Henrik Ibsen’s plays were written at a critical juncture in late-19th-century European culture. Appearing at a time when notions of evolution and heredity were commonplace themes in literature and the arts, Ibsenian drama highlights the creative potential offered by contemporary evolutionary thought. In his plays, Ibsen explores variations on the theme of degeneration, imagining how families …
This book investigates the life experiences of youth in South Africa, considering whether contemporary youth have benefitted from the socioeconomic reconstruction of post-apartheid society. Student protests against apartheid drove transformative change in South Africa, and the subsequent new constitution promised positive change for the nation’s youth across a range of sectors. Adopting a …
Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch befasst sich mit den Fragen, welche Rollen Klassenmitglieder bei Bullying einnehmen und durch welche sozial-kognitiven und affektiven Reaktionen sie sich auszeichnen. Bei Bullying handelt es sich um aggressives Verhalten, das sich über einen längeren Zeitraum hinweg systematisch gegen schwächere Mitglieder einer Gruppe richtet. Bullying ist dementsprechend al…
This open access book offers a comprehensive view of the phenomenon of volunteer work: it examines motivational factors and questions of corporate organization and the social environment. In particular, this is the first book to present volunteer work in detail as a psychosocial resource and a source of well-being that should not be overused or abused. The book is based on the authors' 15 years…
Buku ini berpendapat bahwa elektrifikasi terbarukan di negara-negara berkembang memberikan peluang penting bagi pembangunan ekonomi lokal, tetapi jalur baru diperlukan untuk mengubah peluang ini menjadi kenyataan yang sukses. Membangun Kemampuan Inovasi untuk Industrialisasi Berkelanjutan menawarkan masukan baru ke dalam perdebatan tentang pengembangan kemampuan untuk industrialisasi berkelanju…
Buku ini memberikan kontribusi signifikan terhadap meningkatnya perbincangan mengenai tempat big data dalam pendidikan. Menawarkan pendekatan multidisiplin dengan beragam perspektif dari para akademisi internasional dan pakar industri, para penulis bab terlibat dalam diskusi dan analisis yang diinformasikan oleh penelitian dan industri mengenai tempat big data dalam pendidikan, khususnya yang b…
Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better is about pressing and multidimensional challenges faced in constructing resilient, sustainable, and smart infrastructure in developing countries. The 32 case studies, literature reviews, comparative analyses and systematic reviews, cover a wide range of topics, including: sustainable and resilient infr…
Appeals are a crucial part of Europe’s asylum system but they remain poorly understood. Building on insights and perspectives from legal geography and socio-legal studies, this book shines a light on what takes place during asylum appeals and puts forward suggestions for improving their fairness and accessibility. Drawing on hundreds of ethnographic observations of appeal hearings, as well as…
Buku ini menawarkan studi komprehensif pertama tentang banyak antarmuka yang membentuk hubungan antara komik dan videogame. Ini menggabungkan refleksi konseptual yang mendalam dengan pilihan studi kasus paradigmatik yang kaya dari budaya media kontemporer. Para editor telah mengumpulkan sekelompok cendekiawan internasional terkemuka yang bekerja di persimpangan studi komik dan studi permainan u…
Revisualising Intersectionality offers transdisciplinary interrogations of the supposed visual evidentiality of categories of human similarity and difference. This open-access book incorporates insights from social and cognitive science as well as psychology and philosophy to explain how we visually perceive physical differences and how cognition is fallible, processual, and dependent on who is…