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The impact of migration on Poland : EU mobility and social change
How has the international mobility of Polish citizens intertwined with other influences to shape society, culture, politics and economics in contemporary Poland? The Impact of Migration on Poland offers a new approach for understanding how migration affects sending countries, and provides a wide-ranging analysis of how Poland has changed, and continues to change, since EU accession in 2004. …
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- 9781787350687
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- xi, 267 p. ill;
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- 325.438 IMP A
Being young, male and Muslim in Luton
What is it like to be a young Muslim man in post-7/7 Britain, and what impact do wider political factors have on the multifaceted identities of young Muslim men? Drawn from the author’s ethnographic research of British-born Muslim men in the English town of Luton, Being Young, Male and Muslim in Luton explores the everyday lives of the young men and, in particular, how their identity as Musli…
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- 9781787351349
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- viii, 115 p.
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- 305.6970942567 BEI T
Comparative perspectives on gender equality in Japan and Norway : same but di…
This book compares perspectives on gender equality in Norway and Japan, focusing on family, education, media, and sexuality and reproduction as seen through a gendered lens. What can we learn from a comparison between two countries that stand in significant contrast to each other with respect to gender equality? Norway and Japan differ in terms of historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrou…
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- 9781003185222
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- 252p.
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- 362.83 ISH c
Empowering adolescent girls in developing countries : gender justice and norm…
Adolescence is a pivotal time in a girl's life. The development of educational, physical, psychosocial, familial, political and economic capabilities enable girls to reach their full potential and contribute to the wellbeing of their families and society. However, progress is still significantly constrained by discriminatory gender norms and the related attitudes and practices which restrict gi…
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- 9781315180250
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- 228p.
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- 362.83 HAR e
Las fronteras del neoextractivismo en américa latina : conflictos socioambie…
This book analyzes the progress of neoextractivism in Latin America through four fundamental nuclei: the first proposes the categories of neoextractivism and Consensus of Commodities as privileged windows to read the current crisis; the second analyzes the phases of neoextractivism from 2003 to the present; the third addresses the social resistance and the new political grammars from the concep…
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- 9783837645262
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- 144. p.
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- 303.6098. MAR l
Reframing immigrant resistance : alliances, conflicts, and racialization in I…
This book focuses on the political participation and grassroots mobilization of immigrants and racialized communities in the European context. Based on extensive data collected in Italy, it explores the role that alliances among pro-immigrant groups play in shaping political participation, asking why and how immigrant activists mobilize in hostile environments, why and how they create alliances…
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- 9781351267403
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- xv, 322p. : ill.
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- 305.9069120945 CAP r
Engendering climate change : learnings from South Asia
"This book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. The book analyzes how changes in rainfall patterns, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and landslides affect those who are directly dependent on the agrarian economy. It examines the socio-economic pressures…
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- 9781003142409
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- xx, 241p.
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- 363.738740654 HAN e
Living for the city : social change and knowledge production in the Central A…
Living for the City is a social history of the Central African Copperbelt, considered as a single region encompassing the neighbouring mining regions of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Haut Katanga and Zambian Copperbelt mine towns have been understood as the vanguard of urban 'modernity' in Africa. Observers found in these towns new African communities that were experiencing w…
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- 9781108973120
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- xiii, 380 p. : ill
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- 967 LAR l
Just managing? what it means for the families of austerity Britain
The 'just about managing'. 'Hardworking families'. 'Alarm-clock Britain'. In recent years British political discourse has been filled with these slogans, as politicians claim to speak on behalf of families who are in work, but struggling to get by. This book allows us to hear from some of these families directly. At a time when the impact of austerity is more relevant than ever, Just Managin…
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- 9781783743254
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- vii, 247 p. ; ill
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- 362.50942 OBR j
Established and outsiders at the same time : self-images and we-images of Pal…
Palestinians frequently present a harmonizing and homogenizing we-image of their own national we-group, as a way of counteracting Israeli attempts to sow divisions among them, whether through Israeli politics or through the dominant public discourse in Israel. However, a closer look reveals the fragility of this homogenizing we-image which masks a variety of internal tensions and conflicts. By …
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- 11
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- 9783863952860
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- 232 p, ill.
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- 305.8927405694 ROS e
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