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  • 1
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Keywords: Energy ; Energy and Poverty Alleviation ; Energy Policies and Economics ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty ; Poverty Reduction ; Services and Transfers To Poor ; Taxation and Subsidies
    Abstract: This paper investigates the distributional direct welfare impact on households resulting from fuel subsidy removal. Note that this analysis focuses only on the direct distributional impact. A fuller understanding of the impact of fuel subsidies removal involves analyzing the indirect impact as well. Unfortunately, analysis of the distributional effect of fuel subsidies removal or fuel price increases is heavily constrained by the lack of appropriate data in Sudan. We do not have access to the relevant input-output table that describes the number of monetary transfers between sectors of the economy, making it impossible to simulate the indirect effect of fuel price increases on prices in other sectors. Therefore, the estimated impacts in this paper should be considered as the lower bound of the potential impact, as the overall impact will be higher when indirect impacts are factored. The paper is organized as follows. Section two examines the empirical evidence on the impact of fuel subsidy removal. Section three discusses the methodology and data used in this study. Section four presents an analysis of the welfare impact of fuel subsidies removal. Section 5, the conclusion, provides some suggestions on the way forward. The results from this work would inform policy dialogue with the Government of Sudan regarding the overall economic reforms that are being considered for stabilization of the economy
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  • 2
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Keywords: Agriculture ; Conflict ; Equity and Development ; Food Security ; Inflation ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty Reduction
    Abstract: The economy is estimated to have contracted by 3.5 percent during FY2017-2018, but a modest recovery is projected for FY2018-2019. Coupled with economic mismanagement, many years of conflict have eroded the productive capacity of South Sudan. Conflict persists across the country despite the peace agreement and is the major driver of the economic collapse. Oil production is expected to be the major driver of growth in the short and medium term. South Sudan remains in debt distress and the external position is weak, with depleted reserves estimated at less than one week of import cover. If the peace agreement is respected by all parties and conflict does not recur, the economy is projected to grow by 1.8 percent during FY2018-2019. However, a less positive outlook could emerge if the peace agreement falters, with growth barely reaching 0.3 percent in the absence of progress in the non-oil sectors
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  • 3
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Keywords: Fiscal and Monetary Policy ; Fiscal Policy ; Macroeconomic Management ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Public Finance ; Public Sector Development ; Public Sector Management and Reform ; Public Sector Reform ; Taxation and Subsidies
    Abstract: Croatia has made significant economic progress since independence, but the global financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in its economy and growth model. While growth has resumed in 2015, income convergence has been thrown back by the crisis and by the prolonged recession that followed and is currently proceeding only slowly. Low growth potential, deriving from low productivity growth, an ageing society, emigration, and a pace of capital accumulation lower than before the crisis, needs to be boosted for sustainable and reasonably rapid income convergence with the EU28. To this end, the export sector merits particular attention. Integration in global value chains and exposure to international competition would help to strengthen firm-level productivity, investment, and wages. Croatia has the smallest goods export sector among its peers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and while exports of services are strong thanks to a vibrant tourism industry, the potential for productivity improvements there is limited. Fiscal policy will need to remain tight, as high public debt, to a significant extent denominated in foreign currency, needs to be reduced and fiscal space rebuilt. However, there is scope for using expenditure policies, for instance better targeting of social assistance, to increase incentives for labor force participation, which would help counter adverse demographic trends, reduce the need for fiscal transfers and increase the scope for raising public investment, and reduce inequality and poverty. Lastly, the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector service delivery across almost the entire public sector will need to be raised. This will also serve to make Croatia a more attractive destination for investments, which in turn would help boost output, reduce unemployment, and provide more revenue
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  • 4
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Keywords: Agricultural Sector Economics ; Agriculture ; Consumption ; Food Security ; Inequality ; Inflation ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty ; Poverty Reduction ; Taxation and Subsidies
    Abstract: With the end of the oil economy in 2011, Sudan's regime of subsidies for wheat and fuel became increasingly unsustainable. The loss of oil revenues in the wake of the secession of South Sudan in 2011 resulted in severe macroeconomic imbalances, including a substantial budget deficit, pressure on the exchange rate, increases in the inflation rate, and the emergence of a system of multiple exchange rates. Despite an increase in the fiscal cost of these subsidies due to downward pressure on the Sudanese Pound (SDG) and except for incremental price hikes for electricity and fuel, both wheat and fuel subsidies remained largely in place until the end of last year. This policy note aims to estimate the level and incidence of welfare effects of increasing staple food prices between October 2017 and July 2018. Combining household-level data from the first round of the National Household Budget and Poverty Survey 2014/15 and monthly wholesale prices collected in up to six major markets throughout the country, this note evaluates the distributional effects of recent price hikes. Future subsidy reforms should pay close attention to typical food price fluctuations over the year: ideally, reforms are implemented shortly after sowing and before the main harvest season. Food prices typically fluctuate substantially in Sudan over the course of the year. Fuel subsidy reforms should be timed to take advantage of this pattern, which would most likely mean that they should be initiated directly after the sowing season and before the beginning of the harvest season so that prices remain stable at this point
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781464810374
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (178 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Directions in Development;Directions in Development - Poverty
    Series Statement: Directions in Development - Poverty
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Migration ; Inequality ; Skills ; Growth ; Labor Market
    Abstract: The Dominican Republic stands out as a fast growing economy that has not been able to generate a commensurate reduction in poverty. Three reasons have been raised before to explain this conundrum: (i) a labor market that does not translate productivity gains into salary increases; (ii) a domestic economy with weak inter-sectoral linkages; (iii) and a public sector that does not spend enough nor particularly well to reduce poverty. In addition, the country remains largely exposed to natural disasters and exogenous shocks that, if not mitigated properly, may affect the sustainability of growth in the medium and longer terms. This book assembles a collection of empirical analyses that explore three complementary hypotheses that could help understand why the Dominican Republic continues, to this date, experiencing high economic growth rates with limited poverty reduction. The first hypothesis is concerned with testing whether the observed pattern of fast economic growth cum persistent poverty in the DR is partly driven by a poverty methodology that does not account for price variation that affects distinctly the consumption patterns of low-income and better-off households. If that hypothesis holds, the DR may face a situation in which household income for households at the bottom of the distribution is underestimated. The second hypothesis tests whether the pattern of specialization in the DR might be such that it does not favor unskilled labor. If that hypothesis holds, then returns to capital are probably much higher than returns to labor which would be an indication that the DR has had a comparative advantage in products that are capital intensive instead of labor-intensive. The third hypothesis investigates whether poverty and wage inequality in the DR are affected not only by immigration but also by emigration. The contribution of the volume, therefore, lies in precisely offering a more careful exploration of specific issues around common explanations for the shortcomings of the DR in reducing poverty on a faster basis
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  • 6
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (55 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Serial Unassigned
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Growth ; Diversification ; Daesh ; Inclusion ; Violent Extremism ; Conflict
    Abstract: The year 2016 appears to be one of the toughest for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as their governments face serious policy challenges. The biggest challenge for oil exporters is managing their finances and diversification strategies with oil below
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  • 7
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (49 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Africa's Pulse
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Economies ; GDP ; Growth ; Macroeconomic analysis
    Abstract: Africa's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macro-economic outlook for the region. It also includes a section focusing on a topic that represents a particular development challenges for the continent. It is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region.This issue is an analysis of issues shaping Africa's economic future. Growth remains stable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries are seeing a slowdown, but the region's economic prospects remain broadly favorable. External risks of higher global financial market volatility and lower growth in emerging market economies weigh on the downside. In several Sub-Saharan African countries, large budgetary imbalances are a source of vulnerability to exogenous shocks and underscore the need for rebuilding fiscal buffers in these countries. The Ebola outbreak is exacting a heavy human and economic toll on affected countries and, if not rapidly contained, the risk of wider contagion grows. Without a scale-up of effective interventions, growth would slow markedly not only in the core countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone), but also in the sub region as transportation, cross-border trade, and supply chains are severely disrupted. In Sub-Saharan Africa, growth in agriculture and services is more effective at reducing poverty than growth in industry. Structural transformation has a role to play in accelerating poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing agricultural productivity will be critical to fostering structural transformation. Boosting rural income diversification can facilitate this transformation, as well. Investments in rural public goods and services (for example, education, health, rural roads, electricity and ICT), including in small towns, will be conducive to lifting productivity in the rural economy. Although Sub-Saharan Africa's pattern of growth has largely bypassed manufacturing, growing the region's manufacturing base, especially by improving its fundamentals, lower transport cost, cheaper and more reliable power, and a more educated labor force, will benefit all sectors
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9781464809170
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (144 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Directions in Development;Directions in Development - Countries and Regions
    Series Statement: Directions in Development - Countries and Regions
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Urbanization ; Productive growth ; Cities ; Sprawl ; Growth
    Abstract: Despite impressive economic growth and increasing prosperity, cities in Mexico do not seem to have fully captured the benefits of urban agglomeration, in part because of rapid and uncoordinated urban growth. Recent expansion of many Mexican cities has been distant, disconnected, and dispersed, driven mainly by large single-use housing developments on the outskirts of cities. The lack of a coordinated approach to urban development has hindered the ability of cities in Mexico to boost economic growth and foster inclusive development. It also has created a fissure between new housing developments and urban services, infrastructure, and access to employment. Mexico Urbanization Review: Managing Spatial Growth for Productive and Livable Cities in Mexico provides an analytical basis to understand how well-managed urban growth can help Mexican cities to capture the positive gains associated with urbanization. To this end, the authors analyze the development patterns of the 100 largest Mexican cities using a set of spatial indexes. They then examine how the recent urban growth has affected the economic performance and livability of Mexican cities and offer recommendations for adjusting urban policy frameworks and instruments in ways that support sustainable spatial development and make cities more productive and inclusive
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  • 9
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (58 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: LAC Semiannual Report
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Commodity cycles ; Emerging markets ; Fiscal adjustment ; Growth ; Monitory policy ; Policy space ; Savings ; Social adjustment ; Latin America
    Abstract: This semiannual report produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) of the World Bank - analyzes the economic and financial performance of LAC in light of the commodity price cycle. Chapter 1 covers short-term prospects, identifies the external factors affecting the economic slowdown, and focuses on the policy challenges faced by the region (South America in particular) in terms of the monetary, fiscal, external and social adjustments required to accommodate the new external environment. Chapter 2 reviews the region's experience during the commodity cycle, links it with the external environment, and identifies low saving as a key determinant of both the macroeconomic performance during the cycle and the constrained policy space policy makers now face, in some countries more than others. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the policy choices the region now faces, both for the immediate future and for the longer run
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  • 10
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    ISBN: 9780415717915
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (189 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge New Developments in Communication and Society Research
    Parallel Title: Print version Activism on the Web : Everyday Struggles against Digital Capitalism
    DDC: 306.2
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Activism on the Web examines the everyday tensions that political activists face as they come to terms with the increasingly commercialized nature of web technologies and sheds light on an important, yet under-investigated, dimension of the relationship between contemporary forms of social protest and internet technologies. Drawing on anthropological and ethnographic research amongst three very different political groups in the UK, Italy and Spain, the book argues that activists' everyday internet uses are largely defined by processes of negotiation with digital capitalism. These processes of
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Activist Cultures, the Web, and Digital Capitalism; 1 The Ethnography of Digital Activism; 2 Web 2.0 and the Agency of Technologies; 3 Social Media Activism and the Critique of Mass Self-Communication; 4 The Everyday Critique of Digital Labor; 5 Digital Activism and the Problem of Immediacy; 6 Activist Magazines in the Digital Age; Conclusion: The Future of the Web, Big Data, and the Power of Critique; Appendix 1: Activism on the Web: A Note on Method; Bibliography; Index
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  • 11
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    ISBN: 9780415734493
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (335 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Parallel Title: Print version Understanding Cultural Geography : Places and traces
    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Understanding Cultural Geography: Places and Traces offers a comprehensive introduction to perhaps the most exciting and challenging area of human geography. By focusing on the notion of 'place' as a key means through which culture and identity is grounded, the book showcases the broad range of theories, methods and practices used within the discipline. This book not only introduces the reader to the rich and complex history of cultural geography, but also the key terms on which the discipline is built. From these insights, the book approaches place as an 'ongoing composition of traces', highl
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; Part 1 Introducing Cultural Geography; 1 Introduction; Part 2 Cultural Geography Then and Now: The History of the Discipline; 2 The history of cultural geography; 3 Branching out: twenty-first-century developments in the family tree of culturalgeography; Part 3 Place and Power; 4 Knowing (your) place; 5 Taking and making place: the stuff of power; 6 Senses of place: scales and beliefs; Part 4 Money, Movement, and the More-Than-Human
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Place and capitalism: global, corporate, and anti-capitalisms8 Place and mobility; 9 Place and nature; Part 5 Culture and Identity; 10 The place of race and ethnicity; 11 Place and youth; 12 Place and language; 13 Place and the body; Part 6 Doing Cultural Geography; 14 Doing cultural geography in practice; Part 7 Conclusions; 15 A cultural geography approach to place; Bibliography; Index
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  • 12
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781848932326
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (270 p)
    Series Statement: Studies for the International Society for Cultural HIST
    Series Statement: Studies for the International Society for Cultural History Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version A Cultural History of the Radical Sixties in the San Francisco Bay Area
    DDC: 306.209794609046
    Keywords: Breast--Cancer--History ; Breast ; Cancer ; History ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The San Francisco Bay Area was a meeting point for radical politics and counterculture in the 1960s. Until now there has been little understanding of what made political culture here unique. This work explores the development of a regional culture of radicalism in the Bay Area, one that underpinned both political protest and the counterculture
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; Introduction: The Culture and Politics of Space; 1 The Culture Wars and the Sixties; 2 Go West!; 3 Free Space, Free Speech; 4 SDS Goes West; 5 Genesis of a Counterculture; 6 The Contradictions of Cultural Radicalism; 7 Liberated Territory; 8 Revolutionary Dreams, Provincial Politics; 9 Soulful Socialism and Felicitous Space; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9781317451679 , 9781315698045
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (825 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: EBL-Schweitzer
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen: World clothing and fashion
    DDC: 391.00903
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Topic Finder; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A-Z Entries; A; Academic Garb; Accessories; Advertising; African American Clothing and Fashion; African Clothing, Northern; African Clothing, Sub-Saharan; American Western Clothing; Amerindian Clothing, Pre-Columbian; Amerindian Clothing, Post-Contact; Amulets; Appliqué; Aprons; Arctic Attire; Armani, Giorgio; Armor; Art and Media, Fashion; Art Nouveau and Art Deco Fashion; Athletic Shoes; Avedon, Richard; B; Baby Clothes; Badges and Insignias; Balenciaga, Cristóbal. - Balmain, PierreBatiking; Beads and Beading; Beaton, Cecil; Beene, Geoffrey; Belle Époque Fashion; Belts and Suspenders; Blankets; Blass, Bill; Bloomer, Amelia; Bodices; Body Painting; Body Piercing; Bohemian Style and Fashion; Bond Clothing Stores; Boots; Boutiques; Brassieres; Breechcloths; British Clothing and Fashion; Brummell, Beau; Burberry, Thomas; Burial Garb; Burka; Business Attire; Byzantine Clothing; C; Calico; Canes and Swagger Sticks; Cardin, Pierre; Cassini, Oleg; Catalogs, Clothing and Fashion; Central American, Mexican, and Caribbean Clothing; Chanel, Coco. - Children's Clothing, BoysChildren's Clothing, Girls; Chinese Clothing; Circus Costumes; Claiborne, Liz; Clan Attire; Cloaks and Capes; Club and Organizational Attire; Coats and Jackets; Cobblery; Collars; Color Trends; Coming-of-Age Attire; Corsets and Girdles; Cosmetics; Costume Design, Film; Costume Design, Theater; Costume Parties; Cotton and Cotton Products; Cotton Trade; Courtship Attire; Couturiers; Cross-Dressing; Crowns and Tiaras; Customs, Lore, and Myth; D; Dance Costumes; de la Renta, Oscar; Denim and Jeans; Department Stores; Dior, Christian; Disguise and Spy Wear; Divinities
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  • 14
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415587754
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (207 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
    Parallel Title: Print version Migration and Security in the Global Age : Diaspora Communities and Conflict
    DDC: 305.9
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book is an interdisciplinary examination of several interconnecting aspects of migrant communities in the context of contemporary conflict and security. The book illustrates that within this globalised world, migrants have become key actors, living in the spaces between states, as well as within them. Arguing that migrants and their descendants are vital and complex constituencies for the achievement of security in this global age, the volume uses a number of case studies, including Palestinian, Sri Lankan, Irish and Somali diaspora communities, to explore the different ways that such gro
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Migration and globalisation; 2 Flight and fight: examining the long distance nationalists; 3 Tales of positive engagement: the long distance peace-builders; 4 Migration and the War on Terror; 5 Fusion cuisine: diasporas, food and conflict; 6 Troubled tours: diaspora tourism, homeland and remembrance; 7 Policy matters: migration and security in the twenty-first Century; Bibliography; Index
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  • 15
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    ISBN: 9780415521840
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (295 p)
    Series Statement: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    Parallel Title: Print version Islamism and Cultural Expression in the Arab World
    DDC: 306.6/9709174927
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Whereas most studies of Islamism focus on politics and religious ideology, this book analyses the ways in which Islamism in the Arab world is defined, reflected, transmitted and contested in a variety of creative and other cultural forms. It covers a range of contexts of production and reception, from the early twentieth century to the present, and with reference to cultural production in and/or about Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, the Gulf, Lebanon and Israel/Palestine. The material engaged with is produced in Arabic, English and French and includes fiction, autobiography, feature f
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors and affiliations; A note on transliteration and translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Symbolic power, representation and reception; 1 Islam in Arabic literature: The struggle for symbolic power; 2 Managing religion in the name of national community; 3 Islamically marked bodies and urban space in two Egyptian films; 4 Piety, youth and Egyptian cinema: Still seeking Islamic space; Part II: Types, tropes and teleologies
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 'Those who cure you will kill you': The doctor and the terrorist in Arab fiction and film6 'Ostentatious veils' in the Moroccan weeklies Tel Quel and Nichan; 7 'Drives in the name of freedom': Desire and death in North African Islamization plots; 8 Islamism, capitalism and mimetic desire in the terrorism novel: Fantasy and dream; Part III: National, regional and international frames; 9 Al-Manar and Hizbullah: Creative instances in propaganda warfare; 10 Video games as civilizational configurations: US-Arab encounters
    Description / Table of Contents: 11 Rap and Islamism in post-revolutionary Tunisia: Local idiosyncrasies and global reverberations12 Towards a new language: Liberating Arab artists from Islamist discourses; 13 Stateless confederations: Revolutions of Islamic consciousness in the Arab world; Index
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781138892200
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (173 p)
    Series Statement: Jumpstart!
    Series Statement: Jumpstart Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Jumpstart! PSHE : Games and activities for ages 7-13
    DDC: 302.14
    Keywords: Social skills ; Study and teaching (Elementary) ; Activity programs.. ; Social skills ; Study and teaching (Middle) ; Activity programs.. ; Life skills ; Study and teaching (Middle) ; Activity programs ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will jumpstart students' understanding of themselves, their relationships and their knowledge of how to lead a healthy lifestyle.A wealth of practical activities in the book range from class and group discussions and formal debates to games, role plays, hot seating and thought tracking. This book enables teachers to deliver effective and imaginative PSHE lessons, encouraging children to: Share their views on issues that concern them such as bullying Learn to think for themselves and to make their own decisions Be aware of the dangers inv
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1 Developing self-knowledge and understanding relationships; 1 Understanding yourself; 2 Family matters; 3 Friends and friendships; 4 Managing your time; 5 Understanding your emotions; 6 Bullying; 7 Managing your money; 8 Coping with change; PART 2 Keeping healthy; 9 Body care; 10 Healthy eating; 11 Exercise and fitness; 12 Smoking; 13 Drinking; 14 Drugs and drug-taking; 15 Growing and changing; 16 Keeping safe; PART 3 Living in the wider world; 17 Your neighbours, your neighbourhood; 18 Rules and responsibilities
    Description / Table of Contents: 19 Values and beliefs20 Prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination; 21 Human rights; 22 Environmental issues; 23 Global issues
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781848933101
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (250 p)
    Series Statement: Studies for the Society for the Social HIST of Medicine
    Series Statement: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Desperate Housewives, Neuroses and the Domestic Environment, 1945-1970
    DDC: 306.461
    Keywords: Depression in women ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Although the figure of the 'desperate housewife' is familiar to us, Haggett suggests that many women in the 1950s and '60s led satisfying lives and that gender roles, while very different, were often seen as equal
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 Reflections on the Desperate Housewife; 2 The Art of Marriage: Marriage and Mothering during the Post-War Period; 3 The Housewife's Day: Personal Accounts of Housewifery and Mothering; 4 Lightening Troubled Minds: Mid-Twentieth Century Medical Understandings of Affective Disorders; 5 Not Something You Talk About: Personal Accounts of Anxiety and Depression; 6 For Ladies in Distress: Representations of Anxiety and Depression in the Medical and Popular Press; Conclusion; Appendix
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    ISBN: 9781848930896
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (298 p)
    Series Statement: ""The Body, Gender and Culture
    Parallel Title: Print version Stays and Body Image in London : The Staymaking Trade, 1680-1810
    DDC: 391.4/2
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book fills a significant gap in the literature on eighteenth-century social and cultural history. Starting with their production and trade, Sorge-English looks at the intricacies of the staymaker's craft, the role of gender in the design and manufacture of stays and the changing shape of stays over time
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 Stays Trade and Production in London; 2 Stays Provision and Supply; 3 Stays and the Body through the Life Cycle; 4 Consumption: Class and Gender; 5 Aesthetics of Body Image and Representation; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781848932012
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (194 p)
    Series Statement: Perspectives in Economic and Social HIST
    Parallel Title: Print version Sex in Japan's Globalization, 1870-1930 : Prostitutes, Emigration and Nation-Building
    DDC: 306.7420952
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    Abstract: Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized Japan
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Note on Japanesse Names; Introduction: In the Beginning was the Prostitute; 1 Another Japan: Sex and Women's Work; 2 Creating the Archive: The Power of the Pen; 3 Sexuality and Class: Prostitution and the Japanese Woman's Christian Temperance Union; 4 Sex as Progress: Fukuzawa Yukichi on Trade and Overseas Prostitution; 5 Disciplining Globalizing: The Colonial Singapore Example; Conclusion: Globalization and the Poor; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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    ISBN: 9781848932258
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (232 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Slavery, Memory and Identity : National Representations and Global Legacies
    DDC: 306.362
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    Abstract: This is the first book to explore national representations of slavery in an international comparative perspective. Contributions span a wide geographical range, covering Europe, North America, West and South Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction: Slavery, Memory and Identity: National Representations and Global Legacies; 1 'A Thoroughly National Work': The Politics of Blame and European Abolitionist Identities; 2 From Slave Quarters to Wigwams: Native American Slaveholding and the Debate over Civilization; 3 For Civilization's Sake: Legal Abolition of Slavery in Nepal and Sierra Leone in a Global Perspective, 1920-30; 4 The Heritage of Slavery and Nation Building: A Comparison of South Africa and Mauritius
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Picturing Slavery: The Perils and Promise of Representations of Slavery in the United States, the Bahamas and England6 'History Must be Re-Written!': Revisionist Ambitions among West African Slave Descendants; 7 Contrapuntal Memories of Slavery and Abolition in the French-Speaking World; 8 Public Memory of Slavery in Brazil; 9 Learning to Remember and Imagine Slavery: The Pedagogies of Museum Field Trips in the Representation of 'Difficult' Histories; 10 Slavery and Racism as the 'Wrongs' of (European) History: Reflections from a Study on Portuguese Textbooks; Notes; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138939394
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (248 p)
    Series Statement: Psychology Revivals
    Parallel Title: Print version Working at the Interface of Cultures : Eighteen Lives in Social Science
    DDC: 303.48/2
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    Abstract: Behind the mask of objective science lie the dynamics of what happens to scientists who go to live and work in another culture. Those who work and study in an alien culture often find themselves changed in ways that affect their scientific work. How does this challenge, stimulate, provoke, suggest and inspire advances and novelty in their theories, methods and instruments?Originally published in 1997, each of the essays in this title explores these issues through the experiences of a distinguished practitioner, describing the process of intellectual growth and development. Chosen for their ext
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 What kind of game in a far-away forest?; 2 A natural experiment: Nature runs an untidy laboratory; 3 Always something new out of Africa; 4 Raised in a collectivist culture, one may become an individualist; 5 The Archimedes effect; 6 Indigenising Westernised Chinese psychology; 7 In search of my Brahman; 8 The making, unmaking and remaking of a psychologist; 9 Tales that wag the dog: Globalisation and the emergence of postmodern psychology
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 The double life of a bilingual: A cross-cultural perspective11 Crossing the Bosphorus: Toward a socially relevant and culturally sensitive career in psychology; 12 Cruising the world: A nomad in Academe; 13 Enculturation of a semi-alien: Journeyings in the construction and reconstruction of identity; 14 Bridging spiritual sojourns and social science research in native communities; 15 Two decades of chasing the dragon: A Canadian psychologist assesses his career in Hong Kong; 16 The Haji Baba of Georgetown; 17 An intercultural journey: The four seasons; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138854024
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (231 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Violence and Emotions in Early Modern Europe
    DDC: 303.6094
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    Abstract: Violence and Emotions in Early Modern Europe examines the purposes for which specific forms of violence and particular emotional states functioned, how they operated in relation to each other, or indeed how one provoked, sustained or diminished the other.These twelve original essays demonstrate the complexities of violence and emotions and the myriad possibilities of their inter-relationships. They emphasize the great efforts that were made by early modern societies to control modes of violence and emotional regimes to achieve positive as well as negative effects, such as creating order, heali
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Publisher's acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: violence and emotions in early modern Europe; PART 1 Order and disorder; 1 Emotions in the heart of the city: crime and its punishment in Renaissance Italy; 2 Violence, anger and dishonour in sixteenth-century broadsheets from the collection of Johann Jakob Wick; 3 Murder and misericordia: reconstructing violent death and emotion in the Roman Campagna in the seventeenth century; PART 2 Bodies and souls
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 'Big mouth, big belly, fat pig!': tumults and troublemakers in the sixteenth-century Paris Hôtel-Dieu5 Miracles and misery: nuns' narratives of psychic and spiritual violence in sixteenth-century France; 6 Devotional violence and emotional governance in a seventeenth-century French female religious house; 7 Violence in medical treatment in early modern Europe; PART 3 Textual affect and effect; 8 Violent language in early fifteenth-century Italy: the emotions of invectives; 9 Nostradamus and the res mirabilia: between nature's intelligence and the Word of God
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Propaganda in the English Civil Wars: designing emotions to divide a nation11 A 'Protestant' approach to colonization as envisaged in John Lockman's martyrology (1760); Select bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415840491
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (203 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version An Archaeology of the Immaterial
    DDC: 306.4/6071
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    Abstract: An Archaeology of the Immaterial examines a highly significant but poorly understood aspect of material culture studies: the active rejection of the material world. Buchli argues that this is evident in a number of cultural projects, including anti-consumerism and asceticism, as well as other attempts to transcend material circumstances. Exploring the cultural work which can be achieved when the material is rejected, and the social effects of these 'dematerialisations', this book situates the way some people disengage from the world as a specific kind of physical engagement which has profound
    Description / Table of Contents: An Archaeology of the Immaterial - Front Cover; An Archaeology of the Immaterial ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; The immaterial ; Producing the immaterial ; Attachments ; Dualisms ; Realism ; Acknowledgement; Notes; Chapter 2: Immateriality and the ascetic object in early Christianity; Producing the immaterial ; Dualisms ; Attachments ; Incorrigibility ; Conclusion ; Acknowledgement; Notes ; Chapter 3: The Christian ascetic object before the Reformation; The late medieval ; Producing the immaterial ; Dualism ; Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: AcknowledgementNotes ; Chapter 4: The Reformation and the problem of visibility and proximity; Producing the immaterial ; Conclusion ; Acknowledgement; Notes ; Chapter 5: Leninism, immateriality and modernity; Soviet immateriality ; Soviet objectlessness ; Post-war objectlessness ; Twenty-first-century immateriality ; Early twenty-first-century objectlessness, digitization, immateriality and transcendence ; Three-dimensional printing and 'objectlessness' ; The 'Liberator' gun ; Killing images and images that kill ; Acknowledgement; Notes ; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415742900
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (151 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Body Image and Identity in Contemporary Societies : Psychoanalytic, social, cultural and aesthetic perspectives
    DDC: 306.4/613
    Keywords: Body image.. ; Identity (Psychology) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Popular interest in body image issues has grown dramatically in recent years, due to an emphasis on individual responsibility and self-determination in contemporary society as well as the seemingly limitless capacities of modern medicine; however body image as a separate field of academic inquiry is still relatively young. The contributors of Body Image and Identity in Contemporary Societies explore the complex social, political and aesthetic interconnections between body image and identity. It is an in-depth study that allows for new perspectives in the analysis of contemporary visual art and
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on the contributors; From the editors; 1 How the brain creates art and dreams; 2 Norm(s) and the function of outsider art; 3 Body and identity: objects of redemption in today's unrest; 4 Contemporary body: medicine to modern art; 5 Physical disability in the collective imagination; 6 The disabled body in contemporary society; 7 Body image and identity in victims of extreme violence; 8 The body and AIDS transformed into a work of art by Hervé Guibert; 9 The 'composite body' in contemporary art
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 The multiple bodies of Michael Jackson: a paradigm for understanding postmodern society?11 From catharsis to the cathartic: towards a post-dramatic theory of representation; 12 Modified images of the body: new forms of identity with a note on the cadavers of Gunther Von Hagens; 13 Of beauty and 'beauties': female identities and body image in Colombia; 14 Tattoos/hysteria; 15 Body in art and art therapy: humorous presentations; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138928282
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (243 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Social and Cultural Anthropology
    Parallel Title: Print version The Gift Economy
    DDC: 394
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    Abstract: Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in primitive societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, David Cheal shows that the process of present giving and receiving is a vital element in contemporary social life, relevant to some of the most important theoretical traditions in sociology, particularly those of Durkheim and Weber, and to the social constructionism of Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. This volume is the result of a major study of gift rituals carried out by David Cheal and his associates in which general th
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Moral economy; 2 Tie-signs; 3 Transactions and relations; 4 Love culture; 5 Social reproduction; 6 Intimacy and community; 7 Gift games; 8 The social future; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index
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    ISBN: 9781138018754
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (263 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Jazz Sells: Music, Marketing, and Meaning
    DDC: 306.4/84250973
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    Abstract: Jazz Sells: Music, Marketing, and Meaning examines the issues of jazz, consumption, and capitalism through advertising. On television, on the Internet, in radio, and in print, advertising is a critically important medium for the mass dissemination of music and musical meaning. This book is a study of the use of the jazz genre as a musical signifier in promotional efforts, exploring how the relationship between brand, jazz music, and jazz discourses come together to create meaning for the product and the consumer. At the same time, it examines how jazz offers an invaluable lens through which to
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Mass Production, Mass Mediation, and the Emergence of the Consumer-Citizen; Music in Advertising: An Overview; Studying Music and Advertising: Reviewing the Field; Theoretical Framework; Methodology; Chapter Outline; 2 Pimps, Rebels, and Volkswagens; "You've Taken My Blues and Gone": Jazz, Commerce, and the Culture Industries 1920-1960; "You My Audience . . .:" Charles Mingus, Dissent, and Commodification; Mingus Sells Jettas: Improvisation and the Open Road
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusion3 Autoeroticism: Sex, Cars, and Jazz; Joyrides, Jazzy Tendencies, and the Decline of America; American Dreams: Jazz, Cars, and Consumerism; Jazz Economies: Plymouth, Honda, and Globalization; "This is My Car:" Chrysler, Pop-Jazz, and Diana Krall; Conclusion; 4 The New Sound of Cola; Developing the New Sound of Cola; "Coming Together": Diversity and the Omni-American Cola; "Jazz Up Your Life": Pepsi Jazz and Consumer Agency; Conclusion: Indulge Yourself With Jazz; 5 "The Bank of Music"; Buying Goodwill: Sponsorship as Advertising; A Brief History of Jazz Festivals
    Description / Table of Contents: Comfort and Community: Jazz Festivals as Brand FitCorporate Social Responsibility: Ethical Marketing, Marketing Ethics; Conclusion: Jazz Festivals and the Spectacle of Community; 6 Conclusion; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138020252
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (159 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Re-Inventing the Media
    DDC: 302.23
    Keywords: Mass media policy ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Re-Inventing the Media provides a highly original re-thinking of media studies for the contemporary post-broadcast, post-analogue, and post-mass media era. While media and cultural studies has made much of the changes to the media landscape that have come from digital technologies, these constitute only part of the transformations that have taken place in what amounts of a reinvention of the media over the last two decades. Graeme Turner takes on the task of re-thinking how media studies approaches the whole of the contemporary media-scape by focusing on three large, cross-platform, and transn
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Re-inventing the media; The decline of the mass media paradigm; The media and the state; The consequences of celebrity culture; Notes; Part I: Rethinking the media; 1. Rethinking media theory; Convergence; Mediatisation; Commercialisation, the public good and media power; Notes; 2. Entertainment, information and the 'culture of search'; News, entertainment and the public good; The commodification of information and the 'culture of search'; Conclusion; Notes
    Description / Table of Contents: Part II: The media and the nation-state3. The media, the nation and globalisation; Television and the nation-state; Globalisation, the media and modernity; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Rethinking media regulation; Privacy, journalism and the public interest; The media and democracy; Conclusion; Notes; Part III: The consequences of celebrity; 5. The celebrification of the media; Producing 'celebrity news'; The rise of the image; Gossip as news; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Intervening in the social: The function of celebrity culture; The ordinary celebrity; Reacting to reality TV
    Description / Table of Contents: Celebrity, status and a presence onlineConclusion; Notes; Conclusion: Teaching the re-invented media; The re-invented media: what has it become?; TV studies, new media studies and the divided curriculum; Unifying the divided curriculum; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138778108
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (228 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Parallel Title: Print version Seeing Religion : Toward a Visual Sociology of Religion
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Seeing religion
    DDC: 306.6
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religionssoziologie
    Abstract: The potential of visual research methods in the sociology of religion is vast, but largely untapped. This comes as a surprise, however, given the visual, symbolic, and material nature of religion and spirituality. Evidence of religious faith and practice is materially present in everything from clothing and jewelry to artifacts found in people's homes and workplaces. Not only is religion's symbolic and material presence palpable throughout society, it also informs attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of countless people worldwide. Words-and-numbers approaches to social research, however, sometime
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; List of images ; List of maps ; List of tables ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of contributors; 1 Visual sociology and the sociology of religion ; 2 Exploring an urban ecology visually: spatial approaches to studying social contrasts along Germantown Avenue; 3 Mapping congregational responses to re-urbanization and gentrification ; 4 Seeing Islam in global cities: a spatial semiotic analysis; 5 Religious symbols on rearview mirrors: displays of faith or hopes for safe travel?
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 From backstage to front: the role of the vestry in managing clergy self-presentation7 Visual experiencing and communicating: visual sociology as a truly comprehensive experience; 8 Videographic analysis of religious and secular rituals: examples from a study on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day; 9 Visual ethics, feminist ethnography, and the study of Holocaust memorialization; 10 Reconfiguring stained glass: religion, domestic violence, and visual engagement; 11 Why study religion visually? ; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138783980
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (271 p)
    Series Statement: Regions and Cities
    Parallel Title: Print version Soft Spaces in Europe : Re-negotiating governance, boundaries and borders
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Soft spaces in Europe
    DDC: 307.1/2094
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Metropolregion ; Raumordnung ; Grenzüberschreitende Regionalplanung
    Abstract: The past thirty years have seen a proliferation of new forms of territorial governance that have come to co-exist with, and complement, formal territorial spaces of government. These governance experiments have resulted in the creation of soft spaces, new geographies with blurred boundaries that eschew existing political-territorial boundaries of elected tiers of government. The emergence of new, non-statutory or informal spaces can be found at multiple levels across Europe, in a variety of circumstances, and with diverse aims and rationales. This book moves beyond theory to examine the practi
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Preface; PART I A conceptual framework for soft spaces; 1 Soft spaces, planning and emerging practices of territorial governance; PART II Soft spaces in France, Germany, the Netherlands and England; 2 'A good geography is whatever it needs to be': the Atlantic Gateway and evolving spatial imaginaries in North West England; 3 Governance arrangements in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region: between hard and soft institutional spaces; 4 The Sillon lorrain (Nancy, Metz, Epinal, Thionville)
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Evolving regional spaces: shifting levels in the southern part of the Randstad6 Ashford and Cambridge - two Growth Areas, three soft spaces; PART III Cross-border soft spaces; 7 Soft spaces across the Fehmarn Belt: cross-border regionalism in practice; 8 Cross-border soft spaces of the Upper Rhine: overlapping initiatives from the Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau to the Trinational Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine; 9 Creating a space for cooperation: soft spaces, spatial planning and cross-border cooperation on the island of Ireland; PART IV Conclusions and outlook
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Conclusion - what difference do soft spaces make?Index
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    ISBN: 9781138796911
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (201 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Audience as Performer : The changing role of theatre audiences in the twenty-first century
    DDC: 306.4/84
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    Abstract: 'Actors always talk about what the audience does. I don't understand, we are just sitting here.' Audience as Performer proposes that in the theatre, there are two troupes of performers: the actors and the audience. Although academics have scrutinised how audiences respond, make meaning and co-create while watching a performance, little research has considered the behaviour of the theatre audience as a performance in and of itself. This insightful book describes how an audience performs through its myriad gestural, vocal and paralingual actions, and considers the following questions: If the aud
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Do Audiences Perform?; Performer, Performance, Audience; Writings About Audiences; Listening to the Audience; Mainstream Theatre; Book Structure; Notes; References; Part I: Audience Performance; 1. Audience as Performer; From Empathy to Performance; The Audience's Audience; The Audience's Role; The Audience's Costume; The Audience's Preparation; The Performance; Laughter; Crying; Applauding; Listening; The Shuffle and the Fidget; The Walk-out; Restraints; Notes; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 2. Stage Etiquette (1800-1880)Historical Considerations; Stage Etiquette; The Audience's Audience; Character Roles; Followers; Audience Performing Styles; Audience Costume; The Audience Set and Lighting; Audience Performance; Laughter and Crying; Applause; Stamps, Cheers, Thumps, Roars, Catcalls and Waves; Dialogue and Singing; Whistles, Oaths and Groans; Eating, Chewing, Spitting and Smoking; Pre and Post-performance Discussions; Audience Text; Notes; References; 3. Theatre Etiquette (1880-2000); From the Limelight into the Shadows; Theatre Etiquette; The Galleryites; The Fashionables
    Description / Table of Contents: The Matinee Girl, the Stage-Door Johnny and the Tired Business ManGuest Performers; Props: The Hat; The Auditorium Fades to Black; Musical Audiences from the 1980s; Notes; References; Part II: Contemporary Audience Performance; Introduction to Part II; Note; References; 4. Audience as Critic; The Discussion; The Post-show Discussion; The Pleasure of Performing Critic; The Role of the Audience Critic in Previews; Digitising Critical Responses; Case Study Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Playing Critic in the Public Square; Steppenwolf Critics Live; Steppenwolf Critics Online; Notes; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 5. Audience as CommunityCommunity Houses; The House; Socialising in the House; Interior Decorating; Share Houses; New Houses; Case Study Signature Theatre Company: Building Communities; Notes; References; 6. Audience as Consumer; Esteem; The Tourist Audience; Audience as Consumer; The Pleasure of Purchasing; Ownership; Audience as Guest at the Theatrical Experience; Consuming the Right to Perform; Case Study Times Square: Self-Conscious Performance; Notes; References; 7. Audience as Co-creator; The Electric Air; Audience as Co-creator; Reciprocity; Leading and Following; Breathe as One
    Description / Table of Contents: Twenty-First-Century Audience Co-creationYouth Theatre; Immersive Theatre; Communal Theatre; One-Person Show; The Soliloquy; Creating a Scene; Case Study Shakespeare's Globe: Extending the Invitation; Notes; References; Conclusion: New Possibilities; Everything Old is New Again; Emerging Questions; New Possibilities; Notes; References; Contributors; Audience Members; Actors; Ushers/Front of House Managers/Merchandise Managers; Directors/Producers/Other Theatre Professionals; Appendix 1: Audience Interviews; Appendix 2: Questionnaire; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138831681
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (306 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Production Studies, The Sequel! : Cultural Studies of Global Media Industries
    DDC: 791.45
    Keywords: Mass media and culture ; Motion pictures Production and direction ; Television Production and direction ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Production Studies, The Sequel! is an exciting exploration of the experiences of media workers in local, global, and digital communities-from prop-masters in Germany, Chinese film auteurs, producers of children's television in Qatar, Italian radio broadcasters, filmmakers in Ethiopia and Nigeria, to seemingly-autonomous Twitterbots. Case studies examine international production cultures across five continents and incorporate a range of media, including film, television, music, social media, promotional media, video games, publishing and public broadcasting. Using the lens of cultural studies t
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Note from the Cover Artist: "Changing the Guard: From 'Semper Fi Panavision' to 'Insurgent Crowd-Sourcing' "; I. Tools of the Trade; 1 I Like My Bots Like I Like My People: Weird, Mixed, Always Acting; 2 Performance, Labor, and Stardom in the Era of the Synthespian; 3 How Global Is Hollywood? Division of Labor from a Prop-Making Perspective; II. Being the Brand; 4 Working the Booth: Promotional Models and the Value of Affective Labor; 5 From Broadcast Design to 'On-Brand TV': Repositioning Expertise in the Promotional Screen Industries
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Pop Stars Perform 'Gay' for the Male Gaze: The Production of Fauxmosexuality in Female Popular Music Performances and Its Representational ImplicationsIII. Production Pedagogies; 7 Craft, Creativity, Collaboration, and Connections: Educating Talent for Danish Television Drama Series; 8 Charity Appeals as 'Poverty Porn'? Production Ethics in Representing Suffering Children and Typhoon Haiyan Beneficiaries in the Philippines; 9 Group Writing for Post-Socialist Television; IV. Putting the Public Back in Public Service
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Public Service as Production Cultures: A Contingent, Conjunctural Compact11 Invisible Workers in an Invisible Medium: An Ethnographic Approach to Italian Public and Private Freelance Radio Producers; 12 Detachment, Pride, Critique: Professional Identity in Independent Factual Television Production in Great Britain and Germany; 13 CBC ArtSpots and the Activation of Creative Citizenship; V. Transnational Circuits; 14 Avenues of Participation and Strategies of Control: Video Film Production and Social Mobility in Ethiopia and Southern Nigeria
    Description / Table of Contents: 15 From Experiencing Life to Life Experiences: Location Shooting Practices in Chinese and Taiwanese New Wave Cinemas16 The Crunch Heard 'Round the World: The Global Era of Digital Game Labor; VI. Redefining the Industry; 17 "What Actually Matters": Identity, Individualization, and Aspiration in the Work of Glossy Magazine Production; 18 The Trick of the Trades: Media Industry Studies and the American Comic Book Industry; 19 Co-Producing Content for Pan-Arab Children's TV: State, Business, and the Workplace
    Description / Table of Contents: 20 Keep Big Government out of Your Television Set: The Rhetoric of Self-Regulation before the Television CodeSelect Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
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    ISBN: 9781317345862 , 131734586X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (385 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sobel, Richard People and Their Opinions
    DDC: 303.38
    Keywords: Public opinion United States ; Political socialization United States ; Public opinion ; Public opinion ; Political socialization ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Political socialization ; Public opinion ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Utilizing both a critical thinking approach and a comparative perspective throughout the text, Sobel and Shiraev provide comprehensive coverage of public opinion while also teaching students the basic skills necessary for measurement, understanding, and interpreting. Written in an accessible and engaging manner, this text provides a unique and practical introduction to the field of public opinion. The book begins by "schooling" the reader in how to think critically and then helps students apply those techniques as they encounter the concepts of public opinion. The text also employs a comparati
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Keywords: Equity ; Fiscal Policy ; Inequality ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty Reduction ; Public Sector Development ; Tax Evasion ; Tax Law ; Tax Reform ; Taxation and Subsidies
    Abstract: This report takes an in-depth look, from a policy perspective, at the trade-offs between increasing tax collection and improving the equity of the fiscal system. As part of this effort, the report places the Peruvian tax system in an international context and considers the key challenges the government is facing in its drive to increase revenue. It also conducts qualitative and quantitative analyses of the impact of taxes and transfers on inequality and on the distribution of income. The report then makes several policy proposals that would increase tax collection without jeopardizing equity, and it then simulates the impacts of these changes on collection and equity. This advice spanned the 2012-2014 period, and included research on several tax policy-related issues, such as legal advice on double-taxation treaties and in-depth analyses of tax exemptions. To keep the focus tight, some of the work is not included in this report. Contributions were originally written in Spanish to provide the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) with timely advice on the subject and were discussed with the counterparts during and immediately after its preparation. As a result of prioritizing this process, two teams focused on different areas of research and were able to contribute to the analytical base behind the ongoing tax reform. The report summarizes the main elements of this process and resulting advice. It comes out at the same time as the finance ministry announces the first set of tax reforms that were informed by this work
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    ISBN: 9781138818781
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (249 p)
    Edition: 3rd ed.
    Parallel Title: Print version Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood : Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood
    DDC: 305.23
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    Abstract: When the first edition of this seminal work appeared in 1990, the sociology of childhood was only just beginning to emerge as a distinct sub-discipline. Drawing together strands of existing sociological writing about childhood and shaping them into a new paradigm, the original edition of this Routledge Classic offered a potent blend of ideas that informed, even inspired, many empirical studies of children's lives because it provided a unique lens through which to think about childhood. Featuring a collection of articles which summarised the developments in the study of  childhood across the so
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Preface to Second Edition; Introduction; 1 A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood?: provenance, promise and problems; 2 Constructions and reconstructions of British childhood: an interpretative survey, 1800 to the present; 3 Psychology and the cultural construction of children's needs; Postscript; 4 A voice for children in statistical and social accounting: a plea for children's right to be heard; Postscript
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 It's a small world: Disneyland, the family and the multiple re-representations of American childhood6 Negotiating childhood: changing constructions of age for Norwegian children; 7 Street children: deconstructing a construct; Postscript; 8 Who are you kidding?: children, power and the struggle against sexual abuse; 9 Childhood and the policy makers: a comparative perspective on the globalization of childhood; Postscript; 10 Re-presenting childhood: time and transition in the study of childhood; Notes on Contributors; Index
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9781464805516
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (246 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Currency ; Currency composition ; Debt disbursements ; Debt ratios ; Debt service ; External debt ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Global development finance ; Interest payments ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Principal repayments ; Total debt
    Abstract: The Little Data Book 2015 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators 2015. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the World Development Indicators database, book, and mobile app. The database covers more than 1,200 indicators and spans more than 50 years. The 214 country tables present the latest available data for World Bank member countries and other economies with populations of more than 30,000. The 14 summary tables cover regional and income group aggregates
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9781464805530
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (176 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. The little data book on financial inclusion 2015
    Keywords: Wirtschaftsindikator ; Sozialer Indikator ; Entwicklung ; Daten ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Öffentliche Schulden ; Auslandsschulden ; Schuldentilgung ; Sparen ; Haushalt ; Entwicklungsfinanzierung ; Currency ; Currency composition ; Debt disbursements ; Debt ratios ; Debt service ; External debt ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Global development finance ; Interest payments ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Principal repayments ; Total debt ; Erde
    Abstract: The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2015 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Inclusion Database published in 2015 in "The Global Findex Database 2014: Measuring Financial Inclusion around the World?" by Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Leora Klapper, Dorothe Singer, and Peter Van Oudheusden (World Bank Policy Research Paper 7255). It provides 41 country-level indicators of financial inclusion summarized for all adults and disaggregated by key demographic characteristics-gender, age, income, and rural residence. The book also includes summary pages by region and by income group aggregates. Covering 143 economies, the indicators of financial inclusion measure how people save, borrow, make payments and manage risk
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    ISBN: 9781464803567
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (248 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Latin America and Caribbean Studies
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Latin America and the rising South
    DDC: 332.098
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftslage ; Lateinamerika ; Karibischer Raum ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Weltwirtschaft ; Sozioökonomischer Wandel ; Süden ; Emerging Market ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Außenhandel ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Investition ; domestic savings ; FDI ; Financial integration ; Foreign direct investment ; Global financial network ; Global trade network ; Global value chains ; Globalization ; International Economics and Trade ; Labor market dynamics ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Real exchange rate dynamics ; Rise of the south ; Trade Integration ; Trade structure ; Erde ; Lateinamerika
    Abstract: The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterized by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of developing (South) countries. However, the recent rise of developing economies suggests the need to go beyond this North-South dichotomy. This tectonic re-configuration of the global landscape has brought about significant changes to countries in the Latin America and Caribean (LAC) region. The time is ripe for an in-depth analysis of the dynamics and nature of LAC's external connections.This latest volume in the World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies series will focus on the implications of these trends for the economic development of LAC countries. In particular, trade, financial, macroeconomic, and sectoral shifts, as well as labor-market aspects will be systematically analyzed
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9781464806155
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (49 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Economies ; GDP ; Growth ; Macroeconomic Analysis
    Abstract: Africa's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macro-economic outlook for the region. It also includes a section focusing on a topic that represents a particular development challenges for the continent. It is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region.This issue is an analysis of issues shaping Africa's economic future. Growth remains stable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries are seeing a slowdown, but the region's economic prospects remain broadly favorable. External risks of higher global financial market volatility and lower growth in emerging market economies weigh on the downside. In several Sub-Saharan African countries, large budgetary imbalances are a source of vulnerability to exogenous shocks and underscore the need for rebuilding fiscal buffers in these countries. The Ebola outbreak is exacting a heavy human and economic toll on affected countries and, if not rapidly contained, the risk of wider contagion grows. Without a scale-up of effective interventions, growth would slow markedly not only in the core countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone), but also in the sub region as transportation, cross-border trade, and supply chains are severely disrupted. In Sub-Saharan Africa, growth in agriculture and services is more effective at reducing poverty than growth in industry. Structural transformation has a role to play in accelerating poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing agricultural productivity will be critical to fostering structural transformation. Boosting rural income diversification can facilitate this transformation, as well. Investments in rural public goods and services (for example, education, health, rural roads, electricity and ICT), including in small towns, will be conducive to lifting productivity in the rural economy. Although Sub-Saharan Africa's pattern of growth has largely bypassed manufacturing, growing the region's manufacturing base, especially by improving its fundamentals, lower transport cost, cheaper and more reliable power, and a more educated labor force, will benefit all sectors
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  • 39
    ISBN: 9781464804618
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (88 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Directions in Development - Trade
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Comparative Advantage ; Exchange Rate ; Export Champions ; Export Growth ; Export-Promotion ; Exporter Dynamics ; Firm Size Distribution ; Firm-Level Data ; Global Value Chains ; International Economics and Trade ; Job Creation ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Trade Policy ; Trade Sanctions
    Abstract: While other emerging regions have been thriving, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's aggregate export performance over the past two decades has been consistently weak. Using detailed firm-level export data from Customs administrations, Champions Wanted explains why. One central finding of the book is that the size distribution of MENA's exporting firms is suggestive of a critical weakness at the top. With the exception of the top firm, MENA's elite exporters are smaller and weaker compared to their peers in other regions. The largest exporter is alone at the top-Zidane without a team. MENA countries have failed to nurture a group of export champions, which critically contribute to export success in other regions. Part of the reason behind this weak export performance is the lack of a competitive real exchange rate. The deleterious effects of an uncompetitive currency can be traced all the way down to the firm level, hurting expansion at the intensive and extensive margins and preventing the emergence of export takeoffs. The lack of heavyweight exporters at the top of the distribution also reflects the region's failure to push for trade and business climate reforms energetically. Finally, the region's prevalent cronyism and corruption under pre-Arab Spring regimes (at least) confirms that business-government ties have led to distortionary allocation of favors and rent dissipation by beneficiary firms, with little evidence that those firms have developed into national champions or helped lift the region's export performance. The possibility of state capture in itself should call for caution when advocating any form of government intervention. In contrast, some interventions, such as export promotion programs, show some effects on smaller exporters. However, because these firms are marginal in trade, such programs cannot be game changers. More broadly, the success of MENA countries in promoting export growth and diversification, as well as generating jobs, depends heavily on their ability to create an environment where large firms can invest and expand exports and new, efficient firms can rise to the top. This book offers some policy leads on how to achieve this goal
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  • 40
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9781464804410
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (164 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Education ; GDP ; Gender ; GNI ; Growth ; Income classification ; Infrastructure ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Malnutrition ; MDGs ; Population ; Poverty ; Trade
    Abstract: World Development Indicators 2015 provides a compilation of relevant, highquality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. It is intended to help policymakers, students, analysts, professors, program managers, and citizens find and use data related to all aspects of development, including those that help monitor progress toward the World Bank Group's two goals of ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Six themes are used to organize indicators-world view, people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links. As in past editions, World Development Indicators reviews global progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and provides key indicators related to poverty. WDI 2015 includes: * A selection of the most popular indicators across 214 economies and 14 country groups organized into six WDI themes * Thematic and regional highlights, providing an overview of global development trends * An in-depth review of the progress made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals * A user guide describing resources available online and on mobile apps A complementary online data analysis tool is available this year to allow readers to further investigate global, regional, and country progress on the MDGs: data.worldbank.org/mdgs. Each of the remaining sections includes an introduction; six stories highlighting specific global, regional or country trends; and a table of the most relevant and popular indicators for that theme, together with a discussion of indicator compilation methodology. WDI DataFinder Mobile App Download the WDI DataFinder Mobile App and other Data Apps at data.worldbank.org/apps. WDI DataFinder is a mobile app for browsing the current WDI database on smartphones and tablets, using iOS, Android, and Blackberry, available in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. Use the app to: * browse data using the structure of the WDI * visually compare countries and indicators * create, edit, and save customized tables, charts, and maps * share what you create on Twitter, Facebook, and via email
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    ISBN: 9781464804298
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (73 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Latin American and Caribbean Semiannual Report
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Business ; Business Cycle ; Decentralization ; Equity ; Growth ; Inequality ; Inflation ; Macroeconomic Determinants of Inequality ; Social Agenda ; Stability
    Abstract: As usual in this series, Chapter 1 reviews the configuration of global risks and assesses the outstanding short term opportunities and challenges facing the LAC region. We document the significant slowdown in economic activity across the region, and explore the possibility of this being the 'new normal'. In Chapter 2 we assess if the major social gains achieved during the 'Golden Decade', in particular the decline in inequality, will hold in this less supportive environment, and discuss alternative policy responses to preserve and further the equity gains in the region
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  • 42
    ISBN: 9781464807015
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (112 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: World Bank Studies
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Growth ; Higher education ; Research ; Science and technology education ; STEM
    Abstract: This book analyzes Africa's current performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) research, as well as future trends. It looks at Africa's research performance over a decade, what it means for the continent's development and how it can benefit the growing number of young people who leave university each year looking for jobs. The book focuses on research output and citation impact, important indicators of the strength of a region's research enterprise. These indicators are correlated with the region's long-term development and important drivers of economic success. Moreover, research is a key ingredient for quality higher education. The research performance of these regions is compared to that of South Africa, Malaysia, and Vietnam; the latter two countries had a comparable research base to the SSA regions at the beginning of the period of analysis
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (49 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Africa's Pulse
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Economies ; GDP ; Growth ; Macroeconomic analysis
    Abstract: Africa's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macro-economic outlook for the region. It also includes a section focusing on a topic that represents a particular development challenges for the continent. It is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region.This issue is an analysis of issues shaping Africa's economic future. Growth remains stable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries are seeing a slowdown, but the region's economic prospects remain broadly favorable. External risks of higher global financial market volatility and lower growth in emerging market economies weigh on the downside. In several Sub-Saharan African countries, large budgetary imbalances are a source of vulnerability to exogenous shocks and underscore the need for rebuilding fiscal buffers in these countries. The Ebola outbreak is exacting a heavy human and economic toll on affected countries and, if not rapidly contained, the risk of wider contagion grows. Without a scale-up of effective interventions, growth would slow markedly not only in the core countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone), but also in the sub region as transportation, cross-border trade, and supply chains are severely disrupted. In Sub-Saharan Africa, growth in agriculture and services is more effective at reducing poverty than growth in industry. Structural transformation has a role to play in accelerating poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing agricultural productivity will be critical to fostering structural transformation. Boosting rural income diversification can facilitate this transformation, as well. Investments in rural public goods and services (for example, education, health, rural roads, electricity and ICT), including in small towns, will be conducive to lifting productivity in the rural economy. Although Sub-Saharan Africa's pattern of growth has largely bypassed manufacturing, growing the region's manufacturing base, especially by improving its fundamentals, lower transport cost, cheaper and more reliable power, and a more educated labor force, will benefit all sectors
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (73 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: LAC Semiannual Report
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Growth ; Slowdown ; Labor income inequality ; Household income inequality ; Elasticity ; Terms of trade ; Inequality ; Unemployment ; Labor force participation ; Latin America
    Abstract: As usual, Chapter 1 of the report covers the short-term prospects and provides an analysis of the external factors affecting the region's economic slowdown. The focus is on the adjustment challenges faced by those Latin American countries experiencing a major adverse terms of trade shock, which comes after an unprecedented (in magnitude and duration) period of terms of trade bonanza. Chapter 2 discusses the key topic of this semiannual report, that is, the implications of the slowdown for labor markets - on jobs and wages. We describe the broad labor market trends observed during the boom and contrast them with the patterns observed during the slowdown. We also describe the implications of the slowdown for inequality. A corollary of the observed labor market patterns during the slowdown is that some of the gains towards greater income equality achieved in the past decade or so may be reversed, at least in part, and that we may see a divergence between labor income inequality and household income inequality, whereby the latter may rise more than the former
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (48 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Arab spring ; MENA ; Development economics ; Economic growth ; Economic policy ; Oil exporters ; Investment ; Volatility ; Poverty ; Transition countries ; Growth ; Arab transition countries ; Oil importers ; Oil prices
    Abstract: In the three months since most observers, including the World Bank, issued their last forecasts, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region has changed substantially. Political tensions have eased somewhat with presidential and legislative elections completed in a few countries. Egypt's cabinet approved the electoral constituencies' law, the last step before calling for the House of Representatives elections, the final milestone in the political roadmap initiated in July 2013. Presidential elections were held in Tunisia, with Beji Caid Essebsi sworn in as the new president in December. Iran's nuclear talks with the P5+1 were extended for 6 months--while bilateral talks continue-with the aim of reaching a deal in July 2015. In Iraq, the government and the Kurdish region reached an agreement in December resolving a longstanding dispute over the budget and distribution of oil revenues. Meanwhile, Lebanon, Yemen and Libya still struggle to maintain a functional government. The global economy is estimated to have expanded by 2.6 percent (q/q annualized rate), better than the second quarter of 2014, but unchanged from the slow pace seen in 2012 and 2013. But the most important development is that international oil prices have literally collapsed, reaching a level below
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415257510
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (193 p)
    Series Statement: International Library of Sociology
    Parallel Title: Print version Sound Moves : iPod Culture and Urban Experience
    DDC: 306.4/842
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This innovative study opens up a new area in sociological and urban studies: the aural experience of the social, mediated through mobile technologies of communication. Whilst we live in a world dominated by visual epistemologies of urban experience, Michael Bull argues that it is not surprising that the Apple iPod, a sound based technology, is the first consumer cultural icon of the twenty-first century. This book, in using the example of the Apple iPod, investigates the way in which we use sound to construct key areas of our daily lives. The author argues that the Apple iPod acts as an urban
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Sound moves, iPod culture and urban experience: an introduction; 2 Sound epistemologies: strategies and technologies; 3 Sounding out cosmopolitanism: iPod culture and recognition; 4 The audio-visual iPod: aesthetics and the city; 5 Interpersonal sound strategies and iPod culture; 6 Mobilising of the social: mobile phones and iPods; 7 Contextualising the senses: the auditory world of automobility; 8 The auditory privatisation of the workplace; 9 Bergson's iPod? The cognitive management of everyday life
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 The nostalgia of iPod culture11 Sound timings and iPod culture; 12 Endnote: sound mediations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138860087
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (209 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Parallel Title: Print version Socio-Cultural Mobility and Mega-Events : Ethics and Aesthetics in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup
    DDC: 306.4/830981
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: In June 2014, Brazil opened the twentieth FIFA World Cup with a spectacular ceremony. Hosting the World Cup was a strategic developmental priority for Brazil: mega-events such as these allow the country to be ranked amongst the world's political and economic leaders, and are supposed to propel the country to its own unique modernity. But alongside the increased media attention and publicity, came accusations of governmental 'corruption' and overspending.In Socio-Cultural Mobility and Mega-Events, Tzanelli uses Brazil's 2014 World Cup to explore how mega-events articulate socio-cultural problem
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Dedication; Poem; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Cosmographies of riches and cosmologies of desire: A cultural-as-political perspective on Brazil; Global civilisational hierarchy and offshoring; Spatialised guilt and ancestral honouring: the underdevelopment of development; Offshoring and the cosmography of riches; 2. Aesthetics and practical action: Euro-Brazilian clashesand harmonisations; Brazilian stylistics: a panoramic view
    Description / Table of Contents: The curse of beauty: gender (dis-)symmetry, racial-class hierarchy and the Brazilian humanFutebolarte's deep play in Brazil; Time, heritage and the ritual nature of Brazilian well-being; 3. Complementary articulations: Characterising ideal human typesand communities; Articulating Brazilian trans-modernity; Ubiquitous fallen humans: technopoiesis, heritage and legacy; On recreating Brazilian character and the 'person'; Epistemology, methodology and musical sociality ; 4. The ceremonial script: From tropicalism and Brasilidade tocosmographic mobilities
    Description / Table of Contents: The opening ceremony: indigenous tropicopolitans as natural goodsAct one; Act two; Act three; Act four; The closing ceremony: performative rupture and trans-modern dilemmas of belonging; Act one; Act two; 5. A defeated people: The loss of riches and the return of debt; Inescapable asymmetries: officialising the cosmography of riches; Redemption, hospitality and global citizenship; Articulations of resentment and urban pilgrimage; Brazilian anthropophagy meets the global aesthetic; 6. The script of post-colonial desire: Positive excess, negative reciprocities; The magic of football mobility
    Description / Table of Contents: Gender order as cultural allegory: cultural intimacy's 'homecoming'References; Index
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781138015586
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (295 p)
    Series Statement: Sexuality, Culture and Health
    Parallel Title: Print version Culture, Health and Sexuality : An Introduction
    DDC: 306.7
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: The last twenty years have seen a growth in multi-disciplinary work in the area of sexuality, culture and health. What was once a set of specialist concerns has been steadily mainstreamed. Alongside this, a broader interest has developed in 'social' and 'cultural' factors relating to sexuality and sexual health, from family planning and STI management to gender and intimate partner violence and the technologisation of sex.This book offers a research-based overview of key topics relevant to social and cultural perspectives on sexuality and sexual health. Beginning with an extended introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements and permissions; 1 From sex to sexuality: sexual cultures and sexual selves; SECTION 1 Culture and context; 2 Sexuality, culture and society: shifting paradigms in sexuality research; 3 Women's work, worry and fear: the portrayal of sexuality and sexual health in US magazines for teenage and middle-aged women, 2000-2007; 4 Cultural politics and masculinities: multiple partners in historical perspective in KwaZulu-Natal; SECTION 2 Sex and gender
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 HIV prevention and low-income Chilean women: machismo, marianismo and HIV misconceptions6 'What does it take to be a man? What is a real man?': ideologies of masculinity and HIV sexual risk among Black heterosexual men; 7 'I just need to be flashy on campus': female students and transactional sex at a university in Zimbabwe; SECTION 3 Sexual diversity and practice; 8 Constructions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer identities among young people in contemporary Australia; 9 'It's really a hard life': love, gender and HIV risk among male-to-female transgender persons
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Black lesbian gender and sexual culture: celebration and resistanceSECTION 4 Sex work; 11 Structure and agency: reflections from an exploratory study of Vancouver indoor sex workers; 12 Social context, sexual risk perceptions and stigma: HIV vulnerability among male sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya; 13 Diversity of commercial sex among men and male-born trans people in three Peruvian cities; SECTION 5 Sexual violence; 14 Hidden violence is silent rape: sexual and gender-based violence in refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands
    Description / Table of Contents: 15 Avoiding shame: young LGBT people, homophobia and self-destructive behaviours16 Barriers to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) completion after rape: a South African qualitative study; SECTION 6 Mobility and migration; 17 Youth, sin and sex in Nigeria: Christianity and HIV/AIDS-related beliefs and behaviour among rural-urban migrants; 18 'Mobile men with money': the sociocultural and politico-economic context of 'high-risk' behaviour among wealthy businessmen and government officials in urban China
    Description / Table of Contents: 19 Race, space, place: notes on the racialisation and spatialisation of commercial sex work in Dubai, UAEIndex
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    ISBN: 9781138023925
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (453 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Global Cities, Local Streets : Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai
    DDC: 303.48/2
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai, a cutting-edge text/ethnography, reports on the rapidly expanding field of global, urban studies through a unique pairing of six teams of urban researchers from around the world. The authors present shopping streets from each city - New York, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Berlin, Toronto, and Tokyo - how they have changed over the years, and how they illustrate globalization embedded in local communities. This is an ideal addition to courses in urbanization, consumption, and globalization..The book's companion website, www.glob
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Spaces of Everyday Diversity: The Patchwork Ecosystem of Local Shopping Streets; 2 From "Ghetto" to Global: Two Neighborhood Shopping Streets in New York City; 3 Commercial Development from Below: The Resilience of Local Shops in Shanghai; 4 From Greengrocers to Cafés: Producing Social Diversity in Amsterdam; 5 Life and Death of the Great Regeneration Vision: Diversity, Decay, and Upgrading in Berlin's Ordinary Shopping Streets
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Toronto's Changing Neighborhoods: Gentrification of Shopping Streets7 Tokyo's "Living" Shopping Streets: The Paradox of Globalized Authenticity; 8 Local Shops, Global Streets; Research Note: How to Put a Transnational Project Together; Brief Biographies of Research Partners; Index
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781138851726
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (211 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity
    Parallel Title: Print version A Moral Economy of Whiteness : Four Frames of Racializing Discourse
    DDC: 305.809/041
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: A Moral Economy of Whiteness presents a working model for understanding the main ways in which white UK people make 'race' through talking about immigration in the twenty-first century. Based on extensive empirical interviews, Steve Garner establishes four overlapping frames through which white English people understand immigration. This comprises a narrative of unequal treatment, where 'equality' is a 'dirty word' because it is seen as an agenda for redistributing resources to 'undeserving' ethnic minorities, 'non-integrating' migrants and unproductive white people. Political correctness is s
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Four frames of racialising discourse; 2 'Hey White boy!': identifications, dis-identifications, representations; 3 The 'neoliberal postracial' state; 4 Classed understandings; 5 Unfairness: why 'equality' is a 'dirty word'; 6 Political correctness gone mad; 7 From repressed Englishness to the (un)finished business of Empire; 8 Impossible integration; 9 Political uses of whiteness in an international context; 10 Analysis and conclusion: a moral economy of whiteness and its doxic waste; Appendices; References; Index
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (232 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Germs, Seeds and Animals: Studies in Ecological History
    DDC: 304.2
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    Abstract: This book is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary Turkmenistan in English
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Nerds Versus Twits; 1 The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and Their Historians.; 2 Ecological Imperialism: The Overseas Migration of Western Europeans as a Biological Phenomenon; 3 The Biological Metamorphosis of the Americas; 4 The British Empire as a Product of Continental Drift; 5 Infectious Disease and the Demography of the Atlantic Peoples; 6 Virgin Soil Epidemics as a Factor in the Aboriginal Depopulation of America
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 "God … Would Destroy Them, and Give Their Country to Another People … "8 Hawaiian Depopulation as a Model for the Amerindian Experience; 9 The Demographic Effect of American Crops in Europe; 10 Demography, Maize, Land, and the American Character; 11 Reassessing 1492; 12 Life (with All Its Problems) in Space; Index; About the Author
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    ISBN: 9780789004703
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (368 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Dry Bones Breathe : Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures
    DDC: 305.38/9664
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    Abstract: Dry Bones Breathe: Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures breaks new ground in offering an original and insightful interpretation of gay men's shifting experience of the AIDS epidemic. From Dry Bones Breathe, you'll gain a deeper understanding of current community debates focused on circuit parties, unprotected sex, and gay men's sexual cultures, and you will learn how social, political, and biomedical changes are dramatically transforming gay identities and cultures.Dry Bones Breathe is Eric Rofes'explosive follow-up to Reviving the Tribe, a book which broke open debates in gay co
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; SECTION I: IN THE AFTERMATH OF DECIMATION; Chapter 1: Now That It's Over; Harbingers of a New Era; What It Was Like and What It's Like Now; Mass Exodus from the State of Emergency; Dry Bones Breathe; Chapter 2: The Protease Moment Takes Hold; Relief, Hope, and Proliferating Possibilities; The Incredible Shrinking Obituary Pages; What We Mean When We Say "The AIDS Crisis Is Over"; Marketing the Protease Moment; Making Magic of Pharmaceuticals; The Mixed-Status Couple Faces the Protease Moment
    Description / Table of Contents: Putting All Our Eggs in the Protease BasketBetween AIDS-As-Crisis and AIDS-As-Over; Our First Deep Breath in Twenty Years; Chapter 3: Creating Post-AIDS Lives; Death, Departure, and Diversification Create New Epidemic Events; Long-Term Uninfected Gay Men: Lost Generation or Post-AIDS Pioneers?; Gay Men of Color: Building Communities Amid Multiple Threats; Young Gay Men: Constructing Identities Beyond Crisis; Chapter 4: Vacating the Bomb Shelters; Rural Gay Men: Forging Connections Within Local Epidemic Contexts; HIV-Positive Gay Men: Postcrisis, Awaiting Crisis, and in Crisis
    Description / Table of Contents: Scrutinizing Space AliensSECTION II: SEX AFTER CRISIS; Chapter 5: Don't Fuck with Gay Culture; Springtime in San Francisco; Seeing Dick, Dick, and Only Dick: Larry Kramer's "Sex and Sensibility"; Michelangelo Signorile: Sound-Bite Solutions to Complex Social Problems; Self-Esteem versus Social Change: San Francisco's Health Professionals Check In; Why Is Gay Culture Being Censured at This Time?; Reducing American Culture to Let's Make a Deal; Chapter 6: Scapegoating Circuit Boys; Sex War Schisms Hit New York City and San Francisco; Emerging Moral Panics Throughout the Nation
    Description / Table of Contents: Scapegoating Circuit BoysA Post-AIDS Perspective on Continuing Infections; A Visit to Leather Buddies; Chapter 7: A Framework for Low-Risk Promiscuity; What the Centers for Disease Control Have Yet to Understand. . .; Making Room for Monogamy; Just Say Yes; Rationing Rimming; Shifting from AIDS Prevention to Gay Men's Health; SECTION III: HIV WORK BEYOND THE PROTEASE MOMENT; Chapter 8: Closing Down Prevention Programs; Tackling Big-Picture Barriers to Health; Save-Our-Sex Activism; Mindful Strategies for Community Building: Seattle's Gay City Health Project
    Description / Table of Contents: Building Community Through Informal Structures: Atlanta's Second SundayQueer Promise Keepers: Designing Our Own Mass Rituals; Abandoning the Role of Moral Judge of the Community; Chapter 9: The Final Days of AIDS Inc.; Stuffing the Red Ribbon Rhetoric; Restructuring HIV Work for a Post-AIDS Era; AIDS Service Organizations: Reconceived, Restructured, or Retired?; What Else Has to Change?; Epilogue: Alive in My Own Life Story; Leaving Behind the Funereal Feelings; Learning to Fuck Again; The Kind Who Can't Forget; Notes; Index
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    ISBN: 9780765683021
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1135 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Parallel Title: Print version Culture Wars : An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints and Voices
    DDC: 306.0973
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: The term ""culture wars"" refers to the political and sociological polarisation that has characterised American society the past several decades. This new edition provides an enlightening and comprehensive A-to-Z ready reference, now with supporting primary documents, on major topics of contemporary importance for students, teachers, and the general reader. It aims to promote understanding and clarification on pertinent topics that too often are not adequately explained or discussed in a balanced context. With approximately 640 entries plus more than 120 primary documents supporting both sides
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Topic Finder; Contributors; Introduction to the First Edition: Culture Wars in America-Rhetoric and Reality; Introduction to the Second Edition; A-Z ENTRIES; A; Abortion; Abu Ghraib and Gitmo; Academic Bill of Rights; Academic Freedom; ACORN; Adelson, Sheldon; Adler, Mortimer J.; Affirmative Action; Afghanistan War; Afrocentrism; Age Discrimination; Agnew, Spiro T.; AIDS; Alexander, Jane; Ali, Muhammad; American Century; American Civil Liberties Union; American Civil Religion; American Exceptionalism; American Indian Movement
    Description / Table of Contents: Americans with Disabilities ActAndrogyny; Angelou, Maya; Animal Rights; Anti-Intellectualism; Anti-Semitism; Arnold, Ron; Arrow, Tre; Aryan Nations; Atheism; Atwater, Lee; Automobile Safety; B; Bachmann, Michele; Baez, Joan; Bailouts, Government; Bankruptcy Reform; Barbie Doll; Barton, David; Battle of Seattle; Beauty Pageants; Beck, Glenn; Behe, Michael J.; Bell Curve, The (1994); Bennett, William J.; Biafra, Jello; Biotech Revolution; Birth Control; Birther Movement; Black Panther Party; Black Radical Congress; Blackface; Blogs and Blogosphere; Bloomberg, Michael; Bob Jones University
    Description / Table of Contents: Boehner, JohnBono; Book Banning; Border Security; Bork, Robert; Boy Scouts of America; Bradley, Bill; Breitbart, Andrew; Brock, David; Brokaw, Tom; Brown, Helen Gurley; Brown v. Board of Education (1954); Bryant, Anita; Buchanan, Pat; Buckley, William F., Jr.; Budenz, Louis F.; Budget Deficit, Federal; Buffett, Warren; Bullard, Robert D.; Bunche, Ralph; Bush Family; Busing, School; Byrd, Robert C.; C; Campaign Finance Reform; Campolo, Anthony ""Tony""; Canada; Capital Punishment; Carson, Rachel; Carter, Jimmy; Catholic Church; Censorship; Central Intelligence Agency; Chambers, Whittaker
    Description / Table of Contents: Charter SchoolsChávez, César; Cheney Family; Chicago Seven; Chick, Jack; China; Chisholm, Shirley; Chomsky, Noam; Christian Coalition; Christian Radio; Christian Reconstructionism; Christmas; Church and State; Churchill, Ward; Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010); Civil Rights Movement; Cimate Change; Clinton, Bill; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Clinton Impeachment; Colbert, Stephen; Cold War; College Tuition and Student Debt; Colson, Chuck; Columbus Day; Comic Books; Comic Strips; Commager, Henry Steele; Common Cause; Commoner, Barry; Communists and Communism; Comparable Worth
    Description / Table of Contents: Compassionate ConservatismConfederate Flag; Conspiracy Theories; Contemporary Christian Music; Contract with America; Corporate Scandals; Corporate Welfare; Coulter, Ann; Counterculture; Country Music; Creationism and Intelligent Design; Cronkite, Walter; Cuba; Culture Jamming; D; Dean, Howard; Dean, James; Dean, John; Debt, Federal; Deconstructionism; DeLay, Tom; Deloria, Vine, Jr.; Demjanjuk, John; Democratic Party; Diversity Training; Dobson, James; Donahue, Phil; Douglas, William O.; Dr. Phil; Drilling, Oil and Gas; Drudge Report; Drug Testing; D'Souza, Dinesh; Du Bois, W.E.B.
    Description / Table of Contents: Dukakis, Michael
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    ISBN: 9781138928244
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (241 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Social and Cultural Anthropology
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Social and Cultural Anthropology Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Anthropology and Nursing
    DDC: 610.73
    Keywords: Ethnology.. ; Medical anthropology.. ; Nursing.. ; Social medicine ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Nursing has been described as the most 'natural' female occupation of all, embodying the so-called feminine ideals of tenderness and caring. Yet these ideals are juxtaposed with images of nurses as sex objects, or as ruthlessly efficient harridans. How have these very different images been constructed? And how do they relate to the reality of nursing - the close contact with blood, urine and faeces, and the involvement with the rites of birth, illness and death? This book, first published in 1991, explores the alternative ways different societies have developed to reconcile these contradiction
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 USING THE PAST: NURSING AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ANCIENT GREECE; 2 THE DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT: NURSING IN ANCIENT INDIAN MEDICAL TEXTS; 3 SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE NURSING PROFESSION IN INDIA; 4 NURSING IN JAPAN; 5 COLONIAL SISTERS: NURSES IN UGANDA; 6 A WARD OF MY OWN: SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND IDENTITY AMONG HOSPITAL DOMESTICS; 7 NURSE OR WOMAN: GENDER AND PROFESSIONALISM IN REFORMED NURSING 1860-1923; 8 HUMAN ABUSE AND NURSING'S RESPONSE
    Description / Table of Contents: 9 GENDER, ROLE, AND SICKNESS: THE RITUAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGIES OF THE NURSE10 CARE AND AMBIGUITY: TOWARDS A CONCEPT OF NURSING; 11 NURSES BETWEEN DISEASE AND ILLNESS; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index
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    ISBN: 9781138912434
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (270 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    Parallel Title: Print version The Israeli Conflict System : Analytic Approaches
    DDC: 303.6/9095694
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Israel ; Politischer Konflikt ; Konfliktregelung ; Nahostkonflikt
    Abstract: The Middle East conflict system is perhaps the world's most important and intractable problem area, whose developments carry global consequences. An effective investigation of the context and change in the region calls for a melding of academic approaches, methods and findings with policy oriented needs. The Israeli Conflict System brings together leading conflict scholars primarily from political science, applying a range of advanced, rigorous analytic and data-gathering techniques to address this single empirical domain-the contemporary Israeli Conflict System. Recognising the causal complex
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of maps; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: crossing disciplinary and methodological boundaries in conflict systems analysis; Part I Events and networks of events; 2 Event type, sub-state actor, and temporal dimensions of the dissent-repression relationship: evidence from the Middle East; 3 Turbulence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict system: predicting change; 4 Causes and consequences of unbalanced relations in the international politics of the Middle East, 1946-2010
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Trade networks and conflict processes in the Israeli Conflict System 6 Trade in conflict zones: the Israeli Conflict System; Part II Contexts: space, time, and identity; 7 The geography of conflict: using GIS to analyze Israel's external and internal conflict systems; 8 Language, conflict, and conflicting languages in Israel/Palestine; 9 The role of holocaust memory in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Part III Experimental approaches, values, and perception; 10 An experimental procedure comparing how students in Middle Eastern and Western democracies cope with international conflicts
    Description / Table of Contents: 11 Subjectivity in the application of the just war doctrine to collateral damage: an experimental test in Israel and the United StatesPart IV Prediction; 12 Predicting revolution and regime instability in the Middle East: the uncertain future of Arab-Israeli relations; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415624084
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (401 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
    Parallel Title: Print version Cities and the Cultural Economy
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Hutton, T. A., 1947 - Cities and the cultural economy
    DDC: 307.76
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Stadt ; Kulturwirtschaft
    Abstract: The cultural economy forms a leading trajectory of urban development, and has emerged as a key facet of globalizing cities. Cultural industries include new media, digital arts, music and film, and the design industries and professions, as well as allied consumption and spectacle in the city. The cultural economy now represents the third-largest sector in many metropolitan cities of the West including London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, and Melbourne, and is increasingly influential in the development of East Asian cities (Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore), as well as the mega-citi
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: cities, the cultural economy and urban studies; Culture and the city: historical and contemporary perspectives; Culture and the city: six domains of interdependency; Emergence of the 'new cultural economy' of the city; Structuring interpretations of the cultural economy of the city; Cities and the cultural economy: markers of significance and key debates; Cities and the cultural economy: logic and structure of the book
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 The cultural economy and globalizing citiesCulture and the city: globalizing tendencies and tensions; Culture as marker of the global city; The cultural economy of the city: aspects of change; Evolution of the world and global cities discourse; The cultural economy and global cities: power projection; Transnationalism, cosmopolitanism and the cultural economy of the city; Cosmopolitan cultures and the globalizing city; The cultural economy and 'everyday globalizations' in the city; Cultural tourism: cosmopolitanism, identity and self-actualization
    Description / Table of Contents: Heritage and cultural tourism: a case study of SingaporeConclusion: culture, globalization and competition; 3 The political economy of culture: governance, agency and actors; The changing field of cultural governance: introduction; Politics, ideology and governance in the cultural economy; Cultural policy agendas: legacies of the postindustrial city; Culture-led redevelopment in postindustrial urban spaces; The politics of cultural policy: conceptual issues and debates; The politics of urban cultural policy: operational issues; Intersections between urban policy and the cultural economy
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusion: the cultural turn in urban policy and planning4 The cultural economy and the urban labour market; Introduction: problematics of the cultural economy labour market; The evolution of cultural labour and creative work in the city; Dimensions of the cultural economy workforce; The cultural economy: social, technical and spatial divisions of labour; Intersections between the cultural economy and labour market change; Conclusion: opportunity and inequality in cultural work; 5 The cultural economy, housing markets and gentrification
    Description / Table of Contents: Industrial restructuring, occupational change and urban housing marketsCulture, place and residency in the city; Culture, creative workers and the urban housing market; Cultural economy workers in the postindustrial city; Intersections of change in the city's housing markets; The relayering of capital in the city and emergent residential landscapes; Conclusion: culture, dislocation and space in the city; 6 Space in the cultural economy of the city: history, theory and taxonomies; Introduction: space, place and restructuring in the city; Concepts of space and the cultural economy of the city
    Description / Table of Contents: Representations of space and culture in the contemporary city
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    ISBN: 9781482216592
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (312 p)
    Series Statement: Public Administration and Public Policy
    Series Statement: Public Administration and Public Policy Ser. v.195
    Parallel Title: Print version Digital Divides : The New Challenges and Opportunities of e-Inclusion
    DDC: 303.4833
    Keywords: Information technology -- Economic aspects ; Information technology -- Government policy ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 〈P〉The digital divide refers to the social and economic inequalities that arise among populations due to inclusion or exclusion in digital resources. In the United States, for example, one quarter of the population is still offline. As the digital age advances, public policy officials must determine where the gaps are, and how to maneuver closure of these gaps. Divided into sections ranging from defining the issues, geographic and multilevel trends, stakeholder perspectives, best practices, and future developments, this book explores how governments can bridge the digtial divide.〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Digital Divide and the Global Post-2015 Development Debate; Chapter 2: The Digital Broadband and Gender Divides; Chapter 3: Challenging the Digital Divide in a Developing Country: Ghana Case Study; Chapter 4: China's Digital Divides and Their Countermeasures; Chapter 5: Spatial and Social Aspects of the Digital Divide in Russia; Chapter 6: Broadband Policy and Rural and Cultural Divides in Australia; Chapter 7: Digital Skills in Europe: Research and Policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 8: Digital Inclusion: The Singapore PerspectiveChapter 9: Leveraging Mobile Revolution for Turning Digital Divide into Digital Dividend: Examples from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka; Chapter 10: e-­Inclusion in Education: Lessons from Five Countries; Chapter 11: e-­Education at the Local Level: Challenges and Pitfalls of Public Policies in Rio de Janeiro; Chapter 12: Local + Digital + Scale: A Mass Movement for Digital Inclusion; Chapter 13: Beyond Failure: Rethinking Research and Evaluation in ICT4D; Chapter 14: In Conclusion: Tackling Future Digital Divides; Back Cover
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    ISBN: 9780415658805
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (219 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    Parallel Title: Print version Media Consumption in Malaysia
    DDC: 302.2309595
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: How do visitors immersing themselves in material places such as shopping malls or video sites online make sense of the experience, enabling criticizing - or consenting to content? How is this evident in behaviour? Reflecting on accounts by Chinese, Indian, Malay and Indigenous members of Malaysian society, this book addresses these questions from a practices perspective increasingly adopted by scholars in marketing and media studies.The volume provides an account of practices theory from its origins in critical hermeneutics (such as Heidegger, Gadamer and Ricoeur), as reflecting on the process
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Co-Authors/Researchers; Preface: Audiences Everywhere: From Mall to Media - A Practices Perspective on Consumption; Advancing Narrative Analysis: Theory as Enabling Tool: Perspectives in Practices Initiating and Incorporating Projects; Introduction: Why Our (Re)Turn to Hermeneutics? Understanding as Ubiquitous Practice; PART I Global Theory: A Practices Perspective on People; 1 Audiences Entering Mall and Media: Visitors Projecting Everyday Practices; 2 Participatory Practices in Promotional Places: Consumers from Heidegger to Henry Jenkins
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 Video Blogging and Branding on YouTube: Interpreting Ready-to-Hand UnderstandingPART II A Practices Perspective on Malaysian Consumers; 4 Consumers Constructing Marketing Meaning: Generic Practices in Participatory Online Media; 5 Consuming Sites: Malaysians Visiting Social Media: Ready-to-Hand Repertoires Presented as Practices; 6 Visitors Engaging in Mall Practices: Minimally Monitored Managing Meaning; Conclusion: Phenomenology's Practices Theory: New Hermeneutics/Old Heidegger?; Appendix: The Language Games of Embodied Consumption: Engaging with Equipment in Media Marketing Theory
    Description / Table of Contents: NotesWebsites; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415958035
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (321 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Series Statement: Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Atoms, Bytes and Genes : Public Resistance and Techno-Scientific Responses
    DDC: 303.48/3
    Keywords: Technology and civilization - Public opinion ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: ""Atom,"" ""byte"" and ""gene"" are metonymies for techno-scientific developments of the 20th century: nuclear power, computing and genetic engineering. Resistance continues to challenge these developments in public opinion. This book traces historical debates over atoms, bytes and genes which raised controversy with consequences, and argues that public opinion is a factor of the development of modern techno-science. The level and scope of public controversy is an index of resistance, examined here with a ""pain analogy"" which shows that just as pain impacts movement, resistance impacts techn
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Excursions; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Movement Redirected by Resistance; 2 Mobilising a Different Future; 3 The Atom: Bombs and Power; 4 Environment, Safety and Sustainability; 5 Ten Propositions on Learning from Resistance; 6 The ""Bytes"" of Mainframes, PC and Social Media; 7 Public Opinion and Its Discontents; 8 Genes, Biotechnology and Genomics; 9 Some Further Observations on Resistance; Appendix 1: Notes on Social Movement and Social Influence
    Description / Table of Contents: Appendix 2: Chronologies of Atoms, Bytes and GenesReferences; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415598248
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (197 p)
    Series Statement: New International Relations
    Parallel Title: Print version The International Political Sociology of Security : Rethinking Theory and Practice
    DDC: 306.2/7094
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    Abstract: This book builds a theoretical approach to the intractable problem of theory/practice in international relations (IR) and develops tools to study how theory and practice 'hang together' in international security. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology, the book argues that theory and practice take part in struggles over basic understandings (doxa) in international fields through what the book calls doxic battles. In these battles e.g. scientific facts, military hardware and social networks are mobilised as weapons in a fight for recognition. NATO's transformation and fight for surviv
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; The case of European security and IR; A practice approach to security; Structure of the book; Notes; 2. When theory meets practice; Ghost distinctions; The Reflectivist challenges; A Bourdieusian perspective; Knowledge and the practice of science; The power and position of science-practice; Practical Reflexivity; Conclusion; Notes; 3. A sociology of IR.Doxic battles and the (re)configuration of a field; Bourdieu in IR: a growing research programme
    Description / Table of Contents: An action framework for IR: the capital-field-agency-doxaThe field; Boundary-setting and agency selection; Hierarchy; Conversion, redefinition and doxic battles; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Field-specific capital and agency in the European of security; Military capital; Scientific capital; Social capital; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Practical patterns of interaction; Member states and other affiliated states; European (security) organizations and the growing importance of the EU; Think tanks and research centres; Informal links: website and NATO Review
    Description / Table of Contents: The changing practices of the Secretaries General 1990-2003Conclusion: changing institutional practices in NATO; Notes; 6. Doxic battles in European security: the mobilization and redefinition of capital; Scientific capital; Military capital; Social capital; The ESDI/CFSP/ESDP letter game; St Malo Declaration, 1998; Activation of Article V of the NATO Treaty, 2001; The European security strategy, 2003; Conclusion: the new structure of the European security field; Notes; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138844278
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (231 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version Yanagita Kunio and the Folklore Movement (RLE Folklore) : The Search for Japan's National Character and Distinctiveness
    DDC: 398.092
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    Abstract: 〈P〉Yanagita Kunio almost singlehandedly initiated the serious study of folklore in Japan. Even modern Japanese folklorists who may disagree with his approach or his methods must take his body of work as a point of departure for their own. This book, first published in 1990, puts Yanagita's career within a historical framework and context, full of detail about Japanese political and literary trends which influenced or were influenced by the folklore scholarship of Yanagita. 〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I The Formative Years; II Policy and Agrarian Society; IIl Yanagita Folklore: Structure and Influence; IV The Sources for Yanagita's "New National Learning"; V The Folklorist's Craft; VI Folklorist as Hero; Appendix; 1. The Matsuoka Household; 2. Stone Tablet at Takeuchi Shrine; 3. Yanagita's Marginalia in George Laurence Gomme's Folklore as an Historical Science; 4. Major Folklore Related Journals; 5. Folklore Survey Checkpoints
    Description / Table of Contents: Bibliography
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    ISBN: 9781138843929
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (201 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version Some Day Been Dey (RLE Folklore) : West African Pidgin Folktales
    DDC: 398.2/1/096711
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    Abstract: 'Once upon a time' is the English translation of the title of this collection of twenty-eight Pidgin tales from Cameroon in West Africa, first published in 1979. These are richly illustrative of the various folklore genres of the region and are presented in a modified standard orthography, with an English translation facing the original Pidgin text. Notes are provided on each tale with the intention of illuminating some of their unique stylistic and linguistic patterns. The tales are often witty, never protracted, and are pleasurable in their own right. They also provide linguistic and folklor
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Part One INTRODUCTION; Background to Cameroon; What is a pidgin?; Characteristics of a pidgin; The development of Cameroon Pidgin; When did Cameroon Pidgin develop?; The present role of Pidgin in Cameroon; Collecting the tales; Type of translation employed; Orthography employed; References; Part Two THE TALES; 1 Trohki an Hohk: Mek man no ehva laf i frehn; Tortoise and Hawk: Let no one ever laugh at his friend; 2 Trohki an Swain: Du gud tohn bad
    Description / Table of Contents: Tortoise and Pig: A good action may bring trouble3 Trohki an Elefan: Smohl no bi sik; Tortoise and Elephant: Smallness is not an illness; 4 Trohki an Hea: Sehns pas paua; Tortoise and Hare: Intelligence beats strength; 5 Trohki, Got an Lehpeht: Dai man nehva hohngri; Tortoise, Goat and Leopard: A corpse has few desires; 6 Trohki an i Mami (1): Ai no di ohlwez si tru; Tortoise and his Mother (1): The eye does not always see accurately; 7 Trohki and i Mami (2): Kohni man dai, kohni man beriam; Tortoise and his Mother (2): When a wise man dies, a wise man buries him; 8 Lohng ai go du yu
    Description / Table of Contents: Greed will be your downfall9 Trohng hed no gud; Stubbornness does not pay; 10 Dei no bi wan; There'll always be a tomorrow; 11 Bad-lohk bif no di si hohntaman; A fated animal does not see the hunter; 12 Wehn han di rohb fut, fut tu di rohb han; When the hand rubs the foot, the foot rubs the hand in return; 13 Sehns no bi foh daso wan man; Wisdom belongs to everyone; 14 Di sohn, di nait an di mun; Sun, Night and Moon; 15 Kohni-Mohf; Cunning-Mouth; 16 Kohroh kohroh pikin; The scabby child; 17 Gohd i koht, no apil; God's court, no appeal; 18 Mehdehsehn no bi pleting
    Description / Table of Contents: The supernatural is not to be played with19 Sehns-Pas-King; Genius; 20 A no go chus yu; I won't forgive you; 21 Ma mami bin tehl mi...; My mother warned me...; 22 Di smohl boi an di kajari; The young boy and the dwarf; 23 Bibaiyibaiyi an di papa-wata; Bibaiyibaiyi and the Papa-Water; 24 Ren foh Bohnggi; Rain for Bongi; Part Three THE STRUCTURE OF CAMEROON PIDGIN ENGLISH; The sentence in Pidgin; The pronominal system; The verb phrase; The Be-verb; Serial verbs; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138841369
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (89 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Series Statement: Framing 21st Century Social Issues
    Parallel Title: Print version Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age
    DDC: 302.23/1
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: People 'overshare' when they interact with others through the screens of computers and smartphones. Oversharing means to divulge more of their inner feelings, opinions and sexuality than they would in person, or even over the phone. Text messaging, Facebooking, tweeting, camming, blogging, online dating, and internet porn are vehicles of this oversharing, which blurs the boundary between public and private life. This book examines these 'presentations of self', acknowledging that we are now much more public about what used to be private. With this second edition, Agger adds a new chapter on wh
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; I. Thanks for Sharing; II. Texting, Tweeting, and Blogging; III. Social Media; IV. Online Dating; V. Internet Pornography; VI. Is Privacy Possible?; VII. A Non-Pornographic Public Sphere; References; Glossary/Index
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    ISBN: 9781138853850
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (291 p)
    Edition: 5th ed
    Parallel Title: Print version Social Linguistics and Literacies : Ideology in Discourses
    DDC: 306.44
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    Abstract: In its first edition, Social Linguistics and Literacies was a major contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of sociocultural approaches to language and literacy, and was one of the founding texts of the 'New Literacy Studies'.This book serves as a classic introduction to the study of language, learning and literacy in their social, cultural and political contexts. It shows how contemporary sociocultural approaches to language and literacy emerged and:Engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the nature of discourse analysis and social theories of m
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 Ideology; 2 Meaning; 3 Literacy crises; 4 Literacy as social; 5 Orality and literacy: the great divide; 6 The literacy myth and the history of literacy; 7 The capacities of literacy and Paulo Freire; 8 The New Literacy Studies; 9 Social languages, situated meanings and cultural models; 10 Cultural models/figured worlds in action; 11 Discourse analysis; 12 Discourse analysis: stories go to school; 13 Discourses and literacies; 14 More on (big 'D') Discourses; 15 Language, individuals and Discourses
    Description / Table of Contents: 16 Discourses, individuals and performances17 Science and the lifeworld; Conclusion; References; Index
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    ISBN: 9780765680525
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1469 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Encyclopedia of American Folklife
    DDC: 398.0973/03
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    Abstract: American folklife is steeped in world cultures, or invented as new culture, always evolving, yet often practiced as it was created many years or even centuries ago. This fascinating encyclopedia explores the rich and varied cultural traditions of folklife in America - from barn raisings to the Internet, tattoos, and Zydeco - through expressions that include ritual, custom, crafts, architecture, food, clothing, and art. Featuring more than 350 A-Z entries, ""Encyclopedia of American Folklife"" is wide-ranging and inclusive. Entries cover major cities and urban centers; new and established immig
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Topic Finder; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Volume 1; Adolescents; Aesthetics; African American Communities; Alaska; Allegheny Region; Altars; Amana; American Samoa; Amish, Nebraska; Amish, Old Order; Animals; Appalachia; Arab Communities; Archives and Libraries; Armenian Communities; Art Environments; Atlanta; Atlas; Automobiles; Baltimore; Banjo; Baptists, Old Regular; Barn Raising; Barns; Baskets and Basketry; Basque Communities; Belief; Bikers; Birth; Blue Ridge Region; Bluegrass Music; Blues; Body Modification and Tattooing
    Description / Table of Contents: Bodybuilders and Weight LiftersBosnian Communities; Boston; Boy Scouts; Branding; Brooklyn; Buddhists; Bulgarian Communities; Cajun Communities; Cape Cod; Cape Verdean Communities; Carnival; Carolina, Down East; Carpatho-Rusyn Communities; Catholic Charismatics; Catholics; Chain Letters; Charleston and Lowcountry South Carolina; Chicago; Chicano and Mexican Communities; Childhood; Children's Groups; Chinatowns; Chinese Communities; Christmas; Church of the Brethren; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Coastal Carolina Plain Region; Cockfighting; Communal Societies; Communication; Community and Group
    Description / Table of Contents: ConsumerismContext; Courtship; Cowboys; Craft; Creoles, Louisiana; Croatian Communities; Croatians, Louisiana; Cuban Communities; Cults and Rumor-Panics, Satanic; Cultural Register; Czech Communities; Dance, Liturgical; Dance, Secular; Danish Communities; Deaf Communities; Death and Funerals; Delmarva and the Eastern Shore Region; Delta, Mississippi River; Denver; Des Moines; Detroit; Dialect; Dialect Stories; Dominican Communities; Drama; Dress and Costume; Easter; Eastern Orthodox Christians; Education; El Paso; Environment; Estonian Communities; Ethnic and Immigrant Folklife
    Description / Table of Contents: Ethnography and FieldworkVolume 2; Family; Fans, Automobile Racing; Fans, Extreme Metal; Fans, Heavy Metal; Farmers; Feminism; Fetishes; Filipino Communities; Film and Video; Finnish Communities; Firefighters; Fishing Communities; Folk Art; Folk Festivals; Folk Music and Song; Folk Society; Folk Speech and Language; Folklife and Folk Culture; Folklife Organizations; Folklore; Folklorists; Foodways; Fourth of July and Juneteenth; Franco-American Communities; Fraternal Organizations; French Canadian Communities; Function and Functionalism; Gamblers and Gambling; Games, Drinking; Games and Toys
    Description / Table of Contents: GangsGangs, Youth; Gardens and Gardening; Gay Communities; Gay Fire Island; Gay San Francisco; Geography; German Communities; Germans, Great Plains; Gestures; Gospel Music; Goths; Gravemarkers; Great Plains Indians; Great Plains Region; Greek Communities; Grottoes; Guam; Gullah, or Geechee, Communities; Hair; Haitian Communities; Halloween; Hare Krishna; Harlem; Hasidim and Misnagidim (Haredim); Hawaiians, Native; Healing, Faith; Healing and Medicine; Hillbillies; Hindus; Hip-Hop; History and Heritage; Hmong Communities; Holidays; Hospitals; Houses; Houston; Humor; Hungarian Communities
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    ISBN: 9781138808768
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (235 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Parallel Title: Print version Critical Theory and Social Media : Between Emancipation and Commodification
    DDC: 302.23/1
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    Abstract: Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are enormously popular: they are continuously ranked among the most frequently accessed websites worldwide. However there are as yet few studies which combine critical theoretical and empirical research in the context of digital and social media. The aim of this book is to study the constraints and emancipatory potentials of new media and to assess to what extent digital and social media can contribute to strengthen the idea of the communication and network commons, and a commons-based information society. Based on a critical theory
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; Part I Theoretical foundations; 1 Critical theory and dialectics; Introduction; Foundational concepts of a critical theory of media, technology, and society; The dialectics of productive forces and relations of production; Conclusion: means of communication as means of production; 2 Critical Internet and social media studies; Introduction; Foundations of Internet and social media studies; Towards a critical theory of the Internet and social media
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusion: ideology and commodity critique3 Critical (Internet) privacy studies: ideology critique; Introduction; Foundations of (Internet) privacy studies; Towards a critical theory of (Internet) privacy; Conclusion: capitalist privacy threats vs. corporate privacy protection; 4 Critical (Internet) surveillance studies: commodity critique; Introduction; Foundations of (Internet) surveillance studies; Towards a critical theory of (Internet) surveillance; Conclusion: capitalist surveillance vs. counter- surveillance; Part II Case study
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Traditional and critical research of privacy and surveillance on social mediaIntroduction; Traditional research of privacy on social media; Critical research of surveillance on social media; Conclusion: a critical empirical study of privacy and surveillance on social media; 6 Empirical results: (dis)advantages of social media; Introduction; General characteristics of the respondents; Advantages of social networking sites; Disadvantages of social networking sites; Conclusion; Part III Techno-social revolution; 7 Critical theory, dialectics, and the (dis)advantages of social media
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionFoundational concepts of a critical theory of media, technology, and society and the (dis)advantages of social media; The dialectics of productive forces and relations of production and the (dis)advantages of social media; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Technological constraints; Technological potentials; Social potentials; Social contraints; (Dis)like Facebook? Communication and network commons; Commons-based information society; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138781115
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (282 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Research in Museum Studies
    Parallel Title: Print version Museums, Heritage and Indigenous Voice : Decolonizing Engagement
    DDC: 305.897071074
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    Abstract: Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, viewpoints, and reflections on their collaborations can be under-represented. This book provides a unique look at Indigenous perspectives on museum community engagement and the process of self-representation, specifically how the First Nations Elders of the Blackfoot Confederacy have worked with museums and heritage sites in Alberta, Canada, to represent their own culture and history. Situated in a post-colonial context, the case-study sites are pla
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Table; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Indigenous Peoples and International Museology; 2 The Blackfoot Confederacy, Contact, Colonialism and Museums; 3 Engagement Zones; 4 Transforming Theory into Practice; 5 Indigenising Museology and the Limits to Change; 6 Institutionalising Relations; 7 Decolonising Representation; 8 Community on Display; 9 The Cost and Consequence of Engagement; 10 Where to from Here?; Glossary; Appendix-list of participants; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138788497
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (259 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
    Parallel Title: Print version Food Utopias : Reimagining citizenship, ethics and community
    DDC: 394.1/2
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Food is a contentious and emotive issue, subject to critiques from multiple perspectives. Alternative food movements - including the different articulations of local, food miles, seasonality, food justice, food knowledge and food sovereignty - consistently invoke themes around autonomy, sufficiency, cooperation, mutual aid, freedom, and responsibility.In this stimulating and provocative book the authors link these issues to utopias and intentional communities. Using a food utopias framework presented in the introduction, they examine food stories in three interrelated and complementary ways: u
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword: food utopias in perspective; Foreword; PART I Food and utopias; 1 Food utopias: hoping the future of agriculture; 2 Everyday life in utopia: food; PART II Emergent food utopias; 3 From the nano to the global scale: new utopian solutions to food waste; 4 "We should have a culture around food": toward a sustainable food utopia in the Ozark-Ouachita bioregion; 5 Urban agriculture as embedded in the social and solidarity economy Basel: developing sustainable communities
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Slow Food Presidia: the nostalgic and the utopian7 Towards utopias of prefigurative politics and food sovereignty: experiences of politicised peasant food production; 8 Re-wilding food systems: visceralities, utopias, pragmatism, and practice; PART III Food, ethics and morality; 9 Sketching a global agroecology eutopia: The Land Institute in directional context; 10 Contradictions in hope and care: technological utopianism, Biosphere II and the Catholic Worker farms; 11 Spurlock's vomit and visible food utopias: enacting a positive politics of food
    Description / Table of Contents: PART IV Conclusion: an invitation to food utopias12 Food as mediator: opening the dialogue around food; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138826472
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (235 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Approaches to History
    Parallel Title: Print version Beyond Memory : Silence and the Aesthetics of Remembrance
    DDC: 306
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    Abstract: Beyond Memory: Silence and the Aesthetics of Remembrance analyses the intricate connections between silence, acts of remembrance and acts of forgetting, and relates the topic of silence to the international research field of Cultural Memory Studies. It engages with the most recent work in the field by viewing silence as a remedy to the traditionally binary approach to our understanding of remembering and forgetting. The international team of contributors examine case studies from colonialism, war, politics and slavery from across the globe, as well as drawing examples from literature, philosop
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Introduction: remembering, forgetting and silence; PART I Silences beyond remembering and forgetting; 1 Colonial and postcolonial silences: listening to Kartini in the Netherlands; 2 Making museum objects: a silent performance of connection and loss in Solomon Islands; 3 History, silence and the detective in Alexandr Terekhov's Russian novel Kamennyi most; 4 Nostalgic histories of war: refugees in Austria-Hungary, 1914-2014; PART II The performativity of silence; 5 The many sounds of Heidegger's silence
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Silence, remembering, and forgetting in Wittgenstein, Cage, and Derrida7 Cold War era silence: the movement of the graves of Soviet prisoners of war in northern Norway; 8 Strategic silence: political persuasion between the remembered and the forgotten; PART III Silence as an aesthetic phenomenon; 9 Between memory and silence, between family and nation: remembering the First World War through Digital Media; 10 Allegorical silence: The Plague as critical literacy act; 11 Negotiating memories and silences: museum narratives of transatlantic slavery in England
    Description / Table of Contents: 12 Shell shock, Gallipoli and the generation of silenceConcluding remarks: silence and social life; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138854550
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (199 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Integrating Mindfulness into Anti-Oppression Pedagogy : Social Justice in Higher Education
    DDC: 303.3720711
    Keywords: Critical pedagogy.. ; Mindfulness (Psychology) ; Oppression (Psychology) ; Social justice ; Study and teaching (Higher) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Drawing from mindfulness education and social justice teaching, this book explores an anti-oppressive pedagogy for university and college classrooms. Authentic classroom discussions about oppression and diversity can be difficult; a mindful approach allows students to explore their experiences with compassion and to engage in critical inquiry to confront their deeply held beliefs and value systems. This engaging book is full of practical tips for deepening learning, addressing challenging situations, and providing mindfulness practices in anti-oppression classrooms. Integrating Mindfulness int
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Permissions; 1 Mindful Anti-Oppression Pedagogy; 2 Bringing the Body Back In; 3 Recognizing and Unlearning Internalized Oppression; 4 Dismantling Privilege with Mindful Listening; 5 Reframing Student Resistance as Mindful Dissonance ; 6 Critiques and Challenges of Mindful Anti-Oppression Pedagogy; 7 Building Empowered, Compassionate Communities; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138802407
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (190 p)
    Series Statement: War, Politics and Experience
    Parallel Title: Print version Bodies, Power and Resistance in the Middle East : Experiences of Subjectification in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
    DDC: 305.48/892740956953
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    Abstract: The book examines how exercises of power and processes of security exercised in the Occupied Palestinian Territories have formed Palestinian women as subjects. To understand how women experience occupation, this book examines the various ways in which the occupation is directed at making Palestinian women into subjects of power. The work argues that the exercises of power are focused on controlling and disciplining women's bodies. The objectives are to expose how the exclusions of women's daily-lived experiences of conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories obscures how power operates, t
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; PART I Thinking about subjectification and resistance; Introduction: Checkpoint 300; 1 Women, (in)security and violence; 2 Theorising power and resistance; 3 Subject and dispositif in the occupied Palestinian territories; PART II Experiences of subjectification and resistance: power and resistance in the occupied Palestinian territories; 4 Centralising lived experience in the field; 5 Managing populations and resisting management; 6 Punishing populations and resisting punishment
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Beyond management and punishment: killing bodies, killing geographiesConclusion: back to Checkpoint 300; References; Index
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    ISBN: 9780765603777
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (257 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Slavery, Race and American History : Historical Conflict, Trends and Method, 1866-1953
    DDC: 305.896/073
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    Abstract: These essays introduce the complexities of researching and analyzing race. This book focuses on problems confronted while researching, writing and interpreting race and slavery, such as conflict between ideological perspectives, and changing interpretations of the questions
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Conflicts; 1 George H. Moore: ""Tormentor of Massachusetts""; 2 James Ford Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, and the Passing of the Amateur Historian of Slavery; 3 W.E.B. Du Bois and Ulrich Bonnell Phillips: Symbolic Antagonists of the Progressive Era; 4 Historical or Persona Criticism? The Case of Frederic Bancroft versus Ulrich Bonnell Phillips; 5 The Historiographic Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Ulrich Bonnell Phillips; II. Trends
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Alfred Holt Stone: Mississippi Planter and Archivist/Historian of Slavery7 Neglected but Not Forgotten: Howell M. Henry and the ""Police Control"" of Slaves in South Carolina; 8 A Different View of Slavery: Black Historians Attack the New Proslavery Argument, 1890-1920; 9 The Unveiling of Slave Folk Culture, 1865-1920; 10 E. Merton Coulter, the ""Dunning School,"" and The Civil War and Readjustment in Kentucky; 11 Ulrich Bonnell Phillips's World Tour and the Study of Comparative Plantation Societies; 12 A Southern Historian on Tour: Clement Eaton's Travels Through the New South; III: Method
    Description / Table of Contents: 13 ""Keep 'Em in a Fire-Proof Vault"": Pioneer Southern Historians Discover Plantation Records14 The Historian as Archival Advocate: Ulrich Bonnell Phillips and the Records of Georgia and the South; 15 Ulrich Bonnell Phillips's Plantation and Frontier Documents: 1649-1863: The Historian as Documentary Editor; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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    ISBN: 9781138857063
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (170 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies
    Parallel Title: Print version Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South : Kaleidoscopic Dialectic
    DDC: 303.48/2
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    Abstract: After the end of Euro-American hegemony and the return of the multi-centric world, Eurocentrism in philosophy and the social sciences has come under attack. However, no real alternative has been proposed. This provides an opportunity to reassess the philosophy of the social sciences that has been developed in the West. This book argues that the re-emergence of a multi-centric world allows the Euro-centric social sciences in general, and critical theory in particular, to finally disengage from countless paradoxes and impasses by which they have heretofore been hindered. The author presents a so
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Reconfiguration of the World; PART I Eurocentric Theory; 1 Explanation; 2 Understanding; 3 Dialectic; PART II Kaleidoscopic Dialectic; 4 Configurations; 5 Global Hermeneutics; 6 Dialectical Critique; Outlook; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415744492
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (223 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Events and Sustainability
    DDC: 394.2
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    Abstract: Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants and destinations has reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events. Sustainability now features as part of the bid process for many mega-events, such as the Olympic Games, as well as significant regional and local events, where the event organisers are required by funding bodies and governments to generate broader outcomes for the locality. This book is the first to offer students a comprehensive introduction to the full ra
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; About the authors; Preface; 1 Introduction to sustainable events; Why develop sustainable events?; What is sustainable development?; What is sustainability?; Sustainable events; Events and economic, social and environmental impacts; Event impact standards and guides; Sustainable event stakeholders; The structure of this book; Chapter summary; Case study: Greening a music festival; Part I The events context
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 The internal and external environment for sustainable event organisersIntroduction; The internal environment of an event; Scope of the event; Understanding the internal and external environment of an event; Event stakeholders; Constraints on event sustainability; Chapter summary; Case study: The International Sailing Federation World Championships, Fremantle 2011; 3 Sustainable events and public policy; Introduction; Why do governments get involved in events?; Government approaches to involvement in events; Events and government policy domains; Sustainable events policy
    Description / Table of Contents: The role of politics within eventsChapter summary; Case study: Subvention in Malaysia's convention industry; 4 Sustainable events and urban regeneration; Introduction; Why do governments use events for regeneration?; Event-led and event-themed regeneration; Outside physical regeneration; Sustainable event regeneration; The dark side of event-led regeneration; Chapter summary; Case study: The impacts of urban regeneration for the XIX Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010; Part II Impacts of sustainable events; 5 Economic impacts of events; Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: Positive and negative economic impacts of eventsEstimating economic impact of events; Towards sustainable events economic evaluation; Chapter summary; Case study: Meta-analysis of 18 major events in New Zealand; 6 Environmental impacts of events; Introduction; What is 'the environment'?; What does 'environmental impact' mean?; Types of impact; Measuring environmental impacts; Managing environmental impacts; Chapter summary; Case study: Peats Ridge Festival, Glenworth Valley, Australia; 7 Socio-cultural impacts of events; Introduction; Measuring socio-cultural impacts; Social capital
    Description / Table of Contents: Community perceptions of eventsWhat do events mean to communities?; Chapter summary; Case study: Community relevance at Bluesfest Blues and Roots Festival, Byron Bay; 8 Delivering the sustainable event; Introduction; Delivering economic sustainability; Delivering socio-cultural sustainability; Delivering environmental sustainability; Delivering a holistically sustainable event; Systems thinking; Key attributes of systems thinking; Chapter summary; Case study: London 2012 Olympic Games - delivering a sustainable event; Part III Logistics of sustainable events
    Description / Table of Contents: 9 Employment, volunteering and sustainable events
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    ISBN: 9780415855464
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (403 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music
    DDC: 306.4/842
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    Abstract: The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music offers the first collection of source readings and new essays on the latest thinking in the sociology of music. Interest in music sociology has increased dramatically over the past decade, yet there is no anthology of essential and introductory readings. The volume includes a comprehensive survey of the field's history, current state and future research directions. It offers six source readings, thirteen popular contemporary essays, and sixteen fresh, new contributions, along with an extended Introduction by the editors. The Routledge Reader on th
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: Music and the Sociological Imagination- Pasts and Prospects; Section I Source Readings: Forerunners and Founding Figures; Chapter 1 The Origin and Function of Music; Chapter 2 Psychological and Ethnological Studies on Music; Chapter 3 Rational and Social Foundations of Music; Chapter 4 Musical Taste and How it is Formed; Chapter 5 Making Music Together: A Study in Social Relationship; Chapter 6 Sociology of Music; Section II Approaches, Sites, and Debates; A The Music Itself
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 7 Music as Social MeaningChapter 8 Music, the Body, and Signifying Practice; Chapter 9 Music and the Sociological Gaze; B Creation; Chapter 10 Ethnography and Interaction; Chapter 11 Performance Perspectives; Chapter 12 Production Perspectives; C Consumption; Chapter 13 Identity: Music, Community, and Self; Chapter 14 Taste as Distinction; Chapter 15 Taste as Performance; Section III Politics, Social Issues, and Musical Cultures; Chapter 16 Resistance and Social Movements; Chapter 17 Gender and Sexuality; Chapter 18 Hip Hop and Race
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 19 Cultural Globalization: Pop-Rock and Musical CosmopolitanismChapter 20 Music Criticism and Taste Cultures; Chapter 21 Art Music and Social Class; Chapter 22 Cityscapes; Chapter 23 The Body and Dance; Section IV Industries and Institutions; Chapter 24 Recorded Music; Chapter 25 Live Music; Chapter 26 Cultural Policy and the Creative Industries; Chapter 27 Copyright; Section V Technology and Mediation; Chapter 28 Instruments and Innovation; Chapter 29 Radio; Chapter 30 Music and the Moving Image: A Case Study of Hans Zimmer; Chapter 31 Digitalization; Section VI New Directions
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 32 After AdornoChapter 33 Bourdieu and Beyond; Chapter 34 Mediation Theory; Chapter 35 From Signification to Affect; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (272 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Postmodernism And Social Inquiry
    DDC: 301.01
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; CHAPTER 1. Postmodernism in the Social Sciences; PART I POSTMODERN THEORIES OF SOCIETY; CHAPTER 2. Foucault, Postmodernism, and Social Theory; CHAPTER 3. Postmodernism and Antifoundationalism; CHAPTER 4. North American Theories of Postmodern Culture; CHAPTER 5. Postmodernism and Feminism; CHAPTER 6. The Future of Social Theory and the Limits of Postmodern Critique; PART II POSTMODERN RESEARCH METHODS; CHAPTER 7. Semiotics and Postmodernism; CHAPTER 8. Postmodernism and Deconstructionism
    Description / Table of Contents: CHAPTER 9. Ethnographic Trends in the Postmodern EraCHAPTER 10. The Postmodernism That Failed; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415715461
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (551 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia
    DDC: 306.85095
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessible to international readers. These limitations make it difficult for researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners to obtain the information they need. The Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia fills that gap by providing a current and comprehensive analysis of Asian families by a wide range of experts in a single publication.The thirty-two chapters of this comparative and multi-discip
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Families in Asia: a kaleidoscope of continuity and change; Part 2 Conceptualizing 'family' in the Asian context; 2 Family theories in the Asian context; 3 Feminist, constructionist and other critical theories; Part 3 Methodological issues in family research; 4 Ascertaining family phenomena: measuring family behaviour; 5 Challenges of longitudinal family studies in Asia; Part 4 Family life in the context of culture; 6 Singlehood as a lifestyle in Asia; 7 Dating and courtship
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 Marriage practices and trends9 Fertility trends in Asia: prospects and implications of very low fertility; 10 Motherhood and childbirth practices in Asia; 11 Fatherhood in Asian contexts; 12 Early childhood socialization and well-being; 13 Adolescents and transition to adulthood in Asia; Part 5 Family relationships across the life cycle; 14 Married couples and the marital relationship in Asia; 15 Parent-child and sibling relationships in contemporary Asia; 16 Ageing and grandparenting in Asia; Part 6 Family, work and income; 17 Working couples: the dual-income family
    Description / Table of Contents: 18 Breadwinning, family and time over the life course19 Social class, poverty and family life: Asian perspectives; Part 7 Uncertainty, stress and conflict in the family; 20 Preventing and managing conflict in the family; 21 Spousal violence and in-law conflict in Asia: the case of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; 22 Divorce trends and patterns in Asia; 23 Remarriage and stepfamilies; 24 Illness and caregiving in the family; Part 8 Family diversity; 25 Cohabitation in Asia; 26 Cohabitation: the case of Thailand; Part 9 Family policies and the law; 27 Divorce, the family court and family lawyering
    Description / Table of Contents: 28 Legal protection of minors: experiences of four common law jurisdictions in Asia29 Legal protection of aged parents and inheritance laws in Asia; Part 10 Space and environmental settings of family life; 30 Making a home: architectural features; 31 Working from home: redesigning internal space use in homes; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138825581
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (192 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Routledge Critical Studies in Discourse
    Parallel Title: Print version Discourses of Ideology and Identity : Social Media and the Iranian Election Protests
    DDC: 302.2310955090511
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: In this monograph, Chris Featherman adopts a discourse analytical approach to explore the ways in which social movement ideologies and identities are discursively constructed in new and old media. In the context of his argument, Featherman also considers current debates surrounding the role that technologies play in democracy-building and global activist networks. He engages these critical issues through a case study of the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, looking at both US legacy media coverage of the protests as well as activists' use of social media. Through qualitative analysi
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Opening: Protesting the Results; 2 ""Down with Potatoes!"" Theory, Methods, Contexts; 3 Constructing the Protesters' Identities in the U.S. Media; 4 Borrowed Language: Reentextualizing Symbolic Resources and Discursively Constructing Stance; 5 Collective Action and Networked Identifications; 6 Effervescence or Resonance? Closings; Appendix A: Twitter Data; Appendix B: ""Where Is This Place?"" Transcript; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138854154
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (287 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Economic Geography
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Economic Geography Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Return Migration and Regional Economic Problems (Routledge Library Editions: Economic Geography)
    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Return migration -- Case studies -- Congresses ; Foreign workers -- Case studies -- Congresses ; Repatriation -- Case studies -- Congresses ; Regional economics -- Case studies -- Congresses ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 〈P〉This book, originally published in 1986, based on extensive original research, presents many findings on the phenomenon of return migration and on its impact on regional economic development. It remains the only study of its kind. International in scope, the book includes chapters on return migration in Italy, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Canada, Jamaica, Algeria and the Middle East. 〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. RETURN MIGRATION AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW; 2. GASTARBEITER GO HOME: RETURN MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC CHANGE IN THE ITALIAN MEZZOGIORNO; 3. THE OCCUPATIONAL RESETTLEMENT OF RETURNING MIGRANTS AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY; 4. LAND TENURE, RETURN MIGRATION AND RURAL CHANGE IN THE ITALIAN PROVINCE OF CHIETI; 5. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RETURN MIGRATION IN CENTRAL PORTUGAL
    Description / Table of Contents: 6. RETURN MIGRATION AND REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: THE CASE OF GREECE7. THE READJUSTMENT OF RETURN MIGRANTS IN WESTERN IRELAND; 8. RETURN MIGRATION AND URBAN CHANGE: A JORDANIAN CASE STUDY; 9. THE IMPACT OF RETURN MIGRATION IN RURAL NEWFOUNDLAND; 10. IMPLICATIONS OF RETURN MIGRATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR URBAN EMPLOYMENT IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA; 11. RETURN MIGRATION TO ALGERIA: THE IMPACT OF STATE INTERVENTION; 12. BRIDGING THE GULF: THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SOUTH ASIAN MIGRATION TO AND FROM THE MIDDLE EAST; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138786493
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (283 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Taoism
    Parallel Title: Print version Daoism in Japan : Chinese traditions and their influence on Japanese religious culture
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Daoism in Japan
    DDC: 299.5/140952
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Taoismus ; Rezeption ; Japan
    Abstract: Like an ancient river, Daoist traditions introduced from China once flowed powerfully through the Japanese religious landscape, forever altering its topography and ecology. Daoism's presence in Japan still may be discerned in its abiding influence on astrology, divination, festivals, literature, politics, and popular culture, not to mention Buddhism and Shintō. Despite this legacy, few English-language studies of Daoism's influence on Japanese religious culture have been published.Daoism in Japan provides an exploration of the particular pathways by which Daoist traditions entered Japan from c
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication ; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of contributors; Introduction: Conjuring cultures: Daoism in Japan; Part I: Arrivals; 1. Pleiades retrieved: A Chinese asterism's journey to Japan; Astromancy and rulership in Ancient East Asia; The continental roots of yīnyáng astromancy; The Pleiades in East Asia; Notes; Bibliography; 2. Daoist deities in ancient Japan: Household deities, Jade Women and popular religious practice ; Introduction; Methods and biases; Jade Women in China; The Kuchizusami 口遊; The Mokkan 木簡
    Description / Table of Contents: NotesBibliography; 3. Framing Daoist fragments, 670-750; Introduction; Some Reflective Disengagements; Disparate Daoist elements in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki; The articulation of Daoist moments (Tenmu and Jitō, 672-702); The Chinkon-sai, the winter solstice and Fujiwara-kyō; Reframing the Chinkon-sai; Keeping Daoism at bay; The Nagaya Incident; Legal restrictions; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 4. Daoist resonance in a "perfected immortal": A case study of Awata no Ason Mahito ; Daoist presence in Tenmu's hereditary titles; Test case: the curious career of Awata no Ason Mahito
    Description / Table of Contents: Daoist headdress?A Japanese immortal in Wu; A Japanese immortal in Wǔ Zhào's court: the perfected immortal and the Queen Mother; Problems and opportunities: determining meaning in a cosmopolitan, pluralistic era; Notes; Bibliography; Part II: Assimilations; 5. Onmyōdō divination techniques and Daoism; Introduction; The framework of Onmyōdō; Onmyōdō and divination; Divination in Daoism and Onmyōdō; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 6. The Laŏzĭ and the emergence of Shintō at Ise; Introduction; The socio-political setting; Watarai Yukitada and the Laŏzĭ; Daoism vs. Buddhism?; Yukitada's sources
    Description / Table of Contents: The socio-historical settingConclusion: The Laŏzĭ and medieval Shintō; Abbreviations of Primary Source Titles; Notes; Bibliography; 7. Demarcation from Daoism in Shinran's Kyōgyōshinshō; Daoism and Buddhism in medieval Japan; Subordinating the stars; Criticism of Daoist practices; The Biànzhèng lùn and its use by Shinran; Demoting Laŏzĭ from the heavens; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 8. Kōshin: Expelling Daoist demons through Buddhist means; The ""deathbringers" of Daoism; Antecedents; Early development; Japanese reflections; The Kōshin deity; Ritual transformation; The Kōshin cult
    Description / Table of Contents: The Kōshin vigilKōshin chants; The Kōshin festival; The Kōshin engi; Notes; Bibliography; Part III: Apparitions; 9. The Zhuāngzĭ, haikai, and the poetry of Bashō; Introduction; The Zhuāngzĭ's gūgen 寓言 and comic linked verse; Shōyōyū 逍遥遊 and the haikai landscape redefined; Zōka 造化 and the poetics of Bashō; Notes; Bibliography; 10. The eight trigrams and their changes: Divination in earlymodern Japan; Introduction; Prologue: what is a trigram?; Looking for the trigrams in early modern Japan; Books of trigrams: type, content, and evolution; Early folded books and the core technique
    Description / Table of Contents: The first manuals: unveiling the technique
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    ISBN: 9781138794184
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (201 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
    Parallel Title: Print version Conflict Management in International Missions : A field guide
    DDC: 303.6/9
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book serves primarily as a field guide and curriculum for organisations training personnel for conflict management missions abroad.Currently, a gap exists between practitioners and academia in the field of conflict management and peacebuilding. Few practitioners have studied conflict management, and few academics have experience as field workers. Conflict literature contains a range of important insights and analyses, but is useful only to a limited degree to practitioners. This book provides practitioners with a much needed guidebook which is easy to understand, academically solid and wh
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Target groups; Contents; 1 What you should know about conflicts; What is a conflict?; Interests, needs and antagonisms; Escalation, expansion and positive outcomes; Conflict management terminology; Conflict and communication; Literature; 2 Preparing for missions; Personal qualifications; Allegiances and responsibilities; The need for local knowledge; Seeking information; Principles under pressure; Conclusions; 3 Establishing yourself in the field; Lectures/seminars?; Defining your own role
    Description / Table of Contents: Establishing local contactsUse of interpreters; Conclusions; 4 Mediation; Facilitation; The mediation process; Preparations; Introductory phase; The parties' presentations; Clarifying the problem; Identifying interests; Ways to meet interests; Seeking solutions; Drawing up an agreement; Follow up on agreements; Rules of thumb for the process of mediation; 5 Influence: psychology versus traditional approaches; When mediation is impossible; Influence on behaviour and attitudes; Roles, norms and expectations; From a negative to a positive role; Consistency: why statements commit
    Description / Table of Contents: Time for action!Cognitive dissonance: clash between act and attitude; Role- play; The yes technique and the danger of no; 'From more to less'; On good communication; Are you worth listening to?; Reciprocation; Sympathy and friendship; The follow- up of influence; Back to Velika Kladusa; Negative factors; Traditional approaches; 6 Peacebuilding; The challenge; The time perspective; Your role in peacebuilding; Peacebuilding leadership; Needs analysis; Common needs; The need for conflict resolution and reconciliation; National reconciliation efforts; A needs 'menu'; Planning; Presentation
    Description / Table of Contents: Identification of implementing actorsCoordination; Monitoring; Programming; Indirect effects on peace: the 'Do no harm' concept; Summing up on peacebuilding; 7 When you or your agency becomes party to a conflict; Personal conflicts; Your agency as party to a conflict; Personal security and danger signals; Conclusions; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415732819
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (307 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Political Rebellion : Causes, outcomes and alternatives
    DDC: 303.6/4
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    Abstract: This volume comprises key essays by Ted Robert Gurr on the causes and consequences of organized political protest and rebellion, its outcomes and strategies for conflict management.From the Castro-inspired revolutionary movements of Latin America in the 1960s to Yugoslavia's dissolution in ethnonational wars of the 1990s, and the popular revolts of the Arab Spring, millions of people have risked their lives by participating in protests and rebellions. Based on half a century of theorizing and social science research, this book brings together Gurr's extensive knowledge and addresses the key qu
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Understanding rebellion; PART I Theories of rebellion, repression, and responses to scarcity; Introduction; 1 Psychological factors in political violence; 2 War, revolution, and the growth of the coercive state; 3 On the political consequences of scarcity and economic decline; PART II The Minorities at Risk project: Patterns, causes, and management of ethnopolitical conflict; Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 Peoples against states: Ethnopolitical conflict and the changing world system5 Minorities, nationalists, and Islamists: Explaining communal conflict in the twenty-first century; 6 Attaining peace in divided societies: Five principles of emerging doctrine; PART III Protest, rebellion, terrorism: Outcomes and alternatives; Introduction; 7 On the outcomes of violent conflict; 8 Self-determination movements and their outcomes; 9 Terrorism in democracies: When it occurs, why it fails; 10 Nonviolence in ethnopolitics: Strategies for the attainment of group rights and autonomy
    Description / Table of Contents: PART IV Out of AfricaIntroduction; 11 Explaining political violence and revolution in Africa; 12 How Africa's civil wars ended: Lessons for prevention?; 13 The security challenges of Somalia: Toward a confederal solution; 14 Why Men Rebel revisited: Observations on revolution in contemporary Africa; References; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415638548
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (299 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Series Statement: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives
    Parallel Title: Print version Gender Circuits, 2e : Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age
    DDC: 305.3
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: 〈P〉The new edition of 〈EM〉Gender Circuits〈/EM〉 explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals through substantive sociological analysis and in-depth case studies. Examining the complex intersections between gender ideologies, social scripts, information and biomedical technologies, and embodied identities, this book explores whether and how new technologies are reshaping what it means to be a gendered person in contemporary society. 〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Preview: Gendered Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age; Making Sense of Human Diversity; Theories of Difference; Understanding the Embodied Self as a Social Product; Making Sense of Embodied Identity; How Social Scripts Shape Selves; Why Gender is a Good Vantage Point for Inquiry; Gender is a Social Endeavor; Gender as Socially Constructed but Meaningful in Our Lives; Accounting for Gender Variation in Society; The Impact of Challenging Gender Norms; A New World Order: Life in a Technological Age
    Description / Table of Contents: Biomedical Technology as Mediator between Physical and Mental LifeInformation Technology as Mediator between Physical and Mental Life; Investigating the Impact of New Technologies; Case Study: Focus on Tattooing and Masculinity; Chapter 1 A Social History of Technology and Gender; A Sociological Approach to Analyzing Gender and Technology; Making Sense of Technology; A Brief History of Technology; Challenging Technological Progressivism; Theorizing Technology; Technology as Social; Technology and the Individual; Theorizing Gender and Technology Together
    Description / Table of Contents: How Technology Has Shaped Gender and Gender NonconformityTechnologies of Sex and Gender Formation; Technologies of Gender Conformity; Technologies of Gender Nonconformity; New Technologies, New Genders; Engaging in Sociological Analysis; Case Study: Focus on Bloomers and Nineteenth Century Womanhood; Case Study: Focus on Beauty and Twenty-first Century Womanhood; Chapter 2 Information Technologies and Gendered Identity Work; Exploring Virtual Worlds; The Internet as New Technology; Evaluating Information Technologies; Identity Work in Cyberspace; Bridging Online and Offline Identities
    Description / Table of Contents: Narrative Identity, Discourses-in-Practice and Discursive PracticesStorying Ourselves into Being; Re-storying Ourselves into New Ways of Being; Narrative Identity Online; The Impact of Online Activity on the Self; Individual and Collective Identity Development Online; Collective Identity Work Online: Negotiating Social Scripts; Reproducing and Rewriting Social Scripts; Reproducing Inequality Online; Navigating Gendered Identities and Bodies Online; Case Study: Focus on Trans* Organizing; Case Study: Focus on Social Networking and the Self
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3 New Biomedical Technologies, New Scripts, New GendersNew Body Technologies; Technologies and the Body; The Social Body; Technology and Body Work; Somatechnics and Social Norms; Gendered Selves, Gendered Bodies; Biomedical Technologies and Gendered and Raced Bodies; Somatechnologies and Hyper-Normative Gender Scripts; A Sociological Perspective on the Meaning of Body Work; Somatechnologies and New Gender Scripts; The Complexities of Body Work; Case Study: Reproduction and the Gender of Medicine; Case Study: Sex, Gender, and their Diversity
    Description / Table of Contents: Review: Sociological Analyses of Gender and Technology
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    ISBN: 9780415808392
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (301 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Intersectionality
    DDC: 305.4201
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    Abstract: Pursuing Intersectionality, Unsettling Dominant Imaginaries offers a sustained, interdisciplinary exploration of intersectional ideas, histories, and practices that no other text does. Deftly synthesizing much of the existing literatures on intersectionality, one of the most significant theoretical and political precepts of our time, May invites us to confront a disconcerting problem: though intersectionality is widely known, acclaimed, and applied, it is often construed in ways that depoliticize, undercut, or even violate its most basic premises. May cogently demonstrates how intersectionalit
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents ; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Case for Intersectionality and the Question of Intersectionality Backlash; 1 What Is Intersectionality? Matrix Thinking in a Single-Axis World; 2 Intersectionality's Call to Break from Single-Axis Thinking: Still Unheard, Still Unanswered?; 3 Why Are Intersectionality Critiques All the Rage?; 4 Intersectionality-Now You See It, Now You Don't: Slippages in Intersectionality Applications; 5 Being "Biased" toward Intersectionality: A Call for Epistemic Defiance
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Fostering an Intersectional Disposition: Strategies for Pursuing and Practicing IntersectionalityReferences ; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138777033
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (275 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version What's the Buzz for Young Children : A complete social skills foundation course
    DDC: 302.14071
    Keywords: Social skills ; Study and teaching (Preschool) ; Social skills ; Study and teaching (Primary) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: For many, social thinking is hard-wired at birth and strengthens, quite naturally, through progressive experiences and encounters with others. However, for a variety of reasons, some children find it harder to think socially, develop socially and use their social tools suitably when it really counts.'What's the Buzz?' is the original social skills programme and became an instant best-seller, used by practitioners around the globe with children and young people, helping them to successfully transfer these skills into their everyday lives. What's the Buzz? For Early Learners :is a simple, struct
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Photocopiable and online resources; A quick guide to the games; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Practical considerations for implementation; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 1 of 16: Meeting friends and discovering differences! "Let's meet Archie"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 2 of 16: Joining in "Archie wants to join in"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 3 of 16: Sharing and taking turns "When sharing got hard"; Lesson 4 of 16: Cooperation "Archie and the stick insect"
    Description / Table of Contents: Photocopiable and online resourcesLesson 5 of 16: Waiting "Archie has to wait"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 6 of 16: Making it better "Archie has a fight"; Lesson 7 of 16: Winning and losing - 'gracefully' "Archie loses"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 8 of 16: Fact or opinion? Staying friendly over different ideas "That's your opinion!"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 9 of 16: Working with feelings "Archie has big feelings"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 10 of 16: Angry feelings "Archie forgets"; Photocopiable and online resources
    Description / Table of Contents: Lesson 11 of 16: Building healthy bodies, happy minds and steady feelings "Too tired to think"Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 12 of 16: Honesty - 'telling the truth' "Archie and the Lego® dump truck"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 13 of 16: Saying "No" - being assertive "Keep it a secret"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 14 of 16: Empathy "The wonder of the web"; Lesson 15 of 16: Worry - knowing about it, and dealing with it "Archie's morning talk"; Photocopiable and online resources; Lesson 16 of 16: Time to say goodbye "The lost goodbye"
    Description / Table of Contents: Photocopiable and online resourcesReferences
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    ISBN: 9780415706841
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (159 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Routledge Advances in Experimental and Computable Economics
    Parallel Title: Print version A Computational Model of Industry Dynamics
    DDC: 302.35
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    Abstract: The economics literature on industry dynamics contains a wide array of empirical works identifying a set of stylized facts. There have been several attempts at constructing analytical models to explain some of these regularities. These attempts are highly stylized and limited in scope to keep the analyses tractable. A general model of industry evolution capable of generating firm and industry behaviour that can match the data is needed.This book endeavours to explain many well-documented aspects of the evolution of industries over time. It uses an agent-based computational model in which artif
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Non-equilibrium dynamics in the evolution of industries; Notes; 2 Models of industry dynamics; 2.1 Stationary equilibrium models and the purely analytical approach; 2.2 Markov perfect equilibrium models and the computational approach; 2.3 Agent-based computational economics approach; Notes; 3 A dynamic model of Schumpeterian competition; 3.1 Conceptual building blocks; 3.2 The model: basic features; 3.3 The model: dynamic structure; Notes
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 Growing an industry in silico4.1 Design of computational experiments; 4.2 The baseline: generating the proto-history; Notes; 5 Shakeouts: limited foresight, technological shocks, and transient industry dynamics; 5.1 Shakeout in an infant industry; 5.2 Technological change and recurrent shakeouts; Notes; 6 Industry dynamics in the steady state: between-industry variations; 6.1 Defining the steady state; 6.2 Temporal patterns along the steady state within an industry; 6.3 Between-industry variations in steady states; 6.4 Implications for cross-industries studies; Notes
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Firm dynamics in the steady state: within-industry variations7.1 Technological diversity; 7.2 Market share inequality; 7.3 Life span of firms; 8 Cyclical industrial dynamics with fluctuating demand; 8.1 An overview; 8.2 Stochastic variation in demand; 8.3 Deterministic variation in demand; 8.4 Summary; Notes; 9 Conclusion; References; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415840361
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (221 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Colonized Schooling Exposed : Progressive Voices for Transformative Educational and Social Change
    DDC: 370.11/5
    Keywords: Transformative learning.. ; Critical pedagogy.. ; Neoliberalism ; Social aspects.. ; Postcolonialism ; Social aspects.. ; Social change ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book presents a novel perspective on neocolonialism, education and other related issues. It unveils the effects of neocolonialism on the learning and well-being of students and workers, including marginalized groups such as Native Americans, Latino/as, and African Americans. It is a collection of in-depth interviews with and heartfelt essays by committed social justice educators and scholars genuinely concerned with educational issues situated in the context of western neocolonialism and neoliberalism.This dialogical way of discussing important issues and co-constructing knowledge can be
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART I: Unmasking the Wretchedness of Neoliberalism and Neocolonialism; 1 Colonialism in the 21st Century: A Critical Analysis; 2 Violence and the Interstices of Difference: Working With(in) and Around Fanon; 3 Colonialism and Neoliberalism: Twins of Inequities: A Conversation with Vijay Prashad; 4 Countering the Colonizing Allure of (Pseudo)-Scientific Discourses in Education Research and Policy; 5 Courageous Voices Against Neocolonial and White Supremacy: Sandy Grande and Pierre Orelus in Dialogue; 6 Surviving Language as a Refugee
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Unfair Comparisons: Monolingual Norms and Language Discrimination Against Nonnative English-Speaking Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities8 An arabyyah-muslimah Feminist Negotiating Gender/Nation/Sexuality/Colonial Discourses: A Conversation with Manal Hamzeh; 9 Testimonios of Microaggressions on University and College Campuses; PART II Unmasking the Wretchedness of Neoliberalism and Neocolonialism; 10 Marxist Scholarship in Neoliberal Times: Social Imagination or Social Revolution?
    Description / Table of Contents: 11 A Critical Pedagogy of Revolutionary Solidarity Against Neoliberal, White-Supremacist, Petrochemical Plunder: A Conversation with Curry Stephenson Malott12 Understanding History From the Standpoint of the Oppressed; 13 Uncovering Racial, Socioeconomic, and Political Domination Through the Western Neocolonial and Neoliberal Agenda: A Conversation With Sangeeta Kamat; 14 Education, Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism, and Class Struggle in Britain and Europe; Conclusion; Contributors; Index
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    ISBN: 9780765616692
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (273 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Genre Studies in Mass Media: A Handbook
    DDC: 302.23
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    Abstract: The study of various types of programming is essential for critical analysis of the media and also offers revealing perspectives on society's cultural values, preoccupations, behavior, and myths. This handbook provides a systematic, in-depth approach to the study of media genres - including reality programs, game shows, situation comedies, soap operas, film noir, news programs, and more. The author addresses such questions as: Have there been shifts in the formula of particular genres over time? What do these shifts reveal about changes in culture? How and why do new genres - such as reality T
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; Overview; A Media Literacy Approach to Genre Studies; 2. Process; Analysis: Function; Overview; Other Functions of Genres; Comparative Media; Overview; Audience Considerations; Lines of Inquiry; 3. Formulaic Analysis; Overview; Evolution of Formula; Formative Stage; Popular Stage; Mature Stage; Formulaic Elements; Formulaic Premise; Formulaic Structure; Formulaic Plot; Stock Characters; Formulaic Setting; Trappings; Formulaic Twists; Franchise Formulas; Lines of Inquiry
    Description / Table of Contents: Genre Analysis: Formulaic Approach 4. Historical Context; Overview; Tracing the History of a Genre; Formulaic Elements; Premise; Plot; Character; Inter-genre Historical Analysis; Lines of Inquiry; Genre Analysis: Historical Context; 5. Cultural Context; Overview; Cultural Preoccupations; Sex; Appearance; Celebrities; Crime; Worldview; International Perspectives; Inter-genre Analysis; Lines of Inquiry; Genre Analysis: Cultural Context of Celebrity Genre; 6. Ideological Approach; Overview; Genres and Social Commentary; Parody; Allegories; Modes of Analysis; Point of View; Worldview; Function
    Description / Table of Contents: Formulaic ElementsInter-genre Approach; Lines of Inquiry; Genre Analysis: Ideological Approach; 7. Production Elements; Overview; Analysis: Production Elements; Editing; Color; Lighting; Shape; Movement; Angle; Music; Lines of Inquiry; Genre Analysis: Production Elements; Production Elements in Reality TV; Production Values and the Reality TV Genre; 8. Industry Perspective; Overview; Conservative Sensibility; Derivative Programming; Industry Abuses; Cyclical Nature of Genres; Revenue Streams; Syndication; Sequels; Prequels; Ancillary Products; Franchises; Advertising; Lines of Inquiry
    Description / Table of Contents: 9. Mythic ApproachOverview; Mythic Premise; Mythic Themes; Genre and the Transmission of Cultural Myth; Historical Period; Mystical Places; Idealized Times; Cultural Beliefs; Inter-genre Analysis; Lines of Inquiry; Genre Analysis: Mythic Approach; Galaxy Quest Teaches Us Why We Should "Never Give Up, Never Surrender" Our Cultural Myths; The Andy Griffith Show as Cultural Myth; Notes; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138779808
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (395 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Coasts for People : Interdisciplinary Approaches to Coastal and Marine Resource Management
    DDC: 304.2
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    Abstract: Issues of sustainability and increased competition over coastal resources are changing practices of resource management. Societal concerns about environmental degradation and loss of coastal resources have steadily increased, while other issues like food security, biodiversity, and climate change, have emerged. A full set of social, ecological and economic objectives to address these issues are recognized, but there is no agreement on how to implement them. This interdisciplinary and ""big picture book"" - through a series of vivid case studies from environments throughout the world - suggests
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Ongoing Agenda; The Context; Rethinking Coastal and Marine Resources; Paradigm Change from Reductionism to a Systems View; Paradigm Change in Commons Theory; Paradigm Changes in Resource Governance; Elements of an Interdisciplinary Science of Coastal Resource Management; 2 Natural Resources and Management: Emerging Views; Changing Theory and Practice of Resource Management: An Overview; The "Intellectual Baggage" of Natural Resources and Management
    Description / Table of Contents: An Ecological Critique of Conventional ManagementA Social Critique of Conventional Management; Broadening Values and Objectives; Conclusions; 3 Social-Ecological Systems; Introduction; Context and Concept of Integrated Social-Ecological Systems; Social-Ecological Systems and Globalization; A Case Study on Transformations and Drivers: Aquaculture; Conclusions; 4 Resilience: Health of Social-Ecological Systems; Introduction; Social-Ecological Systems and Resilience; Change, Drivers, Thresholds and Uncertainty; Policy Options, Learning, Adaptation and Transformation
    Description / Table of Contents: Assessing Resilience and Building ResilienceConclusions; 5 Can Commons Be Managed?; Introduction; Property Rights: Ownership or Not?; Bringing Decisions Close to Resource Users: Communities and Institutions; Principles for Collective Action and Commons Use; Roving Bandits: Globalized Tragedy of the Commons; Conclusions; 6 Co-management: Searching for Multilevel Solutions; Introduction; Why Co-management?; What Makes Co-management Work?; Building Adaptive Co-management; Conclusions; 7 Coastal Zone: Reconciling Multiple Uses; Introduction; Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Multiple Uses
    Description / Table of Contents: The Liminal Nature of the CoastCoastal Zone Concepts and Application; Social-Ecological Systems-based Restoration; Citizen Science or Civil Empowerment?; Conclusions; 8 Conserving Biodiversity: MPAs and Stewardship; Introduction; Competing Models of Biodiversity Conservation; International Experiments with MPAs; Issues of Multiple Objectives and Community Benefits; Prospects and Conclusions; 9 Coastal Livelihoods: Resources and Development; Introduction; Context of Development Thinking; Coastal Resource Users and Poverty; Livelihood Diversification
    Description / Table of Contents: Incorporating Social Objectives into ManagementConclusions; 10 Local and Traditional Knowledge: Bridging with Science; Introduction; Indigenous Knowledge as Content, Indigenous Knowledge as Process; The Belief Component of Traditional Knowledge; Local and Traditional Knowledge in Practical Management; Traditional Knowledge and Science: Bridging and Coproducing Knowledge; Conclusions; 11 Social-Ecological System-based Management; Introduction; Lessons from Ecosystem-based Management Cases; Social-Ecological Systems and Wicked Problems; Governance Approaches: Diverse and Creative
    Description / Table of Contents: Implementing Governance: Cutting Complexity Down to Size
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    ISBN: 9780415678841
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (184 p)
    Series Statement: International Library of Sociology
    Series Statement: International Library of Sociology Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Transforming Images : Screens, affect, futures
    DDC: 302.1
    Keywords: Self-perception.. ; Representation (Philosophy) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Contemporary social and cultural life is increasingly organised around a logic of self-transformation, where changing the body is seen as key. Transforming Images examines how the future functions within this transformative logic to indicate the potential of a materially better time. The book explores the crucial role that images have in organising an imperative for transformation and in making possible, or not, the materialisation of a better future. Coleman asks the questions: which futures are appealing and to whom? How do images tap into and reproduce wider social and cultural processes of
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: transformation, potential, futures; 1 Screening affect: images, representational thinking and the actualization of the virtual; 2 Bringing the image to life: interactive mirrors and intensive experience; 3 Becoming different: makeover television, proximity and immediacy; 4 Immanent measure: interaction, attractors and the multiple temporalities of online dieting; 5 Pre-empting the future: obesity, prediction and Change4Life
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusion: transforming images - sociology, the future and the virtualNotes; References; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138842205
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (343 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version The Ballad and the Folk (RLE Folklore)
    DDC: 398.04209411
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    Abstract: The ballad is an enduring and universal literary genre. In this book, first published in 1972, David Buchan is concerned to establish the nature of a ballad and of the people who produced it through a study of the regional tradition of the Northeast of Scotland, the most fertile ballad area in Britain. His account of this tradition has two parallel aims, one specifically literary - to investigate the ballad as oral literature - and one broadly ethnographic - to set the regional tradition in its social context. Dr Buchan applies the interesting and important work which has recently been done on
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dediction; Table of Contents; Prefacce and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Oral Tradition: the Folk; 2 The Land and the People; 3 The Agricultural Society; 4 The Border Region; 5 The Clannit Society; Part II: The Oral Tradition: the Ballads; 6 Balladry and Oral Poetry; 7 The Oral Ballads of Mrs Brown; 8 The Substance of the Ballads; 9 The Structure of the Ballads I; 10 The Structure of the Ballads II; 11 The Structure of the Ballads III; 12 The Sound of the Ballads
    Description / Table of Contents: 13 The Oral Ballad: A Summing-upPart III: The Tradition in Transition: the Folk; 14 The Revolutions; 15 The New Society; Part IV: The Tradition in Transition: the Ballads; 16 The Peter Buchan Controversy; 17 The Ballads of James Nicol; Part V: The Modern Tradition; 18 The Ballads of Bell Robertson; 19 The Bothy Ballads; 20 Conclusion; Appendix: Northeast Collectors and Collections; Glossary; Notes and References; A Selected Bibliography; Index of Ballads, Songs, Poems and Tales; General Index
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    ISBN: 9781138844117
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (223 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version Turandot's Sisters (RLE Folklore) : A Study of the Folktale AT 851
    DDC: 398.2
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    Abstract: The central tale studied in Turandot's Sisters, first published in 1993, is The Princess Who Can Not Solve the Riddle, AT 851. Other wisdom tales are surveyed to show that they are separate from the riddle tales in material and in spirit. Customs and beliefs concerning riddling and riddle contests are examined to see what motifs from the tales are taken from reality, leaving the rest to be either fantasy motifs or stylistic traits. The central tale AT 851 is analysed in detail to exhibit its obligatory and optional elements, a wealth of possibilities that enables it to adapt to a range of mood
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Comparative Study of Folktales; 2. Riddle Tales from Literary Sources; From Ancient Sources: Classical; From Ancient Sources: Indian; From Medieval Sources: Eastern; Oriental Romances; From Medieval Sources: Western; Norse; Celtic; Cosmopolitan Tales; Overview; 3. The Princess Who Can Not Solve the Riddle; AT 851o: The Eastern Subtype; AT 851A: Turandot; AT 851B: The Unborn Hero; AT 851C: The South European Subtype; AT 851C + AT 570
    Description / Table of Contents: AT 851C in Eastern Europe and FinlandAT 851D: The Germanic Subtype; AT 851 + AT 507A; AT 851: Creole Tales; Summary; 4. Neck Riddles and Other Riddle Tales; Other Simple Riddle Tales; The Murdered Lover (Motif H805); Other Complex Tales with Riddles; 5. Riddle Themes; I. Cosmic Riddles; II. Monsters; III. The Dead and the Living; IV. Human Relationships, Natural and Unnatural; V. Impossibilities; VI. Puns; 6. Wisdom Tales; The Battle of the Sexes; Catch the Devil Through a Riddle; Out of the Mouths of Babes; Man to Man; Oriental Wisdom Tales; Conclusion; 7. Riddles in Folk Societies
    Description / Table of Contents: Riddles and PowerRiddles and Myths; The Interpersonal Situation; Riddles and Sex; Riddles and Education; Riddling in Tales; 8. The Style of the Tale; Rhythm; Human Relationships; Minor Characters; The Stage: Sets and Properties; Distinctive Qualities of the Subtypes; Novella and Märchen; Bibliography
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    ISBN: 9781138843608
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (297 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version The Oral Style (RLE Folklore)
    DDC: 398
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    Abstract: In this book, first published in 1990, Edgard Sienaert and Richard Whitaker offer the first English translation of Marcel Jousse's crucially important work, Le style oral. As the translators observe, this study fired the imagination of contemporary intellectuals in Paris soon after its publication and influenced the work of many. In this book, Jousse provides a thorough and detailed theoretical account of the compositional style of oral, as opposed to literate, authors, showing that the antithetical, balancing, formulaic quality of that style is deeply rooted in the psychological and even phys
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editor's Foreword; Translators' Preface; Introduction to the 1981 edition; Marcel Jousse on "Scientific Discovery"; Foreword; PART ONE THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ORAL STYLE; I The energetic explosion and the psycho-physiology of gesture; II Intervals between energetic explosions - physiological rhythm; III Reflex gesticulation and the mimicry of reception; IV The spontaneous revivification of past gestures
    Description / Table of Contents: V The voluntary semiological revivification of mimic gesturesVI Laryngo-buccal semiological gesticulation; VII The instinctively concrete character of semiological gesticulation; VIII The propositional gesture; IX Ethnic mental dispositions and propositional gestures: the psychology of translation; PART TWO THE ORAL STYLE; X The automatic repetition of a propositional gesture: parallelism; XI Rhythmic oral style; XII The instinctive mnemonic employment of rhythmic schemas; XIII Oral style, a ""living press""; XIV Oral composers; XV Mnemonic faculties in oral style milieux
    Description / Table of Contents: XVI Mnemotechnical devices within the rhythmic schemaXVII Mnemotechnical devices within the recitative; XVIII Mnemotechnical devices within a recitation; CONCLUSION; Notes; Index of Proper Names; Index of Technical Terms; Bibliography
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    ISBN: 9780765600752
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (270 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version The Danwei: Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical and Comparative Perspective
    DDC: 306.3/6/0951
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    Abstract: The danwei, or work unit, occupies a central place in Chinese society. To understand Chinese politics demands a better understanding of this system. This volume provides a systematic study of the danwei system and addresses a variety of questions from historical and comparative perspectives
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction: The Changing Chinese Workplace inHistorical and Comparative Perspective; Part I. Danwei in Historical Perspective; 1. Minor Public Economy: The Revolutionary Origins of the Danwei; 2. From Native Place to Workplace: Labor Origins and Outcomes of China's Danwei System; 3. The Republican Origins of the Danwei: The Case of Shanghai's Bank of China; Part II. Danwei in Comparative Perspective; 4. Chinese Danwei Reforms: Convergence with the Japanese Model?
    Description / Table of Contents: 5. The Russian ""Village in the City"" and the Stalinist System of Enterprise Management: The Origins of Worker Alienation in Soviet State Socialism6. The Soviet Factory as Community Organizer; Part III. Danwei Under Reform; 7. Danwei: The Economic Foundations of a Unique Institution; 8. The Impact of the Floating Population on the Danwei: Shifts in the Patterns of Labor Mobility Control and Entitlement Provision; 9. Work Units and Housing Reform in Two Chinese Cities; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138776784
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (247 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Producing Women : The Internet, Traditional Femininity, Queerness, and Creativity
    DDC: 305.4
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Producing Women examines the ways femininity is produced through new media. Michele White considers how women are constructed, produce themselves as subjects, form vital production cultures on sites like Etsy, and deploy technological processes to reshape their identities and digital characteristics. She studies the means through which women market traditional female roles, are viewed, and produce and restructure their gendered, raced, eroticized, and sexual identities. Incorporating a range of examples across numerous forms of media-including trash the dress wedding photography, Internet how-
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Technologies of Producing Women: Femininity, Queerness, and the Crafted Monster; 1 Working eBay and Etsy: Selling Stay-at-Home Mothers; 2 Touching Feeling Women: Reborn Artists, Babies, and Mothers; 3 It's about "Creation, Not Destruction": Brides, Photographers, and Post-wedding Trash the Dress Sessions; 4 Dead White Weddings: Zombie Walk Brides, Marriages, and How-to Guides; 5 Never Cleaning Up: Cosmetic Femininity and the Remains of Glitter
    Description / Table of Contents: Afterword: A Show of Hands: Franken Polishes, Mannequin Hands, and #ManicureMondaySelected Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415854399
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (234 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Parallel Title: Print version The Bohemian Ethos : Questioning Work and Making a Scene on the Lower East Side
    DDC: 306/.1
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    Abstract: The iconoclastic ingenuity of bohemians, from Gerard de Nerval to Allen Ginsberg, continually captivates the popular imagination; the worlds of fashion, advertising, and even real estate all capitalize on the alternative appeal of bohemian style. Persistently overlooked, however, is bohemians' distinctive relationship to work. In this book, sociologist Judith R. Halasz examines the fascinating junctures between bohemian labor and life. Weaving together historiography, ethnography, and personal experiences of having been raised amidst downtown New York's bohemian communities, Halasz deciphers b
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Credits; 1 Introduction; 2 The Parisian Prototype: 19th-Century Bohemia; 3 The Beats: Political Poetics; 4 The 1960s: A Generation in Revolt; 5 The Underground; 6 Get Back to Work: The Demise of the Underground; 7 On the Margins of the Workaday World: Productivity, the Work Ethic, and Bohemian Self-Determination; 8 Epilogue to a Scene: The Current Situation; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9780415720441
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (181 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Popular Culture and World Politics
    Parallel Title: Print version Sexing war/Policing Gender : Motherhood, myth and women’s political violence
    DDC: 305.4201
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Historically, there has been reluctance, from mainstream IR scholars as well as feminists, to seriously engage with women's agency in warfare. Instead, scholarship has tended to focus on women's activism for peace or to ignore women's agency altogether.This book rectifies this omission by exploring the cultural understanding of actors, agents and structures of war and how can we make sense of attitudes towards women, agency and war today. By using a poststructuralist feminist perspective and by analysing empirical cases from a Western 'war on terror' cultural context, Ahall argues that all typ
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: securitising feminism or feminist security studies?; 1. Stories of motherhood, agency and war; 2. Gender, security and popular culture: a methodological approach; Cast: empirical cases and supporting roles; 3. Victimised objects; 4. Heroic subjects; 5. Monstrous abjects; Conclusion: making feminist sense of maternalist war stories; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138844254
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (607 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version Wise Words (RLE Folklore) : Essays on the Proverb
    DDC: 398.9
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    Abstract: 〈P〉The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the US. They represent the best scholarship on proverbs in the English language, and together they give an impressive overview of the fascinating advances in the field of paremiology. 〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Introduction; Introduction; The Perception of Proverbiality; Foundations of Semiotic Proverb Study; The Linguistic Status of the Proverb; Analogic Ambiguity: A Paradox of Proverb Usage; Do Proverbs Contradict?; Proverbial Per locutions: How to Do Things with Proverbs; Psychological Approaches to Proverbs: A Treatise on the Import of Context; Slurs International: Folk Comparisons of Ethnicity and National Character; Proverbs and Social History
    Description / Table of Contents: Bruegel's Proverb Painting: Renaissance Art for a Humanist AudienceParemiological Minimum and Cultural Literacy; The Pragmatics of Proverb Performances in New Mexican Spanish; Chamula Tzotzil Proverbs: Neither Fish nor Fowl; Proverb Performance in the Hebrew Bible; The Literary Use of Proverbs; Telling It Slant: Emily Dickinson and the Proverb; The Fable and the Proverb: Intertexts and Reception; ""When Adam Delved . . Contexts of an Historic Proverb; ""The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Fence"": An American Proverb of Discontent
    Description / Table of Contents: Proverbs in Graffiti: Taunting Traditional WisdomSuggestions for Further Reading
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    ISBN: 9781138843448
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (392 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version Interpreting Legend (RLE Folklore) : Danish Storytellers and their Repertoires
    DDC: 398.09489
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    Abstract: 〈P〉This book, first published in 1994, sets 'repertoire against raconteur' in order to explore one of the world's largest collections of folk literature. The author's findings, and his creative and synthetic methodologies, enhance greatly our understanding of the world of the legend, and especially the basic question of 'Who tells what to whom in the form of a legend and why?' This work is an in-depth exploration of rural Denmark, and provides us with an excellent vantage point from which to understand legends in their cultural contexts and within the lives of their tellers.〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Legends and Legend Scholarship; 2 Who, What, Why: A Methodology for Interpreting Legend; 3 Who, To Whom: Kristensen's Collection and Informants; 4 Exceptional Legend Informants and Their Repertoires; Table of Informants; Analysis of Informant Repertoires; 5 The Life and Legends of a Confirmed Bachelor: Peder Johansen's Repertoire; 6 Upward Mobility and Legend: Kirsten Marie Pedersdatter's Repertoire
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Spinning Yarn(s): Jens Peter Pedersen's Repertoire8 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9781138792562
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (227 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Parallel Title: Print version New Black Man : Tenth Anniversary Edition
    DDC: 305.38/896073
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    Abstract: Ten years ago, Mark Anthony Neal's New Black Man put forth a revolutionary model of Black masculinity for the twenty-first century-one that moved beyond patriarchy to embrace feminism and combat homophobia. Now, Neal's book is more vital than ever, urging us to imagine a New Black Man whose strength resides in family, community, and diversity. Part memoir, part manifesto, this book celebrates the Black man of our times in all his vibrancy and virility. The tenth anniversary edition of this classic text includes a new foreword by Joan Morgan and a new introduction and postscript from Neal, whic
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction walking like a natural man; Chapter 1 there's a new black man in america today; Chapter 2 what the hell is a black male feminist?; Chapter 3 queers in a barrel; Chapter 4 bringing up daddy: a black feminist fatherhood; Chapter 5 "ms. fat booty" and the black male feminist; Afterword; Postscript finding tea cake: an imagined black feminist manhood; Endnotes; Index
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