Usher - Social & Cultural Studies 1

The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member state……続きを見る

From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar ener……続きを見る

Si nous sommes aujourd’hui entrés dans l’Anthropocène, ce n’est pas seulement à cause de nos émissions, mais avant tout de nos extractions. Il importe donc au plus haut point de réinvestir notre rap……続きを見る

This book applies perspectives of hope to understand the precariousness, suffering, and agency of people seeking asylum. With attention to the restrictions and austerity politics that have character……続きを見る

Something about the world no longer feels settled. Life continues. Systems function. Futures are still spoken about. And yet, many people carry a quiet sense that the explanations they inherited no ……続きを見る

The companion volume to the New York Times bestseller Letters of Noteーincludes missives from Abraham Lincoln, David Bowie, Marge Simpson, and others. Each turn of the page brings delight and discov……続きを見る

Hoe is de Europese Unie (EU) ontstaan en gegroeid? Hoe werkt de EU? Waar is de EU goed voor? Hoe ziet de toekomst van de EU eruit? Dit deeltje geeft op al deze actuele vragen een overzichtelijk en b……続きを見る

En un mundo donde el envejecimiento poblacional redefine nuestras estructuras sociales, económicas y familiares, comprender la vejez desde una perspectiva científica y humana es una tarea urgente. M……続きを見る

Within a week, a no-name Republican state representative from a town of 384 people in Illinois catapulted from obscurity to a prime-time appearance on Fox News' Ingraham Angle. This newly empowered ……続きを見る

As cash-strapped metropolitan newspapers struggle to maintain their traditional influence and quality reporting, large national and international outlets have pivoted to serving readers who can and ……続きを見る

The Greeks and Romans have been charged with destroying the ecosystems within which they lived. In this book, however, M. D. Usher argues rather that we can find in their lives and thought the origi……続きを見る

This book examines the role that European employee representatives play in the restructuring of firms. In a globalized economy, company internationalization and transnational restructuring are of gr……続きを見る

How adventurous Jewish women’s travels upended Jewish norms In 1922, Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, first initiated the bat mitzvah as a rite-of-passage for Jewish ……続きを見る

From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar ener……続きを見る

As cash-strapped metropolitan newspapers struggle to maintain their traditional influence and quality reporting, large national and international outlets have pivoted to serving readers who can and ……続きを見る

Through a critical, transdisciplinary approach, Journalism and Crime offers a chronological interrogation of crime journalism from its first origins in 16th century print, to a transatlantic phenome……続きを見る

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Focusing on material and social forms of infrastructure, this edited collection draws on rich empirical details from cities across the ……続きを見る

Lord Burghley and Episcopacy, 1577-1603 examines the selection and promotion of bishops within the shifting sands of ecclesiastical politics at the Elizabethan court, drawing on the copious correspo……続きを見る

The figure of William Cecil dominates the court of Elizabeth I, and next to the queen herself, no one did more to shape the political, religious and economic landscape of late sixteenth century Engl……続きを見る

This insightful book traces the development of journalism and celebrity and their relationship to and influence on political and social spheres from the beginnings of capitalist democracy in the 18t……続きを見る

The economics of voting is about whether and to what extent self-interest may be relied upon in voting. The central proposition in economics is that the world’s work gets done satisfactorily when ea……続きを見る

Matre Arsne Assouan Usher ouvre son texte par un appel, mystique, la ralisation de la paix. Cet homme dEtat ivoirien, reconnu nationalement et mondialement, est acteur et tmoin des construction, ray……続きを見る

La gerontología es la disciplina científica dedicada a mejorar la calidad de vida y a promover el bienestar de las personas a medida que envejecen desde una perspectiva bio-psico-social que plantea ……続きを見る

Activism in any social movement group is, as Deborah Gould observes, a project of collective ‘world-making’. It is about changing the world out there by influencing policy and public opinion, but is……続きを見る

Popular culture is awash with discussions about the difficulties associated with being a man. Television talk shows, media articles and government press releases discuss not simply the problem of me……続きを見る

La Alemania nazi despierta una merecida repulsa por los aborrecibles crímenes que se cometieron bajo aquel régimen abyecto. Pero no es menos cierto que el Tercer Reich suscita también una inconfesad……続きを見る

Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique is a revised edition of the popular technical guide to the conduct of psychodynamic psychotherapy written by Sarah Fels Usher, published in 1993……続きを見る

With different pedagogic practices come different ways of examining them and fresh understandings of their implications and assumptions. It is the examination of these changes and developments that ……続きを見る

La participación en un proyecto europeo con 8 socios de 7 países de la Unión Europea entre el 2006 y 2008 nos ha permitido acercarnos a una de las formas o métodos clásicos de la intervención social……続きを見る

This book is about 20 young unaccompanied refugees who have sought refuge in Europe and how they experience and try to navigate their new situations, including their contacts with social workers, fr……続きを見る