcours déroutant d'un jeune braqueur devenu directeur d'une maison de jeunes, diplômé en ingénierie de la sécurité. Depuis, Yazid Kherfi a formé des policiers, des g……続きを見る

In 1976, the US Supreme Court ruled in Gregg v. Georgia that the death penalty was constitutional if it complied with certain specific provisions designed to ensure that it was reserved for the 'wor……続きを見る

A quarter century after the formation of the Popular Front and a decade since joining the EU, processes of state- and nation-building in Latvia are still on-going. Issues such as citizenship, langua……続きを見る

A CHOICE 2018 Outstanding Academic Title In Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I, renowned scholar Gerhard Kubik takes the reader across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas and then back in pursuit of ……続きを見る

The Marrano Specter pursues the reciprocal influence between Jacques Derrida and Hispanism. On the one hand, Derrida’s work has engendered a robust conversation among philosophers and critics in Spa……続きを見る

Perhaps an unlikely subject for an ethnographic case study, the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto in Canada is a large predominantly LGBT church with a robust, and at times fraught, history o……続きを見る

Individual mobility is one of the most important needs of modern society and an important link between private, public and economic life. In contrast, transport also entails severe environmental and……続きを見る

This book emerges from the recognition that energy, environment and ecosystems are dynamically and inextricably connected. The energy environment system must be addressed in its totality, so that we……続きを見る

Why race remains the central political issue in America today Why have American policies failed to reduce the racial inequalities still pervasive throughout the nation? Has President Barack Obama de……続きを見る

A CHOICE 2018 Outstanding Academic Title In Jazz Transatlantic, Volume II, renowned scholar Gerhard Kubik extends and expands the epic exploration he began in Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I. This seco……続きを見る

Great journeys often start with a single question. For D. K. Evans, a newly married professional in the Christian-dominated South, that question was, "Why Do I Believe in God?" That simple query led……続きを見る

Understanding America’s Gun Culture focuses on building understanding of some of the issues associated with US gun culture and the contemporary debate about the availability and use of guns. This ed……続きを見る