Eric - Social & Cultural Studies 7

This book looks at contemporary surveillance practices and ideologies from a Christian theological perspective. Surveillance studies is an emerging, inter-disciplinary field that brings together sch……続きを見る

Exploring the controversy surrounding therapeutic human cloning, this book draws upon data collected from news articles and interviews with journalists to examine the role of mass media in shaping b……続きを見る

Rituals can provoke or escalate conflict, but they can also mediate it and although conflict is a normal aspect of human life, mass media technologies are changing the dynamics of conflict and shapi……続きを見る

Presenting current research on spatial epidemiology, this book covers topics such as exposure, chronic disease, infectious disease, accessibility to health care settings and new methods in Geographi……続きを見る

From the “preeminent historian of Reconstruction” (New York Times Book Review), an updated abridged edition of Reconstruction**, the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which sha……続きを見る

Research has shown that since the turn of the millennia, matters have rapidly improved for gays and lesbians in sport. Where gay and lesbian athletes were merely tolerated a decade ago, today they a……続きを見る

Rituals can provoke or escalate conflict, but they can also mediate it and although conflict is a normal aspect of human life, mass media technologies are changing the dynamics of conflict and shapi……続きを見る

This is the first in-depth historical study of Byzantine Cappadocia. The authors draw on extensive textual and archaeological materials to examine the nature and place of Cappadocia in the Byzantine……続きを見る

With carbon farming, agriculture ceases to be part of the climate problem and becomes a critical part of the solution "This book is the toolkit for making the soil itself a sponge for carbon. It’s a……続きを見る

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Politik - Sonstige Themen, Note: 1,3, German open Business School - Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die friedlic……続きを見る

The control and utilization of urban spaces remains a highly contested issue. Much of the debate centers on issues of economic development versus the maintenance and support of already existing comm……続きを見る

Family Configurations develops current scholarship on families and intimate lives by demonstrating that family relationships, far from being fluid and inconsequential, are more structured and commit……続きを見る

Self-help books aim to empower their readers and deliver happiness and personal fulfilment but do they really live up to this? This book offers a fresh perspective on self-help culture and popular p……続きを見る

This important book provides unique new knowledge on the lived experience of openly bisexual men without medicalizing or pathologizing them. Presenting research from sexology, sociology, and psychol……続きを見る

It is common to hear heavy metal music fans and musicians talk about the “metal community”. This concept, which is widely used when referencing this musical genre, encompasses multiple complex aspec……続きを見る

This book focuses on the recurring struggle over the meaning of the Anglican Church’s role in the Indian residential schools--a long-running school system designed to assimilate Indigenous children ……続きを見る

This volume is a critical exposition of the data and analyses from a full decade of rigorous research into how age-related changes at the individual level, along with other factors, contribute to mo……続きを見る

Generations of historians have maintained that in the last decade of the nineteenth century white-supremacist racial ideologies such as Anglo-Saxonism, social Darwinism, benevolent assimilation, and……続きを見る

Energy crises, which amount to painful combinations of energy shortages and soaring prices, have struck the United States several times in recent decades. Each time they have resulted in political a……続きを見る

This book tells the story of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the largest nonsectarian refugee relief agency in the world. Founded in the 1930s by socialist militants, the IRC attracted the……続きを見る

Comment utiliser cette compétence pour réussir dans votre carrière, vos relations et votre vie personnelle ? Vous aussi, sachez décoder efficacement les intentions et les émotions des gens à travers……続きを見る

A poignant memoir of lives cleaved by war, Otto and Daria is the first-hand account of Eric (or Otto) Koch. As a Jewish refugee from WWII Germany, Otto first left his country for England, and later ……続きを見る

This volume considers corruption as a multidimensional, complex phenomenon in which various forms of corruption may overlap at any given time. Extending the seemingly paradoxical notion of “legal co……続きを見る

The Americas face many security challenges, including drug trafficking, organized crime, guerrilla movements, terrorism, and environmental challenges. Experts have long debated whether some countrie……続きを見る

This book discusses violence and its connection with religion, sport and popular culture. It highlights the religious dimensions of violence and the role of violence in the religion and culture of t……続きを見る

Cent ans –; un siècle de théâtre, de cinéma et d'amour ! La doyenne des comédiens français livre son abécédaire intime, celui d'une femme et d'une artiste d'exception, à l'incroyable joie de vivre. ……続きを見る

L'intelligence économique, une histoire riche et complexe L'intelligence économique (IE) n'a rien à voir avec les "barbouzeries" dont les excès illustrent régulièrement les unes des journaux ou enfl……続きを見る

L'obsession de l'identité taraude une France bousculée par la crise et la mondialisation, sur fond d'immigration mal intégrée. À travers plusieurs rencontres significatives de cette veine identitair……続きを見る

Quatre ans après Bête noire, le plus célèbre des avocats pénalistes reprend la plume. Avocats placés sur écoutes ou perquisitionnés au risque de voir dévoilés les dossiers de tous leurs clients, irr……続きを見る

Une analyse engagée et vivifiante dans un format court à contre-courant de la doxa. " Est-ce la politique qui nous infantilise ou nous qui tolérons de n'être que des marionnettes ? Notre passivité, ……続きを見る