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‘It’s the screaming that cuts you deepest, on your first night in prison. Screaming like someone is hurt. Like they need help. Like someone is dying.’ Wimbledon champion at 17, six-time Grand Slam w……続きを見る

Howard S. Becker is a master of his discipline. His reputation as a teacher, as well as a sociologist, is supported by his best-selling quartet of sociological guidebooks: Writing for Social Scienti……続きを見る

Revolutions are a commonly studied but only vaguely understood historical phenomenon. Now updated to include the perspectives of grassroots revolutionary movements and biographies of often marginali……続きを見る

Have you ever imagined the life of a vigilante to be exciting? Do you see them as righters of wrongs and seekers of justice? Or are they something more sinister? Vigilantes occupy a curious space in……続きを見る

Claude Lévi-Strauss is probably the most complex anthropological theorist of all time. His work continues to influence present-day thinkers in his field, but he is perhaps even more influential beyo……続きを見る

The recently retired CEO of New Orleans City Park shares here all the major events that impacted the park in the last twenty years, from Hurricane Katrina to COVID-19. Located in the center of New O……続きを見る

Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders: Social Work, Migration Management and Resistance addresses the topics of social work and international migration, with specific focus on the……続きを見る

Porque nos humillan, nos juzgan, nos lastiman… por eso gritamos, exigimos, caemos, lloramos, nos levantamos… nuestros cuerpos están encarcelados con nuestro pasado y dolor, pero no nuestros reclamos……続きを見る

Das vorliegende Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, inwiefern inklusionsorientierte Haltungen und Einstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden mithilfe von Videofällen gefördert werden können. Um diese F……続きを見る

Imagine each family as a kind of little factoryーa multiperson unit producing meals, health, skills, children, and self-esteem from market goods and the time, skills, and knowledge of its members. T……続きを見る

Seit mehr als vier Jahrzehnten forscht und publiziert der philosophische Schriftsteller, Publizist und Charisma-Experte Kurt E. Becker zum Thema "Austrahlungskraft". Existenzielle Ängste, Nöte und K……続きを見る

James Ellroy has mined the darkest corners of the American experience, public and private, to paint a landscape of corrupt hearts, minds, and institutions. Ellroy is particularly notable for explori……続きを見る

En este libro, la filósofa Nancy Fraser y los sociólogos Klaus Dörre, Stephan Lessenich y Hartmut Rosa abordan estas cuestiones y ensayan vías para resolverlas. En forma de una controversia construc……続きを見る

Für viele Männer ist die Leder- und Fetischszene ein sicherer Ort, ein schwuler Ort, ein Ort, wo man sich unter anderen befindet, die ähnlich begehren und das betont Männliche, das Hypermaskuline in……続きを見る

Most Americans admire the determination and drive of artists, athletes, and CEOs, but they seem to despise similar ambition in their elected officials. The structure of political representation and ……続きを見る

Dieses Buch stellt detailliert die alle sieben Jahre stattfindenden Verhandlungen über das Budget der Europäischen Union vor und erörtert die zentralen Elemente des europäischen Haushaltssystems. De……続きを見る

This set of volumes is based on a UNCRD study of the impact of national policies and programmes on rural development in eight developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.The Brazilian phe……続きを見る

Dieses Open-Access-Buch adressiert die durch Globalisierung und Digitalisierung zunehmende Internationalisierung der Wahrnehmung von Urheberrechten. Musikverlage, aber auch Urheber sehen sich dabei ……続きを見る

Theoretisch fundiert und praxisnah führt dieses Buch in das Handlungsfeld der vollstationären Hilfen ein. Eingebettet in die Rahmenbedingungen des SGB VIII stellt es die psychischen Belastungen der ……続きを見る

How resilient is your relationship? Do you and your partner go into "reactivity mode" when a conflict arises? Do you wish you were closer and more connected? We all need healthy, secure relationship……続きを見る

Who the public blames for health problems determines who the public believes is responsible for solving those health problems. Health policies targeting the broader public are the most effective way……続きを見る

This collection is the first of its kind on the topic of media development. It brings together luminary thinkers in the fieldーboth researchers and practitionersーto reflect on how advocacy groups, ……続きを見る

Mass communication theories were largely built when we had mass media audiences. The number of television, print, film or other forms of media audiences were largely finite, concentrating people on ……続きを見る

The work of «editing» is by and large something that happens behind the scenes, noticed only when it is done badly, or not done at all. There is not much information about what editors do. The resul……続きを見る

Media Scholarship in a Transitional Age honors the significant and lasting contribution that Pamela J. Shoemaker has made to mass communications research. Her body of work, spanning four decades, ha……続きを見る

In an age when young people may confuse online chatter with legitimate news, Navigating the News is the first textbook designed to show students how to recognize credible reporting and how real jour……続きを見る

Media accountability is back on the political agenda. Debates about the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World have shown that the need for free and responsible journalism is mo……続きを見る

In this dizzying post-truth, post-fact, fake news era, the onslaught and speed of potentially untrue, incorrect, or fabricated information (some crafted and weaponized, some carelessly shared) can c……続きを見る

This book documents the journalistic career of Mohandas K. Gandhi. Known as the Mahatma and the Father of India, Gandhi was also a journalist. However, he was a not a journalist in the same vein as ……続きを見る

This highly integrative book was written for students, professionals in aging, religious leaders, and older adults themselves. Readers will gain the knowledge and skills they need to assess, engage,……続きを見る