ROLAND - Social & Cultural Studies 3

China’s rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China’s growing need for oil imports is shaping its international……続きを見る

Que cache le dossier MISERY95, lié aux meurtres de SDF dans le Val-d’Oise ? Val-d’Oise, au centre d’un tsunami social annoncé l’OPJ Omar Ling s’intéresse au dossier MISERY95 concernant des homicides……続きを見る

This book is the outcome of the Conference on Population Growth, Urbanization, and Urban Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region, held in Honolulu during 8-12 April 1985. It provides wide attention amon……続きを見る

The idea for this volume was conceived by Frederick Praeger, founder of Westview Press, who asked Roland Vaubel if he would put together a collection of chapters on the public choice approach to the……続きを見る

'Dynamic Meteorology: A Basic Course' is an introduction to the physics of the atmosphere. Starting from the basics, it provides students with an awareness of simple mathematics and enthusiastically……続きを見る

Un jeune couple de photographes raconte leur expédition dans les montagnes du Pamir, sur les traces des caravanes de chameaux circulant sur des rivières gelées... Au cours d’une longue traversée de ……続きを見る

Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work discusses the benefits and disadvantages of the postmodern philosophy as a foundation for social work and human service practice. Social work s……続きを見る

This book provides a multi-level and multi-dimensional insight into urban water and sanitation development by analyzing sector reforms in Africa. With the recent events in mind - water shortages in ……続きを見る

Ethnographers helped to perceive, to understand and also to shape imperial as well as Soviet Russia's cultural diversity. This volume focuses on the contexts in which ethnographic knowledge was crea……続きを見る

This is Volume 9 of The Mythology of All Races, an anthropological study of Oceana, with chapters covering Polynesia, Melanesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, and Australia. 続きを見る

Collaborating with community members adds a critical dimension to social work research, providing practitioners with intimate knowledge of a community's goals and needs while equipping community adv……続きを見る

Football in Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe has long functioned as a carrier of the three “non-normal” socio-political drivers that were effective below the surface of modernity, including the of……続きを見る

A fascinating history of marginalized identities in the medieval world While the term “intersectionality” was coined in 1989, the existence of marginalized identities extends back over millennia. By……続きを見る

Bei unserem ersten Messeauftritt in Frankfurt am Main 1990 wurden Wetten abgeschlossen, wie lange es dieser neue Verlag wohl machen würde. An ein Vierteljahrhundert hat damals niemand gedacht, viell……続きを見る

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren’t sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horro……続きを見る

Die Frage nach der Bestimmung von Professionalität zählt zu den Dauerthemen der Sozialen Arbeit. Viele Veröffentlichungen weisen einerseits darauf hin, dass an dieser Fragestellung gearbeitet wird, ……続きを見る

Private Bilder sind nicht mehr, was sie einmal waren: Allgegenwärtige Gesichtserkennung macht sie zur Ressource digitaler Massenüberwachung. Dabei verschärft die Technologie rassistische Diskriminie……続きを見る

This book covers the whole system of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, dealing with Deng Xiaoping’s theory, the socialist market economy, a moderately well-off (Xiaokang) society, China’s prac……続きを見る

Que l’on en soit conscient ou non, la manipulation fait partie de notre quotidien… Souvent collective, elle peut pourtant aussi être individuelle et personnelle : elle intervient alors dans notre co……続きを見る

While the COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed all else and would quickly have a lasting impact on our daily lives, other events related to the radical right in 2020 soon surfaced. From terrorist attacks ……続きを見る

Over the past decade, rental costs and home purchase prices have risen rapidly, leading to increasing social discontent and political pressure. Housing policy has nevertheless been a rather neglecte……続きを見る

In the late fifteenth century, the production of print editions of Claudius Ptolemy’s second-century Geography sparked one of the most significant intellectual developments of the eraーthe productio……続きを見る

Was kostet mich ein Schritt zurück und was bekomme ich dafür? Ist mein verklärter Blick auf das einfache Leben meiner Kindheit nur ein Trugbild, oder ist der Schritt zurück der erste Schritt nach vo……続きを見る

Lying at the centre of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic and its turbulent history have often been overlooked. Democracy, in any kind of a meaningful sense, has eluded the country. S……続きを見る

As far as the design of the book is concerned, we chose to be selectively limited, in sense of pulling the diverse information on mammalian species, for the just reason of avoiding overburden of mat……続きを見る

First-hand accounts of how Ngugi wa Thiong'o's life and work have intersected, and the multiple forces that have converged to make him one of the greatest writers to come out of Africa in the twenti……続きを見る

This collection of essays reflects on the life and work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2018. Drawing from a wide range of contributors, including writers, critics, publish……続きを見る

“If we were to start all over again with “Nothingness,” sooner or later God would have to appear, popping into existence Himself as His laughter creates His cosmos.” John Roland Stahl is a Papermake……続きを見る

10 questions pour mieux comprendre la démocratie en santé, ses enjeux et son avenir. Démarche visant à associer usagers, professionnels et décideurs publics dans l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre de……続きを見る

Diese Sozialkunde der Bundesrepublik stellt dar, wie Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik sich in Deutschland historisch gewandelt haben, wo wir heute stehen und wohin die Entwicklung geht. Ausgewie……続きを見る