ZEN - Social & Cultural Studies 18

This book explores the origins of the academic culture wars of the late 20th century and examines their lasting influence on the humanities and progressive politics. It puts us in a position to ask ……続きを見る

Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture is an innovative work that freshly approaches the concept of race as a social factor made concrete in popular forms, such as film, television, and music……続きを見る

Denken wir um! "Das Bruttosozialglück ist keine Utopie, sondern eine Chance für die ganze Welt", sagt Dr. Ha Vinh Tho, Leiter des Gross National Happiness (GNH) Center in Bhutan. Er arbeitete viele ……続きを見る

This book investigates the extent to which social class has changed in Eastern Europe since the fall of communism. Based on extensive original research, the book discusses how ideas about class are ……続きを見る

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military compares the integration of women, gender perspectives, and the women, peace, and security agenda into the armed forces of eight countries plus NATO and……続きを見る

The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published ……続きを見る

Talk is our key action tool for moving forward at work and in our personal life, yet how often do we feel we've missed crucial opportunities or failed in our communication? This book explains why ef……続きを見る

Do Analógico ao Digital discute a crescente especialização do conhecimento na documentação das cidades. O autor argumenta que o uso da tecnologia tem contribuído de modo decisivo para o registro e d……続きを見る

In this bold study, Edna Aizenberg offers a much-needed corrective to both Latin American literary scholarship and popular assumptions that the whole of Latin America served as a Nazi refuge both du……続きを見る

Working-class stories are not always tales of the underprivileged and dispossessed. Common People is a collection of essays, poems and memoir written in celebration, not apology: these are narrative……続きを見る

Gesund mit Todesfolge »Ich sitze im Todestrakt. Es gibt keinen Zufluchtsort mehr für mich, der Rettung verspricht. Meine Gedanken rasen. Bilder von meinen Reisen kommen mir in den Kopf, dann das Ges……続きを見る

This book focuses on mobile data and its applications in the wireless networks of the future. Several topics form the basis of discussion, from a mobile data mining platform for collecting mobile da……続きを見る

This book examines the attainment gap between foster youth and their peers. Specifically focusing on post-secondary access and success for foster youth, Gross points out the challenges foster youth ……続きを見る

The first full telling of what happened to MH17 and the stories of those who were killed on that tragic day. On 17 July 2014, Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot out of the sky above Ukraine. Aboard we……続きを見る

First published in 1998, this volume deals with the explanation of international politics and foreign policy. Levels of explanation and their interrelationships offer the book’s structure. Based on ……続きを見る

This annual survey is devoted to the attitudes of participating States in Europe towards the objective of promoting detente, bringing together references to World affairs examined in the past which ……続きを見る

"Mouritzen and Opstrup's book is a most welcome addition to the subject of the management of academic performance. It is certainly well-worth reading and considering." ーBruno S. Frey, Permanent Vis……続きを見る

By the early 1980s the average American had a lower standard of living than the average Norwegian or Dane. Standards of living in the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria also riva……続きを見る

"There is no question that the value of a detailed account of Moroccan colonial history in English is an important addition to the field, and Wyrtzen's book will undoubtedly become a reference for M……続きを見る

This book provides an in-depth investigation of the concept of space power and devises a novel conceptual framework for empirically measuring and comparing different typologies of space actors on th……続きを見る

First published in 1984. The final volume. The Council of the London Institute of World Affairs has carefully reconsidered the lessons to be drawn from the Institute's record in its first half-centu……続きを見る

First published in 1981. The Council of the London Institute of World Affairs has carefully reconsidered the lessons to be drawn from the Institute's record in its first half-century and reshaped it……続きを見る

The book investigates the use of bottom-up, community based healing and peacebuilding approaches, focusing on their strengths and suggesting how they can be enhanced. The main contribution of the bo……続きを見る

This book takes an affectionate journey around some of the atmospheric and occasionally mysterious ruins and follies that can be found in East Anglia. It might be a building that has a particular hi……続きを見る

Social innovation handler om at brug den innovations- og drivkraft, der findes blandt samfundets virksomheder, foreninger, frivillige og pårørende til at skabe nye og bedre velfærdsløsninger. Den of……続きを見る

Hans Magnus Enzensberger er ikke kendt for at strø om sig med interviews eller udtalelser om personlige forhold i det hele taget. Tværtimod. Derfor vakte det opsigt i Tyskland, da ”Tumult” udkom sid……続きを見る

A la transdisciplinariedad se le ha definido como “una feliz transgresión de las fronteras entre las disciplinas” y es en este tono en que se presenta esta obra, que recopila las experiencias y refl……続きを見る

This book explores the anti-Islamic turn and expansion of the far right in Western Europe, North America and beyond from 2001 and onwards. Driven by terror attacks and other moral shocks, the anti-I……続きを見る

This book is a study of the changing relationship over time (1856-1994) between the Rishi, an ex-Untouchable jati of Bengal/South-West Bangladesh, and various groups of Catholic missionaries. The bo……続きを見る

In quale modo la civiltà nuragica gestiva i suoi commerci interni e quelli con le altre realtà con cui giungeva in contatto? Disponeva già di un mezzo di scambio equiparabile a una moneta? Una cultu……続きを見る