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Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children's voices, and those of their advocates and survivors, is essential. In this new edition...
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History and Education is a text that engages the history of the global class war, from the United States to the former Soviet Union, from the People’s Republic of China to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in order to contribute to the development of communist...
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Der Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges wurde von der überwiegenden Zahl der deutschen Intellektuellen und Schriftsteller emphatisch begrüßt – auch von den deutschen Juden, die im Kampf fürs Vaterland eine Möglichkeit sahen, ihren Patriotismus und ihre gelungene...
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The term «house of art» designates the cultural phenomenon and creative mode in modernity associated with an artist’s residence as his own creation and as his product of a need to create which is unfulfilled in the painter’s, writer’s or composer’s actual field. This...
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The contributions in this volume reflect discussions and controversies during the Princeton University Conference on Polish-Jewish Studies (April 18–19, 2015).The debates examined the politics of history in Poland, as well as the scholarly and pedagogical need to move...
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Prostitution ist scheinbar genauso alt wie die Menschheit selbst und gilt nicht von ungefähr als das «älteste Gewerbe» überhaupt. Dieser Band versteht sich als interdisziplinäre, chronologisch sowie global umfassende Analyse des Phänomens und bietet dem Fachpublikum und...
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This encyclopedia aims to provide a ready reference to various aspects of American culture. The time frame is from the colonial period to the end of the 20th century. The areas covered are fine arts (painting, sculpture, photography); performing arts (music, ballet,...
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Hate Narratives examines the limits of free speech and focuses on the role of language in creating images of reality, and on language’s power to build social relationships based on hatred. The study provides an analysis of language used in totalitarian systems, along...
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Der erste Band der Wiener Konferenz (2013) anlässlich des 90. Geburtstages von Nikita Il’ic Tolstoj († 1996) zur traditionellen Volkskultur und zur Sprachgeschichte der Slavia Orthodoxa, den beiden Hauptsträngen der Forschungsarbeit des bedeutenden Moskauer Philologen,...
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Die akademische Personalentwicklung muss strategisch konzipiert sein, um die Personalpraxis an Hochschulen zukunftsfähig, effektiv, divers und fair zu gestalten und um Exzellenz des Personals in Lehre und Forschung zu erreichen. Konzeptionelle und praxisbezogene...
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Die Autoren untersuchen den Wandel des Bildes des Zweiten Weltkrieges, der sich in der Erinnerungskultur in den letzten 25 Jahren in Polen und in Deutschland vollzogen hat. Ihre Perspektive öffnet den Blick auf das Zusammenspiel der Veränderungen, die sich aus dem...
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This collection of articles offers readers a cross-section of current research on contemporary and historical concepts and representations of (cultural) values as documented in popular culture, public space, the arts, works of literature and in ethnic contexts. The...
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The signing of the Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention) by the Alpine States in 1991 heralded new practices and perspectives. This transnational project is intended to solve important challenges faced by the Alpine population. Convinced that the...
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A la luz de los más recientes estudios jacobeos, escritos de peregrinación y la literatura ficcional o testimonial, en el volumen se contrastan relatos de viajeros a Compostela procedentes de los confines de Europa con la iconografía jacobea, incidiendo también en...
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This volume commemorates Richard H. Grathoff’s (1934–2013) contribution to interpretative sociology. Reconsidering the legacy of social phenomenology, it demonstrates the usefulness of concepts such as life-world, milieu and symbolic transcendence in the studies of...
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Leihmütter werden heute zunehmend von Paaren aus aller Welt in Anspruch genommen. Die Autorin geht den aktuellen Fragen, die dieser Trend aufwirft, insbesondere mit Blick auf das internationale Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht nach. Die Abstammung des Kindes, seine...
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This book takes stock of opinion polls in communist and post-communist states, presents specific case studies and answers the question how opinion polls under conditions of censorship and lack of media pluralism differ from those in liberal democratic societies. These...
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Since the first book was signed almost ten years ago, the Mediated Youth series has published nearly two dozen volumes, with more in process or production. This milestone provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on how the series has evolved, how it has contributed...
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Using interviews with world-renowned and innovative hip-hop DJs, as well as technology manufacturers that cater to the market/culture, this book reveals stories behind some of the iconic DJ technologies that have helped shape the history and culture of DJing. More...
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As we grow up and grow old, embrace new experiences, try new roles, and adopt new technologies, our senses of time, space, connection, and identity are fundamentally explored through communication. Why, how, with whom, and to what end humans communicate reflect and...
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