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Social Science Research in the Arab World and Beyond
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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- SpringerBriefs in Sociology
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- XXII, 160
Self as Method
Despite China’s rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xi…
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- 978-981-19-4953-1
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- VII, 268
Data Technology in Materials Modelling
This open access book discusses advances in semantic interoperability for materials modelling, aiming at integrating data obtained from different methods and sources into common frameworks, and facilitating the development of platforms where simulation services in computational molecular engineering can be provided as well as coupled and linked to each other in a standardized and reliable way. …
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- 978-3-030-68597-3
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Trauma and Resilience Among Displaced Populations: A Sociocultural Exploration
This open access book provides an enriched understanding of historical, collective, cultural, and identity-related trauma, emphasising the social and political location of human subjects. It therefore presents a socio-ecological perspective on trauma, rather than viewing displaced individuals as traumatised “passive victims”. The vastness of the phenomenon of trauma among displaced pop…
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- 978-3-030-67712-1
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The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods: Renaissance and Resurgence
This open access book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or ‘gayborhoods’) from critical periods of formation during the gay liberation and freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to proven durability through the HIV/AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 1990s, to a mature plateau since 2000. The book provides a framework for contemplating the future form and function of gay nei…
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- 978-3-030-66073-4
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Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future: An Ecosystem Perspective on the …
This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as…
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- 978-3-030-69978-9
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Wechselwirkungen zwischen Landnutzung und Klimawandel
In diesem Open Access Buch werden erstmals übergreifend die Entwicklungen bis 2030 in den Sektoren in Deutschland, welche die größte Fläche beanspruchen – Land- und Forstwirtschaft sowie Siedlung und Verkehr – aufgezeigt und die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Landnutzung und Klimawandel analysiert. Aufbauend auf einem akteursgestützten Diskurs von Handlungsoptionen zur Minderung von Treibha…
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- 978-3-658-18671-5
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Von alternativen Paradigmen zur umfassenden Transformation: Analyse transform…
In diesem Open-Access-Buch zeigt Katharina Schleicher, dass Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte oftmals in kleinen Nischen verbleiben, anstatt mit ihren alternativen Paradigmen umfassenden Politikwandel anzustoßen. Wie dieser Schritt von kleinräumigen Prozessen zur Transformation gelingen kann, wird mithilfe des diskursiven Institutionalismus konkretisiert. Dazu untersucht die Autorin zwei transformative…
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- 978-3-658-32601-2
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Recovering Civility during COVID-19
This Open Access book examines many of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic through the distinctive lens of civility. The idea of civility appears often in both public and academic debates, and a polarized political climate frequently leads to allegations of uncivil speech and behaviour. Norms of civility are always contested, even more so in moments of crisis such as a global pandemic…
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- 978-981-33-6706-7
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Towards Responsible Plant Data Linkage: Data Challenges for Agricultural Rese…
This open access book provides the first systematic overview of existing challenges and opportunities for responsible data linkage, and a cutting-edge assessment of which steps need to be taken to ensure that plant data are ethically shared and used for the benefit of ensuring global food security – one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The volume focuses on the contemporary contou…
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- 978-3-031-13276-6
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- XIX, 317
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