Sociology

Rosales Sandoval focuses on the factors that influence the implementation of the policies that sending states have adopted to reach out to their citizens abroad.

Although there is widespread belief that some artists attract the attention of muses more than others, this topic has, so far, not been taken up seriously in art history or sociology of culture. In his fascinating book, Vjeran Katunaric starts out by presenting many artworks, from literature and...

The European social security law, i.e. the European regulations on the coordination of social security for migrant workers, has been evolving for over 60 years. This book is the result of a dialogue between academia and practitioners in Germany and Greece on practical issues regarding the...

Khromeychuk bringt ihrer Leserschaft die Ereignisse dieses nun noch brutaler geführten Krieges im Herzen Europas und die private Erfahrung des Krieges näher.

The pharmaceutical ecosystem in Basel, Switzerland, concentrates highly skilled professionals and their families into a small area, profoundly changing the local social landscape and transforming the lived experiences of those involved. Using a multidisciplinary approach to unpack the narratives...

Agárdi traces the interactions between micro- and macro- narratives and the specific tools women of this generation appropriate to talk about traumatic memories.

African cultural productions of humour have increased even in the face of myriad economic foibles and social upheavals. For instance, from the 1990s, stand-up comedy emerged across the continent and has maintained a pervasive presence since then. Its specificities are related to contemporary...

Inspiriert von der Dialogphilosophie Martin Bubers und der Dialog-Methode David Bohms befassen sich Isabell Harstick und Katharina Wilke mit folgenden Fragestellungen für die praktische Soziale Arbeit: · In welcher Form kann der Dialog ein verbindendes Element zwischen sozialpolitischen...

Mit diesem Band legt Cornelia Muth eine Sammlung von Beiträgen zur Dialogphilosophie und deren bleibendem – resilienten – Fortbestehen vor. Aus den Beiträgen: Was bleibt also für mich vom Dialog? Zum Schluss vor allem die Erkenntnis, dass mich das Mit-mir-selbst-dialogisch-Sein immer wieder...

The book works with a multi-level approach to the analysis of engagements with the lost diversity in historical urban milieus full of post-war voids and ruptures.