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Empowering At-Risk Youth in and Through Vocational Education = A Comparative …
This open access book presents insights on the resiliency strategies of at-risk vocational education and training (VET) students in the field of learning, employment and social integration, in the Baltic countries and Norway. It investigates the ways in which vocational education and training (VET) can enhance the social inclusion of young people at-risk, both in terms of combating school dropo…
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- 9789819606139
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- XIV, 225 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin = An Ethnographic Study
The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin offers an in-depth ethnographic account of Muslim youth’s religious identity formation and their engagement with Islam in everyday life. Focusing on Muslim women in the organisation MJD in Germany, it provides a deeper understanding of processes related to immigration, transnationalism, the transformation of identifications and the recons…
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- 9789004251311
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- 342 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- Muslim Minorities, Volume: 14
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Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Crises: Robust Human Rights Norms?
This open access book studies disability inclusion in humanitarian crises. It addresses the challenges of recognizing and including persons with disabilities and indicates the degree to which disability is being mainstreamed in international law and humanitarian action. Further, it explores how international organizations have promoted a rights-based understanding of disability in international…
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- 978-3-031-53809-4
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- 978-3-031-53809-4
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The Paradox of Openness = Transparency and Participation in Nordic Cultures o…
The ‘open society’ has become a watchword of liberal democracy and the market system in the modern globalized world. Openness stands for individual opportunity and collective reason, as well as bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. It has become a cherished value, despite its vagueness and the connotation of vulnerability that surrounds it. Scandinavia has long considered itself …
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- 9789004281196
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- 286 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Volume: 126
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Digitalbaukasten für kompetenzorientiertes Selbststudium
Dieser Open-Access-Band präsentiert einen Digitalbaukasten für kompetenzorientiertes Lehren und Lernen, der sowohl Studierenden als auch Lehrenden Angebote zur Steigerung ihrer digitalen Kompetenzen bietet und Studierende beim Ausbau ihrer Selbstlernkompetenz und Studierfähigkeit unterstützt. Für Studierende gibt es digitale Selbstreflexionsinstrumente, für Lehrende gibt es eine Toolbox m…
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- 978-3-658-46111-9
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- XX, 288
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Der Super-Imam: Zur Subjektivierung von Imamen in der Schweiz
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird untersucht, wie Imame in der Schweiz mit den vielfältigen Anrufungen, Adressierungen, Zuschreibungen und Erwartungen in massenmedialen und politischen Debatten umgehen. Anhand einer empirischen Subjektivierungsanalyse wird die Machtwirkungen von Diskursen auf Selbst-Positionierungen von Imamen aufgezeigt. Herausgearbeitet wird, wie sich die spezifischen Debatten…
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- 978-3-658-47695-3
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- XV, 405
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Global Pathways to Education = Cultural Spheres, Networks, and International …
In this open access volume, the editors identify the trajectories and patterns displayed by education systems and investigate the causes of change from a global and historical perspective. The contributors argue that the emergence and development of education systems can be traced back to inherent national factors, as well as to the international diffusion of ideas. The research pres…
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- 9783030788858
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- XXIII, 318 ill: hlm
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One Hundred Years of Social Protection = The Changing Social Question in Braz…
While the rise of social protection in the global North has been widely researched, we know little about the history of social protection in the global South. This volume investigates the experiences of four middle-income countries - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - from 1920 to 2020, analysing if, when, and how these countries articulated a concern about social issues and social cohesio…
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- 9783030549596
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- XXIV, 437 ill; hlm
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Governing Social Protection in the Long Term
This open access book examines the comparative evolution of social protection in Australia and New Zealand from 1890 to the present day, focusing on the relationship between employment relations and social policy. Utilising longstanding and more recent developments in historical institutionalist methodology, Ramia investigates the relationship between these two policy domains in the context of …
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- 9783030420543
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- XI, 281 ill; hlm
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From Colonialism to International Aid = External Actors and Social Protection…
This open access volume addresses the role of external actors in social protection in the Global South, from the Second World War until today, analysing the influence of colonial powers, superpowers during the Cold War and contemporary donor agencies. Following an introduction to the analysis of external actors in social policy making in the Global South, the contributions explore which exte…
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- 9783030382001
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- XXV, 384 ill; hlm
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