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Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece
Publication Type:eBook
Abstract:Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece explores the rich grassroots experience of social movements in Greece between 2008 and 2016. The harsh conditions of austerity triggered the rise of vibrant mobilizations that went hand...
Social Media Activism : Water As a Common Good
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Abstract:This book focuses on the referendums against water privatization in Italy and explores how activists took to social media, ultimately convincing twenty-seven million citizens to vote. Investigating the relationship between social movements and internet...
Religion In Norway Between National Legislation and Local Politics.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):European Journal of Theology. 2022, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p92-113. 22p.
Abstract:Der vorliegende Artikel erörtert die Beziehung zwischen nationaler Gesetzgebung und Lokalpolitik im Zusammenhang mit Religionsfreiheit und Religionspolitik in Norwegen. Das untersuchte Material stammt aus dem öffentlichen Diskurs und einem neuen (1. Ja...
Piracy in World History
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Abstract:In a modern global historical context, scholars have often regarded piracy as an essentially European concept which was inappropriately applied by the expanding European powers to the rest of the world, mainly for the purpose of furthering colonial for...
Breaking Down the State : Protestors Engaged
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Abstract:In this important book, Jan Willem Duyvendak and James M. Jasper bring together an internationally acclaimed group of contributors to demonstrate the complexities of the social and political spheres in various areas of public policy. By breaking down t...
Borderland Infrastructures : Trade, Development, and Control in Western China
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Abstract:Across the Chinese borderlands, investments in large-scale transnational infrastructure such as roads and special economic zones have increased exponentially over the past two decades. Based on long-term ethnographic research, Borderland Infrastructure...
Living Standards in Southeast Asia : Changes Over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900-2015
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Abstract:Living Standards in Southeast Asia: Changes over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900-2015 examines changes in living standards across the ten countries of Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cam...
Mobile Mapping : Space, Cartography and the Digital
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Abstract:This book argues for a theory of mobile mapping, a situated and spatial approach towards researching how everyday digital mobile media practices are bound up in global systems of knowledge and power. Drawing from literature in media studies and geograp...
Towards a Decent Labour Market for Low-Waged Migrant Workers
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Abstract:Central to this edited volume is the legal position and the labour situation of non-EU and EU low-waged migrant workers. Towards a Decent Labour Market for Low-Waged Migrant Workers presents ground breaking research on policies and practices in search ...
Becoming a European Homegrown Jihadist : A Multilevel Analysis of Involvement in the Dutch Hofstadgroup, 2002-2005
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Abstract:How and why do people become involved in European homegrown jihadism? This book addresses this question through an in-depth study of the Dutch Hofstadgroup, infamous for containing the murderer of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who was killed in November 200...