Social and ethical issues

Stilistisch brillant und treffsicher, in der Haltung unbestechlich: Elfriede Hammerl, die seit 35 Jahren mit wachsamem Blick das Tagesgeschehen begleitet, darf man mit Fug und Recht als Doyenne der politischen Kolumne bezeichnen.

The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions.

This book describes and critically addresses the innovations and shifts made in the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) adopted by the European Parliament and Council in 2018.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FINALIST"e;Hilarious yet soul-shaking.

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction.

Examines when and why discrimination based on health status - or ''healthism'' - should be allowed, and when it should not.

Explores and challenges existing conventions of inequality in Africa while offering new insights to explain persistent poverty across the continent.

After generations of being rendered virtually invisible by the US academy in critical anthologies and literary histories, writing by Latin Americans of African ancestry has become represented by a booming corpus of intellectual and critical investigation.

Prostitution is often called the oldest profession in the world.

This book offers a methodological framework for developing research-based Theatre and Dance for the Very Young (TDVY) performances in which artists collaborate with children ages 0-6 and their caregivers and/or educators as creative partners in the process.

This accessible edited collection provides global context for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying the sociology of work and organisations.

Gringolandia es el nombre de un barrio en la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador.

Virtual environments provide places for 'being there together', for avatars to interact with each other in computer-generated spaces.

Fugard's toughest and most moving political play.

Major League Baseball claims it hasn't had a game fixed by gamblers since 1919.

One of the more commonly and widely held beliefs outside the People's Republic of China about the changes wrought by the reform era is that there has been no political change The attention of the outside world focuses inevitably on Beijing and national level politics.

WINNER OF THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR BOOK JOURNALISM, THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD, AND THE LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * ABA SILVER GAVEL AWARD FINALIST * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALISTNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY: Esquire, Amazon, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, BookRiot, Economist, New York Times Staff Critics"e;A seminal and breathtaking account of why home is the most dangerous place to be a woman .

In the early 1970s 'baby battering' accounted for an estimated 700 child deaths a year in Britain, while a further 4-5,000 children were seriously injured - all this in spite of the knowledge gained from the research done both in Britain and in the United States.

This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos.

The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction.

The book presents and analyses South African foreign policy, from the onset of the democratic transition of Nelson Mandela in 1994 to the contemporary period.

This book delves into the aesthetics and processes by which Latinx writers and creatives artfully adapt and appropriate Shakespeare for young readers.

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Women were at the forefront of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, with the Arab Spring protests providing an unprecedented opportunity to make their voices heard.

Black & Blue is the first systematic description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the treatment of their black patients.

This book brings together a group of feminist activists, psychologists, and peace workers from countries on every continent who describe how they apply global/transnational feminism in their activist peace and justice projects in the cultures and countries in which they live and work.

This book is a unique and original examination of borders and bordering practices in the Western Balkans prior to, during, and after the migrant "e;crisis"e; of the 2010s.

Recent enlargement to the east made the European Union a more diverse social space and brought it into more direct contact with the social and cultural aftermath of communism.

This book discusses the interrelationship between practices of collective self-interpretation, in this case national identity construction, and integration policies, using the example of Denmark and Sweden.

Das SGB VIII feiert Geburtstag - 1990 wurde die Kritik an der Eingriffsorientierung des ehemaligen Jugendhilferechts aufgenommen und ein Angebots- und Leistungsgesetz für Kinder, Jugendliche und ihre Eltern geschaffen, das auf Unterstützung und Hilfsangebote setzt.

Everyone waits till the last minute sometimes.

On the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island.

This book presents experiences of women refugees in a variety of contexts across Asia and Africa and builds a framework to ensure robust and effective mechanisms to safeguard refugees' rights.

Nella società postmoderna sono cambiati i punti di riferimento identitari e gli individui si definiscono sempre più non in base al territorio in cui vivono, ma in base alle relazioni che sviluppano.

How should we respond to the worst refugee crisis since the World War II?

Peabody Awardwinning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identity in America, unearthed through her decade-long work at The Race Card Project.

Nutrition is the key driver of animal health, welfare and production.

This book explores the dynamic role of love in German-Jewish lives, from the birth of the German Empire in the 1870s, to the 1970s, a generation after the Shoah.

While trauma and loss can occur anywhere, most suffering is experienced as personal tragedy.

This book covers various forms of the production of girmitiya culture and literature.

From the 1980s onwards, the incidence of eating disorders and self-harm has increased among Japanese women, who report receiving mixed messages about how to be women.

With the elevation of Islam and Muslim transnational networks in international affairs, from the rise of Al Qaeda to the revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East, the study of Diasporas and transnational identities has become more relevant.

En 1991, dans la foulée des révolutions à l'Est, le peuple albanais se lève et fait tomber le régime totalitaire qui l'écrase depuis 1945.

The world has witnessed a lot of controversy over development induced displacement, and it has given rise to issues concerning social justice and equity.

Between 1860 and 1935, about 100,000 impoverished children were emigrated from Britain to Canada to seek a new life in the "e;land of plenty.

Unique in its focus, this book provides an evidence-based framework for assessing work-related neurological and psychological injuries.

Brian Belton's powerfully original book examines Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies, families, and communities.