гуманитарные и общественные науки

In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and…

Plunder examines the dark side of the Rule of Law and explores how it has been used as a powerful political weapon by Western countries in order to legitimize plunder – the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing weake…

The modern world is faced with a terrifying new ‘disease’, that of ‘obesity’. As people get fatter, we have come to see excess weight as unhealthy, morally repugnant and socially damaging. Fat it seems has long been a national problem and each age, c…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. peer reviewed publicati…

We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society. Financial crisis has led to an economic crisis of recession and unemployment; an ensuing fiscal crisis over government deficits and austerity has led to a political crisis which th…

Рассматриваются национальная экономика России, исторические тенденции и их проявления в условиях глобализации, основные качественные характеристики российской экономики, этапы и формы развития, функции, отраслевая структура, рыночный механизм и систе…

The book is an analysis of cultural, social as well as political economic expressions of neoliberalization and argues for an appreciation of the relational geographies of neoliberalization. In-depth empirical research spanning a variety of world regi…

Taylor develops a geohistorical argument which focuses on the periods and places of modernities, offering a grounded analysis of what it is to be modern. He identifies three 'prime modernities' which have defined the development of our modern world: …

Падение рождаемости в западной цивилизации авторами трактуется как форма самоуничтожения человека. Происходит смена социально-экономических систем, когда социализм и капитализм утратили свои традиционные элементы бытия. Мировая финансовая элита акти…

This text introduces students of human geography to the fundamental concept of place, marrying everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it. A short introduction to one of the most fundamental concepts i…

This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term «territory» in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine. A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities…

This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio-political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual i…

'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind …

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self-criticism, its urge to self-transcendence, exploration and experim…

Раскрыта сущность финансов предприятий, показана их особенность, роль и место в системе управления финансами в государстве, раскрыты финансовые отношения предприятий, их системы управления денежными фондами и денежными потоками. Для студентов высших…

Over-consumption is one of the key issues of our time, especially in the Western world. Over the past decade, in the face of historically unprecedented levels of consumer spending in the West – and the more recent impact of recession – a vigorous pol…

Обобщен и систематизирован теоретический и практический материал по бухгалтерскому учету, дана авторская трактовка управленческого учета и анализа, проведен сравнительный анализ методологии управленческого учета и анализа на предприятиях кабельного …

Последовательно изложены методические подходы к осуществлению процесса бизнес-планирования, представлены структура и взаимосвязь плановых и отчетных документов управленческого учета, процесс разработки бизнес-планов в различных отраслях и секторах эк…

In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to …

В учебном пособии подробно освещены вопросы нормативного регулирования бухгалтерского учета внешнеэкономической деятельности в России, правила учета и анализа валютных операций на предприятиях, взаимосвязи бухгалтерского и налогового учета. В отдельн…