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Socialisation into Touch Cultures
This chapter introduces socialisation processes through which we adopt touch practices. We address primary socialisation during early childhood and...
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Scientific Theorizing of Inter-Societal Dynamics
This chapter discusses an approach for develo** scientific and explanatory theories of the social universe. Specifically, a scientific approach to...
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A Cross-Cultural Study of Midlife Relational and Sexual Health: Comparing Ukraine to the U.S. and Turkey
We examined how relational and sexual health in Ukraine compares to relational and sexual health in the United States (U.S.) and Turkey. Given these...
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Women in Japanese Archaeology
Japan has one of the highest numbers of archaeologists globally; however, female archaeologists remain underrepresented in the profession. Despite...
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Recasting Culture
The mediaMedia commotion about the turn of the century and the start of the new millennium—full of awe and panic over “The end of the world is...
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Reconfiguring Food Systems Governance: The UNFSS and the Battle Over Authority and Legitimacy
The UN Food Systems Summit was an ambitious and hotly contested event that brought competing approaches to global food governance into relief. In...
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The Rise of the West as a Long-Term Process
McNeill presents his reflections on, and an overview of, his own interpretation of world history including some conclusions derived from it. It...
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EU Borders, UK Borders and the State of Migration
In this chapter, the case of UK borders will be further contextualised in the framework of EU borders and the state and discourse of migratory...
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Gender and Ethnic Variation in Emerging Adults’ Recalled Dating Socialization in Relation to Current Romantic Attitudes and Relationship Experiences
We investigated emerging adults’ retrospective accounts of the family and peer socialization in relation to possible sexual double standards. With a...
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Bullying to sustainability: human behaviour barriers to local ecological sustainability
Communities are the front line of local sustainability implementation. These communities are part of the current dominant human/environment dynamic...
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Economic Empowerment, Ethno-National Citizenship
This chapter grounds the global, macro and micro levels of analysis of women’s economic empowerment in concrete political contexts of citizenship....
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Computational courtship understanding the evolution of online dating through large-scale data analysis
In this work, we examine the mate preferences and communication patterns of male and female users of the online dating site eharmony over a decade to...
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Sustaining Local Food Cultures and Identities in Malaysia with the Disruptive Power of Tourism and Social Media
Measured by both the number of arrivals and revenues, the direct and indirect contribution of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry has grown...
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Challenging Corporate Power: Human Rights Globalization from Above and Below
To address the most pressing issues of our day, the United Nations must be redesigned to transform global social relations in ways that reduce...
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Using Communication Stories to Explore How Young People Draw on Sexual Scripts When Making Sense of Sexual Consent
Our research explores how secondary school students draw on commonly recognised sexual scripts to account for the consent practices of young people....
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Conclusion
In this concluding chapter, we cover three things. Firstly, we will give an overview of the key findings of the project, including how most...
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Sociological and Historical Factors: From the Present Society Back to History
This chapter starts with research on current socio-economic and cultural factors like globalization, immigration, the labor market, education, or...
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Climate and Reputation Risks in an Asian Century
The purpose of this chapter is to explore through the eyes of a nation, its corporation’s leaders, and its citizens, the risks and opportunities of...
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Dignified Ageing in Place Using Electronic Health Records as a Backbone: A Medico-Legal Perspective
Population ageing has become a global issue and triggered off societies to make new plans and tactics to face challenges arising from the phenomenon....