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Environmental Humanities in India
This open access book offers an introduction to the field of the environmental humanities in India. The environmental humanities, often referred to as ‘EH’, are a multifaceted, relatively new, and swiftly evolving field of scholarship that integrates the theories and approaches of various disciplines - from anthropology, art, communications, cultural studies, philosophy and ecology to histo…
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- 978-981-97-3933-2
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- X, 234
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- Asia in Transition
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Schöne Momente pflegender Angehöriger in der Pflege und Begleitung von Mens…
Supporting and taking care of family members is a challenging life situation for relatives, which is associated with high physical, psychological and social stress, especially when caring for people with dementia. For these reasons, family caregivers as well as municipalities that develop support services view and experience the care situation primarily from a deficit-oriented and burdening…
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- 9783658451868
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- XXV, 184
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Gender, Power and Politics in Agriculture: Revisiting Theory and Practice
This is a open access book. In the agriculture sector, the language of gender integration often ignores the politics and the power dynamics that are central to critical, and feminist, analysis of gender relations. This volume explores largely neglected topics such as power dynamics, masculinities, gendered social norms, feminist research practice, intersectionality, critical analysis of tools a…
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- 1
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- 9783031609862
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- XIV, 231
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Crime, Gender and Social Control in Early Modern Frankfurt am Main
This book charts the lives of (suspected) thieves, illegitimate mothers and vagrants in early modern Frankfurt. The book highlights the gender differences in recorded criminality and the way that they were shaped by the local context. Women played a prominent role in recorded crime in this period, and could even make up half of all defendants in specific European cities. At the same time, there…
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- -
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- 978-90-04-38844-4
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- Crime and City in History, Volume: 3
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Women's Empowerment and Public Policy in the Arab Gulf States :Exploring Chal…
This open access book explores the various dimensions of women’s empowerment in public policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, with a particular focus on Qatar, comparing the country to the other Gulf states. Through its rich compilation of empirical qualitative research, the text unpacks the various ways in which women’s empowerment materializes in the GCC context, providing i…
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- 1
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- 9789819960064
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- XIV, 210: ill; lamp
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- 11
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The Handbook of Marriage in the Arab World
This open access handbook combines multiple theoretical and practical approaches for enabling a nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of marriage in the Arab world. Adopting a holistic, interdisciplinary approach, it provides a framework for the contextual and macro factors surrounding and affecting marriage in the Arab countries. It looks at the different types of marriage, whether tradition…
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- 1
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- 9789819776207
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- XXX, 436 ill; lamp
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- 17
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Crime, Gender and Social Control in Early Modern Frankfurt am Main
This book charts the lives of (suspected) thieves, illegitimate mothers and vagrants in early modern Frankfurt. The book highlights the gender differences in recorded criminality and the way that they were shaped by the local context. Women played a prominent role in recorded crime in this period, and could even make up half of all defendants in specific European cities. At the same time, there…
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- 978-90-04-38843-7
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- -
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- Crime and City in History, Volume: 3
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Negotiating Gendered Identities in Primary School = Children’s Lives with T…
This open access book explores young children’s lives in their later years at primary school, from their own point of view. It focuses on how girls and boys experience life in their informal peer group and explores the dynamics of friendships and social hierarchies, identities and how time is spent outside of lessons, including the use of social media. The author interrogates how children mak…
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- 1
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- 9783031691843
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- XIX, 281 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and Coloniality = Challenging Swed…
This open access book seeks to understand how politics is being made in a pluralistic sense, and explores how these political struggles are challenging and transforming gender, sexuality, and colonial norms. As researchers located in Sweden, a nation often cited as one of the most gender-equal and LGBTQ-tolerant nations, the contributions investigate political processes, decolonial struggles, a…
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- 9783030474324
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- XIII, 316 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Extended Working Life Policies = International Gender and Health Perspectives
This open access book addresses the current debate on extended working life policy by considering the influence of gender and health on the experiences of older workers. Bringing together an international team of scholars, it tackles issues as gender, health status and job/ occupational characteristics that structure the capacity and outcomes associated with working longer. The volume starts wi…
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- 1
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- 9783030409852
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- XXIV, 515 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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