Sociology and anthropology

Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Sociology - Politics, Majorities, Minorities, grade: distinction, London School of Economics (Department of Social Policy), course: MSc Social Policy and Planning, language: English, abstract: It is widely acknowledged that family factors have a decisive impact on children's opportunities in life.

Reflections and Encounters in Development Research through APPEARThe overall objective of APPEAR is to strengthen scientific foundations and institutional capacities in higher education, research, and management at the participating institutions within the thematic framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Esta obra colectiva es el fruto de una serie de proyectos de investigacion cuyo denominador comun consistio en caracterizar las politicas publicas para personas en situacion de calle en el Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires durante el periodo 2015-2023.

Au Burkina Faso, les mineurs incarceres demeurent largement invisibles, reduits a leur statut de delinquants plutot qu'ecoutes dans leur vecu.

We expect a president to respond to public opinion as an elected official in a democracy.

This book offers the most comprehensive and multidimensional examination to date of child marriage in India, situating the country's experience within global debates on gender, health, and development.

This edited volume highlights the growing recognition of the need for a more comprehensive understanding of language shaped by local contexts.

Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond.

This Palgrave Pivot book examines how AI based technologies shape children’s everyday lives and imagines possible digital futures.

El presente libro pretende ser una reflexión sobre las grandes transiciones sociales en marcha en pleno siglo XXI; y sobre los retos que ellas generan en clave de nuevas capacidades institucionales y cívicas para gobernarlas, y (re)construir así las bases de una ciudadanía social en la actualidad.

This book offers an exploration of how cities can become engines of equity and well-being.

Depuis plusieurs decennies, les sciences sociales africaines traversent une crise silencieuse : les cadres conceptuels occidentaux peinent a saisir les dimensions relationnelles, memorielles et communautaires des societes africaines.

Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin American exports: cocaine.

L'approche psychanalytique et psychosomatique des somatisations, maladies a l'adolescence est developpee dans trois domaines.

We live in a time of uncertainty about relationships.

A partir d'une enquete qualitative menee a Bouake, ce livre analyse les usages sociaux de la drogue et leurs significations chez les jeunes.

In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore.

Cet ouvrage analyse la politique sociale concue et mise en uvre au Pays Basque, tant dans ses fondements, son organisation, sa gouvernance et son contenu que dans les defis auxquels elle est confrontee, les questions sociales etant au c ur des preoccupations des habitants comme de leurs representants.

By the end of World War I, the skyrocketing divorce rate in the United States had generated a deep-seated anxiety about marriage.

This book embarks on a compelling journey to reinvigorate Freire's transformative ideas and apply them to the pressing challenges in twenty-first century education.

According to Islamic tradition, God has at least ninety-nine names.

Cuando encontre a Ulises relata la aventura de un grupo de amigos que buscan la huella dejada por el heroe de la Odisea en el extremo oriental del Mediterraneo.

For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal.

Auteur, co-auteur et directeur de plus d'une vingtaine d'ouvrages et de plusieurs centaines d'articles ou chapitres, Jean Copans est une figure incontournable des etudes africaines et de l'anthropologie en France, et au-dela.

This book embarks on a compelling journey to reinvigorate Freire's transformative ideas and apply them to the pressing challenges in twenty-first century education.

In the heart of Washington, D.

The second edition of Environment and Society: Concepts for a Just Transformation delivers a major, timely update to one of the field’s most respected concept driven environmental social science texts.

Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.

Wenn der Kuchentisch zum taglichen Schlachtfeld wird und Notendruck die Leichtigkeit der Kindheit erstickt, geraten Familien an ihre Grenzen.

Que tienen en comun comportamientos tan dispares como la adoracion de personajes politicos como el Che Guevara, la obsesion por el consumismo, el miedo a la vejez y a la perdida de la juventud, la atraccion por la adrenalina y las emociones fuertes, el culto por el cuerpo perfecto, la adhesion a la rebeldia sin causa, la fascinacion por lo exotico y lo peregrino, la pasion por el futbol, la busqueda instantanea del exito y del dinero sin mucho tramite?

Que significa cuidar en una comunidad maya de la region central de Quintana Roo?

In this comprehensive reconstruction of causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, and their coauthors delineate the ontological and epistemological differences among these methods, offer suggestions for determining the appropriate methods for a given research project, and explain the step-by-step application of selected methods.

One of the most brilliantly original of American pragmatists, George Herbert Mead published surprisingly few major papers and not a single book during his lifetime.

This book addresses the long-standing theoretical gap regarding the concepts of gender and religion within Norbert Elias's The Civilizing Process.

This Byte offers readers insight into some of the central debates and questions about gender and the family, examined through the lens of moral panic.

This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to explore the intricate relationship between water, energy, and societal well-being.

The Honeymoon Havens Atlas will guide you through an exploration that surpasses ordinary travel guides.

In an era of escalating disaster risks and increasingly complex governance challenges, social organizations have become indispensable actors in disaster response and recovery.

This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to explore the intricate relationship between water, energy, and societal well-being.

Explores the formation of Islamic institutions and statehood beyond eurocentric models of sovereignty Islam and Statehood: Instituting the Ecumene offers a groundbreaking reinterpretation of how socioreligious and political institutions took shape across the Islamic ecumene.

In an era of escalating disaster risks and increasingly complex governance challenges, social organizations have become indispensable actors in disaster response and recovery.

Why did affording universal access to hospital and medical care become the surpassing motive of national health reform in Canada during the postwar era?

This Byte offers readers insight into some of the central debates and questions about gender and the family, examined through the lens of moral panic.

Since the 1950s, anthropologist Sidney W.

By the end of World War I, the skyrocketing divorce rate in the United States had generated a deep-seated anxiety about marriage.

For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal.

In the heart of Washington, D.

Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.

In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore.

Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin American exports: cocaine.