Publications
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The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials
(2008)
From the commemoration of September 11 to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, recent decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of new public memorials built in both Europe and the United States. This volume ...
Gender, Migration and Categorisation
(2013)
All people are equal, according to Thomas Jefferson, but all migrants are not. In this volume, twelve eminent scholars describe and analyse how in countries such as France, the United States, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the ...
Keywords of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England
(2021)
What did it mean to be a stranger in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England? How were other nations, cultures, and religions perceived? What happened when individuals moved between languages, countries, religions, and ...
AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal
(2011)
In 2003-2006, Patricia Henderson lived in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal where she recorded the experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS. In this illuminating study, she recounts the concerns of rural people ...
My Name Is Not Natasha'
(2009)
This book challenges every common presumption that exists about the trafficking of women for the sex trade. It is a detailed account of an entire population of trafficked Albanian women whose varied experiences, including ...
BEING PROFILED:COGITAS ERGO SUM
(2018)
Profiling the European citizen: why today's democracy needs to look harder at the negative potential of new technology than at its positive potential.
Religiously Exclusive, Socially Inclusive?
(2023)
Is it possible to be religiously exclusive and socially inclusive? How do we deal with those outside of our own religious community who have completely different and sometimes conflicting views on what should be considered ...
Contesting Austerity
(2022)
Despite the historical and political similarities between Portugal and Spain, the contentious responses to austerity diverged in terms of number, rhythm and players. This book compares the contentious responses to austerity ...
Paradoxes of Social Capital
(2008)
Paradoxes of Social Capital<i/> critically examines the robustness of social capital theory as an analytical tool in explaining the various 'integration' patterns amongst Moroccans in London. The book also considers how ...
The Politics of Social Media Manipulation
(2020)
Disinformation and so-called fake news are contemporary phenomena with rich histories. Disinformation, or the willful introduction of false information for the purposes of causing harm, recalls infamous foreign interference ...
Dynamic Entrepreneurship
(2006)
The nature of immigrant entrepreneurship is changing in Dutch society. Nowadays, many immigrant entrepreneurs start businesses in producer and personal services instead of more traditional sectors such as retail or hotel ...
The Governance of International Migration
(2018)
As concern about immigration has grown within Europe in recent years, the European Union has brought pressure to bear on countries that are allegedly not sufficiently governing irregular migration with and within their ...
Hooligans, fans en fanatisme
(2008)
Football hooliganism periodically generates widespread political and public anxiety. In spite of the efforts made and resources invested over the past decades, football hooliganism is still perceived by politicians, ...
How to Study Art Worlds
(2009)
This necessary and thought-provoking study brings together the organisational side of the world of the arts and the understanding of the many functions art fulfi lls in our culture. The author sets out to establish how the ...
Zootechnologies
(2019)
Swarming has become a fundamental cultural technique related to dynamic processes and an effective metaphor for the collaborative efforts of society. This book examines the media history of swarm research and its significance ...
Het fenomeen Hazes: Een venster op Nederland
(2015)
Since the passing of André Hazes he has become a more prominent figure in contemporary Dutch popular culture.
De menselijke beslisser
(2009)
Public administration; Political science
Branding Books Across the Ages
(2021)
As marketing specialists know all too well, our experience of products is prefigured by brands: trademarks that identify a product and differentiate it from its competitors. This process of branding has hitherto gained ...
Dan liever dood!
(2022)
Martyrs have a special status in every religion. They are "heroes" who give their lives for their ideals. Their death acquires a symbolic meaning and its own story within their own religious tradition. There is no fixed ...
Het virus der betrokkenheid
(2019)
Het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (IISG) is een van de meest vooraanstaande onderzoeksinstituten ter wereld op het terrein van de sociale geschiedenis, zowel in het wetenschappelijk onderzoek als in ...