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Book An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Leisure and Cultural Practices in Portugal and Brazil

Download or read book An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Leisure and Cultural Practices in Portugal and Brazil written by Maria Manuel Baptista and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an original and international work that seeks to impart new perspectives on leisure studies, based on interdisciplinary dialogues that are, for the first time, brought together and made available in English. The present volume presents new perspectives on critical leisure theories, as well as an interdisciplinary perspective on leisure studies, departing from the traditional theoretical and practical viewpoint, with a political focus and in dialogue with fields of study such as politics, education, philosophy, urban space and others. The book differs from the most common approaches on leisure by presenting new theoretical and practical perspectives on leisure stemming from different realities in countries such as Brazil and Portugal, considering different aspects of each place and taking into account leisure as a political practice.

Book Advances in Tourism  Technology and Systems

Download or read book Advances in Tourism Technology and Systems written by António Abreu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2021-11-20 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems (ICOTTS 2020), held at the University of Cartagena, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 29th to 31st October 2020. The book is divided into two volumes, and it covers the areas of technology in tourism and the tourist experience, generations and technology in tourism, digital marketing applied to tourism and travel, mobile technologies applied to sustainable tourism, information technologies in tourism, digital transformation of tourism business, e-tourism and tourism 2.0, big data and management for travel and tourism, geotagging and tourist mobility, smart destinations, robotics in tourism, and information systems and technologies.

Book The Spirit of Philadelphia

Download or read book The Spirit of Philadelphia written by Alain Supiot and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944, the International Labour Organization laid out its "Declaration of Philadelphia," a full-fledged social bill of rights in the same spirit as FDR's State of the Union address of the same year. The welfarist spirit was then at its apex-but Supiot argues that with neoliberalism still rampant, even following the economic crash, the Declaration remains an important baseline. Then as now, social ties had been compromised in favor of market values; now, as then, the law must be reorganized to uphold social values and the spirit of solidarity. Short, punchy and often rousing, The Spirit of Philadelphia describes the worldwide triumph of neoliberalism as once-communist elites turn towards market dogma and the privatization of welfare states. Arguing against the return to social Darwinism, and the bureaucratic embrace of numbers and statistics as ends, Supiot champions the social democratic spirit, hoping for its revival in the wake of the recent crash.

Book Unprepared

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Lakoff
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2017-08
  • ISBN : 0520295765
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Unprepared written by Andrew Lakoff and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A continuous state of readiness -- The generic biological threat -- Two regimes of global health -- Real-time biopolitics -- A fragile assemblage -- Diagnosing failure -- Epilogue

Book Desafios Do Direito Na Contemporaneidade Vol 8

Download or read book Desafios Do Direito Na Contemporaneidade Vol 8 written by and published by Expert Editora. This book was released on with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O volume 8 da série “Desafios do Direito na Contemporaneidade” reúne uma coletânea de artigos que exploram algumas das questões mais relevantes e complexas do cenário jurídico atual. Com o objetivo de fomentar o debate e contribuir para o avanço das reflexões acadêmicas e práticas sobre temas contemporâneos, esta obra abrange uma ampla gama de assuntos que impactam diretamente o Direito, tanto no Brasil quanto em um contexto global. A presente edição trata de temas que desafiam as fronteiras tradicionais do Direito, abordando desde a interseção entre o Direito Empresarial e o Desporto com a Lei N.º 14.193/21, até questões sobre a democracia e a liberdade de expressão em tempos de intensificação do uso das tecnologias digitais e a disseminação de fake news durante os processos eleitorais. Além disso, são explorados aspectos cruciais dos contratos bancários, oferecendo uma análise comparativa do Direito, e trazendo à tona discussões sobre os desafios no sistema prisional brasileiro à luz da ADPF Nº 347. Outro ponto de destaque é a análise sobre a evolução histórica e os conceitos fundamentais do Direito, proporcionando uma perspectiva crítica sobre seu futuro, à medida que as transformações tecnológicas, políticas e sociais influenciam cada vez mais a maneira como o Direito é concebido e aplicado. Este volume se propõe a ser uma referência essencial para acadêmicos, juristas, estudantes e todos os interessados em compreender as mudanças que permeiam o campo jurídico na contemporaneidade. Acreditamos que, ao reunir essas análises, contribuímos para um debate mais profundo sobre o papel do Direito em um mundo em constante transformação. Boa leitura! Luciana de Castro Bastos

Book Racisms

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francisco Bethencourt
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2015-09-15
  • ISBN : 0691169756
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book Racisms written by Francisco Bethencourt and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history of racism Racisms is the first comprehensive history of racism, from the Crusades to the twentieth century. Demonstrating that there is not one continuous tradition of racism, Francisco Bethencourt shows that racism preceded any theories of race and must be viewed within the prism and context of social hierarchies and local conditions. In this richly illustrated book, Bethencourt argues that in its various aspects, all racism has been triggered by political projects monopolizing specific economic and social resources. Racisms focuses on the Western world, but opens comparative views on ethnic discrimination and segregation in Asia and Africa. Bethencourt looks at different forms of racism, and explores instances of enslavement, forced migration, and ethnic cleansing, while analyzing how practices of discrimination and segregation were defended. This is a major interdisciplinary work that moves away from ideas of linear or innate racism and recasts our understanding of interethnic relations.

Book Population Health Systems

Download or read book Population Health Systems written by Hugh Alderwick and published by . This book was released on 2015-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Human Rights in a Posthuman World

Download or read book Human Rights in a Posthuman World written by Upendra Baxi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major work, a sequel to the acclaimed The Future of Human Rights, brings together reflections on human rights theory in the contemporary human condition delineated by the discourses concerning 'development', 'terror', and the emergent 'posthuman'. While acknowledging the precarious place of human rights today, the author points to the emancipatory potential of the 'posthuman', contending that human rights norms and standards remain constitutive conditions of the emergence of the posthuman. This thought-provoking volume will interest scholars and students of human rights, political philosophy, development economics, and international law, as well as activists and policymakers in the fields of law and development.

Book Making Sense of Fatherhood

Download or read book Making Sense of Fatherhood written by Tina Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As family and work demands become more complex, who is left holding the baby? Tina Miller explores men's experiences of fatherhood and provides unique insights into paternal caring, changing masculinities and men's relations to paid work. She focuses on the narratives of a group of men as they first anticipate and then experience fatherhood for the first time. Her original, longitudinal research contributes to contemporary theories of gender against a backdrop of societal and policy change. The men's journeys into fatherhood are both similar and varied, and they illuminate just how deeply gender permeates individual lives, everyday practices and societal assumptions around caring for young children. This book acts as a companion to Making Sense of Motherhood (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and, together, these innovative studies reveal how gendered practices around caring become enacted.

Book Making Sense of Motherhood

Download or read book Making Sense of Motherhood written by Tina Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-17 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2005 book charts the social, cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood.

Book Children and Media

Download or read book Children and Media written by Dafna Lemish and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, Children and Media explores the role of modern media, including the internet, television, mobile media and video games, in the development of children, adolescents, and childhood. Primer to global issues and core research into children and the media integrating work from around the world Comprehensive integration of work that bridges disciplines, theoretical and research traditions and methods Covers both critical/qualitative and quantitative approaches to the topic

Book Innovation and Quality in the University

Download or read book Innovation and Quality in the University written by and published by EDIPUCRS. This book was released on 2008 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Inventing Our Selves

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nikolas Rose
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1998-12-28
  • ISBN : 9780521646079
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Inventing Our Selves written by Nikolas Rose and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-12-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventing Our Selves radically approaches the regime of the self and the values that animate it.

Book Biosocialities  Genetics and the Social Sciences

Download or read book Biosocialities Genetics and the Social Sciences written by Sahra Gibbon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences explores the social, cultural and economic transformations that result from innovations in genomic knowledge and technology. This pioneering collection uses Paul Rabinow’s concept of biosociality to chart the shifts in social relations and ideas about nature, biology and identity brought about by developments in biomedicine. Based on new empirical research, it contains chapters on genomic research into embryonic stem cell therapy, breast cancer, autism, Parkinson’s and IVF treatment, as well as on the expectations and education surrounding genomic research. It covers four main themes: novel modes of identity and identification, such as genetic citizenship the role of institutions, ranging from disease advocacy organizations and voluntary organizations to the state the production of biological knowledge, novel life-forms, and technologies the generation of wealth and commercial interests in biology. Including an afterword by Paul Rabinow and case studies on the UK, US, Canada, Germany, India and Israel, this book is key reading for students and researchers of the new genetics and the social sciences – particularly medical sociologists, medical anthropologists and those involved with science and technology studies.

Book The Marble Dance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lygia Fagundes Telles
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book The Marble Dance written by Lygia Fagundes Telles and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Making News

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gaye Tuchman
  • Publisher : Free Press
  • Release : 1980-10-01
  • ISBN : 9780029329603
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Making News written by Gaye Tuchman and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1980-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, Making News is Gaye Tuchman's exploration into the study in the construction of reality. The Professor of Sociology at Queens College and City University of New York, Tuchman's latest work is one to cherish. As described by Todd Gitlin of Contemporary Sociology, Making News is "simply the most comprehensive book on the social construction of news by an American sociologist to date."

Book Cognitive Surplus

Download or read book Cognitive Surplus written by Clay Shirky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better. In his bestselling Here Comes Everybody, Internet guru Clay Shirky provided readers with a much-needed primer for the digital age. Now, with Cognitive Surplus, he reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For the first time, people are embracing new media that allow them to pool their efforts at vanishingly low cost. The results of this aggregated effort range from mind-expanding reference tools like Wikipedia to life-saving Web sites like Ushahidi.com, which allows Kenyans to report acts of violence in real time. Cognitive Surplus explores what's possible when people unite to use their intellect, energy, and time for the greater good.