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The Cunning of Uncertainty Helga Nowotny Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific research. We have developed many ways of coping with uncertainty. We make promises, manage risks and make predictions to try to... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-19 ePub 20,26 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Sport Richard Giulianotti In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic Games and football’s World Cup demonstrate, sport’s social, political, economic and cultural... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-18 ePub 23,84 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Philosophy of Design Glenn Parsons The Philosophy of Design is an introduction to the fundamental philosophical issues raised by the contemporary practice of design.The first book to systematically examine design from the perspective of contemporary philosophy, it offers a broad perspective, ranging... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-18 PDF, ePub 20,26 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
China and Taiwan Steven M. Goldstein Relations between Taiwan and the People?s Republic of China have oscillated between outright hostility and wary detente ever since the Archipelago seceded from the Communist mainland over six decades ago. While the mainland has long coveted the island, Taiwan has... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-12 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Family Support: Prevention, Early Intervention and Early Help Shaheen Abbott , Nick Frost , Tracey Race Family Support introduces and explores the state of the art in preventative social work with children and young people. Drawing on contemporary thinking and research, the book aims to make a contribution to current debates about how we can best support families in... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-12 Collection : Social Work in Theory and Practice ePub 23,84 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Have Bacteria Won? Hugh Pennington Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern 'plagues' like Ebola. In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-12 Collection : New Human Frontiers ePub 14,17 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Future War Christopher Coker Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts?Will war be fought with greater or lesser humanity?Will it be played out in cyberspace and further afield in Low Earth Orbit?... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-12 ePub 23,20 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
In The Shadow of Mount Sinai Peter Sloterdijk In this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-modern and modern societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he identifies the emergence of what he calls the ?Sinai Schema?. At the... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-12 PDF, ePub 14,17 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Participatory Culture in a Networked Era Danah Boyd , Mizuko Ito , Henry Jenkins In the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This exciting new book explores that transformation by bringing together three... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-05 ePub 21,09 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Probability Darrell P. Rowbottom When a doctor tells you there?s a one percent chance that an operation will result in your death, or a scientist claims that his theory is probably true, what exactly does that mean? Understanding probability is clearly very important, if we are to make good theoretical... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-30 Collection : Key Concepts in Philosophy ePub 19,10 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Crisis Sylvia Walby We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society. Financial crisis has led to an economic crisis of recession and unemployment; an ensuing fiscal crisis over government deficits and austerity has led to a political crisis which threatens to become a... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-30 PDF, ePub 22,67 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Management in a Liquid Modern World Zygmunt Bauman , Irena Bauman , Jerzy Kociatkiewicz , Monika Kostera Management has been one of the driving forces of the last century, indeed an idea and a language that colonized most other institutions, areas of human activity and walks of life, even those that had until recently been regarded as completely unmanageable, such as art,... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-29 PDF, ePub 19,73 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Preventing Deadly Conflict I. William Zartman Conflict is inherent to all human and inter-state relations, but it is not inevitable. Since the end of the Cold-War, the prevention of conflict escalation into violence through management and resolution has become a fundamental objective of the international system. ... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-29 Collection : War and Conflict in the Modern World PDF, ePub 17,93 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Iran at the Crossroads Amin Saikal Iran stands at a critical juncture in its history. In the era of Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Barack Obama, the Islamic Republic has a unique opportunity to regain its traditional greatness as a cradle of rich civilisation and culture, with a capacity to be a very... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-29 ePub 18,90 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Sugar Ben Richardson There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and the unhealthy consumers eating it. Why has the billion-dollar sugar trade created such inequities? In this insightful... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-26 Collection : Resources ePub 21,81 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Surveillance After Snowden David Lyon In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and its partners had been engaging in warrantless mass surveillance, using the internet and cellphone data, and driven by fear of terrorism under the sign of ’security’.In this compelling account, surveillance expert David... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-19 ePub 20,26 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa Alex De Waal The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war to achieve their... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-19 ePub 23,20 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Pornography Alan Mckee , Rebecca Sullivan Written for a broad audience and grounded in cutting-edge, contemporary scholarship, this volume addresses some of the key questions asked about pornography today. What is it? For whom is it produced? What sorts of sexualities does it help produce? Why should we study... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-19 Collection : Key Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies ePub 19,10 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Can Science End War? Everett Carl Dolman Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. Highpower microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs.Is this vision of future war possible, or even... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-14 Collection : New Human Frontiers ePub 14,53 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Future of Whiteness Linda Martín Alcoff White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. The impending demographic shifts are already felt in most urban centers and the effect is a national... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-12 PDF, ePub 22,14 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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