Search Results - "Mobilities"

Improvisation and Social Aesthetics /

Table of Contents: “…Creating art, creating community, creating a better world / Tracey Nicholls -- Improvisation in New Wave cinema : beneath the myth, the social / Marion Froger, translated by William Straw -- Social aesthetics and transcultural improvisation : Wayde Compton and the performance of Black time / Winfried Siemerling -- Devices of existence : contact improvisation, mobile performances, and dancing through Twitter / Susan Kozel -- The dramaturgy of spontaneity : improvising the social in theater / Zoë Svendsen.…”
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May '68 : Shaping Political Generations / by Pagis, Julie, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…The 1990s: re-enchantment and professional evolutionConclusion: activism and social mobility; 5 Changing one's life to change the world? …”
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May '68 : Shaping Political Generations / by Pagis, Julie, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…The 1990s: re-enchantment and professional evolutionConclusion: activism and social mobility; 5 Changing one's life to change the world? …”
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Recent social trends in Bulgaria, 1960-1995

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 0.1 Demographic Trends 33 -- 0.2 Macro-economic Trends 42 -- 0.3 Macro-technological Trends 54 -- 1 Age Groups -- 1.1 Youth 62 -- 1.2 Elders 68 -- 2 Microsocial -- 2.1 Self-identification 72 -- 2.2 Kinship Networks 77 -- 2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types 83 -- 2.4 Local Autonomy 91 -- 2.5 Voluntary Associations 99 -- 2.6 Sociability Networks 104 -- 3 Women -- 3.1 Female Roles 107 -- 3.2 Childbearing 112 -- 3.3 Matrimonial Models 116 -- 3.4 Women's Employment 122 -- 3.5 Reproductive Technologies 136 -- 4 Labour Market -- 4.1 Unemployment 138 -- 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels 142 -- 4.3 Types of Employment 147 -- 4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force 153 -- 4.5 Computerization of Work 158 -- 5 Labour and Management -- 5.1 Work Organization 162 -- 5.2 Personnel Administration 166 -- 5.3 Sizes and Types of Enterprises 173 -- 6 Social Stratification -- 6.1 Occupational Status 180 -- 6.2 Social Mobility 192 -- 6.3 Economic Inequality 198 -- 6.4 Social Inequality 206 -- 7 Social Relations -- 7.1 Conflict 218 -- 7.2 Negotiation 224 -- 7.3 Norms of Conduct 230 -- 7.4 Authority 235 -- 7.5 Public Opinion 243 -- 8 State and Service Institutions -- 8.1 Educational System 247 -- 8.2 Health System 254 -- 8.3 Welfare System 259 -- 8.4 The State 265 -- 9 Mobilizing Institutions -- 9.1 Labour Unions 269 -- 9.2 Religious Institutions 276 -- 9.3 The Military 281 -- 9.4 Political Parties 289 -- 9.5 Mass Media 294 -- 10 Institutionalization of Social Forces -- 10.1 Dispute Settlement 302 -- 10.2 Institutionalization of Labour Unions 307 -- 10.3 Social Movements 311 -- 10.4 Interest Groups 317 -- 11 Ideologies and Beliefs -- 11.1 Political Differentiation 325 -- 11.2 Confidence in Institutions 331 -- 11.3 Economic Orientations 336 -- 11.4 Radicalism 341 -- 11.5 Religious Beliefs 347 -- 12 Household Resources -- 12.1 Personal and Family Income 353 -- 12.2 Informal Economy 359 -- 12.3 Personal and Family Wealth 362 -- 13 Life-Style -- 13.1 Market Goods and Services 367 -- 13.2 Mass Information 375 -- 13.3 Personal Health and Beauty Practices 382 -- 13.4 Time Use 386 -- 13.5 Daily Mobility 389 -- 13.6 Household Production 392 -- 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression 395 -- 13.8 Mood-altering Substances 401 -- 14 Leisure -- 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time 409 -- 14.2 Vacation Patterns 413 -- 14.3 Athletics and Sports 415 -- 14.4 Cultural Activities and Practices 418 -- 15 Educational Attainment -- 15.1 General Education 426 -- 15.2 Vocational and Professional Education 431 -- 15.3 Continuing Education 439 -- 16 Integration and Marginalization -- 16.1 Ethnic Minorities 440 -- 16.2 Crime and Punishment 448 -- 16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-destructive Behaviour 459 -- 16.4 Poverty 465 -- 17 Attitudes and Values -- 17.1 Satisfaction 470 -- 17.2 Perceptions of Social Problems 476 -- 17.3 Orientations to the Future 479 -- 17.4 Values 483 -- 17.5 National Identity 489.…”
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Recent social trends in Bulgaria, 1960-1995

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 0.1 Demographic Trends 33 -- 0.2 Macro-economic Trends 42 -- 0.3 Macro-technological Trends 54 -- 1 Age Groups -- 1.1 Youth 62 -- 1.2 Elders 68 -- 2 Microsocial -- 2.1 Self-identification 72 -- 2.2 Kinship Networks 77 -- 2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types 83 -- 2.4 Local Autonomy 91 -- 2.5 Voluntary Associations 99 -- 2.6 Sociability Networks 104 -- 3 Women -- 3.1 Female Roles 107 -- 3.2 Childbearing 112 -- 3.3 Matrimonial Models 116 -- 3.4 Women's Employment 122 -- 3.5 Reproductive Technologies 136 -- 4 Labour Market -- 4.1 Unemployment 138 -- 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels 142 -- 4.3 Types of Employment 147 -- 4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force 153 -- 4.5 Computerization of Work 158 -- 5 Labour and Management -- 5.1 Work Organization 162 -- 5.2 Personnel Administration 166 -- 5.3 Sizes and Types of Enterprises 173 -- 6 Social Stratification -- 6.1 Occupational Status 180 -- 6.2 Social Mobility 192 -- 6.3 Economic Inequality 198 -- 6.4 Social Inequality 206 -- 7 Social Relations -- 7.1 Conflict 218 -- 7.2 Negotiation 224 -- 7.3 Norms of Conduct 230 -- 7.4 Authority 235 -- 7.5 Public Opinion 243 -- 8 State and Service Institutions -- 8.1 Educational System 247 -- 8.2 Health System 254 -- 8.3 Welfare System 259 -- 8.4 The State 265 -- 9 Mobilizing Institutions -- 9.1 Labour Unions 269 -- 9.2 Religious Institutions 276 -- 9.3 The Military 281 -- 9.4 Political Parties 289 -- 9.5 Mass Media 294 -- 10 Institutionalization of Social Forces -- 10.1 Dispute Settlement 302 -- 10.2 Institutionalization of Labour Unions 307 -- 10.3 Social Movements 311 -- 10.4 Interest Groups 317 -- 11 Ideologies and Beliefs -- 11.1 Political Differentiation 325 -- 11.2 Confidence in Institutions 331 -- 11.3 Economic Orientations 336 -- 11.4 Radicalism 341 -- 11.5 Religious Beliefs 347 -- 12 Household Resources -- 12.1 Personal and Family Income 353 -- 12.2 Informal Economy 359 -- 12.3 Personal and Family Wealth 362 -- 13 Life-Style -- 13.1 Market Goods and Services 367 -- 13.2 Mass Information 375 -- 13.3 Personal Health and Beauty Practices 382 -- 13.4 Time Use 386 -- 13.5 Daily Mobility 389 -- 13.6 Household Production 392 -- 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression 395 -- 13.8 Mood-altering Substances 401 -- 14 Leisure -- 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time 409 -- 14.2 Vacation Patterns 413 -- 14.3 Athletics and Sports 415 -- 14.4 Cultural Activities and Practices 418 -- 15 Educational Attainment -- 15.1 General Education 426 -- 15.2 Vocational and Professional Education 431 -- 15.3 Continuing Education 439 -- 16 Integration and Marginalization -- 16.1 Ethnic Minorities 440 -- 16.2 Crime and Punishment 448 -- 16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-destructive Behaviour 459 -- 16.4 Poverty 465 -- 17 Attitudes and Values -- 17.1 Satisfaction 470 -- 17.2 Perceptions of Social Problems 476 -- 17.3 Orientations to the Future 479 -- 17.4 Values 483 -- 17.5 National Identity 489.…”
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Migrants and markets perspectives from economics and the other social sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Migrants and markets : perspectives from economics and the other social sciences / Holger Kolb and Henrik Egbert -- The impact of immigration on the labour market : a survey / Christian Lumpe -- Investigating the economic impact of immigration on the host country : the case of Norway / Mete Feridun -- The exit option of labour migration from East to West Germany : individual and contextual determinants of unemployed workers' geographic mobility / Michael Windzio -- How recent amendments in German immigration law affect decisions : the case of Polish doctors / Simon Fellmer -- Educational selectivity and labour market attainment of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany in the 1990s / Irena Kogan and Yinon Cohen -- States as clubs? …”
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Public engagement for public education joining forces to revitalize democracy and equalize schools /

Table of Contents: “…Warren -- Broad-based public engagement : alliances and social movements / Lauren Wells, Jean Anyon, and Jeannie Oakes -- Improving teacher quality through public engagement in Chicago / Sara McAlister, Kavitha Mediratta, and Seema Shah -- "A force to be reckoned with" the campaign for college access in Los Angeles / John Rogers and Ernest Morrell -- "Together we can" in Mobile : a coalition across lines of race and class / Brenda J. …”
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Poverty, inequality, and inclusive growth in Asia measurement, policy issues, and country studies /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Evolution of income mobility : People's Republic of China, 1991-2002 / Niny Khor and John Pencavel -- Occupational segregation and gender discrimination in labor markets : Thailand and Viet Nam / Hyun H. …”
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Art in the lives of immigrant communities in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The diversity and mobility of immigrant arts / Paul DiMaggio and Patricia Fernández-Kelly -- Migrants and the transformation of Philadelphia's cultural sector / Mark J. …”
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The end of journalism news in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: resistance is useless / Alec Charles -- Objectivity and the end of journalism / Andrew Calcutt and Philip Hammond -- Three cheers for subjectivity: or the crumbling of the seven pillars of traditional journalistic wisdom / Ivor Gaber -- YouTube if you want to: new media, investigative tele-journalism and social control / Jon Silverman -- Mobile journalism: a snapshot of current research and practice / David Cameron -- An alternative to "fortress journalism"? …”
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Social anxiety symptoms, causes, and techniques /

Table of Contents: “…Paige Gregson, Susanna Cheung, Samuel Rimmer -- Social anxiety and cardiovascular reactivity : an interpretation in terms of differential effort mobilization / Margit Gramer -- Why is the anxiety level of japanese people high? …”
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Radiation exposure in medicine and the environment risks and protective strategies /

Table of Contents: “…Klemic ... [et al.] -- Mobile telephony radiation effects on living organisms / Dimitris J. …”
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Sikh diaspora : theory, agency, and experience /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction Sikh diaspora : theory, agency, and experience / Michael Hawley -- The underbelly of diaspora criticism / Sudesh Mishra -- Interrogating the homeland-diaspora construct / Simran Jeet Singh -- Band le gandari (tie up your bundle) : unpartitioned memory cultures / Anjali Gera Roy -- My dinner in Calgary : Sikh diaspora in the making / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- Religion, resiliency, and citizenship : the journey of a Vancouver Sikh pioneer / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar -- A turban in a white republican haystack : Sikh American politicization and multiracial coalition-building in suburban Chicago / Jaideep Singh -- The other Sikhs : bridging their diaspora / Himadri Banerjee -- Other accommodations : Sikh advocacy, religious architecture, and cultural preservation in Quebec / Valerie Stoker -- Capitalizing on identity and mobility : Sikh mercantile activity across the Hong Kong-China border / Ka-kin Cheuk -- "Shady character, hidden designs, and masked faces" : reflections on 'Vilayati' Sikh -- Marriages and discourses of abuse / Shinder S. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Public engagement for public education joining forces to revitalize democracy and equalize schools /

Table of Contents: “…Warren -- Broad-based public engagement : alliances and social movements / Lauren Wells, Jean Anyon, and Jeannie Oakes -- Improving teacher quality through public engagement in Chicago / Sara McAlister, Kavitha Mediratta, and Seema Shah -- "A force to be reckoned with" the campaign for college access in Los Angeles / John Rogers and Ernest Morrell -- "Together we can" in Mobile : a coalition across lines of race and class / Brenda J. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Poverty, inequality, and inclusive growth in Asia measurement, policy issues, and country studies /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Evolution of income mobility : People's Republic of China, 1991-2002 / Niny Khor and John Pencavel -- Occupational segregation and gender discrimination in labor markets : Thailand and Viet Nam / Hyun H. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Art in the lives of immigrant communities in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The diversity and mobility of immigrant arts / Paul DiMaggio and Patricia Fernández-Kelly -- Migrants and the transformation of Philadelphia's cultural sector / Mark J. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The end of journalism news in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: resistance is useless / Alec Charles -- Objectivity and the end of journalism / Andrew Calcutt and Philip Hammond -- Three cheers for subjectivity: or the crumbling of the seven pillars of traditional journalistic wisdom / Ivor Gaber -- YouTube if you want to: new media, investigative tele-journalism and social control / Jon Silverman -- Mobile journalism: a snapshot of current research and practice / David Cameron -- An alternative to "fortress journalism"? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Social anxiety symptoms, causes, and techniques /

Table of Contents: “…Paige Gregson, Susanna Cheung, Samuel Rimmer -- Social anxiety and cardiovascular reactivity : an interpretation in terms of differential effort mobilization / Margit Gramer -- Why is the anxiety level of japanese people high? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Radiation exposure in medicine and the environment risks and protective strategies /

Table of Contents: “…Klemic ... [et al.] -- Mobile telephony radiation effects on living organisms / Dimitris J. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Sikh diaspora : theory, agency, and experience /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction Sikh diaspora : theory, agency, and experience / Michael Hawley -- The underbelly of diaspora criticism / Sudesh Mishra -- Interrogating the homeland-diaspora construct / Simran Jeet Singh -- Band le gandari (tie up your bundle) : unpartitioned memory cultures / Anjali Gera Roy -- My dinner in Calgary : Sikh diaspora in the making / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- Religion, resiliency, and citizenship : the journey of a Vancouver Sikh pioneer / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar -- A turban in a white republican haystack : Sikh American politicization and multiracial coalition-building in suburban Chicago / Jaideep Singh -- The other Sikhs : bridging their diaspora / Himadri Banerjee -- Other accommodations : Sikh advocacy, religious architecture, and cultural preservation in Quebec / Valerie Stoker -- Capitalizing on identity and mobility : Sikh mercantile activity across the Hong Kong-China border / Ka-kin Cheuk -- "Shady character, hidden designs, and masked faces" : reflections on 'Vilayati' Sikh -- Marriages and discourses of abuse / Shinder S. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view