Drawing on unique data from the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS), the present book comprises empirical studies on various aspects of recent German emigrants' transnational relationships to core family members, specifically intimate partners, parents, and children.
Drawing on unique data from the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS), the present book comprises empirical studies on various aspects of recent German emigrants' transnational relationships to core family members, specifically intimate partners, parents, and children.
This book provides state-of-the-art information on ambient assisted living (AAL), and focuses on technologies, services, living spaces, policies, and interventions to promote health, improve quality of life, and active aging.
Contemporary Jewish identity, integration and acculturation in Europe has become an urgent topic in view of the current wave of antisemitism and reliable research on the present state of Jewish identity is scarce.
John Rennie Short critically explores the implications of demographic change from a social and economic perspective and considers what this means for public policy.
John Rennie Short critically explores the implications of demographic change from a social and economic perspective and considers what this means for public policy.
Exploring tailored family planning strategies for marginalized groups, Family Planning and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh delves into comparative insights from Asian contexts, providing actionable approaches to empower and transform communities, foster sustainable development and improve reproductive health outcomes.
Based on original findings from research carried out in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of private higher education and social and academic inequality, a topic largely unexplored in the social science literature, particularly on private higher education.
Condensé des activités des Journées Jeunes Chercheurs du réseau Recherche Habitat Logement, cet ouvrage analyse d’abord différentes manières d’habiter en étudiant les relations sociales qui leur correspondent et les choix résidentiels qui les caractérisent.
Internal migration serves as one of the key contributing factors to population change involving not only change in the numbers of people, but also a change in composition and structure of local populations.
Based on original findings from research carried out in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of private higher education and social and academic inequality, a topic largely unexplored in the social science literature, particularly on private higher education.
In September 2023, the Committee on Population at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop, Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
Hablar de confort en el conurbano bonaerense puede resultar un tanto extraño, la idea que tenemos sobre esta región del país nos describe una situación muy diferente.
Exploring tailored family planning strategies for marginalized groups, Family Planning and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh delves into comparative insights from Asian contexts, providing actionable approaches to empower and transform communities, foster sustainable development and improve reproductive health outcomes.
"e;This powerful book of cultural criticism"e; by the renowned art historian "e;shines a harsh light on"e; a historic city's destruction in the name of profit (The Washington Post).
Basándose en la sabiduría espiritual de san Francisco de Asís y guiados por el papa Francisco –quien prologa la obra–, los autores de El placer por el cambio dan respuestas para una coexistencia armoniosa entre la humanidad y el planeta Tierra.
Although much research has been conducted on community-level factors related to the risk of dementia in general, less is known about the factors that affect the ability of older adults with dementia to age in place successfully.
Études consacrées à l'impact des nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication sur la répartition spatiale des activités et des hommes.
Pulitzer-Preisträger für das beste Sachbuch 2017 – eine erzählerische Studie des modernen urbanen Amerika, anhand des Themas Wohnen wird ein neues Bild von Armut und Ungleichheit gezeichnet.
This book considers the global response on governance after the pandemic while sociologically addressing the effects of COVID-19 on life and work experience.
This book considers the global response on governance after the pandemic while sociologically addressing the effects of COVID-19 on life and work experience.
This book is a collection of scientific studies regarding the biological, economic, historical, health, social, and other aspects of the populations of the western Balkans, a geographic area with distinct as well as diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, political systems, ethnic characteristics, development, and history.
This book is a collection of scientific studies regarding the biological, economic, historical, health, social, and other aspects of the populations of the western Balkans, a geographic area with distinct as well as diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, political systems, ethnic characteristics, development, and history.
How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality?
