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Book SynopsisAlthough religious fundamentalism is often thought to be confined to monotheistic âreligions of the bookâ, this study examines the emergence of a fundamentalism rooted in the Shinto tradition and considers its role in shaping postwar Japanese nationalism and politics.

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Book SynopsisPresents alternative trajectories for how to take steps toward achieving a theoretically informed understanding of the analytical and practical challenges of social theory (in terms of social, sociological, and critical theory), and looks beyond pluralism and fragmentation to the kind of roles social theorists may play.Table of ContentsEDITORIAL BOARD. List of Contributors. Introduction. The Epistemological Fate of the Authoritarian Character Studies of the Frankfurt School. A Legacy for the Study of Racism, Antisemitism, and Fascism?. Charisma and Critique: Critical Theory, Authority, and the Critique of Political Theology. Trauma and the Limits of Redemptive Critique: Interrogating the Haunting Voices of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The Direction of Contemporary Critical Theory: A Response to Amy Allen's The Politics of Our Selves. Who are we and Who do we want to be? Amy Allen's The Politics of Our Selves. Explaining the Power of Gendered Subjectivity. Power, Autonomy, and Gender: Reply to Critics. Stranger to you and Stranger to Myself? Theorizing Self-Estrangement. For Pragmatic Public Sociology: Theory and Practice After the Pragmatic Turn. Empire, Global Capitalism, and Theory: Reconsidering Hardt and Negri. Žižek's Negative (Positive) Project or, Negativity as Positive Possibility. The Diversity of Social Theories. Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisDramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Misa Izuhara PART I: SHAPING WELFARE STATES IN EAST ASIA: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT PATHS 1. Pathways of Welfare State Development in East Asia John Hudson and Gyu-Jin Hwang 2. Between Western Europe and East Asia: Development of Social Policy in Japan Shogo Takegawa 3. Social Policy and its Implications to Structural Shifts: A Comparison between Taiwan and Korea in the Colonial Era Yu-fang Chang and Yeun-wen Ku 4. Past Policies, Current Arrangements: The Enduring Influence of British Colonial Social Policy in Malaysia and Hong Kong Kevin Caraher 5. Shaping Social Policy in the Reform Era in China Kinglun Ngok PART II: DEMOGRAPHY, ECONOMY AND SOCIAL POLICY 6. After the Regional and Global Financial Crises: Social Development Challenges and Social Policy Responses in Hong Kong and Macau Ka Ho Mok 7. Exploring Social and Generational Equity in the Context of China’s Socio-economic and Demographic Transition Maggie Lau 8. Transitional Generations? The Contrasting Experiences of the 30-Somethings in China and Japan Ray Forrest and Misa Izuhara 9. The Shaping of Social Policies in Relation to Demographic Ageing in East Asia Kalyani K. Mehta PART III: EAST ASIA AND WELFARE REGIME DEBATES 10. Developmentalism and Productivism in East Asian Welfare Regimes Young Jun Choi 11. Ethnocentrism, the Developmental State and East Asian Welfare Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong 12. Social Protection, Governance and the Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in East Asia Patricia Kennett, Kam Wah Chan and Lucille Lok-Sun Ngan 13. Gender and Welfare States in East Asia: Women between Tradition and Equality Sirin Sung PART IV: RESEARCH AND SOCIETY 14. Presence of the State: Probing the Middle Class and Civic Organizations in Chinese Societies Tai-lok Lui and Shuo Liu 15. The Role of Philosophy and Ethics in Social Policy and Research: A Case Study of Hong Kong and Other Chinese Societies Ho Mun Chan 16. Challenges and Directions: Building a Comparative Quantitative Dataset for East Asian Social Policies Chan-ung Park and Dongchul Jung 17. Qualitative Research on Family Generations in Changing East Asian Societies Misa Izuhara and Ray Forrest PART V: CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL POLICY CHALLENGES IN EAST ASIA 18. Housing Policy in East Asia Richard Ronald 19. From Apartheid to Semi-citizenship: Chinese Migrant Workers and their Challenge to Social Policy Linda Wong 20. Poverty, the Working Poor and Social Policy in East Asia: Exploring the Second Safety Net Proposal in Japan Masami Iwata 21. The Political Economy of Cross-border Higher Education: The Intra-national Flow of Students in Greater China William Yat Wai Lo 22. Re-examining Family-centred Care Arrangements in East Asia Junko Yamashita, Naoko Soma and Raymond K.H. Chan Index

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Book SynopsisThorstein Veblen was a multidisciplinary social scientist whose original insights continue to inspire debate. This interdisciplinary and comprehensive book determines that Veblen’s disparate theories of conspicuous consumption, imperial Germany, the giant corporation and the speculation-led cycle all add up to a consistent and coherent world-view.Trade ReviewReisman offers a brilliant distillation of Veblen's jaundiced purview of the social, psychological and pecuniary motivations that have driven man the social animal in his economic life down the ages, from noble savage to predatory barbarian in his ancient, modern, and potential guises. Avoiding hagiography, this book exposes Veblen's exaggerations as well as his compelling institutional insights into the evolution of capitalism and socialism. Reisman's own intellectual sweep in explaining and criticising Veblen demonstrate political economy at its best. - Roger Sandilands, University of Strathclyde, UK Veblen is a notoriously difficult economist to read and understand. He was, however, unequivocal in his scorn for neoclassical economics, whose demise he took pleasure in predicting. In light of the limp excuses offered by the economics profession for its failure to anticipate the current global financial crisis, Reisman's incisive analysis of Veblen's writings suggests that were Veblen alive today, he would be revelling in schadenfreude. This timely book will make uncomfortable reading for neoclassical economists. - Douglas Mair, Heriot-Watt University, UK Fascination with the economics of Thorstein Veblen is today no less than it was fifty years ago. Many books have been written about his life and ideas. But David Reisman breaks new ground by providing one of the best and most comprehensive explainations of Veblen's thought. Written in a strikingly fresh and lucid style, this work is one of the landmarks of the literature on this great and enduringly relevant economist. - Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK Considering the inability of conventional economics to comprehend the socio-economic convulsions over the past few years in so many countries, it is surely time to try something else. David Reisman's The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen thus appears at a most opportune moment. This original analytical study is the best introduction into Veblen's work that I know of, and will, I trust, encourage a renewal of interest in possibly the most unjustly neglected of economists. Reisman's primary contention that there is - despite obstacles to comprehension created by Veblen's personal idiosyncrasies and unconventional literary style - a Veblen structure of thought, or general system, is fully confirmed by the evidence presented in his book. In this demonstration lies its great merit. --- Samuel Hollander, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Institutional Economics 3. Instincts and Endowments 4. Savages and Barbarians 5. Cumulative Causation 6. Consumption 7. Production 8. The Profit Motive 9. Corporation and Credit 10. The Age of Irrelevance 11. Socialism: The Intelligentsia and the Proletariat 12. Socialism: The Engineers 13. The Reversion to War 14. Perpetual Peace 15. Neoclassical Economics 16. Who Was Thorstein Veblen? References Index

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Book SynopsisThe International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment reviews debates concerning poverty, inequalities, social distribution, social rights, taxation, healthcare, education, water and energy policies to examine the relevance and importance of climate change to social policies and welfare reform.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Tony Fitzpatrick PART I: JUSTICE AND POVERTY 1. The New Social Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change André Schaffrin 2. Unequal Emissions – Unequal Policy Impacts: How Do Different Areas of CO2 Emissions Compare? Milena Büchs, Nicholas Bardsley and Sylke V. Schnepf 3. An Ecosocial Understanding of Poverty Tony Fitzpatrick PART II: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 4. The Affordability of Water and Energy Pricing – the Case of Germany Erik Gawel and Wolfgang Bretschneider 5. Green Taxes in Scandinavia: Do they Contribute to (in)equality? Anders Branth Pedersen and Helle Ørsted Nielsen 6. ENGO Activism in the EU: The G10, Climate Change and Social Policy Michael Briguglio, Maria Brown and Ian Bugeja 7. Environmental Health Costs of Economic Globalization Policies in Latin America Judith Cherni 8. Environmental and Social Policies in Japan Yasuko Kameyama 9. Degrowth for Sustainability, Equality and Poverty Reduction: Some lessons from Cuba Karen Bell 10. Sustainability and the Social Economy in Canada: From Resource Reliance to Resilience? Julie L. MacArthur 11. Using Markets to Achieve Environmental Ends: Reconciling Social-equity Issues in Contemporary Water Policy in Australia Karen Hussey PART III: MAKING AND IMPLEMENTING 12. The Interaction of EU Climate Policies: Mechanisms and Lessons Elin Lerum Boasson and Jørgen Wettestad 13. Sustainable Development by the Multi-stakeholder Model? Magnus Boström 14. Education for Sustainable Development and Welfare Reform: A Very British Case Study? Carolyn Snell and Sarah Brooks-Wilson PART IV: ALTERNATIVE VISIONS 15. Social Rights and Natural Resources Hartley Dean 16. The Nature of Nature: Aristotle vs. Epicurus Tony Fitzpatrick Index

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Book SynopsisReflexive Labour Law in the World Society investigates trends in labour and employment law from the perspective of modern social systems theory. the reflexive regulation and deregulation of labour market policies and labour law;Trade ReviewThis book addresses the major issue of the nature and future of labour law and employment regulation. It transcends current traditional scientific and policy debates in two related ways. First by exploring the potential of labour law as reflexive (re)regulation and second by putting labour law in the global context - i.e. the World Society. The book convincingly indicates how labour law can indeed successfully operate among the different societal systems and between global, national and local levels. --Ton Wilthagen, Tilburg University, The NetherlandsRogowski's challenging book offers readers a rigorous but accessible introduction to the theory of reflexive law, important and original insights into current issues in industrial relations and labour law and a fascinating preview of how a broad-based system of transnational law might one day emerge. Building on foundations laid down by Luhmann and Teubner, and on his own twenty-plus years of pioneering work, Rogowski firmly establishes reflexive labour law as a plausible and useful approach to the discipline. --Harry Arthurs, Osgoode Hall Law School, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Theory 1. The World Society Context: The Globalisation of Labour Law 2. Reflexive Labour Law: A General Introduction 3. Industrial Relations as a Social System Part II: Reflexive Trends in Modern Labour Law 4. Reflexive Employment Protection 5. Reflexive Regulation of Labour Market Policies 6. Reflexive Deregulation of Labour Market Policies and Labour Law 7. Reflexive Regulation of Labour and Employment Conflict Resolution Part III: Reflexive European and International Labour Law 8. Reflexive Coordination of European Social and Employment Policies 9. Reflexive Implementation of EU Employment Law – A Case Study of the Working Time Directive 10. Reflexive Global Labour Law Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFocuses on working-class women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds employed in a variety of jobs. This work documents the story of women learning about the sources of their powerlessness and mobilizing to increase their power.Trade Review"Women and the Politics of Empowerment is filled with pictures of women whose lives the masculinist ideology of our disciplines has said are not worthy of our interest. Bookman, Morgen, and their colleagues awaken all kinds of ideas about where to go from here." --Women & Politics "Drawing together an excellent compilation of case studies of community and workplace organizing, Bookman and Morgen redefine the political arena and process. They focus on the statuses of working-class and low-income women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, thereby giving attention to women who have been largely ignored as actors in the political arena... These rich and varied case materials are useful for the scholar-researcher, the activist, and for the teacher in women's studies, social work, public policy, education, and public health." --Contemporary Sociology "Don't let the title...scare you... The book is devoted to bridging the gap between theory and practice, between feminism and working-class women. And it succeeds, through fourteen widely disparate, yet complementary essays about working-class women, Black, Latina and white, struggling on the job and in their communities for social change." --New Directions for WomenTable of ContentsRethinking Women and Politics: An Introductory Essay Sandra Morgen and Ann Bookman Part I: Expanding and Redefining the Political Terrain 1. "Making Your Job Good Yourself": Domestic Service and the Construction of Personal Dignity Bonnie Thornton Dill 2. Building in Many Places: Multiple Commitments and Ideologies in Black Women's Community Work Cheryl Townsend Gilkes 3. Gender and Grassroots Leadership Karen Brodkin Sacks Part II: Gender and the Shaping of Women's Political Consciousness 4. "It's the Whole Power of the City Against Us!": The Development of Political Consciousness in a Women's Health Care Coalition Sandra Morgen 5. Women Workers and Collective Action: A Case Study from the Insurance Industry Cynthia B. Costello 6. The Edison School Struggle: The Reshaping of Working-Class Education and Women's Consciousness Wendy Luttrell Part III: Reverberations among the Spheres: Family, Workplace, and Community Networks 7. Unionization in an Electronics Factory: The Interplay of Gender, Ethnicity, and Class Ann Bookman 8. Urban Politics in the Higher Education of Black Women: A Case Study Andree Nicola-McLaughlin and Zala Chandler 9. The Politics of Race and Gender: Organizing Chicana Cannery Workers in Northern California Patricia Zavella Part IV: Conditions, Catalysts, and Constraints: Political Economy and Grassroots Activism 10. Women Unions, and "Participative Management": Organizing in the Sunbelt Louise Lamphere and Guillermo J. Grenier 11. Working-Class Women, Social Protest, and Changing Ideologies Ida Susser 12. Vending on the Streets: City Policy, Gentrification, and Public Patriarchy Roberta M. Spalter-Roth Part V: Grassroots Organizing and Political Theory: Toward A Synthesis 13. Communities, Resistance, and Women's Activism: Some Implications for a Democratic Polity Martha A. Ackelsberg 14. "Carry It On": Continuing the Discussion and the Struggle Ann Bookman and Sandra Morgen The Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis is more than a literary critique - it is a work of perception, of analysis that reveals a portrait of Kundera the novelist as one of the greatest demystifiers of our time. This significant work deals with all of Milan Kundera's novels up to his most recent work, Slowness, which marks the beginning of a new phase of his writing.Trade Review``Kundera or The Memory of Desire offers hope to all those who still care about aesthetics.'' -- Marguerite Andersen, Canadian Book Review Annual -- 200502``Eva Le Grand...is a professor, that is to say she is assigned in principle to inscribe literature in a pedagogical framework -- and yet, as this work shows brilliantly, nothing could be more alien to her than the current practice of rendering literature sterile. It is this, as much as her perfect knowledge of the slightest aspect of the work in question, and the exceptional complicity she obviously maintains with it, which for me constitutes the most important quality of her essay: nothing of Kundera's extraordinary insolence is erased, not even the most scatalogical motifs of his novels..., her mastery of the power of dis-idealization of these motifs is complete... One cannot imagine...a better incentive to read (or re-read) Kundera than this essay: it expresses, in all its nonconformity, a pleasure which Eva Le Grand renders irresistibly contagious.'' -- from the Foreword by Guy ScarpettaTable of Contents Kundera or The Memory of Desire by Eva le Grand, translated by Lin Burman Foreward: A Collaborative Reading Guy Scarpetta Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Kitsch and the Desire for Eternity Part Two: Variation Chapter One: A Voyage Inside the Time of Europe Chapter Two: Novel-Variation or Crossroads Part Three: Don Juan's Final Glance, or the Memory of Desire Epilogue: A Lesson from Epicurus: The Wisdom of Slowness Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCan anything ever be truly unconditional? Can public services such as healthcare or education be unconditional? And can an income ever be unconditional? This incisive book responds to these questions with a qualified âyes,â and considers whether a social policy regime based on unconditionality might ever replace neoliberalism.Trade Review‘This is an important and timely book. Malcolm Torry rightly argues that the time has come to shift social policy away from the punitive, exclusionary failures commonplace to neoliberalism and towards a more effective, compassionate, and generative unconditionality fit for the complexities of the 21st Century. Combining empirical rigour and theoretical complexity, the book makes a strong case that it is time for “an unconditionality paradigm” to emerge and argues that this could be anchored in Universal Basic Income (UBI). This is an important text for anyone wishing to re-think contemporary social policy.’ -- Neil Howard, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Unconditional 1 The meaning of unconditionality 2 Social policy regimes 3 Is unconditional giving possible? 4 Arguments for unconditionality 5 Arguments for unconditionality in healthcare and education 6 Some of the arguments for unconditionality in income maintenance 7 More of the arguments for unconditionality in income maintenance 8 Arguments against unconditionality 9 A trajectory: snapshots in history 10 Quite simply, unconditionality works 11 The ethics of unconditionality 12 Prospects for unconditionality Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Sakari Hänninen’s Political Creativity is an extraordinarily instructive textual encounter between Gramsci’s writings – which he presents comprehensively and with nuanced attention to detail – and his own, a contrapuntal writing style that challenges traditional reading practices and solicits fresh insights into Gramsci’s intellectual and political legacy. The book is an outstanding contribution not only to Gramsci studies but also to the craft of doing political theory.’ -- Michael J. Shapiro, University of Hawai’i, Manoa, US‘Sakari Hänninen's new book delightfully stirs up important insights about how Antonio Gramsci creatively imagined how to rethink political possibility. It is a whirlwind of important ideas that helps the reader understand that Gramsci's visionary thinking was grounded in practical political reality. It is a must read for activists and scholars alike.’ -- Sanford Schram, City University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to political creativity in situations of historical transformation, structural change and social struggle 1 In prison – exile 2 On intellectuals as mediators 3 With Hegel beyond Hegel 4 Struggle for objectivity 5 From philosophy to politics 6 Politics of transformation References

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This is a significant and inspiring work inviting a rethinking of modern social policies. Kananen introduces the concept of creative social policy anchored in history, social and economic theory. He argues forcefully for the strengthening of the emancipatory aspects of social policy in a politically unstable world in which current forms of economic production appear environmentally unsustainable.’ -- Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen, Norway‘Johannes Kananen develops an inspiring and novel account of creative social policy to articulate a vision for the next step in the development of the modern welfare state. It is well motivated in today’s world of relentless neoliberal austerity and increasing social inequities. In addition to an effective critique of status quo economics, the author offers well thought-out solutions. These include differentiating between needs and wants, Universal Basic Income, and a Universal Seed Money fund for enterprises to develop citizens’ creative potentials. Kananen’s vision points in a direction where policy decisions are guided by an aim to foster human potential, instead of our current tired default to favor economic growth regardless of its impact on individuals, society, and the environment. I welcome these fresh insights and comprehensive creative social policy proposals.’ -- S.M. Amadae, University of Helsinki, Finland and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US‘This book offers an imaginative new direction for social policy, intended to further human interests at the social rather than the individual level.’ -- Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements 1 Introduction: transformative social policy 2 Knowledge, economics imperialism and social policy 3 An expanded form of social policy knowledge: from social engineering to co-creation 4 Creative social policy 5 The historicity of creative social policy 6 The establishment of central bank independence, fiscal austerity and a distinction between the deserving and undeserving poor 7 Creative social policy and neoclassical economics 8 The transformation of the functions of work and capital 9 Creative social policy in practice: transforming the functions of work and capital through Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Universal Seed Money (USM) 10 Conclusion: a new flow of money and the future of social policy References

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Book SynopsisThis discerning book critically analyzes the key principles of symbolic interactionism, outlining their strengths and examining current weaknesses. Thomas Janoski provides novel insights into the theory, rethinking some of its foundations while adhering to its basic symbolic principles of the self.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The authors in this illuminating volume represent a diverse array of places, positions, and participatory initiatives. Their thoughtful analyses of their specific contexts and approaches to knowledge production and community change offer rich theoretical insights and examples that will be useful to students, faculty, and practitioners interested in collaborative research and action.’ -- Julie L. Plaut, Brown University, US‘By combining PAR and Community Development, the editors frame each article’s commitment to praxis for social change within the radical traditions of global south educators and activists such as Friere, Fals Borda, and Rahman. The various cases range from rural to urban, national to global, and cover issues from health and the environment to homelessness and community planning. For anyone studying or implementing community-based collaborations for research and action projects, this book offers a treasure trove of innovative case studies and inspirational possibilities. For anyone, like me, who still holds fast to the potential of engaged research for social justice, even in the face of neoliberal universities hell-bent on sucking the life blood out of faculty and students in search of a more just and humane world, this book is a lifeline.’ -- Corey Dolgon, Stonehill College, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: reflecting upon the development of participatory action research and community development efforts 1 Randy Stoecker and Adrienne Falcón PART I STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR INTEGRATING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2 Flipping the script: community-initiated urban research with the Liberal Arts Action Lab 23 Megan Brown, Jack Dougherty, and Jeff Partridge 3 Toward a community development science shop model: insights from Peterborough, Haliburton and the Kawartha Lakes 43 Randy Stoecker, Todd Barr, and Mark Skinner 4 Elevating community voices 60 Jenice Meyer and Katelyn Baumann 5 Sociocultural intervention as a resource for social transformation in Cuban communities of the twenty-first century 80 Manuel Martínez Casanova and Adrienne Falcón PART II ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES 6 Community organizing for environmental change: integrating research in support of organized actions 99 Dadit G. Hidayat and Molly Schwebach 7 The birth of a community of practice in Québec to support community organizations leading participatory action research as a tool for community development: what it teaches us 118 Lucie Gélineau, Sophie Dupéré, Marie-Jade Gagnon, Lyne Gilbert, Isabel Bernier, Nicole Bouchard, Julie Richard, and Marie-Hélène Deshaies 8 The centrality of storytelling at the nexus of academia and community organizing in rural Kentucky 139 Nicole Breazeale, Dana Beasley-Brown, Samantha Johnson, and Alexa Hatcher PART III BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS 9 Putting theory into practice: leveraging community-based research to achieve community-based outcomes in DeLand, Florida 160 Maxwell Droznin, Kelsey Maglio, Asal M. Johnson, Cristian Cuevas, and Shilretha Dixon 10 From mission to praxis in neighborhood work: lessons learned from a three-year faculty/community development initiative 180 Laura L. O’Toole, Nancy E. Gordon, and Jessica L. Walsh 11 Early childhood wellness through asset-based community development: a participatory evaluation of Communities Acting for Kids’ Empowerment 200 Farrah Jacquez, Michael Topmiller, Jamie-Lee Morris, Alexander Shelton, Cynthia Wooten, Lakisha A. Best, Alan Dicken, Monica Arenas-Losacker, Giovanna Alvarez, Crystal Davis, and Shanah Cole 12 The complexities of participatory action research: a community development project in Bangladesh 218 Larry Stillman, Misita Anwar, Gillian Oliver, Viviane Frings-Hessami, Anindita Sarker, and Nova Ahmed PART IV GROWING YOUTH POWER 13 Youth participatory action research as an approach to developing community-level responses to youth homelessness in the United States: learning from Advocates for Richmond Youth 239 M. Alex Wagaman, Kimberly S. Compton, Tiffany S. Haynes, Jae Lange, Elaine G. Williams, and Rae Caballero Obejero 14 Volunteerism as a vehicle for civil society development in Ukraine: a community-based project to develop youth volunteerism in a Ukrainian community 259 Danielle Stevens, Tetiana Kidruk, and Oleh Petrus 15 Design your neighborhood: the evolution of a city-wide urban design learning initiative in Nashville, Tennessee 281 Kathryn Y. Morgan, Brian D. Christens, and Melody Gibson PART V RESPONDING TO CRISIS 16 Rethinking participatory development in the context of a strong state 302 Ming Hu 17 Tracing power from within: learning from participatory action research and community development projects in food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic 321 Laura Jessee Livingston 18 The information and knowledge landscapes of mutual aid: how librarians can use participatory action research to support social movements in community development 341 Alessandra Seiter PART VI EXPANDING OUR THINKING 19 Be and build the city: an experience of sociopraxis in Cuenca, Ecuador 359 Ana Elisa Astudillo and Ana Cecilia Salazar 20 Leading with locally produced knowledge: development in Jemna, Tunisia 379 Ihsan Mejdi and Celeste Koppe 21 Relationship as resistance: partnership and vivencia in participatory action research 394 José Wellington Sousa 22 Re-storying participatory action research: a narrative approach to challenging epistemic violence in community development 415 Daniel Bryan and Chelsea Viteri Index

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Book SynopsisIt will be of great interest to psychoanalysts interested in collective phenomena, psychosocial studies scholars and social theorists working on theories of recognition and theories of trauma.Trade Review“This book is an important contribution, and much needed, in these frightening times of widespread and increasing state violence. Soreanu’s ideas could be put to good use by potentially sympathetic commentators with big megaphones and broad influence, and by groups resisting oppression in their own countries.” (Jay Frankel, The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 79 (1), March, 2019) “This work can also be a good introductory text … .It is one of those rare texts that is both profound psychosocial research and an accessible read for the general public.” (Endre Koritar, International Forum of Psychoanalysis, May 07, 2019)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part One: Trauma and the Symbol.- 1. Symbols.- 2. Magmas.- 3. Registers.- Part Two: Trauma and Denial.- 4. Memory-wounds.- 5. Phantasmas.- 6. Voracities.- Part Three: Trauma and Recognition.- 7. Faces.- 8. Coins.- 9. Oblique Lines.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisElizabeth Anderson David Benatar Lawrence Blum Bernard R. Boxill Thomas Christiano Carl Cohen Elizabeth F. Cohen Gerald Cohen John Corvino John Deigh Anne Fagot-Largeault Rosalind Hursthouse F.M. Kamm Terrance McConnell Howard McGary B.C. Postow Philip L.Trade Review"Thomas has put renowned scholars in debate with each other and the result is a collection of stimulating debates of the highest order. In these well-written and argued articles, one is treated to the best of scholarly argumentation. One may not agree with all that is said. Nevertheless, one will find that after reading this volume one will have a better understanding of the importance of what Thomas calls 'virtuous disagreement'." Bill E. Lawson, University of Memphis“Volume combines practical ethics and political philosophy in a somewhat unusual way; it has quite a lot of reasonable material on race and affirmative action.” MetapsychologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Notes on Contributors viii Introduction: Virtuous Disagreements in Social Philosophy 1 Laurence Thomas Equality 17 1 Freedom and Money 19 G. A. Cohen 2 The Meanings of Freedom 43 Leif Wenar The Family 55 3 The Good and Bad Family 57 Rosalind Hursthouse 4 Family Resemblances 69 Elizabeth F. Cohen Sexual Rights 77 5 Homosexuality, Harm, and Moral Principles 79 John Corvino 6 Homosexual Acts, Morality, and Public Discourse 94 Christopher Wolfe Abortion and The Limits of Freedom 111 7 The Fetus in Perspective: The Moral and the Legal 113 Anne Fagot-Largeault 8 Abortion and Moral Repugnancy 122 Laurence Thomas Privacy 129 9 Privacy 131 John Deigh 10 Privacy’s Value 146 Terrance McConnell Religious Tolerance 153 11 In Defense of Religious Toleration 155 Philip L. Quinn 12 Does Religious Toleration Make Any Sense? 171 Thomas Christiano Diversity 191 13 Ethnicity, Disunity, and Equality 193 Lawrence Blum 14 Diversity Limited 212 David Benatar Racial Integration 227 15 The Future of Racial Integration 229 Elizabeth Anderson 16 When Turnabout Is Not Fair Play 250 Carl Cohen Scarce Resources 261 17 Moral Issues in Rationing Scarce Resources 263 F. M. Kamm 18 Locke’s Defense of Preferential Treatment 279 Bernard R. Boxill Violence 297 19 Psychological Violence and Institutional Racism: The Moral Responsibility of Bystanders 299 Howard McGary 20 McGary’s Striking Claim and the Roles of Self-Deception, Acquiescence, and Complicity 312 B. C. Postow Index 317

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Book SynopsisLife''s Work is a study of the shifting spaces and material practices of social reproduction in the global era. The volume blurs the heavily drawn boundaries between production and reproduction, showing through case studies of migration, education and domesticity how the practices of everyday life challenge these categorical distinctions. New and innovative study of the shifting spaces and material practices of social reproduction in the global era. Investigates changing conceptions of subjectivity, national identity and modernity. Focuses on both theoretical and practical issues. Includes case studies on migration, education and domesticity. Trade Review"A fascinating journey through the tangled power relations and layered geographies of social reproduction. The essays are creative, diverse, and internationally thought-provoking." Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst "An inspired, highly readable, and vitally significant collection of papers. In attempting to pull apart and examine "the multiple relations, spaces, practices and possibilities of life's work," it moves considerably beyond the achievements of those who have previously wed feminist, Marxist and postructural theories to address issues of social reproduction." Allan Pred, Professor of Geography, UC Berkeley "A stimulating collection infused with feminist scholarship from the domestic labour debate to embodiment and gendered subjectivities. The collection powerfully documents the changing connections between employment and all those other forms of work that make up the total social organisation of labor. Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in the diversity of ways of living and making a living in a globalized world." Linda McDowell, Professor of Geography, University College London "With great clarity and a fascinating range of examples, this collection promises to shift our understanding of race, gender, sexuality, nationality, and class in late capitalism." Caren Kaplan, Associate Professor of Women's Studies, UC Berkeley "Some of the chapters are fascinating ... What sets this book apart from others that have wrestled with the production/reproduction boundary is its distinctly multi- and transnational flavour. In the contemporary world social reproduction can be just as 'global' as production has become, and the chapters in Life's Work provide many absorbing and welcome examples." Progress in Human Geography "A wide ranging, hyper(post)modern collection of essays in social and cultural geography...It trips nicely from pen to page" Network “The book’s authors extend the social reproduction debates in Marxist, feminist, and development studies by advocating the conceptual importance of economic-social-political complexity, subjectivity, and empirical analysis. The introductory chapter is well-written and would serve as a useful and comprehensible piece for both upper level undergraduate and graduate courses.” Annals of the Association of American GeographersTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Life’s Work: An Introductionm Review and Critique. Katharyne Mitchell, Sallie A Marston and Cindi Katz. Part I: Education and the Making of the Modern (Trans)national Subject. 1. Imagined Country: National Environmental Ideologies in School Geography Textbooks: John Morgan. 2. Indigenous Professionalization: Transnational Social Reproduction in the Andes. Nina Laurie, Robert Andolina and Sarah Radcliffe. 3. Producing the Future: Getting To Be British. Jean Lave. Part II: Domesticity and Other Homely Spaces of Modernity. 1. Domesticating Birth in the Hospital: “Family-Centered” Birth and the Emergence of “Homelike” Birthing Rooms. Maria Fannin. 2. Adolescent Latina Bodyspaces: Making Homegirls, Homebodies and Homeplaces. Melissa Hyams. 3. Of Fictional Cities and “Diasporic” Aesthetics. Rosemary Marangoly George. Part III: Modern Migrants/Flexible Citizens: Cultural Constructions of Belonging and Alienation. 1. Valuing Childcare: Troubles in Suburbia. Geraldine Pratt. 2. Toque una Ranchera, Por Favor. Altha J Cravey. 3. Human Smuggling, the Transnational Imaginary, and Everyday Geographies of the Nation-State. Alison Mountz. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe critical role of food in contemporary policy, in the UK, Europe and internationally, is explored in a comprehensive and readable account of current issues, including food rights, patenting, safety, aid, choice and poverty. This landmark collection explores the critical role of food in contemporary national and international policy. The contributors represent different professional and academic perspectives. The contributions challenge state, institutional and agency structures and responses to food as a social policy issue. Most of the contributors write from an empirical research base. Table of ContentsPreface vii 1 Joined-up Food Policy? The Trials of Governance, Public Policy and the Food System 1David Barling, Tim Lang and Martin Caraher 2 Patenting Our Food Failure: Intellectual Property rights and the Global Food System 20Geoff Tansey 3 The Evolution of Food Safety Policy-making Institutions in the UK, EU and Codex Alimentarius 38Erik Millstone and Patrick van Zwanenberg 4 Food Safety and Consumers: Constructions of Choice and Risk 54Alizon Draper and Judith Green 5 Food Security: Rights, Livelihoods and the World Food Summit-Five Years Later 70Karim Hussein 6 Food Banks and Food Security: Welfare Reform, Human Rights and Social Policy. Lessons from Canada? 91Graham Riches 7 Food aid in Complex Emergencies: Lessons from Sudan 106Elizabeth Ojaba, Anne Itto Leonardo and Margaret Itto Leonardo 8 School Meals Policy: The Problem with Governing Children 127Ulla Gustafsson 9 Food and Poverty in Britain: Rights and Responsibilities 140Elizabeth Dowler Index 160

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Book SynopsisJohn R. Searle's 1995 publication The Construction of Social Reality is the foundation of this collection of scholarly papers examining Searle''s philosophical theories. The book works to reconstruct the ontology of the social sciences through an analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John Searle''s celebrated work on intentionality. The authors provide rich and varied critical appraisals of Searle''s original text. Reconstructs the ontology of the social sciences through an analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John Searle''s celebrated work on intentionality Authors provide rich and varied critical appraisals of Searle''s original text. Trade Review"This book is a useful exposition of the difficulties that patents on human genes give rise to. Its focus on philosophical considerations adds depth to the debate, and it takes a novel perspective . . . A book that proposes that the model should be abolished should promote useful debate in the field." (The Journal of Biosocial Science, 2011) Table of Contents1. Editors’ Introduction: David Koepsell and Laurence S. Moss. Part I: Extensions and Criticisms:. 2. Searle, Rationality, and Social Reality: Alex Viskovatoff, University of Pittsburgh. 3. Searle and Collective Intentionality: The Self-Defeating Nature of Internalism with Respect to Social Facts: Dan Fitzpatrick, University of Hertfordshire. 4. Rationality-in-Relations: Hans Bernhard Schmid, University of St. Gallen. Part II. Criticisms and Reconstructions:. 5. Searle’s Foole: How a Constructionist Account of Society Cannot Substitute for a Causal One: Mariam Thalos, University of Utah. 6. Collective Acceptance, Social Institutions, and Social Reality: Raimo Tuomela, University of Helsinki. 7. Can Collective Intentionality Be Individiualized? Anthonie W. M. Meijers, Eindhoven University. 8. The New Role of the Constitutive Rule: Frank A. Hindriks, University of St. Andrews. 9. Collective Intentions and Collective Intentionality: L. A. Zaibert, University of Wisconsin-Parkside. 10. Searle’s Monadological Construction of Social Reality: Ingvar Johansson, Umea University. 11. Explaining Collective Intentionality: Nenad Miscevic, University of Maribor. 12. The Social Ontology of Virtual Environments: Philip Brey, University of Twente. Part III. An Illuminating Exchange:. 13. The Construction of Social Reality: An Exchange: Barry Smith and John Searle, University of Buffalo and University of California-Berkeley. Index.

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Book SynopsisOver the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world. Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China. Explores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises that created them. Demonstrates how these global movements require a rethinking of the very idea of social movements Trade Review"Global Movements presents a vast body of literature and research and is written in a clear prose that makes it accessible to students." (Social Movement Studies, October 2010) “Global Movements is essential reading for all those trying to understand our twenty-first-century society. It is the first complex account of new forms of worldwide protest and society.” Tim Jordan, Open University "This book will be fascinating for anyone who has ever taken part in direct action … McDonald’s work opens up a whole new world for other researchers on global movements." Development and Change “Most essays and research on global movements adopt either a planetary perspective, or the subjective perspective of their participants. McDonald, in this brilliant and solid book, articulates both points of view.” Michel Wieviorka, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales “[McDonald] provides a particularly thorough and engaging theoretical introduction, evaluating the literature on globalization and social movements in US and European tradition and stressing the obsolescence of a focus on either structure and organization, or representation and identity.” ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments and Preface. Part I: Movements and Globalization. 1. Globalization. 2. Movements and Action. Part II: From Antiglobalization to Grammars of Experience. 3. Direct Action: From Community to Experience. 4. The New Humanitarianism. 5. Grammars of Experience. Part III: Global Modernities, Grammars of Action. 6. Zapatista Dreaming: Memory and the Mask. 7. Healing Movements, Embodied Subjects. 8. Global Islam: Modernity’s Other?. 9. Islamic Makings of The Self. Part IV: Paradigms of Action and Cutlure. 10. Rethinking Movements. Index

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Book SynopsisModern social thought ranges widely from the social sciences to philosophy, political theories and doctrines, cultural ideas and movements, and the influence of the natural sciences. Provides an authoritative overview of the main themes of social thought. Long essays and entries give full coverage to each topic. Covers major currents of thought, philosophical and cultural trends, and the individual social sciences from anthropology to welfare economics. New edition updates about 200 entries and includes new entries, suggestions for further reading, and a bibliography of all sources cited within the text. Trade Review"This is still the best dictionary around ... Students could abandon their textbooks and follow this reference trail." Margaret Archer, University of Warwick "A reference book that is fun to read, often sharp, ironic, and barbed – a distillation of current Social Thought as well as a dictionary." Stephen Turner, University of South Florida "This book is an indispensable tool for social, political, and intellectual inquiry in general. William Outhwaite has produced a valuable compendium of the key figures, central concepts, influential movements, and important institutions of the modern era. The sum impressively surpasses not only the parts but the peer competitors." James Der Derian, Brown University and University of Massachusetts Amherst "Students new to the volume will find it remains a valuable guide." David Jary, University of Birmingham "All academic libraries catering for courses in scoiology, politics modern history, cultural studies or philosophy ought to have copies of this book." Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface. Note. Contributors. Introduction. Dictionary Entries A–Z. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading experts in the field, Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty is an introduction to mainstream theorizing on risk and uncertainty in sociology.Trade Review"This book brings together scholars working at the cutting-edge of the analysis of social theories of risk and uncertainty. It is essential reading for anyone interested in theorising risk and uncertainty." Deborah Lupton, Charles Sturt UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: The contribution of sociology to the discourse on risk and uncertainty:Jens O. Zinn. 2. Risk society and reflexive modernisation: Wolfgang Bonß. 3. Governmentality and risk:Pat O'Malley. 4. Systems theory and risk:Klaus-Peter Japp & Isabel Kusche. 5. Edgework, risk and uncertainty: Stephen Lyng. 6. Culture and risk: John Tulloch. 7. Comparison and perspectives of sociological theorizing on risk and uncertainty: Jens O. Zinn

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading experts in the field, Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty is an introduction to mainstream theorizing on risk and uncertainty in sociology.Trade Review"This book brings together scholars working at the cutting-edge of the analysis of social theories of risk and uncertainty. It is essential reading for anyone interested in theorising risk and uncertainty." Deborah Lupton, Charles Sturt UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: The contribution of sociology to the discourse on risk and uncertainty:Jens O. Zinn. 2. Risk society and reflexive modernisation: Wolfgang Bonß. 3. Governmentality and risk:Pat O'Malley. 4. Systems theory and risk:Klaus-Peter Japp & Isabel Kusche. 5. Edgework, risk and uncertainty: Stephen Lyng. 6. Culture and risk: John Tulloch. 7. Comparison and perspectives of sociological theorizing on risk and uncertainty: Jens O. Zinn

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory. Builds on the success of The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, second edition with substantial revisions, entirely new contributions, and a fresh editorial direction Explores contemporary areas such as actor network theory, social constructionism, human rights and cosmopolitanism Includes chapters on demography, science and technology studies, and genetics and social theory Emphasizes key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping the discipline as a whole Trade Review"Every university should be considering acquiring this book for its library stock.... This is a solid and worthy resource for students at the level of bright undergraduates or taught postgraduates in a wide range of academic disciplines." (Reference Reviews, 2009)Table of ContentsList of Contributors viii Introduction: A New Agenda for Social Theory? 1Bryan S. Turner PART I FOUNDATIONS 17 1 The Foundations of Social Theory 19Gerard Delanty 2 Contemporary Sociological Theory: Post-Parsonian Developments 38John Holmwood 3 Philosophy of the Social Sciences 60Patrick Baert and Fernando Domínguez Rubio PART II ACTIONS, ACTORS, AND SYSTEMS 81 4 Theories of Social Action 83Rob Stones 5 Functionalism and Social Systems Theory 106Giuseppe Sciortino 6 Structuralism and Poststructuralism 124Daniel Chaffee and Charles Lemert 7 Actor Network Theory and Material Semiotics 141John Law 8 Ethnomethodology and Social Theory 159Richard A. Hilbert9 Rational Choice Theory 179Raymond Boudon PART III PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS 197 10 Pragmatism and Symbolic Interactionism 199Jack Barbalet 11 Phenomenology 218Michael G. Flaherty 12 Feminist Theory 235Mary Evans 13 Postmodern Social Theory 251Jan Pakulski 14 Social Constructionism 281Darin Weinberg 15 Conversation Analysis as Social Theory 300John Heritage 16 Globalization Theory 321John Boli and Frank J. Lechner PART IV SOCIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 341 17 Genetics and Social Theory 343Oonagh Corrigan 18 Economic Sociology 360Richard Swedberg 19 Cultural Sociology 378Isaac Reed and Jeffrey C. Alexander 20 Historical Sociology 391Krishan Kumar 21 The Sociology of Religion 409Michele Dillon 22 Demography 428John MacInnes and Julio Pérez Díaz 23 Science and Technology Studies: From Controversies to Posthumanist Social Theory 451Sophia Roosth and Susan Silbey PART V NEW DEVELOPMENTS 475 24 Mobilities and Social Theory 477John Urry 25 Sociological Theory and Human Rights: Two Logics, One World 496Judith Blau and Alberto Moncada 26 The Sociology of the Body 513Bryan S. Turner 27 Cosmopolitanism and Social Theory 533Daniel Chernilo 28 The Future of Social Theory 551Stephen Turner Index 567

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of Cultural Theory provides a concise introduction to cultural theory, placing major figures, traditional concepts, and contemporary themes within a sharp conceptual framework. Provides a student-friendly introduction to what can often be a complex field of study Updates the first edition in response to reader feedback and to the changing nature of the field Includes additional coverage of theorists from the classical period to include Nietzsche and DuBois Introduces entirely new chapters on race and gender theory, and the body Considers themes that have become more important in theoretical activity in recent years such as computers and virtual reality, cosmopolitanism, and performance theory Draws on theories and theorists from continental Europe as well as the English-speaking world Trade Review"Highly recommended to anyone interested in acquiring a theoretical basis on which to systematize their knowledge of cultural theory. Indeed, the authors manage to make the complex simple enough to understand without oversimplifying." (Discourse Studies, 2010) "Presenting such a wide-ranging and multifarious set of ideas in a coherent manner constitutes a very considerable achievement. The book offers anyone interested in cultural theory a broad conspectus—provided of course it is read as a whole." (Metapsychology Online Reviews, February 2009)Table of ContentsPreface to the First Edition: About this Book. Preface to the Second Edition. Acknowledgments. Introduction: What is Culture? What is Cultural Theory? 1 Culture in Classical Social Theory. 2 Culture and Social Integration in the Work of Talcott Parsons. 3 Culture as Ideology in Western Marxism. 4 Culture as Action in Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenology, and Ethnomethodology. 5 The Durkheimians: Ritual, Classification, and the Sacred. 6 Structuralism and the Semiotic Analysis of Culture. 7 The Poststructural Turn. 8 Culture, Structure, and Agency: Three Attempts at Synthesis. 9 British Cultural Studies. 10 The Production and Reception of Culture. 11 Culture as Text: Narrative and Hermeneutics. 12 Psychoanalytic Approaches to Culture and the Self. 13 The Cultural Analysis of Postmodernism and Postmodernity. 14 Postmodern and Poststructural Critical Theory. 15 Cultural Theories of Race and Gender. 16 The Body in Cultural Theory. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisUpdated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell''s A Companion to the City Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 Part I Materialities 3 Introducing Materialities 5 1 The Great Towns 11 Friedrich Engels 2 Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West 17 William Cronon 3 The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis 32David Harvey 4 An Introduction to the Information Age 40Manuel Castells 5 Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form 49Allen J. Scott 6 The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities 60Ash Amin 7 The Making of Global City Regions: Mumbai: The Mega-City of a Poor Country 72Sujata Patel 8 Urban Political Ecology, Justice and the Politics of Scale 79Erik Swyngedouw and Nikolas C. Heynen 9 Moving Cities: Rethinking the Materialities of Urban Geographies 86Alan Latham and Derek P. McCormack Part II Mobilities 95 Introducing Mobilities 97 10 The Metropolis and Mental Life 103Georg Simmel 11 The Practice of Everyday Life 111Michel de Certeau 12 The Arcades Project 119Walter Benjamin 13 The Global City: Introducing a Concept 126Saskia Sassen 14 Postborder Cities, Postborder World: The Rise of Bajalta California 133Michael Dear and Héctor Manuel Lucero 15 Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger 138Arjun Appadurai 16 Connections 144John Urry 17 Driving in the City 152Nigel Thrift 18 Urban Transport in Chinese Cities: The Impact on the Urban Poor 159Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu Part III Division and Difference 169 Introducing Division and Difference 171 19 The Continuing Causes of Segregation 177Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton 20 The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy 186William Julius Wilson 21 City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles 193Mike Davis 22 After Tompkins Square Park: Degentrification and the Revanchist City 201Neil Smith 23 The S.U.V. Model of Citizenship: Floating Bubbles, Buffer Zones, and the Rise of the “Purely Atomic” Individual 211Don Mitchell 24 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 221Michel Foucault 25 The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference 228Iris Marion Young 26 City A/Genders 237Sophie Watson 27 Building Gay Neighborhood Enclaves: The Village and Harlem 243George Chauncey Part IV Urban Publics and Urban Cultures 253 Introducing Urban Publics and Urban Cultures 255 28 The Public Realm 261Richard Sennett 29 The Death and Life of Great American Cities 273Jane Jacobs 30 China Urban: Health, Wealth and the Good Life 278Nancy N. Chen 31 Spatializing Culture: The Social Construction of Public Space in Costa Rica 284Setha M. Low 32 Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World 293Sharon Zukin 33 City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London 303Judith R. Walkowitz 34 Homo Palpitans: Balzac’s Novels and Urban Personality 311Franco Moretti 35 Writing the City 317Peter Preston and Paul Simpson-Housley 36 Imagining the Modern City: Light in Dark Spaces 323James Donald Part V Urban Politics and Planning 331 Introducing Urban Politics and Planning 333 37 The Growth of the City 339Ernest W. Burgess 38 The City of Tomorrow and its Planning 345Le Corbusier 39 The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília 355James Holston 40 Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy 365Anthony D. King 41 Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis 374Edward W. Soja 42 How to Study Urban Political Power 382John Hull Mollenkopf 43 Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place 391John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch 44 New Directions in Planning Theory 402Susan S. Fainstein 45 Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism” 411Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore 46 China’s Urban Transition: Backward into the Future 419John Friedmann 47 Planning the Competitive City-Region: The Emergence of Strategic Development Plan in China 428Fulong Wu and Jingxing Zhang Index 433

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Book SynopsisUpdated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell''s A Companion to the City Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Materialities: Introducing Materialities 1.. The Great Towns (Frederick Engels). 2. Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (William Cronon). 3. The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis (David Harvey). 4.. An Introduction to the Information Age (Manuel Castells). 5. Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form (Allen J. Scott). 6. The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities (Ash Amin). 7. The Making of Global City Regions: Mumbai: the Mega-City of a Poor Country (Sujata Patel). 8. Urban Political Ecology, Justice and the Politics of Scale (Erik Swyngedouw and Nikolas C. Heynen). 9. Moving Cities: Rethinking the Materialities of Urban Geographies (Alan Latham and Derek P. McCormack). Part II: Mobilities: Introducing Mobilities10. The Metropolis and Mental Life (Georg Simmel). 11. The Practice of Everyday Life (Michel de Certeau). 12. The Arcades Project (Walter Benjamin). 13. The Global City: Introducing a Concept (Sakia Sassen). 14. Postborder Cities, Postborder World: The Rise of Bajalta California (Michael Dear and Héctor Manuel Lucero). 15. Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger (Arjun Appadurai) 16. Connections (John Urry). 17. Driving in the City (Nigel Thrift). 18. Urban Transport in Chinese Cities: The Impact on the Urban Poor (Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu). Part III: Division and Difference: Introducing Division and Difference 19. The Continuing Causes of Segregation (Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton). 20. The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy (William Julius Wilson). 21. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Mike Davis). 22. After Tompkins Square Park: Degentrification and the Revanchist City (Neil Smith). 23. The S.U.V. Model of Citizenship: Floating Bubbles, Buffer Zones, and the Rise of the "Purely Atomic" Individual (Don Mitchell). 24. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Michel Foucault). 25. The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference (Iris Marion Young). 26. City A/Genders (Sophie Watson). 27. Building Gay Neighborhood Enclaves: the Village and Harlem (George Chauncey). Part IV: Urban Publics and Urban Cultures: Introducing Urban Publics and Urban Cultures. 28. The Public Realm (Richard Sennett). 29. Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs). 30. China Urban: Health, Wealth and the Good Life (Nancy N. Chen). 31. Spatializing Culture: the Social Construction. of Public Space in Costa Rica (Setha M. Low). 32. Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World (Sharon Zukin). 33. City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London (Judith R. Walkowitz). 34. Homo Palpitans: Balzac’s Novels and Urban Personality (Franco Moretti). 35. Writing the City (Peter Preston and Paul Simpson-Housley). 36. Imagining the Modern City: Light in Dark Spaces (James Donald). Part V: Urban Politics and Planning: Introducing Urban Politics and Planning. 37. The Growth of the City (Ernest W. Burgess). 38. The City of Tomorrow and its Planning (Le Corbusier). 39. The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília (James Holston). 40. Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy (Anthony D. King). 41. Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis (Edward W. Soja). 42. How to Study Urban Political Power (John Hull Mollenkopf). 43. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place (John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch). 44. New Directions in Planning Theory (Susan S. Fainstein). 45. Cities and the Geographies of "Actually Existing Neoliberalism (Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore). 46. China’s Urban Transition: Backward into the Future (John Friedmann). 47. Planning the Competitive City-Region: The Emergence of Strategic Development Plan in China (Fulong Wu and Jingxing Zhang). Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten by criminologists and policy analysts, Criminalisation and advanced marginality offers a constructive but critical application of Wacquant's ideas.Trade Review"this volume holds great potential for future research and collaboration. Overall, the overwhelming impression is that the range of disciplinary viewpoints on offer – criminal justice, critical race theory, feminism and welfare studies, amongst others – stands as testament to the immensely varied implications of Wacquant’s work and to the burgeoning development of cross-cutting perspectives in the study of social and penal policy." LSE Review of Books blog“This volume is to be welcomed as in many ways a refreshing reminder and change of voice” – Studies in Social Justice"Loïc Wacquant is, without question, one of the most significant critical social scientists of the present period. By exposing his work to rigorous analysis and providing Wacquant with a right of reply, Criminalisation and Advanced Marginality comprises a riveting read." Professor Barry Goldson, The University of LiverpoolTable of ContentsIntroduction: reading Loïc Wacquant - opening questions and overview ~ Peter Squires and John Lea; Section 1: Theory and politics: Bringing the state back in: understanding neoliberal security ~ John Lea and Simon Hallsworth; The state, sovereignty and advanced marginality in the city ~ Kevin Stenson; The third time as farce: whatever happened to the penal state? ~ John Pitts; Section 2: Welfare, agency and resistance: Loïc Wacquant and Norbert Elias: advanced marginality and the theory of the de-civilising process ~ John J. Rodger; Beyond the penal state: advanced marginality, social policy and anti-welfarism ~ Lynn Hancock and Gerry Mooney; Loïc Wacquant, gender and cultures of resistance ~ Lynda Measor; Women, welfare and the carceral state ~ Denise Martin and Paula Wilcox; Section 3: Urbanisation, criminality and penality: Illicit economies and the carceral social zone ~ Vincenzo Ruggiero; The universal and the particular in Latin American penal state formation ~ Markus-Michael M?ller; Neoliberal, brutish and short? Cities, inequalities and violences ~ Peter Squires; Response: The wedding of workfare and prisonfare in the 21st century: responses to critics and commentators ~ Loïc Wacquant.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set in the context of criminalisation as a social and political process. It will also be of wider interest to anyone wishing to discover the role of blame in modern society.Trade Review"Blame, and its relation to criminalisation, have been neglected in criminal justice studies. Drawing on legal philosophy, this book puts them firmly under the spotlight of a thorough multi-disciplinary interrogation." Professor Colin Sumner, University College Cork“A much-needed critical review of the role and parameters of 'blame' within criminal regulation. Accessibly written and insightful in its analyses throughout, this book compels a re-evaluation of our attributions and tactics of blaming in 21st century criminal justice policy.” Professor Vanessa Munro, University of Nottingham"This thought provoking book....is a very welcome addition to reading lists in criminology and criminal justice." Criminology & Criminal JusticeTable of ContentsIntroduction and the centrality of blame; Blame in the criminal justice process; Blame and the blameless; Blameless crime; Blame amplification; Putting oneself in harm’s way; Blame, punitiveness and criminalisation; Blamestorming and blamemongers.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set in the context of criminalisation as a social and political process. It will also be of wider interest to anyone wishing to discover the role of blame in modern society.Trade Review"Blame, and its relation to criminalisation, have been neglected in criminal justice studies. Drawing on legal philosophy, this book puts them firmly under the spotlight of a thorough multi-disciplinary interrogation." Professor Colin Sumner, University College Cork“A much-needed critical review of the role and parameters of 'blame' within criminal regulation. Accessibly written and insightful in its analyses throughout, this book compels a re-evaluation of our attributions and tactics of blaming in 21st century criminal justice policy.” Professor Vanessa Munro, University of Nottingham"This thought provoking book....is a very welcome addition to reading lists in criminology and criminal justice." Criminology & Criminal JusticeTable of ContentsIntroduction and the centrality of blame; Blame in the criminal justice process; Blame and the blameless; Blameless crime; Blame amplification; Putting oneself in harm’s way; Blame, punitiveness and criminalisation; Blamestorming and blamemongers.

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Critical Criminology offers an accessible introduction to foundational and contemporary theories and perspectives in critical criminology which introduces students to theories and perspectives about the causes of crime, and the operation of the criminal justice system.Trade Review?“An incisive introduction to critical criminology that is rich in theoretical concepts and illustrated with vivid examples. This is a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.” Dr Brian Burtch, Simon Fraser University, Canada“A wonderfully written account of both the foundations and contemporary theoretical priorities of critical criminologists. Essential reading for students, teachers and researchers." David Scott, Liverpool John Moores University"Recommended reading for anyone interested in critical criminology. It covers essential ground in an accessible and interesting fashion. So much so that it is a core text for students studying criminological theories." Kareen Corteen, School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University?"This clearly written introduction is a welcome addition. Pamela Ugwudike presents complex ideas in an accessible fashion, revealing the weighty contribution of critical perspectives within criminology and including under-represented feminist and critical race theories." Professor Mary Bosworth, University of Oxford & Editor, Theoretical Criminology"Ugwudike has done an excellent job, drawing together many of the radical, critical and conflict voices and perspectives in criminology, while evaluating them in a way that will be both interesting and accessible for readers." Peter Squires, University of Brighton"A well positioned text and it is pleasing to see the breadth of topic areas....especially good to see dedicated chapters on Critical Race Theory and sufficient dedicated space to Green Criminology and Crimes of the Powerful" Paul Taylor, University of Chester, textbook adopterTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: Foundational critical criminology; What is critical criminology?; The labelling perspective; Conflict perspectives in criminology; Marxist criminology; Part Two: Critiquing foundational critical criminology: challenges from Left and Right; The advent of neo-conservative criminology; Left realism: criticisms from within?; Feminist critiques; Part Three: Contemporary critical criminology; Critical perspectives on crimes of the powerful; Green criminology; Cultural criminology; Critical Race Theory; Part Four: Critical perspectives on punishment; Punishment and control; Part Five: Conclusions; Future directions in critical criminology.

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Critical Criminology offers an accessible introduction to foundational and contemporary theories and perspectives in critical criminology which introduces students to theories and perspectives about the causes of crime, and the operation of the criminal justice system.Trade Review?“An incisive introduction to critical criminology that is rich in theoretical concepts and illustrated with vivid examples. This is a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.” Dr Brian Burtch, Simon Fraser University, Canada“A wonderfully written account of both the foundations and contemporary theoretical priorities of critical criminologists. Essential reading for students, teachers and researchers." David Scott, Liverpool John Moores University"Recommended reading for anyone interested in critical criminology. It covers essential ground in an accessible and interesting fashion. So much so that it is a core text for students studying criminological theories." Kareen Corteen, School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University?"This clearly written introduction is a welcome addition. Pamela Ugwudike presents complex ideas in an accessible fashion, revealing the weighty contribution of critical perspectives within criminology and including under-represented feminist and critical race theories." Professor Mary Bosworth, University of Oxford & Editor, Theoretical Criminology"Ugwudike has done an excellent job, drawing together many of the radical, critical and conflict voices and perspectives in criminology, while evaluating them in a way that will be both interesting and accessible for readers." Peter Squires, University of Brighton"A well positioned text and it is pleasing to see the breadth of topic areas....especially good to see dedicated chapters on Critical Race Theory and sufficient dedicated space to Green Criminology and Crimes of the Powerful" Paul Taylor, University of Chester, textbook adopterTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: Foundational critical criminology; What is critical criminology?; The labelling perspective; Conflict perspectives in criminology; Marxist criminology; Part Two: Critiquing foundational critical criminology: challenges from Left and Right; The advent of neo-conservative criminology; Left realism: criticisms from within?; Feminist critiques; Part Three: Contemporary critical criminology; Critical perspectives on crimes of the powerful; Green criminology; Cultural criminology; Critical Race Theory; Part Four: Critical perspectives on punishment; Punishment and control; Part Five: Conclusions; Future directions in critical criminology.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to explore the application of complexity theory to difficult practice issues in criminal justice and social work and brings together experts in this emerging field to address complexity theory from a range of perspectives, providing a detailed but accessible discussion of the key issues to whole systems approaches.Trade Review“This book provides persuasive arguments for breaking away from the Newtonian paradigm of a linear, controllable world and working with the complexity of social systems” Professor Eileen Munro, London School of Economics"A challenging, insightful and engaging text that goes a long way in convincing readers of the value of applying complexity theory to criminal justice and social work" The Howard Journal of Criminal JusticeTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Aaron Pycroft and Clemens Bartollas; Complexity Theory: An over view ~ Aaron Pycroft; Risk, Attractors and Organisational Behaviour ~ Paul Jennings; Why Do People Commit Crime? An Integrated Systems Perspective ~ Matthew Robinson; Complexity and the Emergence of Grassroots Social Work and Criminal Justice Programmes ~ Michael Wolf Branigin; Child Protection Practice and Complexity ~ Peter Hassett and Irene Stevens; Youth justice: From linear risk paradigm to complexity ~ Stephen Case and Kevin Haines; The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: A case study in policing and complexity ~ John Grieve; Intersecting Contexts of Oppression within Complex Public System ~ Charmaine McPherson and Elizabeth McGibbon; Complexity Theory, Trans-disciplinary Working and Reflective Practice ~ Fiona McDermott; Probation Practice and Creativity in England and Wales: A Complex Systems Analysis ~ Aaron Pycroft; Responding to Domestic Abuse: Multi Agented Systems, Probation Programmes and Emergent Outcomes ~ Sarah Lewis; Complexity, Law and Ethics ~ Bruce Arrigo and Christopher Williams; Constituting the System: Radical Developments in Post Positivist Society ~ Clemens Bartollas; Conclusion ~ Clemens Bartollas and Aaron Pycroft.

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Book SynopsisThis unique book offers a timely analysis of the impact of rapidly advancing knowledge about the brain, mind and behaviour on contemporary public policy and practice. It analyses the global spread of research agendas, policy experiments and everyday practice informed by `brain culture'.Trade Review"Pykett’s uniquely geographical perspective on the psycho-spatial connects brain culture to city design, educational spaces and affective workplaces, arguing cogently for a politically engaged approach to the worldly implications of brain research." Gail Davies, University of Exeter“Amid the profusion of literature on neuroscience and its implications for society comes this welcome and necessary intervention. With characteristic clarity, precision and depth, Jessica Pykett charts the full reach of neuroscientific and behavioural explanations that are used to shape the policies and practices through which we are governed.” Elizabeth Gagen, Aberystwyth UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: governing through brain culture; Brain culture in context; Designing cerebral cities; Teaching the learning brain; Managing workplace emotions; Conclusion. What is at stake in the brain world?.

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Book SynopsisThis unique book offers a timely analysis of the impact of rapidly advancing knowledge about the brain, mind and behaviour on contemporary public policy and practice. It analyses the global spread of research agendas, policy experiments and everyday practice informed by `brain culture'.Trade Review"Pykett’s uniquely geographical perspective on the psycho-spatial connects brain culture to city design, educational spaces and affective workplaces, arguing cogently for a politically engaged approach to the worldly implications of brain research." Gail Davies, University of Exeter“Amid the profusion of literature on neuroscience and its implications for society comes this welcome and necessary intervention. With characteristic clarity, precision and depth, Jessica Pykett charts the full reach of neuroscientific and behavioural explanations that are used to shape the policies and practices through which we are governed.” Elizabeth Gagen, Aberystwyth UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: governing through brain culture; Brain culture in context; Designing cerebral cities; Teaching the learning brain; Managing workplace emotions; Conclusion. What is at stake in the brain world?.

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Book SynopsisThis book uses qualitative longitudinal data, from repeat interviews with people subject to compulsion and sanction in their everyday lives, to analyse the effectiveness and ethicality of welfare conditionality in promoting and sustaining behaviour change in the UK.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Conditionality in the UK Welfare State 3. Welfare Conditionality and Behaviour Change 4. From Welfare to Work? The Effectiveness of Welfare Conditionality in Moving People into Paid Employment 5. Welfare Conditionality and Problematic or Antisocial Behaviour 6. Unintended Outcomes? The Wider Impacts of Compulsion and Benefit Sanctions in Social Security 7. Ethical Debates 8. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisHow is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? Taking a radical perspective, this book reveals what we can learn from different approaches from across the globe.Trade Review"An analysis of the challenges of critical and radical social work in the face of the crisis of capital and its impacts. Current and essential reading." Elaine Rossetti Behring, Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas do Orçamento Público e da Seguridade SocialTable of ContentsIntroduction, Global Social Work in a Political Context; Part 1: The Political Context of Contemporary Social Work; The Political Economy of Social Work; Neoliberalism, social work and the state: retreat or restructuring?; The privatisation of social work and social care; Part 2: Social Work Politics: Past and Present; Social Work’s Horrible Histories; Social work as a praxis for liberation: the case of Latin American Reconceptualization; Refugees, Migrants and Social Work; Social work, climate change and the Anthropocene; Part 3: Debating the Politics of Social Work Today; A New Politics of Social Work?; The case for a social justice based global social work definition; Conclusion: Making history.

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Book SynopsisHow is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? Taking a radical perspective, this book reveals what we can learn from different approaches from across the globe.Trade Review"An analysis of the challenges of critical and radical social work in the face of the crisis of capital and its impacts. Current and essential reading." Elaine Rossetti Behring, Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas do Orçamento Público e da Seguridade Social"An original and topical addition to the literature that makes a strong case for critical analysis of economic, political and environmental conditions to inform development of radical practices." Karen Lyons, London Metropolitan University"A radical route map for sustainable international social work for the 21st century, built on a crucial critique of global politics: essential reading." Peter Beresford, Professor of Citizen Participation, University of Essex"This thoroughly researched and provocative book calls for a new politics of social work. It demands that social workers everywhere become proactive in confronting current global economic, environmental and social crises." Elizabeth Whitmore, Carleton University, CanadaTable of ContentsIntroduction, Global Social Work in a Political Context; Part 1: The Political Context of Contemporary Social Work; The Political Economy of Social Work; Neoliberalism, social work and the state: retreat or restructuring?; The privatisation of social work and social care; Part 2: Social Work Politics: Past and Present; Social Work’s Horrible Histories; Social work as a praxis for liberation: the case of Latin American Reconceptualization; Refugees, Migrants and Social Work; Social work, climate change and the Anthropocene; Part 3: Debating the Politics of Social Work Today; A New Politics of Social Work?; The case for a social justice based global social work definition; Conclusion: Making history.

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Book SynopsisVisually and pedagogically rich, this wide-ranging introduction to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding welfare.Trade Review"Engaging, well-constructed and thoughtful, this is just the book to get students interested and to make them think." Professor Jane Millar, University of Bath "Lee Gregory draws on his experience of teaching and his enthusiasm for the subject to provide an engaging and accessible guide to the key debates in Social Policy. Students at all levels will find this an inspiring and reliable introduction to the subject." Pete Alcock, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham "Lee Gregory's book reasserts the core importance of the study of social policy to understanding the increasingly complex world that we live in today. I would recommend this as a core text to every social policy student." Christina Pantazis, University of BristolTable of ContentsIntroduction; What is welfare and why pursue it?; Who recieves welfare support, and for what?; Who should provide welfare support?; Is universal provision sustainable?; How does policy shape the experience of welfare support?; Is the welfare state always in crisis?; How does risk change the welfare state?; Is social policy about control?; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisVisually and pedagogically rich, this wide-ranging introduction to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding welfare.Trade Review"Engaging, well-constructed and thoughtful, this is just the book to get students interested and to make them think." Professor Jane Millar, University of Bath "Lee Gregory draws on his experience of teaching and his enthusiasm for the subject to provide an engaging and accessible guide to the key debates in Social Policy. Students at all levels will find this an inspiring and reliable introduction to the subject." Pete Alcock, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham "Lee Gregory's book reasserts the core importance of the study of social policy to understanding the increasingly complex world that we live in today. I would recommend this as a core text to every social policy student." Christina Pantazis, University of BristolTable of ContentsIntroduction; What is welfare and why pursue it?; Who recieves welfare support, and for what?; Who should provide welfare support?; Is universal provision sustainable?; How does policy shape the experience of welfare support?; Is the welfare state always in crisis?; How does risk change the welfare state?; Is social policy about control?; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system. It draws upon innovative social theories and moral perspectives to analyse changes in the probation service and makes a timely contribution to criminal justice and probation theory.Trade Review"A meticulous, succinct and extremely well written analysis of the probation services in the United Kingdom..." European Journal of Probation (about first edition)"During the past twenty years or so through a process involving missed opportunities, misguided policies and political posturing successive governments have almost squeezed the humanitarian life out of the Probation Service: it lingers still. Although, Philip Whitehead argues in this book that the humanitarian role of the Service will not survive, those of us who disagree know that if it is to survive in some form that benefits society by contributing to the rehabilitation of those people who offend, a thorough and critical understanding of that process is crucial. No-one is better qualified to deliver that understanding than Philip Whitehead. Not only has he worked within the Service throughout this period but he has shown in his many publications an acute understanding of the history of probation. This book promises to be both the definitive account of its recent past and the critically challenging one that is needed." Maurice Vanstone, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, Swansea University“The book makes an excellent contribution to the theoretical imagination in probation … a provocative and stimulating read… Transforming Probation reconnects the reader to the heritage and value base of probation, which is absent in New Public Management, Payment by Results and the pitfalls of inhumane, depersonalised targets in the mixed economy of provision for people on probation.” Probation JournalTable of ContentsModernising probation and criminal justice since 1997; Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Foucault, and the Symbolic: social theory with the ‘big guys’; Religious, humanitarian and personalist impulses: footprints left by ‘the good guys’; Social theory and organizational complexity: putting theories and impulses to work; Researching modernization and cultural change in probation: views of solicitors, clerks, magistrates, barristers and judges; Modernizing monstrosities and cultural catastrophes: probation trapped in a new order of things.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system. It draws upon innovative social theories and moral perspectives to analyse changes in the probation service and makes a timely contribution to criminal justice and probation theory.Trade Review"A meticulous, succinct and extremely well written analysis of the probation services in the United Kingdom..." European Journal of Probation (about first edition)“The book makes an excellent contribution to the theoretical imagination in probation … a provocative and stimulating read… Transforming Probation reconnects the reader to the heritage and value base of probation, which is absent in New Public Management, Payment by Results and the pitfalls of inhumane, depersonalised targets in the mixed economy of provision for people on probation.” Probation Journal"During the past twenty years or so through a process involving missed opportunities, misguided policies and political posturing successive governments have almost squeezed the humanitarian life out of the Probation Service: it lingers still. Although, Philip Whitehead argues in this book that the humanitarian role of the Service will not survive, those of us who disagree know that if it is to survive in some form that benefits society by contributing to the rehabilitation of those people who offend, a thorough and critical understanding of that process is crucial. No-one is better qualified to deliver that understanding than Philip Whitehead. Not only has he worked within the Service throughout this period but he has shown in his many publications an acute understanding of the history of probation. This book promises to be both the definitive account of its recent past and the critically challenging one that is needed." Maurice Vanstone, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, Swansea UniversityTable of ContentsModernising probation and criminal justice since 1997; Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Foucault, and the Symbolic: social theory with the ‘big guys’; Religious, humanitarian and personalist impulses: footprints left by ‘the good guys’; Social theory and organizational complexity: putting theories and impulses to work; Researching modernization and cultural change in probation: views of solicitors, clerks, magistrates, barristers and judges; Modernizing monstrosities and cultural catastrophes: probation trapped in a new order of things.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing it. The first book to build on Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students.Trade Review"This engaging and readable text offers invaluable help for any social science researchers grappling with reflexivity." Helen Kara, We Research It"Provides a framework of how to conceptualise reflexivity and its successful integration into one’s own research... particularly recommended for students and early career researchers who seek to contextualise and understand their `identities’ in the research process." Dr Eric Baumgartner, Teeside University"An essential guide for working sociologists; it not only provides a clear theoretical and empirical exploration of the concept and practice of reflexivity, but also provides opportunities to recognise how far we ourselves already do reflexivity and how we can use it to improve our research and teaching practices." Mark Taylor, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsIntroduction: a rationale for reflexivity; Pierre Bourdieu and the development of theory; Putting yourself in? Bourdieu's reflexive project; Standpoints, disciplines, spaces; Reflexivity in the field: four case studies; Desert Island discourses: doing a parallel analysis; The reflexive me; Conclusions; Coda: writing in the social sciences.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing it. The first book to build on Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students.Trade Review"This engaging and readable text offers invaluable help for any social science researchers grappling with reflexivity." Helen Kara, We Research It"Provides a framework of how to conceptualise reflexivity and its successful integration into one’s own research... particularly recommended for students and early career researchers who seek to contextualise and understand their `identities’ in the research process." Dr Eric Baumgartner, Teeside University"An essential guide for working sociologists; it not only provides a clear theoretical and empirical exploration of the concept and practice of reflexivity, but also provides opportunities to recognise how far we ourselves already do reflexivity and how we can use it to improve our research and teaching practices." Mark Taylor, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsIntroduction: a rationale for reflexivity; Pierre Bourdieu and the development of theory; Putting yourself in? Bourdieu's reflexive project; Standpoints, disciplines, spaces; Reflexivity in the field: four case studies; Desert Island discourses: doing a parallel analysis; The reflexive me; Conclusions; Coda: writing in the social sciences.

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Book SynopsisA critical analysis of the domino effect of neoliberalism and austerity on social work. Applying theory including those of Bourdieu and Wacquant to practice, it argues that social work should return to a focus on relational and community approaches.Trade Review“The book rightly calls for a return to relational and community approaches to practice, approaches that acknowledge the impact of poverty and inequality. It is timely and should appeal to students and practitioners alike.” Professional Social Work Magazine."This extremely timely, accessible and invaluable analysis develops ideas for social work that challenge the dominant policy direction and promote the social justice ideals of the profession." Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway University of LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction Social Work in the era of neoliberalism and austerity Class, poverty and inequality Advanced marginality and stigma Welfare, punishment and neoliberalism Poverty, inequality and contemporary social work Reimagining a social state Conclusion

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