Society and culture: general

Examining why society should pool and spread the financial risk that individual families now bear.

What racist rumors about Barack Obama tell us about the intractability of racism in American politics.

A Child-Centred New World Order: People Power for Justice, Inclusion, and Equity presents a compelling vision for a more just and peaceful world—one built around the rights, dignity, and well-being of children.

More children than ever are crossing international borders alone to seek asylum worldwide.

China Through European Eyes provides a reader's perspective on the conceptualisation of China by Europeans over the last 800 years.

Laws and cultural norms militated against interracial sex in Virginia before the Civil War, and yet it was ubiquitous in cities, towns, and plantation communities throughout the state.

Human beings do not begin life with a blank slate.

For too long, Native American people in the United States have been stereotyped as vestiges of the past, invisible citizens in their own land obliged to remind others, ';We are still here!

In the US, police conduct millions of traffic stops for reasons unrelated to safety.

Learn the craft of documentation for each step in the software development lifecycle, from understanding your users’ needs to publishing, measuring, and maintaining useful developer documentation.

Un exhaustivo estudio de los más de cien años de cine, desde las grandes producciones a las películas más desconocidas.

Homelessness is not just a social problem.

We are often told that social media well-being is simply the result of individual users making healthy digital choices.

Essay from the year 2001 in the subject Cultural Studies - Basics and Definitions, grade: 1 (A), University of Leeds (Department for Communication and Cultural Studies), course: Communication & Cultural Studies, language: English, abstract: After, what has been a `very long, uneven and complicated process and is currently called globalisation', world capitalism and the underlying system of sovereign states have become `the first historical system to include the entire globe within its geography'.

In this revised version of a ground-breaking global history of women and the First World War, Susan Grayzel shows the multiple ways in which women faced the enormous challenges the war presented, both the losses as well as the opportunities that the war provided.

Meet Frantz Schmidt: executioner, torturer and, most unusually for his times, diarist.

This collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gendered technology, an emerging area of inquiry that draws on a range of fields to explore how technology is designed and used in a way that reinforces or challenges gender norms and inequalities.

This collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gendered technology, an emerging area of inquiry that draws on a range of fields to explore how technology is designed and used in a way that reinforces or challenges gender norms and inequalities.

Gender Equality and Policy Implementation in the Corporate World takes a unique approach to the issue of gender equality in corporations in the 21st century.

Gender Equality and Policy Implementation in the Corporate World takes a unique approach to the issue of gender equality in corporations in the 21st century.

Frankfurt School Critical Theory describes itself as an unmasking critique of power.

Frankfurt School Critical Theory describes itself as an unmasking critique of power.

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our presentBeginning in the 1970s, women of the decolonizing world offered new visions of liberation that centered the ideas and lives of women.

Qur'anic Abrogation After Muhammad: The Eternal Flux presents a bold new interpretive framework for reconciling classical Qur'anic injunctions with the ethical imperatives of the modern world.

The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery and, after a four-year struggle to become an independent slaveholding republic, died as emancipation dawned.

William James was a giant of turn-of-the-century intellectual life.

The practice of "e;gender training"e; has gained widespread popularity among numerous professions in the last few decades.

The Handbook of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Tourism arrives at a time when movements for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are increasingly under threat.

Why are conspiracy theories, extremist rhetoric, and acts of antagonism by fringe elements of society so much more visible today than in years past?

What if your rock bottom was actually the foundation for the life you were always meant to build?

Kinugasa Teinosuke's 1926 film A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeiji) is celebrated as one of the masterpieces of silent cinema.

This is a yoga book with a difference.

Forgiveness has often been viewed as a religious obligation but is increasingly being advocated as a means of healing, release and promoting wellbeing.

Over the past 30 years, China's public parks have been turned into stages for amateur performances of socialist anthems by self-organized retirees who lived through the Mao era (1949-1976).

Rebuilding Lives after Domestic Violence examines in-depth the long-term outcomes for women who have suffered domestic violence and abuse, based on interviews conducted over seven years.

Recent studies show that music can reach the parts of the human brain that are linked to addiction, and can function as an integral part of recovery.

Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation is a helpful, authoritative guide to negotiating the complex and emotive issues that arise for those considering whether or not to pursue egg donation.

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Imagining Women's Property in Victorian Fiction reframes how we think about Victorian women's changing economic rights and their representation in nineteenth-century novels.

ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award"e;So what are you?

Fresh out of college, hating her job, and searching for meaning, Meghan Tschanz left everything to join a mission trip around the globe, and quickly witnessed oppression experienced by women that she never thought possible.

IVP Readers' Choice AwardLamar Hardwick was thirty-six years old when he found out he was on the autism spectrum.

The Constitutionalization of Human Rights Law analyses how lawyers representing refugees use human rights provisions in national constitutions to close the gap between the Law and it's implementation.

'Brave as F*ck!

America is facing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation, with troubling effects on our mental and physical health.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Beziehungen und Familie, Note: 6 (sehr gut - Schweiz), Universität Luzern, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Seminararbeit soll die Theorie, die Judith Butler im Bereich der Gender Studies erschaffen hat, erläutert und auf den Bereich des Rassismus übertragen werden.

'I know that living with a chronic illness in this inaccessible world is tough.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,0, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Institut für Kultur- und Medienmanagement), Veranstaltung: Führungsqualität und Verhandlungsgeschick, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit soll untersucht werden, ob vom Statusverhalten in der Intergruppenkommunikation auf gruppendynamische Kräfte geschlossen werden kann.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Note: 3,0, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Freiheitsbegriff ist heutzutage in verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen zu finden: Ethik, Politik, Soziologie, Philosophie etc.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität Vechta; früher Hochschule Vechta, Veranstaltung: Gender und Diversity, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die folgende Ausarbeitung hat zum Ziel, die behandelten Themen von Gender und Diversity ausführlicher und umfassender darzustellen.