This edited volume operationalizes the figure of the ghost and subsequent hauntings through Derridas framing of hauntologyin an effort to attend to the liminal spaces that exist between presence and absence throughout social...Lasīt vairāk
health robotic assistance, security of medical systems, eHealth, gamification for the aging, health tourism, and entrepreneurship, among many others, this book provides an interdisciplinary contribution to healthcare management, technology, and demo...Lasīt vairāk
In 1999, the European Peoples Party (EPP) emerged as the largest political group in the European Parliament, maintaining its dominance for more than 25 years and influencing the direction of the EU through five consecutive Presidencies of the Europ...Lasīt vairāk
Constantin Nikiforoff was educated by premier Russian soil scientists but fled after the 1917 revolution. A refugee with no formal credentials or documentation, he arrived in the USA in 1921. He was hired in 1927 and started surveying and studying s...Lasīt vairāk
For example, many content analyses examine reporting about the migrants (especially the Turks) but neglect various diversity categories (e.g., gender, age). Therefore, this volume analyzes the contribution that critical ethnological perspectives...Lasīt vairāk
This book proposes an original reading of Foucaults theory of the state in relation to the social sciences. In this text, Skornicki deconstructs the pseudo-obviousness in Foucauldian thought, namely that Michel Foucaults new approach in political p...Lasīt vairāk
This edited volume conducts linguistic and literary analyses of the discourse involving race, religion and royalty (3R) in Malaysia. Grounded in Discourse Studies, it reveals the lan...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines the experiences of single professionals living in shared housing in London, focusing on how language, communication, and social inequalities shape these living arrangements. It frames shared housing not only as an economic condi...Lasīt vairāk
This volume offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to understanding the emerging dynamics of South Asian migration and Diaspora. It takes an extensive, intensive, and critical analysis of several issues, such as migration, diaspora...Lasīt vairāk
The book brings together rural scholars from the Global North and the Global South, who have contributed chapters based on their own contexts. The book aims to provide a general picture of how rural communities are responding to challenges in a gl...Lasīt vairāk
The authors introduce practices like childrens clothes swapping, repair of appliances, or reuse of domestic fabrics, and analyze how people exchange and share goods (farmers market), buy used items in different venues, reuse or recycle materials (ti...Lasīt vairāk
This volume provides a background to debates on definitional terms of subjective and objective wellbeing. Beyond that, it analyses discourse and policy practice relating to population-level and individual health and wellbeing promotion. The chapte...Lasīt vairāk
This open access book examines the rising challenges of managing diversity in European and Asian cities. It spotlights the roles of varied city makers - from urban leaders to migrant communities and civil society activists - in n...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of green growth opportunities within a sustainable finance framework in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) r...Lasīt vairāk
This book expands on how Indonesia supports the achievement of global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing an in-depth examination of how the SDGs can be localized, not only at the national level, but also down to the grassroots level...Lasīt vairāk
