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Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America
This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis. It addresses the conceptual issue of what distinguishes turning points from life transitions in general and raises crucial questions about the application of turning points as a biographical research method. Biography and turning points in Europe and America is all the more distinctive and significant due to its broad empirical database. The anthology includes authors from ten different countries, providing a number of contexts for thinking about how turning points relate to constructions of meaning shaped by globalization and by cultural and structural meanings unique to each country. The book will be useful across a wide range of social sciences and particularly valuable for researchers needing a stronger theoretical base for biographical work.
Processes of Immigration in Rural Europe
Contemporary immigration processes, such as forced migration and labour-induced mobility, as well as lifestyle and leisure-oriented movements, increasingly affect areas in Europe that are considered as peripheral or rural. This edited collection sheds light on the diversity of in-migration, its specific implications for development and strategies for coping. Contributions from various sub-disciplines of the social sciences, including human and cultural geography, sociology and spatial planning with different regional foci, encourage theoretical discussions, enhancing empirical knowledge and providing stimuli for practitioners involved in migration and development issues. The structure of the volume therefore follows four main themes: (1) conceptual reflections on immigration to peripheral rural areas and development prospects; (2) patterns and types of immigration processes, drawing on various case studies from all over Europe; (3) realms of integration: namely, housing, economy and social life; (4) immigration management with a special emphasis on regional and local strategies, undertaken by policy-makers, the private sector and civil society.
A Mennonite Heritage
Jacob Suderman was born in 1841 at the Molotschna Colony of South Russia and married Aganetha Weins in 1862. They immigrated in 1879 via Antwerp, Belgium to near Hillsboro, Marion Co., Kansas. He died in 1906.
Biographieforschung im Diskurs
Die Biographieforschung bietet ein Forum, in dem interdisziplinär und mit vielfältigen Methoden geforscht wird. Dabei erschließen sich oft neue Forschungsfelder und es entstehen im Diskurs mit anderen Theorien, Methoden und Disziplinen neue Verknüpfungen und Perspektiven. Der Band versammelt AutorInnen aus der deutschen und internationalen Biographieforschung, die die Anschlussfähigkeit der Biographieforschung reflektieren.
Leben und Altern mit ›geistiger Behinderung‹
Im Zeichen des demographischen Wandels erreichen immer mehr Menschen mit sogenannter ›geistiger Behinderung‹ ein höheres Lebensalter. Allerdings liegen bislang kaum Erkenntnisse darüber vor, welche Bedeutung das Alter(n) für sie hat, wie sie Prozesse des Älterwerdens aushandeln oder welche Wünsche und Bedürfnisse diesbezüglich bestehen. Erstmals widmet sich Michael Börner durch biographisch-narrative Interviews diesen Punkten und schließt dabei an mannigfaltige Forschungsdesiderate des Fachdiskurses an. Abgerundet durch die ausführlichen methodischen und handlungspraktischen Reflexionen entsteht ein facettenreiches Gesamtwerk, das spannende Einblicke für eine breite Leser*innenschaft bietet.
