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Cover of Social mobility in the elite. To what extent does the probability of attaining elite positions depend on elite origins?
by Sebastian Steidle
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, grade: 1,3, University of Tubingen (Institut für Soziologie), course: Social Mobility, language: English, abstract: Since C. Wright Mills' 'The Power Elite' (1956/2000), questions...
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Women and Migration in Rural Europe

Labour Markets, Representations and Policies

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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016

Fundamental societal changes in the globalising European countryside impact women's migration decisions. The chapters in this volume represent diverse attempts to explain women's movements from rural areas, taking prevailing labour market conditions as well as gender relations into account. Utilising...
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The Silent Majority in Communist and Post-Communist States

Opinion Polling in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016

This book takes stock of opinion polls in communist and post-communist states, presents specific case studies and answers the question how opinion polls under conditions of censorship and lack of media pluralism differ from those in liberal democratic societies. These polls were mostly used by the...
Cover of A Comparative Analysis of European Time Transfers between Generations and Genders
by Emilio Zagheni, Marina Zannella, Gabriel Movsesyan
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014

This comparative study of European time transfers reveals the full extent of transfers in the form of unpaid work and highlights the existence of important gender differences in household time production. A large quantity of goods and services are produced by household members for their own consumption,...
Cover of American Indians at Risk [2 volumes]
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Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013

This essential reference work enables a deeper understanding of contemporary challenges in the lives of American Indians and Alaskan Natives today, carefully reviewing their unique problems and proposing potential solutions. • Provides a current and comprehensive analysis of contemporary...
Cover of International Handbook of Adult Mortality
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011

This handbook presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of unprecedented substantive, theoretical, methodological, and statistical developments and insights, and an in-depth examination of trends and patterns, in adult mortality around the world. With over two dozen chapters and more than 50...
Cover of Squatting with Dignity

Squatting with Dignity

Lessons from India

by Kumar Alok
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010

This book provides an analytical view of the successes and challenges encountered while creating the fast expanding rural sanitation movement in India, with a special focus on the last decade. While attempting to break the sanitation taboo in the country, this book presents a historical account...
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Germany's New Security Demographics

Military Recruitment in the Era of Population Aging

by Wenke Apt
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013

Military recruitment will become more difficult in times of demographic aging. The question arises whether demographic change will constrain the capacity of aging states like Germany to conduct foreign policy and pursue their national security interests. Since contemporary military operations still...
Cover of Migrant Workers and the City
by Huang Chuanhui
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016

Fascinating…a must-read for academics, students and a general public interested in the situation of rural migrants in China. - Raúl Delgado Wise Today China has the second largest economy in the world. The largest human migration in history has fueled this rapid growth as people move from...
Cover of Fistfights with Muslims in Europe: One Man's Journey Through Modernity
by Julian Langness
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017

Part travelogue, part Fight Club, part sociological study; Fistfights With Muslims In Europe: One Man's Journey Through Modernity catalogues the author's travels in Europe over a five-year span in the 2000's, and how they impacted his personal and political journey. Interactions with both native...
Cover of The Coming War In Europe: Essays On Europe's Impending Destabilization And Internal Confrontation With Islam
by Julian Langness
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017

The Coming War In Europe: Essays On Europe’s Impending Destabilization And Internal Confrontation With Islam is a collection of articles and essays published by Julian Langness in 2015-2017. These essays detail and analyze the situation in Europe vis a vis mass-Muslim immigration, as well as the...
Cover of Gender and Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support 2002-08
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank?s 2001 gender strategy and the results thereof. Covering the period fiscal 2002-08 the evaluation finds that the Bank made progress in gender integration compared with an earlier IEG evaluation on gender covering the period fiscal 1990-99....
Cover of Population Dynamics in Muslim Countries
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012

The book discusses the demographic changes in Muslim countries. It thereby focuses on topics such as the demographic dividend and the demographic transition, labour market challenges, health care, universal education and gender issues. These challenges are addressed at a country level and include...
Cover of United Nations Civil Affairs Handbook
by United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013

Civil Affairs are core civilian components of United Nations peacekeeping operations, working at the local level in countries torn by conflict to support the development of social and civic conditions for durable peace. This Handbook is intended as practical guidance for Civil Affairs Officers on the...
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