Society and culture: general

In June 2013, after lengthy and complex negotiations the EU adopted the recast "e;asylum package"e; which represents a significant step forward in the future development of CEAS.

With ever increasing trends in urban consumption and production practices, a call for action to mitigate Climate Change is often seen as a way to foster sustainable development.

This book critically examines the response of the United Nations (UN) to the problem of sexual exploitation in UN Peace Support Operations.

Im finanz-, wirtschafts- und gesellschaftspolitischen Umfeld von Unternehmen entladen sich potenzielle Risiken mit immer höherer Frequenz und Stärke in reale, existenzbedrohende Krisen und Umbrüche.

Depending on their national level of income, development and modernization, all countries in the world can be generally categorized as either advanced or developing.

This book overviews the depictions of Hong Kong through the creative lens of arts.

This book overviews the depictions of Hong Kong through the creative lens of arts.

This book includes peer reviewed articles from the IIA International Research Conference 2024- Anveshan, held on 29 - 31 Aug, 2024 at Thiruvananthapuram, India.

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the transformative potential of sustainable local food systems, spotlighting grassroots initiatives that have global implications.

This book includes peer reviewed articles from the IIA International Research Conference 2024- Anveshan, held on 29 - 31 Aug, 2024 at Thiruvananthapuram, India.

Taking Japan as a heuristic example, this book explores the significance of neatly kept and classified records and archives to maintain a democratic society.

This book examines the working lives of women scientists from different countries, backgrounds, and career stages.

This volume looks at the way that perceptions of Scottish identity have changed through the centuries, from early medieval to modern times.

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the transformative potential of sustainable local food systems, spotlighting grassroots initiatives that have global implications.

Pandemie und Klimakrise rufen die herausragende Rolle der Wissenschaft und des wissenschaftlichen Wissens für Informierung und Orientierung der Gesellschaft sowie für die Beratung der Politik bei der Ausrichtung praktischer Maßnahmen ins Bewusstsein.

Discover and celebrate the achievements of some of America’s most inspiring women!

A state-by-state (and Canada too!

A deep dive into the undersea netherworld of sea serpents, lake monsters, surviving dinosaurs, genetically altered mutants, and legendary aquatic creatures.

This volume is designed to be an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional military and the broader civilian political community, including the general citizenry.

This book examines the status of public health care services to marginalised and disadvantaged populations in India, sociological perspectives on illness and health, and manifest perceptions of illness and health.

A deep dive into the undersea netherworld of sea serpents, lake monsters, surviving dinosaurs, genetically altered mutants, and legendary aquatic creatures.

Discover and celebrate the achievements of some of America’s most inspiring women!

A state-by-state (and Canada too!

This book examines the working lives of women scientists from different countries, backgrounds, and career stages.

Addressing the critical issue of adolescent dating violence, this comprehensive volume in the Advances in Psychotherapy series provides mental health professionals with the essential tools for recognizing, assessing, and treating victims and perpetrators.

Polarisation seems to fix people in antagonistic us/them camps.

The focus of the volume is on ethnographically oriented research practice.

The volume presented here seeks to shift the concept of “media” from its traditional domain to the political field.

Culture change in four steps!

The volume presented here seeks to shift the concept of “media” from its traditional domain to the political field.

When having coffee with your family, you are offered energized water.

When having coffee with your family, you are offered energized water.

This book considers why Taiwan matters independent of the China-centric paradigm by both examining anthropological research on Taiwan as well as how to study Taiwan anthropologically, re-asserting the ontological status of Taiwan as a legitimate object of scholarly inquiry.

This book explores the ways in which educators in media programs at colleges and universities can work toward decolonizing the curriculum and implementing necessary practices of media literacy to help students become more responsible media practitioners.

This book explores the ways in which educators in media programs at colleges and universities can work toward decolonizing the curriculum and implementing necessary practices of media literacy to help students become more responsible media practitioners.

This book explores the intricacies of the post-pandemic world, delving into diverse themes such as international politics, diplomacy, democracy, migration, climate justice, mental well-being, education, human rights and the marginalised.

A Michael Eigen Companion offers 150 essential quotes, carefully selected from Michael Eigen's books, alongside explorative commentary.

First published in 1985, Communication and Persuasion examines the subject of persuasion from a broader perspective, encouraging readers to analyze the social and psychological factors alongside the various verbal and non-verbal agencies and media through which influence is often exerted.

An essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of genAI (Generative AI) and LLMs (Large Language Models), among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling.

A cutting-edge selection of current issues and explorations of the ethics of artificial intelligence As artificial intelligence continues to influence virtually every facet of modern life, Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence offers a timely and rigorous examination of the field's most pressing questions.

First published in 1985, Communication and Persuasion examines the subject of persuasion from a broader perspective, encouraging readers to analyze the social and psychological factors alongside the various verbal and non-verbal agencies and media through which influence is often exerted.

Based on an analysis of 22 crisis cases from 20 countries and NATO (an IGO), this book highlights the link between socio-cultural variables and crisis communication.

Sound Knowledge and the Liminal explores liminality as a key feature of life in the Anthropocene.