Leadership for Social Change and Development

The book offers perspectives from change makers. It is intended to inspire readers to get involved in the pursuit of social transformation. The objective of is to make the causes and consequences, and the added value, of inclusive social change tangible. Using real life stories that draw on the power of the human being to inspire by example, BeingChange shows that ‘purpose for power’ is not…

On the Measurement of Social Phenomena

This book explores the analysis of social phenomena, using a multidisciplinary approach while addressing statistical, economic, sociological, as well as psychological issues. The author presents a detailed account of the procedures and techniques used to gather, process, and analyze data. Topics covered include, but are not limited to survey data, content analysis data, data visualization, a…

Trauma and Resilience Among Displaced Populations

This open access book provides an enriched understanding of historical, collective, cultural, and identity-related trauma, emphasising the social and political location of human subjects. It therefore presents a socio-ecological perspective on trauma, rather than viewing displaced individuals as traumatised “passive victims”. The vastness of the phenomenon of trauma among displaced pop…

The Fatal Species

This book presents a history which is nearing its nadir, where a species of warlike primates is destroying the delicate web of life perceived by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species, committing a war against nature and the fastest mass extinction in the history of nature, with global temperatures incinerating the biosphere by several degrees Celsius, within a lifetime. Despite of this knowle…

The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization and Sport

This handbook illustrates the utility of global sport as a lens through which to disentangle the interconnected political, economic, cultural, and social patterns that shape our lives. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, it is organized into three parts. The first part outlines theoretical and conceptual insights from global sport scholarship: from the conceptualization and development o…

FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION: Utilizing Undervalued Food Plants

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978-1-032-73655-6

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xxv, 426 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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641.3 Foo f

SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: GLOBAL CASE STUDIES OF COLLABOR…

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978-1-138-05445-5

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xiv, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

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301.2 Soc s

DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY

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978-0-7456-8478-9

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vii, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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301.01 Mar d

KNOWLEDGE MODELLING AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS IN HEALTHCARE: ADVANCES AND APPLIC…

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1st

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978-0-367-69661-0

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xviii, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

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610.285 Kno k

Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R, SECOND EDITION

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2nd

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978-0-367-65802-1

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xiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

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Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis Series

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519.5 Hus e

Future-Proofing the Judiciary

This book reinvigorates the field of socio-legal inquiry examining the relationship between law and demography. Originally conceived as 'population law' in the 1960s following a growth in population and a use of law to temper population growth, this book takes a new approach by examining how population change can affect the legal system, rather than the converse. It analyses the impact of demog…

International Migration, Remittances and Brain Drain

This book provides an analysis of theoretical and empirical researches on the effects of remittances and brain drain on the development of less developed countries (LDCs). It analyzes the most recent global, regional and national data as well as the arguments for and against the emigration of highly skilled personnel and remittances, thereby highlighting policies aimed at optimizing the link be…

Invisible Borders

This book analyses residency, a form of municipal membership that plays a strategic role in administrative processes in Italy. Residency is a two-faced juridical status: a means for exercising rights and moving freely within a state territory and, at the same time, a tool of control that operates through identification and registration. Gargiulo investigates residency both historically and theo…

Visual Securitization

This open access book offers an innovative account of how relief organizations’ visual depiction of Syrian displacement contributes to reproduce and reinforce a securitized account of refugees. Through visual analysis, the book demonstrates how the securitization process takes place in three different ways. First of all, even if marginally, it occurs through the reproduction of mainstream med…

Migration and Discrimination

This open access short reader provides a state of the art overview of the discrimination research field, with particular focus on discrimination against immigrants and their descendants. It covers the ways in which discrimination is defined and conceptualized, how it is measured, how it may be theorized and explained, and how it might be combated by legal and policy means. The book also present…

Migrant Hospitalities in the Mediterranean

This open access book applies insights from the anthropology of hospitality to illuminate ethnographic accounts of migrant reception in various parts of the Mediterranean. The contributors ground the idea and practice of hospitality in concrete ethnographic settings and challenge how the casual usage of Derridean or Kantian notions of hospitality can blur the boundaries between social scales an…

The Global Old Age Care Industry

This book focuses on the emerging global old age care industry developing as a response to tackle the “old age care crisis” in richer countries. In this global industry, multiple actors are involved in recruiting, skilling and placing migrant care workers in different spheres of the receiving country's old age care system. This book delves into the analysis of these actors and the multiple …

Urban and Regional Governance in China

This book examines the process, policies, and politics of urban development in China, with particular attention to city region governance, urban redevelopment, and urban–rural interaction through intensive theoretical discussions and extensive case studies. It offers ample data, pictures, and illustrations to provide readers with a deep understanding of urban policies and policies in China. T…

Development, Governance and Gender in South Asia

This book offers a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to understand the trends and issues of development, governance, and dynamics of gender in the South Asian region. It familiarizes the reader with the quantitative as well as qualitative aspects of governance and development. Contributing authors pay close attention to the socio-political and economic developments in South Asia in t…

Debordering Europe

This contributed volume analyzes in depth how a border area is constantly reshaped as migration policies harden, and what kind of social, political and economic impacts are produced at local and international level. The study is focused on Ventimiglia, an Italian town located 6 km away from the French-Italian border on the gulf of Genoa with a long story of commerce, custom and smuggling activi…

Place-Name Politics in Multilingual Areas

This book explores the role of place names in the formation and maintenance of individual and group identities in multilingual and multi-ethnic situations. Using examples from Austria and Czechia as case studies, the authors examine the power of place names through an interdisciplinary and multi-methods approach that draws from the fields of anthropology, geography, sociolinguistics and toponom…

Ways Out Of Social Isolation For Older People In The Context Of New Media

The book introduces the concept of encounter CONNECT-ED from the practice of working with the elderly to impart media skills and presents empirical data on the social participation and quality of life of the participants. The research results show the potential of the Internet for older people and open up perspectives for gender- and age-sensitive advanced training opportunities.

Technologies for Fingermark Age Estimations: A Step Forward

This book discusses new applications of technologies that have been or could be successfully employed to estimate the age of fingermarks. Determining the specific time a fingermark is deposited could become a powerful new development in forensic science and a useful application to law enforcement. This book aims to shed some light on this important and still controversial area of scientific res…

Commercial and Military Uses of Outer Space

This edited book brings together a diverse range of chapters on space related topics. The authors included in this book are drawn from Australia and overseas, from academia, government, industry, civil society and the military. This book contains chapters that cover topics such as law, science, archaeology, defence, policy, and more, all with a focus on space. This edited collection is a timely…

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology

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07-045341-1

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v, 443 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

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505.8 McG m

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 3

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 15

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 7

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

An Introduction to Physical Science, Sixth Edition

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0-669-20000-X

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792 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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530 Shi i