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A Ticket to Work: Policies for the Young Unemployed in Britain and Germany (Book)

Bettina Kohlrausch

ISBN:9783593388151

In "A Ticket to Work," Bettina Kohlrausch examines the differing approaches taken by Britain and Germany to assisting young people with the often difficult transition from school to full-time work. Detailing the workings of such programs as skills training and job-placement assistance...more details
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Conceptualising 'Home': The Question of Belonging Among Turkish Families in Germany (Book)

Esin Bozkurt

ISBN:9783593387901

The World’s Fairs staged in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcased world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation. But as Astrid Böger shows in "Envisioning the Nation...more details
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Conflicts of Care: Hospital Ethics Committees in the USA and Germany (Book)

Helen Kohlen

ISBN:9783593388144

Since the 1980s, increasing numbers of hospitals in the United States have formed internal ethics committees to help doctors and other health care professionals deal with complicated ethical questions...more details
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Contested Views of a Common Past: Revisions of History in Contemporary East Asia (Book)

Stefanie Richter;Steffi Richter

ISBN:9783593385488

In contemporary East Asia, rapid social and political changes have led to multiple shifts in historical perspective. Recent history, marked by the experience of colonialism and wars...more details
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Convergence or Divergence?: Comparing Recent Social Trends in Industrial Societies (Book)

Simon Langlois;Wolfgang Mendras HenriGlatzer

ISBN:9780773512641

Trends in fertility decline, intergenerational relations, religion and secularization, ecological movements, employment and labour-market changes...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:340

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Creative Urban Milieus: Historical Perspectives on Culture, Economy, and the City (Book)

Martina Heler;Clemens Zimmerman

ISBN:9783593385471

Fashion Week in Paris and London, the Venice Biennale, and the nineteenth-century Viennese scientific community may seem wildly disparate, but each represent the cultural possibilities of an international metropolis...more details
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Dead Ends of Transition: Rentier Economies and Protectorates (Book)

Michael Dauderstadt;Arne Schildberg

ISBN:9783593381541

After war, many countries, such as Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, or Iraq, the transition to a democratic market economy extremely difficult. This failure to thrive...more details
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Democracy and Lobbying in the European Union (Book)

Karolina Karr

ISBN:9783593384122

Can interest groups and lobbyists--arguably undemocratic institutions--operate in democratic systems without hindering the people's interests? Karolina Karr's "Democracy and Lobbying in the European Union" explores the role and potential impact of interest groups on democracy...more details
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Democracy Needs Dispute: The Debate on the European Constitution (Book)

Cornelia Bruell

ISBN:9783593388205

In 2005 hopes for closer European integration were dealt a potentially fatal blow when French and Dutch voters rejected the proposed new European Union constitution. Going beyond the instant analysis of journalists...more details
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Democratization and Islamic Law: The Sharia Conflict in Nigeria (Book)

Johannes Harnischfeger

ISBN:9783593382562

When democracy was introduced to Nigeria in 1999, one third of its federal states declared that they would be governed by sharia, or Islamic law. In "Democratization and Islamic Law...more details
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Entangled Histories and Negotiated Universals: Centers and Peripheries in a Changing World (Book)

Wolf Lepenies

ISBN:9783593372808

"Entangled Histories and Negotiated Universals "explores the changing field of local histories. Young researchers from around the world--including scholars from Canada...more details
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Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, Vol. 1: The Century of Welfare: Eight Countries (Book)

Hannes Grandits

ISBN:9783593389615

Over the last few years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that the extended family has a central role to play in the provision of social security. If this view is sincere...more details
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Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, Vol. 2: The View from Below: Nineteen Localities (Book)

Patrick Heady

ISBN:9783593389622

Kinship is at the heart of European society, sharing with the state responsibility for welfare and social reproduction. But the workings of kinship and their connection to state policies remain controversial...more details
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Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, Vol. 3: Perspectives on Theory and Policy (Book)

Patrick Heady

ISBN:9783593389639

Kinship is at the heart of European society, sharing with the state responsibility for welfare and social reproduction. But the workings of kinship and their connection to state policies remain controversial...more details
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Figurations of Modernity: Global and Local Representations in Comparative Perspective (Book)

Vincent Houben;Mona Schrempf

ISBN:9783593386829

Conventional wisdom holds that globalization has made the world more modern, not less. But how has modernity been conceived of in colonial, postcolonial...more details
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Frames of Friction: Black Genealogies, White Hegemony, and the Essay as Critical Intervention (Book)

Carsten Junker

ISBN:9783593390994

In "Frames of Friction," Carsten Junker maps out a dazzling panorama of critical cultural debates" "from the twentieth century to explore the ways in which African American speakers and writers established their authority and gained recognition. Taking into account the latest ideas from gender studies and African American studies...more details
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From Origin to Destination: Trends and Mechanisms in Social Stratification Research: Essays in Honour of Walter Muller (Book)

Stefani Scherer;Gunnar Pollak ReinhardOtte

ISBN:9783593384115

Despite the momentous social and economic change of recent decades, patterns of social stratification have proven to be remarkably stable. In "From Origin to Destination...more details
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Gendering Historiography: Beyond National Canons (Book)

Angelika Epple

ISBN:9783593389608

Comparing various European and American historiographies from the past two hundred years, "Gendering Historiography" provides insights into the establishment and cultivation of gendered power relations in different societies and outlines the devastating effects that exclusionary practices can have on each national canon...more details
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Globalisation and Industrial Relations: The Pharmaceutical Industry in Germany and the United Kingdom (Book)

Luitpold Rampeltshammer

ISBN:9783593386935

Although many books have been written about the economic impact of globalization on Europe, none has focused exclusively on the pharmaceutical industry. To fill this gap in scholarship...more details
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I Didn't Divorce My Kids!: How Fathers Deal with Family Break-Ups (Book)

Gerhard Amendt

ISBN:9783593385464

Popular culture often portrays divorced fathers as deadbeats who have little interest in caring for the emotional, physical, and financial needs of their children. In the stereotype-shattering book...more details
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If You Tolerate This . . .: The Spanish Civil War in the Age of Total War (Book)

Martin Baumeister;Stefanie Schuler-Springorum

ISBN:9783593386942

The Spanish Civil War has been called the quintessential expression of violent ideological confrontation in 1930s Europe. Despite this reputation...more details
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In the Shadow of Violence: The Politics of Armed Groups (Book)

Klaus Schlichte

ISBN:9783593378817

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Management: The Essence of the Craft (Book)

Fredmund Malik

ISBN:9783593389691

In today's competitive world, good management is essential. With "Management: The Essence of the Craft," Fredmund Malik--one of the most prominent authors of management scholarship in Europe--draws on the works of Stafford Beer...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:300

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Managing Performing Living: Effective Management for a New Era (Book)

Fredmund Malik

ISBN:9783593382784

In this classic study from management expert Fredmund Malik, managers will find sound professional advice for successful management in their organizations. Malik offers advice for improving skills in organization...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:352

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Multiple Antiquities - Multiple Modernities: Ancient Histories in Nineteenth Century European Cultures (Book)

Gabor Klaniczay

ISBN:9783593391014

Antiquity, as the term has been understood and used over the centuries by scholars, political and religious figures, and ordinary citizens, is far from a single...more details
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Policy Debates on Reprogenetics: The Problematisation of New Research in Great Britain and Germany (Book)

Svea Louise Herrmann

ISBN:9783593387925

"Policy Debates on Reprogenetics" takes an in-depth look at recent public policy debates over stem cell research and therapeutic cloning in Great Britain and Germany in order to determine the effect of such debates on the progress of scientific knowledge...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:240

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Population Dynamics and Supply Systems: A Transdisciplinary Approach (Book)

Diana Hummel

ISBN:9783593385457

While industrialized nations are facing declining birth rates and aging populations, developing countries must deal with rapid urbanization, migration movements...more details
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Protest and Opportunities: The Political Outcomes of Social Movements (Book)

Felix Kolb;Sidney Tarrow

ISBN:9783593384139

Although grass-roots social movements are an important force of social and political change, they quite often fail to achieve their lofty goals. Similarly...more details
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Recent Social Trends in France, 1960-1990 (Book)

Michel Forse;Yannick Mendras HenriLemel

ISBN:9780773508873

A prominent feature of the social revolution in France has been the decline of the great national institutions -- the Republic, the Army, the church...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:384

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Recent Social Trends in Quebec, 1960-1990 (Book)

Simon Langlois;Guy Caldwell GaryFrechet

ISBN:9780773508798

Readers will follow an intense period of social change in Quebec, during which there was a remarkable increase in the level of modernization...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:620

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Religion and Its Other: Secular and Sacral Concepts and Practices in Interaction (Book)

Heike Bock;Michi Feuchter JorgKnecht

ISBN:9783593386638

Modern Western thought has traditionally relegated the religious and the secular to two entirely different spheres." Religion and Its Other" takes issue with this oversimplified dichotomy...more details
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Representations on the Margins of Europe: Politics and Identities in the Baltic and South Caucasian States (Book)

Tsypylma Darieva;Wolfgang Kaschuba

ISBN:9783593382418

Since the first Baltic nations joined the European Union, debates about reorganizing post-Soviet republics have grown increasingly heated. How do citizens in the Baltic and South Caucasian states cope with EU expansion and the feeling of existing simultaneously "inside" and "outside" Europe? Based on ethnographies and archival work...more details
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Smart Governance: Governing the Global Knowledge Society (Book)

Helmut Willke

ISBN:9783593382531

In the wake of globalization, national governments are becoming increasingly interdependent, and knowledge is arguably becoming the most valuable form of capital...more details
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The Gender of Memory: Cultures of Remembrance in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Europe (Book)

Sylvia Paletschek;Sylvia Schraut

ISBN:9783593385495

This volume addresses the complex relationship between memory, culture, and gender--as well as the representation of women in national memory--in several European countries. An international group of contributors explore the national allegories of memory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries...more details
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The Life Course Reader: Individuals and Societies Across Time (Book)

Walter R Heinz

ISBN:9783593388052

The course of human lives in Western society is inescapably shaped by political, cultural, and economic factors. Changes in these spheres inevitably lead to changes in our conceptions of everything from childhood and adulthood to family structures and living arrangements...more details
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The State of Europe: Transformations of Statehood from a European Perspective (Book)

Sonja Puntscher Riekmann;Michael Mokre MonikaLatzer

ISBN:9783593376325

While globalization affects the sovereignty of every nation-state, European countries face special challenges due to the emergence of the European Union. "The State of Europe "explores the transformation of ideas of statehood in light of the EU's continued development...more details
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Theorizing Emotions: Sociological Explorations and Applications (Book)

Debra Hopkins

ISBN:9783593389721

"Theorizing Emotions "reflects the recent turn to emotions in academia--not just in sociology but also in psychology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience. Drawing on the classic studies of Max Weber...more details
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Towards a Cognitive Mode in Global Finance?: The Governance of a Knowledge-Based Financial System (Book)

Torsten Strulik;Helmut Willke

ISBN:9783593381565

The global finance system has been the subject of hot debate for several years. Major players such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have come under fire for their financial practices...more details
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Towards a Romanian Silicon Valley?: Local Development in Post-Socialist Europe (Book)

Eniko Baga

ISBN:9783593381268

This book examines local attempts at sustainable development in post-socialist Eastern Europe. Eniko Baga focuses on the small Romanian town of Timisoara as its residents respond to major national and international changes...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:210

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Transnational Intellectual Networks: Forms of Academic Knowledge and the Search for Cultural Identities (Book)

Christophe Charle;Peter Schriewer JurgenWagner

ISBN:9783593373713

The university system, both in America and abroad, has always claimed a universal significance for its research and educational models. At the same time...more details
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Transnational Political Spaces: Agents - Structures - Encounters (Book)

Mathias Albert

ISBN:9783593389455

From a decidedly multidisciplinary perspective, the articles in "Transnational Political Spaces" address the notion that political space is no longer fully congruent with national borders...more details
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Transnational Professionals and Their Cosmopolitan Universes (Book)

Magdalena Nowicka;Ulrich Beck

ISBN:9783593381558

This book focuses on the relationship between physical space and social mobility, focusing on the new phenomenon of the "international professional" who makes the world his home. Mobile people...more details
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Unraveling Ties: From Social Cohesion to New Practices of Connectedness (Book)

Yehuda Elkana;Elisio Krastev IvanMacamo

ISBN:9783593368467

"Unraveling Ties "is a unique addition to current debates in sociology--a compilation of essays mapping the creation of community life in a modern world that often appears alienating...more details
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Women Against Napoleon: Historical and Fictional Responses to His Rise and Legacy (Book)

Waltraud Maeierhofer;Caroline Roesch Gertrud MBland

ISBN:9783593384146

Although Prussia's beloved Queen Luise and the Swiss-born aristocrat and writer Germaine de Stael were Napoleon Bonaparte's best-known female opponents...more details
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