Sociology and anthropology

Das Buch untersucht und erklärt die Verstöße gegen Richtlinien und Gesetze im Feld der Transplantationsmedizin.

This book discusses a six-step transformation cycle in which the tasks of innovation management - ranked according to their relevance for companies - are placed in a systematic order.

Vorwort Den Tiger reiten!

This book focuses on feminist research methodology, exploring and analysing its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology, ethics and politics, and research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka.

"e;Raquel Sosa Elizaga has assembled an incredibly complete set of analyses of inequality written by a range of scholars about a wide range of issues.

Over the last two decades there have been numerous profound changes in UK society which have had an impact on the scale, geographies, meaning and experiences of internal migration.

The purpose of this book is to reimagine the concept of culture, both as an analytical category and disciplinary practice of dominance, marginalization and exclusion.

Information and communication technologies have transformed the dynamics of contention in contemporary society.

This book explores the philosophical foundations of communication studies, suggesting that communication phenomena extend beyond the scope of traditional scientific methods.

While some feminists seek to use ideas of the 'universal human subject' to include women, others argue that such ideas are intrinsically masculine and exclude the feminine.

This work is a meditation on the shaping of time and its impact on living with and understanding atrocity in South Africa in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Although postmodernism has had clear impact on literary criticism, the social and political implications of this philosophy have not been systematically investigated.

Religions and Sports: The Basics introduces the many connections and interactions between religions and sporting activities.

With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has 'gone global'.

For a few centuries, the science of demography has been in effect.

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Vegetarianism has been practiced in the United States since the country's founding, yet the early years of the movement have been woefully misunderstood and understudied.

First published in 1998, this insightful volume aims to explore how 90 Indian and African single mothers in 1993 London resolve the dual challenges of single parenthood and their ethnic origins, along with a comparison with their British counterparts.

This book provides a strong multidisciplinary examination of the links between migration, remittances and sustainable development in Africa.

This book offers the reader a portrait - a representation no less - of the social life and culture of the peasant-smallholders of the Shire Highlands, situated in Southern Malawi.

Recognising the importance of diversity, belonging and equity is not enough.

After the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan chose a path of economic and political liberalization.

James Crossley holds a mirror up to English politics, examining how Christianity is often used to legitimise ideological positions and parties.

This volume offers a powerful account of youth agency and young people''s rich relationship with the natural world.

In recent years, media coverage of the European Union has faced its most serious test.

In the age of networked publics and global viral publicity, celebrity is transnational.

This book examines the social world of the cat fancy, or the leisure activity of breeding and exhibiting pedigree cats.

Called "e;the most unusually voyeuristic anthropology study ever conducted"e; by the New York Times, this groundbreaking book provides an unprecedented glimpse into modern-day American families.

Divided into four main sections, Dietary Sugar, Salt and Fat in Human Health explores the biochemical, pharmacological and medicinal aspects related to the overindulgence of dietary salt, sugar, and fat, along with possible remedies.

This 1972 book is a collection of Durkheim''s writings drawing upon the whole body of his work.

They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel millions of dollars through tax-free corporations.

The importance of justice cannot be overstated.

This book deftly extends previous research on post-1965 immigration to the United States in order to examine the cultural, socioeconomic, structural, and political adaptation of Eastern European immigrants after 1991.

Using arresting case studies of how ordinary people understand the concepts of race, class, and gender, Celine-Marie Pascale shows that the peculiarity of commonsense is that it imposes obviousness-that which we cannot fail to recognize.

Führen bedeutet längst nicht mehr planen und Ziele zu setzen.

First published in 2005.

This book uses an interdisciplinary inter-mediational approach to reflect on the relational complexity of unsettlement as a predominant sensibility of the present epoque.

From the trues of nature, man reasons his truths, the sum of which is TRUITY.

Offers a linguistic window into contemporary hunter-gatherer societies, looking at how they survive and interface with agricultural and industrial societies.

The southern women's reform movement emerged late in the nineteenth century, several decades behind the formation of the northern feminist movement.

Colonial discourse in the United States has tended to criminalize, pathologize, and depict as savage not only Native Americans but Mexican immigrants, indigenous peoples in Mexico, and Chicanas/os as well.

Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse.

In an era of longer hours and shorter contracts, of tighter margins and frequent organizational change, stress can undermine both the mental health and performance of employees.

This book explores how we make sense of ourselves when work is precarious and intrinsically alienating.

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Siblings and all the lateral relationships that follow from them are clearly important and their interaction is widely observed, particularly in creative literature.