Social and ethical issues Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Children: Noble Causes or Worthy Citizens?
Book SynopsisSince the International Year of the Child in 1979, advocacy for children has intensified. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has propelled this advocacy decisively into the midst of the political debate over human rights. Attempts to construct and support the theoretical and empirical underpinnings for a fresh approach to children and childhood are also intensifying. Nonetheless, policies targeted at children continue to suffer from pervasive theoretical weaknesses. This is persistently constraining appropriate action. This book argues that for both theoretical and practical reasons children need to be understood in their own right. It asks fundamental questions about the perceptions we have of children and childhood and about the ways these perceptions emerge to influence and shape our assumptions, preferences and choices concerning children. It tries to deepen understanding and interest by clarifying the theoretical, ethical and pragmatic reasons for transforming the political neglect of children into recognition and action. The book is divided into two parts. The first part examines cultural and social variations in perceptions concerning children and the second part draws conclusions from the analysis. It concludes by proposing practical lessons which may be learned from the debate about children.Trade Review’This is a compelling book which unravels and conceptualises the many contradictions in the children’s rights debate...It is a salvo in the ideological battle which will greatly appeal to the converted and provides us with, in Knutssen’s words, tools for a better understanding.’ Social Work Review ’This book is an articulate, engaging and purposeful blend of hard facts and even harder polemic.’ International Social WorkTable of ContentsContents: The Nature and the Location of the Debate: The many environments of the child; Different times, different children; Commonalities and variations in perceptions about children; The nature and the location of the debate; The debate in practice: the case of UNICEF; Learning From the Debate: the Need for Change: Tools for a better understanding; The need to rethink development; Recognizing the citizen child; Bibliography.
£130.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd To Make Another World: Studies in Protest and
Book SynopsisThis book is a significant contribution to the expanding study of social movements. The essays consider some of the manifold ways in which people join together in popular movements to pursue visions of a different and more just society. They examine the impact of such movements, both on ordinary citizens swept along by demands for change, and on conventional institutions caught in the crossfire between radical protest and the pursuit of more mundane goals. They cast a new light on seemingly familiar themes: participation as a learning experience, the critical ingenuity of leadership but also its failures of judgment and internal divisions and the ever-changing nature of protest in the face of relentless social change. Above all, these essays succeed in capturing the essential vitality and creativity of ideas and language expressed by citizens as they struggle to reinvent their lives and times.Trade Review’This collection is a gem - the first, I hope, of many.’ Professor David Coates, University of Manchester, UK ’...what for me was one of the highlights of the book, an ethnographic account of how the London police handle demonstrations...however, what remains is the inspiration of reading so many reminders of everday possibility of creative resistance.’ Social HistoryTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; The moral economy of anti-poll tax protest; What is to be done? Contrasting activists’ visions in community protest; From the women’s movement to feminisms; To concede or to contest? Language and class struggle; The East German revolution of 1989; Shirkers in revolt - mass desertion, defeat and revolution in the German army: 1917-1920; Militant and the failure of acherontic Marxism in Liverpool; Business enterprises as agents of cultural and political change: the case of green/ethical marketing; Daring to dream: idealism in the philosophy, organization and campaigning strategies of Earth First!; The other side of the barricades: policing protest.
£130.00
The Social Market Foundation The State of the Future
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The Social Market Foundation Reflections on Welfare Reform
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The Social Market Foundation The State of Dependency: Welfare Under Labour
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Experiment The Shortest History of Sex
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Edinburgh University Press New Scotland, New Society?: Are Social and
Book SynopsisNew Scotland, New Society asks a series of vital questions regarding the attitudes and behaviour of the Scots. Are the ties that bind people to each other and to the democratic system fragmenting? Do people no longer trust each other? How do people relate to each other in terms of social trust? How do they relate to social institutions such as the family and systems of morality? Is constitutional reform restoring that trust? Drawing on the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey and its predecessors, the overall aim of the book is to provide an independent account of public opinion in post-devolution Scotland. Chapters will cover a range of contemporary debates. Attitudes to key issues such as co-habitation, teenage pregnancy, religion, sexuality, abortion, and racial prejudice will be explored. The capacity of Scotland's new political institutions to restore trust will be questioned, and the links between the trust which people have in each other and the trust they have in their institutions will be tested.These attitudes will be set in context over time and also in comparison with the rest of the UK, to see how attitudes have developed, and whether Scottish attitudes are distinctive. Much of the public debate in Scotland in recent years has been about constitutional and political change. This book moves beyond these issues to look at their social basis. It asks whether popular attitudes might actually be even more fundamental than the undoubtedly important constitutional upheaval that Scotland has recently experienced.Trade ReviewFascinating insights into Scottish attitudes ! It will be particularly of interest to academics and politicians, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology and territorial politics. Fascinating insights into Scottish attitudes ! It will be particularly of interest to academics and politicians, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology and territorial politics.
£28.49
Prospect Books Feeding a City: York - Provision of Food from
Book SynopsisThe papers include discussions of the archaeological record; Anne Rycraft on the medieval diet and markets; Peter Brears on York guilds and on shopping in York and its supply of the hinterland; Eileen White on the domestic record of the 16th and 17th centuries; Laura Mason on the diet of the working class in Victorian York and on regional foods.
£36.00
University of Hertfordshire Press Wearmouth & Jarrow: Northumbrian Monasteries in
Book SynopsisPresenting the results of new research on the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow—among the most sophisticated centers of learning and artistic culture in 7th- and 8th-century Europe, and the home of Bede—and their churches, this study examines the long-lasting effect of their buildings and estates on the surrounding region from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. The authors trace these relationships through time with new studies of the changing landscape, the monastery precincts, and the surviving structures themselves, detailing how the historical archaeology of the sites reveals how the churches and their communities were rooted in the landscapes of Northumbria but flourished through their links with other parts of Britain and Europe. Researchers from many different backgrounds contributed to the project, using aerial, geophysical, geoarchaeological, and palaeoenvironmental surveys and digital mapping to examine the monasteries and surrounding lands. This book reveals not only the link between the churches and the region’s political and economic history, but also demonstrates how their cultural significance for local people in northeast England has changed over time.Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Between Tyne and Wear: an historic landscape 3 The monasteries and their sites 4 The church buildings and the early medieval landscape 5 Public perceptions of Wearmouth and Jarrow: contemporary and competing vistas 6 Wearmouth and Jarrow through time
£19.00
University College Dublin Press Diverse Republic
Book SynopsisThe Republic of Ireland has changed much in the last few decades. It has become much more socially liberal, urban, secular and wealthy. It has also experienced large-scale immigration during a period when other Anglophone and many other European countries mainstream political parties have witnessed the exploitation of anti-immigrant nativism by some political mainstream parties as well as by the far right. Diverse Republic examines, as part of a wider focus on how immigration has changed Irish society, the emergence of antiimmigrant far-right groups through a focus on some key figures within these. It also considers the response of mainstream politics to immigration and examines efforts to encourage the integration of newcomers. The first part of the book examines how Irish society and identity has changed since the foundation of the state. This is relevant to the second part, which examines how and to what extent far right anti-immigration politics are likely to flourish or not in the Irish case. The second part of the book examines the appeal of far-right political responses to immigration in a context where some Irish citizens no longer appear to be represented by the political mainstream and where nativist populists lay claim to the symbols and heroes of the Republic. Diverse Republic makes the case for proactive measures to promote immigrant integration and social cohesion through citizenship, social policy and community development. It engages with shifting nationalist understandings of Irishness and makes the case for taking these seriously even if anti-immigrant nativist nationalism has found only fringe support in Irish politics to date. The symbols and history of what has become a diverse Republic should not become the property of those who would exclude some of its citizens.Trade Review'Alan Shatter, the man behind the citizenship ceremony, on why Bryan Fanning's book about the importance of integration deserves to be widely read' - Irish Independent, May 2021. 'Professor Bryan Fanning's new book, Diverse Republic, is a timely discourse that challenges us to look closely at our behaviours and attitudes towards immigrants in today's Ireland' - UCD Today, April 2021 'Waters cuts a lonely figure in the Irish media landscape but equivalent views to his have driven the narratives of politically successful nativist populists in other English-speaking and European democratic countries.' - Bryan Fanning, writing in the Dublin Review of Books, May 2021'Nativist politics have not played a big role in recent Irish elections. Might that change?' - Bryan Fanning, Irish Times, May 2021Table of ContentsAcknowledgements v Introduction Irish-Ireland Making Ireland Modern Immigration Nation Buying into Nativism White Irish Nationalisms Irish Far-Right Perspectives Immigration and Politics The Umbrella of Citizenship Inclusive Communities and Social Cohesion Diverse Republic Notes Select Bibliography Index
£23.75
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd Marx's Capital: A Student Edition
Book SynopsisThis new edition of C. J. Arthur's student edition of Marx's most famous text is re-issued for Marx's 200th birthday in May 2018. Marx's Capital: A Student Edition makes one of the most influential texts of the modern era open and accessible to readers as never before. Karl Marx's Capital was first published in 1867, since when it has become the classic text of Marxism for professional economists, social scientists, philosophers, students, and political activists alike. But the sheer extent of Marx's great work of political economy has often daunted readers, and hampered their understanding of his ideas. Harold Wilson once jokingly claimed he gave up when he came across a two-page footnote on the first page. C.J. Arthur, whose student edition of The German Ideology by Marx and Engels has long proved popular, has substantially edited and abridged Marx's monumental work. His efforts make this book, one of the most influential texts of the modern era, open and accessible to readers as never before.Trade Review`Whatever the state of current politics, Karl Marx remains one of the great thinkers of the modern world. Chris Arthur has solved the problem of slimming down Capital, without tearing the fabric of Marx's argument or losing the flavour of his style, with exceptional success. All students will have reason to thank him.' - E.J. Hobsbawm
£19.00
The Endless Bookcase The Kindness Project
Book SynopsisThe author's royalties from this book are being donated to Saint Frances Hospice, a charity that cares for people with palliative and end of life care needs. The kindness project is full of practical, actionable ideas on how you can make the world a kinder place one small step at a time, and in turn improve your own personal wellbeing. We'll explore how you can be kind every single day we'll look at how to be kind whilst at home and at work, and examine, importantly, how to be kinder to ourselves. From the co-host of the Kindness Project Podcast, Chris Daems, comes a book about hope, about faith in his fellow humans and why finding small incremental ways to be kind every single day can help us become happier and healthier. Learning from some of the kindest people on our planet, Chris explains how we all benefit from being a little kinder and whilst looking for kindness in others found his own road to being a little bit kinder himself. Further details "In The Kindness Project, Chris Daems gifts readers a brazenly honest and highly engaging account of his own quest to be kinder in life. -Lauren Janus "This is a book that makes you reflect on your own character and relationships, what it means to be kind to yourself and others. A warm, enjoyable, inspirational read, packed full of wisdom and actionable ideas." -KeithBoyesTrade Review"This wonderful book has captured what it really means to be kind, and just how easy it is. It picks up and expands on some simple but truthful themes, and you can feel the pages radiating with the same infectious smile and sense of fun that makes The Kindness Project podcast so good. Well done Chris!" David Forsdyke, Knight Frank; "During reading this book I walked past a homeless man - 'any spare change' to which I said sorry no and walked on, then one of Chris' similar stories popped into my head. I went back and gave him the brownie I'd been saving. This is a book that makes you reflect on your own character and relationships, what it means to be kind to yourself and others. A warm, enjoyable, inspirational read, packed full of wisdom and actionable ideas. Chris is kinder than he knows, and it's a timely reminder for us all to be kind to ourselves and others. Once you start on the kindness journey, it's infectious!" Keith Boyes, Spentwell; "In The Kindness Project, Chris Daems gifts readers a brazenly honest and highly engaging account of his own quest to be kinder in life, with off-the-shelf lessons for the rest of us. In reading The Kindness Project, you'll be reminded of the joy that comes not only from simply being kinder, but in finding connection with another human being... something the last few years has shown us is critical to our own humanity." Lauren Janus, Phila Engaged Giving; "Overall I completely agree with the points raised in the book. I personally would struggle with some of the things suggested but the I fully support the basic premise in that the world would be a better place if we were all a little kinder. "I'm also very interested in the concept of ethical investing. Something I'm going to discuss with Chris at our next meeting. "As for abseiling or jumping out of planes. Not for me! "Overall a short and concise review of how being kinder can make the world a better place, backed up by some interesting facts and science." Mike Corder; "For me, there are two things that need to impact me to make me want to immerse myself in reading a book - commonality and community. How does this resonate with me and how does this apply to me? Chris' storytelling instantly resonated with me and his insights around the subject of kindness was delivered in a non-fluffy, 'real' way that most people avoid. A must read!" Nick Elston; "I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Kindness Project and was sad for it to end. Thanks to Daems for sharing the collective wisdom gathered from years of podcasts and lessons about kindness and insights from his own life delivered with such honesty, heart and humour. This is a handbook and collection of notes from Daems' personal journey full of discovery, inspiration and nostalgia. It feels like Daems is in the room with you, sharing stories about his childhood, family, professional life and the many high, lows and laughter along the way. Read this book to learn about the science and benefits of kindness, and find practical ways to be kinder to yourself, others and even the planet." Patrick Luong, GoodGym; "The really inspiring and practical guide that we all need to bring a bit more happiness into our lives and the lives of others in these trying times. A funny, honest and v informative read." Sally McEnallay, Marketing Director, Greenkit; "This is not a self-help book but you will help yourself by reading this book immediately! A lovely read that will fill you with kindness!" Sam Chilton-Cox, Law Choice "I read it with interest and enthusiasm. Having had the pleasure of participating in The Kindness Project podcasts and with my work in health, mental health and overseas- this writing and the story speaks to our wellbeing, as humanity, on so many levels. Thank you for sharing your story with humour and accessibility." Vasanti Hirani, Daal Bhaat Panni
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Springer International Publishing AG Incarcerated Young People Education and Social
Book SynopsisThis book foregrounds the provision of education for young people who have been remanded or sentenced into custody. Both international conventions and national legislation and guidelines in many countries point to the right of children and young people to access education while they are incarcerated. Moreover, education is often seen as an important protective and rehabilitative' factor. However, the conditions associated with incarceration generate particular challenges for enabling participation in education.Bridging the fields of education and youth justice, this book offers a social justice analysis through the lens of participatory parity', the book brings together rare interviews with staff and young people in youth justice settings in Australia, secondary data from these sites, a suite of pertinent and frank reports, and international scholarship. Drawing on this rich set of material, the book demonstrates not only the challenges but also the possibilities for education as a conduit for social justice in custodial youth justice. The book will be of immediate relevance to governmentsand youth justice stafffor meaningfully meeting their obligation of enabling children and young people in custody to benefit from education; and of interest to scholars and researchers in education, youth work and criminology.
£89.99
Springer Social Work in the Mental Health Field
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Examining mental health social work: From power analysis to practice .- Chapter 2. Power and paradox in mental health social work: Mapping the terrain .- Chapter 3. Exploring opportunities for critical mental health social work in direct practice: The politics of naming and responding to distress.- Chapter 4. Exploring opportunities for critical mental health social work in direct practice: Navigating oppressive practices .- Chapter 5. Exploring Opportunities for Community Work and Transforming Systems in Mental Health Social Work: Expanding Our Gaze: .- Chapter 6. Holding the fine line between transformation and complicity.
£37.99
Park Books Traffic Space is Public Space: A Handbook for
Book SynopsisPublic space is an essence of urban life, of a city's living quality. The (re-) transformation of space today used by the dense traffic prevalent in urban areas into truly public space is a highly effective way to increase its quality and quantity in cities of all sizes and larger metropolitan areas. The starting point of any such increase is to ensure a better balance between the various uses of space: more room for pause and the slow traffic of pedestrians and cyclists, less for handling of goods and the faster, passive mobility by car. Traditional planning principles in urban and traffic design will no longer do; new approaches and instruments are required. This new book introduces to the reader these approaches and instruments, affecting the actual design as well as the planning process, as creative strategies rather than as a rigid set of rules. It is about networking, co-production, involving local businesses, co-usage of space, circular metabolism, and an appropriate aesthetic. Using inspiring reference projects as well as their own work, architects and urban designers Stefan Bendiks und Aglaée Degros offer a forward-looking insight into how traffic space can become much needed public space. Text in English and German.
£29.75
Klett (Ernst) Verlag,Stuttgart Dreimal Deutsch NEU Lesebuch AudioCD
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Kohlhammer Liebe, Laster, Lust Und Leiden: Sexualitat Im
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Suhrkamp Verlag Marzahn mon amour Geschichten einer Fupflegerin
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Transsexualismus Genderdysphorie
Book SynopsisDas Phänomen Transidentität oder Transsexualismus begegnet uns heutzutage an vielen Orten. Transidente Menschen treten auch in Talkshows und Doku-Sendungen auf, wo sie über ihr Leben berichten in einer im Vergleich zu früheren Zeiten zwar toleranteren, aber noch längst nicht wirklich akzeptierenden Gesellschaft. Udo Rauchfleisch skizziert den Weg vom Pathologiekonzept "Transsexualismus" zur "Genderdysphorie" bis hin zur "Geschlechtsinkongruenz" und dem nichtpathologischen Begriff der "Transidentität". Er fordert die absolute Selbstentscheidung der Transidenten über die von ihnen gewünschten Schritte in ihrer sogenannten Transition. Eine professionelle Begleitung Transidenter hat meist den Charakter eines transaffirmativen Coachings. Neben Transmenschen selbst und ihren Angehörigen richtet sich das Buch vor allem an Fachleute der verschiedenen Disziplinen, die an der Begleitung und Therapie von Transidenten beteiligt sind.
£12.99
Lit Verlag At Home in the Future: Place & Belonging in a
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Hatje Cantz Taryn Simon: The Innocents
Book SynopsisTaryn Simon’s earliest body of work, The Innocents (2002), documents the stories of individuals who served time in prison for violent crimes they did not commit. The series centres on the question of photography as credible witness and arbiter of justice, since the primary cause of wrongful conviction is mistaken identification. Suspected perpetrators are identified through photographs and lineups, a procedure that relies on the assumption of precise visual memory. But through exposure to composite sketches, mug shots, Polaroids, and lineups, eyewitness memory can change. In these cases, photography offered the criminal justice system a tool that transformed innocent citizens into criminals. Simon photographed these men at sites that had particular significance to their illegitimate conviction: the scene of misidentification, the scene of arrest, the scene of the crime, or the scene of the alibi. The Innocents was first exhibited at MoMA PS1 in 2003. The 2021 edition of the book includes previously unpublished images, a new essay by Innocence Project co-founders Peter Neufeld and Barry C. Scheck, and an interview by professor and curator Nicole R. Fleetwood with criminal justice reform activist Tyra Patterson.
£58.50
Tectum Begleitete Elternschaft: Menschen Mit Geistiger
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Das Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz Fur Die Soziale
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BoD - Books on Demand Perdón por la pregunta
£11.78
Damiani Matthew Leifheit: To Die Alive
Book SynopsisTo Die Alive conjures a hedonistic fever dream of Fire Island’s historic gay communities. The book contains 77 photographs by New York artist Matthew Leifheit taken by night over the past five years. The pictures show a world of desire layered in history, including the Ice Palace bar’s infamous underwear party, the men-only Belvedere Guesthouse, clandestine encounters in the Meat Rack, and landscapes in all seasons of the island’s delicate maritime forest. The wide-ranging subjects of Leifheit’s portraits are the intergenerational community who come to the island for refuge or employment, ranging from sugar daddies to bartenders and sex workers. The series takes the form of a tragedy, combining many nights and many histories to form an endless night of sex, death, and evolution towards new definitions of queerness. As homosexuality gains mainstream acceptance, many queer Americans no longer need to go to geographic extremes like Fire Island, Provincetown, Palm Springs or Key West to express themselves. But what is the cost of assimilation? To Die Alive is both romantic and grotesque, challenging the sun-bleached history of homoerotic representation on this fragile island, which itself is under constant threat of erosion into the sea.
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Damiani ONYX
Book Synopsis'[a] glimmering monograph, which celebrates the performance and artistry of its dancers.' - Vanity Fair 'This book will serve as a starting point for conversations around the Black female body with Raquel at the forefront of provocative image-making' - Aesthetica 'By focusing on the performers themselves, the series elevates the images from straight reportage to curated and highly intentional... Raquel’s captivating imagery portrays the empowerment and inclusivity in strip clubs that society has tended to ignore.'- Creative Review In ONYX, photographer Adrienne Raquel explores the intensity and escapism of the nightclub experience, documenting the power of the performers at Houston’s famed Club Onyx. Raquel’s photography is usually editorial, with high-power celebrities as her subjects. Her work has broken glass ceilings for Black female photographers. Now, for this passion project commissioned by Fotografiska New York, she has turned her lens towards a community of underrepresented artists in her hometown. At Club Onyx, strippers step on stage displaying their bodies, strength, and seduction, but there’s a virtue to this particular space. “They don’t get naked” is a common idiom to describe the club’s ambiance. Performers there take the word “stripper,” and negotiate what that means to them, on their own terms. Raquel captures elements of southern strip culture and the power of these performers with her signature glossy photographic style. From powerful images of the dancers mid-movement to detailed shots and intimate portraits, Raquel’s striking images put the divine beauty and compelling energy that enlivens Houston’s nightlife on full display. She also takes viewers behind the scenes, giving us a window into the community the dancers have built in the privacy of the locker room. There they prepare for the evening together before moving to the stage, each dancer in her moment. Uniting their star power to conquer one customer at a time, dancers continue into the early morning, performing and collecting bills. ONYX displays the empowerment and inclusivity in strip clubs that society has ignored. As captured by Raquel, the night club experience is revealed with layered meaning — granting the chance for these performers to be seen as elevated as the culture they influence.
£36.00
MER Paper Kunsthalle Resonances I: Food
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Springer 101 Inequalities amid the COVID19 Crisis and Beyond
Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis and Growing Inequalities and Disparities in a not-so-inclusive contemporary society.- 50 Inequalities under 5 Inequality Categories.- Economic Inequality.- Political Inequality.- Gender Inequality.- Inequality of Access.- Inequality of Opportunity.- 50 Disparities under 5 Disparity categories.- Economic Stability.- Physical Environment.- Istitutional Systems.- Food.- Community Safety and Social Context.- Learning from the current inequalities and disparities for future sustainable development pathways: A brief reflection.
£89.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Examining Internet and Technology around the World
Book SynopsisLaura M. Steckman, PhD, is a fellow with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Southeast Asian Studies. She is coeditor of Online Around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Apps (ABC-CLIO, 2017).
£28.99
Random House USA Inc Attensity
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Oxford University Press, USA Vulnerability and the Politics of Care Transdisciplinary Dialogues Proceedings of the British Academy
Book SynopsisThis book brings together scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to examine what it means to be vulnerable, to care and be cared for, within conditions of inequality, violence and crisis across the globe.Table of ContentsBodies, Resistance, Despair 1: JUDITH BUTLER: Bodies that Still Matter 2: ROSALBA ICAZA: Decolonial Feminism and Global Politics 3: C. JASON THROOP: Meteorological Moods and Atmospheric Attunements Response: The Terror of InvulnerabilityRAHUL RAO: Ambiguity, Affectivity, Violence 4: ERINN GILSON: The Problems and Potentials of Vulnerability 5: THOMAS GREGORY: Vulnerable Civilians: Coalition Checkpoints and the Perception of Hostile Intent 6: OMAR DEWACHI: Revealed in the Wound: Medical Care and the Ecologies of War in Post-Occupation Iraq Response: On the Condition of Being OpenVÉRONIQUE PIN-FAT: Narrative, Relationality, Disclosure 7: JACKIE LEACH SCULLY: The politics of care: from biomedical transformation to narrative vulnerability 8: JASON DANELY: "It rips you to bits!": Woundedness and Compassion in Carers' Narratives 9: ANN CAHILL: Disclosing an Experience of Sexual Assault: Ethics and the Role of the Confidant Response: Tenuous MooringsYASMIN GUNARATNAM: Dependence, Distribution, Waiting 10: LOTTE MEINERT: Vulnerability as Radically Social: Cash and Care for the Elderly in Uganda 11: LISA BARAITSER AND WILLIAM BROOK: Watchful Waiting: Temporalities of Crisis and Care in the UK: National Health Service Response: The Hopeless Hopeful Time of CaringTIFFANY PAGE: Index
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The University of Chicago Press Streetwise Race Class and Change in an Urban
Book SynopsisA portrait of city life which explores the dilemma of both blacks and whites, the underclass and the middle class, caught up in the new struggle not only for common ground--prime real estate in a racially changing neighborhood--but for shared moral community.
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The University of Chicago Press Uncommon Sense
Book SynopsisOn December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize - winning economist Gary S Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. This book gathers the most important and innovative entries from the blog.Trade Review"An excellent book.... For anyone who wants a quick and easy crash course on Chicago economics - style thinking, this book is as good as it gets.... I read nearly the whole book in one sitting." - New York Times's Freakonomics blog "The best way of getting into the economics of what is known as the 'Chicago School' without paying tuition." - Chicago Tribune"
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Uncommon Sense
Book SynopsisOn December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize - winning economist Gary S Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. This book gathers the most important and innovative entries from the blog.Trade Review"An excellent book.... For anyone who wants a quick and easy crash course on Chicago economics - style thinking, this book is as good as it gets.... I read nearly the whole book in one sitting." - New York Times's Freakonomics blog "The best way of getting into the economics of what is known as the 'Chicago School' without paying tuition." - Chicago Tribune"
£17.00
The University of Chicago Press Beyond Sexuality
Book SynopsisCombining psychoanalytic emphasis on the unconscious with a respect for the variability of sexual identities, this work of queer theory makes the case for viewing erotic desire as fundamentally impersonal. Dean develops a reading of Lacan that brings out queer tensions and productive incoherencies.
£76.00
University of Chicago Press Beyond Sexuality
Book SynopsisCombining psychoanalytic emphasis on the unconscious with a respect for the variability of sexual identities, this work of queer theory makes the case for viewing erotic desire as fundamentally impersonal. Dean develops a reading of Lacan that brings out queer tensions and productive incoherencies.
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The University of Chicago Press W. E. B. DuBois on Sociology and the Black
Book SynopsisThis volume collects W.E.B. Du Bois' sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The selections include discussion on the conception of sociology and sociological research, especially as a tool in the struggle for racial justice along with an assessment of race relations before and after World War II.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction Dan S. Green, Edwin D. Driver. I: The Tasks of Sociology 1: The Atlanta Conferences 2: The Laboratory in Sociology at Atlanta University 3: The Twelfth Census and the Negro Problems 4: The Study of the Negro Problems 5: The Negro Race in the United States of America II: Community Studies 6: The Philadelphia Negro 7: The Black North in 1901: New York 8: The Negroes of Dougherty County, Georgia 9: The Negroes of Farmville, Virginia III: Black Culture and Creativity 10: The Negro American Family 11: The Religion of the American Negro 12: The Problem of Amusement 13: The Conservation of Races IV: Changing Patterns of Racial Relations 14: The Relations of the Negroes to the Whites in the South 15: The Social Evolution of the Black South 16: The Problem of the Twentieth Century Is the Problem of the Color Line 17: Prospect of a World without Race Conflict Notes Selected Bibliography of W. E. B. Du Bois Index
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Slims Table Race Respectability and Masculinity
Book SynopsisA profile of the black men who congregate at Slim's Table at the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side.
£15.80
The University of Chicago Press Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes
Book SynopsisWhy do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout? This title provides answers to these questions.Trade Review"This is a very good comparative case study of two different types of organizations and a beautifully written, engaging work of participant observation." - Jonathan Turner, University of California, Riverside"
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The University of Chicago Press The Struggle for Water Politics Rationality and
Book SynopsisThe story of the proposed - and ultimately thwarted - building of a dam, nearly 50 years ago in Arizona, which would have destroyed wildlife, flooded archaeological sites and forced the Havapai Indians off their ancestral home. It is also a study of rationality as a cultural, organisational and political construct.
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The University of Chicago Press Mehinaku The Drama of Daily Life in a Brazilian
Book SynopsisFocusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Stone Soup Experiment
Book SynopsisThe Stone Soup Experiment is a remarkable story of cultural difference, of in-groups, out-groups, and how quickly and strongly the lines between them are drawn. It is also a story about simulation and reality, and how quickly the lines between them can be dismantled. In a compulsively readable account, Deborah Downing Wilson details a ten-week project in which forty university students were split into two different simulated cultures: the carefree Stoners, and the market-driven Traders. Through their eyes we are granted intimate access to the very foundations of human society: how group identities are formed and what happens when opposing ones come into contact. The experience of the Stoners and Traders is a profound testament to human sociality. Even in the form of simulation, even as a game, the participants found themselves quickly-and with real conviction-bound to the ideologies and practices of their in-group. The Stoners enjoyed their days lounging, chatting, and making crafts, while the Traders-through a complex market of playing cards-competed for the highest bankrolls. When they came into contact, misunderstanding, competition, and even manipulation prevailed, to the point that each group became so convinced of its own superiority that even after the simulation's end the students could not reconcile. Throughout her riveting narrative, Downing Wilson interweaves fascinating discussions on the importance of play, emotions, and intergroup interaction in the formation and maintenance of group identities, as well as on the dynamic social processes at work when different cultural groups interact. A fascinating account of social experimentation, the book paints a vivid portrait of our deepest social tendencies and the powers they have over how we make friends and enemies alike.
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The University of Chicago Press Corruption and Reform Lessons from Americas
Book SynopsisIn the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of corrupt developing nations as municipal governments and robber barons alike found ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. This book explores this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption world-wide.
£46.55
The University of Chicago Press The Politics of Resentment Rural Consciousness in
Book SynopsisExploring the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families in Chicago in 1911. This revealing study shows how assumptions about women's roles have historically shaped public policy.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press America Compromised Five Studies in
Book SynopsisLessig mounts an unflinching case that money and power have corrupted nearly every institution in American lifeand that unless we accept the part we each, in our well-meaning way, have played in getting us here, we won't be able to make things better.
£21.00
The University of Chicago Press On Work Race and the Sociological Imagination
Book SynopsisHughes was the first sociologist to pay sustained attention to occupations as a field for study. The writings in this volume highlight his contributions to: the sociology of work and professions; race and ethnicity; and the central themes and methods of the discipline.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Hegemony and Culture Politics and Religious
Book SynopsisIn this ambitious work, David D. Laitin explores the politics of religious change among the Yoruba of Nigeria, then uses his findings to expand leading theories of ethnic and religious politics.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Race and Schooling in the South 18801950
Book SynopsisThe interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of these factors in slavery and the economic consequences for blacks has received much attention, but the post-slave experience of blacks in the American economy has been less studied. To deepen our understanding of that experience, Robert A. Margo mines a wealth of newly available census data and school district records. By analyzing evidence concerning occupational discrimination, educational expenditures, taxation, and teachers' salaries, he clarifies the costs for blacks of post-slave segregation. A concise, lucid account of the bases of racial inequality in the South between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights era. . . . Deserves the careful attention of anyone concerned with historical and contemporary race stratification.Kathryn M. Neckerman, Contemporary SociologyMargo has produced an
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