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Esteemed Psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies and points the way toward a process of healing. Throughout the Western world, people have come……続きを見る

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the st……続きを見る

Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Global Migration examines the complicated social ethics of migration in today’s world. Editors Elizabeth W. Collier and Charles R. Strain bring the perspectives……続きを見る

Based on the premise that terrorism is essentially a message, Terrorism and Communication: A Critical Introduction examines terrorism from a communication perspectiveーmaking it the first text to of……続きを見る

Internationally driven development programmes have not been entirely successful in transforming the economic status of African countries. Since the late 1990s many African countries have started to ……続きを見る

Anyone who has ever had a job has probably experienced work-related stress at some point or another. For many workers, however, job-related stress is experienced every day and reaches more extreme l……続きを見る

Choice Outstanding Academic Title “In Rachel Carson and Her Sisters, Musil fills the gap by placing Carson's achievements in a wider context, weaving connections from the past through the present. R……続きを見る

The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 BCE) was a vast and complex sociopolitical structure that encompassed much of modern-day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and i……続きを見る

"Midlarsky has done it again, another state-of-the art handbook on the most recent developments in the study of war. This volume is entirely new with a focus on internal war. It is a 'must-read' for……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Pädagogische Soziologie, Note: 1,3, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 'Das Aufgabenspektrum der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer im System Beruflicher Bi……続きを見る

Doktorarbeit / Dissertation aus dem Jahr 1999 im Fachbereich Politik - Sonstige Themen, Note: magna cum laude, Universität Rostock (Institut für Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaften), Sprache: Deu……続きを見る

Au cours des trois dernières décennies, l'accélération des processus de mondialisation et l'augmentation des inégalités économiques dans la plupart des pays du monde ont posé la question de l'émerge……続きを見る

A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research. Featuring extended case studies of actual research project……続きを見る

The must-read summary of William F. Buckley Jr.'s book: “Flying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater”. This complete summary of "Flying High" by William F. Buckley Jr. presents his tribute to the forme……続きを見る

Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, and drawing on Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, Sus……続きを見る

European and American specialists in economic and political processes move beyond earlier debates to look seriously, systematically, and innovatively at social change and protest, with particular at……続きを見る

This book examines Thomas De Quincey's notion of the unconscious in the light of modern cognitive science and nineteenth-century science. It challenges Freudian theories as the default methodology i……続きを見る

Migration ist Gegenstand Sozialer Arbeit, wenn Migrant(inn)en marginalisiert sind und die Gesellschaft auf Anforderungen neuer Vielfalt reagieren muss. Sie findet nicht allein in migrationsspezifisc……続きを見る

La sociología proporciona una nueva perspectiva, una nueva mirada sobre los acontecimientos más cotidianos y más trascendentales de nuestra propia vida y de la de los otros. Adoptar esa perspectiva ……続きを見る

The second edition of the Message to a Blackman in Africa is an expansion of the first edition which was written three years ago. This is a doctrine of the African social insurgency; it defies conve……続きを見る

In January 2004, daytime television presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan launched their book club and sparked debate about the way people in Britain, from the general reader to publishers to……続きを見る

Esta publicación refleja una multiplicidad de reflexiones sobre un espacio común: la razón de ser de las izquierdas. Se analizan los temas relativos al papel de la izquierda en América Latina y su i……続きを見る

Esta publicación recopila los trabajos presentados durante el foro del mismo nombre que se llevó a cabo en la Fundación, con la asesoría de tres investigadoras sociales. Todas, con una visión difere……続きを見る

Antisemitism and anti-Zionism are complex, delineable, yet inter-related social-psychological phenomena. While antisemitism has been described as an irrational, age-old prejudice, anti-Zionism is of……続きを見る

First published in 1890, and undoubtedly Azevedo's masterpiece, The Slum is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed novels ever written about Brazil. Indeed, its great popularity, reali……続きを見る

The European Union (EU) and the Eurozone became the economic integration example to follow for years. However, the worldwide economic crisis that unfolded in 2007 put the whole economic integration ……続きを見る

In January 2012, millions participated in the now-infamous “Internet blackout” against the Stop Online Piracy Act, protesting the power it would have given intellectual property holders over the Int……続きを見る

From the local level to international politics, deliberation helps to increase mutual understanding and trust, in order to arrive at political decisions of high epistemic value and legitimacy. This ……続きを見る

The must-read summary of Steven M. Gillon's book: “The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson’s Pivotal First Day as President”. This complete summary of "The Kennedy Assassinatio……続きを見る

Imprisonment has become big business in the United States. Using a "history of ideas" approach, this book examines the cultural underpinnings of prisons in the United States and explores how shared ……続きを見る