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Sociology of Interdisciplinarity : The Dynamics of Energy Research
This Open Access book builds upon Science and Technology Studies (STS) and provides a detailed examination of how large-scale energy research projects have been conceived, and with what consequences for those involved in interdisciplinary research, which has been advocated as the zenith of research practice for many years, quite often in direct response to questions that cannot be answered (or …
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- 9783030884550
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- xix, 125 p.
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- 001.4 SOC A
An anthropology of landscape : the extraordinary in the ordinary
An Anthropology of Landscape tells the fascinating story of a heathland landscape in south-west England and the way different individuals and groups engage with it. Based on a long-term anthropological study, the book emphasises four individual themes: embodied identities, the landscape as a sensuous material form that is acted upon and in turn acts on people, the landscape as contested, and it…
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- 9781911307433
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- xix, 346 p. ill;
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- 333.95160941 ANA C
Economic diversification in Nigeria : the politics of building a post-oil eco…
Nigeria has for long been regarded as the poster child for the ‘curse’ of oil wealth. Yet despite this, Nigeria achieved strong economic growth for over a decade in the 21st century, driven largely by policy reforms in non-oil sectors. This open access book argues that Nigeria’s major development challenge is not the ‘oil curse’, but rather one of achieving economic diversification be…
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- 4
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- 9781786993977
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- xiii, 313p.
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- -
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- 338.9669 ECO u
The fast-changing Arctic : rethinking Arctic security for a warmer world
In this timely new book, international scholars and military professionals come together to explore the strategic consequences of the thawing of the Arctic. Their analyses of efforts by governments and defence, security, and coast guard organizations to address these challenges make timely and urgent reading. Rather than a single national perspective, The Fast-Changing Arctic brings together ci…
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- 9
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- 9781552386477
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- ix, 410p.; ill.
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- 355.0335113 FAS s
YOUTH AND MEMORY IN EUROPE : defining the past, shaping the future
What kind of historical narratives are young people exposed to and what do they make of them? This volume brings together humanities and social sciences scholars in a study of youth and memory in different European regions. It explores the connections between the historical narratives expressed by young people and the broader, multifaceted historical narratives mediated by their cultures.
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- 6
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- 9783110733501
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- xv, 390p.
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- 940.072 YOU k
Paths and rivers : Sa'dan Toraja society in transformation
Fieldwork extending over a thirty-year period provided materials for this book. Paths and Rivers offers an unusually deep and broad picture of the Sa’dan Toraja as a society in dynamic transition over the course of the past century. The Toraja inhabit the mountainous highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are well known for their dramatic architecture, their unusual cliff burials, and th…
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- 27
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- 9789004253858
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- xxi, 510p.; ill.
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- 959.55 PAT w
Co-Creativity and Engaged Scholarship : Transformative Methods in Social Sust…
This open access book explores creative and collaborative research methods within the social sustainability sciences. The term co-creativity is used in reference to both individual methods and overarching research approaches that, through socially inclusive forms of action and reflection, stimulate alternative understandings of why and how things are, and how they could be. Supported by a wide-…
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- 9783030842482
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- xxxi, 559 p.
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- 338.927072 COC A
Mapping society : the spatial dimensions of social cartography
From a rare map of yellow fever in eighteenth-century New York, to Charles Booth’s famous maps of poverty in nineteenth-century London, an Italian racial zoning map of early twentieth-century Asmara, to a map of wealth disparities in the banlieues of twenty-first-century Paris, Mapping Society traces the evolution of social cartography over the past two centuries. In this richly illustrated b…
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- 25
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- 9781787353053
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- xix, 268p.; ill.
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- 526 MAP v
Representing Mass Violence : Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations…
How do interventions by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court influence representations of mass violence? What images arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the case of Darfur, Joachim J. Savelsberg analyzes more than three thousand news reports and opinion …
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- 9780520963085
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- xix, 341 p.
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- Call Number
- 962.4043
LAND TENURE SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
This open access book presents a nuanced and accessible synthesis of the relationship between land tenure security and sustainable development. Contributing authors have collectively worked for decades on land tenure as connected with conservation and development across all major regions of the globe. The first section of this volume is intended as a standalone primer on land tenure security an…
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- 1
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- 9783030818807
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- xxxvii, 329p.; ill.
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- -
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- 333.3 LAN h
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