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"Brilliant... explains how the rhetoric of competition has invaded almost every domain of our existence." - Evgeny Morozov, author of To Save Everything, Click Here "A sparkling, original, and provocative analysis of neoliberalism... a distinctive account of the...
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The Great War continues to play a prominent role in contemporary consciousness. With commemorative activities involving seventy-two countries, its centenary is a titanic undertaking: not only ‘the centenary to end all centenaries’ but the first truly global period of...
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We live in increasingly diverse societies. Human relations are increasingly maintained by widely-used virtual means, with the result that it is becoming more common to find people with various identities and feelings of belonging living in the same political space....
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This volume sets out to re-imagine the theoretical and epistemological presuppositions of existing scholarship on identities. Despite a well-established body of scholarly texts that examine the concept from a wide range of perspectives, there is a surprising dearth of...
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Mit der Offenen Methode der Koordinierung (OMK) im Bereich der sozialen Eingliederung steht im Fokus dieser Arbeit eine zentrale sozial- und gesellschaftspolitische Programmformel der EU. Sie wird anhand eines neuen Falles, des Beitrittslandes Bulgarien, untersucht....
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Religious Intolerance is on the rise. Debating religious freedom often means debating «West» versus «Islam». This book challenges crucial stereotypes around this issue. It explores the scope of the right to freedom of religion in the International Treaties and...
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Based on two richly described case studies – a Pentecostal worship service and popular music festival – this book draws on sociology, theology and religious studies in order to understand the significance of ecstatic experience in these contexts. Interviews with...
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Die Studie, im Sinne der Intellectual History angelegt, rekonstruiert und dokumentiert den originären wie konzeptionellen Beitrag Leo Löwenthals zur frühen Kritischen Theorie, wie sie in den 1930er Jahren von den engsten Mitarbeitern des Instituts für Sozialforschung –...
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The issue of protecting essential infrastructure against the threat of terrorist attack is one which continues to concern governments worldwide. But terrorism is not the only threat this infrastructure may face: environmental hazards, industrial accidents and sabotage...
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Seit Beginn menschlicher Kultur waren Heilkundige bemüht, Kranken auch mit geeigneten Worten zu helfen. Archaische und mittelalterliche Heilspruchtexte, bisher als magische oder per Wortakt performierende Instrumente gedeutet, werden vom Autor erstmals nach...
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This book highlights an important moment in the history of Romanian sociology: The idea of getting involved in the knowledge and construction of social life as well as the virtues of the sociologic monograph method that were promoted by the Bucharest Sociologic School...
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The book won the Surveillance Studies Network Book Prize 2014. The book argues that the mobile as a political technology in a broad sense facilitates the global export of the Western concept of individuality. This empowers those subjectivities and mindsets which can...
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Dieser wissenschaftliche Essay beschäftigt sich mit nationalen Grenzen und der Etablierung von grenzüberschreitenden Regionen in Europa. Der Autor untersucht aus soziologischer Perspektive, ob sich Staatsgrenzen, wie Gesellschaftstheorien annehmen, zunehmend auflösen....
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Der automobile (R)Evolutionsprozess Elektromobilität führt bereits heute in weiten Teilen der Automobilindustrie zu enormen Innovationsanstrengungen und zu zahlreichen inner- und außerbetrieblichen Reorganisationsprozessen.Der Autor untersucht am Beispiel eines großen...
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Schulische Gewaltprävention ist ein zentrales Element von Schulentwicklung. Verstanden als Förderstrategie, kann sie eine Präventions- und Interventionsmöglichkeit darstellen, die benachteiligten Kindern und Jugendlichen zugutekommt. Vor dem Hintergrund einer...
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The book aims to reconstruct and analyze the disputes over the Polish-Jewish past and memory in public debates in Poland between 1985 and 2012, from the discussions about Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, Jan Blonski’s essayThe Poor Poles Look at the Ghetto, Jan Tomasz Gross’...
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Questo è il secondo tomo di una trilogia: I. Differenziazione, non linearità, equilibrio (già pubblicato); II. Stati psichici e costanti dell’azione; III. Stati psichici e variabili dell’azione (che seguirà a breve). In questo secondo tomo si procede all’applicazione...
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Typical food is an in-vogue topic, embodying issues such as current trends in food globalization and European Union policies on agriculture and trade. It is, however, striking how little is known about its history. This book, inspired by the conference La tipicità nella...
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When it comes to 'power', it can often feel as if everyone is talking about it, yet no one appears to have given it any thought. Well, not quite. In this original and timely book, Mitchell Dean provides a characteristically thoughtful and incisive analysis that aims to...
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London’s Trafalgar Square is one of the world’s best known public places, and during its relatively short history has seen violent protest, imperial and royal spectacle and wild national celebration. This book draws together scholarship on national identity, cultural...
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