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The article presents the cognitive semantic analysis of stratification metaphors observed in the German political communication. Nominations of occupation, ethnonyms, anthroponyms and toponyms are reported to possess a set of constant meanings that describe various facets of Germany's social reality. ; В статье представлен лингвокогнитивный анализ семантики стратификационной метафорики, функционирующей в немецкой политической коммуникации. Профессиональная, национальная и социальная номинации обладают различным набором постоянных значений, описывающих аспекты социальной реальности ФРГ.

The social consequences of the two earthquakes that we have suffered cannot be measured immediately with the official figures published by the emergency agencies.In short, the real impact on Salvadoran society of this long seismic crisis can be assessed in its true dimension in a long time and after exhaustive studies. Reconstruction is not only economic; it means taking into account all aspects of society as a whole.There are many elements that cannot be recovered, such as the one thousand and eighty deaths according to the official figures and the countless disappeared. The current crisis is interpreted as the possibility of a change to improve the social reality of the country.This idea is positive, of course, but it does not mean ignoring the deep causes of reality. There is a serious situation that in economic terms will have the cost of several generations to raise the country.In social terms, the crisis has poured into the public arena aspects that were kept silent in the Tom Thumb of America: the political, economic and social exclusion in which an important part of the population remains. ; Las consecuencias sociales de los dos terremotos que hemos sufrido no pueden medirse de forma inmediata con las cifras oficiales publicadas por los organismos de emergencia.En definitiva, el impacto real en la sociedad salvadoreña de ésta larga crisis sísmica se podrá valorar en su verdadera dimensión dentro de mucho tiempo y tras exhaustivos estudios. La reconstrucción no es sólo económica, implica tener en cuenta todos los aspectos de la sociedad como un todo.Hay muchos elementos que no podrán recuperarse como los mil 82 fallecidos según las cifras oficiales y los innumerables desaparecidos. La actual crisis se interpreta como la posibilidad de un cambio para mejorar la realidad social del país.Esta idea es positiva, por supuesto, pero no significa ignorar las profundas causas de la realidad. Se vive una grave situación que en términos económicos tendrán el costo de varias generaciones para levantar el país.En términos sociales la crisis ha vertido sobre la palestra pública aspectos que se tenían callados en el Pulgarcito de América: la exclusión política, económica y social en que se mantiene una parte importante de la población.

This book draws from the use of modern surveillance technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore a set of issues and challenges facing decision-makers and designers in times of emergency: how do we respond to emergencies in ways that are both consistent with democratic and community principles, and that are ethically justifiable?.

"Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on Sara Roy's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration. Roy demonstrates how Islamic social institutions in Gaza and the West Bank advocated a moderate approach to change that valued order and stability, not disorder and instability; were less dogmatically Islamic than is often assumed; and served people who had a range of political outlooks and no history of acting collectively in support of radical Islam. These institutions attempted to create civic communities, not religious congregations. They reflected a deep commitment to stimulate a social, cultural, and moral renewal of the Muslim community, one couched not only--or even primarily--in religious terms. Vividly illustrating Hamas's unrecognized potential for moderation, accommodation, and change, Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza also traces critical developments in Hamas's social and political sectors through the Second Intifada to today, and offers an assessment of the current, more adverse situation in the occupied territories. The Oslo period held great promise that has since been squandered. This book argues for more enlightened policies by the United States and Israel, ones that reflect Hamas's proven record of nonviolent community building"--

This book presents articles resulting from joint research on the representations of migration conducted in connection with the Erasmus Intensive Programme entitled «Migration and Narration» taught to groups of international students over three consecutive summers from 2010 to 2012. The articles focus on various aspects of the migrant experience and try to answer questions about migrant identity and its representations in literature and the media. The book closes with an original play by Carlos Morton, the Chicano playwright working in the United States

Traditionally, applied aspects of human geography are mainly associated with economic geography, regional development and spatial planning.
In the debate on the application potential of the discipline, a number of important problems of social, political and cultural geography, relevant to various contemporary processes on a global and regional scale, are marginalized. For this reason, the author undertakes a critical rethinking of the current debate on the applied aspects of research in human geography.
A brief review of the conceptual and institutional development of applied geography in the world and in selected national schools is made. The author also distinguishes two research orientations: 1) strategic orientation – connected to studies carried out at the international, national and macro-regional spatial levels; 2) operational orientation – concerning applied studies undertook on a scale of separate municipalities, cities, neighbourhoods or even separate streets and buildings.
Taking an attempt to overcome the narrow understandings of the frameworks of applied human geography, the author presents a new definition and tries to identify the main challenges for geographers that work in the field of Human Geography. Applied aspects of basic directions of human geography from the point of view of their broader interdisciplinary ties are also indicated.

Traditionally, applied aspects of human geography are mainly associated with economic geography, regional development and spatial planning. In the debate on the application potential of the discipline, a number of important problems of social, political and cultural geography, relevant to various contemporary processes on a global and regional scale, are marginalized. For this reason, the author undertakes a critical rethinking of the current debate on the applied aspects of research in human geography. A brief review of the conceptual and institutional development of applied geography in the world and in selected national schools is made. The author also distinguishes two research orientations: 1) strategic orientation – connected to studies carried out at the international, national and macro-regional spatial levels; 2) operational orientation – concerning applied studies undertook on a scale of separate municipalities, cities, neighbourhoods or even separate streets and buildings. Taking an attempt to overcome the narrow understandings of the frameworks of applied human geography, the author presents a new definition and tries to identify the main challenges for geographers that work in the field of Human Geography. Applied aspects of basic directions of human geography from the point of view of their broader interdisciplinary ties are also indicated.

"Extraction/Exclusion makes visible the political and practical exclusions shaped by resource extraction. Drawing on scholarship from across the social sciences, the volume portrays how inclusionary language and practices often result in further exclusions, concealing unchanged systems of domination and dispossession"--

Early computers -- What do you use computers for? -- Email, IMS, and social media -- The rise of cyberbullying -- Making the world smaller -- Hackers and cybercrime -- Staying safe -- Computers on the job -- A changing workplace -- Computer addiction -- Taking the good with the bad

'Music and the Sociological Gaze' illustrates how sociological ideas can make a distinct contribution to understanding music and examines the relationship between music and class cultures the social organisation of musical improvisation, music as a cultural object, and music in everyday situations

Kranzberg, M. The social ecology of technology.--Wald, G. Life in the universe--from cosmology to politics.--Henderson, H. Awakening from the technological trance.--Revelle, R. Technology and the poor.--Daddario, E. The technologist in the political arena.--Brooks, H. The energy problem

This book explores how the Internet presents radical ways of organising and producing media that offer political and cultural alternatives, both to ways of doing business and to how we understand the world and our place in it. The book is characterised by in-depth case studies. Topics include the media of new social movements and other radical political organisations (including the far right); websites produced by fans of popular culture; and media dedicated to developing a critical, 'public' journalism. It locates these studies in appropriate theoretical and historical contexts, while remaining accessible to a student audience. Major themes: *The use of the Internet by political groups such as the anti-capitalist and environmental movements, as well as the far right *Radical forms of creativity and distribution: the anti-copyright and sampling/file-sharing movements, and their role as cultural critics in a corporate world *The development and maintenance of a global, 'digital public sphere' of protest through such practices as 'hacktivism' *The use of new media technologies to transform existing media forms and practices, such as news media and Internet radio. This is the first book devoted entirely to 'alternative' ways of political organisation and cultural production on the Internet. The author is one of the leading international experts in the study of alternative media, and this book is an authoritative guide to all aspects of these phenomena: the cultural, the political, the economic and the social. The range of topics covered will make it an attractive text for a wide range of media and cultural studies and computing courses