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Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality: Fathers on…
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book portrays men’s experiences of home alone leave and how it affects their lives and family gender roles in different policy contexts and explores how this unique parental leave design is implemented in these contrasting policy regimes. The book brings together three major theoretical strands: social policy, in particular the liter…
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- 9783319429700
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- X, 266 p
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- Life Course Research and Social Policies
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- 305 COM
The Power of Energy Justice & the Social Contract
The first step in any energy decision today should be how to factor in energy justice. This will have the result of ensuring that there is a just outcome for society. One powerful effect of placing energy justice at the forefront for all decision-makers will be that it can balance the 3Rs which are ‘Risk, Reward, and Responsibility’. Ensuring justice is applied across these 3Rs wi…
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- 9783031462825
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- XXXI, 265
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NEETs in European rural areas : Individual features, support systems and poli…
This open access book constitutes a transnational and multidisciplinary inquiry of the most pressing challenges faced by young people Not in Employment, nor in Education or Training (NEET) in rural areas across Europe. . Rural NEETs are one of the most invisible segments of the youth population, in spite of the fact that the percentage of NEETs is higher in the countryside, compared to those in…
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- 978-3-031-45679-4
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- XIII, 113
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- SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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Social Science Research in the Arab World and Beyond : A Guide for Students, …
This book presents and discusses the logic and method of social science research adapted mainly for instruction at Arab universities and for research in Arab countries, but with applicability beyond the region. It illustrates major concepts and methods pertaining to research with examples of previous studies carried out in the Arab world and with exercises using Arab Barometer and other dataset…
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- 978-3-031-13838-6
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- XXII, 160
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- SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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Organisiertes Misstrauen und ausdifferenzierte Kontrolle : Zur Soziologie der…
Martin Weißmann legt in diesem Open-Access-Buch theoretische Synthesen zu zentralen Themen der interdisziplinären Polizeiforschung vor und leistet damit einen Beitrag zur Integration dieser ansonsten oft empiristischen Forschung in die stärker theorieorientierte Soziologie. Er schlägt vor, (Kriminal-)Polizeien als Fall misstrauischer Sozialsysteme zu analysieren. Wie beispielsweise auch Geh…
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- 978-3-658-39227-7
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- XI, 436
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- Organisationssoziologie (ORGANISAT)
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Hipsterism : A Paradigm for Modernity
This Open-Access-book utilises Hipsterism to demonstrate modes of identity, collectivity, conceptions and a whole spectrum of activities with varying degrees of commitment in contemporary society. Analysed through the lens of Modernity, Consumerism, and the New Spirit of Capitalism, it draws on qualitative research from two subsequent field stays in Berlin and is complemented by self-reflexion …
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- 978-3-658-39536-0
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- XI, 192
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- Kultur und gesellschaftliche Praxis (KGP)
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Post-Communist Transformations in Baltic Countries: A Restorations Approach i…
This Open access book provides a survey of the economic, health, and somatic progress of Baltic countries during the period 1918–2018, framed by the outline of the historical-sociological theory of modern social restorations, as originally conceived by the Austrian-American comparative historian Robert A. Kann. The author reworks Kann's theory to analyse post-communist transformations in the …
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- 9783031394966
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- XVI, 291
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The Psychosocial Reality of Digital Travel
When physical travel to a specific place is prohibited or otherwise difficult or impossible, digital travel provides a promising alternative. The technology to do this is now widely available and many people have the possibility to meet with others digitally, and thus alleviate the social effects of physical isolation. Digital travel can also be source of pleasure and entertainment, and ma…
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- 9783030912727
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- XI, 152
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Migration Diversity and Social Cohesion : Reassessing the Dutch Policy Agenda
This open access book shows policymakers which initiatives work when responding to the increasing diversity in cities, towns and neighborhood's. In recent times, policymakers have grappled with ways of responding to this increase, which has resulted in a plethora of policy initiatives, some more effective than others. Bringing together a large amount of research and evidence-based policy recomm…
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- 9783031142246
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- XIII, 187 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Better Work : The Impact of Automation, Flexibilization and Intensification o…
This Open Access book provides a thorough analysis of the quality of work in the Netherlands, and suggests policy proposals to promote and facilitate good work for more people. New technology, flexibilization and the intensification of work will have significant consequences for all those who will still have jobs in the future, and – much less studied so far – for the quality of their work.…
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- 9783030786823
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- X, 204 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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