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Télécharger le livre :  No Name in the Street
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No Name in the Street


James Baldwin


'Candid, insightful, moving . . . a memoir, a chronicle of and commentary on America's abortive civil-rights movement' -The New York TimesIn this deeply personal book, Baldwin reflects on the experiences that shaped him as a writer and activist: from his childhood in...

Parution : 2024-08-01
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Navigating Uncertainty
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Navigating Uncertainty


Ian Scoones


Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we don’t know what the future will hold. For many contemporary challenges, navigating uncertainty – where we cannot predict what may happen – is...

Parution : 2024-07-24
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  Algorithms of Anxiety
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Algorithms of Anxiety


Anthony Elliott


Machine learning algorithms are widely presumed to herald a world in which the crippling burdens of anxiety can be left behind.  The digital revolution promises a brave new world where individuals, communities and organizations can at last take control of the future –...

Parution : 2024-07-09
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  Planning for the Wrong Pandemic
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Planning for the Wrong Pandemic


Andrew Lakoff


The fractious and disorganized governmental response to the coronavirus pandemic in the United States prompted many observers to ask why the country ? which had the knowledge, resources, and plans to deal with such an event ? was caught so unprepared when the crisis...

Parution : 2024-07-09
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  History for Tomorrow
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History for Tomorrow


Roman Krznaric


'Brimming with ideas and insights, this is a welcome, important and clear-eyed view of how understanding the past can help us better prepare for the future' - Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Earth Transformed and The Silk Roads'Enlightening and thrilling....

Parution : 2024-07-04
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Virgin Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  Understanding Human Diversity
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Understanding Human Diversity


Jonathan Marks


No two people are the same, and no two groups of people are the same. But what kinds of differences are there, and what do they mean? What does our DNA say about race, gender, equality, or ancestry? Drawing on the latest discoveries in anthropology and human genetics,...

Parution : 2024-07-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Der Russland-Ukraine-Krieg: Eine Manifestation des „Neuen Kalten Krieges“?
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Der Russland-Ukraine-Krieg: Eine Manifestation des „Neuen Kalten Krieges“?


Karim Fathi


Der Krieg in der Ukraine hält die Welt in Atem. Die aktuelle Berichterstattung ist emotionalisiert und beschränkt sich weitgehend auf die militärischen Entwicklungen des Kriegsverlaufs. Beiträge der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung wurden und werden in der aktuellen...

Parution : 2024-07-01
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Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  The Evolution of Authoritarianism and Contentious Action in Russia
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The Evolution of Authoritarianism and Contentious Action in Russia


Bogdan Mamaev


This Element examines the evolution of authoritarianism in Russia from 2011 to 2023, focusing on its impact on contentious action. It argues that the primary determinant of contention, at both federal and regional levels, is authoritarian innovation characterized by...

Parution : 2024-06-20
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Télécharger le livre :  A Historical Ethnography of the Enga Economy of Papua New Guinea
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A Historical Ethnography of the Enga Economy of Papua New Guinea


Nitze Pupu , Akii Tumu , Polly Wiessner


The question addressed in this Element is: What happens to a society when, in the absence of influence from foreign populations, constraints are released by a new crop making possible significant surplus production? We will draw on the historical traditions of 110...

Parution : 2024-06-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Crime Dynamics
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Crime Dynamics


Richard Rosenfeld


This Element reviews and augments research on changes over time in U.S. crime rates during the past several decades. Major topics include the data sources for studying crime trends; the relationship between homicide rates and rates of property crime, imprisonment, and...

Parution : 2024-06-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Visual Methods for Digital Research
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Visual Methods for Digital Research


Gabriele Colombo , Sabine Niederer


Over the last decade, images have become a key feature of digital culture; at the same time, they have made a mark on a wide range of research practices.Visual Methods for Digital Research is the first textbook to bring the fields of visual methods and digital research...

Parution : 2024-06-19
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  Inheritance
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Inheritance


Harvey Whitehouse


‘Insightful and breathtaking’ YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of Sapiens‘Bold and sweeping’ PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads‘Profoundly thought-provoking’ KATE RAWORTH, author of Doughnut EconomicsHow has humans' evolutionary inheritance shaped global society?Why are...

Parution : 2024-06-13
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Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Cultural Burning
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Cultural Burning


Collectif


This Element addresses a burning question – how can archaeologists best identify and interpret cultural burning, the controlled use of fire by people to shape and curate their physical and social landscapes?This Element describes what cultural burning is and presents...

Parution : 2024-06-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Evaluation im Kulturbetrieb
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Evaluation im Kulturbetrieb


Gesa Birnkraut


Evaluation – und in jüngster Zeit vor allem Wirkung bzw. Impact – sind wichtige Instrumente für Kulturinstitutionen. Jedoch wird dies noch immer in vielen Fällen missverstanden, falsch genutzt oder eingesetzt, vielleicht sogar gefürchtet. Das vorliegende Buch will...

Parution : 2024-05-31
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Éditeur : Springer VS
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Télécharger le livre :  AQA Media Studies for A Level : Close Study Products
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AQA Media Studies for A Level : Close Study Products


Stephanie Hendry , Diane Naylor , Elspeth Stevenson


This Student Book is designe to be used in conjunction with the AQA Media Studies for A-level Student Book, which focuses on the theoretical concepts you need to learn and apply. Each case study offers:?Links to relevant chapters of the Student Book, to connect the CSPs...

Parution : 2024-05-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Here and Now at Historic Sites
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Here and Now at Historic Sites


David Ludvigsson , Martin Stolare , Cecilia Trenter


The study explores the meaning-making of cultural heritage in school field trips to five sites in the region Östergötland in Sweden. It treats the materiality of the place and experiences of the guides and the pupils, obtained in school as well as in other contexts, as...

Parution : 2024-05-23
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Télécharger le livre :  The Prison Officer
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The Prison Officer


Gen Glaister


Honest, heartfelt and moving. ***** The SunThe Prison Officer challenges everything you thought you knew about people in prison.Becoming a prison officer was Gen's burning ambition despite her background making this an unlikely career choice.At twenty-three, full of...

Parution : 2024-05-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Sluts
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Sluts


Beth Ashley


‘An important and honest book that will encourage better conversations about sex. I wish I read this when I was younger!’ - Laura Whitmore'A must-read for anyone whose sexual expression has been used as a weapon against them' – Ruby Rare'A fascinating deep dive into the...

Parution : 2024-05-09
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Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Aggrieved Labor Strikes Back
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Aggrieved Labor Strikes Back


Saliha Metinsoy


Why do we see large-scale labor protests and strikes under some IMF programs such as in Greece in 2010 and not in others such as in Ireland in the same year? This Element argues that extensive labor market reform conditions in an immobile labor market generate strong...

Parution : 2024-05-09
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Télécharger le livre :  What is Political Sociology?
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What is Political Sociology?


Elisabeth S. Clemens


With an entire discipline devoted to political science, what is distinctive about political sociology? This concise book explains what a sociological perspective brings to our understanding of the emergence, reproduction, and transformation of different forms of...

Parution : 2024-05-03
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : What is Sociology?
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