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The Body

Fox, Nicholas J. — 10 Feb 2012 08:18:22 +0100

The medical and social sciences offer us many ways of understanding the human body and what it can do. From biology and psychology to sociology and philosophy, a range of disciplines supply us with a rich yet challenging picture. On the one hand, our bodies are fashioned from genes, cells and organs; on the other, they are the foundation for our identities, our interactions and lived experiences from childhood to old age. This book provides an accessible and informative account of the importance of the body for the caring professions. It offers a clear description of the latest theoretical perspectives, weaving the natural and social body into one. The book focuses on specific aspects such as health and illness, ageing, gender and sexuality, consumption, care, and medical technology. The text is specifically tailored towards the needs of health and social care students, with case studies directly relating to concrete problems encountered by professionals in the field. The Body is an invaluable textbook for students of the caring professions and will bring to life the issues they face, both in their studies and in their future work with patients, clients and consumers. [184 Seiten, Softcover]

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Media and Cultural Studies

Durham, Meenakshi Gigi / Kellner, Douglas M. (eds.) — 10 Feb 2012 08:18:17 +0100

Revised and updated with a special emphasis on innovations in social media, the second edition of Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks stands as the most popular and highly acclaimed anthology in the dynamic and multidisciplinary field of cultural studies. [648 Seiten, Softcover]

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Social Provisioning, Embeddedness, and Modeling the Economy

Lee, Frederic S. (ed.) — 10 Feb 2012 08:17:35 +0100

This book consists of nine essays that model the economy much differently than mainstream economics models the economy. * Essays integrate the social surplus approach, social fabric matrix approach, input-output modelling, social accounting matrix, social structures of accumulation, stock-flow consistent modelling, and structure-agency. * Includes an essay that introduces state money and hence the financial sector into a input-output model--a somewhat new innovation in modelling the economy. [500 Seiten, Softcover]

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Social Provisioning, Embeddedness, and Modeling the Economy

Lee, Frederic S. (ed.) — 10 Feb 2012 08:17:32 +0100

Drugs and the American Dream

Adler, Patricia A. / Adler, Peter / O'Brien, Patrick K. (eds.) — 10 Feb 2012 08:17:21 +0100

Drugs and the American Dream presents an up-to-date anthology of contemporary readings that explore the myriad sociological correlates of licit and illicit drug use in the U.S. Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, the book addresses topics such as the origins and evolution of drug use in the U.S., moral quandaries surrounding drug use and how race/ethnicity, social class, gender, and age affect drug use. This authoritative and thought-provoking anthology offers engaging, descriptive selections that can be analyzed and interpreted differently, depending on the perspective of the instructor and student. [456 Seiten, Softcover]

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Classical Sociological Theory

10 Feb 2012 08:17:19 +0100

This book presents an updated and comprehensive collection of substantial primary-source texts that represent a definitive guide to the roots of sociology. With new readings, an increased emphasis on the Enlightenment, a new section on de Tocqueville, and suggestions for further reading, the reader traces the evolution of social science from its undisciplined beginnings to its current guideposts and reference points in contemporary sociological debate. Balancing accessibility and intellectual seriousness, this third edition offers readers an authoritative and compact survey of the most representative works of classical social theory. [574 Seiten, Softcover]

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Cosmopolitanism and Culture

Papastergiadis, Nikos — 6 Feb 2012 08:18:33 +0100

Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers. This book examines how the images of the terrorist and the refugee, by being dispersed across almost all aspects of social life, have resulted in the production of 'ambient fears', and it explores the role of artists in reclaiming the conditions of hospitality. Since 9/11 contemporary artists have confronted the issues of globalization by creating situations in which strangers can enter into dialogue with each other, collaborating with diverse networks to forms new platforms for global knowledge. Such knowledge does not depend upon the old model of establishing a supposedly objective and therefore universal framework, but on the capacity to recognize, and mutually negotiate, situated differences. From artworks that incorporate new media techniques to collective activism Papastergiadis claims that there is a new cosmopolitan imaginary that challenges the conventional divide between art and politics. Through the analysis of artistic practices across the globe this book extends the debates on culture and cosmopolitanism from the ethics of living with strangers to the aesthetics of imagining alternative visions of the world. Timely and wide-ranging, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars in sociology and cultural studies and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the changing forms of art and culture in our contemporary global age. [240 Seiten, Softcover]

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Cosmopolitanism and Culture

Papastergiadis, Nikos — 6 Feb 2012 08:18:31 +0100

The Body

Fox, Nicholas J. — 6 Feb 2012 08:18:28 +0100

An Invitation to Social Theory

Inglis, David / Thorpe, Christopher — 6 Feb 2012 08:18:26 +0100

Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act, and how contemporary social life is constructed. But often the key ideas of social theorists are expressed in highly technical and difficult language that can hide more than it reveals. Cutting through the often off-putting writing styles of social theorists, this book demonstrates exactly what social theory is about, clearly presenting the key themes of major social theory from the classical thinkers onwards. Areas covered include Marxism, structuralism, post-structuralism, phenomenology, symbolic interactionism, feminism and structuration theories. Wide-ranging in scope and coverage, the book is concise in presentation and free from jargon. Showing why social theory matters, and why it is of far-reaching social and political importance, the book is ideal for students across the social sciences seeking a clear, crisp mapping of a complex but very rewarding area. [224 Seiten, Softcover]

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An Invitation to Social Theory

Inglis, David / Thorpe, Christopher — 6 Feb 2012 08:18:25 +0100

Contemporary Sociological Theory

6 Feb 2012 08:17:28 +0100

This third edition is the definitive guide to current perspectives and approaches in the field of contemporary sociological theory. This volume includes the most representative material available on topics such as symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, structuralism, network theory, critical theory, feminist theory, and the debates over modernity and postmodernity. Accessible and intellectually thorough, with suggestions for further reading throughout, Contemporary Sociological Theory, in conjunction with its complement, Classical Sociological Theory, offers readers a complete overview of sociological theory. [638 Seiten, Softcover]

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Modernity

Wagner, Peter — 30 Jan 2012 08:17:51 +0100

We live in a modern age, but what does 'modern' mean and how can a reflection on 'modernity' help us to understand the world today? These are the questions that Peter Wagner sets out to answer in this concise and accessible book. Wagner begins by returning to the question of modernity's Western origins and its claims to open up a new and better era in the history of humanity. Modernity's claims and expectations have become more prevalent and widely shared, but in the course of their realization and diffusion they have also been radically transformed. In an acute and engaging analysis, Wagner examines the following key issues among others: - Modernity was based on the hope for freedom and reason, but it created the institutions of contemporary capitalism and democracy. How does the freedom of the citizen relate to the freedom of the buyer and seller today? And what does disaffection with capitalism and democracy entail for the sustainability of modernity? - Rather than a single model of modernity, there is now a plurality of forms of modern socio-political organisation. What does this entail for our idea of progress and our hope that the future world can be better than the present one? - All nuance and broadening notwithstanding, our concept of modernity is in some way inextricably tied to the history of Europe and the West. How can we compare different forms of modernity in a 'symmetric', non-biased or non-Eurocentric way? How can we develop a world-sociology of modernity? [160 Seiten, Softcover]

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Modernity

Wagner, Peter — 30 Jan 2012 08:17:50 +0100

Qualitative Research

Lapan, Stephen D. / Quartaroli, MaryLynn T. / Riemer, Frances J. — 30 Jan 2012 08:17:25 +0100

The authors--noted scholars and researchers--provide an up-to-date guide to qualitative study design, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Step by step, the authors explain a range of methodologies and methods for conducting qualitative research focusing on how they are applied when conducting an actual study. The book includes methods of data collection, specific approaches to qualitative research, and current issues in the field. Specifically, chapters cover the methods, designs, and analyses related to the methodologies of history, case study, program evaluation, ethnography, autoethnography, narrative, life histories, emancipatory discourses, feminist perspectives, African American inquiry, indigenous studies, and practitioner qualitative research. [560 Seiten, Softcover]

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Environmental Philosophy

Sarkar, Sahotra — 23 Jan 2012 08:17:29 +0100

The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy, going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today * Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including conservation biology, restoration ecology, sustainability, environmental justice, and more * Offers the first treatment of decision theory in an environmental philosophy text * Explores the conceptions of nature and ethical presuppositions that underlie contemporary environmental debates, and, moving from theory to practice, shows how decision theory translates to public policy * Addresses both hot-button issues, including population and immigration reform, and such ongoing issues as historical legacies and nations' responsibility and obligation for environmental problems * Anchors philosophical concepts to their practical applications, establishing the priority of the discipline's real-world importance [224 Seiten, Softcover]

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Environmental Philosophy

Sarkar, Sahotra — 23 Jan 2012 08:17:28 +0100

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology

Ritzer, George (ed.) — 3 Jan 2012 08:17:49 +0100

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of the major topics and emerging trends in the discipline of sociology today. Original essays -- carefully compiled and edited by award-winning sociology professor George Ritzer -- represent the most cutting-edge work by leading sociological thinkers and bright emerging scholars from around the globe. Reflecting the most innovative ideas and trends shaping the contemporary state of the discipline, this volume boldly paves the way for the future of the sociological thought. [690 Seiten, Hardcover]

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The Culture of Markets

Wherry, Frederick F. — 19 Dec 2011 08:18:11 +0100

What are the logics of pricing, and why do some pricing schemes defy standard economic expectations? What explains the different labor market outcomes of people who receive the same training from the same place and who have similar grades? Why do national governments issue statements about the country's history and personality when developing economic policies, and why are struggles over the images pictured on money so hard fought? This engaging book locates the answers to these and other questions in the cultural logics and dynamics that constitute and guide markets. Using clear prose and illustrative examples, Frederick F. Wherry demystifies what culture is, and how it can be identified both in the way that markets are organized and in the way that people operate within them. The Culture of Markets offers a comprehensive introduction to the puzzles found in studies of markets and to the ways that cultural analyses address those puzzles. The clarity of the arguments will make this a welcome resource for upper-level students of cultural sociology, economic sociology, and business/marketing. [180 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Culture of Markets

Wherry, Frederick F. — 19 Dec 2011 08:18:10 +0100

Work

Vallas, Steven — 12 Dec 2011 08:18:03 +0100

This book provides a critical overview of the myriad literatures on work, viewed not only as a product of the marketplace but also as a social and political construct. Drawing on theoretical and empirical contributions from sociology, history, economics, and organizational studies, the book brings together perspectives that too often remain balkanized, using each to explore the nature of work today. Outlining the fundamental principles that unite social science thinking about work, Vallas offers an original discussion of the major theoretical perspectives that inform workplace analysis, including Marxist, interactionist, feminist, and institutionalist schools of thought. Chapters are devoted to the labor process, to workplace flexibility, to gender and racial inequalities at work, and to the link between globalization and the structure of work and authority today. Major topics include the relation between work and identity; the relation between workplace culture and managerial control; and the performance of emotional labor within service occupations. This concise book will be invaluable to students at all levels as it explores a range of insights to make sense of pressing issues that drive the social scientific study of work today. [200 Seiten, Softcover]

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Work

Vallas, Steven — 12 Dec 2011 08:18:02 +0100

Reinventing Political Culture

Goldfarb, Jeffrey C. — 14 Nov 2011 08:17:49 +0100

The way people think and act politically is not set in stone. People can and do change the fundamental cultural contours of their political situation. Their political culture does not only restrict imagination and action - it is also a resource for political creativity and invention. In Reinventing Political Culture, this resource is uncovered and explored. Analyzed as a tension between the power of culture and the culture of power, the concept of political culture is reinvented and applied to understanding the practice of people transforming their own political culture in very different circumstances. Three instances of such reinvention are closely examined: one historic, during the twilight of the Soviet empire; one actively in process and actively opposed, 'the Obama revolution'; and one an apparent distant dream, the power of culture and the culture of power that would avoid 'the clash of civilizations' in the Middle East. In accessible and engaging prose, Goldfarb clearly and forcefully presents students and scholars of sociology, comparative politics, and cultural studies with an original position on political culture, showing how the political cultures of our times pose not only grave dangers, but also opportunities for creative alternatives. [200 Seiten, Softcover]

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Reinventing Political Culture

Goldfarb, Jeffrey C. — 14 Nov 2011 08:17:48 +0100

Kollaps oder Evolution?

Costa, Rebecca — 10 Nov 2011 08:18:16 +0100

Rebecca Costa erklärt wie wir das Geschenk unseres Denkens richtig nutzen, um den Untergang unserer Zivilisation noch rechtzeitig abzuwenden. [347 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Modern Islamist Movements

Armajani, Jon — 7 Nov 2011 08:17:44 +0100

Modern Islamist Movements provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamic fundamentalism and its grievances, from the crusades to the present, with the West. Armajani pays particular attention to the formative relationship between the Bin Ladenists, Islamic fundamentalists, and Islamic intellectual trends beginning in the late eighteenth century and covers the historic development of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. [248 Seiten, Softcover]

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Modern Islamist Movements

Armajani, Jon — 7 Nov 2011 08:17:43 +0100

Body Work in Health and Social Care

Twigg, Julia / Wolkowitz, Carol / Cohen, Rachel Lara / Nettleton, Sarah (eds.) — 26 Sep 2011 08:17:36 +0200

The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for those employed to do it and those on whose bodies they work. * Explores the commonalities between different sectors of work, including those outside health and social care * Contributions come from an international range of experts * Draws on perspectives from across the medical, therapeutic, and care fields * Incorporates a variety of methodological approaches, from life history analysis to ethnographic studies and first person accounts [182 Seiten, Softcover]

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Confronting Equality

Connell, Raewyn — 19 Sep 2011 08:17:25 +0200

What does social equality mean now, in a world of markets, global power and new forms of knowledge? In this new book, Raewyn Connell combines vivid research with theoretical insight and radical politics to address this question. The focus moves across gender equality struggles, family change, class and education, intellectual workers, and the global dimension of social science, to contemporary theorists of knowledge and global power, and the political dilemmas of today's left. Written with clarity and passion, this book proposes a bold agenda for social science, and shows it in action. Raewyn Connell is known internationally for her powerfully argued and field-defining books Masculinities, Gender and Power, Making the Difference, and Southern Theory. This new volume gathers together a broad spectrum of her recent work which distinctively combines close-focus field research and large-scale theory, and brings this to bear on those questions of social justice and struggles for change that have long been at the heart of her writing, and will have wide-ranging implications for the social sciences and social activism in the twenty-first century. [200 Seiten, Softcover]

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Confronting Equality

Connell, Raewyn — 19 Sep 2011 08:17:24 +0200

Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others

Gilligan, James — 29 Aug 2011 08:18:40 +0200

Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been hiding in plain sight for the past century - namely, that when America's conservative party, the Republicans, have gained the presidency, the country has repeatedly suffered from epidemics of violent death. Rates of both suicide and homicide have sky-rocketed. The reasons are all too obvious: rates of every form of social and economic distress, inequality and loss - unemployment, recessions, poverty, bankruptcy, homelessness also ballooned to epidemic proportions. When that has happened, those in the population who were most vulnerable have snapped, with tragic consequences for everyone. These epidemics of lethal violence have then remained at epidemic levels until the more liberal party, the Democrats, regained the White House and dramatically reduced the amount of deadly violence by diminishing the magnitude of the economic distress that had been causing it. This pattern has been documented since 1900, when the US government first began compiling vital statistics on a yearly basis, and yet it has not been noticed by anyone until now except with regard to suicide in the UK and Australia, where a similar pattern has been described. This book is a path-breaking account of a phenomenon that has implications for every country that presumes to call itself democratic, civilized and humane, and for all those citizens, voters and political thinkers who would like to help their country move in that direction. [180 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Designing and Conducting Research in Health and Human Performance

Matthews, Tracey D. / Kostelis, Kimberly T. — 22 Aug 2011 08:17:22 +0200

Designing and Conducting Research in Health and Human Performance shows students how to become effective producers and consumers of health and human performance research. The book provides comprehensive coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research methods and includes step-by-step guidance for writing effective research proposals and theses. In addition, the authors show how to read, assess, interpret, and apply published research and how to conduct basic studies in health, physical education, exercise science, athletic training, and recreation. Designing and Conducting Research in Health and Human Performance is filled with illustrative examples that emphasize the real-world applications of research methods. Throughout, the authors draw on a variety of examples that were selected because they provide a context to further the understanding of health and human performance research. Research to Practice examples and Tips are included by the authors to help students better appreciate the book's content. These study aids provide suggestions and additional resources to assist students in understanding the research process. Key Terms, defined and highlighted, enrich each chapter. Chapter Review Questions, designed to help students comprehend and follow best practices in research methods, close each chapter. Online resources and guides developed by the authors to support and enhance students' learning of important research concepts are available. [352 Seiten, Softcover]

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Marriage Restriction Amendments and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Fingerhut, Adam W. / Riggle, Ellen D. B. / Rostosky, Sharon Scales (eds.) — 15 Aug 2011 08:18:04 +0200

This issue is an international, interdisciplinary, methodologically and theoretically diverse collection of original empirical articles addressing psychological effects of marriage amendments, effects of civil marriage for same-sex couples, and effects of anti-gay initiatives on heterosexual allies and intergroup relationships. [200 Seiten, Softcover]

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Analyzing Quantitative Data

Wetcher-Hendricks, Debra — 8 Aug 2011 08:17:27 +0200

Both an easy-to-use text and a quick reference guide, Analyzing Quantitative Data: An Introduction for Social Researchers offers a unique approach to quantitative research methods. The non-linear organization of the book allows readers to access and comprehend information relevant to their particular projects or assignments without loss of continuity. Intended as a sequel to texts that emphasize the data collection process, this book's hands-on approach escorts students and practicing statisticians through organization of raw data, descriptive statistics, tests of significance, drawing conclusions, and techniques for writing research reports. [414 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Norbert Elias and Figurational Research

Gabriel, Norman / Mennell, Stephen (eds.) — 28 Jul 2011 08:17:28 +0200

A study of Norbert Elias who has been increasingly recognised as one of the most important sociologists of the twentieth century. * Explores how Elias' writings retain their significance and relevance in the twenty-first century * Explains how some areas are still not aware of this sociologist, however there are now energetic research networks using his ideas in every continent * An exploration of the international dimensions and multi-disciplinary aspects of his work * Includes a selection of some of the most exciting empirical research that is presently being conducted using what has become known as 'figurational sociology' [278 Seiten, Softcover]

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Worlding Cities

Roy, Ananya / Ong, Aihwa (eds.) — 18 Jul 2011 08:22:33 +0200

Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. The text demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. This inter-generation and interdisciplinary group of authors offers the first serious examination of diverse actors, energies, and conditions at play in defining new worlds of inter-Asian urbanism. [370 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Worlding Cities

Roy, Ananya / Ong, Aihwa (eds.) — 18 Jul 2011 08:22:32 +0200

Sociological Routes and Political Roots

Benson, Michaela / Munro, Rolland (eds.) — 11 Jul 2011 08:17:51 +0200

This monograph explores the interplay between ideas of the political and the way that we, as sociologists, look at the phenomena that we study. * Shows what empirical sociological enquiries into the political reveal on theoretical and conceptual levels * Discusses how sociologists should study and understand a political environment * Evaluates how the political intersects with current social identities and divisions * Includes empirical and theoretical cases [308 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Future of Feminism

Walby, Sylvia — 4 Jul 2011 08:18:00 +0200

Feminism is not dead. This is not a postfeminist era. Feminism is still vibrant, despite declarations that it is over. Feminism is a success, although many gender inequalities remain. Feminism is taking powerful new forms, which makes it unrecognisable to some. In The Future of Feminism, Sylvia Walby offers a provocative riposte to the notion that feminism is dead. Substantiating her arguments with evidence of the vibrancy of contemporary feminism in civil society and beyond, she provides a succinct yet comprehensive critical review of recent treatments of feminism explaining why they have got it wrong. The book provides the definitive account of feminism's new and varied projects, goals, alliances and organizational forms, including feminism as a global wave. It offers engaged accounts of feminist activities across a range of domains in the economy, polity, violence and civil society. Successful feminist projects are not always named as feminist, sometimes being mainstreamed into coalitions with social democratic and global human rights activists. Feminism is now global, though also taking local forms, and these new coalitions are the basis for the future of feminism. On the future of feminism depends not only the future of gender inequality but the future of social inequality more generally. [224 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Future of Feminism

Walby, Sylvia — 4 Jul 2011 08:17:58 +0200

Reforming Long-term Care in Europe

Costa-Font, Joan (ed.) — 4 Jul 2011 08:17:55 +0200

Given the extended life-spans of populations across Europe, the assistance given to older people to help with the essential activities of their daily lives is now increasingly in the loop of political reform in all countries, including the UK, Spain, Germany and Sweden. Each chapter focuses on a key question in the policy debate in each country and offers a description and analysis of each system, often focusing on countries that have been comparatively less studied.This book offers the most up-to-date analysis of the features and developments of long-term care in Europe. [180 Seiten, Softcover]

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Understanding Inequalities

Platt, Lucinda — 27 Jun 2011 08:17:57 +0200

Bringing together the latest empirical evidence with a discussion of sociological debates surrounding inequality, this book explores a broad range of inequalities in people's lives. As well as treating the core sociological topics of class, ethnicity and gender, it examines how inequalities are experienced across a variety of settings, including education, health, geography and housing, income and wealth, and how they cumulate across the life course. Richly illustrated with graphs and figures showing the extent of inequalities and the differences between social groups, the book demonstrates how people's lives are structured by inequalities across multiple dimensions of their lives. Throughout, the text pays attention to how we know what we know about inequality: what is measured and how, what is left out of the picture, and what implications this has for our understanding of specific inequalities. Importantly, the book also highlights the intersections between different sources or forms of inequality, and the ways that bringing an intersectional lens to bear on topics can highlight and challenge the assumptions about how they operate. Designed for second-year undergraduates and above, this book provides an engaging overview of social stratification and challenges readers to think about how inequalities are embedded across society. [204 Seiten, Softcover]

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Understanding Inequalities

Platt, Lucinda — 27 Jun 2011 08:17:56 +0200

Subcultural Theory

Williams, J. Patrick — 13 Jun 2011 08:17:57 +0200

Subcultural phenomena continue to draw attention from many areas of contemporary society, including the news media, the marketing and fashion industries, concerned parents, religious, and other citizen groups, as well as academia. Research into these phenomena has spanned the humanities and social sciences, and the subcultural theories that underlie this work are similarly interdisciplinary. Subcultural Theory brings these diverse analytic issues together in a single text, offering readers a concise discussion of the major concepts and debates that have developed over more than eighty years of subcultural research, including style, stratification, resistance, identity, media and post subcultures. The text emphasizes methods, concepts, and analysis rather than mere descriptions of individual subcultures, all the while ensuring readers will gain insight into past and present youthful subcultures, including mod, punk, hardcore, straightedge, messenger, goth, riot grrrl, hip-hop, skinhead, and extreme metal, among others. The book closes with an assessment of the subculture concept as a viable and useful sociological tool in comparison with other fields of study including social movements and fandom. [216 Seiten, Softcover]

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Subcultural Theory

Williams, J. Patrick — 13 Jun 2011 08:17:56 +0200

Introducing Social Theory

Bradbury, Liz / Jones, Pip / LeBoutillier, Shaun — 6 Jun 2011 08:17:47 +0200

This revised edition of Pip Jones's extremely popular introduction to social theory, now benefiting from the collaboration of Shaun Le Boutillier and Liz Bradbury, has been carefully and thoroughly updated with the latest developments in this continually changing field. Written in a refreshingly lucid and engaging style, Introducing Social Theory provides readers with a wide-ranging, well organized and thematic introduction to all the major thinkers, issues and debates in classical and contemporary social theory. Introducing Social Theory traces the development of social theorizing from the classical ideas about modernity of Durkheim, Marx and Weber, right up to a uniquely accessible review of contemporary theoretical controversies in sociology surrounding post-modernity and reflexive sociology. With great clarity, the authors explain the ideas of seminal thinkers such as Foucault, Bauman, Habermas, Beck, Bourdieu and Giddens, as well as paying increased attention to other important contributions from theorists such as Margaret Archer, Fredric Jameson and George Ritzer. Introducing Social Theory is the ideal textbook for students at all levels taking courses in sociology, from A-level students to undergraduates, who are looking to engage with social theory. Remarkably easy to follow and understand, the new edition lives up to its predecessor's goal that students need never be intimidated by social theory again. [256 Seiten, Softcover]

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Introducing Social Theory

Jones, Pip / Bradbury, Liz / LeBoutillier, Shaun — 6 Jun 2011 08:17:45 +0200

Philosophy of Motion Pictures and Literature

Carroll, Noel — 6 Jun 2011 08:17:42 +0200

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75 Years of Social Science for Social Action

Rutherford, Alexandra / Cherry, Frances / Unger, Rhoda — 24 May 2011 08:18:17 +0200

This issue focuses critical attention on a number of topics (e.g., he environment, homosexuality, international relations) that have not been taken up in previous historical issues of the journal. [228 Seiten, Softcover]

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Collateral Damage

Bauman, Zygmunt — 10 May 2011 08:19:05 +0200

The term 'collateral damage' has recently been added to the vocabulary of military forces to refer to the unintended consequences of armed interventions, consequences that are unplanned but nevertheless damaging and often very costly in human and personal terms. But collateral damage is not unique to the world of armed intervention - it is also one of the most salient and striking dimensions of contemporary social inequality. The inflammable mixture of growing social inequality and the rising volume of human suffering marginalized as 'collateral' is becoming one of most cataclysmic problems of our time. For the political class, poverty is commonly seen as a problem of law and order - a matter of how to deal with individuals, such as unemployed youths, who fall foul of the law. But treating poverty as a criminal problem obscures the social roots of inequality, which lie in the combination of a consumerist life philosophy propagated and instilled by a consumer-oriented economy, on the one hand, and the rapid shrinking of life chances available to the poor, on the other. In our contemporary, liquid-modern world, the poor are the collateral damage of a profit-driven, consumer-oriented society - 'aliens inside' who are deprived of the rights enjoyed by other members of the social order. In this new book Zygmunt Bauman - one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time - examines the selective affinity between the growth of social inequality and the rise in the volume of 'collateral damage' and considers its implications and its costs. [224 Seiten, Softcover]

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