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Presenting an account of the lives of Turkish men and women living in contemporary Germany, this title offers insights into how members of a marginalized immigrant community make room for themselves and reconstruct homes away from home. It places the life experiences of Turkish people into a broader theoretical perspective.

Addresses the Spanish Civil War's role in the development of total war. Examining such topics as military violence, the experience of war, and the culture of war, this anthology traces how the differentiation between civilian and military sectors crumbled with the onset of civil war.

The World's Fairs staged in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcased world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation. This title shows that at the same time the fairs played an important role in the growth of nationalism and American exceptionalism, subtly recasting world history.

Addresses the complex relationship between memory, culture, and gender - as well as the representation of women in national memory - in several European countries. This volume explores the national allegories of memory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A collection of essays, which analyze historical revisionism in politics, historiography, education, and the media. It demonstrates how and why historical events have been reevaluated in specific social, political, and cultural contexts.

Presents an international spectrum of female opposition, including contemporary letters, diaries, and published writings, as well as historical fiction of the twentieth century. By juxtaposing analyses of these materials, this book discusses links between literary, historical, and gender scholarship.

Aims to rejuvenate scholarship by developing a comprehensive theory of social movements and political change. Reviewing the literature on the political outcomes of social movements, this book analyzes the examples of the American civil rights movement and anti-nuclear energy efforts in eighteen countries to forge an understanding of their impact.

When democracy was introduced to Nigeria in 1999, one-third of its federal states declared that they would be governed by sharia, or Islamic law. This work argues that such a break with secular constitutional traditions in a multireligious country can have disastrous consequences.

Offers a different perspective on global governance from the vantage point of a global knowledge society. Employing a case study of the global financial system and an analysis of several governance regimes, this work contends that markets, legal systems, and morality must evolve to cope with uncertainty, build capacities, and achieve resilience.

Since the Baltic nations joined the European Union, debates about reorganizing post-Soviet republics have grown increasingly heated. Based on ethnographies and archival work, this work offers insights into shifts in national identity, cultural geography, and symbolic boundaries.

Focusing on Warsaw after 1990, this volume explores the interplay between Warsaw' past urban identities and urban change. This book departs from narratives of postsocialist cities in Eastern Europe by contextualizing Warsaw' transformation in terms of both global change and shifting geographies of centrality and marginality in contemporary Poland.

Provides an introduction to empirical network research. This title offers students and practitioners new to social research understandable learning goals, examples, and exercises.

Looking at cultural appropriation from around the world, this volume uses the field of cultural studies - heavily influenced by both economics and sociology - as a lens through which to view the paradigm of transcultural consumption. It presents a variety of consumptive phenomena, including the introduction of Chinese foods to the United States.

Uses theories of the everyday to analyze the social processes of civil war, the type of conflict that is characterized by the expansion of violence into so-called normal life. The author explores how the process of normalization effects both armed groups and the civilian population.

During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory - ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. This book focuses on organizers, spectators, and soldiers.

To solve real-world issues, the model of transdisciplinary research, which uses approaches from both the hard and social sciences, has come to the forefront. This book allows researchers to look at a problem from many angles, with the goal of making both societal and scientific advances.

Analyzes the state of social stratification research from a comparative, international perspective. This book presents theoretical knowledge as well as empirical evidence on questions such as intergenerational social mobility; inequalities of educational opportunity, gender and ethnicity; and the role of education in the labor market.

Over the years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that kinship should play a larger role in the welfare state. This title examines the fundamental questions about such kinship ties and seeks to understand how and why family members help each other and in what circumstances they might withhold their aid.

Over the years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that kinship should play a larger role in the welfare state. This title examines the fundamental questions about such kinship ties and seeks to understand how and why family members help each other and in what circumstances they might withhold their aid.

Over the years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that kinship should play a larger role in the welfare state. This title examines the fundamental questions about such kinship ties and seeks to understand how and why family members help each other and in what circumstances they might withhold their aid.

Explores the field of local histories. This work features young researchers from around the world presenting their findings, which coincide in their understanding that local histories are inseparably intertwined and that, fundamentally, all history is the history of relationships.

Explores the role and impact of interest groups on democracy, both in theory and practice, in the context of a changing continent. This book explores how the power of interest groups developed due to growing distance between elected representatives and the European people and forecasts what this development might mean for vitality of government.