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Barriers to play and recreation for children and young people with disabiliti…
This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health and Education and bring different concerns to this review. They are united, however, in their adoption of a rights-based perspective. The UNCRC and UNCRPD emphasise the right …
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- 9783110526042
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- 50 p.
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- 305.231087 BAR b
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
Your post has been removed : tech giants and freedom of speech
This open access monograph argues established democratic norms for freedom of expression should be implemented on the internet. Moderating policies of tech companies as Facebook, Twitter and Google have resulted in posts being removed on an industrial scale. While this moderation is often encouraged by governments - on the pretext that terrorism, bullying, pornography, “hate speech” and “…
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- 9783030259686
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- xviii, 287p. : ill.
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- 323.443 FRE y
Writing emotions : theoretical concepts and selected case studies in literature
After a long period of neglect, emotions have become an important topic within literary studies. This collection of essays stresses the complex link between aesthetic and non-aesthetic emotional components. Against this background, emotional patterns are discussed by focusing on the practice of writing as well as on the impact of emotional patterns on receptive processes. Readers will be confro…
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- 9783839437933
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- 808.066 WRI w
International Partnerships for Strengthening Health Care Workforce Capacity: …
A critical problem in resource-scarce countries across the globe is the shortage of appropriately trained health care providers. According to the World Health Organization, the current global health workforce shortage of 7.2 million providers is estimated to increase to 12.9 million by 2035. This disproportionately affects resource-scarce countries, denying basic health care to millions and lim…
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- 9782889455157
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- 244 p.
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- Frontiers Research Topics
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- 610.76 INT i
Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia : Comparative Perspectives
This volume aims to foster interaction between scholars in the subfields of Islamic and Buddhist studies by increasing understanding of the circulation and localization of religious texts, institutional models, and ritual practices across Asia and beyond. Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia scrutinizes religious orders (here referring to Sufi ?ar?qas and Buddhist monastic and other rit…
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- 9780824872113
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- VIII, 220 p.
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- 294.365095 BUD b
Social innovations in the urban context
This book addresses the practice of social innovation, which is currently very much in the public eye. New ideas and approaches are needed to tackle the severe and wicked problems with which contemporary societies are struggling. Especially in times of economic crisis, social innovation is regarded as one of the crucial elements needed to move forward. Our knowledge of its dynamics has signific…
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- 9783319215501
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- 307.76 BRA s
Aging and self-realization
Dominant cultural narratives about later life dismiss the value senior citizens hold for society. In her cultural-philosophical critique, Hanne Laceulle outlines counter narratives that acknowledge both potentials and vulnerabilities of later life. She draws on the rich philosophical tradition of thought about self-realization and explores the significance of ethical concepts essential to the p…
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- 9783839444221
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- Aging Studies
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- 649.8 LAC a
Academic ebooks: publishers, librarians and users
Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users provides readers with a view of the changing and emerging roles of electronic books in higher education. The three main sections contain contributions by experts in the publisher/vendor arena, as well as by librarians who report on both the challenges of offering and managing e-books and on the issues surrounding patron use of e-books. The cas…
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- 9781612494296
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- iii, 370p.: ill.
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- 025.174 ACA a
The workplace of the future : the fourth industrial revolution, the precariat…
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life. The author contests that once the dust ha…
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- 9780429441219
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- vii, 121p. : ill.
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- 331.20112 JOH w
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