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This book focuses on the value and necessity of modern sociology to Pope Francis's church reform project known as the Synod on Synodality. It explores the behavioral and research aspects of this latest synod, applying sociological perspectives and...

This timely and informative book reasserts the value of Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR): an approach to participatory action research (PAR) that is informed by critical theories attending to questions of privilege and power, and that...

Exploring gender through the lens of field theory, Gender Fields proposes a new framework for understanding the social organisation of gender identity. In conversation with Pierre Bourdieu's field theory, the book conceptualises under-theorised situated...

Feminist Intersectional Research Methodologies: Applications in the Social Sciences and Humanities is a multi-disciplinary volume in which emerging and established scholars present new feminist research methods and re-evaluates existing approaches. This...

This second edition of Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset serves as a primer for practitioners who want to apply ethnography to real-world challenges and commercial ventures. Building on the first edition, each chapter now includes a section...

This volume explores how researchers made innovative use of online technologies to innovate, define, and transform research methodologies in light of the varying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those related to the ability to conduct...

This guide provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on libraries in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, including approx. 6,000 public, national, general research, university, and institute libraries, as well as ecclesiastical, corporate,...

The history of the Maronite Church is tied to the region of Lebanon. However, over time, Maronites have emigrated and established new communities all over the world, resulting in a large global diaspora population. The present work provides a new history...

Waste Treatment Processes in Environmental Engineering is a compendium of knowledge concerning Environmental Issues from several experts who are associated with prestigious institutes in India, viz.: IITs, CSIR, NITS, Central Universities, Pollution...

This handbook builds on the growing research interest in practices of valuation throughout contemporary society. It will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interest in the ubiquity of the valuation practices and its effects on social life...

Solving problem is one of the functions of an engineer. Text books in the field of wastewater engineering devote most of their pages to the development and explanation of the theory. This book is devoted to the pragmatic idea that performance and...