GEN - Social Science 1

The devastating effects of climate change are undeniable. Fires rage and waters rise in every corner of the globe. In light of these changes to our planet, the issue of social and environmental well……続きを見る

Interactive adaptive systems increasingly become part of our everyday life. Which factors could shape this development and under which conditions will interactions with technical systems be deemed s……続きを見る

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Millions of children throughout Africa undertake many forms of farm and domestic work. Some of this work is for wages, some is on their……続きを見る

A key step for researchers wanting to produce interesting and influential theory development is formulating innovative research questions. In this text, Alvesson and Sandberg have developed a proble……続きを見る

Die Landwirtschaft in Deutschland, Europa und weltweit befindet sich in einem dramatischen Umbruchprozess. Einerseits bieten Liberalisierung und Marktöffnung, neue technologische Entwicklungen, die ……続きを見る

IL MONDO DELL’EDITORIA COME LO CONOSCIAMO STA PER ESSERE SPAZZATO VIA. Con l’avvento delle nuove tecnologie, e dell’intelligenza artificiale in particolare, la concezione del self-publishing e dell’……続きを見る

This monograph presents a synthesis and reconstruction of Rudolf Arnheim’s theory of media. Combining both Arnheim’s well-known writings on film and radio with his later work on the psychology of ar……続きを見る

Emotions have long been neglected in media research, although their role is a vital ingredient in shaping our shared stories and the ways we engage with them. But emotions, as they circulate through……続きを見る

New thinking is needed on the age-old conundrum of how to connect research and policymaking. Why does a disconnect exist between the research community, which is producing thousands of studies relev……続きを見る

Honest, heartfelt and moving. ***** The Sun The Prison Officer challenges everything you thought you knew about people in prison. Becoming a prison officer was Gen's burning ambition despite her bac……続きを見る

Through interviews and a generous photograph montage stretching over two decades, reveals the commonality and diversity among these people of Indian identity When DeSoto (in 1540) and later Juan Par……続きを見る

At every stage of education, sexual harassment is common, and often considered a rite of passage for young people. It’s not unusual for a girl to hear Hey, Shorty!” on a daily basis, as she walks d……続きを見る

Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture. The baroque and the classical are her subjects, as are Freud's "Gravida", Clerambault's writing……続きを見る

In this work, two senior naval historians analyze the discussions held in leading Soviet political, military, and naval circles concerning naval strategy and the decisions taken for warship-building……続きを見る

What it means to be a Jew lies at the very heart of Confessions of a Secular Jew, a provocative memoir and a thoughtful speculation on the nature of Jewish identity and experience in an increasingly……続きを見る

Eine kühne soziale Utopie! Wolfgang Engler führt erstmals die Debatten über ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen und über Sinn und Zukunft der Bildung zusammen. Seine These: Ohne ernsthafte Bildungsbe……続きを見る

Was der Kapitalismus aus uns macht. Aufrichtigkeit ist ein Schlüsselbegriff zum Verständnis der bürgerlichen Kultur. Durch Aufrichtigkeit und ihre Inszenierungen schuf sich das Bürgertum eine Vertra……続きを見る

Beauty, a puzzle. A stand-still, sit-down and take-your-time book. ‘Seeking beauty | in Scotland’ is about the meaning and experience of the difficult but powerful word 'beauty'. What is it about a……続きを見る

American Farms, American Food bridges the gap between agricultural production and food studies allowing readers to learn about both subjects up close and in detail. Beyond that, the book provides ba……続きを見る

The conventional history of animals could be more accurately described as the history of human ideas about animals. Only in the last few decades have scholars from a wide variety of disciplines atte……続きを見る

Das Lehrbuch zeigt die für die Wirtschafts- und Regionalförderung erforderliche Bandbreite des Informationsmanagements auf. Mit der Darstellung dieser Grundlagen wird vermittelt, dass die Verfügbark……続きを見る

The current growth of incidents of public disorder around the world can be seen as symptomatic of major transformations in globalized society, government, and technology. But while disorder is routi……続きを見る

This is a study of Northern Norway and Atlantic Canada, two regions experiencing a severe crisis due to overexploitation of fisheries resources. The work of a group of researchers from Canada, Norwa……続きを見る

Addictions have increased markedly in contemporary societies over the past decades. As well as widely acknowledged issues surrounding illegal substance addictions, there are increasing numbers of pr……続きを見る

Since the early 2000s, Disney Channel has been dominated by original live-action programming popular among tween girls. The shows’ successes rely not only on their popularity among girl audiences, b……続きを見る

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th……続きを見る

Wo dubiose Absprachen und schattenhafte Institutionen beginnen, endet unsere Demokratie Gibt es einen Staat im Staat? Verborgene Strukturen, die ihre eigenen Ziele verfolgen? Die jüngsten Erkenntnis……続きを見る

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2016 Food and Health in Early Modern Europe is both a history of food practices and a history of the medical discourse about that food. It is also an exploration of……続きを見る

Despite the findings on global climate change presented by the scientific community, there remains a significant gap between its recommendations and the actions of the public and policy makers. So f……続きを見る

The Guide to AIDS is succinct review of HIV/AIDS from a human-interest perspective. Chapters focus on some of the common patterns and prevention of HIV transmission and debunks misconceptions about ……続きを見る