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Green European
Green European addresses the quest for a better understanding of European type(s) of environmentalism. This monograph focuses on public attitudes and behaviours and the culturally rooted as well as country specific differences. The book addresses the wider issue that many European countries are rendered ‘green’ or as having an advanced environmental awareness, but the question - ‘how green are Green Europeans really’, is yet to be answered. The book covers a variety of unique data-driven comparative studies and is divided into three parts: the first addresses perceptions of environmental and technological threats and risks, the second part deals with environmental activism in Europe, the third discusses environmental attitudes, environmental concerns and their imminent link to personal pro-environmental behaviour. The empirical comparative nature of the contributions is enabled by data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP).
Veridical Data Science
Using real-world data case studies, this innovative and accessible textbook introduces an actionable framework for conducting trustworthy data science. Most textbooks present data science as a linear analytic process involving a set of statistical and computational techniques without accounting for the challenges intrinsic to real-world applications. Veridical Data Science, by contrast, embraces the reality that most projects begin with an ambiguous domain question and messy data; it acknowledges that datasets are mere approximations of reality while analyses are mental constructs. Bin Yu and Rebecca Barter employ the innovative Predictability, Computability, and Stability (PCS) framework to...
German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism
This book discusses right-wing extremism by analysing Germanophone research on this topic for the first time in English, including unique survey data from Germany and Austria. Highlighting how questions of terminology can become complicated when country cases are compared, the authors analyse theoretical and methodological issues in relation to the question of right-wing extremism. In Anglo-American academia, the term is often associated with fairly rare phenomena in the form of extremist political groups, whereas in Germany the term is often applied to a wide range of attitudes, behaviours and parties, including those which operate more within the mainstream political sphere. Covering an ar...
Einführung in die Methoden, Methodologie und Statistik im Sport
Studieren Sie Sportwissenschaft, sehen Sie Ihren Fokus in erster Linie in der praktischen Anwendung Ihres Wissens und sind wahrscheinlich überrascht, dass Sie sich in Ihrem Studium oder in einer weiteren Qualifikation nun erneut mit Mathematik und Statistik auseinandersetzen müssen. Haben Sie mit Schrecken festgestellt, dass Statistik auch hier zum unverzichtbaren Handwerkszeug gehört, will dieses Buch Sie motivieren, die Grundlagen der Methoden und der Statistik im Sport zu verstehen, Wissenslücken zu schließen und zu erkennen, dass empirisches Arbeiten keine Zauberei ist. Die Autoren vermitteln Hintergründe zur Verortung der Sportwissenschaft im wissenschaftlichen Kontext und erklär...
Reflections on the World of Human Inspirations
Inspiration is the initial spark that puts us on track towards our beliefs, attitudes, and actions. It partly defines who we are and whom we will become. But what are the sources of our inspirations, what governs them, how do they take shape in our lives and how are our lives shaped by them? Can they be right and wrong, and do we have the power to control them? This book provides an analysis of the historical, geographical, and cultural aspects of those countless moments that ignite our passions, guide our efforts, or cause the lack of both. Through the study of human inspirations, the author elaborates a variety of issues, including current societal, political, and global challenges, spirit...
Social Science Data Analysis
In this book, basic statistical knowledge is conveyed in an understandable and application-oriented manner. The readers should be enabled to carry out their own empirical evaluations and to understand or critically reflect on existing analyses. The third edition is extended by a detailed chapter on the logic of significance tests. A replication syntax for the statistical program Stata is provided online as supplementary material.
Marketization
This book critically examines marketization: a phenomenon by which market processes are institutionalized and marketing increasingly pervades all areas of our everyday life. It presents a number of theories, frameworks and empirical studies highlighting how the phenomenon of marketization affects the 21st century consumer. The book also contests the traditional understanding of markets, offering a more comprehensive treatment of marketization and a fresh perspective on the dynamics of markets and the institutions that control everyday consumption practices. This book is an ideal resource for academics, reflective practitioners and policy-makers interested in formulating appropriate change strategies in the face of the globalization that affects emerging markets so profoundly. This well-crafted research book is a valuable addition to the sparse literature on theories of marketization. The authors refigure the existing theories more broadly and present compelling evidence and insights into market phenomenon such as marginality, alternative market forms and consumer identity.
Climate Cultures in Europe and North America
Bringing together scholarly research by climate experts working in different locations and social science disciplines, this book offers insights into how climate change is socially and culturally constructed. Whereas existing studies of climate cultural differences are predominantly rooted in a static understanding of culture, cultural globalization theory suggests that new formations emerge dynamically at different social and spatial scales. This volume gathers analyses of climate cultural formations within various spaces and regions in the United States and the European Union. It focuses particularly on the emergence of new social movements and coalitions devoted to fighting climate change on both sides of the Atlantic. Overall, Climate Cultures in Europe and North America provides empirical and theoretical findings that contribute to current debates on globalization, conflict and governance, as well as cultural and social change. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental policy and politics, environmental sociology, and cultural studies.
Faas, Pol. Psychologie
Mit dem Aufkommen der politischen Psychologie stehen politische Informationen und ihre Verarbeitung im Fokus des Interesses der Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung: Wie sieht das Informationsumfeld in modernen Demokratien aus, mit dem sich Menschen konfrontiert sehen? Welche Informationen nehmen Menschen aus dem vorhandenen Angebot wahr und wie verarbeiten sie diese? Welche Rolle spielen dabei Emotionen? Wie prägen Informationen und Emotionen die politischen Einstellungen der Bürger? Welche Verhaltenskonsequenzen gehen damit einher? Dieser Band beinhaltet – neben einem kompakten Überblick über den State of the Art – empirische Studien, die sich diesen Fragen im Detail widmen.
Legitimation durch Informationsintermediäre mit Nachhaltigkeitsbezug
In dem vorliegenden Buch analysiert René Berg die informationsökonomische Bedeutung von Informationsintermediären bei der Kanalisierung legitimer nachhaltiger Unternehmensaktivitäten. Auf Basis einer institutionentheoretisch entwickelten Soll-Nachhaltigkeitskonzeption wird ein asymmetrischer Bewertungseffekt in Form des informationsbedingten Legitimitätseffekts modelltheoretisch prognostiziert und empirisch am Kapitalmarkt nachgewiesen. Aus den gewonnen Erkenntnissen werden konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für eine nachhaltige Regulierung abgeleitet.
