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Knowledge from a human point of view
This open access book – as the title suggests – explores some of the historical roots and epistemological ramifications of perspectivism. Perspectivism has recently emerged in philosophy of science as an interesting new position in the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism. But there is a lot more to perspectivism than discussions in philosophy of science so far have suggested.…
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- 9783030270414
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- 378 CRE k
Competition and Cooperation in Social and Political Sciences Proceedings of t…
The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as the issues of governance and social order; social development and community development; global challenges and inequality; civil society and social movement; IT-based community and social transformation; poverty alleviation and corporate social responsibility; and gender issues. Asia and the Pacific are the par…
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- 9781315213620
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- xii, 392p.: ill.
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- 300 COM c
Hidden hunger: gender and the politics of smarter foods
For decades, NGOs targeting world hunger focused on ensuring that adequate quantities of food were being sent to those in need. In the 1990s, the international food policy community turned its focus to the “hidden hunger” of micronutrient deficiencies, a problem that resulted in two scientific solutions: fortification, the addition of nutrients to processed foods, and biofortification, the …
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- 9780801467684
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- xiv, 226p.: ill.
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- 362.19639009598 KIM h
big data agenda: data ethics and critical data studies
This book highlights that the capacity for gathering, analysing, and utilising vast amounts of digital (user) data raises significant ethical issues. Annika Richterich provides a systematic contemporary overview of the field of critical data studies that reflects on practices of digital data collection and analysis. The book assesses in detail one big data research area: biomedical studies, foc…
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- 9781911534730
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- iv, 148 pages ; 24 cm.
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- 005.7 RIC b
Commercial communication in the digital age
In today’s digital age, online and mobile advertising are of growing importance, with advertising no longer bound to the traditional media industry. Although the advertising industry still has broader access to the different measures and channels, users and consumers today have more possibilities to publish, get informed or communicate – to “co-create” –, and to reach a bigger audienc…
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- 9783110416794
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- viii, 270p.: ill.
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- 302.2309 SIG c
The psychology of study success in universities
Universities around the world are under increasing pressure to maintain high levels of graduation and to make study processes as efficient as possible, with teachers and students struggling to meet the expectations placed upon them as a result. The Psychology of Study Success in Universities asks whether it is possible to meet these demands at the same time as protecting the well-being of stude…
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- 9781315212104
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- x, 143p. : ill.
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- 378.101094897 MAA p
Men and the classroom : gender imbalances in teaching
The teaching of young children has long been dominated by women. This global phenomenon is firmly rooted in issues related to economic development, urbanization, the position of women in society, cultural definitions of masculinity and the values of children and childcare. Yet, amongst the media scare stories and moral panics about underachieving boys, there are surprisingly few empirically-sup…
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- 9780203420300
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- ix, 182p. : ill.
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- 371.110081 MEN m
Linguistic variation, identity construction and cognition
Speakers use a variety of different linguistic resources in the construction of their identities, and they are able to do so because their mental representations of linguistic and social information are linked. While the exact nature of these representations remains unclear, there is growing evidence that they encode a great deal more phonetic detail than traditionally assumed and that the phon…
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- 9783946234258
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- 244 p.; 23 cm.
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- 414 KAT l
Christianity, Islam, and nationalism in Indonesia
Although over eighty percent of the country is Muslim, Indonesia is marked by an extraordinary diversity in language, ancestry, culture, religion and ways of life. This book focuses on the Christian Dani of West Papua, providing a social and ethnographic history of the most important indigenous population in the troubled province. It presents a fascinating overview of the Dani’s conversion to…
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- 9780203007556
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- xxi, 233p. : ill.
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- 305.899120951 FAR c
Responsible Innovation : Business Opportunities and Strategies for Implementa…
This Open Access book, Responsible innovation provides benefits for society, for instance more sustainable products, more engagement with consumers and less anxiety about emerging technologies. As a governance tool it is mostly driven by research funders, including the European Commission, under the term “responsible research and innovation” (RRI). To achieve uptake in private industry is a…
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- 9789402417203
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- 630 JAR r
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