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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive overview of the theoretical discussion of one of most important conceptions in sociology at the end of 20th century - the theory of social systems. The spotlight of this book falls on the work of Niklas Luhmann and his holistic approach. Current modern society is, for Luhmann, a functionally differentiated society, which means that a number of specialized societal sub-systems (politics, economics, religion, law, science, art etc) have formed. Each system is based on its own type of communication led by its own generalized communicative media. Luhmann controversially depicts modern society as a plurality of many societal subsystems operating without a top and without a coordinating and managing centre. This book weighs the strong and weak features of the systemic approach in sociology and discusses ways to rethink it.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Dream or Myth? (Introduction) Chapter 2. The dream of a united conception of science Chapter 3. What is the right starting point for sociological thought? Chapter 4. A Dream of integration of theory and society (Parsons) Chapter 5. The Dream of the Sociological Super-theory (Luhmann) Chapter 6. Reflections on Possibilities of Application of System Approach at Macrosocial Level

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the empirical manifestations of the paradoxical features of reproductive technologies and provides in-depth understandings of solo motherhood through assisted reproduction and by recognising the complex experiences and the lived realities of forming donor-conceived families. The author offers insights into how single women 'do' family, identity and kinship and how the choice to create life as a solo mother is continuously rationalised. She uncovers how established, societal cultural narratives are adopted, negotiated and transformed in the processes of decision-making and fertility treatment. The book draws on science and technology studies, feminist theory, kinship- and family studies and identity theory, and reveals how aspects of bio-genetic and social connections (nature-culture) take on varying meanings when kinship and familial relations - are created through assisted reproduction. Through the lens of solo mother families, the book covers broader sociological questions including; how donor conception challenges existing and endemic kinship ideas and practices and what kinds of individual, social and legal responses have been prompted by advances within medically assisted reproduction.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Puzzling Paradoxes of Nature Vs Nurture Chapter 1. Creating Life as a Solo Mother: An Emerging Phenomenon? Chapter 2. Theorizing Reproductive Technologies: Negotiating Nature and Nurture in Kinship and Identity Making Chapter 3. Getting Access to Fertility Treatment: Governing the ‘Natural Order of Life’ Chapter 4. Revising Life Biographies: A Choice by Design and Not by Chance Chapter 5. Undergoing Fertility Treatment: Reworking Boundaries of ‘Natural Processes’ Chapter 6. Forming Donor-Conceived Families: The Complex Interplay of Biogenetic and Social Ties Chapter 7. Choosing and Relating to the Donor: Managing Complex Kinship Boundaries Chapter 8. Conclusion: Strategies for Life Appendix 1. Conducting the Study: Research Design and Methodology Appendix 2. Glossary on MAR

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Book SynopsisThis unique work of evidence scholarship details the development of marketised forensic science provision in the UK. Exploring the impact that public policy developments have had upon the sector, it delves into the re-structuring of both the governance and delivery of expert scientific evidence. Using first-hand accounts drawn from empirical research, this study analyses the practices and perspectives of forensic experts and criminal justice personnel, with a particular focus on the influence of standardisation, expertise, and regulation on scientific method. Expanding our understanding of the ways in which forensic scientists have responded to policy-driven structural changes, the author highlights the effects of resulting adaptations. Challenging subsisting accounts of law’s deference to expert knowledge, this work uncovers the normative and conceptual underpinnings of law and science, to provide an innovative account of the practice of case construction. Using comparative case-study methods, the study highlights the need for a genuine theoretical engagement between the two domains and supports this endeavour with a range of empirically informed discussions, and detailed theoretical analyses. Revisiting the landmark cases, relevant legislative provisions, and government reports, the study offers a trenchant analysis of law’s mutable understandings of expertise and scientific method. Marketisation and Forensic Science Provision in England and Wales thus lays the foundations for a more rational and systematic approach to the consumption of expert evidence.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Forensic Market Chapter 2. Forensic Scientific Processes Chapter 3. Exploring the Forensic Field Chapter 4. The Commodification of Forensic Science Chapter 5. Constructing Forensic Expertise Chapter 6. Swift and Sure Justice? Chapter 7. Objectivity – “The View From Nowhere” Chapter 8. From Biological Substrate to Digital Analyte

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Book SynopsisDrawing from extensive ethnographic research on abortion debates in public spaces, this book explores the beliefs, motivations and practices of UK anti-abortion activists. Whilst they represent a tiny minority, there is recent evidence of an increase in activism outside UK abortion clinics; faith-based groups regularly organise 'vigils' seeking to deter service users from entering clinics. In response to this, pro-choice groups launched a campaign for buffer-zones around clinics. Although there is overwhelming public support for abortion, it remains an area of public contestation that touches on ideas about bodily autonomy, religious freedom and reproductive rights. Despite being active in the UK since before the 1967 Abortion Act, anti-abortion activism has received little attention. Taking a lived religion approach, Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK explores the sacred and profane commitments of anti-abortion activists and counter-demonstrations outside clinics, examining the contestations over space. The authors argue that as a moral reform social movement, the anti-abortion activists typically frame their activism in terms of risk and abortion harm, but their religiously-informed understanding of ultra-sacrificial motherhood as ‘natural’ for women undermines this framing. Their conservative gender and sexuality attitudes position them culturally as a moral minority. The displays of public religion are also anomalous in a country in which religion is usually seen as a private issue. Their presence outside abortion clinics causes a significant amount of distress, but public support for the establishment of safe zones outside of abortion-service provision is strong and is a proportionate response to safeguard the freedoms of those seeking abortion.Trade ReviewIn this book Pam Lowe and Sarah-Jane Page have produced a compelling exploration of anti-abortion activism in the UK. Combining expertise from the fields of the sociology of reproductive health and the sociology of religion, Lowe and Page begin with a superbly detailed historical background of abortion law in the UK, this is followed by findings generated by lengthy primary research. The end result is a unique, richly layered insight into those who ascribe to anti-abortion positions that will be of interest to academics, students, faith communities, activists and the public at large. -- Dr Fiona Bloomer, School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster UniversityThis beautifully-written and carefully-researched book deepens our understanding of the different positions in the debate about abortion, presenting them as coherent but clashing moral stances. This is sociology of religion at its best - a timely reminder of why it is so important. -- Professor Linda Woodhead, Lancaster UniversityThe conceptual innovation in Pam Lowe and Sarah-Jane Page’s analysis of anti-abortion presence outside abortion clinics in the UK as lived religiosity makes fascinating reading. Detailed, insightful and thought-provoking. -- Barbara Baird, Women’s & Gender Studies, Flinders University, South AustraliaAnti-abortion ideology is often cloaked in claims to objectivity, whether it be through invoking claims of scientifical rationality or moral absolutism. In their book, Pam Lowe and Sarah-Jane Page combine the fields of the sociology of religion and reproductive health with 5 years of fieldwork amongst activists to return us to the central role religion plays in the motivations, worldviews, and actions of anti-abortionists. Their book provides both an overview of the politics of abortion in Britain and new and fresh insights, and thus will be of interest to students, specialists, and anyone with an interest in British abortion or religious cultures. -- Dr Erica Millar, La Trobe University, AustraliaAnti-Abortion Activism in the UK is a must read for any scholar, student or person interested in understanding the intractability of the contemporary conflict over abortion. Although modern activists package their opposition to abortion in secular paper to gain political traction with a public that largely views religion as a private matter, Lowe and Page’s meticulously researched, five-year ethnographic study reveals that the heart of the conflict is profoundly religious. Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK illuminates the degree to which anti-abortion activism is moored to a distinct worldview where the relationship between activists’ lived religion and opposition to abortion is inseparable. Drawing on multiple sources of data, Lowe and Page brilliantly demonstrate that an ultra-sacrificial construction of motherhood is centered as both sacred and profane in this worldview, which gives abortion opponents meaning and an indefatigable edge in their activism over both time and space. -- Alesha E. Doan, School of Public Affairs & Administration, University of KansasTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Opposition to Abortion: A UK History Chapter 3. Understanding Anti-abortion Activism as Lived Religion Chapter 4. The Worldviews of Anti-abortion Activists Chapter 5. Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood and the ‘Harms’ of Abortion Chapter 6. Foetal Stories Chapter 7. Being an Activist: Material Religion, Embodiment, and Spatiality Chapter 8. The Pro-choice Response: Counterdemonstrations Chapter 9. Abortion Cultures Chapter 10. Conclusion Appendix 1. The Research Journey

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Book SynopsisThe influential sociologist and social theorist Zygmunt Bauman was a prolific commentator on contemporary social life. The extent and range of his published work is so vast that it is easy for the uninitiated reader to feel daunted by the sheer scale of works and where to begin. That is, until now. The Emerald Guide to Zygmunt Bauman is the first introductory guide to the work of Zygmunt Bauman, designed specifically for students and those new to his work. It provides a clear, comprehensive and authoritative overview of the emergence and development of key themes and arguments across the whole body of Bauman’s work, from his early publications in Poland in relation to actually existing socialism, to his Marxist revisionism, his influential analysis of the Holocaust, and his contribution to ethics and critiques of modernity and liquid modern neoliberalism. Critically, the book also places Bauman’s work in context by discussing the influence of his personal biography on his ideas. This book provides a firm foundation for the independent reading of Bauman himself and for exploring the many discussions and interpretations of his influential ideas. It is essential reading for readers in sociology, politics, history, law, religion and other areas of the social sciences to which Bauman made a contribution.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Bauman in Context Chapter 2. Bauman: Life, Career and Politics Chapter 3. Arrival in Britain: The Successful Outsider? Chapter 4. Bauman as a critic of Modernity Chapter 5. The postmodern turn Chapter 6. The Liquid Turn Chapter 7. Bauman on inclusion and exclusion Chapter 8. Care for the Other Chapter 9. Bauman’s legacy Appendix 1. Zygmunt Bauman bibliography Appendix 2. Sources and Further Reading

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Book SynopsisThis collection brings together new and original research on the concept and practice of ‘rhythmanalysis’ in urban sociology as a means to analyse the relationship between the time and space of the city. Originally proposed by French philosopher and urban scholar, Henri Lefebvre and his collaborator, Catherine Régulier, in the twentieth century, ‘rhythmanalysis’ continues to capture the attention of urban scholars today. Including in-depth analyses of the rhythms of place-making, this volume takes us from the City of London to the Caminito of Buenos Aires. Exploring the production of rhythm on the move – in cars and on the street - in relation to urban atmospheres and the implications of mobility for climate emergency, the chapters consider what happens when everyday urban rhythms are disrupted and reconfigured. Delving into the mobilisation of the body, materials and technologies to make and detect rhythm, this collection sparks new interest in using rhythmanalysis as a mode of sensing and making sense of the complex entanglements of time and space at the heart of everyday urban life. It is an appealing read for scholars and students in urban sociology, social and cultural geography, mobilities studies, and the sociology and philosophy of time.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rhythm, Rhythmanalysis and urban life - Dawn Lyon Chapter 1. From The Balcony to Caminito: An Ongoing Rhuthmanalysis; Salomé Lopes Coelho; Chapter 2. Eurhythmia and Arrythmia: Understanding Gendered Performances through Rhythm in the City of London; Louise Nash; Chapter 3. Slow Motion Streets: Exploring Everyday Super-Diversity in a London Neighbourhood Through Video Rhythmanalysis; Katherine Stansfeld; MOBILITY Chapter 4. Rhythm as Energy in Space and Time: Engaging Rhythmanalysis With Climate Change and Urban Mobility Transitions; Gordon Walker; Chapter 5. Street Rhythms in the ‘Twilight zone’: Crepuscular Urban Mobility Rhythms and Their Effects on the Atmospheres of Street Space; Jani Tartia; Chapter 6. Rhythmanalysis in Taxicabs and Soft Cabs: A Report From Three North American cities; Donald Anderson; Interlude: In Saint-Paul-de-Vence; Amy Sackville DISRUPTION Chapter 7. Recovering From a Disaster: A Rhythmanalytic Approach to Everyday Life in L’Aquila,Italy; Eirini Glynou Lefaki; Chapter 8. Overtourism as a Worrying Tide: A Rhythmanalytic Experiment on Venetian Everyday Life; Guido Borelli; Chapter 9. Persephonic Rhythms and The Seasonal Urbanization of Island Space: Tourism and Migration in Lesvos, Greece; Marina Karides; PERFORMANCE Chapter 10. Rhythmanalysis, Concrete Abstraction and the Quantified Self: Sonification and Performance Research as Remediation of Data; Harry Pitts, Eleanor Jean, and Yas Clarke; Chapter 11. Fête or Pseudo-Fête? A Time-Lapse Rhythmanalysis of Outdoor Arts in the UK; James Macpherson; Chapter 12. Counterpoint dancing: Towards a Rhythmanalysis of Interculturalism; Jessie Lauren Stein; Afterword: Rhythmic Multiplicities: Seeking Order and Excitement; Tim Edensor

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Written by eminent scholar Chiara Saraceno, this Advanced Introduction offers a synthetic overview of the core theoretical and policy issues involved in family policy, currently the most dynamic sector of social policies in both developed and developing countries. It discusses the three primary areas of family policy in contemporary society: financial support for the cost of children, short and long term care for children and dependent people, and work-family conciliation.Key features include: An engaging and accessible style exploration of the roles of civil law and feminist studies a comparative, global perspective including analysis of the Global South presentation of the core conceptual and methodological debates in the field. Providing a compact and concise introduction to the rich scholarship of the field, the Advanced Introduction to Family Policy will be a key resource for students and scholars of family policy, social policy and sociological theory.Trade Review‘Chiara Saraceno has given us an engaging and concise analysis of the significance of family policy, hallmarked by her characteristic deep knowledge and critical approach.' -- Mary Daly, University of Oxford, UK’Chiara Saraceno, one of the world's leading scholars of family policy through a gendered lens, covers a remarkable amount of terrain in this concise volume. The book provides an advanced but accessible introduction to family policy – clarifying components and boundaries, identifying an array of goals, and assessing diverse policy drivers. Saraceno deftly tells the story of family policy in historical and cross-national perspective, offering her readers a nuanced portrait of commonalities and variation across both time and space.' -- Janet C. Gornick, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to family policy 2. Regulating families through law 3. Family policy: identifying a policy field 4. Drivers, goals and actors of family policy 5. Family policies within welfare state studies 6. Family policy profiles 7. Supporting the cost of children: the child benefits package 8. Policies of care 9 Reconciling work and family responsibilities 10. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Written by eminent scholar Chiara Saraceno, this Advanced Introduction offers a synthetic overview of the core theoretical and policy issues involved in family policy, currently the most dynamic sector of social policies in both developed and developing countries. It discusses the three primary areas of family policy in contemporary society: financial support for the cost of children, short and long term care for children and dependent people, and work-family conciliation.Key features include: An engaging and accessible style exploration of the roles of civil law and feminist studies a comparative, global perspective including analysis of the Global South presentation of the core conceptual and methodological debates in the field. Providing a compact and concise introduction to the rich scholarship of the field, the Advanced Introduction to Family Policy will be a key resource for students and scholars of family policy, social policy and sociological theory.Trade Review‘Chiara Saraceno has given us an engaging and concise analysis of the significance of family policy, hallmarked by her characteristic deep knowledge and critical approach.' -- Mary Daly, University of Oxford, UK’Chiara Saraceno, one of the world's leading scholars of family policy through a gendered lens, covers a remarkable amount of terrain in this concise volume. The book provides an advanced but accessible introduction to family policy – clarifying components and boundaries, identifying an array of goals, and assessing diverse policy drivers. Saraceno deftly tells the story of family policy in historical and cross-national perspective, offering her readers a nuanced portrait of commonalities and variation across both time and space.' -- Janet C. Gornick, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to family policy 2. Regulating families through law 3. Family policy: identifying a policy field 4. Drivers, goals and actors of family policy 5. Family policies within welfare state studies 6. Family policy profiles 7. Supporting the cost of children: the child benefits package 8. Policies of care 9 Reconciling work and family responsibilities 10. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction examines the economic, social, and political conditions that have shaped the 21st century workplace in wealthy democracies, highlighting the changes in work since the 1970s which have produced the ‘new economy’. Amy S. Wharton illuminates important aspects of today’s workplace, including the service economy, customer-facing jobs, the transformative effects of digital platforms, and the ‘opening’ of the employment relationship. Key Features: Analysis of algorithms and the gig economy in the broader context of workplace change Insight into the interconnections between gender, work, and family, as well as the sources of stability and change in these relations over time Understanding changes in the spatial, physical, and temporal aspects of work and their impacts on workers and families Foregrounds inequality, using the intersectional lenses of race, class, gender, and citizenship to explore this issue Revealing the continuities and discontinuities between the workplace of the past and the present, this Advanced Introduction will be a valuable guide for sociology researchers and advanced students. Business scholars, students and leaders will also benefit from its discussion of platform-based service work and the rise of nonstandard, contingent, and temporary jobs.Trade Review‘The prose is pitched perfectly for advanced undergraduates and was highly engaging for me as well. It feels fresh and up to date. Data-rich sections include the precarity of work, the digital economy, gender at work in international context, and the implications of COVID-19. At the same time, the chapters are firmly rooted in the historical development of capitalism and informed by sociological theory.’ -- Mary Blair-Loy, University of California San Diego, US‘Wharton’s Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Work hits the sweet spot most instructors look for – historically grounded political economic analyses coupled with crystal clear contemporary relevance to our students. While expected topics like emotional labor in service work and work-family conflicts are present, so too are new ones like the impact of financialization on employment and the consequences for workers of algorithmic control over their labor. Students will encounter a broad sociological perspective on the labor process and be enabled and encouraged to visualize and discuss their futures as employees and as members of households.’ -- Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Sociology of Work 1. Placing work at the center of social and economic change 2. The rise of the new economy 3. Inside the frontline service workplace 4. The digital revolution and the growth of the platform economy 5. Gender, work, and family in cross-national perspective 6. Work time, wages, and inequality in the new economy Conclusion to the Sociology of Work Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction examines the economic, social, and political conditions that have shaped the 21st century workplace in wealthy democracies, highlighting the changes in work since the 1970s which have produced the ‘new economy’. Amy S. Wharton illuminates important aspects of today’s workplace, including the service economy, customer-facing jobs, the transformative effects of digital platforms, and the ‘opening’ of the employment relationship. Key Features: Analysis of algorithms and the gig economy in the broader context of workplace change Insight into the interconnections between gender, work, and family, as well as the sources of stability and change in these relations over time Understanding changes in the spatial, physical, and temporal aspects of work and their impacts on workers and families Foregrounds inequality, using the intersectional lenses of race, class, gender, and citizenship to explore this issue Revealing the continuities and discontinuities between the workplace of the past and the present, this Advanced Introduction will be a valuable guide for sociology researchers and advanced students. Business scholars, students and leaders will also benefit from its discussion of platform-based service work and the rise of nonstandard, contingent, and temporary jobs.Trade Review‘The prose is pitched perfectly for advanced undergraduates and was highly engaging for me as well. It feels fresh and up to date. Data-rich sections include the precarity of work, the digital economy, gender at work in international context, and the implications of COVID-19. At the same time, the chapters are firmly rooted in the historical development of capitalism and informed by sociological theory.’ -- Mary Blair-Loy, University of California San Diego, US‘Wharton’s Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Work hits the sweet spot most instructors look for – historically grounded political economic analyses coupled with crystal clear contemporary relevance to our students. While expected topics like emotional labor in service work and work-family conflicts are present, so too are new ones like the impact of financialization on employment and the consequences for workers of algorithmic control over their labor. Students will encounter a broad sociological perspective on the labor process and be enabled and encouraged to visualize and discuss their futures as employees and as members of households.’ -- Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Sociology of Work 1. Placing work at the center of social and economic change 2. The rise of the new economy 3. Inside the frontline service workplace 4. The digital revolution and the growth of the platform economy 5. Gender, work, and family in cross-national perspective 6. Work time, wages, and inequality in the new economy Conclusion to the Sociology of Work Index

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Book SynopsisForeword by Ian GoughThis seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what makes welfare states sustainable?’ in the era of climate change. Expert authors challenge traditional perspectives on questions of sustainability which have focused on population ageing, global economic turbulence and on containing current and future public social spending.The chapters present new empirical evidence in the form of in-depth comparative country studies from across Europe, offering an insight into how political actors, social partners and civil society organisations in countries associated with different welfare models address questions of sustainability and the extent to which they balance social, ecological and economic considerations. The editors conclude by mapping out ways in which welfare states can address these increasingly urgent and complex issues and facilitate an eco-social transition towards true sustainability.This book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of comparative social policy, environmental politics and policy and climate change. Highlighting the political and structural challenges European societies face in the transition to low carbon economies, this book will also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners in these areas.Trade Review‘When people talk about “social welfare” they are usually referring to public subsidies that are meant to reduce poverty and inequality in society. When people talk about “sustainability” they are usually talking about ecological programs that are meant to address issues like climate change and environmental degradation. Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe brings these two very basic issues together in a unique and remarkable way. This important book convincingly argues that environmental sustainability and social justice are intimately intertwined and if we are to have a sustainable future, these complex issues need to be addressed simultaneously. It also shows how different European states have attempted to address the inherent tensions found at the junctures between these fundamental issues.’ -- Sven H. Steinmo, University of Colorado, Boulder, US‘Climate change poses complex policy dilemmas for mature welfare states. This book provides a lucid discussion of the issues at stake and an insightful analysis of how they are being tackled by four European countries and the EU. A must read for understanding the multidimensional nature of what has become the greatest challenge for our future well-being and the planet's survival.’ -- Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan, Italy‘This edited book should be applauded for insisting that environmental issues are racing up the agenda and must gain pride of place in future thinking. In particular, global heating and the climate crisis pose an existential threat to contemporary economic, social and political systems – including welfare states in the global North. It is remarkable that this book is one of very few within the field of social policy to recognise this fact.' -- From the preface by Ian GoughTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiv Ian Gough PART I RETHINKING WELFARE STATE SUSTAINABILITY 1 Welfare state sustainability in the 21st century 2 Mi Ah Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden and Merethe Dotterud Leiren 2 Sustainable development and sustainable welfare: a changing international agenda 28 Bjørn Hvinden, Mi Ah Schoyen and Merethe Dotterud Leiren PART II QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ECO-SOCIAL TRANSITION 3 Attitudes towards climate change and economic inequality: a cross-national comparative study 53 Kristian Heggebø and Bjørn Hvinden 4 Integrating environmental issues within party manifestos: exploring trends across European welfare states 80 Judith Derndorfer, Roman Hoffmann and Hendrik Theine PART III ECO-SOCIAL POLICYMAKING (POLITICS AND POLICY) AT NATIONAL LEVEL 5 Partially institutionalized eco-social policymaking in Germany 109 Mi Ah Schoyen, Max Koch and Marianne Takle 6 Bottom-up pressures, institutional hurdles and political concerns: the long path towards an ‘eco-welfare state’ in Italy 131 Marcello Natili, Angelica Puricelli and Matteo Jessoula 7 The Norwegian sustainability paradox: leader abroad, laggard at home 153 Mi Ah Schoyen and Marianne Takle 8 The United Kingdom: a merging climate and sustainability agenda 175 Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Marianne Takle PART IV EUROPE AS A DRIVER FOR THE ECO-SOCIAL AGENDA? 9 Towards an EU eco-social agenda? From Europe 2020 to the European Green Deal 199 Sebastiano Sabato, Matteo Mandelli and Matteo Jessoula 10 Eco-social mobilization at the supranational level? The case of ‘The Right to Energy for All Europeans’ coalition 220 Matteo Jessoula and Matteo Mandelli PART V CONCLUSIONS 11 Sustainable European welfare states: the way forward 241 Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Mi Ah Schoyen Index

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Book SynopsisExamining the fundamental thinking underpinning the foundation for economic studies of happiness, this book explores the theories of key economists and philosophers from the Greek philosophers to more modern schools of thought. Lall Ramrattan and Michael Szenberg explore the general measures of happiness, utility as a method, metrical measures of happiness, happiness in literature and the scope of happiness in this concise book. Fundamentals of Happiness builds on major moral and philosophical theories from the ancient, medieval and modern schools that form the foundation of utility analysis. The authors classify the economics of happiness based on psychological, individual, social and institutional views of happiness, revealing how historical schools of thought implicitly or explicitly deal with this. The book also focuses on the relationship between happiness and society and welfare, analysing the measurement of subjective well-being. This will be an invigorating read for economics students, in particular those studying the history of economic thought, looking to understand the basic principles underlying the economics of happiness.Trade Review'There is no doubt that today we need to better understand what happiness means to individuals and society. In Fundamentals of Happiness: An Economic Perspective, Ramrattan and Szenberg have not only produced a comprehensive analysis of economic thought about happiness, they have also taken up the challenging task of examining philosophical and psychological views of this very complex subject. The result is a tour de force that is destined to be a reference for many years to come.' -- Alan Zimmerman, City University of New York, - College of Staten Island, US'In their eye-opening book, Ramrattan and Szenberg provide a thorough investigation of the economics of happiness. The authors explore old and new theories of welfare economics and the generalization of individual happiness to welfare happiness, shining a positive light on the possibility that individual happiness can, in fact, project itself to general happiness across markets. This book is an impactful contribution to the literature. By stimulating our intellectual curiosity, the reader thinks in new ways about happiness and welfare as it relates to society. To better understand the complexities of happiness, you must read this book!' -- Cathyann D. Tully, Wagner College, US‘Happiness and the pursuit of it have been the focus of humankind since ancient times. In their thought-provoking Fundamentals of Happiness Lall Ramrattan and Michael Szenberg present the contrasting and converging views on happiness of different schools of thought starting with Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Your own perspective on happiness may change after reading this fascinating book.’ -- Iuliana Ismailescu, Pace University, US

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Book SynopsisThe Unconscious knows no time, it has no before-and-after, it does not have a history of its own. Yet, it does not always remain the same. Different political and economic conditions transform the way in which the Unconscious emerges within the "psychosphere" of society. In the early 20th century, Freud characterized the Unconscious as the dark side of the well-order framework of Progress and Reason. At the end of the past century, Deleuze and Guattari described it as a laboratory: the magmatic force ceaselessly bringing to the fore new possibilities of imagination. Today, at a time of viral pandemics and in the midst of the catastrophic collapse of capitalism, the Unconscious has begun to emerge in yet another form. In this book, Franco 'Bifo' Berardi vividly portraits the form in which the Unconscious will make itself manifest for decades to come, and the challenges that it will pose to our possibilities of political action, poetic imagination, and therapy.Trade ReviewAs a diagnostician, Berardi is among the sharpest. * Slate *Bifo is a master of global activism in the age of depression. His mission is to understand real existing capitalism. Sense the despair of the revolt, enjoy this brilliant 'labour of the negative'! * Geert Lovink, Founding Director of the Institute of Network Cultures *

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Book SynopsisWhat if our financial system were organized to the benefit of the many rather than simply empowering the few? Robert Hockett and Fred Block argue that an entirely different financial system is both desirable and possible. They outline concrete steps that could get us there. Financial systems move the worlds savings from investment to investment, chasing the highest rates of return. They run on profit. But what if investment went to the enterprises or institutions that provided things that the majority of people would prioritize? Democratizing Finance includes six responses that seek to amend, elaborate, and challenge the arguments developed by Hockett and Block. Some of the core arguments put forward by other contributors include calls for the rapid elimination of private financial entities, the dilemmas of the politics associated with financial reforms, and the fate of parallel proposals advanced in the US in the 1930s.

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Book SynopsisFrom the COVID-19 pandemic to uprisings over police brutality, we are living in the greatest social crisis of a generation. But the roots of these latest emergencies stretch back decades. At their core is a politics of death: a brutal neoliberal ideology that combines deep structural racism with a relentless assault on social welfare. Its results are the failing economic and public health systems we confront today-those that benefit the few and put the most vulnerable in harm's way.Contributors to this volume not only protest these neoliberal roots of our present catastrophe, but they insist there is only one way forward: a new kind of politics-a politics of care-that centers people's basic needs and connections to fellow citizens, the global community, and the natural world. Imagining a world that promotes the health and well-being of all, they draw on different backgrounds-from public health to philosophy, history to economics, literature to activism-as well as the example of other countries and the past, from the AIDS activist group ACT-UP to the Black radical tradition. Together they point to a future, as Simon Waxman writes, where "no one is disposable."CONTRIBUTORS Robin D. G. Kelley, Gregg Gonsalves and Amy Kapczynski, Walter Johnson, Anne L. Alstott, Melvin Rogers, Amy Hoffman, Sunaura Taylor, Vafa Ghazavi, Adele Lebano, Paul Hockenos, Paul Katz and Leandro Ferreira, Shaun Ossei-Owusu, , Colin Gordon, Jason Q. Purnell, Jamala Rogers, Dan Berger, Julie Kohler, Manoj Dias-Abey, Simon Waxman, Farah GriffinA co-publication between Boston Review and Verso Books.Trade ReviewBoston Review is so good right now. -- Naomi Klein, activist and New York Times best-selling authorBoston Review cuts out the noise, the posturing, and the hysteria and engages ideas with intelligence and humanity. In other words, it's a democratic place for a reading public. -- Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorLet mainstream publications give in to the perceived demand for bite-sized news; Boston Review provides the exquisite main course. -- UTNE award citation for Best Writing, 2010In our swamp of media sensationalism and group-speak, Boston Review stands out as a bold voice for reason and argument, one of the very, very few places that offer intelligence, integrity, and variety. -- Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of ChicagoBoston Review is a place where American prose feels exact and alive. It is one of the three or four American journals that makes me feel we have a culture. -- Robert Hass, Poet Laureate of the United States, 1995–97Always challenging, always provocative, Boston Review brings a fresh and insightful perspective to the literature and politics of a multicultural age. -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., general editor of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

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Book SynopsisMicroverses comprises over a hundred short essays inviting us to think about society - and social theory - in new ways. Lockdown created the conditions for what Adorno once termed 'enforced contemplation'. Dylan Riley responded with the tools of his trade, producing an extraordinary trail of notes exploring how critical sociology can speak to this troubled decade. Microverses analyses the intellectual situation, the political crisis of Trump's last months in office, and love and illness in a period when both were fraught with the public emergency of the coronavirus.Riley brings the theoretical canon to bear on problems of intellectual culture and everyday life, working through Weber and Durkheim, Parsons and Dubois, Gramsci and Lukács, MacKinnon and Fraser, to weigh sociology's relationship to Marxism and the operations of class, race and gender, alongside discursions into the workings of an orchestra and the complicatedness of taking a walk in a pandemic.Invitations rather than finished arguments, the notes attempt to recover the totalising perspective of sociology - the ability to see society in the round, as though from the outside - and to recuperate what Paul Sweezy described as a sense of the 'present as history'.Trade ReviewRarely have the concepts of classical sociology and Marxist analysis seemed so relevant to life itself. -- Malcolm Bull, author of The Concept of the SocialInspiring and thought-provoking, living up to the author's credo that ideas should be 'strange...difficult...antagonizing'. -- Göran Therborn, author of Inequality and the Labyrinths of DemocracyProvocative and moving observations on the crisis-conjuncture, and a transcript of an embattled soul -- Gavin Jacobson * New Statesman *An impassioned defense of social theory -- Ishan Desai-Geller * Nation *Small starbursts written with a light hand but deep scholarship -- Luisita Lopez Torregrosa * LA Review of Books *A withering demolition of a political culture. Both warranted and necessary -- Luke Warde * Review 31 *

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Book SynopsisOne is not born a worker or a boss, one becomes one from father to son... or almost. Social reproduction is not an iron law; it admits of exceptions that must be accounted for in order to measure its scope. This book aims to understand the passage from one social class to another and to forge a method of approaching these particular cases which remain a blind spot in the theory of social reproduction. It analyzes the political, economic, social, familial and singular causes that contribute to non-reproduction, and their effects on the constitution of individuals transiting from one class to another.At the crossroads of collective history and intimate history, Chantal Jaquet identifies class locations, the interplay of affects and encounters, and the role of sexual and racial differences. She invites us to break out of disciplinary isolation in order to grasp singularity at the crossroads of philosophy, sociology, psychology and literature. This requires deconstruction of the concepts of social and personal identity, in favour of a concepts like complexion and the criss-crossing determinations. Through the figure of the transclass, it is thus the whole human condition that is illuminated in a new light.Trade ReviewTransclasses sets out to fill a lacuna created by the impoverished vocabulary of class by theorizing the class identities of "exceptional" subjects who defy the predictions of social determinism and leave their formative social status behind. Terms of stigma - parvenu, careerist, déclassé, class defector - are used to socially shame such subjects, but as Jaquet demonstrates, to hew to these caricatural typologies is to miss out on the power of class transitioning at the microscales of lived experience and in an intersectional frame. If we have been used to thinking, with Althusser, in terms of the reproduction of capitalism, Jaquet goes one further, producing a model of non-reproductive modes of existence that, far from superseding class or ignoring the reproductive drive of capital, expand their conceptual parameters. An experiment in concept-work that draws on self-narration in literature and auto-ethnography (from Stendhal to Richard Wright, Pierre Bourdieu, Annie Ernaux and Didier Eribon), Transclasses will be essential reading for interdisciplinary fieldworkers committed to new lexicons of identity, class struggle and social change. -- Emily Apter, New York University, author of Unexceptional Politics: On Obstruction, Impasse and the Impolitic (Verso, 2018)For more than a half-century sociologists, political theorists and scholars in the humanities have addressed the question of how a social order reproduces itself, above all, the relations of exploitation and domination that characterize it. Chantal Jaquet, whose studies of Spinoza have helped transform our understanding of that difficult philosopher, asks us instead to examine the phenomenon of non-reproduction, that is, the production of those who fail to fulfil or who resist the roles and functions to them. Her path-breaking work should be read by all those interested in understanding social transformation. -- Warren Montag

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Book SynopsisRethinking Class and Social Difference brings together contributions from scholars developing new social scientific and theoretical approaches to a wide range of differing forms of social difference and inequality, especially as they are rooted in and informed by the political economy of capitalism. These include race, nationalism, sexuality, professional classes, domestic employment, digital communication and uneven economic development. The volume is brought together by a focus on how seemingly class-neutral processes of social difference and inequality is deeply related to class inequality. Ultimately, the volume argues for a brave rethinking of the ways that class and other forms of social difference are bound together.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction; Barry Eidlin, and Michael McCarthy Chapter 2. Caught in the Countryside: Race, Class, and Punishment in Rural America; Marie Gottschalk Chapter 3. Is the National Front Republican and Does it Matter? Class, Culture, and the Rise of the Nationalist Right; Mathieu Hikaru Desan Chapter 4. The Great Equalizer Reproduces Inequality: How the Digital Divide is a Class Power Divide; Jen Schradie Chapter 5. Unraveling the Middle Classes in Post-revolutionary Iran; Kevan Harris Chapter 6. Just Work: Sex Work at the Intersections; Gowri Vijaykumar Chapter 7. Applying the Black Radical Tradition: Class, Race, and a New Foundation for Studies of Development; Zophia Edwards Chapter 8. Of Home and Whom: Embeddedness of Law in the Regulation of Difference; Katherine Eva Maich

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Book SynopsisThis volume includes contributions from experts such as Gil Musolf, Michael Katovich, Joseph Kotarba, Norbert Wiley, Alina Pop, Marco Marzano, John Pruit, Amanda Pruit, Carol Rambo, Norman Conti, Laura Rosenberg, Krzysztof Konecki, Erick Laming, Christopher J. Schneider, Stacey Hannem, Robert Perinbanayagam, Veronica Manlow, and Christopher Ferree to provide a robust and interdisciplinary critique of contemporary culture. For its breadth and depth of research, this volume of Studies in Symbolic Interaction is essential reading for researchers and students across the social sciences interested in current symbolic interactionist thought and contemporary readings of social situations.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Police Body-Worn Cameras and Axon Enterprises’ Claims in Media; Erick Laming and Christopher J. Schneider Chapter 2. Subjectivity Struggles: W. E. B. Du Bois's Contribution to Radical Interactionism; Gil Musolf Chapter 3. G.H. Mead, Morality, and Sociality: An Interactionist Reading of The Man in the High Castle; Michael Katovich Chapter 4. The Symbolic Interactionist as Writer; Joseph Kotarba Chapter 5. Reflexivity in George Herbert Mead; Norbert Wiley Chapter 6. Discovering the roots of autobiography and autoethnography in the Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A Dialogue; Alina Pop and Marco Marzano Chapter 7. “Suck it up, Buttercup”: Status Silencing and the Maintenance of Toxic Masculinity in Academia; John Pruit, Amanda Pruit, and Carol Rambo Chapter 8. More Like Sons of Conformity: Motorcycle Clubs, Moral Careers and Normalization; Norman Conti Chapter 9. Becoming a Journalist. The Career of Young Reporters and Interns in two Newsrooms in Argentina; Laura Rosenberg Chapter 10. Contemplative Grounded Theory: Possibilities and limitations; Krzysztof Konecki Chapter 11. Risk, Structural Stigma, and the Exercise of Power: Keynote Address to the 2018 Couch-Stone Symposium and IX Annual Meetings of the European Symbolic Interactionists; Stacey Hannem Chapter 12. Dialogues and Dramas of Conviviality and Confrontation; Robert Perinbanayagam Chapter 13. Rhetorical Processes in the Sales Relationship in Luxury Retail; Veronica Manlow and Christopher Ferree

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Book SynopsisThis special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines how law understands the past. Topics covered include the use of legal language to dehumanize slaves in the eighteenth century, the use of history by lawyers and judges to justify existing law or make changes to the law during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a study of deportation in the context of the evolution of civil rights and civil liberties in the United States, and a re-examination of the significance of the Supreme Court decision Muller v Oregon in 1908. Through its valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between law and history, this special issue is essential reading for legal scholars worldwide.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Lawyers and Judges Utilizing History: A Multifaceted Tool for the Profession, 1840–1960; Richard. F. Hamm Chapter 2: Law and Laundry: White Laundresses, Chinese Laundrymen, and the Origins of Muller v. Oregon; Emily A. Prifogle Chapter 3. Mercy Redux: A Genealogy of Special Consideration of Indigenous Circumstances at Sentencing in Canada, from Indian Agents to Gladue and Ipeelee; Jacqueline Briggs Chapter 4. Deportation in the Evolution of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Torrie Hester Chapter 5. “Negroes Goods and Merchandizes”: Legal Language and the Dehumanization of Slaves in British Vice Admiralty Courts, 1700–1763; Lee B. Wilson

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Book SynopsisThis book is an introductory guide to the work of Talcott Parsons, designed specifically for students and those new to his work. It offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Parsons' sociological ideas, placing them in the context of his life and his position in American sociology. Scott delves into crucial resources on Parsons, including a bibliography of key works and a guide to further reading. By equipping readers to understand Parsons, the author arms them to engage with Parsons' work for themselves and to come to their own, informed judgments about his contemporary relevance.Trade Review'Talcott Parsons’ theories remain central to the developing tradition of sociological theory, but access to his work has been difficult. His writings are complex and often shrouded in a unique terminology. Finally, there is a clear and direct way to engage his work. John Scott has written the first text that is both accurate and comprehensive. It is also a pleasant read. Students of sociological theory and professionals who have not studied Parsons intensively will enjoy and benefit from Professor Scott’s landmark achievement.' -- Victor Lidz, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Talcott Parsons and American Sociology Chapter 2. Parsons, Economics, and Sociology Chapter 3. The Sociology is About to Begin! Chapter 4. Outlines of a Sociological Theory Chapter 5. A Theory of the Social System Chapter 6. Refining the Functional Basis Chapter 7. A Revised Theory of the Social System Chapter 8. Evolution, Modernity, and American Society Chapter 9. Action, Society, and the Human Condition Chapter 10. Parsons: Looking Forward Appendix 1: Conspectus of Parsons’s Principal Works Appendix 2: Sources and Further Reading

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online Digital technologies have led to many important social and cultural changes worldwide, but they are also implicated in the facilitation of violence and abuse. While cybercriminality is often described as one of the greatest threats to nation states and global security, the wide range of interpersonal crimes comprising technology-facilitated violence and abuse (TFVA) - including, but not limited to, image-based sexual abuse, hate speech, online sexual harassment and cyberstalking - has received little attention. This handbook features theoretical, empirical, policy and legal analysis of TFVA from over 40 multidisciplinary scholars, practitioners, advocates, survivors and technologists from 17 countries. Addressing a spectrum of abuse perpetrated online, offline and through new technologies, the book sets TFVA in the context of intersecting underlying systemic drivers - including misogyny, racism, classism, colonialism, ableism, ageism, transphobia and homophobia - and discusses ways forward in effectively responding to TFVA. Adopting a holistic approach, it explores a host of issues relating to TFVA, including the nature and experience of harmful and criminal conduct; organisational responses; regulatory, legal and ethical concerns; corporate and social responsibility; justice for victims; bystander intervention; and cultural and social attitudes. The handbook's international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral nature affords opportunities for learning from common experiences, but it also emphasises the equality-affirming importance of avoiding one-size-fits-all analyses that fail to reflect rich and diverse experiences from around the world.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Jane Bailey, Nicola Henry, and Asher Flynn Section 1 – TFVA Across A Spectrum of Behaviors Chapter 1. Introduction; Jane Bailey Chapter 2. Is it Actually Violence? Framing Technology-Facilitated Abuse as Violence; Suzanne Dunn Chapter 3. “Not the Real World”: Exploring Experiences of Online Abuse, Digital Dualism, and Ontological Labor; Chandell Gosse Chapter 4. Polyvictimization in the Lives of North American Female University/College Students: The Contribution of Technology-Facilitated Abuse;Walter S. DeKeseredy, Danielle M. Stoneberg, and Gabrielle L. Lory Chapter 5. The Nature of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse Among Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa; Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde, Emmanuel Olamijuwon, Nchelem Kokomma Ichegbo, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, and Michael Gboyega Ilesanmi Chapter 6. The Face of Technology-Facilitated Aggression in New Zealand: Exploring Adult Aggressors’ Behaviors; Edgar Pacheco, and Neil Melhuish Chapter 7. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis: Technological Dimensions; Jane Bailey, and Sara Shayan Chapter 8. Attending to Difference in Indigenous People’s Experiences of Cyberbullying: Towards a Research Agenda; Bronwyn Carlson, and Ryan Frazer Section 2 - Text-Based Harms Chapter 9. Introduction; Nicola Henry Chapter 10. “Feminism is Eating Itself”: Women’s Experiences and Perceptions of Lateral Violence Online; Emma A. Jane Chapter 11. Claiming Victimhood: Victims of the “Transgender Agenda”; Ben Colliver Chapter 12. Doxxing: A Scoping Review and Typology; Briony E. Anderson, and Mark A. Wood Chapter 13. Creating the Other in Online Interaction: Othering Online Discourse Theory; Elina Vaahensal Chapter 14. Text-Based (Sexual) Abuse and Online Violence Against Women: Towards Law Reform?; Kim Barker, and Olga Jurasz; Section 3 - Image-Based Harms; Chapter 15. Introduction; Nicola Henry Chapter 16. Violence Trending: How Socially Transmitted Content of Police Misconduct Impacts Reactions Towards Police Among American Youth; Madeline Novich, and Alyssa Zduniak Chapter 17. Just Fantasy? Online Pornography’s Contribution to Experiences of Harm; Samantha Maree Keene Chapter 18. Intimate Image Dissemination and Consent In A Digital Age: Perspectives From the Front Line; Olga Marques Section 4 – Dating Apps Chapter 19. Introduction; Asher Flynn Chapter 20. Understanding Experiences of Sexual Harms Facilitated Through Dating and Hook Up Apps Among Women and Girls; Elena Cama Chapter 21. “That’s Straight-up Rape Culture”: Manifestations of Rape Culture on Grindr; Christopher Dietzel Chapter 22. Navigating Privacy on Gay-Oriented Mobile Dating Apps; Ari Ezra Waldman Section 5 – Intimate Partner Violence & Digital Coercive Control; Chapter 23. Introduction; Jane Bailey Chapter 24. Digital Coercive Control and Spatiality: Rural, Regional, and Remote Women’s Experience; Bridget Harris, and Delanie Woodlock Chapter 25. Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women in Singapore: Key Considerations; Laura Vitis Chapter 26. Technology as Both a Facilitator of and Response to Youth Intimate Partner Violence: Perspectives from Advocates in the Global-South; Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira Chapter 27. Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women in Victoria Australia; Yee Man Louie Section 6 - Legal Responses Chapter 28. Introduction; Jane Bailey Chapter 29. Human Rights, Privacy Rights and Technology-facilitated Violence; Elizabeth Coombs Chapter 30. Combating Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls: An Overview of the Legislative and Policy Reforms In the Arab Region; Sukaina Al-Nasrawi Chapter 31. Image-Based Sexual Abuse: A Comparative Analysis of Criminal Law Approaches in Scotland and Malawi; Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe and Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff Chapter 32. Revenge Pornography and Rape Culture in Canada’s Non-Consensual Distribution Case Law; Moira Aikenhead Chapter 33. Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in an Era of Drones and Deepfakes: Expanding the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in R v Jarvis; Kristen Thomasen, and Suzanne Dunn Chapter 34. Doxing and the Challenge to Legal Regulation: When Personal Data Becomes a Weapon; Anne Cheung Chapter 35. The Potential of Centralized and Statutorily-Empowered Bodies to Advance a Survivor-Centered Approach to Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women; Pam Hrick Section 7 - Responses Beyond Law Chapter 36. Introduction; Asher Flynn; Chapter 37. Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women and Girls in Public and Private Spheres: Moving From Enemy to Ally; Alison J. Marganski, and Lisa A. Melander Chapter 38. As Technology Evolves, So Does Domestic Violence: Modern-Day Tech Abuse and Possible Solutions; Eva PenzeyMoog, and Danielle C. Slakoff Chapter 39. Threat Modeling Intimate Partner Violence: Tech Abuse as a Cybersecurity Challenge in the Internet of Things; Julia Slupska, and Leonie Maria Tanczer Chapter 40. Justice on the Digitized Field: Analyzing Online Responses to Technology-Facilitated Informal Justice Through Social Network Analysis; Ella Broadbent, and Chrissy Thompson Chapter 41. Bystander Apathy and Intervention in the Era of Social Media; Robert D. Lytle, Tabrina M. Bratton, and Heather K. Hudson Chapter 42. “I Need You All to Understand How Pervasive this Issue Is”: User Efforts to Regulate Child Sexual Offending on Social Media; Michael Salter, and Elly Hanson Chapter 43. Governing Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Digital Platform Policies, Tools, and Practices; Nicola Henry, and Alice Witt Chapter 44. Calling All Stakeholders: An Intersectoral Dialogue About Collaborating to End Tech-Facilitated Violence and Abuse; Jane Bailey, and Raine Liliefeldt C Conclusion; Jane Bailey, Asher Flynn, and Nicola Henry

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Book SynopsisThis timely and fascinating feminist ethnography is the first of its kind to focus on commercial surrogacy workers in Russia and from other countries of the former Soviet Union. Examining surrogacy workers' reproductive labour, and experiences of stratification and migration, the study presents innovative insights into current research on global surrogacy practices and travels for assisted reproduction. It links to wider fields of studies, such as ethnicity, feminism, women's and gender studies in the post-Soviet sphere. Weis expertly brings together rigorous ethnographic research, feminist debates and anthropological theory to explore the attributed significance of origin, citizenship, race, ethnicity and religion, and the cultural framing and social organization of surrogacy as an economic exchange; thereby challenging and contributing to the discourse of surrogacy as a gift, a labour of love, a maternal sacrifice or work. Tracing surrogacy workers' journeys for surrogacy work across Russia, Weis introduces geographic and geopolitical stratifications as two new lenses of stratified reproduction to analyse how surrogacy in Russia builds on and propels surrogacy workers' mobility and results in reproductive migrations. Given the rapid global increase in the use of surrogacy and its increasingly internationalised nature, Weis's research has implications for surrogacy users, medical practitioners and regulators, as well as researchers concerned with (cross-border) surrogacy, reproductive stratifications and reproductive justice. Shortlisted for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2022Table of ContentsPrologue: From Moldova to Russia for surrogacy. Gabriela's story Chapter 1. Introduction: Surrogacy in Russia Chapter 2. Becoming a surrogacy worker Chapter 3. Making the relationship work Gabriela's story continued Chapter 4. Reproductive migrations Chapter 5. Disruptions and reconfigurations Conclusion: At crossroads Appendix 1: Participants overview Appendix 2: Notes on research relationships Appendix 3: Emotion work Appendix 4: Surrogacy workers' accommodations

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Book SynopsisIn the past four or so decades, a significant amount of research efforts has been made to examine the rapid and constant social changes in China. However, most of the literature has focused on either macro- or micro-level issues, and what has not been adequately analysed is how the majority of ordinary people has reacted to and influenced the changes. This inadequacy has affected our understanding of Chinese society, its dynamics and the changing trends. Drawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning, and the evidence recorded in numerous recent publications and interview data, this book seeks to re-examine the ever-changing, but under-researched, societal dynamics driving social transformations in China from 1964, when the communist heir narrative was rebranded and utilised, to 2000, when Jiang Zemin formulated the Three-Represents theory to modify the ideological political thinking of China's ruling elites. This analysis focuses on how a high proportion of aspirational citizens have kept repositioning themselves in China's changing distributions of social resources and social structure, how their attitudes and behaviours have been shaped over time, what characteristics of their choices are at different stages, and how their preferences have resulted in the zig-zag patterns of China's recent social change.

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Book SynopsisThe value of the book lies in its reassessment of the distinctive features of the Chicago School, of its contributions in the theoretical and methodological fields and of its influence on the growth of sociology throughout the world and in America in particular. The book pays particularly close attention to the eclectic nature of the research methods used by the Chicago sociologists as they sought to integrate subjective and objective aspects of human life. It demonstrates that this eclecticism formed an integral part of their theories but also emphasises that empirical observation, too, was important, although not as an end in itself. While, for example, they were working on the concepts of organization, marginality and interaction, they did not consider these as ends in themselves but as additions to the development of a more general theoretical approach. Often in the past, and wrongly, Chicago’s theoretical contribution has been restricted to the urban sector. The book clearly and unequivocally reveals how the tendency to see the Chicago School as a 'theoretical' is the result of misinterpretation and of a failure to realize that, for the sociologists of the period, understanding the social dynamics of the city of Chicago was tantamount to interpreting the central tendencies of modern society itself. The book analyzes how empirical observation was important but not an end in itself. The Chicago School developed a profusion of sociological theories in many areas of inquiry and never opted for any one particular approach. The various essays in the book also make it clear that the School decisively contributed to the development of qualitative and quantitative techniques.Table of ContentsContents: Theoretical Problematic: The Gothic foundation of Robert E. Park’s conception of race and culture; The contribution of Georg Simmel to the foundation of theory at the Chicago School of Sociology; The neighbourhood and deviance in the Chicago School, a relationistic interpretation; The place of the Chicago School of Sociology in the study of nationality and ethnicity. Methodological Approach: Chicago sociology and the empirical impulse: its implications for sociological theorizing; Chicago methods: reputations and realities; Seventy years of fieldwork in sociology, from Nels Anderson’s The Hobo to Elijah Anderson’s Streetwise; One hundred years of methodological research, the example of Chicago. Important Sociologists From Chicago And The Actuality Of The Chicago Approach: George Herbert Mead’s transformation of his intellectual context; Erving Goffman: a symbolic interactionist?; Persistence and change: fundamental elements in Herbert Blumer’s metatheoretical perspective; The sociology of ’going concerns’, Everett Hughes’ interpretive institutional ecology; The Chicago School of Sociology’s heritage in Polish sociology; Index; Contributors.

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Book SynopsisThe impact of globalisation on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In Globalisation and Social Development, leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more specifically, Southeast Asian economies including Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. The contributors provide a well documented, multi-disciplinary analysis of the relationship between globalisation and social development in regions which, in the last two decades, have relied heavily on an outward looking development strategy and on attracting FDI, and which have been severely hit by the Asian crisis. In order to substantiate their analysis, the contributors include case studies of company relocation to Southeast Asia. The effects of globalisation on compliance with core labour standards in the Asia Pacific are also explored. Examining the complex link between globalisation and social development in Europe and Southeast Asia, Globalisation and Social Development will be welcomed by economists and social researchers with a specific interest in globalisation and Southeast Asian economies. Lecturers and scholars of international economics, international business and Asian business will also find the book to be of great interest.Trade Review'There is much to commend in this collection of papers to those interested in both globalization per se as well as those interested in economic and social development in South-east Asia.' -- David N. Ashton, Asia Pacific Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Globalisation and Social Development: An Introduction Part I: Europe 1. Globalisation and Wages in Industrial Countries 2. Globalisation, Employment and Wages 3. Globalisation and Relocation 4. Relocation from Industrial Countries to Asia Part II: Southeast Asia 5. ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Asia Pacific 6. Economic Crisis, Social Development and Challenges for the Trade Unions 7. Relocation to Thailand 8. Social Development and Globalisation 9. Globalisation and Social Development in the Philippines 10. International Business Relocation to the Philippines 11. FDI, Economic Growth and Social Equality in Vietnam Since the Later 1980s 12. Globalisation and the Reform of the Financial System in Vietnam 13. A Comparison of Social Conditions in Local and Joint Venture Companies in Vietnam Index

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Book SynopsisTrust is an elusive concept, meaning different things to different people, and so needs to be clearly defined. By focusing on relations within and between firms, Bart Nooteboom undertakes to produce a clearer definition of trust and its role in the economy.Trust deals with a range of questions such as: what are the roles of trust? What can we trust in? Can trust serve as an instrument for the governance of relations? Is trust a substitute, a precondition or an outcome of contracts? The author then goes on to analyse what trust is based on, what its limits are, how it grows and how it can also break down. The role of intermediaries is also discussed.Bart Nooteboom argues that trust goes beyond calculative self-interest and that blind, unconditional trust is unwise. He then examines the paradox of how trust can be non-calculative and yet, not blind. The book also reveals ways to measure and model trust, its antecedents and its consequences.Trade Review'The book is a pleasure to read, well edited, well argued, and covering much ground in only just over 200 pages. It is thoroughly introduced and has a very complete "summary and conclusions" chapter. With its extensive references and a subject and author index, it is a valuable scholarly help.' -- D.J. Bezemer, Journal of Socio-Economics'[The book] provides a well-grounded approach to the study of trust and offers a number of ways to continue empirical work on this difficult subject.' -- Peter Smith Ring, Administrative Science Quarterly'. . . the book is clear and engaging, targeted at an academic audience but suitable also for practitioners and general interest given some basic knowledge of organisation science and proclivity for concepts.' -- Guido Mollering, Personnel Review'This book provides an interesting and informative account of the nature, causes and consequences of trust. . . Nooteboom has written an interesting book which has prompted this reviewer to think fruitfully about various aspects of trust. I am confident that the book will provide other readers with similar intellectual stimulation and sustenance.' -- P.A. Lewis, The Economic Journal'. . . it is clear that this is an important work, which, with considerable erudition, breaks new ground on a hitherto little understood aspect of economic behaviour. The fact that the book is also well written and draws upon literatures that range from psychology through to organization theory and philosophy, reinforces the indubitable intellectual contribution it makes. It deserves to be widely read and discussed.' -- Gary B. Magee, Journal of Evolutionary Economics'In the past, the economic analysis of the firm has focused too exclusively on pecuniary considerations. While costs and revenues are vital, it is equally important not to ignore other essential elements, such as trust, that cannot be so readily traded or given a monetary value. Bart Nooteboom's work is an important corrective to mainstream opinion. He is one of the pioneers of the analysis of trust in organizations and this present volume is a wonderful and elegant addition to this literature.' -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Aims and Foundations 2. Forms 3. Foundations 4. Functions 5. Failures 6. Figures 7. Summary and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to analyse one of the most pressing social problems of recent years, namely exclusion. The authors bring a richness of perspective, drawing on the experiences of eight European countries and a range of disciplines from law and economics through to social policy and political studies. The EU is a special case worthy of study as it may be that the process of integration actually generates both problems and solutions to social exclusion.The authors focus on what can be achieved by European countries working together and pooling experiences. They show that not only is social exclusion ill-defined but that there are many differing concepts of social exclusion across Europe reflected in health, education, housing and employment. The book reveals the need for a strong dynamic element in policy, producing early and focused action for individuals and groups in society. While rejecting the need for transfers of income between countries, Social Exclusion and European Policy discusses whether there is something extra to be done at the EU level that cannot currently be carried out by member states or through existing co-operation.With its multi-disciplinary approach and emphasis on policy solution, this will be invaluable reading for policymakers within EU institutions, NGOs and scholars and researchers of European studies and social policy protection.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: The Issue at Stake Part II: European Approaches to Social Exclusion Part III: Solutions References Index

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Book SynopsisVeblen was an original thinker, responsible for introducing and popularising a host of important concepts and insights. He ignited controversy not only in economics, but also in sociology, history and political science. The number and quality of the responses to his work provide evidence of the novelty and explanatory power of his ideas. These comprehensive volumes will enable the reader to sample the broad spectrum of Veblen's thought and that of his critics and interpreters. They include critical appraisals of the corpus of his published work as well as reinterpretations of his life and influence on the social sciences particularly economics, political science and sociology.This authoritative collection includes reprints of materials previously published by leading scholars on nearly every aspect of Veblen's life and work. It will be invaluable to professional scholars and graduate students who wish to heighten their understanding of the alternatives to formalism in the social studies.Trade Review'The thoughtful anthology on studies of Veblen is most timely in an era when profits no longer have much to do with productivity and conspicuous consumption is more conspicuous than ever. America's greatest social scientist dealt with emotions that continue to plague us - competitive rivalry, desire, envy, emulation.' -- - John Patrick Diggins, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Rick Tilman PART I ORIGINS AND BASIS OF VEBLEN’S THOUGHT 1. William M. Dugger (1979), ‘The Origins of Thorstein Veblen’s Thought’ 2. Anne Mayhew (1987), ‘The Beginnings of Institutionalism’ 3. Philip Mirowski (1987), ‘The Philosophical Bases of Institutionalist Economics’ 4. Stephen Edgell and Rick Tilman (1989), ‘The Intellectual Antecedents of Thorstein Veblen: A Reappraisal’ PART II HIS THEORY OF EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 5. Stephen Edgell (1975), ‘Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of Evolutionary Change’ 6. Malcolm Rutherford (1984), ‘Thorstein Veblen and the Processes of Institutional Change’ 7. Paul D. Bush (1987), ‘The Theory of Institutional Change’ 8. Ann Jennings and William Waller (1994), ‘Evolutionary Economics and Cultural Hermeneutics: Veblen, Cultural Relativism, and Blind Drift’ 9. Geoffrey M. Hodgson (1998), ‘On the Evolution of Thorstein Veblen’s Evolutionary Economics’ 10. Clare Virginia Eby (1998), ‘Veblen’s Assault on Time’ PART III THEORY OF HUMAN NATURE 11. Melville J. Herskovits (1936), ‘The Significance of Thorstein Veblen for Anthropology’ 12. Thomas C. Mayberry (1969), ‘Thorstein Veblen on Human Nature’ 13. John P. Diggins (1977), ‘Animism and the Origins of Alienation: The Anthropological Perspective of Thorstein Veblen’ 14. William T. Waller, Jr. (1988), ‘The Concept of Habit in Economic Analysis’ 15. Stephen Edgell and Jules Townshend (1993), ‘Marx and Veblen on Human Nature, History, and Capitalism: Vive la Différence!’ PART IV CONSUMPTION 16. H. Leibenstein (1950), ‘Bandwagon, Snob, and Veblen Effects in the Theory of Consumers’ Demand’ 17. Robert L. Steiner and Joseph Weiss (1951), ‘Veblen Revised in the Light of Counter-Snobbery’ 18. David B. Hamilton (1987), ‘Institutional Economics and Consumption’ 19. Stephen Edgell (1992), ‘Veblen and Post-Veblen Studies of Conspicuous Consumption: Social Stratification and Fashion’ 20. Roger Mason (1995), ‘Interpersonal Effects on Consumer Demand in Economic Theory and Marketing Thought, 1890–1950’ 21. Colin Campbell (1995), ‘Conspicuous Confusion? A Critique of Veblen’s Theory of Conspicuous Consumption’ 22. Rick Tilman (1999), ‘Thorstein Veblen and the Disinterest of Neoclassical Economists in Wasteful Consumption’ PART V CRITIC OF CLASSICAL AND NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS 23. A.W. Coats (1954), ‘The Influence of Veblen’s Methodology’ 24. Marc R. Tool (1977), ‘A Social Value Theory in Neoinstitutional Economics’ 25. Syamal K. Ghosh (1984), ‘On the Validity of Veblen’s Criticisms of Economic Orthodoxy: An Analysis of His Positions in the Light of Current Conditions and Economic Thought’ 26. Sasan Fayazmanesh (1998), ‘On Veblen’s Coining of the Term "Neoclassical"’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I VEBLEN’S ECONOMIC SYSTEM 1. Karl L. Anderson (1933), ‘The Unity of Veblen’s Theoretical System’ 2. J.A. Hobson (1937), ‘The Economics of Thorstein Veblen’ 3. Paul M. Sweezy (1957), ‘The Theory of Business Enterprise and Absentee Ownership’ 4. Kenneth J. Arrow (1975), ‘Thorstein Veblen as an Economic Theorist’ 5. Donald A. Walker (1977), ‘Thorstein Veblen’s Economic System’ 6. James M. Cypher (1998), ‘Financial Dominance in the US Economy: The Increased Relevance of Veblen’s Analysis in a Post-Keynesian Structure’ PART II ON SOCIALISM AND RADICAL ECONOMICS 7. Joseph E. Pluta and Charles G. Leathers (1978), ‘Veblen and Modern Radical Economics’ 8. E.K. Hunt (1979), ‘The Importance of Thorstein Veblen for Contemporary Marxism’ 9. James Ronald Stanfield (1989), ‘Veblenian and Neo-Marxian Perspectives On the Cultural Crisis of Late Capitalism’ 10. William M. Dugger and William Waller (1996), ‘Radical Institutionalism: From Technological to Democratic Instrumentalism’ PART III VEBLEN AS SOCIOLOGIST AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHER 11. Arthur K. Davis (1945), ‘Sociological Elements in Veblen’s Economic Theory’ 12. Abram L. Harris (1953), ‘Veblen as Social Philosopher – A Reappraisal’ 13. David Riesman (1953), ‘The Social and Psychological Setting of Veblen’s Economic Theory’ PART IV SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE 14. Walter P. Metzger (1949), ‘Ideology and the Intellectual: A Study of Thorstein Veblen’ 15. Frank J. Weed (1972), ‘Thorstein Veblen’s Sociology of Knowledge’ 16. Warren J. Samuels (1990), ‘The Self-Referentiability of Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Preconceptions of Economic Science’ 17. Rick Tilman (1999), ‘The Frankfurt School and the Problem of Social Rationality in Thorstein Veblen’ PART V FEMINISM 18. Edythe S. Miller (1972), ‘Veblen and Women’s Lib: A Parallel’ 19. Jeffrey Waddoups and Rick Tilman (1992), ‘Thorstein Veblen and the Feminism of Institutional Economists’ 20. Clare Virginia Eby (1992), ‘Veblen’s Anti-Anti-Feminism’ 21. Ann Jennings (1998), ‘Veblen’s Feminism in Historical Perspective’ 22. Nils Gilman (1999), ‘Thorstein Veblen’s Neglected Feminism’ PART VI SATIRIST, STYLIST AND GRAMMARIAN 23. John Cummings (1899), ‘The Theory of the Leisure Class’ 24. Joseph Dorfman (1932), ‘The "Satire" of Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class’ 25. Teresa Toulouse (1985), ‘Veblen and His Reader: Rhetoric and Intention in The Theory of the Leisure Class’ 26. Paul D. Bush (1999), ‘Veblen’s "Olympian Detachment" Reconsidered’ 27. Gary Alan Fine (1994), ‘The Social Construction of Style: Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class as Contested Text’ PART VII ON THE HIGHER LEARNING IN AMERICA 28. Charles A. Beard (1918), ‘The Hire Learning in America’ 29. Harold J. Laski (1919), ‘The Higher Learning in America’ 30. Thomas Sowell (1969), ‘Veblen’s Higher Learning After Fifty Years’ 31. Arthur J. Vidich (1994), ‘The Higher Learning in America in Veblen’s Time and Our Own’ Name Index Volume III Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I HIS IDEAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 1. H.J. Hodder (1956), ‘The Political Ideas of Thorstein Veblen’ 2. Rick Tilman (1972), ‘Veblen’s Ideal Political Economy and Its Critics’ 3. Donald R. Stabile (1988), ‘Veblen’s Analysis of Social Movements: Bellamyites, Workers, and Engineers’ 4. Charles G. Leathers (1989), ‘Thorstein Veblen’s Theories of Governmental Failure: The Critic of Capitalism and Democracy Neglected Some Useful Insights, Hindsight Shows’ 5. Malcolm Rutherford (1992), ‘Thorstein Veblen and the Problem of the Engineers’ PART II THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 6. Niles M. Hansen (1964), ‘Weber and Veblen on Economic Development’ 7. Clarence E. Ayres (1960), ‘Institutionalism and Economic Development’ 8. Geoffrey Hodgson (1996), ‘An Evolutionary Theory of Long-Term Economic Growth’ PART III GERMANY AND JAPAN: IMPERIALISM, WAR AND PEACE 9. Graham Wallas (1915), ‘Veblen’s Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution’ 10. George H. Mead (1918), ‘The Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation. By Thorstein Veblen’ 11. Henry A. Wallace (1940), ‘Veblen’s "Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution"’ 12. William Appleman Williams (1957), ‘The Nature of Peace’ 13. Derk Visser (1969), ‘The German Captain of Enterprise: Veblen’s Imperial Germany Revisited’ 14. Jeff E. Biddle and Warren J. Samuels (1991), ‘Thorstein Veblen on War, Peace, and National Security’ PART IV THE BUSINESS/INDUSTRY DICHOTOMY 15. J.A. Banks (1959), ‘Veblen and Industrial Sociology’ 16. William T. Waller, Jr. (1982), ‘The Evolution of the Veblenian Dichotomy: Veblen, Hamilton, Ayres, and Foster’ 17. Phillip Anthony O’Hara (1993), ‘Veblen’s Analysis of Business, Industry and the Limits of Capital: An Interpretation and Sympathetic Critique’ 18. Geoffrey M. Hodgson (1998), ‘Dichotomizing the Dichotomy: Veblen versus Ayres’ PART V EGALITARIAN THEORIST OF COLLECTIVE WEALTH 19. Ken McCormick (1989), ‘Veblen on the Nature of Capital’ 20. Phillip Anthony O’Hara (1999), ‘Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of Collective Social Wealth, Instincts and Property Relations’ PART VI ECOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHICS 21. Joseph J. Spengler (1972), ‘Veblen on Population and Resources’ 22. Wilbur R. Jacobs (1978), ‘The Great Despoliation: Environmental Themes in American Frontier History’ 23. Ron D. White (1978), ‘Growth versus Conservation: A Veblenian Perspective’ PART VII VEBLEN’S LIFE AND WORK RECONSIDERED 24. Florence Veblen (1931), ‘Thorstein Veblen: Reminiscences of His Brother Orson’ 25. Stephen Edgell (1996), ‘Rescuing Veblen From Valhalla: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of a Sociological Legend’ 26. Russell H. Bartley and Sylvia Erickson Bartley (2000), ‘Stigmatizing Thorstein Veblen: A Study in the Confection of Academic Reputations’ PART VIII VEBLEN’S INTELLECTUAL LEGACY 27. Solidelle Fortier Wasser (1994), ‘Veblen’s "Post-Modernist" Economics’ 28. C. Wright Mills (1953), ‘Introduction to the Mentor Edition’ 29. C.E. Ayres (1963), ‘The Legacy of Thorstein Veblen’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisRonald Dore's enquiring mind, rigorous reasoning and comparative methodology have greatly enhanced our understanding of Japan. His insights from Japan have been deployed to generate fresh perspectives on Britain and other industrialized and developing countries. This careful selection of writings reflects his underlying concern with what light the study of Japan sheds on theoretical generalizations about how societies evolve and how economies work. Social Evolution, Economic Development and Culture brings together Ronald Dore's key writings for the first time, making his work accessible across a wide range of social science disciplines. It produces a distinctive perspective with four interlinking themes - technology-driven social evolution, late development, culture and polemics. These are highly topical in the current context of rapid technological innovation and socio-economic change, globalization and accompanying policy choices.The book provides a rich empirical and conceptual source for those interested in technology, socio-economic evolution and culture, and the ways in which they interact. Researchers, teachers and students in the fields of evolutionary economics, economic development, comparative education, institutional economics, political economy and economic and classical sociology (as well as Japanese studies) will find this volume invaluable reading.Trade Review'. . . I can recommend no better reading material. . . than the writings of Ronald Dore presented in this fine volume from Edward Elgar.' -- James Reveley, Australian Economic History Review'This is not a mere selection of the writing of one of the most versatile Japan specialists, but a book which provides abridged versions of some of Ronald Dore's most representative writings in the various fields which he has been covering over several decades: development, education, political economy, sociology, etc . . . Dore's writing is eminently readable, enlightening and compassionate. It is therefore a book which is to be recommended to anybody with a broad interest in the issues confronting contemporary society.' -- Reinhard Drifte, Asian Affairs'By focusing on writings that represent Dore's theoretical assumptions and arguments within the tradition of comparative sociology, the editors have created a very neat 'one-stop-shopping' opportunity for us to review the underlying intellectual themes and coherence that unify his work . . . Those who have long been his admirers will read this collection with renewed respect and anticipate with relish his next salvo or carefully argued analysis. Those new to the field will find this book a useful introduction to the rich cornucopia of Dore's writings on Japan.' -- Thomas P. Rohlen, Journal of Japanese Studies'The image that emerges from this [collection] is one of an impressive scholar who is theoretically sophisticated, well read in a large variety of topics, extremely honest and acutely aware of social problems both in highly industrialized and in developing countries. [Dore's] insights . . . are always challenging and are still at the forefront of scholarship on Japan . . . I contend that his writings provide the most important contribution to the understanding of contemporary Japan in a Western language. This selection of writings reveals the immense importance of Dore's work not only for the analysis of Japanese society, economy and culture, but also for the development of a highly sophisticated multidisciplinary comparative approach to economic development and industrialization. I would suggest it is required reading for all interested in Japan, and also for those who are reflecting on more complex theoretical frameworks in the analysis of current problems and on ways to solve them.' -- Bernard Bernier, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Technology-driven Social Evolution Part II: And Late Development Part III: But Culture Does Matter, Too Part IV: Polemics: For All the Constraints of Structure and Culture, Is There Still Room for Hope and Reason? Index

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Book SynopsisSocial Impact Assessment (SIA) is the process of analysing and managing the intended and unintended consequences on the human environment of planned interventions (policies, programmes, plans, projects) so as to bring about a more sustainable and equitable biophysical and human environment. This important Handbook presents an indispensable overview of the range of new methods and of the conceptual advances in SIA.Recent increased attention to social considerations has led to substantial development in the techniques useful to, and the thinking in, SIA. A distinguished group of contributors provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the cutting-edge in SIA development.This Handbook outlines a new understanding and definition of SIA and, as such, will be an invaluable reference tool for both practitioners and scholars at different levels working in the fields of SIA and environmental studies (including both impact assessment and management).Trade Review'This book provides a valuable addition to the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) literature. While the volume addresses several good examples of "how to" case studies it also firmly addresses the importance of the need for firm conceptual and theoretical guidelines for SIA practice. . . the volume is an excellent contribution to the SIA literature and I highly recommend it to both practitioner and researcher alike.' -- Geoff Syme, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management'An innovative collection which takes social impact assessment to the frontiers of environmental and social policy and citizen awareness. Unusually, this collection includes both sophisticated quantitative tools and equally important chapters on participation, stakeholder involvement and environmental mediation. A most valuable source book.' -- Michael Redclift, King's College, London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Conceptual and Methodological Advances in Social Impact Assessment Frank Vanclay PART I: CONCEPTUAL ADVANCES IN SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2. Undertaking Longitudinal Research Nick Taylor, Colin Goodrich, Gerard Fitzgerald and Wayne McClintock 3. Using Local Knowledge James Baines, Wayne McClintock, Nick Taylor and Brigid Buckenham 4. Learning from Participatory Land Management Neil Powell and Janice Jiggins 5. Integrating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Roel Slootweg, Frank Vanclay and Marlies van Schooten 6. Conceptualizing Social Change Processes and Social Impacts Marlies van Schooten, Frank Vanclay and Roel Slootweg 7. Integrating Health and Social Impact Assessment Robert Rattle and Roy E. Kwiatkowski 8. An Ecological Model of Wellbeing Davianna Pomaika’i McGregor, Paula Tanemura Morelli, Jon Kei Matsuoka and Luciano Minerbi PART II: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR BEST PRACTICE 9. Theory Formation and Application in Social Impact Assessment Henk Becker 10. Computer-based Qualitative Data Methods Gerard Fitzgerald 11. Assessing Gender Impacts Bina Srinivasan and Lyla Mehta 12. Socioeconomic Modelling for Estimating Intergenerational Impacts Gijs Dekkers 13. Using Geographic Information Systems for Cultural Impact Assessment Luciano Minerbi, Davianna Pomaika’i McGregor and Jon Kei Matsuoka 14. Vulnerability and Capacity Measurement Mark Fenton, Sheridan Coakes and Nadine Marshall 15. Citizen Values Assessment Annelies Stolp 16. Involving the Public Richard Roberts 17. Handling Complex Societal Problems Dorien DeTombe 18. Environmental Mediation Helen Ross Index

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Book SynopsisIt is almost universally accepted that we are moving increasingly towards an information society, where knowledge and learning are the new currency of power. This book seeks to challenge this axiom by looking in more detail at the subtle relationships between knowledge and social development. The editors are at pains to differentiate the process of knowledge creation from the simple accumulation of knowledge.The original contributions within this book are aimed at capturing new socio-economic trends and finding policy strategies promoting the learning society in Europe through joint efforts and integrated actions on innovation, competence building and social cohesion.Innovation, Competence Building and Social Cohesion in Europe will be of special interest to researchers and scholars of science and innovation and technical change. Its policy recommendations will ensure that the book will also appeal to social scientists of education policy.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Towards a Learning Society Part I: Fostering Innovation Introductory Note: Novelty, Knowledge and Learning 2. Interactions Between Policy Learning and Innovation Theory 3. Manna Trajectories and Networks: Shifting Heuristics in the Economics of Innovation and New Technologies 4. Policy Integration and Action Diversification: Learning from the Portuguese Path Part II: Promoting Organisational Learning Introductory Note: Innovation and Organisational Change 5. Understanding Technological and Organisational Change 6. The Flexible Firm: New Concepts and Differences Between the Nordic Systems of Innovation 7. Broadening the Analysis of Innovation Systems – Competition, Organisational Change and Employment Dynamics in the Danish System Part III: Building Competences Introductory Note: Innovation and Competence Building 8. On Knowledge and Learning for the New Millennium 9. Low Skills – A Social Problem for Europe 10. Competence Building in Life-Wide Learning 11. Trade Unions in Western Europe: An Overview and Prospects for Social Inclusion and Competence Building Part IV: Striving for Social Cohesion Introductory Note: Innovation and Social Cohesion 12. Unemployment, Work and Welfare 13. Locally-Based Actions to Counteract Social Exclusion: What We May Learn from TSER Research 14. Globalisation, Social Inequality and the Role of Country-Specific Institutions Index

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Book SynopsisIrregular Migration is an extremely timely and topical book, analysing the fundamental tensions at the core of present attempts to manage the movement of population in today's world. Recent events around the globe have prompted a reappraisal of the emerging consensus on migration control. Business demands free movement while nations fear unregulated population flows. The replacement of immigration control with migration management is the aim of First World governments as irregular migration challenges states' attempts to find a balance between recruitment of labour, humanitarian protection and national security. This book provides a theoretical framework for the analysis of mobility and border crossings in an age of globalisation. It draws upon the authors' pioneering research on people working in the UK without proper immigration status, the organisations that support immigrants, and the responses of control agencies and public services. Losers in the global economy, who vote with their feet as economic migrants, are making a claim to justice as well as trying to improve their standards of living. The book concludes with an evaluation of the justification for border controls, and of the prospects for migration regimes under conditions of growing inequality.This fascinating book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers in economics, politics, migration studies, social policy and economic geography. NGOs and policymakers concerned with immigration, asylum and public service provision will also find this invaluable reading.Trade Review'Bill Jordan's and Franck Duvell's book is a welcome intervention. It is the first serious volume on this topic in the UK. It is original and timely, provocative and concerned.' -- Khalid Koser, Progress in Human Geography'. . . the whole book is very interesting. . . it is also a grave and comprehensive input into the British and European public debate on the principles of migration policy.' -- Izabella Korys, Geographia Polonica'. . . an interesting piece of empirical research whose findings offer the reader a theoretical discussion of some of the principles of political democracy and justice, but also of the moral dilemmas associated with the plight of irregular migrants, the losers of the global economy.' -- Antonio MartIn Artiles, Transfer'Europe's governments are stepping up their fight against irregular migration. Jordan and Duvell challenge this agenda. They provide empirical evidence for the complexity of the phenomenon and new theoretical perspectives on the political and moral dilemmas of immigration control. This is an important contribution that ought to be read not only by social scientists. If policymakers had time to read books I would recommend this one.' -- Rainer Baubock, Austrian Academy of Science, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Theoretical Framework and Plan of the Book Part I: Mobility and its Regulation 1. Irregular Migration and Mobility in Economic Theory 2. Mobility and Migration in the European Union 3. Irregular Migration, Labour Markets and Social Protection Part II: The UK as a Case Study 4. Why They Come 5. How They Survive 6. The Role of Support Organisations Part III: The Response of the Receiving Society 7. Internal Controls and Enforcement: Immigration Authorities and the Police 8. Irregular Migration and the Public Services 9. Recruitment of Labour from Abroad 10. In Search of Global Justice Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIrregular Migration is an extremely timely and topical book, analysing the fundamental tensions at the core of present attempts to manage the movement of population in today's world. Recent events around the globe have prompted a reappraisal of the emerging consensus on migration control. Business demands free movement while nations fear unregulated population flows. The replacement of immigration control with migration management is the aim of First World governments as irregular migration challenges states' attempts to find a balance between recruitment of labour, humanitarian protection and national security. This book provides a theoretical framework for the analysis of mobility and border crossings in an age of globalisation. It draws upon the authors' pioneering research on people working in the UK without proper immigration status, the organisations that support immigrants, and the responses of control agencies and public services. Losers in the global economy, who vote with their feet as economic migrants, are making a claim to justice as well as trying to improve their standards of living. The book concludes with an evaluation of the justification for border controls, and of the prospects for migration regimes under conditions of growing inequality.This fascinating book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers in economics, politics, migration studies, social policy and economic geography. NGOs and policymakers concerned with immigration, asylum and public service provision will also find this invaluable reading.Trade Review'Bill Jordan's and Franck Duvell's book is a welcome intervention. It is the first serious volume on this topic in the UK. It is original and timely, provocative and concerned.' -- Khalid Koser, Progress in Human Geography'. . . the whole book is very interesting. . . it is also a grave and comprehensive input into the British and European public debate on the principles of migration policy.' -- Izabella Korys, Geographia Polonica'. . . an interesting piece of empirical research whose findings offer the reader a theoretical discussion of some of the principles of political democracy and justice, but also of the moral dilemmas associated with the plight of irregular migrants, the losers of the global economy.' -- Antonio MartIn Artiles, Transfer'Europe's governments are stepping up their fight against irregular migration. Jordan and Duvell challenge this agenda. They provide empirical evidence for the complexity of the phenomenon and new theoretical perspectives on the political and moral dilemmas of immigration control. This is an important contribution that ought to be read not only by social scientists. If policymakers had time to read books I would recommend this one.' -- Rainer Baubock, Austrian Academy of Science, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Theoretical Framework and Plan of the Book Part I: Mobility and its Regulation 1. Irregular Migration and Mobility in Economic Theory 2. Mobility and Migration in the European Union 3. Irregular Migration, Labour Markets and Social Protection Part II: The UK as a Case Study 4. Why They Come 5. How They Survive 6. The Role of Support Organisations Part III: The Response of the Receiving Society 7. Internal Controls and Enforcement: Immigration Authorities and the Police 8. Irregular Migration and the Public Services 9. Recruitment of Labour from Abroad 10. In Search of Global Justice Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat does political agency mean for those who don't know what to do or can't be bothered to do it? This book develops a novel account of collective emancipation in which freedom is achieved not through knowledge and action but via doubt and inertia. In essays that range from ancient Greece to the end of the Anthropocene, Bull addresses questions central to contemporary political theory in novel readings of texts by Aristotle, Machiavelli, Marx, and Arendt, and shows how classic philosophical problems have a bearing on issues like political protest and climate change. The result is an entirely original account of political agency for the twenty-first century in which uncertainty and idleness are limned with utopian promise.Trade ReviewIn On Mercy, Malcolm Bull conducts a clever thought experiment on the question of whether mercy might not only be reconciled with justice but could displace it at the centre of our political life -- David A. Skeel * Wall Street Journal *Charmingly erudite and an important work of political philosophy -- Joe Humphreys * Irish Times (for On Mercy) *Highly compelling. Bull is to be congratulated on presenting such a thought-provoking study -- Alexander Marr * Apollo (for Inventing Falsehood, Making Truth) *Stimulating and delightful, subtle and deep -- Taylor Carman * Times Literary Supplement (on Anti-Nietzsche) *All of Bull's studies are utopian, in an oblique, offbeat way. In the spirit of Marx, you must see the future as in a glass darkly so as not to make a fetish of it. He combines a keenly analytical mind with a visionary impulse. It is a style for our times. -- Terry Eagleton * London Review of Books *

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