Hakutulokset: Hakutulos
yhteensä 322 hakutulosta
Our Otherness
Our Otherness explores the interface between Finno-Ugrian Studies - traditional research into the Finno-Ugric languages, their history and relatedness, as well as other approaches …
To Farm or Not to Farm
'Why did Joe get the farm and not Jo? Why Rob and not Robin?' This book describes the answers farm families have to enact for each generation anew. Written by a farmer's wife and …
New Social Movements and Democracy
The book presents a framework for discerning democratic processes in contemporary societies by highlighting the relevance of new social movements (NSMs) analysis towards a …
The Interface Between Research and Dialogue
In Africa as elsewhere, many scholars of religion are both involved in the study of religions and engaged in the field of dialogue. But how about the relationship between these two …
Monuments of the Black Atlantic
Along with Aldon Nielson, the editors of this volume agree: "the middle passage may be the great repressed signifier of American historical consciousness." The essays in this …
Tubes, Tenure and Turbulence
Drought is often associated with crisis. Drought may, however, also be analyzed as a disruption of conventional routines enabling actors to innovate herding techniques and alter …
Minangkabau Rural Markets
This book contains detailed empirical findings on the markets, focusing on the way values in the Minangkabau culture affect traders and local people (mostly peasants). Pictures of …
Virtual Worlds of Precision
Simulations have reached new levels of precision with the acceleration of progress in computing and processing power. The amounts of data that can be processed and analyzed allow …
Gender in Conflicts
Gender order is one domain in which claims to power are demarcated in societies based on a religious codex as well as in secular societies such as nation-states. Gender order …
Multinational Companies and Conflicts in Africa
Nigeria, Africa's most populated country is rich in ethnic diversity - a reason why it suffers from many conflicts. The country is one of the top five oil producers. The recent …
Small Transformations
The book focuses on how the macro-policies and institutions of welfare reform appear at the lower levels of the social policy system, and, conversely, how civic/local initiatives …
Shared Learning in a Plural World
"Shared Learning in a Plural World" takes the reader along to a discourse held between representatives of different World Religions, religious educators and researchers about "How …