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Out of place: fieldwork and positionality in law and society
This volume is a call to embrace the power of positionality, telling a new history of law and society through the experiences of successful scholars from populations that academia has historically marginalized. Experts record their positionalities across their research and document what they learned about the law in the process.
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- 9781009338219
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- xv, 224 pages; illustration
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- 340.115 CHU o
Vulnerability in Scandinavian Art and Culture
In this open access book, seventeen scholars discuss how contemporary Scandinavian art and media have become important arenas to articulate and stage various forms of vulnerability in the Scandinavian welfare states. How do discourses of privilege and vulnerability coexist and interact in Scandinavia? How do the Scandinavian countries respond to vulnerability given increased migration? How is v…
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- 9783030373825
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- xvii, 324p. : ill.
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- 709.48 VUL v
Migrants' Rights, Populism and Legal Resilience in Europe
Bringing together scholars of migration and constitutional law, this volume analyses the problematic relationship between the rise of populism, restrictions of migrants' rights and democratic decay in Europe. By offering both constructive and critical accounts, it creates a nuanced debate on the possibilities for and limitations of legal resilience against populist erosion of migrants' rights. …
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- 9781009040396
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- xiii, 410 p
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- 342.4082 MIG V
The psychosocial reality of digital travel : being in virtual places
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 man…
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- 9783030912727
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- xi, 152 p. ill;
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- 302.231 PSY I
The Personality Cult Of Stalin In Soviet Posters, 1929–1953; Archetypes, In…
From 1929 until 1953, Iosif Stalin’s image became a central symbol in Soviet propaganda. Touched up images of an omniscient Stalin appeared everywhere: emblazoned across buildings and lining the streets; carried in parades and woven into carpets; and saturating the media of socialist realist painting, statuary, monumental architecture, friezes, banners, and posters. From the beginning of the …
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- 9781760460624
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- Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe0
Victims of political violence and terrorism : making up resilient survivors
This book examines the survivors of political violence and terrorism, considering both how they have responded and how they have been responded to following critical incidents. As this work demonstrates, survivors of comparatively rare and spectacular violence hold a mirror up to society’s normative assumptions around trauma, recovery and resilience. Drawing on two years of observational fiel…
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- 9781003154020
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- xi, 274 p. : ill.
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- 362.889317 MCG v
Compliance and resistance within neoliberal academia : biographical stories, …
This open access book reflects on academic life under a neoliberal regime. Through collaborative autoethnographies, the authors share stories about the everyday experiences, dilemmas and conflicts of three academics: the struggle for promotion, teaching’s challenges, the race to publish, confronting bureaucracy and institutional politics, as well as the resulting emotional stress. These stori…
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- 9783030663186
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- 134 p.
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- 306.43 GAI c
Deliberative public engagement with science : an empirical investigation
This compact open access reference delves beyond popular concepts of educated consumers and an informed public by examining the science behind deliberative engagement. Using data from four longitudinal studies, the authors assess public engagement methods in deliberative discussions of ethical, legal, and social issues concerning innovations in nanotechnology. Coverage includes the theoretical …
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- 9783319781600
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- xi, 129p. : ill.
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- 155.2 PYT d
Cultivating teacher resilience: international approaches, applications and im…
This open access book follows the development of the Building Resilience in Teacher Education (BRiTE) project across Australia and internationally. Drawing on the success of this project and the related research collaborations that have since emerged, it highlights the importance of cultivating resilience at various stages of teachers’ careers. Divided into three sections, the book includes c…
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- 9789811559631
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- xvi, 307p. : ill.
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- 371.1 CUL c
Surveying human vulnerabilities across the life course
This open access book details tools and procedures for data collections of hard-to-reach, hard-to-survey populations. Inside, readers will discover first-hand insights from experts who share their successes as well as their failures in their attempts to identify and measure human vulnerabilities across the life course. Coverage first provides an introduction on studying vulnerabilities based on…
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- 9783319241579
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- vi, 244p. : ill.
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- 300.723 SUR s
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