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Book SynopsisWhat binds societies together and how can these social orders be structured in a fair way? Jeffrey C. Alexander''s masterful work, The Civil Sphere, addresses this central paradox of modern life. Feelings for others - the solidarity that is ignored or underplayed by theories of power or self-interest - are at the heart of this novel inquiry into the meeting place between normative theories of what we think we should do and empirical studies of who we actually are. Solidarity, Alexander demonstrates, creates inclusive and exclusive social structures and shows how they can be repaired. It is not perfect, it is not absolute, and the horrors which occur in its lapses have been seen all too frequently in the forms of discrimination, genocide, and war. Despite its worldly flaws and contradictions, however, solidarity and the project of civil society remain our best hope: the antidote to every divisive institution, every unfair distribution, every abusive and dominating hierarchy. This grand,Trade ReviewThe Civil Sphere offers grand theorizing in ways that remind us of both what we are and what we can be. Jeffrey Alexander offers sociology at least a place from which it may begin again. * The New Republic *The Civil Sphere is [a] crowning achievement ... that masterfully reconnects the normative and the empirical in ways that fill an important gap in our cultural discourse today ... A work of great importance, an enduring contribution to the literature on civil society and democracy. Its influence will be felt in political, cultural, and theoretical sociology for decades to come. * American Journal of Sociology *A genuine masterpiece ... America's best, and best-known, social theorist defends the project of civil society and its utopia of democratic inclusion * not only as an ideal, but also as an idea, which is already partly institutionalized.Constellations *This subtle and hugely informative work ... offers not only acute theoretical discussion of the civil society concept, but also generous and expansive accounts of social movements of race and gender, and the theory and practice of multiculturalism and assimilation (two chapters on the Jewish experience are especially compelling). * Contemporary Sociology *The Civil Sphere offers a bold and original thesis about the critically important role that civil societies play in Western democracies. Although I will challenge Alexander's thesis, it is important to state at the outset that The Civil Sphere is a valuable book packed with rich social histories, lively engagements with ancient and contemporary theories, and novel interpretations. There is much to be learned here about the historic and sociological nature of racial, gender, and ethnic oppressions, and the struggles waged to over throw them. * Aldon Morris, Sociological Quarterly *The Civil Sphere is truly a masterful and groundbreaking work, the rare and ambitious kind that does not just contribute to one of the many ongoing conversations in sociology, but brings them together and reorients them. It will undoubtedly confirm and reinforce Jeffrey Alexander's reputation as one of the foremost sociological theorists of our day. Indeed, reading The Civil Sphere generated the same sense of intellectual excitement that I experienced the first time I read Durkheim or Weber or Habermas * and for similar reasons: The Civil Sphere addresses big and important questions about freedom, inequality, and solidarity.Chad Goldberg, Sociological Quarterly *The Civil Sphere is... rich in its empirical descriptions and resourceful and suggestive in terms of its conceptual and theoretical framework. The book will challenge and shape the discussions in cultural sociology for many years to come. * Cultural Sociology *From the point of view of contemporary sociology, one of its most distinctive and welcome features is its judicious use of sociological theory and data to advance a particular vision of justice. As such it is a book about the need to place justice at the centre of the sociological enterprise. From the point of view of contemporary critical social theory, one of its most distinctive and welcome features is its insistence that good social theories have a disclosing power that is practically efficacious. As such it is also a book about the illuminating power of theory. Its most significant contribution, however, is its presentation of a strong vision of civil society and the case it makes for taking up the project of civil repair. By arguing persuasively that the civil sphere is a great achievement of Western modernity, and by encouraging us to work towards its realization, the book itself is a remarkable achievement. * Philosophy and Social Criticisms *The Civil Sphere is a major work that is going to change the state of the debate in many fields ... It aims to provide a new theory of contemporary society, based on a new interpretation of solidarity [that] is a radical challenge to political economy. * European Journal of Social Theory *A tour de force of sociology, political science, and philosophy, [its] repercussions might be felt for decades to come... This is a book worth reading by both social scientists and the general public, for its persuasiveness can inspire us to imagine that another world is possible * Mediterranean Quarterly *All sociologists, social scientists or writers probably nurture some secret ambition of writing a mega book that will immortalize them by its originality, the persuasiveness of arguments, impact, or its sheer size. For Jeffrey Alexander, this is it. A magisterial book, a contribution to social theory that will be talked about, criticized and never overlooked. * Asian Journal of Social Science *Jeffrey Alexander's The Civil Sphere is nothing less than an attempt to create a new theory of civil society for the 21st century through an almost equally ambitious attempt to reground the discipline of sociology. * Journal of Communication *A major work of cultural and political sociology, exploring the possibilities of civility as action and civil sphere as a public domain ... The Civil Sphere can taken as conclusive evidence that sociology is alive and well, and more importantly relevant to modern social action. * Citizenship Studies *The Civil Sphere is the best book in sociology that I have read in many years ... It will find its place on the shelf with the other great classics of sociology. [A] great work. * Perspectives: Newsletter of the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association *The book is an exercise in forging theory as a tool for democratic practice. * Thesis Eleven *Arguably the most probing and insightful examination of civil society in America since Tocqueville's Democracy in America. He offers a penetrating and original causal interpretation of the success of the Civil Rights Movement, and addresses with understanding and fresh perspective the question of Jewish assimilation in post-civil rights America. Alexander's long awaited book establishes a new benchmark for cultural sociology and social theory with its rigorous theoretical and historical analysis of transformative societal change. * Victor Nee, Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology, Cornell University *Jeffrey Alexander's The Civil Sphere is the most important, effective, and readable book in his distinguished career. A powerful and provocative account of civil society, this brilliant piece of theorizing is fueled by an expansive moral vision. Alexander punctures the overblown claims of other thinkers both left and right, and stunningly combines theoretical vigor with a subtle, becoming humility in the face of the best achievements and most compelling aspirations of the civil sphere. * Michael Schudson, Professor of Communication, University of California at San Diego *An original portrait of civil society which addresses issues which must be addressed if we are to live in peace with those unlike ourselves. The Civil Sphere is remarkable for its clarity and depth of exposition. All readers will benefit from Alexander's ideas: he does not try to batter the reader into submission; instead, he embodies the very ideal of civil society, by inviting the reader to argue with him. In sum, an extraordinary and necessary book. * Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, The London School of Economics *This is a Herculean labor in which Alexander not only deconstructs the discourse of 'civil society' but reevaluates the entire tradition of political and social thought which attempted to establish, justify, and actualize this abstract idea. * Hayden White, Professor Emeritus of the History of Consciousness, University of California *Long recognized as one of the world's foremost intellects, in The Civil Sphere Jeffrey Alexander delivers a masterpiece. In this breathtakingly erudite tour of literature, history, philosophy, and social science scholarship, from Hannah Arendt to Woody Allen, Alexander takes on in a single volume both foundational questions of the human condition and the political exigencies of our day. The result is a book that will wholly transform the conceptual landscape; from this point forward we will recognize that the civil sphere's potential for social justice can only be an ongoing project, never a finished achievement. * Margaret R. Somers, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan *The Civil Sphere is at once an energizing ideal for democratic society, and a source of violations of its own ethos. Jeffrey Alexander's well-argued book identifies this crucial level on which liberal democratic societies must operate and offers an insightful and non-reductive account of the struggles against such violations, for what he calls 'civil repair'. He provides fascinating analyses, among other events, of the civil rights movements, and of modern anti-Semitism. * Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University *Table of ContentsPART I. CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOCIAL THEORY; 1. POSSIBILITES OF JUSTICE; 2. REAL CIVIL SOCIETIES: DILEMMAS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION; 3. BRINGING DEMOCRACY BACK IN: REALISM, MORALITY, SOLIDARITY; PART II. STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS OF THE CIVIL SPHERE; 4. DISCOURSES: LIBERTY AND REPRESSION; 5. COMMUNICATIVE INSTITUTIONS: PUBLIC OPINION, MASS MEDIA, POLLS, ASSOCIATIONS; 6. REGULATIVE INSTITUTIONS (1): VOTING, PARTIES, OFFICE; 7. REGULATIVE INSTITUTIONS (2): THE CIVIL FORCE OF LAW; 8. CONTRADICTIONS: UNCIVILIZING PRESSURES AND CIVIL REPAIR; PART III. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE CIVIL SPHERE; 9. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AS CIVIL TRANSLATIONS; 10. GENDER AND CIVIL REPAIR: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD THROUGH M/OTHERHOOD; 11. RACE AND CIVIL REPAIR (1): DUALITY AND THE CREATION OF A BLACK CIVIL SOCIETY; 12. RACE AND CIVIL REPAIR (2): THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND COMMUNICATIVE SOLIDARITY; 13. RACE AND CIVIL REPAIR (3): CIVIL TRAUMA AND THE TIGHTENING SPIRAL OF COMMUNICATION AND REGULATION; 14. RACE AND CIVIL REPAIR (4). REGULATORY REFORM AND RITUALIZATION; PART IV. MODES OF INCORPORATION INTO THE CIVIL SPHERE; 15. INTEGRATION BETWEEN DIFFERENCE AND SOLIDARITY; 16. ENCOUNTERS WITH THE OTHER; 17. THREE PATHWAYS TO INCORPORATION; 18. THE JEWISH QUESTION: ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE FAILURE OF ASSIMILATION; 19. ANSWERING THE JEWISH QUESTION IN AMERICA: BEFORE AND AFTER THE HOLOCAUST; 20. CONCLUSION: CIVIL SOCIETY AS A PROJECT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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Book SynopsisInstitutions of Law offers an original account of the nature of law and legal systems in the contemporary world. It provides the definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick''s well-known ''institutional theory of law'', defining law as ''institutional normative order'' and explaining each of these three terms in depth. It attempts to fulfil the need for a twenty-first century introduction to legal theory marking a fresh start such as was achieved in the last century by H. L. A. Hart''s The Concept of Law. It is written with a view to elucidating law, legal concepts and legal institutions in a manner that takes account of current scholarly controversies but does not get bogged down in them. It shows how law relates to the state and civil society, establishing the conditions of social peace and a functioning economy. In so doing, it takes account of recent developments in the sociology of law, particularly ''system theory''. It also seeks to clarify the nature of claims to ''knowledge ofTrade ReviewMacCormick's general theory of law finds his most detailed expression in Institutions of Law. This book...is an elucidation of the concept of law as a kind of institutional normative order realised prominently...in the modern state. * Cristobal Orrego, University of the Andes, Chile, Jurisprudence *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; PART I: NORM, INSTITUTION AND ORDER ; 1. On Normative Order ; 2. On Institutional Order ; 3. Law and the Constitutional State ; 4. A Problem: Rules or Habits? ; PART II: LEGAL POSITIONS AND RELATIONS ; 5. On Persons ; 6. Wrongs and Duties ; 7. Rights and Obligations ; 8. Legal Relations and Things: Property ; 9. Legal Powers and Validity ; PART III: LAW STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY ; 10. Powers and Public Law: Law and Politics ; 11. Constraints on Power: Fundamental Rights ; 12. Criminal Law and Civil Society: Law and Morality ; 13. Private Law and Civil Society: Law and Economy ; PART IV: LAW, VALUE AND METHOD ; 14. Positive Law and Moral Autonomy ; 15. On Law and Justice ; 16. Laws and Values: Reflections on Method

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Book SynopsisPractical Reason and Norms focuses on three problems: In what way are rules normative, and how do they differ from ordinary reasons? What makes normative systems systematic? What distinguishes legal systems, and in what consists their normativity? All three questions are answered by taking reasons as the basic normative concept, and showing the distinctive role reasons have in every case, thus paving the way to a unified account of normativity. Rules are a structure of reasons to perform the required act and an exclusionary reason not to follow some competing reasons. Exclusionary reasons are explained, and used to unlock the secrets of orders, promises, and decisions as well as rules. Games are used to exemplify normative systems. Inevitably, the analysis extends to some aspects of normative discourse, which is truth-apt, but with a diminished assertoric force.Trade ReviewAny serious reader should recognize the volume's rigor, sophistication, subtlety, and admirable ambitious sweep. It remains Raz's most impressive achievement ... the republication of Practical Reason and Norms ... is a welcome event. Anyone interested in legal or moral philosophy ... would be advised to pursue it. * Matthew H Kramer, Cambridge Law Journal *

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Book SynopsisGenealogy has long been one of humanity''s greatest obsessions. But with the rise of genetics, and increasing media attention to it through programs like Who Do You Think You Are? and Faces of America, we are now told that genetic markers can definitively tell us who we are and where we came from.The problem, writes Eviatar Zerubavel, is that biology does not provide us with the full picture. After all, he asks, why do we consider Barack Obama black even though his mother was white? Why did the Nazis believe that unions of Germans and Jews would produce Jews rather than Germans? In this provocative book, he offers a fresh understanding of relatedness, showing that its social logic sometimes overrides the biological reality it supposedly reflects. In fact, rather than just biological facts, social traditions of remembering and classifying shape the way we trace our ancestors, identify our relatives, and delineate families, ethnic groups, nations, and species. Furthermore, genealogies arTrade ReviewAn erudite treatise about how culture drives human cognition about near and remote relatives, Ancestors and Relatives offers lay and academic audiences alike a great read. * Marta Tienda, Science *Table of ContentsList of Figures ; Preface ; The Genealogical Imagination ; Ancestry and Descent ; Co-Descent ; Nature and Culture ; The Politics of Descent ; The Genealogy of the Future ; The Future of Genealogy ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisInstitutions of Law offers an original account of the nature of law and legal systems in the contemporary world. It provides the definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick''s well-known ''institutional theory of law'', defining law as ''institutional normative order'' and explaining each of these three terms in depth. It attempts to fulfil the need for a twenty-first century introduction to legal theory marking a fresh start such as was achieved in the last century by H. L. A. Hart''s The Concept of Law.It is written with a view to elucidating law, legal concepts, and legal institutions in a manner that takes account of current scholarly controversies but does not get bogged down in them. It shows how law relates to the State and civil society, establishing the conditions of social peace and a functioning economy. In so doing, it takes account of recent developments in the sociology of law, particularly ''system theory''. It also seeks to clarify the nature of claims to ''knowledge ofTrade ReviewMacCormick's general theory of law finds his most detailed expression in Institutions of Law. This book...is an elucidation of the concept of law as a kind of institutional normative order realised prominently...in the modern state.Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; PART I: NORM, INSTITUTION AND ORDER ; 1. On Normative Order ; 2. On Institutional Order ; 3. Law and the Constitutional State ; 4. A Problem: Rules or Habits? ; PART II: LEGAL POSITIONS AND RELATIONS ; 5. On Persons ; 6. Wrongs and Duties ; 7. Rights and Obligations ; 8. Legal Relations and Things: Property ; 9. Legal Powers and Validity ; PART III: LAW STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY ; 10. Powers and Public Law: Law and Politics ; 11. Constraints on Power: Fundamental Rights ; 12. Criminal Law and Civil Society: Law and Morality ; 13. Private Law and Civil Society: Law and Economy ; PART IV: LAW, VALUE AND METHOD ; 14. Positive Law and Moral Autonomy ; 15. On Law and Justice ; 16. Laws and Values: Reflections on Method

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Book SynopsisModern systems theory provides a new method for the analysis of society through an examination of the structures of its communications. In this volume, Niklas Luhmann, the theory''s leading exponent, explores its implications for our understanding of law.Luhmann argues that current thinking about how law operates within a modern society is seriously deficient. He lays out the theoretical and methodological tools that, he argues, can advance our understanding of contemporary society and in particular of the identity, performance, and function of the legal system within that society. In systems theory, society is its communications: they are its empirical reality; the items that can be observed and studied. Systems theory identifies how communications operate within a physical world and how different sub-systems of communication operate alongside each other.In this volume, Luhmann uses systems theory to address a question central to legal theory: what differentiates law from other socialTable of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; 1. The Location of Legal Theory ; 2. The Operative Closure of the Legal System ; 3. The Function of Law ; 4. Coding and Programming ; 5. Justice: a Formula for Contingency ; 6. The Evolution of Law ; 7. The Position of Courts in the Legal System ; 8. Legal Argumentation ; 9. Politics and Law ; 10. Structural Couplings ; 11. The Self-description of the Legal System ; 12. Society and its Law ; Index

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Book SynopsisProcesses of collective decision making are seen throughout modern society. How does a government decide on an investment strategy within the health care and educational sectors? Should a government or a community introduce measures to combat climate change and CO2 emissions, even if others choose not too? Should a country develop a nuclear capability despite the risk that other countries may follow their lead? This introductory text explores the theory of social choice. Social choice theory provides an analysis of collective decision making. The main aim of the book is to introduce students to the various methods of aggregating the preferences of all members of a given society into some social or collective preference. Written as a primer suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduates, this text will act as an important starting point for students grappling with the complexities of social choice theory. With all new chapter exercises this rigorous yet accessible primer avoids the Trade Review...an outstanding Primer for the field of social choice that will surely become a standard reference for those wanting to be initiated in the field. * Cambridge Journals *Table of ContentsGLOSSARY OF MAJOR CONCEPTS; HINTS TO EXERCISES

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Book SynopsisCritical Management Studies (CMS) has emerged as a movement that questions the authority and relevance of mainstream thinking and practice. Critical of established social practices and institutional arrangements, it challenges prevailing systems of domination and promotes the development of alternatives to them. CMS draws upon diverse critical traditions. Of particular importance for its initial articulation was the thinking of members of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. From these foundations, CMS has grown into a pluralistic and inclusive movement incorporating a diverse range of perspectives - ranging from labour process theory to radical feminism. In recent times, a set of ideas broadly labelled ''poststructuralist'' have been developed to complement and challenge the insights of Critical Theory, giving new impetus for scholars seeking to challenge the status quo and articulate a more inclusive and humane future for management practice. The Oxford Handbook of Critical ManagTable of ContentsPART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES; PART II: KEY TOPICS AND ISSUES; PART III: SPECIALISMS; PART IV: CRITICAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS

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Book SynopsisBrian Skyrms presents eighteen essays which apply adaptive dynamics (of cultural evolution and individual learning) to social theory. Altruism, spite, fairness, trust, division of labor, and signaling are treated from this perspective. Correlation is seen to be of fundamental importance. Interactions with neighbors in space, on static networks, and on co-evolving dynamics networks are investigated. Spontaneous emergence of social structure and of signaling systems are examined in the context of learning dynamics.Trade ReviewIt is rewarding and exemplifies a good way of doing formal philosophy. It sheds light on what evolutionary approaches, especially simulations, can and cannot do for philosophy. But mostly, it highlights the fact that our understanding of social phenomena cannot be complete if we neglect a dynamical point of view ... We may not need only books like this in philosophy; but we need some, and we certainly need more of them. And if the recent literature is any indication, we will have them -- in no small part due to Skyrms' remarkable, pioneering work * Cédric Paternotte, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART I: CORRELATION AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT ; Introduction to part I ; 1. Evolution and the Social Contract ; PART II: IMPORTANCE OF DYNAMICS ; Introduction to part II ; 2. Trust, Risk, and the Social Contract ; 3. Bargaining with Neighbors: Is Justice Contagious? ; 4. Stability and Explanatory Significance of Some Simple Evolutionary Models ; 5. Dynamics of Conformist Bias ; 6. Chaos and the Explanatory Significance of Equilibrium: Strange Attractors in Evolutionary Game Dynamics ; 7. Evolutionary Dynamics of Collective Action in N-person Stag Hunt Dilemmas ; 8. Learning to Take Turns ; 9. Evolutionary Considerations in the Framing of Social Norms ; PART III: DYNAMIC NETWORKS ; Introduction to part III ; 10. Learning to Network ; 11. A Dynamic Model of Social Network Formation ; 12. Network Formation by Reinforcement Learning: The Long and the Medium Run ; 13. Time to Absorption in Discounted Reinforcement Models ; PART IV: DYNAMICS OF SIGNALS ; Introduction to part IV ; 14. Learning to Signal: Analysis of a Micro-Level Reinforcement Model ; 15. Inventing New Signals ; 16. Signals, Evolution and the Explanatory Power of Transient Information ; 17. Co-Evolution of Pre-Play Signaling and Cooperation ; 18. Evolution of Signaling Systems with Multiple Senders and Receivers ; Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough human lives towards the second half of the twentieth century became increasingly mediated by objects and artifacts and have depended heavily on the functioning of technical systems, materiality in a broad sense became relatively marginalized as a topic of research interest. This volume contributes to redressing the balance by drawing together the work of scholars involved in exploring the sociomaterial dimensions of organizational life. It will look at the way material objects and artifacts are conceived in organizations, and how they function in interaction with human agents.The book offers a new conceptual repertoire and vocabulary that allows deeper thought and discussion about the inherent entanglement of the social and material. Like the preceding volumes in the Perspectives on Process Organization Studies series, the book displays the richness that characterizes process thinking, and combines philosophical reflections with novel conceptual perspectives and insightful empTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Praise for the series: "As we become more willing to convert reified entities into differentiated streams, the resulting images of process have become more viable and more elusive. Organization becomes organizing, being becomes becoming, construction becomes constructing. But as we see ourselves saying more words that end in "ing," what must we be thinking? That is not always clear. But now, under the experienced guidance of editors Langley and Tsoukas, there is an annual forum that moves us toward continuity and consolidation in process studies. This book series promises to be a vigorous, thoughtful forum dedicated to improvements in the substance and craft of process articulation." * Karl E. Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, University of Michigan, USA *"Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will be the definitive annual volume of theories and research that advance our understanding of process questions dealing with how things emerge, grow, develop, and terminate over time. I applaud Professors Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas for launching this important book series, and encourage colleagues to submit their process research and subscribe to PROS." * Andrew H. Van de Ven, Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change, University of Minnesota, USA *"The recent decades witnessed conspicuous changes in organization theory: a slow but inexorable shift from the focus on structures to the focus on processes. The whirlwinds of the global economy made it clear that everything flows, even if change itself can become stable. While the interest in processes of organizing is not new, it is now acquiring a distinct presence, as more and more voices join in. A forum is therefore needed where such voices can speak to one another, and to the interested readers. The series Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will provide an excellent forum of that kind, both for those for whom a processual perspective is a matter of ontology, and those who see it as an epistemological choice." * Barbara Czarniawska, Professor of Management Studies, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden *Table of Contents1. Introducing the Third Volume of Perspectives on Organization Studies ; 2. Ma(R)King Time: Material Entanglements and Re-Memberings: Cutting Together-Apart ; 3. Reflections on Sociomateriality and Dialogicality in Organization Studies: from Inter-' to Intra-Thinking ... in Performing Practices ; 4. Materializing the Immaterial: Relational Movements in a Perfume s Becoming ; 5. Media as Material: Information Representations as Material Foundations for Organizational Practice ; 6. Knowledge Eclipse: Producing Sociomaterial Reconfigurations in the Hospitality Sector ; 7. The Emergence of Materiality within Formal Organizations ; 8. Reclaiming Things: An Archaeology of Matter ; 9. Untangling Sociomateriality ; 10. Doing By Inventing the Way of Doing: Formativeness as the Linkage of Meaning and Matter ; 11. Otherness and the Letting-be of Becoming: Or, Ethics Beyond Bifurcation

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Book Synopsis*Winner of the 2009 Ralph J. Bunche Award**Named one of CHOICE ''s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009*Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture was commonly seen as a means of forging community and effecting political change. But as Richard Iton shows in this provocative and insightful volume, despite the changes brought about by the civil rights movement, and contrary to the wishes of those committed to narrower conceptions of politics, black artists have continued to play a significant role in the making and maintenance of critical social spaces. Iton offers an original portrait of the relationship between popular culture and institutionalized politics tracing the connections between artists such as Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry, Richard Pryor, Bob Marley and Erykah Badu and those individuals working in the protest, electoral, and policy making arenas. With an emphasis on questions of class, gender and sexualitTrade ReviewA fascinating history and analysis of the nexus of black popular culture and activism from the Jazz Age to the hip-hop era...a timely reminder of the significant influence African American artists and entertainers have had on the political front--not necessarily in enacting laws, but in the symbolic impact of words and actions. * Los Angeles Times *By interweaving many complex issues, In Search of the Black Fantastic moves across the disciplines with ease--politics, history, sociology, American studies, and African American studies--thereby representing one of the most thorough examinations of post-war black culture. * Political Science Quarterly *Iton's work possesses the depth of wide reading in modernist theory and the breadth of wide-open eyes and ears for the popular... challenging, illuminating and groundbreaking. For both lay reader and academician, it may well 'compel a revision of our notions of the political. * Publishers Weekly *A fresh, meticulously well researched study...The book is grounded in a solid historical base, surveying the dilemmas faced by black artists from the Cold War to the present...I strongly recommend In Search of the Black Fantastic to serious scholars of black literature and culture. By so perceptively engaging the relationship between popular art and the politics of marginalized people, it helps to clear the way to a truer, deeper understanding of an important subject which rarely gets such penetrating analysis. * African American Review *Brimming with ideas... In Search of the Black Fantastic offers thought-provoking insights throughout its 400 pages and will certainly stimulate further work in numerous areas of African American history. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsNOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX

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Book SynopsisThe Philosophy of Sociality examines the nature of sociality in its various forms, with special emphasis on collective intentionality. Raimo Tuomela begins with a distinction between the we-perspective and the I-perspective. His study of strong collective intentionality -- as expressed by joint intentions, collective commitment, group belief, authority-based group action, and other phenomena -- outlines the circumstances under which an individual is required to think and act as a group member. By developing a systematic theory of sociality, Tuomela investigates such topics as social institutions, cooperation, cultural evolution, and group responsibility. In The Philosophy of Sociality Tuomela asserts that we-mode collective intentionality is a conceptual prerequisite for understanding basic social notions. He finds several contexts in which we-mode intentionality is preferable to pro-group I-mode intentionality. He ultimately defends a naturalistic view of the social world by arguing tTrade ReviewThis book is a worthy contribution to the literature on social groups and agency. While challenging, its meticulous argumentation helps to recast the familiar notion of the group as a tightly defined and widely applicable concept. * e-International Relations *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; REFERENCES

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Book SynopsisGerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire research program. This volume collects recent articles, looking at how people use fast and frugal heuristics to calculate probability and risk and make decisions. It includes the revised articles and newly written introduction that were first published in the hardcover edition. Its appeal is to a mixture of cognitive psychologists, philosophers, economists, and others who study decision making. Gerd Gigerenzer has created new, pathbreaking ways of thinking about human rationality. His ideas build on one another and are best seen as part of a coherent whole that is when the nature of his arguments eTrade Review"Gerd Gigerenzer has created new, pathbreaking ways of thinking about human rationality. His ideas build on one another and are best seen as part of a coherent whole that is when the nature of his arguments emerges most clearly."-- Leda Cosmides, University of California Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsPreface 1. Bounded and rational 2. Fast and frugal heuristics 3. Rules of thumb in animals and humans 4. I think, therefore I err 5. Striking a blow for sanity in theories of rationality 6. Out of the frying pan into the fire 7. What's in a sample? A manual for building cognitive theories 8. "A 30% chance of rain tomorrow" 9. Simple tools for understanding risks: From innumeracy to insight 10. The evolution of statistical thinking 11. Mindless statistics 12. Children can solve Bayesian problems 13. In the year 2054: Innumeracy defeated References Subject Index Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe grounded theory method is founded on a view of analysis whereby the research and potential hypotheses are not articulated at the outset; rather, the researcher initially seeks to gain familiarity with a research context, and only in later stages does the process become progressively more focused and targeted. As such, grounded theory method uses familiar research tools and techniques (coding, sampling, classification) but in new and novel ways. As a result, grounded theory method is one of the most widely used - if not the most widely used - method in current qualitative research. Initially aimed at the social sciences, grounded theory method has now spread so far that it can be found in almost any subject area or discipline in which people are observed or interviewed as participants. In Grounded Theory and Grounded Theorizing: Pragmatism in Research Practice, author Antony Bryant illustrates the key features of grounded theory method by showcasing examples from several of his mostTable of ContentsIntroduction: Not Another Book on Grounded Theory Part I: Research and Research Methods 1. Why (do) Research? 2. Research Methods Part II: The Grounded Theory Method: Background and Overview 3. 1967 And All That 4. The Grounded Theory Method: An Overview Part III: Grounded Theorizing 5. Coding: Terminology and Clarification 6. A Coding Exercise 7. An Abbreviated Example: Research Pitching 8. Process and Procedure: Getting Started and Moving Forwards 9. Coding Strategies: Tales From the Front-line 10. Reflecting and Recording: Memoing and Reflective Research Practice 11. Moving On: Later Sampling, Coding and Analyzing 12. Getting to an End-point: Theoretical Saturation 13. Abduction: No Longer an Alien Concept Part IV: Themes and Variations 14. A Grounded Theory of Grounded Theory Journal Papers 15. Another View of GTM: Another Way of Modelling 16. It's All in the Big Data: Data, Big Data, and GTM 17. GTM and Pragmatism: Instrumental Theorizing 18. GTM as a Guide to Good Research Practice 19. Four Accounts of Grounded Theorizing 20. The Survival of the Grounded Theorist

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Book SynopsisIntellectual struggles with the animal question-- how humans can rethink and reconfigure their relationships with other animals-- first began to take hold in the 1970s. Over the next forty years, scholars from a wide range of fields would make sweeping reevaluations of the relationship between humans and other animals. The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies brings these diverse evaluations together for the first time, paying special attention to the commodification of animals, the degradation of the natural world and a staggering loss of animal habitat and species extinction, and the increasing need for humans to coexist with other animals in urban, rural and natural contexts. Linda Kalof maps these themes into the five major categories that structure this volume: Animals in the Landscape of Law, Politics and Public Policy; Animal Intentionality, Agency and Reflexive Thinking; Animals as Objects in Science, Food, Spectacle and Sport; Animals in Cultural Representations; and Animals in Ecosystems. Written by international scholars with backgrounds in philosophy, law, history, English, art, sociology, geography, archaeology, environmental studies, cultural studies, and animal advocacy, the thirty chapters in this handbook investigate key issues and concepts central to understanding our current relationship with other animals and the potential for coexistence in an ecological community of living beings.Trade ReviewOffering an outlook for healthier collaboration, these varied voices constitute a valuable and timely authority to consider while venturing on an animal studies project -- no matter from which discipline. * Liza Bauer, Kult Online *Table of ContentsPreface List of Contributors Introduction, Linda Kalof Part I. Animals in the Landscape of Law, Politics and Public Policy 1. Animal Rights, Gary Francione and Anna Charlton 2. Animals in Political Theory, Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka 3. Animals as Living Property, David Favre 4. The Human-Animal Bond, James Serpell 5. Animal Sheltering, Leslie Irvine 6. Roaming Dogs, Arnold Arluke and Kate Atema 7. Misothery: Contempt for Animals and Nature, Its Origins, Purposes, and Repercussions, James B. Mason 8. Continental Approaches to Animals and Animality, Ralph Acampora 9. Animals as Legal Subjects, Paul Waldau 10. The Struggle for Compassion and Justice through Critical Animal Studies, Carol Gigliotti 11. Interspecies Dialogue and Animal Ethics: The Feminist Care Perspective, Josephine Donovan Part II. Animal Intentionality, Agency and Reflexive Thinking 12. Cetacean Cognition, Lori Marino 13. History and Animal Agencies, Chris Pearson 14. What Was It Like to Be a Cow? History and Animal Studies, Erica Fudge 15. Animals as Sentient Commodities, Rhoda Wilkie 16. Animal Work, Jocelyne Porcher 17. Animals as Reflexive Thinkers: The Aponoian Paradigm, Mark Rowlands and Susana Monsó Part III. Animals as Objects in Science, Food, Spectacle and Sport 18. The Ethics of Animal Research - Theory and Practice, Bernard Rollin 19. The Ethics of Food Animal Production, Paul Thompson 20. Animals as Scientific Objects, Mike Michael 21. The Problem with Zoos, Randy Malamud 22. Wolf Hunting and the Ethics of Predator Control, John Vucetich and Michael P. Nelson Part IV. Animals in Cultural Representations 23. Practice and Ethics of the Use of Animals in Contemporary Art, Joe Zammit-Lucia 24. Animals in Folklore, Boria Sax Part V. Animals in Ecosystems 25. Archaeozoology, Juliet Clutton-Brock 26. Animals and Ecological Science, Anita Guerrini 27. Staging Privilege, Proximity, and "Extreme Animal Tourism," Jane Desmond 28. Commensal Species, Terry O'Connor 29. Lively Cities: People, Animals, and Urban Ecosystems, Marcus Owens and Jennifer Wolch 30. Animals in Religion, Stephen R. L. Clark Index

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Book SynopsisThe field of political demography - the politics of population change - is dramatically underrepresented in political science. At a time when demographic changes - aging in the rich world, youth bulges in the developing world, ethnic and religious shifts, migration, and urbanization - are waxing as never before, this neglect is especially glaring and starkly contrasts with the enormous interest coming from policymakers and the media. Ten years ago, [demography] was hardly on the radar screen, remarks Richard Jackson and Neil Howe of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, two contributors to this volume. Today, they continue, it dominates almost any discussion of America''s long-term fiscal, economic, or foreign-policy direction. Demography is the most predictable of the social sciences: children born in the last five years will be the new workers, voters, soldiers, and potential insurgents of 2025 and the political elites of the 2050s. Whether in the West or the developing world, political scientists urgently need to understand the tectonics of demography in order to grasp the full context of today''s political developments. This book begins to fill the gap from a global and historical perspective and with the hope that scholars and policymakers will take its insights on board to develop enlightened policies for our collective future.Trade ReviewPolitical Demography is a collection of essays that shows some of the results of the new research in more detail. A chapter by Mark Haas of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh argues that demographic change will consolidate America's strategic position because all other leading nations have such dire demographic trends. China's one-child policy means there is a shortage of women of child-bearing age. As a result, between now and 2050 the number of men in China aged 20 to 25 (ie, of prime military recruiting age) will halve. Similarly, points out Eric Kaufmann, in many countries, fundamentalist religious groups have fertility rates two or three times higher than the societies in which they live. Israel is a good example. Over time, this will alter the balance of power in those countries. * The Economist *Table of ContentsPART I Political Demography and Political Science ; 1. Introduction ; 2. A Theory of Political Demography: Human and Institutional Reproduction ; PART II Population and International Security ; 3. Demography and Geopolitics: Understanding Today's Debate in Its Historical Context ; 4. America's Golden Years? Security in an Aging World ; 5. A New Framework for Aging and Security: Lessons from Power Transition Theory ; PART III Demography, Development, and Conflict ; 6. Age Structure and Development through a Policy Lens ; 7. The Age-Structural Maturity Thesis: The Impact of the Youth Bulge on the Advent and Stability of Liberal Democracy ; 8. Youth Bulges and Violence ; 9. Democracy, Climate Change, and Conflict ; Part IV Demography and National Politics ; 10. Racial Demographics and the 2008 Presidential Election in the United States ; 11. Demography and Immigration Restriction in American History ; 12. The Changing Face of Europe ; 13. <"Go Forth and Multiply>": The Politics of Religious Demography ; Part V Demography in Ethnic and Religious Conflicts ; 14. Wombfare: The Religious and Political Dimensions of Fertility and Demographic Change ; 15. Deter or Engage?: The Demographic Structure of EthnoNationalist Mobilization ; 16. Demographic Change and Conflict in Contemporary Africa ; 17. The Devil in the Demography? Religion, Identity and War in Cote d'Ivoire ; Conclusion ; 18. Politics and Demography: A Summary of Critical Relationships ; References ; Index ; About the Contributors

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Book SynopsisKAREN O'REILLY is Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University, UK. She has vast experience of teaching sociological theory and international migration, and has published widely in the field of sociology. Her previous publications include Ethnographic Methods, Key Concepts in Ethnography and The British on the Costa del Sol.Trade Review'An engaging, well-organized, and easy to follow text which covers migration theories from a new perspective.' - Matthew Sanderson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Kansas State University, USA 'A valuable contribution to scholarship in both the migration and social theory fields, written with exemplary clarity.' - David Bartram, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Leicester, UK 'A useful overview of the theories and concepts within migration studies. It provides a thought provoking and helpful framework for understanding migration, and is a valuable tool for both researchers and lecturers.' - Louise Ryan, Reader in Gender and Migration, Middlesex University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Practice Theory: A Framework for International Migration Research Theories and Perspectives in Migration Lifestyle Migration: British Migration to Spain's Coastal Areas Labour Migration: Mexican Labour Migration to the United States Domestic Labour Migration: Filipina Domestic Labour Migration to Hong Kong Refugees and Forced Migration: Refugee Children in the United Kingdom Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe British Migrant Experience 1700-2000 is a wide-ranging collection of first person accounts together with introductory essays, capturing varied aspects of the British migrant story from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.Trade Review'The descriptions of communities and individuals - I lived on turnips, mainly - are useful, but it is the thoughts and feelings, from anxiety to luck, that stand out. They also help to make the book enlightening: for alongside material on the familiar Irish, Jewish and black migrants, there are accounts of Latvians in Bedford, Lithuanians in Lanarkshire and a Moroccan in Exeter who sells rhubarb. And these tales add up to a striking view of Britain.' - Daniel Crewe, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface; Professor C.K.Steedman Anthology Introduction; P.J.Leese Introduction to Part I: Migrant Life Stories in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century; B.Piatek PART I: MIGRANT LIFE STORIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURY Transition I Settlement and Work I Childhood and Home Life I Community I Another Culture I Searching for a Place I PART II: MIGRANT LIFE STORIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURY Transition 2 Settlement and Work 2 Childhood and Home Life 2 Community 2 Another Culture 2 PART III: MIGRANT PLACE STORIES FROM THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The South The Midlands and East Anglia North West England North East England Scotland Wales Biography and Further Reading Index Searching for a Place 2

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Book Synopsis* How are states made possible, constructed in theory and practice, and what alternative possibilities are given up by conferring legitimacy on states?* How do ''reasons of state'' appropriate and inform discourses of sovereignty, territoriality, historiography, diplomacy, security and community?* How can we employ language to challenge the problematic logics of international relations and imagine alternative ways of being with and relating to others?States of Political Discourse addresses these questions through a series of highly original and provocative essays that engage a range of political conditions and practices, exploring areas that are conventionally neglected. Topics include the language of normal and pathological states in Freudian psychoanalysis, the mythography of Europe, the political reification of the Himalayan region, the spirituality of cosmopolitanism, the status of the Knights of St John, and the literary exploration of diplomacy and securiTrade Review'The book is dense, and its analysis intense. Intellectually challenging claims are backed with meticulous research and philosophical rigour. It heralds new possiblities for research and analyses by intergrating overlooked methods and themes and by questioning the accuracy/paradoxes of widespread hellenogenic imports.' - Millenium Review'Constantinou makes some serious claims and unsettling challenges to IR and politics.' - Dr Garen Karapetyan, Independent Scholar.Table of ContentsForeword by R. B. J. Walker Acknowledgements Stasis, or the Seditious State Part 1: Metastasis 1. States, Ethnocratic States and States Within 2. Representations of Sovereignty on the Himalayas 3. Piracy, Knight-errantry, Statehood Part 2: Antistasis 4. Poetics of Security 5. Diplomacy, Grotesque Realism and Ottoman Historiography 6. NATO's Caps Part 3: Ekstasis 7. Europa Mythica 8. Hippopolis/Cynopolis Part 4: Hypostasis Notes

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Book SynopsisA A highly original and thought--provoking book concerning the nature of ethnography and its importance in social enquiry. A Written by the author of Learning to Labour, this new book is informed by Willisa own ethnographic research.Trade Review"Willis is at his best in this book when he turns to the data from his 30 years of ethnographic experience. He makes frequest reference to his observations in both Learning to Labor and the 1990, Common Culture, so that readers not yet acquainted with these works will not be at a disadvantage. Indeed, his observations are often so insightful that even those who have read one or both books might be tempted to take them up again." Methodology and Research Techniques "Willis' book is an intriguing attempt to pose questions about doing ethnography in our post-industrial 'leisure societies' ... it presents some genuinely interesting insights and ethnographic vignettes." Discourse & SocietyTable of ContentsForeword. Part One: Art in the Everyday. Chapter 1: Life as Art. Chapter 2: Form. Chapter 3: The Social. Part Two: Ethnography in Post Modernity. Chapter 4: The Quasi-Modo Commodity. Chapter 5: Penetrations in the Post Modern World. Chapter 6: Social Reproduction as Social History. Chapter 7: The Ethnographic Imagination and 'Whole Ways of Life'. Appendix. Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines the main features of the comparative growth of literacy, and relates them to the later growth of electronic media. It assesses the ways in which mass literacy has transformed ways of living and thinking, by exploring broader social and cultural issues such as gender, age, consciousness of time and space, and our relationship with the natural world. Vincent begins by considering the evolution of methods of teaching and learning across the centuries, and examines the relationship between literacy and economic growth, including the changing function of literacy in the workplace. He discusses the changing pattern of demand for and provision of reading matter, as well as the changing relationship between oral and written modes of generating and reproducing both information and fantasy. In later chapters, Vincent analyses the history ofTrade Review"In this succinct and intelligent survey, David Vincent moves beyond his British base to present a comparative analysis of the growth of mass literacy in Europe between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." English Historical Review "This short book is one of the most ambitious summative texts on the history of literacy in the nineteenth century. Making a clear synthesis of recent texts in the history of literacy and reading in the nineteenth century it takes its examples and comparative approaches from countries as varied as Spain, Scotland, Hungary or Russia." European Review of History "David Vincent's book is an admirably careful, lucid and perceptive synthesis, the first to integrate recent approaches which stress the interactions between the written and the oral and between groups and individuals." Peter Burke, Emmanuel College, CambridgeTable of ContentsFigures. Acknowledgements. 1. The Rise of Mass Literacy. 2. Learning Literacy. 3. Economic Development. 4. Reading and Writing. 5. The Boundaries of Literacy. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisTalk and Social Theory will be an essential text for students of sociolinguistics and the analysis of discourse in conversation. introduces the study of ''talk'' linked to social theory; develops a new theoretical argument that reviews the relations between local social practices and general societal processes of talk; the use of everyday examples - a family dinner table, a school classroom, an academic advising session in an community college - enhances the book's appeal to a non-specialist as well as a specialist audience; reviews the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks in social theory and in the sociolinguistic study of talk. Trade Review"This latest book by Erickson addresses an issue that is very timely and topical ... the puzzle it seeks to crack is one that has long haunted researchers in social sciences and related areas." Journal of Sociolinguistics "I cannot think of another social science scholar who has done more to move qualitative research and methodology in creative directions…among the most important contributions to social theory in recent years." Regina Smardon, University of Pennsylvania "Frederick Erickson is someone who illuminates details of talk and interaction. More than that, he illuminates where we stand in making sense of human life in terms of social theory. This is a book not to be missed." Dell Hymes, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsDedication. Preface. Acknowledgements. PART ONE: Examples of the conduct of talk. 1. Sketching the terrain. 2. Seventy-five dollars goes in a day. 3. I can make a "P". 4. You wrestlin’?. 5. He has no history of IVDA. PART TWO: Thinking about talk and social theory. 6. General perspectives on talk and social theory. 7 Toward a more practical theory of practices in talk. 8 Summing up. Further Reading. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisFor more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators with the supposed decline of commitment, and even the decline of the possibility of family life.Trade Review"This is a striking book – honest, engaging, insightful. And if, in the end, it is most directly addressed to an academic readership, it offers perceptive insights that may be rewarding even for readers who share nothing with the writer other than a common humanity." Brenda Almond, Times Higher Education Supplement "This bracing book reconfigures an entire field of study. Escaping the conceptual snares imposed by the usual category of 'The Family', Smart shows how we weave personal lives from skeins of imagination, memories, secrets and stories on looms provided by our histories and cultures. Personal Life is a creative, invigorating book that should appeal broadly to readers across disciplinary and national borders." Judith Stacey, New York University "In this beautifully crafted book, Carol Smart puts sociology back in touch with the ways in which we live and experience our everyday personal lives through a lifetime of family experiences, memories and emotions. In doing so she breathes fresh life into theoretical debates about 'the family' by making us consider the multiplicity of interconnected ways in which individuals experience themselves as family members." Allison James, University of Sheffield "For all reflecting on personal life, scholars and general readers, this is a thought-provoking and fascinating book that will take you further." Lynn Jamieson, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. A sociology of personal life. 2. The cultural turn in the sociology of family life and living. 3. Emotions, love and the problem of commitment. 4. Connections and cultures of tradition. 5. Secrets and lies. 6. Families we live with. 7. Possessions, things and relationality. 8. Conclusion. References. Index

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of a well-regarded book provides a concise and exceptionally clear introduction to Habermas's work, from his early writings on the public sphere, through his work on law and the state, to his more recent discussion of science, religion and contemporary Europe.Trade Review"Continues to be indispensable for those who want to think, or more correctly speak, with and against Habermas." Journal of Sociology "Outhwaite here delivers the perfect combination of accessibility and analytic depth. Habermas's work is notoriously difficult, wide ranging and constantly evolving - yet this classic text introduces his ideas with clarity, never sacrifices their sophistication and covers all the issues. Students love this book and researchers constantly return to it. If you want to really grasp this extraordinary and important thinker, you will need Outhwaite's help." Ricardo Blaug, University of Leeds "William Outhwaite's book on Habermas is an excellent book, which has stood the test of time remarkably well. In what is now an increasingly crowded market it is still the obvious recommendation for readers seeking an advanced account of all aspects of Habermas's work. This new and updated edition is very welcome indeed." Chris Thornhill, University of Glasgow

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Book SynopsisTaking a broad view of social theory, this book demonstrates the importance of this theory for the study of contemporary law. Through studies of the work of Weber, Durkheim, Gurvitch, Habermas, Luhmann, Derrida, Bourdieu, Foucault, Schmitt, Neumann and others, the essays address such fundamental topics as the changing forms of regulation, law's relations with morals and beliefs, law and democracy and prospects for the rule of law in the context of globalisation.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction. Orientations: The sociology of law as an empirical theory of validity, Wolfgang Schluchter. Legal Form and Legal Rationality: Max Weber's Legacy: Formal and substantive rationality in American law: a Weberian perspective, Ronan Shamir; Process rationality as legal governance: a comparative perspective, Wolf Heydebrand); Some false premises of Max Weber's sociology of law, Harold J. Berman. Law, Experience and Belief: Durkheim, Durkheimians and Beyond: A formal restatement of Durkheim's 'division of labor' theory, Jack P. Gibbs; Durkheim on collective memory, Barbara A. Misztal ; Condtructing the juristic Durkheim? Paul Huvelin's adaptation of Durkheimian sociology, Roger Cotterrell ; Emmanuel Lévy and legal studies: a view from abroad, Roger Cotterrell; Georges Davy and the origin of contract, Geoffrey MacCormack; Integrating reciprocal perspectives: on Gurvitch's theory of immediate jural experience, Reza Banakar. Law as Discourse, System, Field: Habermas, Luhmann, Bourdieu: Can rights, democracy and justice be reconciled through discourse theory? Reflections on Habermas's proceduralist paradigm of law, Michel Rosenfield; Habermas on nationalism and cosmopolitanism, Pablo de Grieff; De Collisione Discursuum: communicative rationalities in law, morality and politics, Gunther Teubner ; The ambitious modesty of Niklas Luhmann, Michael King and Anton Schütz (1994); Economics of gift - positivity of justice: the mutual paranoia of Jacques Derrida and Niklas Luhmann, Gunther Teubner; On Pierre Bourdieu's legal thought, Mauricio García Vilegas. Foucault, Discipline and Regulation: Between governance and discipline: the law and Michel Foucault, Victor Tadros; From discipline to flexibilization? Rereading Foucault in the shadow of globalization, Nancy Fraser ; The death of the social? re-figuring the territory of government, Nikolas Rose. Sovereignty, Globalisation and the Rule of Law: Stealing the natural language: the fiction of the social con

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1972, this book on Weber''s methodological writings is today regarded as a modern classic in its field. In this new expanded edition, the author has revised and updated the original text, and translated the numerous German quotations into English. He has also added a new introduction, where he discusses major issues raised in the relevant secondary literature since 1972. The author traces the relationship between values and science in Max Weber''s methodology of its central aspects: value freedom, value relation (Wertbeziehung), value analysis, the ideal type and the special problems which pertain to the sphere of politics. Weber''s thought is presented and discussed on the basis of a meticulous analysis of all available, published or unpublished, original material. The book is indispensable for all serious Weber scholars and provides the general student with a clear, accessible and authoritative exposition of major aspects of Weber''s methodology.Trade Review'The publication of an updated version of Bruun's Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology is an important event not only in Weber scholarship but in the understanding of twentieth century thought. His care in explicating the many complex issues about the philosophical implications of Weber's views made this book indispensable for serious students of Weber. Weber's significance has now been recognized by a much larger audience: this excellent revision should be its guide.' Stephen Turner, University of South Florida, USA 'This extensively revised and updated version of the original work is well-referenced and includes a nine-page bibliography of secondary sources.' German Studies Review 31.01.08Table of ContentsContents: Series Editor's preface; Preface; Introduction; Values as a problem of scientific inquiry: value freedom; Values as a precondition of scientific inquiry: value relation; Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: value analysis; Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: the ideal type;The complementary relation of values and scientific inquiry: politics and science; Bibliography; Name index; Subject Index.

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