The Art of Dying: 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying examines how contemporary media platforms are used to produce creative accounts, responses and reflections on the course of dying, death and grief.
El presente trabajo es fruto del esfuerzo conjunto de varias universidades que, a través de sus oficinas o responsables encargados de los procesos de internacionalización, presentaron una radiografía del estado de la internacionalización en la universidad ecuatoriana.
This innovative volume provides insight into the vast changes in societies now and in the near future, and highlights the need for a new sociological approach to analyse these changes.
This book, the second of two volumes, brings together the work of Domenico Mario Nuti to highlight his significant and varied contribution to economics.
This book, the second of two volumes, brings together the work of Domenico Mario Nuti to highlight his significant and varied contribution to economics.
This book is a timely and much-needed comprehensive compilation that reflects the development of research on consumption and communication in the conflation of the real and digital worlds, bringing together the current state of thinking about the phygital reality market and the cutting-edge challenges that are involved.
Originally published in 1975, this volume reassesses the historical, political and social role of African workers and examines the extent to which a working class has formed and undertaken collective action in various parts of Africa.
Originally published in 1975, this volume reassesses the historical, political and social role of African workers and examines the extent to which a working class has formed and undertaken collective action in various parts of Africa.
This book develops "e;organizing eating"e; as an organizational-communication centered framework for understanding how communication and power combine to actively shape eating and working in the U.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to millions of fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence billions globally, in which humans are altering the climate and environment, in which new infectious diseases spread across continents at lightning speed, and in which complex social forces are increasingly impacted by digital technology.
Analyzing how the role of ASEAN economies in global value chains has helped spur their recovery and cut poverty, this publication shows the need to future-proof these critical networks to ensure inclusive, sustainable, and greener growth.
"e;A very timely book that offers a sharp, agile, and clear tour through some of the concepts-horizons in which critical thinking and Latin American social movements converge, emphasizing the tensions, richness, and scope of Buen Vivir.
This guidance note outlines how sector agencies in South Asia can develop gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) strategies, highlights their key elements, and shows how to effectively integrate them into projects and policies.
Providing a thorough and novel account of US and Japanese foreign policymaking toward regional institution-building in post-Cold War Asia, this study serves as the first comparative analysis of these two major actors in this realm of regional cooperation and demonstrates not only how but also when state identity shapes a state's foreign policy.
Markets and Development presents a series of critical contributions focused on the political relationship between citizens, civil society, and neoliberal development policy's latest form.
Beyond Safety argues that concerns about the ethical impossibility of individual safety in the face of risks with increasingly obvious global consequences alters representations of neoliberal contemporary life.
The world is facing a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators swept away, public spaces occupied, slum-dwellers in revolt, cyberspace buzzing with utopian dreams.
The beginnings of globalisation are usually dated to the last third of the twentieth century, alongside the rise of supranational companies, the financial economy and the information technology revolution.
This book enters into a detailed discussion with many theorists of totalitarianism, and demands a re-evaluation of approaches that speak of mass manipulation of people and ideological control mechanisms.
Endlich kommt die Wahrheit ans LichtBanker, Topanwälte, Wissenschaftler – ein perfides Netzwerk von Experten hat sich formiert, um deutsche Steuerzahler zu bestehlen.
Thailand, bekannt als das "Land des Lächelns", bietet nicht nur atemberaubende Landschaften und eine reiche Kultur, sondern auch vielfältige wirtschaftliche Möglichkeiten.
Nicht nur die Orientierungsfunktion der Medien und die Akzeptanz von politischen Regelungen, sondern auch der Verkaufserfolg und die Reputation einzelner Medientitel hängen zentral mit dem Vertrauen in das Mediensystem zusammen.
Unter Elsy Leuzingers Leitung wurde das Museum Rietberg Zürich zu einer komplexen und international verknüpften Institution, die Sammlung konnte dank bedeutender Donatoren und ausgewählter Ankäufe beträchtlich erweitert werden.
An essential guide to the ways information has shaped and been shaped by societiesThanks to recent advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information.
Auf dieses Buch haben die PR-Praktiker, PR-Ausbildungskräfte und Studierende, aber auch alle kommunikationsbewussten Menschen in den Bereichen Wirtschaft, Recht, Gesundheit, Soziales, Politik, Sport und Kultur gewartet.
Márcame, amo es una recolección de las explosivas revelaciones alrededor del juicio de Keith Raniere, llevado a cabo entre mayo y junio de 2019 en la corte este del Estado de Nueva York.
LA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19 está dejando en América Latina y el Caribe la convicción de que el bien de las sociedades que componen la región depende de una reorientación en el rumbo general, tanto de las relaciones entre los países como en el orden de la justicia social de cada país.
En tiempos en los que la comunicación pareciera resumirse en 140 caracteres, existe una constante negativa al desarrollo lingüístico de los seres humanos que parecieran empeñarse en minimizar su vocabulario y léxico de manera constante, y en donde, los medios de comunicación y los formadores de opinión en lugar de contribuir, destruyen.
