Seit Ausbruch des syrischen Bürgerkrieges versuchen Baschar al-Assad und seine Militärs, die Vormachtstellung der Alawiten in diesem ethnisch und religiös zerklüfteten Land zu halten – und das mit aller Gewalt.
This book explores the strong links between sustainability and the humanities, which go beyond the inclusion of social sciences in discussions on sustainability, and offers a holistic discussion on the intellectual and moral aspects of sustainable development.
This book offers an overview of sustainability and urban mobility in the context of urban planning - topics that are of considerable interest in the development of smart cities.
The book discusses the concept of the smart city, and is based on a multi-service and multi-sectoral approach to urban planning, including various urban functions and the human capital of cities.
Sonderband zur Fußball-EM 2024 in DeutschlandNiklas hat einen großen Traum: Er will Jugend-Fußballmannschaften aus ganz Europa zu einem Turnier nach Deutschland einladen.
Based on ethnographic research with asylum seekers living in a 'direct provision' centre in Ireland, and comprising participatory visual methods, this work offers a unique examination of the 'direct provision' system that analyses the tensions between exclusion and marginalization, and involvement and engagement with local communities.
This book focuses on the strict orthodox Jewish (Haredi) community, which comprises many sects whose communal identity plays a central role in everyday life and spatial organization.
Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), der Neffe Émile Durkheims, gehört zu den wichtigsten Vertretern der französischen Soziologie und Ethnologie; sein Einfluss reicht bis in die gegenwärtige Theoriebildung.
Drawing on ecosystem thinking, complexity and postnormal science, Ecological Health offers a radical new way of thinking about the health issues of the 21st Century.
Este libro analiza el proceso de descentralización en el Perú, iniciado en 2003, en la producción, la distribución, el empleo, el bienestar y el desarrollo humano con el fin de verificar si ha contribuido a la solución de los tres problemas estructurales en las regiones: la débil integración, la divergencia en el crecimiento y las desigualdades entre regiones y dentro de ellas.
Tackling Wicked Problems in Complex Ecologies is a call to action, focusing on the role that evaluators can play in addressing social and economic problems.
Erfolg durch wertschätzende Führung - Gesunde Mitarbeitende = erfolgreiches Unternehmen Dieses 30-Minuten-Buch spricht branchenübergreifend alle jene an, die in Personal- und Führungsverantwortung stehen.
This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the crucial period 1290-1321.
The first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South AsiaThe first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was the largest Muslim country in the world at the time of its establishment in 1947.
Dieser Sammelband vereinigt 21 Aufsätze zu drei zentralen und immer aktuellen Themenbereichen der Stadtpolitik und Stadtforschung: 1) Wohnen und Quartier, 2) Stadt- und Siedlungsentwicklung, 3) Raumbezogene Forschung und Reflexion.
Strengthen your faith with a daily dose of truth, morality, and biblical wisdom from A&E Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson in this 100-day devotional.
This book presents results of a cross-national research project on self-employment in eleven advanced economies and demonstrates how and why the practice is reemerging in modern societies.
A compelling history of atheism in American public lifeA much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God.
Will to Live tells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life-saving AIDS therapies--a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Victimology, Tenth Edition, covers the scope of crime victims' suffering in the US, offering a history of victims and the measurement of victimization, an explanation of the victim's role in the criminal justice process, and a recounting of the issues crime victims face as a result of crime and involvement in the criminal justice process.
