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Taylor & Francis The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia
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Taylor & Francis Simulating Societies The Computer Simulation of Social Phenomena Routledge Library Editions Artificial Intelligence
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Taylor & Francis Simulating Societies The Computer Simulation of Social Phenomena Routledge Library Editions Artificial Intelligence
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Taylor & Francis Pragmatic Humanism
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Taylor & Francis Social Change Theories in Motion Explaining the Past Understanding the Present Envisioning the Future
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Taylor & Francis Social Change Theories in Motion Explaining the Past Understanding the Present Envisioning the Future
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Taylor & Francis Gifts of Cooperation Mauss and Pragmatism
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Taylor & Francis Divinization and Technology
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Taylor & Francis Global Capital and Social Difference
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Taylor & Francis The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman
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Taylor & Francis Dialogical Social Theory
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Taylor & Francis PostHuman Institutions and Organizations Confronting The Matrix The Future of the Human
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Taylor & Francis Ignorance and Change Anticipatory Knowledge and the European Refugee Crisis Routledge Research in Ignorance Studies
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Taylor & Francis Crime and Society
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Taylor & Francis Mass Panic and Social Attachment
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Taylor & Francis PostHuman Futures Human Enhancement Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory The Future of the Human
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Globalization The Key Concepts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reintroducing Gabriel Tarde
Book SynopsisThis book offers a new introduction to the thought of Gabriel Tarde, highlighting the continuing relevance, and even the novelty, of both his general theoretical approach and many of his specific analyses. Showing that Tarde elaborates a comprehension of the social that was received with difficulty in his time but is increasingly akin to ours, it demonstrates that the infinitesimal sociology offered to us by Tarde provides a framework through which we can understand a whole range of social phenomena. With attention to social networks, public opinion, innovation, diffusion, virality and virtualityall of which were topics addressed by Tarde himselfthe author clarifies and elaborates upon Tarde's central theses on the multiple, differential, infinitesimal and infinite nature of both the social and the subjective. An examination of the importance of a figure whose work looked ahead to our own age, Reintroducing Gabriel Tarde will appeal to scholars and students of social sciencesTable of ContentsContentsINTRODUCTION | Hypothesis about an oblivion and remembrance planWhere to locate Tarde’s work?Three classical readings and a (neo) baroque oneMultitudes in heaven and EarthThe problem of the social and its pure sociologyCHAPTER 1 | Infinite and social theoryInfinitesimals or differentialsThe labyrinth of the continuumLeibniz’s universeThe composition of the infiniteTowards an infinitist social theoryMicro-megaCHAPTER 2 | Individual, Society and Social Field From the society to individualsFrom points to linesThe social as skein, the individual as wool ballBeliefs and desires as infinitesimal social forcesInfinitesimal sociologyCHAPTER 3 | The social as contagion, creation and fightSocial hypnosis (not everything is wakefulness with eyes wide open)Contagion lines and social epidemicsOpposition, conflict, struggleThe social as a field of strugglesFrom doubt to warInvention as social relation (and as engine of History)Adaptation: difference and integrationContingency and necessity / virtuality and actualityGreat and small / chance and reasonCHAPTER 4 | Sociology of flows and ensemblesThe logic of social contagionSocial logic and persuasive syllogismsNon-logic laws of imitationThe world within the home and vice versaSocial ensembles or systemsSocial intelligence and general willA science of intensive communicationCHAPTER 5 | The Continuity of the multitudesThe CrowdThe multitude as paradigm and laboratoryThe individual, the crowd and its leadersThe corporationThe public, the mass-mediaEvolution and metamorphosisAPPENDIX | Cartographical noteTarde in ParisTarde in North-AmericaBack to FranceACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Volume 7 Tome I
Book SynopsisThe period of Kierkegaard''s life corresponds to Denmark''s Golden Age, which is conventionally used to refer to the period covering roughly the first half of the nineteenth century, when Denmark''s most important writers, philosophers, theologians, poets, actors and artists flourished. Kierkegaard was often in dialogue with his fellow Danes on key issues of the day. His authorship would be unthinkable without reference to the Danish State Church, the Royal Theater, the University of Copenhagen or the various Danish newspapers and journals, such as The Corsair, FÃdrelandet, and KjÃbenhavns flyvende Post, which played an undeniable role in shaping his development. The present volume features articles that employ source-work research in order to explore the individual Danish sources of Kierkegaard''s thought. The volume is divided into three tomes in order to cover the different fields of influence. Tome I is dedicated to exploring the sources that fall under the rubrics, Philosophy, PTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Andreas Frederick Beck: a good dialectician and a bad reader, K. Brian Söderquist; Jens Finsteen Giødwad: an amiable friend and a despicable journalist, Andrea Scaramuccia; Johan Ludwig Heiberg: Kierkegaard's criticism of Hegel's Danish apologist, Jon Stewart; J.L.A. Kolderup-Rosenvinge: Kierkegaard on walking away from politics, J. Michael Tilley; Orla Lehmann: Kierkegaard's political alter-ego?, Julie K. Allen; Poul Martin Møller: Kierkegaard and the confidant of Socrates, Finn Gredal Jensen; Ditlev Gothard Monrad: Kierkegaard on politics, the liberal movement, and the Danish constitution, J. Michael Tilley; Rasmus Nielsen: from the object of 'prodigious concern' to a 'windbag', Jon Stewart; Hans Christian Ørsted: Søren Kierkegaard and The Spirit in Nature, Bjarne Troelsen; Frederick Christian Sibbern: 'the lovable, remarkable thinker, Councilor Sibbern' and 'the political Simple-Peter Sibbern', Carl Henrik Koch; Henrich Steffens: combining Danish romanticism with Christian orthodoxy, Andrew J. Burgess; Peter Michael Stilling: as successor? 'Undeniably a possibility', Carl Henrik Koch; Frederik Ludvig Zeuthen: 'I struck a light, lit a fire - now it is burning. And this "fire" Dr Zeuthen wants to extinguish - with an "enema syringe".', Carl Henrik Koch; Indexes.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Evolution
Book SynopsisSince the dawn of social science, theorists have debated how and why societies appear to change, develop and evolve. Today, this question is pursued by scholars across many different disciplines and our understanding of these dynamics has grown markedly. Yet, there remain important areas of disagreement and debate: what is the difference between societal change, development and evolution? What specific aspects of cultures change, develop or evolve and why? Do societies change, develop or evolve in particular ways, perhaps according to cycles, or stages or in response to survival necessities? How do different disciplinesfrom sociology to anthropology to psychology and economicsapproach these questions? This book provides complex and nuanced answers to these, and many other, questions. First, the book invites readers to consider the broad landscape of societal dynamics across human history, beginning with humanity's origins in small nomadic bands of hunter gatherers through to Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Social Environment of Evolutionary AdaptednessChapter 2. "Cultural Evolution," DescriptivelyChapter 3. Evolutionary SociologyChapter 4. Cyclic TheoriesChapter 5. Cumulative Cultural EvolutionChapter 6. MemeticsChapter 7. The Evolution of Norms, Values and IdentitiesChapter 8. Toward an Integration and Theoretical Extension
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Class Boundaries in Europe
Book SynopsisDrawing inspiration from Pierre Bourdieu's social space theory, this book provides an unprecedent overview of class relations, covering topics such as class polarisation, cultural reproduction, political orientations, and globalisation.The book applies Bourdieusian social space approach to show how class boundaries have been maintained or transformed in different European countries. Based on quantiative data, it proposes a renewal of the analysis of distances, divides, and relations of domination between social classes, documenting objective and symbolic boundaries that form the basis of individuals' living and working conditions in 11 European countries. Focusing on transformations of wealth inequalities, education strategies, and European labour markets, the book examines the role of cultural, economic and social capital. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences, in particular to those studying social and wealth inequalities in a comTable of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking about class boundaries in Europe PART I: Social space and class polarisation 1 Stability, transformation, and escalation: Norwegian classes and class boundaries 2008–20202 Polarisation: Trends in class boundaries in Hungary 3 Social classes and their boundaries during Poland’s "Golden Age" PART II: Questioning the cultural reproduction of class boundaries 4 The cultivation of the synthetic gentleman: Exploring horizontal boundaries within the British elite 5 Exploring class differences within occupational categories: The case of professionals in Athens, 1991–2011 6 Class formation and social reproduction strategies in the Portuguese construction industry: Elements for a relational sociological analysis PART III: Homology between class boundaries and political orientations 7 Class, confidence, and political conflicts in Denmark: Exploring social cleavages and political boundaries in a Nordic welfare society 8 The politicised class structure of German society (2009–2017) PART IV: Blind spots in the Bourdieusian approach 9 France: The dynamics of internal changes within a persistent class structure 10 Class boundaries in Spain: Intergenerational and regional changes in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis 11 Inequality in the hidden abode of production: Class and working conditions in Sweden, 1995–2015 12 On the borders of class analysis: Questioning the demarcation of economic activity PART V: Beyond nations? Social class and globalisation 13 Is happiness at work a class privilege? Subjective relationships to work and class boundaries in Europe 14 Elaborating class analysis on the European scale: The importance of British "non-domiciled" individuals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Political Legitimacy
Book SynopsisPolitical Legitimacy: Realism in Political Theory and Sociology explores the concept of political legitimacy, the nature of the normative foundation of politics and the state. With particular attention to the broad theoretical approach of political realism within political theory and political sociology, it examines the work of figures including Bernard Williams, Raymond Geuss, John Grey, Max Weber, and Niklas Luhmann, among others.Contending that in the face of the waning influence of political idealism, the insights of political realism constitute a promising way forward, the author also advances the view that realist political theory would benefit from sociological insights, particularly on the nature of the state.As such, Political Legitimacy will appeal to scholars and students of social and political theory, political sociology, and political philosophy.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Diversions of political idealism 3. Political and sociological realism 4. Max Weber: Legitimacy by leadership 5. Weberian ideas of structural legitimacy 6. Legitimation demand, value pluralism and modus vivendi 7. Niklas Luhmann: Legitimacy as political self-production 8. Postscript
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Class
Book SynopsisThis accessible introductory text offers an engaging and thought-provoking discussion of class in relation to several cultural, sociological and political schools of thought and draws upon the works of a broad range of key theorists as well as contemporary thinkers to restate the ongoing importance of class as a sociological concept.Class has long been a key focus of sociological and political studies. This book explores what it might mean today in a twenty-first century context. Is class really disappearing? Is class morally justifiable? What impact has globalisation and neoliberalism had on the restructuring of class-based social relationships? These questions and others are explored in this short but lively book. Stevenson reviews a number of normative traditions including anarchist, Marxist, social democratic and citizenship-based forms of understanding of class in order to shed light on the themes of class-based experiences, health and inequality, work, class struTable of Contents1. Class as a Key Sociological Concept 2. Class Struggles 3. Class, Human Needs and Morality 4. Class Politics 5. Class and the Commons 6. Class, Work and the Labour Movement 7. Concluding Thoughts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Invisible Religion
Book SynopsisA modern classic of social science, this book addresses the question of whether Western societies are becoming secular as they modernize, arguing that rather than a decline of religion, we are witnessing a shift from an older, Church-centered form to another, invisible and still largely unexplored form of religion. Table of ContentsEditors' Introduction Foreword Introduction I. Religion, Church and SociologyII. Church-Oriented Religion on the Periphery of Modern SocietyIII. The Anthropological Condition of ReligionIV. The Social Forms of ReligionV. Individual ReligiosityVI. Religion and Personal Identity in Modern SocietyVII. Modern Religious ThemesPostscript
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Class and Conflict in an Industrial Society
Book SynopsisOriginally published in England in 1959, this book evolves a new theory of conflict in industrial society. By way of illustrating and testing this theory, the book provides detailed analyses of various social phenomena. Trade Review‘Mr. Dahrendorf is concerned with large and truly important questions, and he has an impressive command of the literature of his subject.’ Political Quarterly‘Professor Dahrendorf has, with dazzling erudition, examined the principal attitudes to questions of class from Marx to Shelsky, Weber to Riesman and, mostly found them wanting.’ W. John Morgan, New Statesman‘One of the most provocative contributions to social theory that has appeared in recent years. No sociologist concerned with ongoing social theory can afford to ignore this book.’ American Journal of Sociology. Table of ContentsPart 1: The Marxian Doctrine in the Light of Historical Changes and Sociological Insights 1. Karl Marx’s Model of the Class Society 2. Changes in the Structure of Industrial Societies Since Marx 3. Some Recent Theories of Class Conflict in Modern Societies 4. A Sociological Critique of Marx Part 2: Towards A Sociological Theory of Conflict in Industrial Society 5. Social Structure, Group Interests and Conflict Groups 6. Conflict Groups, Group Conflicts, and Social Change 7. Classes in Post-Capitalist Society (I): Industrial Conflict 8. Classes in Post-Capitalist Society (II): Political Conflict.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recontextualising and Recontesting Bourdieu in
Book SynopsisFor more than 40 years, researchers have explored the utility of Bourdieu's sociology for settings beyond the French and Algerian contexts of its origin. This edited collection has a focus on China, applying Bourdieu's analysis of practice as Chinese education gains relevance and attention around the globe. Grounded in empirical research, Recontextualising and Recontesting Bourdieu in Chinese Education advances Bourdieu's analysis of practice beyond national scales while producing new knowledge about the generation of habitus, mobilities, and languages in relation to Chinese education. Locating Chinese education within national and transnational contexts, this collection grapples with the structural invariances and inequivalences between Chinese education and society on the one hand, and social spaces in other parts of the world on the other hand. Through chapters that examine social mobility in the context of cross-border movement and delve into questions of laTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Bourdieu and Chinese education: Recontextualising and recontesting sociological traditions Part 1: On class and habitus 2. Social reproduction or social experiment? Understanding the idiosyncrasy and hybridity of habitus in Chinese education 3. Parental engagement in children’s transition to school: A Bourdieusian analysis of a Chinese sample in Beijing 4. The relevance and dissonances of ‘class’ in China: An imaginative dialogue with Bourdieu and Bourdieusian studies Part 2: On mobility and migration 5. Raising children for future mobilities: A Bourdieusian case study of Shanghai-Chinese middle-class parental strategies 6. A comparative analysis of Teach for China and the Special Post Teacher Plan: Cross-field capital, orchestrated habitus, and transverse movements 7. ‘Localised’ field strategies and diversities in educational policy enactment: Towards multi-level/directional cross-field analysis Part 3: On language and postmonolingual theorising 8. Family language policies in China: A Bourdieusian re-framing and review of research 9. Postmonolingual curriculum theorising, crisis communications and language(s) education: Learning from Bourdieu’s method of thinking Conclusion 10. Researching Chinese education from within and afar: Enacting Bourdieu’s ‘practical reflexivity’
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Taylor & Francis Jurisprudence and SocioLegal Studies
Book SynopsisThis book presents a set of related studies aimed at showing key points of intersection and common interest between jurisprudence and socio-legal studies, which are otherwise typically considered distinct fields. It reflects and draws on the author's work in these areas over more than four decades.The first half of the book explores theoretical issues surrounding the enterprise of socio-legal research, its current scope, and its historical traditions. Some chapters directly compare juristic theory and socio-legal inquiry. Chapters in Part II profile a selection of European jurists whose work offers important insights for socio-legal inquiry. Other chapters frame these studies, explore the history of interactions between jurisprudence and socio-legal research, and show points of convergence between these fields that are increasingly important today. A main aim of the book is to show the current urgency of linking and broadening juristic and social scientific interests in law.<
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Taylor & Francis Marxs Theory of Value at the Frontiers
Book SynopsisWhy do humans produce the things they do, in the way they do it? As this book shows, the classical political economics approach to value and prices has fundamental implications for analyzing the historical trajectory of capitalism.It demonstrates that the classical political economistsâ approach to value and prices, which finds its most advanced formulation in Marx, sheds light on the source of profits, exploitation, whether equivalents are exchanged in trade, dynamics of asymmetric and uneven accumulation, and the relationship of production to non-human natures at large. Understanding these phenomena is key to understanding the economic regularities underlying the key issues facing the world in the 21st century: imperialism and ecological breakdown. It argues powerfully that deviations between market prices, production prices, and labor values are central to understanding international value transfers due to differential capital compositions and rates of exploitation, as well as the central role of rent and accumulation in capitalism-induced ecological crisis.The book is structured to provide an understandable introduction to the classical approach to value and prices, and its modern expression in empirical applications making it of great interest to readers in Economics, Political Economy, Politics and Sociology.
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Taylor & Francis Deviance and Control
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Labour and Politics in Nigeria
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Taylor & Francis Making Sense of Modern Times
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Taylor & Francis A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Social
Book SynopsisExamining the core sociological theories that have emerged in the first two decades of the current century, A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory outlines their attempts to answer the most fundamental questions of the discipline, from the nature of social order to the mechanisms of social change. Through a careful exploration of the history of modern social theory, Piotr Sztompka lays the critical groundwork for investigating the development of contemporary social theory from its founding fathers in the 19th century, through the rich contributions of the 20th century, known as the golden age of theory, up to the most recent developments and illuminates how it is both anchored in and a critique of previous attempts to theorize foundational questions to social being and action. Contemporary theory, the book argues, is now moving toward analysis of action, interpersonal relations, social and epistemological realism, and multivalent mechanisms at the root o
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Knowledge Power and Ignorance
Book SynopsisWhat is knowledge, and ignorance? How is it decided? Do power and power relations influence this process? Does the spread of knowledge lead to more ignorance? Is ignorance socially produced? Is knowledge always socially contextualized? This book deals with these important questions on the interplay of knowledge, ignorance and power located in varied contexts in India.As systematic knowledge grows, so does the possibility of ignorance. Ignorance is a state which people attribute to others and is loaded with moral judgment. Thus, being underdeveloped often implies a kind of stupidity or failure'. This volume seeks to be premised in a framework where ignorance is understood as being a socially produced and maintained phenomenon, where the ways of knowing and not knowing are interdependent. It is a novel attempt for an academic re-orientation of the KnowledgeIgnorance paradigm through a process of re-interpretation of the bounded purview attached with the existing epistemological
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Taylor & Francis A Sociological Analysis of Incipient
Book SynopsisUsing George Orwellâs novel Nineteen Eighty-Four as a guide for interpreting the role of the American state in the twenty-first century â paying particular attention to how the government responded to the life and death issues of terrorism, COVID-19, and climate change â this book presents eye-opening and compelling documentary evidence that suggests Orwellian policies have already been implemented by Republicans and Democrats.A Sociological Analysis of Incipient Totalitarianism in the United States advances a groundbreaking sociological explanation for how totalitarian rule is embraced by the public when freedom, equality, and justice are compromised, offering a sociological explanation of how totalitarian rule is operationalized from the macro level to the micro level, using concepts associated with Marx (ruling ideas), Mead (generalized other) and Berger and Luckmann (recipe knowledge) which are especially key to understanding the process. Finally, the book suggests
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Taylor & Francis Status and Social Comparisons Among Adolescents
Book SynopsisThis insightful book examines the differences in the perception of social status and how they impact youth mental health and well-being. Looking at social status from a developmental perspective, the author explores the expansion of opportunities for social comparison and complex social hierarchies driven by social media use.Focusing on how social status is ever-present across species in the animal world, the book begins by exploring the biology of social status, the biological mechanisms by which it affects health, and how it presents in the spaces in which children and adolescents live e.g., schools, neighbourhoods, and cultures. Case studies of adolescents interviewed about social status are included, as well as a final chapter detailing specific steps to help minimise the effects of hierarchies on health and ways to approach social status differences.Bridging anthropological, economic, developmental, and psychological literature on children and adolescent social hi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Genetics as Social Practice Transdisciplinary Views on Science and Culture
Book SynopsisRecent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the topic. Regulatory and ethical debates benefit from taking seriously this 'third dimension' of culture, which often determines the configurations and limits of the space within which scientific, ethical and legal debate can take place. To fill this gap, this volume brings together contributions exploring the mutual relationships between genetics, markets, societies and identities in genetics and genomics. It draws upon the recent transdisciplinary debate on how socio-cultural factors influence understandings of 'genetics2.0'' and shows how individual and collective identities are challenged or reinforced by cultural meanings and practices of genetics. This book will become a standard reference for everyone seeking to make sense of the controversies and shifts in the fieTrade Review’This is a timely and important publication that fills a gap in research and teaching. The editors have done a great job putting together a range of thoughtful analyses on the ethical, social and personal challenges that follow when genetics leaves the lab and the headlines and becomes an everyday issue for ordinary people. I will be happy to recommend this book to my students.’ Lene Koch, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ’As technology produces an unprecedented level of genetic information, this book successfully analyses the changing social and ethical implications and challenges for individuals and societies. This is a clear and essential reference for both academics and lay readers that explores the dramatic present and future impact of genetics from a social, political and scientific perspective.’ Tim Spector, King’s College London, UKTable of ContentsChapter 1 Geneticising Life: A Collective Endeavour and its Challenges, Barbara Prainsack, Silke Schicktanz, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer; Part I Creating Identities; Chapter 2 Will Personal Genomic Information Transform One’s Self?, Jennifer R. Fishman, Michelle L. McGowan; Chapter 3 The Changing Self: Philosophical Concepts of Self and Personal Identity in a Post-clinical Age of Genetics, Josef Quitterer; Chapter 4 1An earlier version of this chapter appeared in Race and the Genetic Revolution, edited by S. Krimsky and K.Sloan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010., Troy Duster; Chapter 5 Other Stories: Artistic Explorations of Genealogy and Identity, Priska Gisler, Mo Diener, Luzia Hürzeler; Part II Sharing Knowledge; Chapter 6 1Portions of this essay were originally published in Czas Kultury (6, 2010)., Paul Vanouse; Chapter 7 Consequences of Sequences, Codes and Messages:, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer; Chapter 8 The Ethics of Patenting in Genetics: A Second Enclosure of the Commons?, Sigrid Sterckx, Julian Cockbain; Part III Part Icipating in the Social Laboratory; Chapter 9 Understanding Part Icipation: The ‘Citizen Science’ of Genetics, Barbara Prainsack; Chapter 10 LabouringMe, LabouringUs, Gisli Palsson; Chapter 11 Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes toward Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases, Aviad E. Raz, Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty, Julia Inthorn, Silke Schicktanz; Chapter 12 Genetic Responsibility Revisited: Moral and Cultural Implications of Genetic Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease, Silke Schicktanz, Friederike Kogel;
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Taylor & Francis Populism and the European Culture Wars The
Book SynopsisConcern and hostility towards populism has become a distinctive feature of contemporary political culture. In Europe such concerns are frequently directed at Eurosceptics, whose opposition to the European Union is often portrayed as a cultural crime. Ancient anti-democratic claims about the gullibility, ignorance and irrationality of the masses are frequently recycled through the anti-populist condemnation of people who vote the wrong way.This book argues that the current outburst of anti-populist anxiety is symptomatic of a loss of faith in democracy and in the ability of the demos to assume the role of responsible citizens. Distrust of the people and of parliamentary sovereignty is reinforced by the concern that, on its own, liberal democracy lacks the normative foundation to inspire the loyalty and affection of ordinary citizens. Through focusing on the conflict between the European Unionâs Commission and the Government of Hungary, this book explores contrasting attitudes towards national sovereignty, popular sovereignty and the question of tradition and the past as the main drivers of the culture war in Europe.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Who Decides Europe’s Values? 2. Why Hide Our Shared Values? The Problem of Tradition 3. National Consciousness vs Denationalized Identity 4. Memory Wars or the Crusade Against the Past 5. Anti-Populism and the Crisis of Valuation Conclusion Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis From Social Harm to Zemiology
Book SynopsisThis book outlines key developments in understanding social harm by setting out its historical foundations and the discussions which have proliferated since. It examines various attempts to conceptualise social harm and highlights key sites of contestation in its relationship to criminology to argue that these act as the basis for an activist zemiology, one directed towards social change for social justice. The past two decades have seen a proliferation of debate related to social harm in and around criminology. From climate catastrophe and a focus on environmental harms, unprecedented deaths generating focus on border harms and the coronavirus pandemic revealing the horror of mass and arguably avoidable deaths across the globe, critical studies in social harm appear ever more pressing. Drawing on a range of international case studies of cultural, emotional, physical and economic harms, From Social Harm to Zemiology locates the study of social harm in an accessible fTrade ReviewThe book introduces Zemiology as a discipline that lies beyond the 'toxic language' of conventional criminology and makes the study of social harm a concern of all scholar-activists. Zemiolgy alerts scholar-activists to the fact that lots of harms around the world are legally imposed. The authors conclude that the pursuit of corporate profits at the expense of human needs is the main driver of social harms. They call for the abolition of capitalism as part of efforts towards harm-reduction. Biko Agozino, Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Virginia Tech.This book is timely and provides an easily accessible, theoretical and empirical introduction to zemiology, the discipline that seeks to unearth harmful structures, policies, decisions and practice to generate changes to confront them. After a pedagogical introduction covering the arguments in favour of zemiology as a discipline of its own, the book unpacks theoretical and empirical demonstrations that clearly underline the field’s justification. As the authors state; Zemiology requires a rethink about the lens through which we view the world in which we live. This is an important book for students and others who want to look beyond criminology to understand, analyse and act against harms. Ragnhild Sollund, Professor at the University of Oslo.The book introduces Zemiology as a discipline that lies beyond the 'toxic language' of conventional criminology and makes the study of social harm a concern of all scholar-activists. Zemiolgy alerts scholar-activists to the fact that lots of harms around the world are legally imposed. The authors conclude that the pursuit of corporate profits at the expense of human needs is the main driver of social harms. They call for the abolition of capitalism as part of efforts towards harm-reduction. Biko Agozino, Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Virginia TechThis book is timely and provides an easily accessible, theoretical and empirical introduction to zemiology, the discipline that seeks to unearth harmful structures, policies, decisions and practice to generate changes to confront them. After a pedagogical introduction covering the arguments in favour of zemiology as a discipline of its own, the book unpacks theoretical and empirical demonstrations that clearly underline the field’s justification. As the authors state; zemiology requires a rethink about the lens through which we view the world in which we live. This is an important book for students and others who want to look beyond criminology to understand, analyse and act against harms. Ragnhild Sollund, Professor at the University of OsloTable of ContentsPreface: Paddy Hillyard Introduction: Social Harm Matters 1.Understanding Social Harm 2.Towards Social Harm and Zemiology 3.A Provisional Typology of Harm 4.The Relations and Ontologies of Harm 5.Doing Zemiology Conclusion: Activist Zemiology for Social Justice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Global Left
Book SynopsisIn The Global Left: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Immanuel Wallerstein takes stock of the practices of the left, historically in the time of its great ideals and today in the midst of the global crisis of capitalism. He underlines the urgency of seeing the emergence of a global and united left that can pave the way out of the centuries-old domination of capital, considering antisystemic movements, dilemmas of the left in relation to the structural crisis of the modern world-system, and tactics and strategies for political action. The book includes new essays by Étienne Balibar, James K. Galbraith, Johan Galtung, Nilüfer Göle, Pablo González Casanova, and Michel Wieviorka in conversation with Wallerstein's core ideas.Table of ContentsForewordPart I: The Global Left: Past, Present, and Future1. Capitalism and Antisystemic Movements: 1789–19682. Structural Crisis of the Modern World-System: Dilemmas of the Left3. Bifurcation and Collective Choice: Tactics of the TransitionPart II: Appreciations/Critiques4. Bifurcation in the "End" of Capitalism5. The Left: Its Immediate Future6. The Global Left: A Comment7. Immanuel Wallerstein on the Global Left and Right8. The Global and the Left: Possible Encounters?9. The Hypothesis of Decline10. Response to Appreciations/Critiques
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Law Legal Culture and Society
Book SynopsisThis volume addresses the pluralistic identity of the legal order. It argues that the mutual reflexivity of the different ways society perceives law and law perceives society eclipses the unique formal identity of written law. It advances a distinctive approach to the plural ways in which legal cultures work in a modern society, through the metaphor of the mirror. As a mirror of society, it distinguishes between the structure and function of legal culture within the legal system, and the external representation of law in society. This duality is further problematized in relation to the increasing transnationalisation of law. Based on a multi-level interpretation of the concept of legal culture, the work is divided into three parts: the first addresses the mutual reflections of social and legal norms that support a pluralist representation of internal legal cultures, the second concentrates on the external legal cultures that constantly enable pragmatic adjustments of the legaTable of ContentsIntroduction; PART I TOWARDS A REFLEXIVE LEGAL CULTURE; 1. The Normative Anatomy of Society; 2. A Typology of Legal Cultures; 3. Pluripoiesis of Law and the Kaleidoscope of Legal Cultures; 4. Towards a Global Legal Culture? Spaces of Law in the Transnational Constellation; 5. Competing Mirrors. Law’s Blind Spots in Philosophical and Social-Scientific Review; PART II ON THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONING OF LEGAL SYSTEMS; 6. Normative Force and Political Intelligence; 7. Balancing Legal Principles and Legal Topics; 8. Questionable Neutrality. Personal Values in Judicial Adjudication; 9. The Leaking Law; 10. The Postmodern Administrative Law; APPENDIX; 11. The Sociological Observation of the Theory and Practice of Law; 12. Some Problems with Reflexive Law;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of WellBeing
Book SynopsisThe concept of well-being is one of the oldest and most important topics in philosophy and ethics, going back to ancient Greek philosophy. Following the boom in happiness studies in the last few years it has moved to centre stage, grabbing media headlines and the attention of scientists, psychologists and economists. Yet little is actually known about well-being and it is an idea that is often poorly articulated.The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being provides a comprehensive, outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject.Comprising over 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into six parts: well-being in the history of philosophy current theories of well-being, including hedonism and perfectionism examples of well-being and its opposites, including friendship and virtue and pain and death theoretical Trade Review"Without rival or even comparison in the literature, this is the definitive collection of contemporary philosophical perspectives on well-being. It is of use to students and scholars not merely of value theory, but also psychology, economics, politics, and medicine. These and still more fields have been made better off by the expert contributions to this Handbook." - Thaddeus Metz, University of Johannesburg, South Africa "The question of what makes our lives good or bad for us is obviously of huge importance. Philosophers have much to contribute to answering that question, as this volume shows. The authors are excellent philosophers, and many have made significant contributions to the literature on well-being. This book will become the starting-point for future philosophical research on well-being." - Roger Crisp, University of Oxford, UK Table of ContentsIntroduction Guy Fletcher Part 1: Well-Being in the History of Moral Philosophy 1. Plato Eric Brown 2. Aristotle on Well-Being Richard Kraut 3. Hedonistic Theories of Well Being in Antiquity Tim O’Keefe 4. Well-Being and Confucianism Richard Kim 5. Well-Being and Daoism Justin Tiwald 6. Well-Being in the Buddhist tradition Christopher Gowans 7. Well-Being in the Christian tradition William Lauinger 8. The Later British Moralists Robert Shaver Part 2: Theories of Well-Being 9. Hedonism Alex Gregory 10. Perfectionism Gwen Bradford 11. Desire-Fulfilment theory Chris Heathwood 12. Objective List Theory Guy Fletcher 13. Hybrid Theories Chris Woodard 14. Subject-Sensitive theories Alicia Hall and Valerie Tiberius 15. Eudaimonism Lorraine Besser-Jones Part 3: Particular Goods and Bads 16. Pleasure Ben Bramble 17. Pain Guy Kahane 18. Health, Disability, and Well-Being Drew Schroeder 19. Friendship Diane Jeske 20. Virtue Anne Baril 21. Epistemic Goods Allan Hazlett 22. Achievements Gwen Bradford and Simon Keller 23. Meaningfulness Antti Kauppinen 24. Needs Marco Grix and Philip McKibbin 25. Happiness Neera Badhwar 26. Death Ben Bradley Part 4: Theoretical Issues 27. Monism and Pluralism Eden Lin 28. Atomism and Holism in the Theory of Personal Well-Being Jason Raibley 29. The Experience Machine and the Experience Requirement Jennifer Hawkins 30. Children’s Well-being A Philosophical Analysis Anthony Skelton 31. Well-Being and Animals Christopher Rice 32. The Science of Well-Being Anna Alexandrova 33. The Concept of Well-Being Steve Campbell Part 5: Well-Being in Moral and Political Philosophy 34. Welfarism Dale Dorsey 35. Well-Being and the Non-Identity Problem Molly Gardner 36. Well-Being, Paternalism, Autonomy Sarah Conly 37. Well-Being and Disadvantage Jonathan Wolff and Doug Reeve 38. Feminism and Well-Being Jules Holroyd Part 6: Well-being and other disciplines 39. Well-Being and Law Alex Sarch 40. Well-Being and Economics Erik Angner 41. Medicine and Well-Being Daniel Groll. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Politics of the Welfare State
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created. Issues of class, gender and ethnicity are explored in chapters that are wide ranging but closely linked. The contributors are renowned academics and policy-makers, including feminist and welfare historians, highly regarded figures in social policy, influential critics of recent educational reforms and key analysts of current reform in the health sector. Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction 1. Interpretations of Welfare and Approaches to the State 1870-1920 2. Lessons from the Past: The Rise and Fall of the Classic Welfare State in Britain, 1945-76 3. Conservatives and Consensus: The Politics of the National Health Service, 1951-64 4. Local Voices in the National Health Service: Needs Effectiveness and Sufficiency 5. Priority Setting for Health Gain 6. Obstacles to Medical Audit: British Doctors Speak 7. Choice, Needs and Enabling: The New Community Care 8. Making Sense of the New Politics of Education 9. The Relationship Between Research and Policy: The Case of Unemployment and Health Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Liminality and the Modern
Book SynopsisThis book provides the history and genealogy of an increasingly important subject: liminality. Coming to the fore in recent years in social and political theory and extending beyond is original use as developed within anthropology, liminality has come to denote spaces and moments in which the taken-for-granted order of the world ceases to exist and novel forms emerge, often in unpredictable ways. Liminality and the Modern offers a comprehensive introduction to this concept, discussing its development and laying out a conceptual and experiential framework for thinking about change in terms of liminality. Applying this framework to questions surrounding the implosion of 'non-spaces', the analysis of major historical periods and the study of political revolution, the book also explores its possible uses in social science research and its implications for our understanding of the uncertainty and contingency of the liquid structures of modern society. Shedding new light on a concepTrade Review'A thorough and penetrating, yet accessible and enjoyable treatment of an emerging master concept for the social sciences. Its challenge to the ruling canon in social theory makes it a must for anthropologists, sociologists and political philosophers, but also relevant for and most useful in history and comparative literature, and science, religion and cultural studies.' - Arpad Szakolczai, University College, Cork, Ireland'It is always a challenge to introduce a volte‐face within one's own discipline, but Thomassen does this with finesse and his book is lively, inviting, well crafted, and accessible to experienced anthropologists and students alike … His book vividly guides anthropologists through some truly exhilarating reflections on what their discipline offers wider social theory today.' – Katherine Swancutt, Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsIntroduction Into Liminality; Part 1 Retrieving Liminality Within the History of Social Thought: From Arnold van Gennep to Victor Turner and Beyond; Chapter 1 Arnold van Gennep; Chapter 2 Arnold van Gennep and his Contemporaries; Chapter 3 Liminality Rediscovered; Chapter 4 Dimensions of Liminality; Part 2 On the Liminal Conditions of the Times in Which We Live; Chapter 5 Liminality in the Transition to Modernity; Chapter 6 Game and Gambling and the Implosion of Liminality; Chapter 7 From Liminal to Liminoid to Limivoid; Chapter 8 Liminal Politics; Chapter 9 By Way of Conclusion;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reciprocal Relationships and Wellbeing
Book SynopsisA sense of participation and opportunities to share and participate in activities or groups that are important to them are crucial factors in human wellbeing. This book provides a robust empirical and theoretical analysis of reciprocity and its implications for social work and social policy practices by discussing how ideas of reciprocity can be understood and applied to welfare policy and social care practices, as well as how the act of reciprocity supports the wellbeing of citizens. Contributions from Finland, Germany, Russia, the UK, the USA and Canada illuminate the ways in which socio-political contexts influence the power relations between citizens, practitioners and the state, and the potential (or otherwise) for reciprocity to flourish.It will be essential reading for social care practitioners, researchers and educationalists as well as postgraduate students in social work and related social care and community-oriented professions and social policy makers.Table of ContentsLists of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; PART I. RECIPROCITY: THEORETICAL CONCEPTUALISATIONS; Chapter 1: Reciprocity and Wellbeing (Antti Karisto); Chapter 2: Creating Wellbeing through Reciprocal Relationships (Maritta Törrönen); Chapter 3: Reciprocity and Normativity in Social Work: A Complex Relationship based on the Capability Approach (Bernhard Babic); PART II. RECIPROCITY: PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS; Chapter 4: Reciprocity in Peer-Led Mutual Aid Groups in the Community: Implications for Social Policy and Social Work Practices (Carol Munn-Giddings and Thomasina Borkman); Chapter 5: Revisions to Client and Professional Self-Categorisations during Reciprocal Support Groups among the Long-Term Unemployed in Finland (Laura Tarkiainen); Chapter 6: Risk and Reciprocity in Residential Care: Some Problems with a Universal Norm (Claire Cameron); Chapter 7: Reciprocity and Relationship-Based Approach in Child Welfare (Riitta Vornanen and Pirjo Pölkki); PART III. RECIPROCITY: METHODOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES; Chapter 8: Reciprocity with Graduate Students Fostered through Creativity (Tuula Heinonen); Chapter 9: Narrative Reflection as a Reciprocal Method (Eveliina Heino and Minna Veistilä); Chapter 10: Negotiating the Research Space between Young People and Adults in a PAR Study Exploring School Bullying (Niamh O´Brien, Tina Moules and Carol Munn-Giddings); RECIPROCAL SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL POLICY: CONCLUSIONS
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Nexus of Practices
Book SynopsisThe Nexus of Practices: connections, constellations, practitioners brings leading theorists of practice together to provide a fresh set of theoretical impulses for the surge of practice-focused studies currently sweeping across the social disciplines. The book addresses key issues facing practice theory, expands practice theory's conceptual repertoire, and explores new empirical terrain. With each intellectual move, it generates further opportunities for social research. More specifically, the book's chapters offer new approaches to analysing connections within the nexus of practices, to exploring the dynamics and implications of the constellations that practices form, and to understanding people as practitioners that carry on practices. Topics examined include social change, language, power, affect, reflection, large social phenomena, and connectivity over time and space. Contributors thereby counter claims that practice theory cannot handle large phenomena and that it ignTrade Review"This dazzling volume demonstrates the power of rich diversity among practice theories and theorists. It has started a conversation that will engender a new generation of practice-based studies and reshape the field, as researchers respond to the book’s empirical and theoretical challenges. Essential reading." Professor Emeritus Stephen Kemmis, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaTable of ContentsIntroduction, (Allison Hui, Theodore Schatzki and Elizabeth Shove)1. Learning in and Across Practices: Enablement as Subjectivation, (Thomas Alkemeyer and Nikolaus Buschmann)2. Qualities of Connective Tissue in Hospital Life: How Complexes of Practices Change, (Stanley Blue and Nicola Spurling)3. Sociomateriality in Posthuman Practice Theory, (Silvia Gherardi)4. Variation and the Intersection of Practices, (Allison Hui)5. Epigenetics, Theories of Social Practice and Lifestyle Disease, (Cecily Maller)6. Technologies Within and Beyond Practices, (Janine Morley)7. Is Small the Only Beautiful? Making Sense of ‘Large Phenomena’ From a Practice-Based Perspective, (Davide Nicolini)8. Practices and their Affects, (Andreas Reckwitz)9. Sayings, Texts and Discursive Formations, (Theodore Schatzki)10. Reflexive Knowledge in Practices, (Robert Schmidt)11. Matters of Practice, (Elizabeth Shove)12. Placing Power in Practice Theory, (Matt Watson)13. How Should We Understand ‘General Understandings’?, (Daniel Welch and Alan Warde)References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islam and Popular Culture
Book SynopsisThis collection aims to bring together writings that trace and critically analyse Islamic aspects of many modern-day popular cultural practices and products. The concepts of ''Islam'' and ''popular culture'' are both contested and context-dependent, and as such, they are understood here on inclusive, rather than exclusive, terms. Islam and Popular Culture provides an authoritative reference work that makes sense of a vast and growing literature, and is an essential resource for advanced students, scholars and researchers interested in gaining a thorough understanding of this topic.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Class Struggle in Latin America
Book SynopsisThe Class Struggle in Latin America: Making History Today analyses the political and economic dynamics of development in Latin America through the lens of class struggle. Focusing in particular on Peru, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, the book identifies how the shifts and changing dynamics of the class struggle have impacted on the rise, demise and resurgence of neo-liberal regimes in Latin America. This innovative book offers a unique perspective on the evolving dynamics of class struggle, engaging both the destructive forces of capitalist development and those seeking to consolidate the system and preserve the status quo, alongside the efforts of popular resistance concerned with the destructive ravages of capitalism on humankind, society and the global environment.Using theoretical observations based on empirical and historical case studies, this book argues that the class struggle remains intrinsically linked to the march of caTrade Review"This is a very important book. Without economic reductionism Petras and Veltmeyer expose the astonishing level of greed, exploitation and inequality, associated with the world capitalist system. They also provide a sharp and much-needed class analysis of the contradictions of both capitalism and imperialism, and the propensity towards crisis that has assumed global proportions and undermined the foundations of the system as well as generating powerful forces of resistance and class warfare." – John Saxe-Fernandez, Professor of Latin American Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; author of inter alia, Crisis e imperialismo, La energía en México. Situación y alternativas, Economic Imperialism in Mexico: The Operations of the World Bank in our Country."The particular value of this timely book is that it provides a critical perspective on the destructive impacts of a world capitalist system in crisis. It not only addresses the worldwide dynamics of capitalist development, but also the forces of resistance generated by these dynamics as well as proposals for alternative futures advanced within both the popular sector and academe. It is an analytical tool of vital interest to both academic researchers and students within the broad field of international development studies, political economy and sociology." – Richard L Harris, Professor Emeritus of Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay. Managing Editor, Journal of Developing Societies and Director of the Transpacific Project."This timely book superbly analyzes in class terms US interventionism, the faltering of Latin America's progressive reforms, right-wing comebacks for neoliberalism in Brazil, Argentina, and elsewhere, and the combined anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist class struggle in Venezuela. Theoretically and politically acute, it is a must acquisition for libraries, journalists, academics, and activists." — James Cockcroft, Honorary Editor Latin American Perspectives, USA"This book is a lively, engaging and lucid analysis of the diverse practices of the class struggles taking place in multiple sites by indigenous peoples, unemployed workers, landless peasants, local communities and students. It powerfully illuminates the demise of the ‘pink tide’ as well as the rise of, and turn to, the right; always persuasively stressing the centrality of class struggle. Required reading for those wishing to gain an understanding of the class forces shaping contemporary Latin America." — Cristóbal Kay, Emeritus Professor of the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam; and Professorial Research Associate of the Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.‘In this stimulating book James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer analyse recent social transformations in Latin America. They highlight how despite continual elite opposition, the region’s poor attempt and succeed in generating progressive social change. The authors argue, moreover, that struggles from below have the capacity to generate further and more profound transformations in the future. This book will be of great value to anyone interested in contemporary Latin America.’ — Professor Benjamin Selwyn, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1 Class Struggle Back on the AgendaChapter 2 Extractivism and Resistance: A New EraChapter 3 Accumulation by Dispossession — and the ResistanceChapter 4 The Progressive Cycle in Latin American PoliticsChapter 5 Argentina: The Return of the Rightwith Mario HernándezChapter 6 Brazil: Class Struggle in the CountrysideJoão Márcio Mendes Pereira and Paulo AlentejanoChapter 7 Democracy Without the Workers: 25 years of the Labour Movement and Mature Neoliberalism in ChileSebastián Osorio and Franck GaudichaudChapter 8 Mexico: Dynamics of a Class WarChapter 9 Paraguay: Class Struggle on the Extractive Frontier Arturo Ezquerro-CañeteChapter 10 Peru: The Return of the Class Struggle from Below Jan LustChapter 11 Venezuela: In the Eye of the StormChapter 12 The Return of the Right Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life
Book SynopsisPsychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life moves psychological theory and research practice out of the laboratory and into the everyday world. Drawing on recent developments across the social and human sciences, it examines how people live as active subjects within the contexts of their everyday lives, using this as an analytical basis for understanding the dilemmas and contradictions people face in contemporary society. Early chapters gather the latest empirical research to explore the significance of context as a cross-disciplinary critical tool; they include a study of homeless Maori men reaffirming their cultural identity via gardening, and a look at how the dilemmas faced by children in difficult situations can provide insights into social conflict at school. Later chapters examine the interplay between everyday life around the world and contemporary global phenomena such as the rise of the debt economy, the hegemony of the labor market, and the incTrade Review"This book addresses key and missing questions at the cutting edge of psychological research and social theory. It presents a generative theoretical and methodological approach to the study of everyday practice – relevant and inspiring not only for psychologists, but for scholars across the social sciences." – Jean Lave, Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley, USA"Schraube and Højholt have done psychologists a great service; we can now move out of the laboratory and into the actual contexts where people conduct their everyday lives together. This impressive book provides us with theoretical, methodological, and empirical ideas about what a psychology that is relevant to human life might look like. I recommend it to all students, researchers, and practitioners of the discipline."– Svend Brinkmann, Professor of Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark"This is a remarkable and fascinating collection, putting in place a radical new way for psychology to relate to people. For a sociologist committed to starting with and remaining with people's everyday lives, it is wonderful to discover a psychology that takes the same route. We can be friends, we can learn from one another, and here’s a book that gives us a place to start. It provides a conceptual framework, applications to psychological practice, approaches to and examples of research, and it all adds up to an important innovation." – Dorothy Smith, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada"Each chapter is a thought-provoking, intellectual adventure that serves as a fresh perspective within psychological theorizing and research. Challenging mainstream conceptualizations and providing examples of alternative ways to conduct research, this book is a must read for academics interested in the conduct of everyday life." --I. I. Katzarska-Miller, Transylvania University, CHOICE"This book addresses key and missing questions at the cutting edge of psychological research and social theory. It presents a generative theoretical and methodological approach to the study of everyday practice – relevant and inspiring not only for psychologists, but for scholars across the social sciences." – Jean Lave, Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley, USA"Schraube and Højholt have done psychologists a great service; we can now move out of the laboratory and into the actual contexts where people conduct their everyday lives together. This impressive book provides us with theoretical, methodological, and empirical ideas about what a psychology that is relevant to human life might look like. I recommend it to all students, researchers, and practitioners of the discipline."– Svend Brinkmann, Professor of Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark"This is a remarkable and fascinating collection, putting in place a radical new way for psychology to relate to people. For a sociologist committed to starting with and remaining with people's everyday lives, it is wonderful to discover a psychology that takes the same route. We can be friends, we can learn from one another, and here’s a book that gives us a place to start. It provides a conceptual framework, applications to psychological practice, approaches to and examples of research, and it all adds up to an important innovation." – Dorothy Smith, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of Contents1. Introduction - Towards a Psychology of Everyday Living Charlotte Højholt & Ernst Schraube 2. Conduct of Everyday Life: Implications for Critical Psychology Ole Dreier 3. Conduct of Everyday Life in Subject-Oriented Sociology: Concept and Empirical Research Karin Jurczyk, Günter G. Voß & Margit Weihrich 4. Conduct of Everyday Life as a Basic Concept of Critical Psychology Klaus Holzkamp 5. The Maze and the Labyrinth: Walking, Imagining and the Education of Attention Tim Ingold 6. Embodying the Conduct of Everyday Life: From Subjective Reasons to Privilege Thomas Teo 7. The Ordinary in the Extra-Ordinary: Everyday Living Textured by Homelessness Darrin Hodgetts, Mohi Rua, Pita King & Tiniwai Te Whetu 8. Situated Inequality and the Conflictuality of Children’s Conduct of Life Charlotte Højholt 9. "There is No Right Life in the Wrong One": Recognizing this Dilemma is the First Step Out of It Ute Osterkamp 10. Everyday Life in the Shadow of the Debt Economy C. George Caffentzis 11. From Crisis to Commons: Reproductive Work, Affective Labor, and Technology in the Transformation of Everyday Life Silvia Federici 12. Frozen Fluidity: Digital Technologies and the Transformation of Students Learning and Conduct of Everyday Life Ernst Schraube & Athanasios Marvakis 13. The Politics of Hope: Memory-Work as a Method to Study the Conduct of Everyday Life Frigga Haug 14. Collaborative Research with Children: Exploring Contradictory Conditions of the Conduct of Everyday Life Dorte Kousholt
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