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Dissecting Discrimination : Identifying Its Various Faces and Their Sources
This Open-Access-book examines the phenomenon of discrimination using a descriptive approach. Discrimination is omnipresent, whether it is people who discriminate against other people or, more recently, also machines that discriminate against people. The first part of the analysis employs decision theory on discrimination, leading to two fundamental subtypes: taste-based discrimination and stat…
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- 978-3-658-34569-3
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- XI, 234
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- Entscheidungs- und Organisationstheorie (EOT)
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Vor der Revolution : Die Vereinigten Staaten und die Permanente Intervention …
Dieses Open-Access-Buch setzt sich zum Ziel, eingebettet in historische Kontexte paralleler Kalter Kriege im globalen und regionalen Rahmen die historische Genese der amerikanisch-iranischen Sonderbeziehungen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und deren Transformation in den drei anschließenden Jahrzehnten zu analysieren. In der Geschichte der Staatenwelt nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gibt es wohl kaum e…
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- 978-3-658-33888-6
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- IX, 726
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- Globale Gesellschaft und internationale Beziehungen (GGIB)
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Taming the Big Green Elephant : Setting in Motion the Transformation Towards …
In this open access publication it is shown, that sustainable low carbon development is a transformative process that constitutes the shifting from the initially chosen or taken pathway to another pathway as goals have been re-visited and revised to enable the system to adapt to changes. However, shifting entails transition costs that are accrued through the effects of lock-ins that have framed…
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- 978-3-658-31821-5
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- XXVII, 400
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- Globale Gesellschaft und internationale Beziehungen (GGIB)
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Guide to Qualitative Research in Parliaments: Experiences and Practices
This open access book is a hands-on guide on doing qualitative research in parliaments, exploring achievements and drawbacks for all. From early-career scholars looking for an ‘in’ to start their research to senior academics interested in methodological details, the book offers a novel approach to discussing qualitative methodologies. It presents unique insights based on a large-scale quali…
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- 9783031398087
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- XVII, 149
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Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology: Women Doing IT for Them…
This open access book explores what makes women decide to pursue a career in male-dominated fields such as information technology (IT). It reveals how women experience gendered stereotypes but also how they bypass, negotiate, and challenge such stereotypes, reconstructing gender-technology relations in the process. Using the example of Norway to illuminate this challenge in Western countries, t…
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- 9789819951871
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- XV, 133
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Data Parallel C++: Programming Accelerated Systems Using C++ and SYCL
"This book, now in is second edition, is the premier resource to learn SYCL 2020 and is the ONLY book you need to become part of this community." Erik Lindahl, GROMACS and Stockholm University Learn how to accelerate C++ programs using data parallelism and SYCL. This open access book enables C++ programmers to be at the forefront of this exciting and important development that is help…
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- 9781484296912
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- XXX, 630
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Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations
Root, tuber, and banana (RT&B) crops play a critical role in food and nutrition security in developing countries, increasingly so in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). They have great potential to contribute to alleviate poverty, improve health and nutrition, and enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change. However, RT&Bs are characterized by unique challenges including veget…
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- 9783030920227
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- XXXV, 561
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Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standard…
Herausgeber bzw. der/die Autor(en) 2023. Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation. Open Access Dieses Buch wird unter der Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de) veröffentlicht, welche die Nutzung, Vervielfältigung, Bearbeitung, Verbreitung und Wiedergabe in jeglichem Medium und Format erlaubt, sofern Sie den/die …
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- 9783658361792
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- XII, 478
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Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy
Te idea of applying comparative methods of inquiry to understand reforms that travel, which is presented in this volume, was conceived in 2017 within the context of the Policy Transfer Project (POLTRANS). In this project Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Teachers College (TC), Columbia University, was appointed as a part-time adjunct visiting professor at the Department of Education, University of…
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- 9783030919597
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- XXIV, 429
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Ritualisierende Agency in Todesritualen : Eine Untersuchung der Positionierun…
In diesem Open-Access-Buch werden anhand von ethnographischen Fallbeobachtungen mit 16 Ritualleiter*innen folgende Fragen beantwortet: Wie positionieren sich Leitende von Todesritualen, die ausserhalb einer religiösen Gemeinschaft in der Deutschschweiz stattfinden? Welches Selbstbild vertreten die Ritualleiter*innen? Welche Aufgaben verbinden sie mit ihrer Tätigkeit? Wem sprechen sie Handlung…
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- 978-3-658-43572-1
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- XI, 310
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- Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGSRELIGION)
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