DK - Social & Cultural Studies 44

Die Langzeitplanung ist so nahtlos in unseren Alltag integriert, dass wir sie kaum noch wahrnehmen oder als selbstverständlich anschauen. Wir planen laufend wichtige Dinge wie Urlaub, Ruhestand, Sch……続きを見る

El desplazamiento del poder geopolítico hacia Oriente en el arranque del presente siglo ha convertido al océano Índico en una región clave. Si bien hay innumerables libros escritos sobre Oriente Pró……続きを見る

The legends are of a little archipelago which was unknown to the civilized world until the closing years of the last century, and of a people who for many centuries exchanged no word or product with……続きを見る

The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American lif……続きを見る

Il matrimonio come costruzione sociale è un esercizio di microsociologia del sapere che evidenzia la capacità dell’istituzione di generare un nomos condiviso. Con il matrimonio due estranei costruis……続きを見る

How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dy……続きを見る

'A powerful and occasionally polemical appeal to reason in politics; if you're despairing in search of an antidote to the poison of "alternative facts", here's your book. Like any good political tex……続きを見る

This book examines Mental Health Courts (MHC) within a socio-legal framework. Placing these courts within broader trends in criminal justice, especially problem-solving courts, the author draws from……続きを見る

On a hot and dusty Sunday in June 1872, 13-year-old Mary Secaur set off on her two-mile walk home from church. She never arrived. The horrific death of this young girl inspired an illegal interstate……続きを見る

This accessible guide provides readers with an introduction to the key concepts and main developments in gender studies. Presenting definitions, explanations and policy implications through discussi……続きを見る

Television Storyworlds as Virtual Space examines television as a series of virtual realities viewers enter and explore one episode at a time. Drawing on specific examples, from Westworld to Green Ac……続きを見る

Originally published in 1948 and then updated in 1961 outlines the religious and social background of the Zulus and discusses the rise of the Independent Church Movement. It examines the organizatio……続きを見る

“There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps. Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it ……続きを見る

Existe una vinculación tradicional entre el estado de Sonora y la economía norteamericana, particularmente con Arizona. Es en los primeros años del siglo XXI cuando se reconfigura el modelo producti……続きを見る

The author of The Long Emergency explains why technology can’t solve all our problems, and how excessive optimism can endanger our future.** The Long Emergency quickly became a grassroots hit, offer……続きを見る

Before there was a trial for O.J. Simpson, Jodi Arias, or Amanda Knox, there was Erik and Lyle Menendez. It was the first trial that was televised and America couldn't get enough. They wanted all th……続きを見る

When it comes to America's most famous and notorious criminals, no legend has been larger than real life than that of the robber duo Bonnie and Clyde. The murderous lovers found each other in the sl……続きを見る

When it comes to The West Memphis 3, depending on which side of the argument you stand, you can find evidence both for and against whichever person you are gunning for and I find that horrifying and……続きを見る

The most authoritative account ever written of how an ordinary juvenile delinquent named Charles Manson became the notorious murderer whose crimes still shock and horrify us today. More than forty y……続きを見る

»In Zeiten stürmischen Wandels braucht es Prinzipien und Haltungen, die den Tag überdauern.« Klimawandel, Corona-Pandemie und Digitalisierung stellen uns vor täglich neue Herausforderungen. Aber kan……続きを見る

Aesthetics and the Revolutionary City engages in alternative ways of reading foreign visual representations of Havana through analysis of advertising images, documentary films, and photographic text……続きを見る

In the early morning hours of June 6th, 1996 residents slept peacefully in their beds as the moon hung over the quiet neighborhood of Dalrock Heights Addition, in the small town of Rowlett Texas. At……続きを見る

Managing Criminal Justice Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition, covers the formal and informal nature of the organizations involved in criminal justice. Kania and Davis……続きを見る

This text traces the lineage and development of Russian foreign policy with the insight that comes from a historical perspective. Now fully updated, the sixth edition incorporates new coverage of is……続きを見る

Furchtlos in der ersten Reihe standen Frauen bei Revolutionen seit jeher, doch sichtbar haben sie erst die neuen Medien gemacht. Als "das Mädchen mit dem blauen BH" in Ägypten oder die von Wasserwer……続きを見る

The Design Politics of the Passport presents an innovative study of the passport and its associated social, political and material practices as a means of uncovering the workings of 'design politics……続きを見る

In Counter-Economics, Samuel Edward Konkin III -- the creator, premier activist, and theoretician of Agorism -- introduces the most powerful means to free yourself, protect and increase your wealth,……続きを見る

Wer bringt die Geschenke … … Christkind oder Weihnachtsmann? Diese Frage veranlasste Autor Reinhard Kriechbaum zu einer vergnüglichen Erkundungstour zu den Advent- und Weihnachtsbräuchen im deutschs……続きを見る

The same procedure as every year? Ja, jedes Jahr das Gleiche, gerade zum Jahreswechsel, denn die Wiederholung ist das Wesen aller Bräuche. So wünschen wir zum Beispiel immer wieder aufs Neue "einen ……続きを見る

Carlo Gambino, Joseph Profaci, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Joseph Colombo, Santo Trafficante, Tommy Lucchese, Vito Genovese, Vincent Chin Gigante, Paul Castellano and John Gotti. These are just a few o……続きを見る