OAPEN Library: Recent submissions
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(2013)A study funded by the European Commission, relating to gender specific differences in learning achievements, shows among other things that whilst gender equality is a hot topic in many countries a general equality policy ...
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(2010)Slavery – the subjection of some human beings to a state of bondage by other, more powerful, people – has been an accepted social institution since ancient times. It is less well known that slavery has also produced cultural ...
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(2013)Ever since antiquity, but increasingly since the global transformation of the world order in the early modern period, communication between members of different cultural groups depended on translators, diplomats, traders, ...
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(2011)The meeting of members of different cultures, frequently conceptualized in abstract terms, always involves the meeting of human bodies. This volume brings together contributions by scholars of various disciplines that ...
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(2021)"Auf den Lehrer kommt es an!" Das Postulat des neuseeländischen Bildungsforschers John Hattie stellt die Kompetenzen aller Lehrenden in den Fokus. So erfordert auch die professionelle Förderung von hochbegabten Kindern ...
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(2013)This volume covers current issues, cutting-edge debates and new knowledge on women and sport. The range of topics extends from female coaches and women in sport to sexual harassment, from snowboarders to schoolgirls, and ...
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(2021)Die experimentelle Planungskompetenz stellt insbesondere im Lichte des Kompetenzbereichs Erkenntnisgewinnung der Nationalen Bildungsstandards eine wichtige Kernkompetenz künftiger Chemie-Lehrkräfte in Deutschland dar. Unter ...
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(2012)The intimate relationship between global European expansion since the early modern period and the concurrent beginnings of the scientific revolution has long been acknowledged. The contributions in this volume approach the ...
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(2012)Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the British legal system. Frances Webber, a long-standing legal practitioner, reveals how ...
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(2016)Studies on the relation between language, identity and nation (building) represent a long tradition in linguistic, cultural and political research. In this interdisciplinary anthology, we focus on different aspects of how ...
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(2012)Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or 'illegal' immigrants? In this bold intervention, ...
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(2011)From broadsheet newspapers to television shows and Hollywood films, capitalism is increasingly recognised as a system detrimental to human existence. Colin Cremin investigates why, despite this de-robing, capitalism remains ...
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(2018)Pursuing Whiteness in the Colonies offers a new comprehension of colonial history from below by taking remnants of individual agencies from a whiteness studies perspective. It highlights the experiences and perceptions of ...
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(2011)This book controversially argues that Al Qaeda has clear aims, and that the only way to defeat it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way. Since the publication of the first edition in 2006, Mohamedou has brought ...
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(2012)This collection examines the relationship between mass movements and the military. Some argue that it is impossible to achieve and protect a revolution without the support of the army, but how can the support of the army ...
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(2011)This book investigates the role native language plays in the process of acquiring a second language within a bilingual educational model. The research presented is based on a 2 year longitudinal study of students in a ...
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(2014)In a post-Cold War world of political unease and economic crisis, processes of securitisation are transforming nation-states, their citizens and non-citizens in profound ways. The book shows how contemporary Europe is ...
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(2022)Refugees on the Move highlights and explores the profound complexities of the current refugee issue by focusing specifically on Syrian refugees in Turkey and other European countries and responses from the host countries ...
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(2022)Das 1939 herausgegebene zweibändige ‚Deutsche Städtebuch. Handbuch städtischer Geschichte‘ wurde bald zu einem Standardwerk für die lokale Stadtgeschichte, die vergleichende Städteforschung oder die Lehre an Universitäten ...
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(2022)Through a series of empirically and theoretically informed reflections, Opening Up the University offers insights into the process of setting up and running programs that cater to displaced students. Including contributions ...
