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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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Robots in Care and Everyday Life : Future, Ethics, Social Acceptance
This open access book presents detailed findings about the ethical, legal, and social acceptance of robots in the German and European context. The key resource is the Bremen AI Delphi survey of scientists and politicians and a related population survey. The focus is on trust in robotic assistance, human willingness to use this assistance, and the expected personal well-being in human-robot inte…
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- 978-3-031-11447-2
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- IX, 130
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- SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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Parenting and Work in Poland : A Gender Studies Perspective
The open access book provides a critical account of parenthood in Polish society. It uses a qualitative perspective to show how mothers and fathers engage with parenthood and also function in the labour market. Parenting in contemporary Poland is not only affected by individual preferences and choices, but significantly by the institutional context, in particular the family policy system, as we…
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- 978-3-030-66303-2
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- XIII, 107
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- SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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Transgovernance : Advancing Sustainability Governance
‘Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance’ analyses the question what recent and ongoing changes in the relations between politics, science and media – together characterized as the emergence of a knowledge democracy – may imply for governance for sustainable development, on global and other levels of societal decision making, and the other way around: How can the discussion…
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- 978-3-642-28009-2
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- XX, 324
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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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Irregularising Human Mobility : EU Migration Policies and the European Commis…
This is an open access book. What is the history and current state of play of EU law and policy covering irregularised human mobility? What has been the role and contributions of the 2019-2024 European Commission as regards EU migration policy? This book investigates how migration policies have been problematised at the EU institutional level, in particular by the European Commission. It critic…
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- 978-3-031-74021-3
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- XII, 91
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- SpringerBriefs in Law (BRIEFSLAW)
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One Rights: Human and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene
This is an open access book.Animals are the traditional blind spot in human rights theory. This book brings together the seemingly disparate discourses of human and animal rights, and looks at emerging animal rights as new human rights. It approaches the question whether animals can and should have human rights through a comprehensive review of contemporary human rights philosophy, discussing b…
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- 978-3-031-19201-2
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- X, 104
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- SpringerBriefs in Law (BRIEFSLAW)
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e-Science: Open, Social and Virtual Technology for Research Collaboration
This open access book shows the breadth and various facets of e-Science, while also illustrating their shared core. Changes in scientific work are driven by the shift to grid-based worlds, the use of information and communication systems, and the existential infrastructure, which includes global collaboration. In this context, the book addresses emerging issues such as open access, collaborati…
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- 978-3-030-66262-2
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- XII, 185
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- Progress in IS (PROIS)
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Ethics and Drug Resistance: Collective Responsibility for Global Public Health
This Open Access volume provides in-depth analysis of the wide range of ethical issues associated with drug-resistant infectious diseases. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely recognized to be one of the greatest threats to global public health in coming decades; and it has thus become a major topic of discussion among leading bioethicists and scholars from related disciplines including eco…
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- 978-3-030-27874-8
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- XVII, 448
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- Public Health Ethics Analysis
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META-NET Strategic Research Agenda for Multilingual Europe 2020
In everyday communication, Europe’s citizens, business partners and politicians are inevitably confronted with language barriers. Language technology has the potential to overcome these barriers and to provide innovative interfaces to technologies and knowledge. This document presents a Strategic Research Agenda for Multilingual Europe 2020. The agenda was prepared by META-NET, a European Net…
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- 978-3-642-36349-8
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- VIII, 87
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- White Paper Series (META)
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