DK - Social & Cultural Studies 44

Ewoud Kieft gaat de confrontatie aan met Mein Kampf. Hij analyseert het meest beruchte boek aller tijden als wetenschapper, maar vertelt ook wat Hitlers woorden bij hem persoonlijk oproepen. Schrijv……続きを見る

In United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics, Zachary D. Kaufman explores the U.S. government's support for, or opposition to, certain transitional j……続きを見る

Die Ökologie ist das Signum unseres Zeitalters. Joachim Radkaus grandioses Buch lässt die neue Ära zum ersten Mal in ihrer ganzen Vielgestaltigkeit und globalen Bedeutung erfahrbar werden. Das Buch ……続きを見る

Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global perspective, the term "globalizing knowledge" is today a popular catchphrase among academics and their circles. The complications and con……続きを見る

By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to acco……続きを見る

In a valley in the eastern foothills of the central Peruvian Andes, a wealth of cocaine once flowed. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, this valley experienced abrupt rises in fortune, reckless co……続きを見る

«Politik und Religion» ist wieder ein zentraler Gegenstand der öffentlichen Debatte. Nach langen Jahren, in denen viele Sozialwissenschaftler die Erwartung hegten, der religiöse Glaube werde im Gefo……続きを見る

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties of government in……続きを見る

»Battlestar Galactica« sollte die Science Fiction im Fernsehen neu erfinden. Nichts Geringeres war das erklärte Ziel ihres Schöpfers Ronald D. Moore. Weltraumoper ohne Oper, darum auch die maximale ……続きを見る

Esta es tu notificación: La humanidad está desconectada, y la pantalla táctil es la responsable. Irónico, ¿no? Cada proceso digital y cada intercambio en las redes sociales nos llevan tres pasos hac……続きを見る

Robert Kaplan visitó Rumanía en los años setenta, cuando el país languidecía bajo una férrea dictadura comunista. Era un tenebroso rincón de Europa que apenas despertaba interés en Occidente: sus in……続きを見る

This stimulating volume uses multiple lenses to analyze the complex causes of health disparities affecting minorities, in particular African Americans, and explains how this knowledge can be used to……続きを見る

Since 2010, Toronto's headlines have been consumed by the outrageous personal foibles and government-slashing, anti-urbanist policies of Mayor Rob Ford. But the heated debate at City Hall has obscur……続きを見る

An incisive portrait of the American landscape that shows how geography continues to determine America’s role in the world Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times ……続きを見る

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AND PASTE MAGAZINE An intimate account of life in a West African fishing village, tugged by currents ancient and modern, and dependen……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2001. This work presents a sociological theory of religion. Richard K. Fenn demonstrates that the shape of the sacred depends on what aspects of the psyche and of t……続きを見る

From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, enhancing social order, ……続きを見る

This book provides a vantage point of comparison, of the actual reality of decentralisation in India with Gandhi’s vision of decentralised democracy, or what he referred to as Gram Swaraj. It looks ……続きを見る

Globalisation influences every aspect of post-modern social reality. However, little empirical research has considered how globalisation affects people’s perception of their national attachments. Th……続きを見る

A salient feature of modern poetics is its direct connection with cultural history and politics. Among the great American poets of the twentieth century, Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams ……続きを見る

This book describes the reasons humankind may be facing its last moments on Planet Earth. Darwin marked the path of species evolution, modification, and extinction. Following Darwin’s trajectory of ……続きを見る

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: Politics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 Build your students' knowledge of the ideas, tensions and key thinkers with……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,7, Universität Potsdam (Wirtschafts-und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät), 10 Q……続きを見る

There is no book of political strategy more canonical than Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, but few ethicists would advise policymakers to treat it as a bible. The lofty ideals of the law, especial……続きを見る

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: Politics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 Build your students' knowledge of the ideas, tensions and key thinkers with……続きを見る

The Untouchables Who Were They And Why They Became Untouchables ? by B.R.Ambedkar This book is a sequel to my treatise called The ShudrasーWho they were and How they came to be the Fourth Varna of t……続きを見る

This collection surveys the three South Caucasian states’ economic, social and political evolution since their independence in 1991. It assesses their successes and failures in these areas, includin……続きを見る

Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into office. Populism and Patronage shows that the populists such as Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi win e……続きを見る

A young man knocks on his neighbor’s door, hoping to celebrate Christmas Eve with a friend. He is welcomed in, and the two spend five festive hours playing video games, strumming guitars, and drinki……続きを見る

Jsou všude. Ať na ně věříme, nebo považujeme za pozůstatek nevědeckého výkladu fyzikálních zákonů, na strašidla a bubáky narazíme v jakémkoliv prostředí. Neexistuje místo, v němž bychom se s nimi ne……続きを見る