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  • Harcèlement sexuel des femmes

    Climat, culture et conséquences dans les filières universitaires de sciences, d’ingénierie et de médecine

    Le harcèlement sexuel est un problème grave pour les femmes à tous les niveaux des milieux universitaires des sciences, de l'ingénierie et de la médecine. Les environnements qui le favorisent ou l’ignorent réduisent les opportunités de carrière à court et à long terme, tant pour les victimes que pour les témoins. Il en résulte une perte importante de talents et de potentiel dans les domaines des ... Read more

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  • Prekäre Arbeit, prekäre Liebe

    Über Anerkennung und unsichere Lebensverhältnisse

    Erwerbsarbeit und Paarbeziehungen sind wichtige Quellen für Anerkennung. Doch was geschieht, wenn Arbeit prekär wird? Wie wirken sich unsichere Arbeitsverhältnisse und Anerkennungsdefizite auf die Liebe aus, auf Beziehungen und auf die Lebenszusammenhänge der Menschen überhaupt? Welche Ungleichheiten zwischen den Geschlechtern werden sichtbar? Das Buch zeichnet anhand von Interviews eindrücklich ... Read more

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  • Сашко, маленьке кошенякошеня

    Illustrated by Elodie Garcia ...
    Sacha is a mischievous little cat who likes to play pranks on his mom. Suffering from a neuromuscular disease, he will gradually lose the use of his legs. But, being in a wheelchair will not prevent him from continuing to play with his comrades!ABOUT THE AUTHORSMedical secretary, Sonia Goerger has been welcoming and meeting with numerous patients regarding genetics for many years. This interaction ... Read more

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  • Le Revenu de Base - Essai

    « Le revenu de base est une idée déjà ancienne, des expériences ont montré son efficacité, alors pourquoi les politiques n'en parlent-ils pas ? » : « Jp SMAGGHE MENEZ »« Dans cet Essai, l'auteur nous présente une autre manière de penser la société, pour plus de justice sociale, de liberté et d'autonomie. Sa volonté de faire partager l'idée d'un Revenu de Base pour tous au plus grand nombre de ... Read more

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  • 自然からの離反

    by 小林 道憲 ...
    現代文明は、自然と人間の対立から、自然の征服を目指すことから始まった。とともに、現代人は自然から離反し、自らの内部からも自然性を喪失していった。現代の思想や芸術も、それを反映している。確かに、現代は、自然への復帰や自然の保護が叫ばれているが、これもなお、人間の方から自然の中へ突入し、人間の手によって自然を保護しようとする思想であり、自然の征服の思想の裏返しにすぎない。自然の資源化には変わりはない。現代文明の中に自然の略奪の思想を見る現代文明論。(小林道憲〈生命の哲学〉コレクション6『欲望の体制』 ミネルヴァ書房 2017年 所収) ... Read more

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  • Dear Minister Poletti

    HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD OF WORK IN ITALY

    The revolution of the labor market in Italy. In a letter all the information to change the labor market in Italy. A letter full of suggestions, updates and hopes for the Italian people. A letter other than one that the Italian government has received from the European Commission. A letter even more important that just shows how the work will heal Italy. ... Read more

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  • ジストニア国探検記【お試し版】

    ※※注意 こちらはお試し版になります※※【内容紹介】病気も、旅だ。ある日突然、まったく知らないルールが支配する世界で目を覚ましたら、あなたはどうするだろうか?僕が迷い込んだのは、「首が勝手に右を向く」という謎の症状が支配する難病国家、ジストニアだった。「治療法はありません」と病院で宣告された僕は、非西洋医学的な解決策を求めて右往左往する。アーユルヴェーダは?漢方は?パワースポットは?これらは難病にも効果があるのだろうか。怪しげな先達に導かれ、体当たりでジストニア国の脱出経路を探していく。果たして、旅の結末は・・・・・・?前代未聞の旅行記風闘病記!【ジストニアとは】筋肉が不随意運動を起こしてしまう脳神経の難病。分かりやすく言うと、「首が勝手に右を向く」「意思の力では戻せない」「かと言って放っておくと、どこまでも曲がろうとして痛い」などの症状で、感覚的には「何者かに体を乗っ取られた! ... Read more

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  • 家族でも1人でも1日楽しめる都営バス旅行8選

    by 叡智 慶一 ...
    今回取り上げるのは、都営バスの一日乗車券を使って、渋谷から都内を周遊し、最終的には新宿へと向かう乗りバスの旅の様子です。実際に乗車した旅行記と、沿線のみどころを紹介しています。読者の皆様におかれましては、この旅行記を参考にしながらこの通りに乗り継いでいただいてももちろんかまいませんし、ずっと乗っていると9時スタートから16時過ぎまでの長丁場になるので、この中でピックアップした路線の中から選んで、観光地を周遊することもいいかと思います。【はじめに】【第一章】センター街の路地から、甲州街道の大通りまで■乗車記 [渋66] 渋谷駅西口09:22→代田橋09:45■[渋66]沿線のみどころ【第二章】環七通りと青梅街道、都内の主要道路を進む■[宿91] 代田橋10:05→新宿駅西口10:34■[宿91]沿線のみどころ【第三章】都心の緑を見ながら西から南に縦断するロングラン系統■[品97] ... Read more

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  • I top 100 di Donald Trump. I migliori tweet selezionati e tradotti per voi

    Forse nessun candidato alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti ha compreso l’importanza dei social media come Donald Trump.E nessuno prima di lui ha fatto di Twitter il più importante strumento di comunicazione con gli elettori e l’opinione pubblica.Trump ha postato quasi 50mila tweet e, alla vigila della Convention repubblicana, ha quasi 10 milioni di followers, tutti solerti nel retweet. Segue appena ... Read more

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  • Safely Escaping Emergencies, Surviving the First Five Minutes

    by Ken Ramsey ...
    Planning is essential in life and having basic knowledge on responding to emergencies can be life-saving. None of us wants to think about dangers or life-threatening scenarios. But understanding the possibilities and having within our knowledge an understanding of potentialities is essential. Nobody can know the correct response to all emergencies. But there is the potential to understand common ... Read more

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  • Global Metal Music and Culture

    Current Directions in Metal Studies

    Series series Routledge Studies in Popular Music
    This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insights from a wide range of disciplines including popular music, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and ethics, this volume offers new and innovative research on metal musicology, ... Read more

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  • High Stakes, High Hopes

    Urban Theorizing in Partnership

    Series Book 60 - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser.
    High Stakes, High Hopes tracks the building of urban theorizing in a decade-long urban research and teaching partnership in Cape Town, South Africa. An argument for collaborative urbanism, this book reflects on what was at stake in the partnership and its creative, and at times, conflictive, evolution. High Stakes, High Hopes explores what changed in learning when teaching and assessment occurred ... Read more

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  • States, Human Rights, and Distant Strangers

    The Normative Justification of Extraterritorial Obligations in Human Rights Law

    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Rights
    This book combines legal and philosophical perspectives to address the question of whether states are bound by human rights when they act with effects on people abroad—states’ extraterritorial human rights obligations. Taking an innovative approach, it begins with a profound legal analysis of the issue at national, supranational, and international levels and then engages in depth with ... Read more

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  • Confucian Image Politics

    Masculine Morality in Seventeenth-Century China

    by Ying Zhang ...
    During the Ming-Qing transition (roughly from the 1570s to the 1680s), literati-officials in China employed public forms of writing, art, and social spectacle to present positive moral images of themselves and negative images of their rivals. The rise of print culture, the dynastic change, and the proliferating approaches to Confucian moral cultivation together gave shape to this new political ... Read more

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  • Ensaios sobre racismos

    pensamentos de fronteira

    O dia a dia de injustiças, desigualdades, agressões físicas e psicológicas expõe diariamente a demanda sempre urgente de construção de uma sociedade mais igualitária, em que seja minimamente viável viver em conjunto. Nos ensaios presentes neste livro, os autores refletem sobre os conceitos de racismo, a finalidade dessa construção social que afeta a vida no planeta e as formas de atuação que ... Read more

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  • Региональный обзор состояния продовольственной безопасности и питания в Европе и Центральной Азии: 2020

    В докладе показано, что в среднем стоимость здоровых рационов питания в пять раз превышает стоимость рационов, которые полноценны только энергетически, что делает здоровое питание экономически недоступным для многих людей, проживающих в регионе. Для повышения экономической доступности здоровых рационов питания следует снизить стоимость питательных пищевых продуктов. Данный доклад также ... Read more

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  • Discovering the South

    One Man's Travels through a Changing America in the 1930s

    During the Great Depression, the American South was not merely "the nation's number one economic problem," as President Franklin Roosevelt declared. It was also a battlefield on which forces for and against social change were starting to form. For a white southern liberal like Jonathan Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, it was a fascinating moment to explore. Attuned to culture as ... Read more

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  • Koreana - Spring 2014 (English)

    Series series Koreana
    KOREANA is a full-color quarterly on Korean culture and arts, including traditional heritage as well as modern and contemporary activities. Each issue includes in-depth coverage of a selected theme, followed by an array of articles on artists and artisans, historic and cultural landmarks, natural attractions, reviews of stage performances and exhibitions, literary pieces, and today’s lifestyles ... Read more

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  • Koreana - Spring 2015 (Indonesian)

    Series series Koreana
    Koreana, diterbitkan empat kali setahun dalam edisi berwarna sejak tahun 1987, bertujuan meningkatkan kesadaran atas khazanah budaya Korea dan member informasi tentang kegiatan seni budaya Korea mutakhir. Dalam setiap edisi Koreana mengangkat tema budaya tertentu dan membicarakannya dari berbagai aspek, dan memperkenalkan seniman tradisi Korea, cara hidup, objek wisata alam, dan tema-tema yang ... Read more

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  • Sexual History Evidence in Rape Trials

    Is the Jury Out?

    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
    This book provides an in-depth examination of current, high-profile debates about the use of sexual history evidence in rape trials and its impact on jurors. In doing so, it presents findings of the first mock jury dataset in England and Wales to explore how jurors interpret, discuss, and rely upon such evidence within their deliberations.Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative insights from ... Read more

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  • Regional Analysis of the Nationally Determined Contributions in the Caribbean: Gaps and Opportunities in the Agriculture Sectors

    This report provides a unique, sector-specific synthesis of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) in the Caribbean. It summarizes the substantial contributions already put forward by countries, opportunities for further action and the gaps, barriers and needs that will need to be addressed if the agriculture and land use sectors in the Caribbean are to raise mitigation and adaptation ... Read more

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  • Involving Anthroponomy in the Anthropocene

    On Decoloniality

    Series series Routledge Research in the Anthropocene
    This book introduces the idea of anthroponomy – the organization of humankind to support autonomous life – as a response to the problems of today’s purported "Anthropocene" age. It argues for a specific form of accountability for the redressing of planetary-scaled environmental problems.The concept of anthroponomy helps confront geopolitical history shaped by the social processes of capitalism, ... Read more

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  • Opening Up the University

    Teaching and Learning with Refugees

    Series Book 5 - Higher Education in Critical Perspective: Practices and Policies
    Through a series of empirically and theoretically informed reflections, Opening Up the University offers insights into the process of setting up and running programs that cater to displaced students. Including contributions from educators, administrators, practitioners, and students, this expansive collected volume aims to inspire and question those who are considering creating their own ... Read more

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  • livro o observador 1

    narrativas policiais - um furto intrigante

    Series series o observador
    o livro é o primeiro da serie de o observador, que narra fatos verídicos ocorridos no decorrer de minha vida profissional. no primeiro livro a narrativa conta a historia real de um furto ocorrido em uma escola do interior, onde trabalhava, e utilização a observação e a intuição para elucidar casos ocorridos. ... Read more

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