Society and Social Sciences

The two-volume set LNCS 16063-16064 constitutes the proceedings of 20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2025, which took place in Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham, UK, September 2025.

This book analyzes the challenges of North Korea's nuclear threat today and the shortcomings of nuclear defense theory.

The aim of this book is to explore the human-animal relationship as a new subject of political education and to make it accessible for critical reflection.

Online product testing programs have evolved into a significant marketing tool, allowing consumers to apply to test products for free or at a discounted rate in exchange for providing reviews or completing surveys.

This book explores the transformative power of urban public space for women's empowerment.

This book explores the multifaceted themes of home, belonging, and multiculturalism in contemporary British South Asian fiction.

Wie hängen Wissen und Politik zusammen?

Das Buch bietet eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung in die Qualitative Netzwerkforschung.

Erst nachdem die qualitative Forschung sich methodisiert hat, konnte sie sich in der Weise in der Sozial- und insbesondere Bildungswissenschaft etablieren, in der sie es heute ist.

This book provides novel empirical material on the phenomenon of Islamic higher education.

Künstliche Intelligenz verändert nicht nur Technik, sondern auch Werte und Verantwortung.

When science directs its theoretical and empirical tools toward itself, metatheoretical reflections or sociological studies of science emerge.

As China’s flagship platform for cultural diplomacy and international engagement, the global expansion of Confucius Institutes has been accompanied by growing controversy—particularly in the West.

This book draws upon empirical, conceptual and theoretical evidence from a variety of studies on student and teacher well-being in Asian contexts.

This book is to present a review and new research findings to upgrade the understanding of social attitudes.

This book critically examines the development of the post-authoritarian Indonesian National Armed Forces’ (Tentara Nasional Indonesia) military modernisation agenda and its impact towards civil-military relations.

Das Jahrbuch widmet sich dem Spannungsfeld von Organisation und (Un-)Gerechtigkeit und geht der Frage nach, wie Organisationen Gerechtigkeit herstellen, aushandeln oder auch behindern.

This book makes a consciously positive case for the civic value of the humanities in higher education.

This book views the whistleblower as a key character in democratic societies.

The 16-volume set LNCS 15960 - 15975 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2025, which took place in Daejeon, South Korea, during September 23–27, 2025.

China’s Blueprint for Global Leadership offers the first comprehensive academic analysis of China’s Three Major Initiatives—the Global Security Initiative (GSI), the Global Development Initiative (GDI), and the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI)—launched between 2021 and 2023.

Dieses Buch rekonstruiert die mehr-als-menschliche Dimension des Lieds im späten neunzehnten und frühen zwanzigsten Jahrhundert.

This book is a guide for stakeholders in nurse migration at a time when the shortage of nurses is a global crisis and the underutilization of Internationally Educated Nurses (IEN) a major factor.

Die Energiewende ist ein Transformationsprozess, der Herausforderungen in unterschiedlichen Themengebieten mit sich bringt, und deshalb ganzheitlich betrachtet werden muss.

This book examines the pervasive phenomenon of trauma and its narrative representation in social media platforms.

This book is a collection of academic articles selected from papers published in the Chinese journal Education Research in 2023.

This book contains the revised contributions of the International Symposium 2025 of the Business Systems Laboratory, which took place on January 23 and 24, 2025 in Varese, Italy.

Die Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie beschäftigt sich mit der Gewinnung und Anwendung psychologischer Erkenntnisse in der Arbeitswelt.

Conflicts of interest and competing demands are a defining feature of complex, rapidly changing societies.

This book explores the biodiversity on Earth and describes the journey of humanity across the globe.

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland hat sich bei ihrer Gründung eine vorbildliche demokratische Verfassung gegeben.

Este libro ofrece un abordaje integral sobre la violencia escolar entre alumnos, desde sus raices individuales y sociales hasta sus efectos devastadores en la comunidad educativa.

This book explores how WhatsApp is transforming multilateral diplomacy.

This book is to present a review and new research findings to upgrade the understanding of social attitudes.

This new edition of the very successful handbook documents the incredible theoretical, empirical, and methodological progress within neurosociology since its previous publication in 2013.

For centuries, negotiation has shaped the course of history—from the secret talks that ended wars to the quiet conversations that ignited revolutions.

This book critically examines the development of the post-authoritarian Indonesian National Armed Forces’ (Tentara Nasional Indonesia) military modernisation agenda and its impact towards civil-military relations.

This book explores the significant yet understudied role of non-state actors (NSAs) as agents of disruption and dissent in public diplomacy.

This book presents a new theoretical model for mapping how populist leaders construct “the people”, using simultaneous processes of inclusion and exclusion.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics, CICM 2025, held in Brasilia, Brazil, during October 6–11, 2025.

Die Energiewende ist ein Transformationsprozess, der Herausforderungen in unterschiedlichen Themengebieten mit sich bringt, und deshalb ganzheitlich betrachtet werden muss.

This book analyses historic and contemporary border regime developments in East Africa, and draws a complex picture of borders control in Africa beyond stereotypical “Western” imaginations.

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland hat sich bei ihrer Gründung eine vorbildliche demokratische Verfassung gegeben.

What does it mean to reckon with a legacy of white supremacy?

International treaties and regulations have flourished over the past century.

The DS 2025 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2025, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, during September 22–26, 2025.

This book explores the transformative power of urban public space for women's empowerment.

The book offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of addiction issues from a social work and social science perspective.

This book is a guide for stakeholders in nurse migration at a time when the shortage of nurses is a global crisis and the underutilization of Internationally Educated Nurses (IEN) a major factor.

This book examines the practices of teaching oncology communication to health professionals.