Social and ethical issues

Increasingly age appears to be the key dividing line in contemporary politics.

For nearly two decades, the area surrounding the French port of Calais has been a temporary staging post for thousands of migrants and refugees hoping to cross the Channel to Britain.

In today s world, numbers are in the ascendancy.

In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power.

Every minute 24 people are forced to leave their homes and over 65 million are currently displaced world-wide.

By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe.

Although economic inequality provokes widespread disquiet, its supposed necessity is rarely questioned.

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How can we think of life in its dual expression, matter and experience, the living and the lived?

Modern societies set limits, on everything from how fast motorists can drive to how much waste factory owners can dump in our rivers.

The world almost conquered famine.

How is it possible to feel an affinity with a place?

The story of gay rights has long been told as one of single-minded focus on the fight for sexual freedom.

The new edition of this popular introduction explores the meaning of social deviance in contemporary society.

In a world of increasingly heated political debates on migration, relentlessly caught up in questions of security, humanitarian crisis, and cultural problems, this book radically shifts the focus to address migration through the lens of inequality.

States claim the right to choose who can come to their country.

Amid a devastating economic crisis, two tragic events coming from the outside the wave of immigration and Islamic terrorism have radically changed the profile and significance of the space we call Europe.

The third edition of Race: A Philosophical Introduction continues to provide the definitive guide to a topic of major contemporary importance.

Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time.

The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese advertising as an industry, a discourse and profession in China s search for modernity and cultural globalization.

Social Work and Disability offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments, an area that has previously been marginalized within both practice and academic literature.

There is nothing new about evil; it has been with us since time immemorial.

We are living in an open sea, caught up in a continuous wave, with no fixed point and no instrument to measure distance and the direction of travel.

Undocumented migration is a global and yet elusive phenomenon.

The gap between rich and poor, included and excluded, advantaged and disadvantaged is steadily growing as inequality becomes one of the most pressing issues of our times.

Discover howand whyBlack, Indigenous, and people of color in America experience societal, economic, and infrastructural inequality throughout history covering everything from Columbus's arrival in 1492 to the War on Drugs to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Hack your gut health and unlock a variety of benefits that a healthy gut brings with these 200 easy, accessible tips for promoting good bacteria, achieving balance in your gut microbiome, and feeling your best every day.

Atlas Obscura meets 1001 Facts to Scare the Sh*t Out of You in this serious survey of the most bizarre, creepy, and sometimes hilarious customs from cultures around the world.

Take a stand, support the causes you believe in, and spark positive change in the worldthe revolution is happening now, and through simple, everyday actions, you can be a part of it.

Ein Buch, das Fragen stellt, die wir uns kaum noch zu stellen wagen: Warum scheint das Denken in einer Zeit, die von Wissen und Technologie dominiert wird, in einen Stillstand zu verfallen?

Sanctuary is an ancient right.

Sie machte als Georg Kellermann beim WDR Karriere, war als Korrespondent in Paris und Washington und wurde schließlich Studioleiter in Bonn, Duisburg und Essen.

Der Weltbestseller des Kultautors: augenöffnend, inspirierend und Hoffnung schenkend!

From Marcus Collins, strategist to Apple, Nike and Beyonce, discover how you can harness the most powerful vehicle for influencing behaviour: true cultural engagement.

Olga Barroso, psicóloga especialista en violencia de género, nos da las claves para identificar el maltrato y salir de la pesadilla.

After being forgotten for nearly 130 years, the Mother of Suffrage in Missouri and her husband are finally taking their rightful place in history.

Faith in Action: Being a Gospel-Driven Change-MakerChristians are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the world.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK POST * MARIE CLAIRE * ELITE DAILY * REFINERY29 * ROMPER * PRIDE * PUREWOW ';A gutsy book you need to read right now.

From Josh Tickell, one of America's most celebrated documentary filmmakers, comes a ';fascinating, easy-to-follow blueprint for how eating in ways that nourish and regenerate the soil can not only help reverse global warming, but also bring greater vitality to our lives' (Wolfgang Puck).

';We've all been desperate to learn what heavy use of social media does to adolescents.

A simple, step-by-step guide to the major social media platformsFacebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, and moreby former news anchor and media maven Greta Van Susteren.

From the founder and superstar CEO of DailyWorth.

From the inimitable New Yorker journalist Lillian Rossa collection of her most luminous New Yorker pieces (Entertainment Weekly, grade: A).

This chilling account of the ';warm war' over control of the South China Seaone that is threatening to flare into full-scale conflictpresents a ';telling picture of the operational challenges the US Navy faces in the western Pacific' (Wall Street Journal) from an award-winning journalist with unprecedented access to the highest naval officers in America and China.

'Brilliant and inspiring' Alastair Campbell 'Fantastic' Jeffrey Boakye'Tremendous, necessary and enlightening' Michael Rosen'Parents, politicians, teachers, students you should all read this brilliant book' Anthony SeldonLiteracy.

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Die Zeiten sind beunruhigend, und es könnte fast jeden treffe.

After being forgotten for nearly 130 years, the Mother of Suffrage in Missouri and her husband are finally taking their rightful place in history.