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Religiöse Rituale und soziale Ordnung
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die Bedeutung von religiösen Ritualen für die soziale Ordnung systematisch untersucht. Dazu werden Konzepte des Zusammenhangs von Ritualen mit verschiedenen Ebenen des Sozialen erarbeitet: Interaktion, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft.
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- 978-3-658-27594-5
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- XVII, 484
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- Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGSRELIGION)
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Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment: Evidence from Small and Medium-Size…
This open access book examines the relationship between trade and women’s economic empowerment by focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in six countries: Cambodia, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal and Vietnam. The authors make use of both survey data and qualitative analysis to understand why and how trade can create more jobs for women, and how the jobs created are contributing …
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- 9783031390395
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- XV, 162
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PeaceTech: Digital Transformation to End Wars
Why are we willing to believe that technology can bring about war… but not peace? PeaceTech: Digital Transformation to End War is the world's first book dealing with the use of technological innovation to support peace and transition processes. Through an interwoven narrative of personal stories that capture the complexity of real-time peace negotiation, Bell maps the fast-paced development…
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- 9783031388941
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- XV, 239
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„Beyond the Wall”: Game of Thrones aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive
Fictional dialogue contains evidence about the conversational and rhetorical strategies that contribute to characterisation and plot development. Through their words, fictional characters not only create their identities, but also express the set of values they are meant to represent, since dialogues are constructed following the conventions of the community that produces and forms the aud…
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- 9783658361457
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- XIV, 287
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The Psychosocial Reality of Digital Travel
When physical travel to a specific place is prohibited or otherwise difficult or impossible, digital travel provides a promising alternative. The technology to do this is now widely available and many people have the possibility to meet with others digitally, and thus alleviate the social effects of physical isolation. Digital travel can also be source of pleasure and entertainment, and ma…
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- 9783030912727
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- XI, 152
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Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy
This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers…
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- 1
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- 9783030449797
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- XV, 259 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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The Future of Service Post-COVID-19 Pandemic, Volume 1 : Rapid Adoption of Di…
This open access book is geared towards providing insights and stimulating new thinking about the changing nature of services, service work and workers, and service experiences during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, particularly focusing on digital service technology. This book serves as a useful resource for business practitioners and academics in the areas of service and human resour…
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- 9789813341265
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- XII, 225 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Migration Diversity and Social Cohesion : Reassessing the Dutch Policy Agenda
This open access book shows policymakers which initiatives work when responding to the increasing diversity in cities, towns and neighborhood's. In recent times, policymakers have grappled with ways of responding to this increase, which has resulted in a plethora of policy initiatives, some more effective than others. Bringing together a large amount of research and evidence-based policy recomm…
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- 9783031142246
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- XIII, 187 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Security in an Interconnected World : A Strategic Vision for Defence Policy
This open access book follows the idea that security policy must be based on strategic analysis. Defence policy and the role of the armed forces can subsequently be determined on the grounds of said analysis. More than ever, internal and external security, and developments both in the Netherlands and abroad are interconnected. The world order is shifting, the cooperation within NATO and the EU …
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- 9783030376062
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- X, 183 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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European Variations as a Key to Cooperation
This Open Access book offers a novel view on the benefits of a lasting variation between the member states in the EU. In order to bring together thirty very different European states and their citizens, the EU will have to offer more scope for variation. Unlike the existing differentiation by means of opt-outs and deviations, variation is not a concession intended to resolve impasses in negotia…
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- 9783030328931
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- XX, 177 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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