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Measuring Cybercrime in Europe: The Role of Crime Statistics and Victimisation Surveys: Proceedings of a Conference Organized by the Council of EuropeThis title is also digitally accessible through Open Access. Follow this link to view the publication.Cybercrime has become part of everyday life. We live in hybrid societies, fluctuating between the material and the virtual world, and we are hence confronted with online, offline and...
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South African-Based African Migrants' Responses to COVID-19: Strategies, Opportunities, Challenges and ImplicationsThis edited volume interrogates the intersection between viral pandemics, transnational migration and the politics of belonging in South Africa during COVID-19. The chapters draw on theoretical conceptions such as biopolitics, necropolitics, xenophobio/afrophobia and autochthonous citizenship to understand how South Africa has responded to the...
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Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class StudiesThe Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies is a timely volume that provides an overview of this interdisciplinary field that emerged in the 1990s in the context of deindustrialization, the rise of the service economy, and economic and cultural globalization. The Handbook brings together...
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The Politics of Making Kinship: Historical and Anthropological PerspectivesA long tradition of Western political thought included the concepts of a household, the family, and kinship in models of public order, but during the nineteenth century the newly constructed social sciences developed a conceptualization of "the West and the Rest" and excised family...
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George Yeo: Musings - Series OneOver sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over a wide range of topics with writer Woon Tai Ho and research assistant Keith Yap. Speaking from notes, he began with himself...
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George Yeo: Musings - Series OneOver sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over a wide range of topics with writer Woon Tai Ho and research assistant Keith Yap. Speaking from notes, he began with himself...
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Thinking of Children: The Singapore Children's Society Collected Lectures (2015-2021)This book is the second in Singapore Children's Society's series of collected lectures by distinguished speakers on various aspects of childhood. The chapters feature the speakers' personal narratives and professional expertise in their various fields of work, as well as their replies to pertinent...
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Scottish Rite Reflections - Volume 2 (Hardcover)The exploration of the higher degrees of Freemasonry takes one on an enlightening, meandering, and sometimes confounding voyage. The subjects covered range from comparative religious studies, metaphysics, philosophy, ancient wisdom, and the everlasting search for truth. The collective surface level experience of the members...
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Norse Mythology: Learn About Viking History, Myths and Legends (A Comprehensive and Fascinating Guide Into Viking Life)Tales are often told marking the vikings as no more than simple horn-helmeted explorers, infamous to abuse, pillage and plunder all that stood in their way. However, many of us lack to see the parallels aligned with modern culture, and the influences our viking...
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Essays on the Sociology of KnowledgeThis collection of essays originates from Karl Mannheim's early career, which saw him introduce theoretical concepts which remain influential in sociology to this day.Dr. Paul Kecskemeti compiled this insightful compendium of Mannheim's initial publications of sociological theory in 1951, with none of the essays...
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Al Jazeera, Freedom of the Press, and Forecasting Humanitarian EmergenciesThis book reveals how Al Jazeera and its news coverage became a force for change politically, socially and culturally in the Middle East in general, and the Arab world in particular.It explores pre-Al Jazeera and post-Al Jazeera representations of humanitarian crises and identifies a...
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Exploring Imaginary Worlds: Essays on Media, Structure, and SubcreationFrom The Brothers Karamazov to Star Trek to Twin Peaks, this collection explores a variety of different imaginary worlds both historic and contemporary. Featuring contributions from an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars, each essay looks at a particular imaginary world in-depth, and world-building...
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Participatory Case Study Work: Approaches, Authenticity and Application in Ageing StudiesParticipatory Case Study Work shows academic co-researchers how to adapt and implement their methods so that data collection and analysis is authentically participatory. At the heart of this text is advocating a participatory approach to case study work, with co-construction as a catalyst for...
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Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled ResearchersSocial Research and Disability argues that the contemporary rules of sociological methods outlined in numerous research methods texts make a number of assumptions concerning the researcher including ambulance, sight, hearing and speech. In short, the disabled researcher is not considered when outlining the requirements...
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The New Political Economy of Disability: Transnational Networks and Individualised Funding in the Age of NeoliberalismThis book addresses the ways in which individualised, market-based models of disability support provision have been mobilised in and across different countries through cross-national investigation of individualised funding (IF) as an object of neoliberal policy mobility.Combining rich theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives with extensive empirical...
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Blogging Wildlife: The Perception of Animals by Hikers on the Appalachian TrailThis volume reports on the encounters between hikers and wildlife on the Appalachian Trail. Based on narratives provided by trail hikers, it explores the ways in which humans relate to the animals with whom they temporarily share a home. With attention to the themes...
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What the Fact?: Finding the Truth in All the NoiseFrom acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a much-needed, timely book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news?...
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The Ministry of Truth: Bigtech's Influence on Facts, Feelings and FictionsThe Ministry of Truth scrutinizes the information market in the era of the attention economy calling on citizens, public educators and politicians to action in averting the role of BigTech in critical infrastructure. Through phenomena such as influencers, 'fake news', and covid conspiracies, the...
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Dirty Hands: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven Auf Die Graffiti-SzeneMit Beiträgen von: Paul Eisewicht.- Daniel Ganzert.- Patrick Gau.- Rahel H. Grothus.- Carsten Heinze.- Harald Hinz.- Sarah Hübscher.- Sebastian Kleele.- Mira Kriegesmann.- Oliver Kuhnert.- Laura-Maria Lintzen.- Johannes Babtista Ludwig.- Christian Schneickert, Jonas Meixner, Florian Schumacher.- Sebastian Schroer.Author: Paul EisewichtPublisher: Springer vsPublished: 10/28/2022Pages: 294Binding Type:...
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Believe MeThera Books is proud to publish -as part of our New Discovered Poet Series- Lisa Sisneroz's debut collection. Sisneroz's poems give us all a fierce/tender lyric reminding us how one can reclaim a body ... A heart. Sisneroz is a student at Mission College...
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