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Public history and school : international perspectives
How do schools and public history influence each other? Cases studies focusing on school and public history around the world shed light on the intricate relationships between schools, students, teachers, policy makers and public historians. From why Robben Island is not included in South African curriculum to how German schools shape Holocaust memory, the case studies offered in this book sheds…
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- 9783110466133
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- X, 220 p.
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- 943 PUB p
Networks in the Russian market economy
If Russia has become a market economy, how does it function on a grassroots level? In addition to market mechanisms, what kinds of social and moral principles are at work in the new Russian economy? Is the 'Soviet legacy' still present in post-Soviet business practices? This book searches for answers to these questions, by investigating the networking practices of the Russian software industry.…
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- 9780230252394
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- xi, 184 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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- 330 LON n
The handbook of salutogenesis
This in-depth survey of salutogenesis shows the breadth and strengths of this innovative perspective on health promotion, health care, and wellness. Background and historical chapters trace the development of the salutogenic model of health, and flesh out the central concepts, most notably generalized resistance resources and the sense of coherence, that differentiate it from pathogenesis. From…
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- 9783319046006
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- xxxvi, 461p. : ill.
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- 616.0019 HAN h
Between mobility and migration : the multi-level governance of intra-European…
This open access book offers a critical perspective on intra-European mobility and migration by using new empirical data and theoretical discussions. It develops a theoretical and empirical analysis of the consequences of intra-European movement for sending and receiving urban regions in The Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Turkey, Poland and Czech Republic. The book conceptualizes Central and …
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- 9783319779911
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- VI, 270p. : ill.
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- 304.8 BET b
New methods for measuring and analyzing segregation
This book introduces new methods for measuring and analyzing residential segregation. It begins by placing all popular segregation indices in the “difference of group means” framework wherein index scores can be obtained as simple differences of group means on individual-level residential attainments scored from area racial composition. Drawing on the insight that in this framework index sc…
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- 9783319413020
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- 334 p.; 22 cm.
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- 302.48 FOS n
Peer review, peer education, and modeling in the practice of clinical ethics …
This open access book about the Zadeh Project demonstrates and explores a core question in clinical ethics: how can ethics consultants be accountable in the face of a robust plurality of ethical standpoints, especially those that underwrite practices and methods for doing ethics consultation as well as those viewpoints and values encountered in daily clinical ethics practice? Underscoring this …
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- 9783319909554
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- viii, 228p.
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- 174.2
Talk in interaction: comparative dimensions
"During the recent decades Conversation Analysis has developed into a distinctive method for analyzing talk in interaction. The method is utilized in several disciplines sharing an interest in social interaction, like anthropology, linguistics, social psychology, and sociology, and it has been applied to a great variety of languages and types of interaction. Conversation Analysis then is coming…
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- 9789522227843
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- 317 p.; 22 cm.
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- Studia Fennica Linguistica
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- 400.82 TAL t
Disrupting finance : finTech and strategy in the 21st century
This open access Pivot demonstrates how a variety of technologies act as innovation catalysts within the banking and financial services sector. Traditional banks and financial services are under increasing competition from global IT companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and PayPal whilst facing pressure from investors to reduce costs, increase agility and improve customer retention. Technolog…
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- 9783030023300
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- xxv, 175p. : ill.
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- 332.10285 DIS d
Why knowing what to do is not enough : a realistic perspective on self-reliance
This open access book sets out to explain the reasons for the gap between “knowing” and “doing” in view of self-reliance, which is more and more often expected of citizens. In today’s society, people are expected to take responsibility for their own lives and be self-reliant. This is no easy feat. They must be on constant high alert in areas of life such as health, work and personal f…
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- 9789402417258
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- ix, 157p. : ill.
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- 179.9 KEI w
Protection of intellectual, biological & cultural property in Papua New Guinea
Intellectual, biological and cultural property rights are a powerful and debatable topic. They offer the possibility for protection of rights to intangible resources, including the products of knowledge and creativity. The forces of globalisation have made this subject of immediate, international concern. Struggles for ownership of intellectual property occur between and within local and global…
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- 9781922144928
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- 341.42 WHI p
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