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Moderne Gesellschaften gelten als hochentwickelt, reformfähig und steuerbar. Gleichzeitig entsteht ein wiederkehrender Eindruck struktureller Schwerfälligkeit. STANDFEST analysiert diese Diskrepanz ……続きを見る

Este livro nasce da contemplação sensível sobre a forma como os povos do mundo se despedem de seus mortos ー alguns cantam, outros silenciam, todos buscam preservar a memória. Mais do que a perda, o……続きを見る

Focusing on a decade of controversy surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in China, this book provides a rigorous, mixed-method analysis of how risk discourses are constructed and dissem……続きを見る

Queer Narratives in Contemporary American Comics: Gutter Smut examines how comics reveal evolving perspectives on gender, sex and sexuality in the United States. Tracing moral panics from the mid-20……続きを見る

This book uses the case of Chinese development in Laos to ask what development is and why it happens as it does. Development may seem self-evidently positive, but it is fraught with different agenda……続きを見る

In the United States, the bottom 50 percent of households hold only 1 percent of the nation’s wealth. Scholars and commentators have long viewed democracy as the antidote to economic inequality, but……続きを見る

Moltitudini è un'indagine affascinante del ruolo della collettività nella formazione della società moderna. Hancox esplora il potere trasformativo delle masse, viste come ideale democratico, raccont……続きを見る

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How do we hold onto friends and communities in a world that feels increasingly fragmented? This timely collection explores how social conne……続きを見る

What if the food you eat could rewind your biological clock? 'Clear and compelling' Chris van Tulleken 'Really interesting and insightful' Joe Wicks 'Fascinating' Tim Spector From the rising inciden……続きを見る

As artificial intelligence (AI) advances, the question of how AI can empower humans over the long term has become increasingly important. This book, Human-AI Empowerment (HAIE), provides a timely ex……続きを見る

In "The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World," William W. Sanger presents a comprehensive exploration of one of society's most enduring institutions. Employi……続きを見る

What if doubt, hesitation and ambivalence weren’t barriers to activism but powerful tools for change? Challenging the idea that activism is fuelled only by anger or hope, this bold collection explor……続きを見る

Globally, social workers are committed to human rights and challenging unjust social structures. However, their close ties to the state often reinforce such systems of oppression. The first to apply……続きを見る

ePUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines how and why experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain varied according to ethnicity. Drawing from the Evidence……続きを見る

This book provides a description of what a good human service organization is, and what it does. The author relies on a broad framework to define “good” and offers a fictional account as a methodolo……続きを見る

This book aims to address the copyright issues surrounding VGs and to balance the interests of the various stakeholders (in both legal and social contexts) in order to promote the sustainable develo……続きを見る

This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving……続きを見る

First published in 1976, Interwar Britain presents a highly readable and up-to-date account of a crucial period in modern British history. The major economic and social issues, ranging from economic……続きを見る

This collection examines the power and transformative potential of movements that fight against poverty and inequality. Broadly, poverty politics are struggles to define who is poor, what it means t……続きを見る

The Last Living Slut is the salaciously literary and sexually liberated account of one young woman’s transition from traditionally-raised Iranian to rock and roll groupie for Guns N Roses, Motley Cr……続きを見る

Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authorsーsome eminent, some less well knownーwho grew up tough and talented in working-class America. Thei……続きを見る

Das Buch behandelt die Zuwanderung und Integration von Ausländern in Deutschland und Russland. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Auseinandersetzung mit den drei wichtigsten und aktuellsten Problematiken der ……続きを見る

A beautiful and timeless memoir about family in all its forms, from television documentary director, Rebecca Coxon. 'Moving, courageous, enlightening' ELIZABETH DAY 'Immaculately sculpted. I loved i……続きを見る

Family Group Conferences are seen as a progressive and influential form of practice in child welfare across the globe. This book examines and identifies variations in independent advocacy provision ……続きを見る

Thoughts and feelings about home traditionally provided people of all cultures with a firm sense of where they belonged, and why. But with the world rapidly changing, many of our basic notions are b……続きを見る

« Trouver sa place de grand-parent, cela demande d’avoir réfléchi au temps et à l’énergie que l’on est prêt à consacrer à ses petits-enfants, de marquer ses limites comme d’accepter celles que mette……続きを見る

AI for Knowledge explores the question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming knowledge access and creation for the good. AI is accelerating our access to knowledge through search, ……続きを見る

“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always ……続きを見る

Revisualising Intersectionality offers transdisciplinary interrogations of the supposed visual evidentiality of categories of human similarity and difference. This open-access book incorporates insi……続きを見る

**Winner, Australian Business Book Awards 2025, Leadership Category** Despite the surge of women into university, jobs and sitting in federal parliament, why are men still overwhelmingly running the……続きを見る