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Reproductive Technologies as Global Form (Book)

Stefan Beck (Editor), Maren Klotz (Editor), Michi Knecht (Editor)

Seit vor 30 Jahren das erste "Reagenzglas- Baby" der Welt geboren wurde, haben sich In- vitro-Fertilisation (IVF) und andere Technologien "assistierter " Reproduktion weltweit verbreitet. Behandlung Suchende, Spenderinnen von Eizellen, Samenbanken und Ärzte agieren über [...]

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Land and Power in Khorezm (Book)

Tommaso Trevisani (Author)

This first detailed 'grass roots' account of Uzbekistan's protracted decollectivisation process explores continuity and change in the relations between rural communities, agricultural producers and local state authorities in the cotton-growing region of Khorezm. Built up [...]

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The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law. Vol.62 (Book)

Melanie Wiber (Editor), Gordon R. Woodman (Editor)

Bräuchler examines the Indonesian decentralisation process and the revival of tradition and cultural self-determination in the Moluccas. Tuori studies restatements and codifications of customary laws in Africa. Harboe Knudsen considers European Union regulation of the [...]

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The native country abroad (Book)

De Zhong Gao (Author)

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Canada, grade: -, McGill University, course: Ethnicity and Public Policy, language: English, abstract: Brigitte Rabe was a German woman who survived the Second World War and who, by immigrating to Canada, [...]

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Australian Aborigines: Their arduous path to modern Australian society (Book)

Franziska Schüppel (Author)

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, printed single-sided, grade: 1,5, University of Leipzig (Philologische Fakultät), language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction2. Traditional Aboriginal Culture2.1 Religion and Spirituality2.2 [...]

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Reunification of Korea: In Search of an Effective Solution (Book)

Luke Griffin (Author)

Scholarly Research Paper from the year 2011 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, printed single-sided, grade: -, Macquarie University, course: Sociology of politics, language: English, abstract: This research paper provides a critical analysis of [...]

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From Production to Consumption (Book)

Andrea Boscoboinik (Editor), Hana Horáková (Editor)

Up to a few decades ago the anthropology of tourism was regarded as a way to become involved in effortless researches in pleasant settings. Moreover, tourism was portrayed as a sinister carrier of westernization, thus as a menace to the subaltern societies that had to [...]

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Malaysia and the European Union (Book)

Christoph Marcinkowski (Editor)

EU-Malaysian relations are all too often seen through the lens of economics and trade. Although this is legitimate, an extension of cooperation could also open up new avenues of collaboration and understanding between Europe and Asia. This volume brings together manifold [...]

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Women in Distress (Book)

Pia Olsson (Author)

Women in Distress presents Finnish women through their reminiscenses. These touching stories provide an idea of the many layered historical and personal elements that have affected rural women's lives during the 20 th century. The research focuses on both the way women have [...]

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Peasants into European Farmers? (Book)

Katy Fox (Author)

This is an ethnographic analysis of how the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was deployed by policy makers and elites in the first year after EU membership, and how it shaped peasant livelihoods. Given the polarised nature of Romania's postsocialist agrarian structure, [...]

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Race (Book)

Paul C Taylor (Author), Paul C. Taylor (Author)

In Race: A Philosophical Introduction, Second Edition , Paul C. Taylor provides an accessible guide to a well-travelled but still-mysterious area of the contemporary social landscape. As in the first edition, the book blends metaphysics and social philosophy, analytic [...]

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Water (Book)

Julian Caldecott (Author)

All known forms of life depend on water. Covering 71 per cent of the Earth's surface, water seems to be plentiful. But the amount of available drinking water is shrinking and the need for it is increasing relentlessly. This book explores the historical, scientific, [...]

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Urbanites and the ideology of home: Engaging with a sociocultural issue in Nigerian Cities (Book)

Babajide Ololajulo (Author)

Scholarly Research Paper from the year 2011 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, printed single-sided, grade: -, University of Ibadan, course: Anthropology, language: English, abstract: This paper, through a qualitative study conducted in Ajegunle, an urban [...]

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Gelehrte Objekte? - Wege zum Wissen (Book)

Matthias Beitl (Editor), Fritz Blakolmer (Editor), Martina Fuchs (Editor), Marianne Klemun (Editor), Hubert Szemethy (Editor)

Als Gedächtnisspeicher vergangener Lebenswelten und Anschauungsmaterial für Studierende geraten die in universitären Sammlungen enthaltenen Objekte, Schriften und Bilder zunehmend in den Blick der Öffentlichkeit. Im Unterschied zu den in Museen eingelagerten Objekten [...]

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On the Poetics of the Utendi (Book)

Clarissa Vierke (Author)

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