Social & Cultural Studies 11

Why are some nations wealthy while others are desperately poor? Despite the rapid advancement of technology and the free flow of information provided by computers, many poor nations are falling furt……続きを見る

Effective research in educational settings requires collaboration between researchers and school-based practitioners to codesign instruction and assessment, analyze findings to inform subsequent ite……続きを見る

This Open Access book examines the link between intercultural competence (IC) and pragmatics by asking frontline modern foreign language teachers in higher education teaching a variety of languages ……続きを見る

This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the potential of agroforestry to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on cocoa production. Against the backdrop of increas……続きを見る

**Over a million copies sold worldwide The indispensable guide to understanding the world we make and the lives we lead.** This thoroughly revised and updated ninth edition remains unrivalled in its……続きを見る

This open access book explores an approach that connects individual and societal processes throughout history and shifting trends in sociological perspectives, influenced by C. Wright Mills’ theorie……続きを見る

你是不是認為做錯事就該反省？ 你是否常把「對不起」掛在嘴上？ 身為家長的你，會教小孩將心比心、站在別人立場想一想嗎？ ─── 如果「是」，請你一定要看完這本書！ 許多常見的教養模式、被視為正確的價值觀， 其……続きを見る

This open access book constitutes a transnational and multidisciplinary inquiry of the most pressing challenges faced by young people Not in Employment, nor in Education or Training (NEET) in rural ……続きを見る

Powerfully persuasive and thought-provoking, Ending the Pursuit asks us to reimagine sexuality, romance and gender without the borders imposed by society. How did asexual identity form? What is arom……続きを見る

**'A story that is both beautiful and heartbreaking; it is as raw as it is precious. I bawled my eyes out, but I also loved it and I hope you do too.' – Dua Lipa 'Incredible . . . It absolutely wrec……続きを見る

Why screens in schoolsーfrom film screenings to instructional television to personal computersーdid not bring about the educational revolution promised by reformers. Long before Chromebook giveaways……続きを見る

Beginning in the late 1950s political leaders in Venezuela built what they celebrated as Latin America’s most stable democracy. But outside the staid halls of power, in the gritty barrios of a rapid……続きを見る

This open access book includes a selection of innovative contributions presented at the 4th international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2022”, held in Bolzano, It……続きを見る

In Major Theories of Media Effects, six major theories of media effects are thoroughly analyzed and then evaluated to construct a picture of the current state of knowledge in the scholarly field of ……続きを見る

This timely book draws on unique African experiences to explore the intersection between mental health and African communitarianism in the context of COVID-19, giving voice to the perspectives of vu……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizensーwho are also the least likely to defend its core principles “This is an important book that ought ……続きを見る

A contemporary philosopher of Tunisian origin, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem is here published in English for the first time. His new book, Transgression and the Inexistent: A Philosophical Vocabulary, is a co……続きを見る

Sin lugar a duda, el rasgo que mejor define a este libro es el de la oportunidad, ya que pone el acento en uno de los peores dramas que afectan a la humanidad: el hambre. El resultado de las investi……続きを見る

The liberal state is dead, long live the partner state Across the world, the liberal nation state is on its knees. Rising inequality, deep political polarization, and the pervasive power of corporat……続きを見る

歷史上到底發生了什麼事，讓世界這麼不平等？ 「我們這個時代的達爾文」賈徳‧戴蒙經典不墜之作 最具原創性與影響力的一萬三千年人類簡史 榮獲普立茲獎、英國皇家學會科學圖書獎、紐約時報暢銷書 36國語言譯本，全……続きを見る

In Streaming Music, Streaming Capital, Eric Drott analyzes the political economy of online music streaming platforms. Attentive to the way streaming has reordered the production, circulation, and co……続きを見る

This open access book explores how legal proceedings in and out-of-court can be matched to the complex problems underlying disputes concerning child custody, residence and contact between parents. I……続きを見る

This open access book critically engages with the social, political and ethical implications of support for people with disability to be fully included in society. The authors examine contemporary i……続きを見る

Hegel is making a comeback. After the decline of the Marxist Hegelianism that dominated the twentieth century, leading thinkers are rediscovering Hegel’s thought as a resource for contemporary polit……続きを見る

This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries. The work discusses t……続きを見る

This open access book explores the deep connections between environment, language, and cultural integrity, with a focus on Indigenous peoples from early modern times to the present. It illustrates t……続きを見る

This open access book explores the intersection of gender and climate change, suggests ways in which innovative technologies can accelerate climate relief actions, and offers strategies for integrat……続きを見る

Xenolinguistics brings together biologists, anthropologists, linguists, and other experts specializing in language and communication to explore what non-human, non-Earthbound language might look lik……続きを見る

This volume compiles a dozen essays, by one of the most prolific proponents of co-production as a solution for many of the challenges facing public services and democratic governance at the outset o……続きを見る

This open access book examines the chronic underperformance of economies with respect to inclusion, sustainability and resilience. It finds that the standard liberal economic growth and development ……続きを見る