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Intersections : history, memory, discipline
“A wonderfully rich, insightful and personally touching collection of essays by the Pacific region’s most prolific and engaging historian. Brij Lal writes eloquently and poetically about his professional and political journeys, and the many different people and worlds he has encountered on the way. Readers will be inspired by this collective account of a courageous life committed to the ach…
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- 22
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922144379
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- -
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- 996.11 LAL i
Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold …
The Porgera gold mine in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea is technically one of the most sophisticated and successful mines of recent times. In its second year of operations (1992) it was the third largest gold producing mine in the world. Socially, though, the mine has brought a range of massive changes for the local Ipili community-both positive and negative. Dilemmas of Development is a …
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- 14
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922144423
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- -
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- Call Number
- 338.274109953 FIL d
How safe is eating chicken?
Consumers trust is a key factor in dealing with rising concerns about food safety and food quality, but only few studies have dealt with consumer attitudes and none of them has tried to model the process of consumer response. This book reports the main findings of an european project aimed at analysing trust along the food chain and its relationship with food risk communication. The papers coll…
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- 21
- ISBN/ISSN
- 8884534968
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- -
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- Call Number
- 658 ROM h
Sport, Identity and Inclusion in Europe : The Experiences of LGBTQ People in …
This book explores and critically assesses the challenges and experiences of LGBTQ people within sport in Europe. It presents cutting-edge research data and insights from across the continent, with a focus on sport policy, sport systems, and issues around anti-discrimination and inclusion. The book introduces the theoretical and methodological foundations of research into LGBTQ people in sport …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781000618150
- Collation
- xiii,231 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 796.08664 ANN S
Information politics : liberation and exploitation in the digital society
Conflict over information has become a central part of modern politics and culture. The sites of struggle are numerous, the actors beyond count. Currents of liberation and exploitation course through the debates about Edward Snowden and surveillance, Anonymous, search engines and social media. In Information Politics, Tim Jordan identifies all these issues in relation to a general understanding…
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- 24
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781783712977
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- viii, 230 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 306.4 JOR i
The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures : a …
This book analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, an area known for its geographical remoteness, rural character and relative wealth. It fills the scientific gap created by the conventional research in heroin research, which is usually conducted in urban areas and relies on treatment and prison populations. Based on qualitative, in-depth interviews with twenty-fou…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789400738614
- Collation
- 379p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 362.293 STA
Indigenous Sport and Nation-Building : Interrogating Sámi Sport and Beyond
This book investigates the social, political, and cultural dimensions of Indigenous sport and nation-building. Focusing on the Indigenous Sámi of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, it addresses how colonization variously impacts organizational arrangements and everyday sporting life in a modern world. Through detailed case data from the Norwegian side of Sápmi (the land of the Sámi), this …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781000599237
- Collation
- 183 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 948.0049457 LLE I
Politics of preferential development : Trans-global study of affirmative acti…
The book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups. It uses a trans-global approach, as opposed to the comparative approach, to examine the relationship between affirmative action, ethnic conflict and the role of the state in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa. While affirmative action has noble g…
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- 12
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925021035
- Collation
- 282
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.8.RAT
The Public Value of the Social Sciences : An Interpretive Essay
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. What is the purpose of social science? How can social science make itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century? The social sciences are under threat from two main sources. One is external, reflected in a global universi…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781780931784
- Collation
- 240p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 300.941 BRE
De sociale betekenis van de buurt : Een onderzoek naar de relatie tussen het …
In The Social Significance of the Neighbourhood the negative image of the social quality of poor urban districts is critically examined based on research in two districts of The Hague. This investigation focuses on the extent to which living in a certain quarter could constitute as an obstacle to social mobility and what role social relations play between local residents therein. Based on inter…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789089640567
- Collation
- 88p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 301 PIN
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