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  • Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

    Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

    Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Context in Action and How to Study It

    Illustrations from Health Care

    Edited by Ninna Meier, Sue Dopson ...
    Context is a central concept in organization and management studies, yet it is often used in a generalized, unspecific manner. This book offers an interactionist view on context as a dynamic, relational, and socially enacted phenomenon. It explores context in action and the theoretical, methodological, and analytical consequences of this approach through a collection of reflections and research ... Read more

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  • Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

    Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

    Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European ... Read more

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  • Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

    Volume 1: Configuring the Connections

    Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European ... Read more

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  • Cultivating Creativity in Methodology and Research

    In Praise of Detours

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents a variety of narratives on key elements of academic work, from data analysis, writing practices and engagement with the field. The authors discuss how elements of academic work and life – usually edited out of traditional research papers – can elicit important analytical insight. The book reveals how the unplanned, accidental and even obstructive events that often occur in ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • The Migration Industry and the Commercialization of International Migration

    Series series Global Institutions
    Migration has become business, big business. Over the last few decades a host of new business opportunities have emerged that capitalize both on the migrants’ desires to migrate and the struggle by governments to manage migration. From the rapid growth of specialized transportation and labour immigration companies, to multinational companies managing detention centres or establishing border ... Read more

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  • Parasites

    by Ninna Tersman ...
    'I dream about flyingI'm flying whileThe world under me is—On fire'Two teenagers fleeing unthinkable dangers find solace in each other amidst the unrelentingly damaging confines of an asylum seeker processing centre. Their new 'home' offers a kind of safety, but very little in the way of humanity, and less kindness.Ninna Tersman's writing is poetic, spare, and deeply human. She plays with ... Read more

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  • Work and Migration

    Life and Livelihoods in a Globalizing World

    Series series Routledge Research in Transnationalism
    Using case-studies from those who have moved either transnationally or internally within their own country, international contributors offer various definitions of what it means to make a living on the move. ... Read more

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  • Governing Climate Mobility in Africa

    Explorations of Adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana

    Available open access digitally under CC BY NC ND licence.Climate change is often understood as a main driver of human mobility in Africa, but this book demonstrates the many other factors that also come into play in households´ mobility practices including those linked to gender, finance and livelihoods.Using case studies from Ethiopia and Ghana, the edited collection reveals how the two ... Read more

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    by Gregory Baum ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In the forthright style that has earned him a reputation for controversy, theologian Gregory Baum presents the Faith and Justice movement in the churches -- especially the Roman Catholic Church -- together with the considerable opposition to it. He discusses why many Christians are becoming activists, turning their faith into deeds by working for the liberation of the poor, not only in South ... Read more

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  • The Economy of Desire

    Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World

    Series series The Church and Postmodern Culture
    In this addition to the award-winning Church and Postmodern Culture series, respected theologian Daniel Bell compares and contrasts capitalism and Christianity, showing how Christianity provides resources for faithfully navigating the postmodern global economy.Bell approaches capitalism and Christianity as alternative visions of humanity, God, and the good life. Considering faith and economics in ... Read more

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  • On Toleration

    Series series Castle Lectures Series
    What kinds of political arrangements enable people from different national, racial, religious, or ethnic groups to live together in peace? In this book one of the most influential political theorists of our time discusses the politics of toleration. Michael Walzer examines five "regimes of toleration"-from multinational empires to immigrant societies-and describes the strengths and weaknesses of ... Read more

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