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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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Surface engineering and technology for biomedical implants / by Oshida, Yoshiki

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Surface engineering and technology for biomedical implants / by Oshida, Yoshiki

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Hungry for ecstasy trauma, the brain, and the influence of the sixties / by Farber, Sharon Klayman

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7: Ecstasies of Pain and Near-Death Experiences -- Bob Flanagan: Super-Masochist -- The Nature of Pain -- Ritualistic Violence in Music and Dance -- Sadomasochism -- Playing with Death and Resurrection -- To Humiliate and to be Humiliated -- Playing with Death Through Starving, Purging, and Mutilating the Self -- Initiation into the Tribe -- Body Modifications -- Needle Freaks, Piercing Junkies, and Tattoo Addicts -- Our Cultural Obsession with Skin -- The Tribe of Lambs Who Lay Down for the Slaughter -- Bodily Self-Harm, Body Modifications, and Suicidality -- Beware the Gurus and Shamans of Pain -- Raellyn Gallina, Queen of Blood Sports -- Fakir Musafar -- Chapter 8: Religious Ecstasies -- Sri Ramakrishna's Ecstasies -- Sacred Erotica and Ecstatic Seizures -- Ecstatic Stigmatics and Holy Anorexics -- Born-Again Ecstasies -- Speaking Tongues and Snake Handling Ecstasies -- The Spiritual Ecstasies of Generations X and Y -- The Oceanic Experience: Riding the Waves or Going Under? …”
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Hungry for ecstasy trauma, the brain, and the influence of the sixties / by Farber, Sharon Klayman

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7: Ecstasies of Pain and Near-Death Experiences -- Bob Flanagan: Super-Masochist -- The Nature of Pain -- Ritualistic Violence in Music and Dance -- Sadomasochism -- Playing with Death and Resurrection -- To Humiliate and to be Humiliated -- Playing with Death Through Starving, Purging, and Mutilating the Self -- Initiation into the Tribe -- Body Modifications -- Needle Freaks, Piercing Junkies, and Tattoo Addicts -- Our Cultural Obsession with Skin -- The Tribe of Lambs Who Lay Down for the Slaughter -- Bodily Self-Harm, Body Modifications, and Suicidality -- Beware the Gurus and Shamans of Pain -- Raellyn Gallina, Queen of Blood Sports -- Fakir Musafar -- Chapter 8: Religious Ecstasies -- Sri Ramakrishna's Ecstasies -- Sacred Erotica and Ecstatic Seizures -- Ecstatic Stigmatics and Holy Anorexics -- Born-Again Ecstasies -- Speaking Tongues and Snake Handling Ecstasies -- The Spiritual Ecstasies of Generations X and Y -- The Oceanic Experience: Riding the Waves or Going Under? …”
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Jogging / by Corbin, David E.

Jogging / by Corbin, David E.

Chinese martial arts from antiquity to the twenty-first century / by Lorge, Peter Allan, 1967-

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Four Histories about Early Dutch Football, 1910-1920 : Constructing Discourses by Piercey, Nicholas

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Chinese martial arts from antiquity to the twenty-first century / by Lorge, Peter Allan, 1967-

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Four Histories about Early Dutch Football, 1910-1920 : Constructing Discourses by Piercey, Nicholas

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The rhetoric of American exceptionalism critical essays /

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Planning and managing public relations campaigns : a strategic approach / by Gregory, Anne, 1953-

Altern im Wandel Zwei Jahrzehnte Deutscher Alterssurvey (DEAS) /

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Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland Der Deutsche Freiwilligensurvey 2014 /

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Planning and managing public relations campaigns : a strategic approach / by Gregory, Anne, 1953-

Antidote / by Van Landingham, Corey, 1986-

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Gaming the Stage : Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial Theater / by Bloom, Gina

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