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Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope
This open access volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing research on hope theory by combining insights from both its long history and its increasing multi-disciplinarity. In the first part, it recognizes the importance of the centuries-old reflection on hope by offering historical perspectives and tracing it back to ancient Greek philosophy. At the same time, it provides novel per…
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- 9783030464899
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- XVI, 263 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Managing Infodemics in the 21st Century Addressing New Public Health Challen…
This open access book on infodemic management reviews the current discussions about this evolving area of public health from a variety of perspectives. Infodemic management is an evidence-based practice underpinned by the science of infodemiology that offers guidance to better manage pandemic and epidemic risks and more quickly tackle new and resurgent health threats. Infodemic management ha…
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- 978-3-031-27789-4
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- XVIII, 144
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Networks and Geographies of Global Social Policy Diffusion = Culture, Economy…
This open access book analyses the global diffusion of social policy as a process driven by multiplex ties between countries in global social networks. The contributions analyze links between countries via global trade, colonial history, similarity in culture, and spatial proximity. Networks are viewed as the structural backbone of the diffusion process, and diffusion is anlaysed via several su…
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- 9783030834036
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- XVI, 272 ill; lamp
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Gender in Peacebuilding : Local Practices in Indonesia and Nigeria
Gender, age, class, ethnicity, religion, and political ideologies all matter in peacebuilding. Adopting a feminist approach, the 13th volume of International Development Policy analyses such intersecting differences in local contexts to develop a better understanding of how intersectionally gendered dynamics shape and are shaped by peacebuilding. In this volume, findings are presented from a si…
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- 978-90-04-49847-1
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- 204 pp
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- International Development Policy, Volume: 13
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Centers and Peripheries in Romance Language Literatures in the Americas and A…
What is center and periphery? How can centers and peripheries be recognized by their ontological and axiological features? How does the axiological saturation of a literary field condition aesthetics? How did these factors transform center-periphery relationships to the former metropolises of Romance literatures of the Americas and Africa? What are the consequences of various deperipheralizatio…
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- Volume: 105
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- 978-90-04-69113-1
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Ceramics and the Spanish Conquest: Response and Continuity of Indigenous Pott…
The Spanish colonization dramatically interrupted the autonomous development of ancient Mesoamerican culture. Nevertheless, indigenous societies learnt to live with the conquest. It was not only a time of crisis, but also an extraordinarily creative time period in which material culture reflected indigenous peoples’ varied responses and adaptations to the changing circumstances. This work pre…
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- Volume: 2
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- 978-90-04-21745-4
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Advances in Crowdfunding = Research and Practice
This open access book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of knowledge on the state of crowdfunding research and practice. It considers crowdfunding models and their different manifestations across a variety of geographies and sectors, and explores the perspectives of fundraisers, backers, platforms, and regulators. Gathering insights from a wide range of influential researchers …
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- 9783030463090
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- XXVI, 531 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity = T…
Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly damaged by human activities and pressures, including pollution, contamination, invasive species, overfishing and climate change. Such pressures threaten the sustainability of the…
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- 9783030458430
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- VIII, 580 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers
Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers: Potentials for a Learning Space in a Changing World focuses on the new challenges and threats posed to adult education as a potential way out of the economic crisis and social change. It explores the role of adult education in relation to the continuity and discontinuity of the learning careers and identities of adults in a range of adult educat…
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- 978-90-04-37545-1
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- Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, Volume: 6
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Context and Catholicity in the Science and Religion Debate
For years the fact that the debate on science and religion was not related to cultural diversity was considered only a minor issue. However, lately, there is a growing concern that the dominance of ‘Western’ perspectives in this field do not allow for new understandings. This book testifies to the growing interest in the different cultural embeddings of the science and religion interface an…
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- 978-90-04-42028-1
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- Context and Catholicity in the Science and Religion Debate
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