Maggio: 49 books

Esta obra se propone rendir tributo a una figura sumamente destacada de las Ciencias de la Educación: Edith Litwin. Sus colegas, amigos y discípulos se entregan en estas páginas al ejercicio de recordarla del mejor modo posible: ofreciendo a la comunidad los frutos de su permanente trabajo como...

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In Outline of a Theory of Practice, Bourdieu questions the preeminent ideas of social anthropologists such as Levi-Strauss who stressed the structural principles governing human action rather than the actions themselves and, Bourdieu asserts, doesn’t account for all observable nuances of behaviour....

Il Professor Alberico Diobono, celebre studioso di Storia Medievale, conduce una vita caotica, fatta di studio, di impegni di lavoro e di incontri più o meno passionali orientati più a soddisfare il suo appetito sessuale che a fargli sorgere dentro un vero e proprio sentimento. Dopo il fallimento...

Un parco alla periferia di Torino, uno spiazzo un po’ brullo riecheggiante di grida gioiose, di cigolii d’altalena, di mamme che chiamano ad alta voce i loro figli. Ma anche un terreno di caccia, per qualcuno che se ne sta tranquillo su una panchina a osservare quel che succede intorno a lui,...

The book presents insights from a mixed methodology study that examines recent mobility patterns exhibited by the middle classes. Its major contributions are two-fold: theoretically, it advances the conceptualisation of middle class migration; empirically, it analyses the migratory motivations of...

This book explores the legal regime of non-product related process and production methods (NPR PPMs) in the context of trade-restrictive environmental measures, eco-labelling requirements and sanitary measures under the WTO. These issues serve as concrete, representative examples that raise broader...

The purpose of this book is to focus attention on some of these ideas and concepts. In doing so, it has captured a glimpse of the past and it attempts a projection of the future, but mostly it reveals an overview of the field as it exists as the present time. It aims to serve to spawn further growth...

When a terrifying gang goes on a rampage at a packed subway station, Professor Jeremy Withers is severely beaten and left for dead. When he regains consciousness, he continues his journey to campus, only to find his office empty: His life as an academic for 30 years has been completely erased. A...

Jeri Flynn has spent her life caring for other people at the expense of her own happiness. Having survived a bad marriage and a nasty divorce which made her unable to trust and instilled a strong sense of self preservation in her, she now has to face one last challenge. Her doctor has told her she...

Video Tracking provides a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental aspects of algorithm and application development for the task of estimating, over time, the position of objects of interest seen through cameras. Starting from the general problem definition and a review of existing and emerging...

Il 24 giugno 2014 papa Francesco scrisse un tweet semplice e inconsueto che, se realizzato, ribalterebbe le regole che guidano, da alcuni decenni, l’economia: «Quanto vorrei vedere tutti con un lavoro decente! È una cosa essenziale per la dignità umana». Un lavoro decente, un’economia decente...

Perché da diversi anni l’economia mondiale è caratterizzata da tensioni sociali, bolle borsistiche, mercati impazziti, disuguaglianze stridenti e da una disoccupazione galoppante che stanno bruciando il futuro di intere generazioni? La risposta è semplice: perché il sistema economico su scala...

American scholar Jared Diamond deploys his powers of interpretation to great effect in Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, which seeks to understand the meaning behind the available evidence describing societies that have survived and those that have withered and died. Why, for...