“…By following the movement of people, this book aims, more precisely, at examining the procedures for its control and their logic, and its representations in past societies. Emigration and itinerancy are exceptional laboratories for analyzing ways of managing the migratory flow, because they really challenge the social structures and the political institutions, put in place by stable populations. …”

“…His investment in city real estate, stocks, bonds, and even a western city made him part of America's evolution into an urbanindustrial society. For his era, John Astor's career was remarkable for its modernity, vision, and reflection of American economic and political values. …”

“…Thisfirst volume contains the following: • Three forum lectures • Background and Content of the Sendai Partnerships 2015–2025 • Contribution from the signatory organizations of the Sendai Partnerships • Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (LIT T) • Progress of the World Report on Landslides (WRL) • International Programme on Landslides (IPL): Objects, History and List of WCoE/IPL projects • UNESCO-KU-ICL UNITIWIN Network supporting IPL • Landslides: Journal of International Consortium on Landslides • International Programme on Landslides (IPL): WCoEs and IPL Projects • Landslides and Society Prof. Kyoji Sassa is the Founding President of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). …”

“…"There is a growing need for evidence-based resources made available to (future) teacher educators. Since a learning society requires new sets of competencies of the main actors, we are most in want of knowledgeable teacher educators that support the professional development of their (student) teachers. …”

“…Comparing Britain, Sweden, France and Germany, Kaufmann highlights the „idiosyncrasy” of each welfare state: countries are compared with regard to their state traditions and the relationship between state and civil society; their national “social questions”; their economic systems, including the unions and labour law; social security and redistribution; and their personal social services and education. …”

“…The result was the establishment of a society that mirrored and made the same mistakes as those made earlier in the rest of the country…”

“…Why do people tell stories in which their societies are dependent on strangers? One of Honig's most surprising conclusions is that an appreciation of the role of foreigners in (re)founding peoples works neither solely as a cosmopolitan nor a nationalist resource. …”

“…"What can we learn about the development of public interaction in e-democracy from a drama delivered by mobile headphones to an audience standing around a shopping center in a Stockholm suburb? In democratic societies there is widespread acknowledgment of the need to incorporate citizens’ input in decision-making processes in more or less structured ways. …”

“…Impact assessments, participative policies, the search for good local and regional governance practices as well as social sustainability in public decision-making are all approaches that implicitly aim at reducing civil society dissent against development projects therefore, at improving social acceptance through closer involvement in the processes of spatial change. …”

“…His originality lies in the fact that he tried to bring this ideological discourse down on its home ground : the continuity between nature and society. Coming back to Darwin in order to emphasize the evolutionary role of mutual aid, while adding to this study the main Lamarckian concepts, Kropotkin raised a critical naturalism. …”

“…The mastery of the third dimension, a considerable advance in the realm of cave-wall art, combines figurative art with unconventional, sometimes abstract composite figures, reflecting a society in which the concept of regionalism is gaining ground…”

“…The acknowledgement of a rejection of Africanness in societies such as the Emirates, Morocco or the Dominican Republic dialogues with examinations of artwork through the lenses of a diasporic consciousness and analyses of literary texts that celebrate internationalism or subvert the notion of ‘race’. …”

“…Typically, even when implementing the environmental policy is clearly in the overall interest of society, the costs and benefits of the policy are unlikely to be equally shared among economic agents. …”

“…Promoting a smooth transition from school to work, and ensuring that youth are given the opportunities to move on in their careers and lives, have long been issues of fundamental importance for our economies and societies. Today, they are even more pressing challenges as the global economy emerges from the worst crisis of the past 50 years. …”

“…Es wird deutlich, dass die Vermittlung der komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen Atem, Muskeltonus und Bewegung sowie die Betonung eines achtsamen Körperzugangs dabei eine große Bereicherung darstellen.Body-oriented Approaches to the Sexual Education of Young Women: An Interdisciplinary IntroductionYoung women’s body feelings and sexual feelings evolve in a tension between their individual biographical experiences and the ideals of society. While in the present time young women have a high body consciousness, they often prioritize critical self-assessment and control over their own physical well-being. …”

“…While not all readers will agree with the communitarian solutions that he proposes, many will welcome an approach that is, at its core, inclusive and accepting of the increasingly global nature of all societies at the same time. It is a must read for all readers concerned about the future of Western liberal democracy. …”

“…Der Band enthält – wie gewohnt auf Deutsch und Russisch – Aufsätze von Igor Barinov, Vasilij Christoforov, Nadezda Fichtner, Beate Fieseler, Alexander Friedman, Andreas Hilger, Angelika Königseder, Nataliya Kopcha, Leontij Lannik, Andreas Malycha, Till van Rahden, Yuliya von Saal, Thomas Schlemmer, Aleksej Sorokin, Kristina Tanis, Alexey Tikhomirov, Natalia Timofeeva, Stefan Troebst, Nina Vaškau und Lilija Wedel This 9th bilingual volume of the Joint Research Committee on the Contemporary History of German-Russian Relations documents the 2016 colloquium “German and Soviet Societies in the First Post-War Decade: Traumas and Hopes.” …”

“…Together, Robert and Sophie Kermit explore questions about friendship, society, and the next phases in human-AI relations, in search of a common language that would do justice to these new exoanthropological realities. …”

“…It captures and defines over 80 contemporary ‘megatrends’ in agriculture and the food market that can be empirically documented and have a major impact on business, economies, industries, societies, and individuals. Today the world is characterized by more uncertainty and unpredictability than in previous periods. …”

“…Finally, the book suggests that Australia, as a multicultural but predominantly Western, settler-colonial society situated in the Asia-Pacific has some potentially unique insights to offer in a world facing major geoeconomic and geopolitical change. …”