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Book SynopsisArgues that many forms of African-American cultural expression display resistance through appropriation, and reconstitution, of denigrating representations fostered by the dominant racist culture. The text includes chapters on DuBois, Alain Locke and Sargent Johnson.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Racist Discourse and the Negro-Ape Metaphor. 2. Slavery, Modernity and the Reclamation of Anterior Cultures. 3. Frederick Douglass on the Myth of the Black Rapist. 4. Du Bois on the Invention of Race. 5. Black Consciousness in the Art of Sargent Johnson. 6. Black Vernacular Representation and Cultural Malpractice. 7. Marooned in America: Black Urban Youth Culture and Social Pathology. 8. Black Marxist in Babylon: Bayard Rustin and the 1968 UFT Strike. 9. A No-Theory Theory of Contemporary Black Cinema. 10. Prime Time Blackness. Notes. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, race and ethnicity have been the focus of theoretical, political, and policy debates. This comprehensive and timely reader covers the range of topics that have been at the center of these debates including critical race theory, multiracial feminism, mixed race, whiteness, citizenship and globalization. Contributors include Angela Davis, Stuart Hall, Richard Delgado, Robert Miles, Michael Eric Dyson, Saskia Sassen, Etienne Balibar, Patricia Hill Collins, Renato Rosaldo, Stanley Aronowitz, and Collette Guillaumin.Trade Review“Race, Identity, and Citizenship provide a much-needed critical perspective on race and radicalized inequalities in contemporary capitalist society. It is an outstanding collection which will prove enormously useful to both established scholars in the field and young students.” Avery Gordon, University of California, Santa Barbara "A thoughtful introduction to current intellectual discourse and decisive policy issues regarding race and ethnicity in a global context." Jose Hernandez, City University of New York Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Table of Contents. Part I: Mapping The Languages of Racism:. 1. Does "Race" Matter? Transatlantic Perspectives on "Race Relations": Robert Miles and Rodolfo D. Torres. 2. I know it's not nice, but..."The changing face of 'race'": Colette Guillaumin. 3. The contours of racialization: Private structures, representations and resistance in the United States: Stephen Small. 4. Marxism, racism, and ethnicity: John Solomos and Les Back. 5. Postmodernism and the politics of racialized identities: Louis F. Mir¢n. Part II: Critical Multiracial Feminism:. 6. Theorizing difference from multiracial feminism: Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill. 7. Ethnicity, gender relations and multiculturalism: Nira Yuval-Davis. 8. What's in a name? Womanism, black feminism, and beyond: Patricia Hill Collins. Part III: Fashioning Mixed Race:. 9. The colorblind multiracial dilemma: Racial categories reconsidered: John A. Powell. 10. Multiracial Asians: Models of ethnic identity: Maria P. P. Root. 11. Cipherspace: Latino identity past and present: J. Jorge Klor de Alva. Part IV: The Color(s) of Whiteness:. 12. Establishing the fact of whiteness: John Hartigan, Jr. 13. Constructions of whiteness in European and American anti-racism: Alastair Bonnett. 14. The labor of whiteness, the whiteness of labor, and the perils of whitewashing: Michael Eric Dyson. 15. The trickster's play: Whiteness in the subordination and liberation process: A¡da Hurtado. Part V: Cultural Citizenship, Multiculturalism, And The State:. 16. Citizenship: Richard Delgado. 17. Cultural citizenship, inequality, and multiculturalism: Renato Rosaldo. 18. Cultural citizenship as subject making: Immigrants negotiate racial and cultural boundaries in the United States: Aihwa Ong. Part VI: Locating Class:. 19. The site of class: Edna Bonacich. 20. Between nationality and class: Stanley Aronowitz. 21. Class racism: Etienne Balibar. Part VII: Globalized Futures And Racialized Identities:. 22. Multiculturalism and flexibility: Some new directions in global capitalism: Richard P. Appelbaum. 23. Analytic Borderlands: Race, gender and representation in the new city: Saskia Sassen. 24. Globalization, the racial divide, and a new citizenship: Michael C. Dawson. Part VIII: Critical Engagements:. 25. Interview Stuart Hall: Cultural and power: Peter Osborne and Lynne Segal. 26. Angela Y. Davis: reflections on race, class, and gender in the USA: Lisa Lowe. Index.

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Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to business ethics. This book applies the essential features of Kantian moral philosophy to the business firm by addressing the question, 'How should a business firm in a capitalist economy be structured and managed according to the principles of Kant's ethics?Trade Review"Bowie is a very senior person in business ethics - one of the half dozen or so people who are generally acknowledged as leaders in the field. He has extensive experience as a writer, teacher, and consultant in business ethics and philosophy. I have no doubt that his book will be well received, widely reviewed, and extremely influential in the discipline." Robert Fredericks, Bentley College.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Self-Defeating Nature of Immoral Business Practice. Introduction Immoral Actions Are Based on Self-Defeating Maxims Inconsistency and Immorality Applications to Business. It Seems Right in Theory But Does It Work in Practice?. Objections to the Application of Kantian Ethics to Business. Extending the Reach of Categorical Imperatives: Pragmatically Inconsistent Maxims. Why Neither Being Trustworthy nor Not Trusting in Business Involves a Pragmatic Contradiction. Transition to Chapter 2. 2. Treating the Humanity of Stakeholders as Ends rather than as Means Merely. Introduction. The Respect for Persons Principle. Not Using Employees: Neither Coercion nor Deceit. Business Practices That Reduce or Remove Coercion and Deception. An Objection and Replies. Positive Freedom ad Meaningful Work: Respecting the Humanity in a Person. Kant’s Reflection s on Work. Meaningful Work and Contemporary Business. 3. The Firm as a Moral Community. Introduction. Viewing Organizations and Human Nature. Creating the Kantian Moral Firm: The Kingdom of Ends Formulation of the Categorical Imperative. The Principles of a Moral Firm. Implications for Organizational Studies. 4. Acting from Duty: How Pure a Motive. Introduction. Kant’s Position on the Purity of Moral Motives. Strategic Payoffs and Moral Motives. Reasons and Emotions: A Brief Aside. Multiple Moral Motives. 5. The Cosmopolitan Perspective. Introduction. The Morality of the Market. International Business Can Contribute to World Peace, Universal Rights, and Democracy. Objections and Replies. Conclusion. Bibliography. Further Reading. Index

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Book SynopsisThis text provides students and professionals with an international and comparative examination of changes in global cities, to reveal a growing pattern of social and spatial division or polarization. Case studies of New York, Johannesburg, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Calcutta and Rio are included.Trade Review"This book is a welcome addition to the rapidly growing literature on global cities ... The individual contributors remain closely on-message and the editors are to be commended for providing a very clear statement of the central argument and for distilling the arguments into a comprehensive and convincing conclusion...The specialised nature of the topic, and the fact that this volume will be of most interest to research and final-year students of urban studies rather than to first-or second-year undergraduates. Among such an audience, it merits a wide readership." David Clark, Coventry University "This is a highly valuable book, combining theoretical arguments with detailed empirical work. This book broadens the scholarly discussion of global cities and offers important insights into the interpretation of local and global processes in a wide range of settings." H-Urban by Mark D. Bjelland, Department of Geography, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota. "Globalizing cities, a new spatial order? is a welcome addition to a growing scholarly literature on the processes of globalization ... this volume is a substantial contribution to what is perhaps one of the most important issues confronting the future of cities." Progress in Development Studies "These excellent essays focus primarily on recent changes in the spatial organization of selected large metropolitan areas ... By concentrating on the details, the authors have liberated us from the glosses of the global cities literature and prepared us to revise our generalizations. The debate they have opened will engage us for at least the next decade." European Planning StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Maps viii List of Tables x List of Contributors xii Series Editors' Preface xv Preface xvii 1 Introduction 1Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen 2 The Unavoidable Continuities of the City 22Robert A. Beauregard and Anne Haila 3 From the Metropolis to Globalization: The Dialectics of Race and Urban Form 37William W. Goldsmith 4 From Colonial City to Globalizing City? The Far-fromcomplete Spatial Transformation of Calcutta 56Sanjoy Chakravorty 5 Rio de Janeiro: Emerging Dualization in a Historically Unequal City 78Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro and Edward E. Telles 6 Singapore: the Changing Residential Landscape in a Winner City 95Leo van Grunsven 7 Tokyo: Patterns of Familiarity and Partitions of Difference 127Paul Waley 8 Still a Global City: The Racial and Ethnic Segmentation of New York 158John R. Logan 9 Brussels: Post-Fordist Polarization in a Fordist Spatial Canvas 186Christian Kesteloot 10 The Imprint of the Post-Fordist Transition on Australian Cities 211Blair Badcock 11 The Globalization of Frankfurt am Main: Core, Periphery and Social Conflict 228Roger Keil and Klaus Ronneberger 12 Conclusion: A Changed Spatial Order 249Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen List of References 276 Index 302

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Book SynopsisRace Critical Theories brings together many of the key contributors to critical theorizing about race and racism over the past twenty years. Each previously published text is accompanied by a fresh statement - in most cases written by the authors themselves - regarding the political context, implications and effects of the original contribution.Trade Review"I applaud the editors for their state-of-the-art collection in race and racism studies.This volume will serve as a valuable teaching tool." Gloria Wekker, Utrecht University "This anthology provides a remarkable synthesis of race theorizing across the humanities and the social sciences – and yet also manages to be both historical and vitally contemporary. Indeed, by incorporating the self-conscious reflections of current thinkers, it often has the quality of a living and breathing text." Troy Duster, New York University "In the current publishers' rush for student driven grab-and-go Readers, Race Critical Theories represents something of an exception - a collection of seminal texts with a clear critical intellectual project driving its production and seeking to move research agendas forward." Ethnic and Racial Studies "[T]his is an excellent undergraduate text - bringing together sizeable portions of seminal contemporary discourse and feminist-centered writing on racism and the writng it has influenced - which is likely to prove of great value in teaching." Journal of Ethnic and Migration StudiesTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: From Racial Demarcations to Multiple Identifications (David Theo Goldberg and Philomena Essed). Part I: Conceptual Mapping, in Chronological Order (c. 1980-2000). 1. Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental (Edward Said). 2. Race, Articulation and Societies Structured in Dominance (Stuart Hall). 3. Education and Liberation: Black Women's Perspectives (Angela Y. Davis). 4. A New Approach to the Study of Racism (Martin Barker). 5. The Genealogy of Western Racism (Cornel West). 6. Of Mimicry and Man. The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse (Homi Bhabha). 7. Racial Formation (Michael Omi and Howard Winant). 8. Preface to Dominance Without Hegemony. History and Power in Colonial India (Ranajit Guha). 9. Defining Black Feminist Thought (Patricia Hill Collins). 10. Everyday Racism: A New Approach to the Study of Racism (Philomena Essed). 11. Cartographies of Struggle: Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism (Chandra, T. Mohanty). 12. The Nation Form:History and Ideology (Etienne Balibar). 13. Turning the Tables: Antisemitic Discourse in Post-War Austria (Ruth Wodak). 14. The end of Antiracism (Paul Gilroy). 15. Black Matters (Toni Morrison). 16. Modernity, Race and Morality (David Theo Goldberg). 17. Denying Racism: Elite Discourse and Racism (Teun A. van Dijk). 18. Whiteness and Ethnicity in the History of 'White Ethnics' in the United States (David Roediger). 19. Affirmative Action and the Politics of Race (Manning Marable). 20. A Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People (Maria Root). 21. Racial Histories and Their Regimes of Truth (Ann Stoler). 22. Cultural Pluralism and the Subversion of the 'Taken-for-Granted' World (Maria Markus). Part II: Reflections, in Thematic Order (1999-2000). Histories and Values. 23. Reflections on 'The Nation Form: History and Ideology' (Etienne Balibar). 24. Reflections on 'Racial Histories and Their Regimes of Truth' (Ann Stoler). 25. Reflections on 'Modernity, Race and Morality' (David Theo Goldberg). 26. Reflections 'Of Mimicry and Man. The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse' (H. Bhabha and Kim Benita Furumoto). Knowledge and Representation. 27. Reflections on 'The Genealogy of Western Racism' (C. West and Howard McGary). 28. Reflections on 'Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental' (E. Said and Saree Makdisi). 29. Reflections on 'Black Matters' (T. Morisson and Suzette Spencer). 30. Reflections on 'Defining Black Feminist Thought' (Patricia Hill Collins). Systems and Experiences. 31. Reflections on 'Race, Articulation and Societies Structured in Dominance' (Stuart Hall). 32. Reflections on 'Racial Formation' (Michael Omi & Howard Winant). 33. Reflections on 'Everyday Racism' (Philomena Essed). 34. Reflections on 'Cultural Pluralism and the Subversion of the 'Taken-for-Granted' World' (Maria Markus). Elites and Politics. 35. Reflections on 'The New Racism' (Martin Barker). 36. Reflections on 'Denying Racism: Elite Discourse and Racism' (Teun A. van Dijk). 37. Reflections on 'Turning the Tables: Antisemitic Discourse in Post-War Austria' (Ruth Wodak). 38. Reflections on 'Whiteness and Ethnicity in the History of 'White Ethnics' in the United States' (David Roediger). 39. Reflections on 'Affirmative Action and the Politics of Race' (M. Marable and Johanna Fernandez). Dominance and Struggles. 40. Reflections on the 'Perface' to 'Dominance Without Hegemony' (R. Guha and Kelli Kobor). 41. Reflections on 'Cartographies of Struggle: Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism' (C. T. Mohanty and Sue Kim). 42. Reflections on 'The End of Antiracism' (P. Gilroy and Vikki Bell). 43. Reflections on 'A Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People' (Maria Root). 44. Reflections on 'Education and Liberation: Black women's Perspectives' (Angela Y. Davis). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis work focuses on children in families, and on what can be learnt from research examining their experiences. It documents demographic changes across several countries, and what research reveals about outcomes for children who experience parental separation and stepfamily formation.Trade ReviewChildren in Changing Families is a remarkable and much-needed book. Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers' international perspective is unparalleled, including a broad overview of demographic trends and comprehensive coverage of research on children in changing families from throughout the English-speaking world. This book is indispensable reading for academics, practitioners, and students from a variety of disciplines. Robert E. Emery, Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law, University of Virginia Children in Changing Families: Life After Parental Separation is a remarkable achievement. Spanning studies conducted in the United States, England, Australia, and New Zealand, this book provides a comprehensive and integrated overview of research on parental divorce, parental remarriage, and children's lives. Because this book is both authoritative and clearly written, it will be valuable not only to family scholars, but also to students, counselors, educators, legal professionals, and policy makers. Although our understanding of these phenomena continues to grow, Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers have written the best book yet about the linkages between family structure, family process, and children's well-being. Paul Amato, Pennsylvania State University It has long been clear that parental divorce and other major family change upsets children, but the severity of such effects and the possibility of longer term consequences has been clouded by evidence that has often seemed contradictory and has been open to misinterpretation. At last we have a clear, authoritative, critical but even handed appraisal of the field. Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers' landmark account of the evidence will become the standard reference for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and, indeed, parents. Their book charts the impact of family change on the emotional, behavioural and educational development of children and young people against the relevant demographic and legal backgrounds. The authors draw on research from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and North America and bring it together in a remarkably comprehensive and readable account. Martin Richards, University of Cambridge "Pryor and Rodgers cover a broad overview of international demographic trends and a wide range of empirical research on the impact of changing family structures on children. Although not a "law book", it is very accessible; the empirical findings, where presented as tables, are clear and intelligible and where necessary are supported by explanatory text. They outline some of the major theoretical and conceptual frameworks currently used to discuss family change. These are applied later when the authors discuss the research evidence. In the final chapter the authors draw their conclusions for both policy and practice, highlighting where, in their opinion, further research is needed. The book keeps its well-organised structure of nine broadly headed chapters, each of which is further subdivided by clear subheadings. Family lawyers eaxmining law in context, rather than in a social vacuum, should find this book thought-provoking. Perhaps a dissemination of such information between different professionals will even help to develop a better approach to dealing with children in changing families." Joanne Beswick, Research Associate, Staffordshire University. Family Law, December 2001, Vol. 31 "This major contribution to the literature on the impact of separation and divorce on children is highly recommended". D.A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, Choice, April 2002 "The book is an essential text for all professionals whose work brings them into contact with families where parents are anticipating, going through or managing the consequences of separation and divorce. Building on their 1998 review of UK research, Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers bring together additional research from North America, Australia and New Zealand to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of research findings that account for why some children survive family reconstitution and breakdown better than others." Christopher Vincent, Tavistock Marital Studies Institute (London), Child & Adolescent Mental Health, November 2002 "I see this volume as making a sound contribution to the current literature on children and divorce. In fact, it would be good required reading in a graduate course on changing families or family diversity, in part because of its inclusiveness in topics covered, and especially because of the strong emphasis on studies beyond the U.S. borders." Kay Pasley, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Journal of Marriage and Family, February 2003Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Series Editor's Preface. Acknowledgments. Glossary of Studies Frequently Referred to in the Book. Introduction. 1. The Context of Family Transitions. 2. Frameworks for Understanding Family Transitions. 3. Family Transitions and Outcomes for Children. 4. Children's Perceptions of Families and Family Change. 5. Families that Separate. 6. Stepfamilies and Multiple Transitions. 7. Fathers in Families. 8. Explaining Outcomes for Children and Young People. 9. Overview and Future Direction. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisWith the advent of the Human Genome Project, the new genetics has moved to the cutting edge of science and medicine. The development and use of such genetics will have a profound impact on our understanding of disease and behaviour.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Sociological Perspectives on The New Genetics: An Overview: Peter Conrad and Jonathan Gabe. Part I: Structure and Production of Genetic Knowledge:. 1. Genes as Drugs: The Social Shaping of Gene Therapy and The Reconstruction of Genetic Disease: Paul Martin. 2. Experts as 'Storytellers' In Reproductive Genetics: Exploring Key Issues: Elizabeth Ettorre. 3. The Human Drama of Genetics: 'Hard' and 'Soft' Media Representations of Inherited Breast Cancer: Lesley Henderson and Jenny Kitzinger. Part II: The Social Meanings of Genetics:. 4. Waiting For The Cure: Mapping The Social Relations of Human Gene Therapy Research: Alan Stockdale. 5. Doing The Right Thing: Genetic Risk and Responsibility: Nina Hallowell. 6. There's This Thing In Our Family: Predictive Testing and The Construction of Risk For Huntington Disease: Susan Cox and William Mckellin. Part III: The Social Impact and Implications of Genetics:. 7. Defining The 'Social': Towards An Understanding of Scientific and Medical Discourses on The Social Aspects of The New Human Genetics: Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Anne Kerr. 8. Losing The Plot? Medical and Activist Discourses of The Contemporary Genetics and Disability: Tom Shakespeare. 9. DNA Identification and Surveillance Creep: Dorothy Nelkin and Lori Andrews. Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume introduces readers to the central debates of organization studies through a series of ''point'' and ''counterpoint'' debates by major figures in the field. Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates of organization studies. Celebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field by placing competing perspectives side by side. Includes contributions from major figures in the field. Structured in an innovative ''point'' and ''counterpoint'' format. Trade Review"Every reader will disagree with portions of this book. But every reader will also come to see organization science differently, as adjacent chapters juxtapose contrasting interpretations, new voices receive hearings, and orthodoxies meet challenges. These debates expand our understanding by articulating alternatives, and occasionally synthesizing them. Students of organization or management theory will find this a valuable introduction to the central tensions and debates in organization studies." Bill Starbuck, New York University "Debating Organization is fabulous! I've been dipping in and out of it all week, and have learned an immense amount. It is really good. The intros you wrote to the sections are beautifully crafted. Congratulations!" Karl Weick, University of MichiganTable of ContentsList of Figures. Notes on the Contributors. Acknowledgments. 1. The Discourse of Organization Studies: Dissensus, Politics and Paradigms: R. Westwood and S. Clegg. Part I: Foundations:. 2. Organization Studies: a Discipline or Field?. Commentary: What Kind of Science Should OS Strive to Be?. From Fields to Science: Can Organization Studies Make the Transition? Bill McKelvey, University of California Los Angeles. Paradigm Plurality: Exploring Past, Present and Future Trends: Mihaela Kelemen, Keele University, and John Hassard, UMIST. 3. Ontology. Commentary: Let's Get Ontological. Order is Free: On the Ontological Status of Organizations: Kimberly B. Boal,Texas Tech University, James G. Hunt, Texas Tech University, and Stephen J. Jaros, Southern University. Ontology: Organizations as World-Making: Robert Chia, University of Exeter. 4. Epistemology. Commentary: On Being Positive and Becoming Constructivist. Position Statement for Positivism: Lex Donaldson, University of New South Wales. Social Constructionism and Organization Studies: Barbara Czarniawska, Göteburg University. 5. Methodology. Commentary: Ironic Authenticity and Paradoxical Constructivism. From Subjectivity to Objectivity: A Constructivist Account of Objectivity in Organization Theory: William McKinley, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. From Objectivity to Subjectivity. Confession of a Counter-Modernist: Pursuing Subjective Authenticity in Organizational Research: Peter Case, Oxford Brookes University. Part II: Frames:. 6. Organization: Environment. Commentary: Enacting/Institutionalizing. Enacting an Environment: The Infrastructure of Organizing: Karl E. Weick, University of Michigan. Enactment as an Institutional Change Mechanism: P. Devereaux Jennings, University of British Columbia, and Royston Greenwood, University of Alberta. 7. Power and Institutions. Commentary: The Dynamics of Institution. The Problem of Order Revisited: Towards a More Critical Institutional Perspective: Michael Lounsbury, Cornell University. Power, Discourse and Institutions: Institutional Theory and the Challenge of Critical Discourse Analysis: Nelson Phillips, University of Cambridge. 8. Globalization. Commentary: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Globalization. The Disorganization of Inclusion: Globalization as Process: Barbara Parker, Seattle University. Globalization and the Organizations of Exclusion in Advanced Capitalism: Marc T. Jones, Macquarie University. Part III: Structure and Culture:. 9. Structure. Commentary: Organization Structure. Structure: Bob Hinings, University of Alberta. Disorganization: Rolland Munro, Keele University. 10. Culture. Commentary: Making Sense of Culture. The Case for Culture: Neal M. Ashkanasy, The University of Queensland. Instantiative vs Entitiative Culture: The Case for Culture as Process: Andrew Chan, City University of Hong Kong. Part IV: Identity and Relationships:. 11. Gender and Identity. Commentary: Non-debating Gender. Theorizing Gender and Organizing: Silvia Gherardi,Trento University, Judi Marshall, University of Bath, Albert J. Mills, St Mary's University. 12. Trust. Commentary: Trust Organizational Psychosis Versus the Virtues of Trust. The Virtues of Prudent Trust: Roderick M. Kramer, Stanford University. Fool'd with Hope, Men Favour the Deceit or: Can We Trust in Trust? Burkard Sievers, Bergische Universität Wuppertal. 13. Question Time: Notes on Altercation Stephen Linstead. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this reader examine philosophical issues such as sportsmanship, violence, cheating, drug use, racism, sexism, and gender equity. Examines ethical issues in sports, such as sportsmanship, violence, cheating, drug use, racism, sexism, and gender equity. Includes essays by psychologists, sociologists, coaches, and sports writers. Gives the reader an understanding of the moral significance of sport, and how sports affect society. Trade Review‘Sports Ethics is a cleverly compiled anthology that clearly addresses the main issues facing sport today. Previously published classical arguments by highly respected sport philosophers are augmented by ten new articles written specifically for this anthology. This is topical, well organized and insightful – an excellent addition to the literature.’ John M. Charles, The College of William and Mary ‘The selections in this volume give a powerful statement of the common practices in sport which negate the values that sport is supposed to instill: justice, respect, responsibility, and honesty. In addition, Dean Smith's foreword offers a thoughtful, pragmatic point of view which often is lost in theoretical work.’ Sharon Kay Stoll, University of IdahoTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Foreword by Dean Smith xv Preface xvi Acknowledgments xviii Introduction – The Moral Significance of Sport 1Jan Boxill Part I: Sport and Education 1. Sports, Relativism, and Moral Education 16Robert L. Simon 2. Why Everyone Deserves a Sporting Chance: Education, Justice, and School Sports 29Janice Moulton 3. Moral Development and Sport: Character and Cognitive Developmentalism Contrasted 40Carwyn Jones and Michael McNamee 4. Philosopher in the Playground: Notes on the Meaning of Sport 53Peter Heinegg 5. Foul Play: Sports Metaphors as Public Doublespeak 56Francine Hardaway Part II: Sport and Sportsmanship 6. Sportsmanship as a Moral Category 63James W. Keating 7. Three Approaches Toward an Understanding of Sportsmanship 72Peter J. Arnold 8. Deception, Sportsmanship, and Ethics 81Kathleen M. Pearson 9. On Sportsmanship and “Running up the Score” 84Nicholas Dixon 10. Sportmanship and Blowouts: Baseball and Beyond 95Randolph M. Feezell Part III: Sport and Competition 11. The Ethics of Competition 107Jan Boxill 12. On Winning and Athletic Superiority 116Nicholas Dixon 13. In Defense of Winning 130R. Scott Kretchmar 14. Winding Down, Looking Ahead 136Dean Smith 15. Personal Best 144W. M. Brown 16. Fair Play as Respect for the Game 153Robert Butcher and Angela Schneider Part IV: Sport and Drugs 17. Good Competition and Drug-Enhanced Performance 175Robert L. Simon 18. Enhancing Performance in Sports: What is Morally Permissible? 182Laura Morgan 19. Sports and Drugs: Are Current Bans Justified? 189Michael Lavin Part V: Sport and Violence 20. What is Sports Violence? 199Michael Smith 21. Values and Violence in Sports Today: The Moral Reasoning Athletes Use in Their Games and in their Lives 217Brenda Jo Bredemeier, David L. Shields, Jack C. Horn 22. Violence and SportsRobert E. Leach Part VI: Sport and Gender 23. Sex Equality in Sports 225Jane English 24. Human Equality in Sports 230Peter S. Wenz 25. Gender Equity and Inequity in Athletics 240Robert L. Simon. 26. Title IX and Gender Equity 254Jan Boxill 27. Why Women do Better than Men in College Basketball, or “What is Collegiate Sport for, Anyway?” 262Nicholas Hunt-Bull 28. Women, Self-Possession, and Sport 267Catharine MacKinnon 29. Stronger Women 273Mariah Burton Nelson 30, The Sports Closet 289Liz Galst Part VII: Sport and Racial Issues 31. Racial Differences in Sports: What's Ethics Got To Do With It? 297Albert Mosely 32. Race and College Sport: A Long Way to Go 304Richard E. Lapchick 33. Sport and Stereotype: From Role Model to Muhammad Ali 310Mike Marqusee Part VIII: Sport and Role Models 34. Do Celebrated Athletes have Special Responsibilities to be Good Role Models? An Imagined Dialog between Charles Barkley and Karl Malone 333Christopher Wellman 35. Get the Message? 337Rick Reilly Index 339

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Book Synopsis* Contains 17 essays representing the finest classic and contemporary readings on qualitative research methods. * Includes general introduction to both the field and the essays contained in the volume. * Ideal for students being introduced to qualitative methods for the first time, and as a resource for scholars. .Trade Review"Serious students of qualitative methods will have this book in their libraries. It brings together some of the best representations of our qualitative traditions, and links them to current movements in the field. Weinberg's introductory essay alone is worth the price of the book." Gale Miller, Marquette University "Weinberg's theoretical framework is sophisticated and will encourage conversation and deliberation about qualitative methodology. Those interested in issues of methodological epistemology will find much food for thought in this collection." Donileen R. Loseke, University of South Florida " a must for people studying or using qualitative research methods" Davina Banner. "This volume provides an overview of the theoretical controversies that characterize a variety of qualitative methods and would make a valuable contribution to graduate students' and scholars' collections."Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Qualitative Research Methods: An Overview (Darin Weinberg). PART I. THE LEGACY OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. Introduction to Part I. 1. The Stranger (Georg Simmel). 2. Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology (George W. Stocking, Jr.). 3. Everett C. Hughs and the Development of Fieldwork in Sociology (Jean-Michel Chapoulie). PART II. QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING, LIFE HISTORY, AND NARRATIVE ANALYSIS. Introduction to Part II. 4. The Life History and the Scientific Mosaic (Howard S. Becker). 5. Talking and Listening from Women’s Standpoint: Feminist Strategies for Interviewing and Analysis (Marjorie L. DeVault). 6. Active Interviewing (James A. Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium). 7. Narrative Authenticity (Elinor Ochs and Lisa Capps). PART III. OBSERVATIONAL FIELDWORK. Introduction to Part III. 8. The Place of Field Work in Social Science (Everett C. Hughes). 9. On Fieldwork (Erving Goffman). 10. Difference and Dialogue: Members’ Readings of Ethnographic Texts (Robert M. Emerson and Melvin Pollner). 11. In Search of Horatio Alger: Culture and Ideology in the Crack Economy (Phillipe Bourgois). PART IV: CONVERSATION AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS. Introduction to Part IV. 12. Activity Types and Language (Stephen C. Levinson). 13. Reflections on Talk and Social Structure (Emanuel A. Schegloff). 14. Refusing Invited Applause: Preliminary Observations from a Case Study of Charismatic Oratory (J. Maxwell Atkinson). PART V. RESEARCH USING ARTIFACTS AS PRIMARY SOURCES. Introduction to Part V. 15. The Interpretation of Documents and Material Culture (Ian Hodder). 16. Professional Vision (Charles Goodwin). 17. Artwork: Collection and Contemporary Culture (Chandra Mukerji). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe interlinkages between gender and poverty have, until recently, escaped careful analytical scrutiny. The contributors to this edited volume critically reflect on some of the key methodological and analytical issues that a gendered analysis of poverty needs to address. These foundational issues have serious implications for public action in this area.Trade Review"The contributors critically reflect on key methodological and analytical issues of a gendered analysis of poverty. The conclusion is that it is impossible to integrate gender into an understanding on poverty unless the reading of evidence and the analysis are grounded on the relational processes of accumulation and impoverishment. These are foundational issues, and have serious implications for public action to reduce/ eradicate the different kinds of poverty that men and women experience." Oxfam, Review of Journals "It is an extremely rich resource for anyone concerned with issues of gender and poverty. Researchers and practitioners will find in it a wealth of reliable information, clear concepts and robust arguments." Ines Smith, Oxfam GBTable of Contents1. Introduction: Gendered Poverty and Social Change: Shahra Razavi (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development). 2. Gender Bias and the 'Marriage Squeeze' in China, South Korea, and India: Monica Das Gupta and Li Shuzhuo (The World Bank and Xi'and Jiaotong University). 3. Development and Rising Female Demographic Disadvantage in India 1981-1991: What is the Role of Sex Selective Female Abortion and Female Infanticide?: S. Sudha and S. Irudaya Rajan (Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram). 4. The Conditions and Consequences of Choice: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment: Naila Kabeer (Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK). 5. Gendering Poverty: A Review of Six World Bank African Poverty Assessments: Matthew Lockwood and Ann Whitehead (Christian Aid and University of Sussex). 6. Labour-Intensive Growth, Poverty and Gender: Neo-Classical, Institutionalist and Feminist Accounts: Shahra Razavi (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development). 7. Engendering Poverty Alleviation: The Challenges and Opportunities in the 1990s: Gita Sen (DAWN and Indian Institute of Management).

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Book SynopsisConsiders and rejects the claim that moral theory is too utopian to apply properly to worldly pursuits like political office holding and business, and too patriarchal and speciesist to generate a theory of justice applicable to women and the non-human natural world. This book is suitable for those who work in ethics and moral philosophy.Trade Review"In a spirited and wide-ranging defence of ethical theory, Sorell combines sympathetic understanding and penetrating criticism. Both sceptics about theory and proponents of new paradigms will need to engage with his arguments." --Jimmy Altham, University of Cambridge "Sorell convincingly shows how certain issues in applied ethics create anomalies. Do these anomalies result in a justified scepticism toward traditional ethical theory? No, but the claims of traditional theory must be more modest. A subtle and persuasive piece of philosophy." --Norman Bowie, The London Business SchoolTable of ContentsPreface. Part I: Doubts About Moral Theories. 1. Moral Theory and Anti-Theory: Uses for Moral Theory. Scepticism about Moral Theory. Countering Anti-Theory. Summary. 2. Theory versus Theories: Williams on Moral Theory. A Rough Parallel: Normal Science and Standard Normative Ethical Theory. Puzzles in Moral Theory. Puzzles versus Anomalies. The Argument of the Rest of the Book. Part II: Some Sources of Anomaly?. 3. Business, the Ethical and Self-interest: Two Sources of Prima Facie Anomaly. The Utopianism of Business Ethics. Moral Sensibility and Insensibility in Business. Moral Reasons Again. The Deep Problem in Business Ethics. 4. Politics, Power and Partisanship: Political Morality: The Moral Risks of Power for the Public Good. Dirty Hands. Public Morality, Private Morality and Moral Schizophrenia. Hampshire's Anti-Theory of Political Morality. The Difference Democracy Makes. Democracy and Partisanship. 5. Feminism and Moral Theory: How Conventional Theories Let Women Down. Moral Theory After Gilligan. Beyond Care? Sarah Hoagland's Lesbian Ethics. Theory Without Patriarchy?. The Challenge of Practice: Two True Stories. Conclusion. 6. Environmentalism and Moral Theory: The Land Ethic and its Competitors. Is the Land Ethic a Moral Theory?. How Thoroughgoing is the Land Ethic?. The Problem of Grounding Reconsidered. From Deep Environmentalist Theory to Practice. A Residual Anomaly. Part III: Conclusion. 7. The Significance of Anomaly: Anomalies Reviewed. Do Anomalies Have Anything in Common?. The Significance of Anomaly. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisApplied Ethics focuses the central concepts of traditional morality - rights, justice, the good, virtue, and the fundamental value of human life - on a number of pressing contemporary problems, including abortion, euthanasia, animals, capital punishment, and war.Trade Review"The best accessible guide to “just war” theory, and the whole Aquinas approach to philosophy, is Applied Ethics by David S. Oderberg, published by Blackwell." Michael Gove, The Times, September 26, 2001 "It is a robust and uncompromising defence of traditional values." Stuart Reid, The Spectator, 25th November 2000 "Not the least merit of Oderberg's treatment of [the themes in Applied Ethics] is attention to the detail of realistic cases. This is casuistry in the true sense, designed to reveal and develop the lineaments of our actual moral thinking..." Anthony O'Hear, Salisbury Review "Oderberg's discussion of [the] issues is rich and thought provoking. [The] work is, even for non-believers, an important and engaging statement of non-consequentialist moral theory" Kaspar Lippert-Rasmussen, The Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 204, July 2001 "...very carefully written work that contributes to the diversification of literature available for bioethical formation and which intervenes critically in the ongoing bioethical debate in western societies." Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, Vol. 6, 2003Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements. Part I: Abortion:. 1. The Problem of Abortion Today. 2. The Basic Argument and Some Responses. 3. Sentience: A Bad Argument Against Abortion. 4. A Return to the Basic Argument. Objection from Brain Activity. Objection from Sorites Paradoxes. Objection from Begging the Question. Objection from Sperm and Egg. Objection from Fission and Totipotency. Objection from Cloning and Parthenogenesis. 5. A Feminist Argument for Abortion. 6. The Foetus, the Person and the Person. 7. Abortion, the Law and the Public Good - a Concluding Note. 'I Personally Disapprove of Abortion But Would Not Impose my Opinion on Other People.'. 'It is Not the Business of the Law to Interfere with Such a Difficult Decision.'. The 'Backstreet' Objection. 8. Conclusion. Part II: Euthanasia:. 9. Introduction. 10. Varieties of Euthanasia. 11. Voluntary Euthanasia and Autonomy. 12. Non-Voluntary Euthanasia and 'Quality of Life'. 13. Active and Passive Euthanasia. 14. Ordinary and Extraordinary Means. 15. Euthanasia, Death and 'Brain Death'. 16. Euthanasia and Nazism. Part III: Animals:. 17. The Problem. 18. The Conditions for Rights - What They Are Not. Consciousness. Beliefs and Desires. Language. Self-Consciousness. Action in Pursuit of Desires and Goals. 19. The Conditions for Rights - What They Are. Knowledge of Purpose. Free Will. 20. Two Dilemmas for the View that Animals Have Rights. 21. So How Should we Treat Animals?. Part IV: Capital Punishment:. 22. A Conflict?. 23. Punishment - General Principles. 24. Capital Punishment - the Argument. 25. Objections. What if an Innocent Person is Executed?. Capital Punishment is Irreversible. Capital Punishment is not a Deterrent. Capital Punishment is Just State-Sanctioned Murder. Capital Punishment is Cruel and Inhuman. What about Mercy and Compassion?. Capital Punishment Fails to Respect Persons. 26. Concluding Remarks on Hypocrisy. Part V: War:. 27. Some Questions. 28. War, Pacifism and Self-Defence. Self-Defence - Basic Principles. 29. Going to War. Basic Principles of the Just War. Just Cause. Questions about the Justice of the Cause. Conduct During War. 30. Globalism. Notes and Further Reading.

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Book SynopsisDevelopment studies has tended to neglect culture as a factor in development processes. This volume of readings redresses the balance, gathering together some of the most influential contributions that reflect on the relationship between culture and development.Trade Review"Schech and Haggis' collection is a very good starting point for those interested in teaching and researching the culture and development." South African Geographical JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Pathways to culture and development: Jane Haggis and Susanne Schech. Part I: Modernizing Cultures:. 1. The Grocer and the Theif: A Parable: Daniel Lerner. 2. Modernization Ideals: Gunnar Myrdal. 3. A Universal Civilization? Modernization and Westernization: Samuel P Huntington. 4. Divided Market Cultures in China. Gender, Enterprise and Religion: Robert P Weller. Part II: Culture/Power/Knowledge:. 5. Orientalism: Edward W Said. 6. The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power: Stuart Hall. 7. Black Bodies, White Bodies: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality in Late Nineteenth Century: Sander L Gilman. Part III: Development as Discourse:. 8. The Problematisation of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds and Development: Arturo Escobar. 9. The Constitution of the Object of "Development" - Lesotho as a "Less Developed Country": James Ferguson. 10. Becoming a Development Category: Nanda Shrestha. 11. Knowledge for Development: The World Bank. Part IV: Development Culture and Human Rights:. 12. Universalism, Particularism and the Question of Identity: Ernesto Laclau. 13. Human Rights as Cultural Practice: Ann Belinda Preis. 14. Women's Rights, Human Rights and Domestic Violence in Vanuatu: Margaret Jolly. Part V: Global/Local:. 15. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Arjun Appadurai. 16. Capitalisms, Crises and Cultures II: Notes on Local Transformation and Everyday Cultural Struggles: Alan Pred. 17. Narratives of Masculinity and Transnational Migration: Filipino Workers in the Middle East: Jane A Margold. 18. Learning to be Local in Belize. Global Systems of Commom Difference: Richard Wilk. Part VI: Place and Space:. 19. Geography as Destiny: Cities, Villages and Khmer Rouge Orientalism: Kevin McIntyre. 20. Contesting Cultures: Westernization, Respect for Cultures and Third-World Feminists: Uma Narayan. 21. Gender, Place and Networks. A Political Ecology of Cyberculture: Arturo Escobar. 22. Maya Hackers and the Cyberspatialized Nation-State: Modernity, Ethnostalgia and a Lizard Queen in Guatemala: Diane M Nelson. 23. CyberResistance: Saudi Opposition Between Globalization and Localization: Mamoun Fandy. Part VII: Multiple Modernities:. 24. The Invention of Tradition Revisited: The Case of Colonial Africa: Terence Ranger. 25. Contentious Traditions: The Debate of Sati in Colonial India: Lata Mani. 26. "When the Earth is Female and the Nation is Mother". Gender, the Armed Forces and Nationalism in Indonesia: Saraswati Sunindyo. 27. The Objects of Soap Opera: Egyptian Television and the Cultural Politics of Modernity: Lila Abu-Lughod. 28. The Credible and the Credulous: The Question of "Villagers' Beliefs" in Nepal: Stacy Leigh Pigg. 29. Modernizing the Malay Mother: Maila Stivens. Index.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Gender Studies presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It is designed to demonstrate in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality.Trade Review"The goal here—to provide a guide and companion for students, researchers, and readers interested in gender studies—is strongly achieved. To gender enthusiasts: grab a copy, open to any page, and see what new idea you come across." (M/C Reviews, July 2009)Table of ContentsList of Contributors viii Acknowledgments xi Introduction: A Curriculum Vitae for Gender Studies 1 Philomena Essed, David Theo Goldberg, Audrey Kobayashi Part I Interdisciplinarity 1 Women’s Studies 29 Mary Maynard 2 Area Studies 40 Ella Shohat 3 Postcolonial Scholarship 51 Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan 4 Queer Studies 62 Judith Halberstam Part II Re-positionings 5 Epistemologies 73 Laura Hyun Yi Kang 6 Genetic Sex 87 Amâde M’charek 7 Lived Body versus Gender 102 Iris Marion Young 8 Masculinity 114 Toby Miller 9 Heterosexuality 132 Lorraine Nencel Part III Jurisdictions 10 Nation 145 Lois A. West 11 Law 160 Katherine Franke 12 Policy 181 Carol Lee Bacchi 13 Domestic Violence 192 Madelaine Adelman 14 Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing 202 Jennifer Hyndman 15 Crime 212 Tony Jefferson Part IV Nonconformity 16 Science and Technology 241 Sandra Harding 17 Prostitution and Sex Work Studies 255 Kamala Kempadoo 18 Global Social Movements 266 Nitza Berkovitch and Sara Helman 19 Arab Women: Beyond Politics 279 Ratiba Hadj-Moussa Part V Mobility 20 Development under Globalization 293 Enakshi Dua 21 Migration and Refugees 307 Cecilia Menjívar 22 Class and Globalization 319 Abigail B. Bakan 23 Unions: Resistance and Mobilization 329 Linda Briskin 24 Corporate Masculinity 342 Agneta H. Fischer and Annelies E. M. van Vianen Part VI Familiality 25 Family and Culture in Africa 357 Ifi Amadiume 26 The Caribbean Family? 370 D. Alissa Trotz 27 Family and Household in Latin America 381 Nina Laurie 28 Family in Europe 392 Joanna Regulska Part VII Physicality 29 Reproduction 405 Laura Shanner 30 Disability 415 Anita Silvers 31 Health 428 Lesley Doyal 32 Sport 437 Martha Saavedra Part VIII Spatiality 33 Environment and Sustainable Development 457 Irene Dankelman 34 Space and Cultural Meanings 467 Tovi Fenster 35 Architecture and Planning 475 Mona Domosh 36 Museums 484 Ellen Fernandez-Sacco Part IX Reflectivity 37 Ethics 497 Vikki Bell 38 Religion 509 Pamela Dickey Young 39 Discourse 519 Ruth Wodak 40 The Violence of Gender 530 Mieke Bal Index 544

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Book SynopsisThis work presents a siginificant contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. Original essays cover topics including: the relationship between the concept of personal identity and the understanding of death; and normative appraisals of death.Table of ContentsMetaphysics as Prolegomenon to Ethics (Joel Kupperman). The Meaning of Life (John Kekes). In Defense of a Common Ideal for a Human Life (E. M. Adams). Can the Dead Really Be Buried? (Palle Yourgrau). Later Death/Earlier Birth (Christopher Belshaw). Death and the Psychological Conception of Personal Identity (John Martin Fischer and Daniel Speak). Thick and Thin Selves: Reply to Fischer and Speak (Frederik Kaufman). The Termination Thesis (Fred Feldman). The Evil of Death Revisited (Harry S. Silverstein). Death and Asymmetries in Normative Appraisals (Ishtiyaque Haji). Appraising Death in Human Life: Two Modes of Valuation (Stephen E. Rosenbaum). "For Now Have I My Death’: The "Duty to Die" versus the Duty to Help the Ill Stay Alive (Felicia Ackerman). Taking Life and the Argument from Potentiality (Roy W. Perrett). Privatizing Death: Metaphysical Discouragement of Ethical Thinking (John Woods). Justifications for Killing Noncombatants in War (F. M. Kamm). Capital Punishment and the Sanctity of Life (Philip E. Devine). Aesthetics: The Need for a Theory (Mary Mothersill). Contributors

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Book SynopsisExplores the concepts and debates surrounding the modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its effects on the advanced industrial nations of the world. This title focuses on the interrelated ties of ethnicity, race, and nationalism in a world where globalizing processes have made such ties important in economic, political, and cultural terms.Trade Review“Peter Kivisto has produced a characteristically insightful and incisive theoretical analysis of multiculturalism today. Genuinely comparative, this is cutting-edge work of high quality.” Martin Bulmer, Editor, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Kivisto provides a concise and useful theoretical discussion of ethnic theories." E. Hu-DeHart, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Multicultural Societies and Globalization. 1. Ethnic Theory in a Global Age. 2. The United States as a Melting Pot: Myth and Reality. 3. Canada and Australia: Ethnic Mosaics and State-Sponsored Multiculturalism. 4. John Bull's Island: Britain in a Post-Colonial World. 5. Germany, France, and Shifting Conceptions of Citizenship. 6. Multicultural Prospects and Twenty-first Century Realities. References.

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Book SynopsisMulticulturalism in Global Society explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied effects on the advanced industrial nations of the world. With remarkable clarity and concision, it focuses on the interrelated ties of ethnicity, race, and nationalism in a world where globalizing processes have made such ties increasingly important in economic, political, and cultural terms. Students and scholars looking for the most up-to-date approach to understanding multiculturalism in a global perspective will find this to be an engaging, penetrating, and illuminating text.Trade Review“Peter Kivisto has produced a characteristically insightful and incisive theoretical analysis of multiculturalism today. Genuinely comparative, this is cutting-edge work of high quality.” Martin Bulmer, Editor, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Kivisto provides a concise and useful theoretical discussion of ethnic theories." E. Hu-DeHart, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Multicultural Societies and Globalization. 1. Ethnic Theory in a Global Age. 2. The United States as a Melting Pot: Myth and Reality. 3. Canada and Australia: Ethnic Mosaics and State-Sponsored Multiculturalism. 4. John Bull's Island: Britain in a Post-Colonial World. 5. Germany, France, and Shifting Conceptions of Citizenship. 6. Multicultural Prospects and Twenty-first Century Realities. References.

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Book SynopsisThis work brings together selections from some of the most significant writings on the idea of national identity over the last 400 years. Beginning with Hobbes's and Locke's early formulations of the modern state, the excerpts chosen illustrate the rich history of the national idea.Trade Review"Pecora is an extremely thoughtful, intelligent, and substantial scholar. This book will be enormously helpful to students and teachers in colonial and postcolonial studies. The selections are wide-ranging and acutely chosen, and will allow students to connect history to the present, or better still, to see the present as part of a continuing, questionable history." Michael Wood, Princeton University "This is a timely, reader-friendly anthology that should be widely used both for academic and for more general purposes. It offers 'classic readings,' as well as a range of 'contemporary perspectives.' The introduction provides a clear overview from the 1600s down to our postcolonial and transnational moment." Patrick Brantlinger, Indiana University "Providing an excellent selection of key documents from Hobbes's Leviathan (1651)to Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism (1993), Nations and Identities offers the reader genuine insight into the way problems of nation-building and unbuilding, identity-formation and deformation have been addressed across time. Pecora introduces the anthology with an incisive essay that outlines major issues shaping the contemporary discussion of nations and national identity. This book will be of great value for its readers both in courses and across the disciplines." Dominick LaCapra, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Vincent P. Pecora. Part I: Inventing the Modern State:. 1. Leviathan (1651): Thomas Hobbes. 2. Two Treatises of Government (1690): John Locke. Part II: From Divine to Human History:. 3. The New Science (1725; 1744): Giambattista Vico. 4. The Spirit of the Laws (1748): Charles Louis de Secondat (Baron de Montesquieu). 5. The Social Contract, Origin of Inequality, and Government of Poland (1754-72): Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 6. Dissertations on Ossian (1763): James Macpherson. 7. Ideas for a Philosophy of History of Mankind (1784-91): Johann Gottfried von Herder. 8. Discourse on the Hindus (1786): Sir William Jones. 9. Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790): Edmund Burke. Part III: The Spirit of a People:. 10. Study on Sovereignty (Composed 1793-8; First Published 1884): Joseph de Maistre. 11. Addresses to the German Nation (1808): Johann Gottlieb Fichte. 12. The Philosophy of History (1830-1): G. W. F. Hegel. 13. The Inequality of Human Races (1854): Arthur de Gobineau. 14. Considerations on Representative Government (1861): John Stuart Mill. 15. Nationality (1862): John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton. 16. To the Italians (1871): Giuseppe Mazzini. 17 What is a Nation? (1882): Ernest Renan. 18. Our America (1891): José Martí. 19. The Jewish State (1896): Theodor Herzl. 20. The Conservation of Races (1897): W. E. B. Du Bois. 21. Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899): Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Part IV: Nations at the End of Empires:. 22. Home Rule, Enlightened Anarchy, and National Language (1909-39): Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 23. The Right of Nations to Self-Determination (1914): V. I. Lenin. 24. Addresses: The Fourteen Points and League of Nations (1918-19): Woodrow Wilson. 25. Aims and Objects of Movement for Solution of Negro Problem (1924): Marcus Garvey. 26. The Myth of the Twentieth Century (1930): Alfred Rosenberg. 27 Three Guineas (1938): Virginia Woolf. 28. Discourse on Colonialism (1955): Aimé Césaire. 29 On National Culture (1959): Frantz Fanon. Part V: Contemporary Perspectives:. 30. The Integrative Revolution: Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the New States (1963): Clifford Geertz. 31. Nations and Nationalism (1983): Ernest Gellner. 32. Imagined Communities (1983): Benedict Anderson. 33. The Riddle of Midnight: India, August 1987: Salman Rushdie. 34. The Nationalist Resolution of the Women's Question (1987): Partha Chatterjee. 35. The Origins of Nations (1989): Anthony D. Smith. 36. A Kind of Scar: The Woman Poet in a National Tradition (1989): Eavan Boland. 37. Narrating the Nation (1990): Homi K. Bhabha. 38. Culture and Imperialism (1993): Edward W. Said. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis work brings together selections from some of the most significant writings on the idea of national identity over the last 400 years. Beginning with Hobbes's and Locke's early formulations of the modern state, the excerpts chosen illustrate the rich history of the national idea.Trade Review"Pecora is an extremely thoughtful, intelligent, and substantial scholar. This book will be enormously helpful to students and teachers in colonial and postcolonial studies. The selections are wide-ranging and acutely chosen, and will allow students to connect history to the present, or better still, to see the present as part of a continuing, questionable history." Michael Wood, Princeton University "This is a timely, reader-friendly anthology that should be widely used both for academic and for more general purposes. It offers 'classic readings,' as well as a range of 'contemporary perspectives.' The introduction provides a clear overview from the 1600s down to our postcolonial and transnational moment." Patrick Brantlinger, Indiana University "Providing an excellent selection of key documents from Hobbes's Leviathan (1651)to Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism (1993), Nations and Identities offers the reader genuine insight into the way problems of nation-building and unbuilding, identity-formation and deformation have been addressed across time. Pecora introduces the anthology with an incisive essay that outlines major issues shaping the contemporary discussion of nations and national identity. This book will be of great value for its readers both in courses and across the disciplines." Dominick LaCapra, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Vincent P. Pecora. Part I: Inventing the Modern State:. 1. Leviathan (1651): Thomas Hobbes. 2. Two Treatises of Government (1690): John Locke. Part II: From Divine to Human History:. 3. The New Science (1725; 1744): Giambattista Vico. 4. The Spirit of the Laws (1748): Charles Louis de Secondat (Baron de Montesquieu). 5. The Social Contract, Origin of Inequality, and Government of Poland (1754-72): Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 6. Dissertations on Ossian (1763): James Macpherson. 7. Ideas for a Philosophy of History of Mankind (1784-91): Johann Gottfried von Herder. 8. Discourse on the Hindus (1786): Sir William Jones. 9. Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790): Edmund Burke. Part III: The Spirit of a People:. 10. Study on Sovereignty (Composed 1793-8; First Published 1884): Joseph de Maistre. 11. Addresses to the German Nation (1808): Johann Gottlieb Fichte. 12. The Philosophy of History (1830-1): G. W. F. Hegel. 13. The Inequality of Human Races (1854): Arthur de Gobineau. 14. Considerations on Representative Government (1861): John Stuart Mill. 15. Nationality (1862): John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton. 16. To the Italians (1871): Giuseppe Mazzini. 17 What is a Nation? (1882): Ernest Renan. 18. Our America (1891): José Martí. 19. The Jewish State (1896): Theodor Herzl. 20. The Conservation of Races (1897): W. E. B. Du Bois. 21. Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899): Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Part IV: Nations at the End of Empires:. 22. Home Rule, Enlightened Anarchy, and National Language (1909-39): Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 23. The Right of Nations to Self-Determination (1914): V. I. Lenin. 24. Addresses: The Fourteen Points and League of Nations (1918-19): Woodrow Wilson. 25. Aims and Objects of Movement for Solution of Negro Problem (1924): Marcus Garvey. 26. The Myth of the Twentieth Century (1930): Alfred Rosenberg. 27 Three Guineas (1938): Virginia Woolf. 28. Discourse on Colonialism (1955): Aimé Césaire. 29 On National Culture (1959): Frantz Fanon. Part V: Contemporary Perspectives:. 30. The Integrative Revolution: Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the New States (1963): Clifford Geertz. 31. Nations and Nationalism (1983): Ernest Gellner. 32. Imagined Communities (1983): Benedict Anderson. 33. The Riddle of Midnight: India, August 1987: Salman Rushdie. 34. The Nationalist Resolution of the Women's Question (1987): Partha Chatterjee. 35. The Origins of Nations (1989): Anthony D. Smith. 36. A Kind of Scar: The Woman Poet in a National Tradition (1989): Eavan Boland. 37. Narrating the Nation (1990): Homi K. Bhabha. 38. Culture and Imperialism (1993): Edward W. Said. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Takes a new direction in cultural studies by focusing on elite a culturea as popular culture. * Consists of case studies on emergent phenomena in mainstream culture that have never before been given significant scholarly treatment.Trade Review"High-Pop is an important book, and a challenging one. Its wide-ranging examination of the integration of high culture into popular entertainment offers rich and provocative insights into the changing dynamics of taste, value, culture, and consumption. Just the kind of critical rethinking of earlier perspectives that cultural studies now badly needs." Tony Bennett, the Open UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. High-Pop: An Introduction: Jim Collins (University of Notre Dame). 1. "Expecting Rain": Opera as Popular Culture? John Storey (Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland). 2. Signature and Brand: John Frow (University of Edinburgh). 3. From Brahmin Julia to Working-Class Emeril: The Evolution of Television Cooking: Toby Miller (Tisch School of Fine Arts, NYU). 4. "Tan"talizing Others: Multicultural Anxiety and the New Orientalism: Kim Middleton Meyer (University of Notre Dame, Doctoral Candidate). 5. Class Rites in the Age of the Blockbuster: Alan Wallach (College of William and Mary). 6. Museums and Department Stores: Close Encounters: Carol Duncan (Ramapo College). 7. Which Shakespeare to Love? Film, Fidelity, and the Performance of Literature: Tim Corrigan (Temple University). 8. No (Popular) Place Like Home? Jim Collins (University of Notre Dame). 9. Style and the Perfection of Things: Celia Lury (Goldsmiths College, University of London). Index.

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Book SynopsisOffers a research on race theory by examining its historical roots in the works of Western philosophers. The essays included in this book span a range of topics, including the opposition between Greek and 'barbarian' in the works of Plato and Aristotle, and the notion of racial difference employed in medieval Islamic thought.Trade Review"Critical race theory in philosophy has until now lagged behind the comparable feminist revisionist project on gender. This landmark collection of essays, ranging in scope from Plato to Dewey, represents a dramatic step forward in theoretically engaging the role of race in the work of central figures of the canon. After reading this text, no one will be able to claim in good faith that race is irrelevant to Western philosophy." Charles W. Mills, University of Illinois at Chicago "This collection makes a splendid contribution to our understanding of the history of thinking on race and racism in the history of philosophy. It goes far to remedy what now appear as the thundering silences about racial and anti-racist thinking characteristic of standard histories of philosophy, and to counter prevalent simplistic reactions and generalizations on all sides of the issues." Sandra Harding, University of California, Los Angeles "Skeptical scrutiny of the many ways in which Western philosophy has been enmeshed with the practices of slavery, dispossession of indigenous peoples, and anti-Semitism is, with the publication of Philosophers on Race, reaching its maturity. It is bringing into focus the inadequacy of our philosophical tradition's efforts to achieve self-consciousness about its own racism and about the deep meaning of being anti-racist. This book sets the terms for serious discussion of racism in the future." Anatole Anton, San Francisco State University "In this distinguished collection, noted authorities explain how the idea of race informed the philosophies of Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and others. It deepens our understanding not only of race, but also of Western philosophy." Bernard Boxill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "This book would work well as a supplementary text in various philosophical courses. Indeed, it could be the major text in a course that examines issues of race and racism in Western philosophy... This is a provocative and very well written book." Ethics, April 2003 "This book offers a highly sophisticated, well-thought-out, and balanced treatment of a very delicate but much downplayed subject, namely, the role and significance of the views of celebrated Western philosophical forebears in shaping the discourse on race, racism, and oppression. As such, it provides a variety of very powerful critical lenses through which to re-examine the epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical claims of those philosophical icons whose views on race are interrogated." Clarence Shole Johnson, Middle Tennessee State UniversityTable of ContentsContributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Distinction Without a Difference? Race and Genos in Plato (Rachana Kamtekar). 2. Ethnos in the Politics: Aristole and Race (Julie K. Ward). 3. Medieval Muslim Philosophers on Race (Paul-A. Hardy). 4. Patriarchy and Slavery in Hobbes’s Political Philosophy (Tommy L. Lott). 5. "An Inconsistency not to be Excused": On Locke and Racism (William Uzgalis). 6. Locke and the Dispossession of the American Indian (Kathy Squadrito). 7. Between Primates and Primitives: Natural Man as the Missing Link in Rousseau’s Second Discourse (Francis Moran III). 8. Kant as an Unfamiliar Source of Racism (Robert Bernasconi). 9. "The Great Play and Fight of Forces": Nietzsche on Race (Daniel W. Conway). 10. Liberalism’s Limits: Carlyle and Mill on "The Negro Question" (David Theo Goldberg). 11. Heidegger and the Jewish Question: Metaphysical Racism in Silence and Word (Berel Lang). 12. Sartre on American Racism (Julien Murphy). 13. Sartrean Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism (Lewis R. Gordon). 14. Beavoir and the Problem of Racism (Margaret A. Simons). 15. Dewey’s Philosophical Approach to Racial Prejudice (Gregory Fernando Pappas). Index.

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Book Synopsis* Examines the historical roots of race in the works of major Western philosophers. * Contains eleven new essays, some of which cover ancient Greek and Islamic medieval thought. * Demonstrates new ways to analyze historical thinkers. .Trade Review"Critical race theory in philosophy has until now lagged behind the comparable feminist revisionist project on gender. This landmark collection of essays, ranging in scope from Plato to Dewey, represents a dramatic step forward in theoretically engaging the role of race in the work of central figures of the canon. After reading this text, no one will be able to claim in good faith that race is irrelevant to Western philosophy." Charles W. Mills, University of Illinois at Chicago "This collection makes a splendid contribution to our understanding of the history of thinking on race and racism in the history of philosophy. It goes far to remedy what now appear as the thundering silences about racial and anti-racist thinking characteristic of standard histories of philosophy, and to counter prevalent simplistic reactions and generalizations on all sides of the issues." Sandra Harding, University of California, Los Angeles "Skeptical scrutiny of the many ways in which Western philosophy has been enmeshed with the practices of slavery, dispossession of indigenous peoples, and anti-Semitism is, with the publication of Philosophers on Race, reaching its maturity. It is bringing into focus the inadequacy of our philosophical tradition's efforts to achieve self-consciousness about its own racism and about the deep meaning of being anti-racist. This book sets the terms for serious discussion of racism in the future." Anatole Anton, San Francisco State University "In this distinguished collection, noted authorities explain how the idea of race informed the philosophies of Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and others. It deepens our understanding not only of race, but also of Western philosophy." Bernard Boxill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "This book would work well as a supplementary text in various philosophical courses. Indeed, it could be the major text in a course that examines issues of race and racism in Western philosophy... This is a provocative and very well written book." Ethics, April 2003 "This book offers a highly sophisticated, well-thought-out, and balanced treatment of a very delicate but much downplayed subject, namely, the role and significance of the views of celebrated Western philosophical forebears in shaping the discourse on race, racism, and oppression. As such, it provides a variety of very powerful critical lenses through which to re-examine the epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical claims of those philosophical icons whose views on race are interrogated." Clarence Shole Johnson, Middle Tennessee State UniversityTable of ContentsContributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Distinction Without a Difference? Race and Genos in Plato (Rachana Kamtekar). 2. Ethnos in the Politics: Aristole and Race (Julie K. Ward). 3. Medieval Muslim Philosophers on Race (Paul-A. Hardy). 4. Patriarchy and Slavery in Hobbes’s Political Philosophy (Tommy L. Lott). 5. "An Inconsistency not to be Excused": On Locke and Racism (William Uzgalis). 6. Locke and the Dispossession of the American Indian (Kathy Squadrito). 7. Between Primates and Primitives: Natural Man as the Missing Link in Rousseau’s Second Discourse (Francis Moran III). 8. Kant as an Unfamiliar Source of Racism (Robert Bernasconi). 9. "The Great Play and Fight of Forces": Nietzsche on Race (Daniel W. Conway). 10. Liberalism’s Limits: Carlyle and Mill on "The Negro Question" (David Theo Goldberg). 11. Heidegger and the Jewish Question: Metaphysical Racism in Silence and Word (Berel Lang). 12. Sartre on American Racism (Julien Murphy). 13. Sartrean Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism (Lewis R. Gordon). 14. Beavoir and the Problem of Racism (Margaret A. Simons). 15. Dewey’s Philosophical Approach to Racial Prejudice (Gregory Fernando Pappas). Index.

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Book SynopsisCritical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader brings together classic statements and contemporary views that illustrate how everyday culture is as much a product of policy and economic determinants as it is of creative and consumer impulses.Trade Review“Critical Cultural Policy Studies is a trailblazing collection of first-rate essays by the leading figures in media studies in North America, Britain, and Australia. As we enter the so-called Information Age, cultural policy is becoming a central political and social concern. These essays, splendidly edited by Justin Lewis and Toby Miller, will be required reading for all who negotiate with these issues.” Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “The contributors to this unabashed book of tendency bring to bear the progressive critical energies of cultural studies and political economy to the study and management of cultural provision in the arts, broadcasting, television, popular music, the Internet, and often neglected areas like sport and urban planning. The entry of progressives into the policy sphere aims at effective reform of state and market institutions in the direction of cultural rights and citizenship and greater parity for developing countries in international spheres of trade-in-culture. The goal is a more democratic cultural policy.” George Yúdice, New York UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction Justin Lewis and Toby Miller. Part I: Introduction to Critical Cultural Policy Studies:. 1. Introduction to Critical Cultural Policy StudiesLes Barrett and Steve Earle. 2. Cultural Studies from the Viewpoint of Cultural Policy Stuart Cunningham. 3. Cultural Policy Studies Jim McGuigan. Part II: Radio:. 4. The Rise of Military and Corporate Control Susan Douglas. 5. The Backlash against Broadcast Advertising Susan Smulyan. 6. The Effects of Telecommunication Reform on U.S. Commercial Radio Nina Huntemann. Part III: Television and Film:. 7. Embedded Aesthetics: Creating a Discursive Space for Indigenous Media Faye Ginsburg. 8. Doing it My Way-Broadcasting Regulation in Capitalist Cultures: The Case of ‘Fairness'; and ‘Impartiality'; Sylvia Harvey. 9. TV Viewing as Good Citizenship? Political Rationality, Enlightened Democracy and PBS Laurie Ouellette. 10. Burning Rubber's Perfume Isaac Julien. 11. The Film Industry and the Government: ‘Endless Mr Beans and Mr Bonds'? Toby Miller. Part IV: The Internet:. 12. The Marketplace Citizen and the Political Economy of Data Trade in the European Union Richard Maxwell. 13. Television Set Production at the US-Mexico Border: Trade Policy and Advanced Electronics for the Global Market Mari Castañeda Paredes. 14. "That Deep Romantic Chasm": Libertarianism, Neoliberalism, and the Computer Culture Tom Streeter. Part V: The Arts and Museums:. 15. The Political Rationality of the Museum Tony Bennett. 16. Art Owen Kelly. 17. Object Lessons: Fred Wilson Reinstalls Museum Collection to Highlight Sins of Omission Pamela Newkirk. Part VI: Sport:. 18. Hegemonic Masculinity, the State and the Politics of Gender Equity Policy Research Jim McKay. 19. Sports Wars: Suburbs and Center Cities in a Zero-Sum Game Samuel Nunn and Mark S. Rosentraub. Part VII: Music:. 20. Radio Space and Industrial Time: The Case of Music Formats Jody Berland. 21. Musical Production, Copyright and the Private Ownership of Culture Kembrew McLeod. 22. ‘We Are the World';: State Music Policy, and Cultural Roy Shuker. Part VIII: International Organizations and National Cultures:. 23. Trade and Information Policy Sandra Braman. 24. Crafting Culture: Selling and Contesting Authenticity in Puerto Rico's Informal Economy Arlene Dávila. Part IX: Urban Planning:. 25. Re-Inventing Times Square: Cultural Value and Images of ‘Citizen Disney'; Lynn Comella. 26. ‘All the World's a Mall: Reflections on the Social and Economic Consequences of the American Shopping Center Kenneth Jackson. 27. Citizenship and the Technopoles Vincent Mosco. Index

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Book SynopsisThis text addresses the changes brought about by the growth of digital communication technologies and the way we think about them. The volume addresses topics ranging from virtual reality, internet commerce, and computer art, to the effects of new technology on work, leisure, and community.Trade Review"Reading Digital Culture reminds its readers that technology cannot be analyzed outside of the realms of power, politics, the social, and democracy. This is a breakthrough book for anyone who wants to understand and critically engage, rather than merely praise, those pedagogical, technological, and communicative forces that are shaping the twenty-first century. A must read." Henry Giroux, Pennsylvania State University. "This is an absorbing and fascinating anthology that is sure to become a classic. It should be required reading for anyone hopeful of understanding, at a deep and profound level, the essences of contemporary digital thought from its leading thinkers. This compilation provokes fresh insights that make it a major contribution to the field." Lynn Hershman, University of California, Davis. "Anyone teaching classes in subjects that intersect with digital culture will be grateful to Trend for this compilation. It contains many classic texts essential for those pursuing digital art production or critique of our technological world. Reading these texts will help raise awareness that creative work with digital media generates many issues and responsibilities." Victoria Vesna, University of California, Los Angeles. "This collection of some 35 essays and excerpts, edited by David Trend, comprises significant writings on digital culture. The material is an important resource for cultural studies. Trend's selection and structuring along with his introductory notes for each section make this a valuable and unique assemblage." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: The Machine in the Garden. 1. As We May Think. (Vannevar Bush). 2. Ada. (Sadie Plant). 3. From Virtual Reality to the Virtualization of Reality. (Slavotj Zizek). 4. Speed and Information: cyberspace Alarm! (Paul Virilio). 5. A Manifesto for Cyborgs. (Donna Haraway). 6. Machinic Heterogenesis. (Felix Guattari). Part II: Knowledge and Communication in a Digital Age. 7. Johnny Mnemonic. (William Gibson). 8. The Erotic Ontology of Cyberspace. (Michael Heim). 9. Virtually Female: Body and Code. (Margaret Morse). 10. Hypertext and Critical Theory. (George Landdow). 11. Computers as Theatre. (Brenda Laurel). 12. The Information War. (Hakim Bey). Part III: Living in the Immaterial World. 13. Dilemmas of Transformation in the Age of the Smart Machine. (Shoshana Zuboff). 14. Technology and the Future of Work. (Stanley Aronowitz). 15. The Theory of the Virtual Class. (Arthur Kroker and Michael A. Weinsteing). 16. The Informational Economy. (Manuel Castells). 17. The Global Information Highway: Project for an Ungovernable World. (Herbert Schiller). 18. The Coming Age of the Flesh Machine. Critical Art Ensemble. Part IV: Performing Identity in Cyberspace. 19. Will the Real Body Please Stand Up? Boundary Stories about Virtual Encounters. (Allucquere Rosanne (Sandy) Stone). 20. A Rape in Cyberspace; or, How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database into a Society. (Julian Dibbell). 21. Women & Children First: Gender and the Settling of the Electronic Frontier. (Laura Miller). 22. We're Teen, We're Queer and We've Got E-mail. (Steve Silberman). 23. Race In/ For Cyberspace: Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet. (Lisa Nakamura). 24. Who Am We? (Sherry Turkle). Part V: Searching for Community Online. 25. Collective Intelligence. (Pierre Levy). 26. Cyber Democracy: The Internet and the Public Sphere. (Mark Poster). 27. The Virtual Community. (Howard Rheingold). 28. The Virtual Barrio @ the Other Frontier. (Guillermo Gomez-Pena). 29. A Disappearance of Community. (Avital Ronell). Part VI: Reading Digital Culture. 30. History, Theory and Virtual Reality. (Robert Markley). 31. The Seductions of Cyberspace. (N. Katherine Hayles). 32. New Age Mutant Ninja Hackers: Reading MONDO 2000. (Vivian Sobchack). 33. Virtual Skin: Articulating Race in Cyberspace. (Cameron Bailey). 34. Towards a New Media Aesthetic. (Timothy Allen Jackson). 35. The New Smartness. (Andrew Ross). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis text addresses the changes brought about by the growth of digital communication technologies and the way we think about them. The volume addresses topics ranging from virtual reality, internet commerce, and computer art, to the effects of new technology on work, leisure, and community.Trade Review"Reading Digital Culture reminds its readers that technology cannot be analyzed outside of the realms of power, politics, the social, and democracy. This is a breakthrough book for anyone who wants to understand and critically engage, rather than merely praise, those pedagogical, technological, and communicative forces that are shaping the twenty-first century. A must read." Henry Giroux, Pennsylvania State University. "This is an absorbing and fascinating anthology that is sure to become a classic. It should be required reading for anyone hopeful of understanding, at a deep and profound level, the essences of contemporary digital thought from its leading thinkers. This compilation provokes fresh insights that make it a major contribution to the field." Lynn Hershman, University of California, Davis. "Anyone teaching classes in subjects that intersect with digital culture will be grateful to Trend for this compilation. It contains many classic texts essential for those pursuing digital art production or critique of our technological world. Reading these texts will help raise awareness that creative work with digital media generates many issues and responsibilities." Victoria Vesna, University of California, Los Angeles. "This collection of some 35 essays and excerpts, edited by David Trend, comprises significant writings on digital culture. The material is an important resource for cultural studies. Trend's selection and structuring along with his introductory notes for each section make this a valuable and unique assemblage." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: The Machine in the Garden. 1. As We May Think. (Vannevar Bush). 2. Ada. (Sadie Plant). 3. From Virtual Reality to the Virtualization of Reality. (Slavotj Zizek). 4. Speed and Information: cyberspace Alarm! (Paul Virilio). 5. A Manifesto for Cyborgs. (Donna Haraway). 6. Machinic Heterogenesis. (Felix Guattari). Part II: Knowledge and Communication in a Digital Age. 7. Johnny Mnemonic. (William Gibson). 8. The Erotic Ontology of Cyberspace. (Michael Heim). 9. Virtually Female: Body and Code. (Margaret Morse). 10. Hypertext and Critical Theory. (George Landdow). 11. Computers as Theatre. (Brenda Laurel). 12. The Information War. (Hakim Bey). Part III: Living in the Immaterial World. 13. Dilemmas of Transformation in the Age of the Smart Machine. (Shoshana Zuboff). 14. Technology and the Future of Work. (Stanley Aronowitz). 15. The Theory of the Virtual Class. (Arthur Kroker and Michael A. Weinsteing). 16. The Informational Economy. (Manuel Castells). 17. The Global Information Highway: Project for an Ungovernable World. (Herbert Schiller). 18. The Coming Age of the Flesh Machine. Critical Art Ensemble. Part IV: Performing Identity in Cyberspace. 19. Will the Real Body Please Stand Up? Boundary Stories about Virtual Encounters. (Allucquere Rosanne (Sandy) Stone). 20. A Rape in Cyberspace; or, How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database into a Society. (Julian Dibbell). 21. Women & Children First: Gender and the Settling of the Electronic Frontier. (Laura Miller). 22. We're Teen, We're Queer and We've Got E-mail. (Steve Silberman). 23. Race In/ For Cyberspace: Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet. (Lisa Nakamura). 24. Who Am We? (Sherry Turkle). Part V: Searching for Community Online. 25. Collective Intelligence. (Pierre Levy). 26. Cyber Democracy: The Internet and the Public Sphere. (Mark Poster). 27. The Virtual Community. (Howard Rheingold). 28. The Virtual Barrio @ the Other Frontier. (Guillermo Gomez-Pena). 29. A Disappearance of Community. (Avital Ronell). Part VI: Reading Digital Culture. 30. History, Theory and Virtual Reality. (Robert Markley). 31. The Seductions of Cyberspace. (N. Katherine Hayles). 32. New Age Mutant Ninja Hackers: Reading MONDO 2000. (Vivian Sobchack). 33. Virtual Skin: Articulating Race in Cyberspace. (Cameron Bailey). 34. Towards a New Media Aesthetic. (Timothy Allen Jackson). 35. The New Smartness. (Andrew Ross). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies is a timely and authoritative collection of essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field.Trade Review"This book is a refreshing reminder that cultural studies of pleasure can (and should) be pleasurable. Interesting questions, engaging voices, rueful disagreements, startling juxtapositions of topic and concept. A book to make you laugh while thinking and think while laughing. What more could anyone want?" -Simon Frith, University of Stirling "These essays are both timely and hard-hitting. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies shows how crucial the provocation of cultural studies has been and remains for aesthetic thought. No grown-up or wide-awake account of the place and possibilities of the aesthetic can afford to ignore the arguments convened here." --Steven Connor, Birkbeck CollegeTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction: Engaging the Aesthetic (Michael Berube). 1 The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies (Rita Felski). 2 On Literature in Cultural Studies (John Frow). 3 Excessive Practices: Aesthetics, Erotica, and Cultural Studies (Jane Juffer). 4 The Burden of Culture (Jonathan Sterne). 5 Cultural Studies and the Questions of Pleasure and Value (David Shumway). 6 "I Give It a 94. It's Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to It": Valuing Popular Music (David Sanjek). 7 Cultural Studies and the New Belletrism (Barry Faulk). 8 Beauty on My Mind: Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural Studies (Irene Kacandes). 9 Inventing Culture (Behind the Garage Door) (Steven Rubio). 10 The Cringe Factor (Laura Kipnis). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. This collection of essays analyzes the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflects on its recuperation in the field.Trade Review"This book is a refreshing reminder that cultural studies of pleasure can (and should) be pleasurable. Interesting questions, engaging voices, rueful disagreements, startling juxtapositions of topic and concept. A book to make you laugh while thinking and think while laughing. What more could anyone want?" -Simon Frith, University of Stirling "These essays are both timely and hard-hitting. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies shows how crucial the provocation of cultural studies has been and remains for aesthetic thought. No grown-up or wide-awake account of the place and possibilities of the aesthetic can afford to ignore the arguments convened here." --Steven Connor, Birkbeck CollegeTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction: Engaging the Aesthetic (Michael Berube). 1 The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies (Rita Felski). 2 On Literature in Cultural Studies (John Frow). 3 Excessive Practices: Aesthetics, Erotica, and Cultural Studies (Jane Juffer). 4 The Burden of Culture (Jonathan Sterne). 5 Cultural Studies and the Questions of Pleasure and Value (David Shumway). 6 "I Give It a 94. It's Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to It": Valuing Popular Music (David Sanjek). 7 Cultural Studies and the New Belletrism (Barry Faulk). 8 Beauty on My Mind: Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural Studies (Irene Kacandes). 9 Inventing Culture (Behind the Garage Door) (Steven Rubio). 10 The Cringe Factor (Laura Kipnis). Index.

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Book SynopsisCultural Studies: From Theory to Action is a landmark collection of key works that inspires, provokes, and revitalizes conversations about issues of social and economic justice and the current crisis in democracy. Brings together work done in key areas of concern to cultural studies, including globalization, class analysis, media and representational politics, racism, sexism, and heterosexism. Juxtaposes major theoretical pieces with micro-literatures by activists, artists, and teachers who are striving hard to put theory into practices. Highlights consciousness-raising, coalition building, resistance, activism and structural change to chart the ways a critical public can effectively wage war against oppression. Includes generous lists of suggested readings, lists of activist organizations, web resources, and a list of journals that go against the grain. Trade Review“Cultural Studies: From Theory to Action should help return the field of cultural studies to some of the important political concerns that initially inspired it and gave it vitality.” Arif Dirlik, University of Oregon “Leistyna’s introduction and apparatus provide expert guidance through this diversity of material, while posing his readers a classic twofold challenge: both to interpret the world and to change it.” Gautam Premnath, University of California at BerkeleyTable of ContentsPreface: How To Use This Book. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Revitalizing The Dialogue: Theory, Coalition Building, And Social Change: Pepi Leistyna. Part I: The Politics Of Economic Oppression: Anti-Colonialism Meets Globalization:. 1. Unity And Changes In The Ideology Of Political Economy: Samir Amin. 2. The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism In The Age Of Global Capitalism: Arif Dirlik. 3. Time And Class: Zygmunt Bauman. 4. Theoretical Therapies, Remote Remedies: Saps And The Political Ecology Of Poverty And Health In Africa: Brooke G. Schoepf, Claude Schoepf & Joyce V. Millen. 5. A New Way Of Thinking In Action: The Zapatistas In Mexico -- A Postmodern Guerrilla Movement? Fernanda Navarro. 6. Workers' Resistance: Anita Chan. 7. Life Against Gold: Ustun Reinart. 8. The Campus Anti-Sweatshop Movement: Richard Apelbaum & Peter Dreier. 9. The NGO-Ization Of Grassroots Politics: Sangeeta Kamat. Part II: Representational Politics: Making Up Your Own Mind By Minding The Popular Media:. 10. Global Media, Neoliberalism, And Imperialism: Robert Mcchesney. 11. Theoretical Orthodoxies: Textualism, Constructivism And The 'New Ethnography' In Cultural Studies: David Morley. 12. Disney, Southern Baptists, & Children's Culture: The Magic Kingdom As Sodom And Gomorrah? Henry Giroux. 13. Seeing Ourselves, Being Ourselves: Broadcasting Aboriginal Television In Canada: Jennifer David. 14. Zines: Stephen Duncombe. 15. The Ho'okele Netwarriors In The Liquid Continent: Kekula P. Bray-Crawford. 16. Internet Subcultures And Political Activism: Richard Kahn & Douglas Kellner. 17. Staring Back: Self-Representations Of Disabled Performance Artists: Rosemarie Garland Thomson. 18. Noise From Underground: Punk Rock's Anarchic Rhythms Spur A New Generation To Political Activism: Johnny Temple. Part III: Identity And Ethnicity In The Face Of Discrimination And Racism:. 19. Rethinking Recognition: Nancy Fraser. 20. The Roots Of International Racism: Fidel Castro. 21. Invention, Memory, And Place: Edward Said. 22. White Ethnic Unconsciousness: Pepi Leistyna. 23. Racial Justice In A Multi-Ethnic Society: Bhikhu Parekh. 24. Where Was The Color In Seattle? Looking For Reasons Why The Great Battle Was So White: Elizabeth 'Betita' Martinez. 25. Sharing The Story Of The Movement: The Project Hip-Hop Experience: Nancy Murray. 26. World Conference Against Racism: Prospects And Challenges: A.S. Narang. Part IV: Gendered Identities In The Realm Of Patriarchy:. 27. Women Workers And Capitalist Scripts: Ideologies Of Domination, Common Interests, And The Politics Of Solidarity: Chandra Talpade Mohanty. 28. Radicalizing Feminism From The 'Movement Era' On: Joy James. 29. Mana Wahine Theory: Creating Space For Maori Women's Theories: Leonie Pihama. 30. Afghan Women's Long Struggle: Women Working For Freedom: Tahmeena Faryal. 31. Minjung Feminism: Korean Women's Movement For Gender And Class Liberation: Miriam Ching Yoon Louie. 32. Reconstructing Masculinity In The Locker Room: The Mentors In Violence Prevention Project: Jackson Katz. Part V: Heterosexism And Homophobia: Critical Interventions:. 33. The Globalization Of Sexual Identities: Dennis Altman. 34. Black Lesbians: Passing, Stereotypes And Transformation: Jewelle Gomez. 35. Trashing The Clinic And Burning Down The Beauty Parlor: Activism Transmutes Pitiable Patients Into Feisty Gender Radicals: Pat Califia. 36. At A Turning Point: Organized Labor, Sexual Diversity, And The New South Africa: Mazibuko K. Jara, Naomi Webster, And Gerald Hunt. 37. Gay Teens Fight Back: A New Generation Of Gay Youth Won't Tolerate Harassment In Their Schools: Doug Ireland. Part VI: Getting Informed, Getting Involved: Places To Turn To. 38. Who Needs Cultural Research?: Ien Ang. List Of Activist Organizations And Web Resources. A List Of Journals That Go Against The Grain. Suggested Reading. Index

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Book SynopsisCultural Studies: From Theory to Action is a landmark collection of key works that inspires, provokes, and revitalizes conversations about issues of social and economic justice and the current crisis in democracy. Brings together work done in key areas of concern to cultural studies, including globalization, class analysis, media and representational politics, racism, sexism, and heterosexism. Juxtaposes major theoretical pieces with micro-literatures by activists, artists, and teachers who are striving hard to put theory into practices. Highlights consciousness-raising, coalition building, resistance, activism and structural change to chart the ways a critical public can effectively wage war against oppression. Includes generous lists of suggested readings, lists of activist organizations, web resources, and a list of journals that go against the grain. Trade Review“Cultural Studies: From Theory to Action should help return the field of cultural studies to some of the important political concerns that initially inspired it and gave it vitality.” Arif Dirlik, University of Oregon “Leistyna’s introduction and apparatus provide expert guidance through this diversity of material, while posing his readers a classic twofold challenge: both to interpret the world and to change it.” Gautam Premnath, University of California at BerkeleyTable of ContentsPreface: How To Use This Book. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Revitalizing The Dialogue: Theory, Coalition Building, And Social Change: Pepi Leistyna. Part I: The Politics Of Economic Oppression: Anti-Colonialism Meets Globalization:. 1. Unity And Changes In The Ideology Of Political Economy: Samir Amin. 2. The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism In The Age Of Global Capitalism: Arif Dirlik. 3. Time And Class: Zygmunt Bauman. 4. Theoretical Therapies, Remote Remedies: Saps And The Political Ecology Of Poverty And Health In Africa: Brooke G. Schoepf, Claude Schoepf & Joyce V. Millen. 5. A New Way Of Thinking In Action: The Zapatistas In Mexico -- A Postmodern Guerrilla Movement? Fernanda Navarro. 6. Workers' Resistance: Anita Chan. 7. Life Against Gold: Ustun Reinart. 8. The Campus Anti-Sweatshop Movement: Richard Apelbaum & Peter Dreier. 9. The NGO-Ization Of Grassroots Politics: Sangeeta Kamat. Part II: Representational Politics: Making Up Your Own Mind By Minding The Popular Media:. 10. Global Media, Neoliberalism, And Imperialism: Robert Mcchesney. 11. Theoretical Orthodoxies: Textualism, Constructivism And The 'New Ethnography' In Cultural Studies: David Morley. 12. Disney, Southern Baptists, & Children's Culture: The Magic Kingdom As Sodom And Gomorrah? Henry Giroux. 13. Seeing Ourselves, Being Ourselves: Broadcasting Aboriginal Television In Canada: Jennifer David. 14. Zines: Stephen Duncombe. 15. The Ho'okele Netwarriors In The Liquid Continent: Kekula P. Bray-Crawford. 16. Internet Subcultures And Political Activism: Richard Kahn & Douglas Kellner. 17. Staring Back: Self-Representations Of Disabled Performance Artists: Rosemarie Garland Thomson. 18. Noise From Underground: Punk Rock's Anarchic Rhythms Spur A New Generation To Political Activism: Johnny Temple. Part III: Identity And Ethnicity In The Face Of Discrimination And Racism:. 19. Rethinking Recognition: Nancy Fraser. 20. The Roots Of International Racism: Fidel Castro. 21. Invention, Memory, And Place: Edward Said. 22. White Ethnic Unconsciousness: Pepi Leistyna. 23. Racial Justice In A Multi-Ethnic Society: Bhikhu Parekh. 24. Where Was The Color In Seattle? Looking For Reasons Why The Great Battle Was So White: Elizabeth 'Betita' Martinez. 25. Sharing The Story Of The Movement: The Project Hip-Hop Experience: Nancy Murray. 26. World Conference Against Racism: Prospects And Challenges: A.S. Narang. Part IV: Gendered Identities In The Realm Of Patriarchy:. 27. Women Workers And Capitalist Scripts: Ideologies Of Domination, Common Interests, And The Politics Of Solidarity: Chandra Talpade Mohanty. 28. Radicalizing Feminism From The 'Movement Era' On: Joy James. 29. Mana Wahine Theory: Creating Space For Maori Women's Theories: Leonie Pihama. 30. Afghan Women's Long Struggle: Women Working For Freedom: Tahmeena Faryal. 31. Minjung Feminism: Korean Women's Movement For Gender And Class Liberation: Miriam Ching Yoon Louie. 32. Reconstructing Masculinity In The Locker Room: The Mentors In Violence Prevention Project: Jackson Katz. Part V: Heterosexism And Homophobia: Critical Interventions:. 33. The Globalization Of Sexual Identities: Dennis Altman. 34. Black Lesbians: Passing, Stereotypes And Transformation: Jewelle Gomez. 35. Trashing The Clinic And Burning Down The Beauty Parlor: Activism Transmutes Pitiable Patients Into Feisty Gender Radicals: Pat Califia. 36. At A Turning Point: Organized Labor, Sexual Diversity, And The New South Africa: Mazibuko K. Jara, Naomi Webster, And Gerald Hunt. 37. Gay Teens Fight Back: A New Generation Of Gay Youth Won't Tolerate Harassment In Their Schools: Doug Ireland. Part VI: Getting Informed, Getting Involved: Places To Turn To. 38. Who Needs Cultural Research?: Ien Ang. List Of Activist Organizations And Web Resources. A List Of Journals That Go Against The Grain. Suggested Reading. Index

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Book SynopsisThe Transnational Capitalist Class provides theoretically informed empirical research to explain the process of globalization from the viewpoint of the corporations themselves. Through personal interviews with executives and managers from over eighty Fortune Global 500 corporations, Sklair demonstrates how globalization works from the perspective of those who control and oppose the major globalizing corporations and their allies in government and the media. Sklair''s unique approach brings a fresh perspective to what has become a key debate of our time.Trade Review"It will henceforth be difficult to theorize globalization without this rich storehouse of information about the global corporations and their role in the current world system." Fredric Jameson, Duke University "This is a pioneering and innovative study of an aspect of globalization that is rarely treated in any systematic way. Through a judicious mix of conceptual argument and empirical analysis, Leslie Sklair's stimulating and highly readable book lays bare the anatomy of the increasingly significant transnational capitalist class. Highly recommended." Peter Dicken, University of Manchester "This book provides a stocktaking of the drivers of globalization worldwide, emphasizing the coherence of the process but also its contradictions, particularly those associated with economic inequality and environmental stress." Journal of Australian Political Economy "The entire process of globalization is fraught with conflicts and new alliances between groups, be they based in corporations, government or social movements. In the end, Sklair does a superb job of depicting which group is dominant in this process and how it vigorously defends its interests from attacks against the culture-ideology of consumerism." International Sociology "In making his case, Sklair takes a strong position to critique TNC and he pulls no punches. For this reason, he has given us a very important standpoint, along with abundant evidence to sustain his position. But whatever one's position, this book will have a major place in the academic debates." Lauren Langman, Loyola University of Chicago, Theory and Society 31, 2002Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface and Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction:. Global System Theory. Four Propositions on the Transnational Capitalist Class. Structure of the Book. 2. Globalizing Class Theory:. Theorizing the Dominant Class. Structure and Dynamics of the Transnational Capitalist Class. Dominant Classes and Dominated Groups. 'National' Interest and the 'National' Economy. 3. Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy:. The Global Economy and the Fortune Global 500. Consumer Goods and Services. Financial Services. Heavy Industries. Infrastructure. Electronics. From 'National Companies with Units Abroad' to Globalizing Corporations. Global 500 Consumer Goods and Services Corporations. Global 500 Financial Services Corporations. Global 500 Heavy Industries Corporations. Global 500 Infrastructure Corporations. Global 500 Electronics Corporations. The Non-respondents. Conclusions. 4. Corporate Elites and the Transformation of Foreign Investment:. The Transformation of Foreign Investment. Global Brands. The Regulatory Climate. Phases of Foreign Investment. The Home Base and Foreign Investment: The Case of NAFTA. Disinvestment. Foreign Investment as a Globalizing Practice. 5. World Best Practice, Benchmarking and National Competitiveness:. World Best Practice, Benchmarking, and Globalization. Industry Benchmarking. Global Programme Benchmarking: Six Sigma and the Quest for Perfection. Politicians, Professionals and the 'Competitiveness of Nations'. World Best Practice as a Globalizing Practice. 6. Global Corporate Citizenship:. Regulating the Corporations: History and Theory. Employee Relations. Corporate Philanthropy and Community Development. Safety and Health of Consumers and Citizens. Corporate Citizenship as a Globalizing Practice: Deconstructing Shell. 7. The Transnational Capitalist Class and the Struggle for the Environment:. History and Theory of Corporate Environmentalism. Corporate Capture of the Environmental Movement or Constructive Dialogue: the Creation of a Sustainable Development Historical Bloc. Environmental Policies and Practices of Major Corporations. Procter and Gamble. Mitsubishi. Monsanto. Intel. Dow. RTZ (Rio Tinto). BHP. BP (BP Amoco). Sustainable Development as a Globalizing Ideology. 8. Global Vision and the Culture-Ideology of Consumerism:. Consumer-Oriented Global Visions for Humanity. Industry-Oriented Global Visions. Organization-Oriented Global Visions. The Visionary Executive. Global Vision as a Globalizing Practice. 9. Conclusion:. Appendix 1: Fortune Global 500 Corporations (and Subsidiaries) Interviewed, by Business Sector. Appendix 2: Other Corporations and Organizations Interviewed. References. General Index. Author Index.

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Book SynopsisOrganized by major themes and integrated by means of editorial commentary, Class: The Anthology is an indispensable tool for students and scholars of class and social theory.Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction vii How to Read This Book xvii Part One The Working Class 1 Representing the Working Class 3Michael J. Roberts 2 The Realm of Freedom and The Magna Carta of the Legally Limited Working Day 23Karl Marx 3 Time, Work‐Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism 27E. P. Thompson 4 The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class 41David R. Roediger 5 A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society 57Lawrence B. Glickman 6 The Stop Watch and The Wooden Shoe: Scientific Management and the Industrial Workers of the World 69Mike Davis 7 The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community 79Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James 8 Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure: Working Women, Popular Culture, and Labor Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century 87Nan Enstad 9 Three Strikes That Paved the Way 103Art Preis 10 Jukebox Blowin’ a Fuse: The Working‐Class Roots of Rock‐and‐Roll 111Michael J. Roberts 11 Labor’s Time: Shorter Hours, the UAW, and the Struggle for American Unionism 125Jonathan Cutler 12 The Unmaking of the English Working Class: Deindustrialization, Reification, and Heavy Metal 141Ryan M. Moore 13 The Jobless Future: Sci‐Tech and the Dogma of Work 151Stanley Aronowitz and William DiFazio 14 Shiftless of the World Unite! 165Robin D.G. Kelley 15 Occupy the Hammock: The Sign of the Slacker behind Disturbances in the Will to Work 171Michael J. Roberts Part Two The Middle Class 16 The Vanishing Middle 193Stanley Aronowitz 17 The Struggle Over the Saloon 205Roy Rosenzweig 18 The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany 221Siegfried Kracauer 19 The Twilight of the Middle Class: Post‐World War II American Fiction and White‐Collar Work 229Andrew Hoberek 20 The Rise of Professionalism: A Sociological Analysis 263Magali Sarfatti Larson 21 The New Working Class 287Serge Mallet 22 How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low‐Wage Nation 299Marc Bousquet 23 The Mental Labor Problem 315Andrew Ross 24 Neoliberalism, Debt and Class Power 337Justin Sean Myers Part Three The Capitalist Class 25 The Capitalist Class: Accumulation, Crisis and Discipline 353Michael J. Roberts 26 The Secret of Primitive Accumulation 383Karl Marx 27 The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850–1896 393Sven Beckert 28 Class Struggle and the New Deal: Industrial Labor, Industrial Capital, and the State 413Rhonda F. Levine 29 Scientific Management 437Harry Braverman 30 Labor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Dream 449Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt 31 Nixon’s Class Struggle 467Jefferson Cowie 32 The Global Reserve Army of Labor and the New Imperialism 485John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney 33 The End of Retirement 503Teresa Ghilarducci 34 The Politics of Austerity and the Ikarian Dream 513Kristin Lawler Selected Bibliography 519 Index 523

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Book SynopsisUnsanctifying Human Life offers a collection of Singer''s best and most challenging articles from 1971 to the present. The book includes early critiques of various approaches to philosophy and the role of philosophers, followed by controversial works on the moral status of animals, infanticide, euthanasia, the allocation of scarce health care resources, embryo experimentation, environmental responsibility, and reflections on how we should live.Trade Review"As a writer about ethical issues, Peter Singer has no equal. He is our most influential philosopher because no one else has written about the tough questions with such fearless good sense. How he does it is a mystery: how can these essays be so intellectually rigorous, so calm and dispassionate, so morally compelling, and such fun to read all at the same time?" James Rachels, University of Alabama at Birmingham "This book offers a judicious selection from the vast body of Peter Singer's writings. It demonstrates the extraordinary range, acumen, consistency, and fundamental moral decency of his philosophical thought. Anyone – including Singer's critics – would benefit from, and be improved by, a close and fair-minded reading of this book." Jeff McMahan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "One of the most influential philosophers of our times." Croatian Journal of PhilosophyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Practical Ethics of Peter Singer: Helga Kuhse. Part I: From Philosophical to Practical Ethics:. 1. The Triviality of the Debate over "Is-Ought" and the Definition of "Moral": Peter Singer. 2. Sidgwick and Reflective Equilibrium: Peter Singer. Part II: The Role of Philosophers:. 3. Philosophers are Back on the Job: Peter Singer. 4. Bioethics and Academic Freedom: Peter Singer. Part III: The Idea of Equality:. 5. All Animals are Equal: Peter Singer. 6. Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?: Peter Singer. 7. Killing Humans and Killing Animals: Peter Singer. 8. To Do or Not to Do?: Peter Singer. 9. The Great Ape Project: Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer. Part IV: The Impartial Point of View:. 10. Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Peter Singer. 11. William Godwin and the Defense of Impartialist Ethics: Peter Singer, Leslie Cannold, and Helga Kuhse. Part V: Unsanctifying Human Life:. 12. The Moral Status of the Embryo: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 13. Individuals, Humans, and Persons: The Issue of Moral Status: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 14. IVF Technology and the Argument from Potential: Peter Singer and Karen Dawson. 15. Unsanctifying Human Life: Peter Singer. 16. Should All Seriously Disabled Infants Live?: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 17. Is the Sanctity of Life Ethic Terminally Ill?: Peter Singer. Part VI: Choosing Between Lives:. 18. Allocating Health Care Resources and the Problem of the Value of Life: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 19. Double Jeopardy and the Use of QALYs in Health Care Allocation: Peter Singer, John McKie, Helga Kuhse, and Jeff Richardson. Part VII: How We Should Live:. 20. A Vegetarian Philosophy: Peter Singer. 21. Environmental Values: Peter Singer. 22. Coping with Global Change: The Need for Different Values: Peter Singer. Part VIII: Move Over, Marx:. 23. Hegel and Marx - Dialogue with Peter Singer: Bryan Magee. 24. Darwin for the Left: Peter Singer. Peter Singer: Selected Publications, 1970–2000. Index.

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Book SynopsisUnsanctifying Human Life offers a collection of Singer''s best and most challenging articles from 1971 to the present. The book includes early critiques of various approaches to philosophy and the role of philosophers, followed by controversial works on the moral status of animals, infanticide, euthanasia, the allocation of scarce health care resources, embryo experimentation, environmental responsibility, and reflections on how we should live.Trade Review"As a writer about ethical issues, Peter Singer has no equal. He is our most influential philosopher because no one else has written about the tough questions with such fearless good sense. How he does it is a mystery: how can these essays be so intellectually rigorous, so calm and dispassionate, so morally compelling, and such fun to read all at the same time?" James Rachels, University of Alabama at Birmingham "This book offers a judicious selection from the vast body of Peter Singer's writings. It demonstrates the extraordinary range, acumen, consistency, and fundamental moral decency of his philosophical thought. Anyone – including Singer's critics – would benefit from, and be improved by, a close and fair-minded reading of this book." Jeff McMahan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "One of the most influential philosophers of our times." Croatian Journal of PhilosophyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Practical Ethics of Peter Singer: Helga Kuhse. Part I: From Philosophical to Practical Ethics:. 1. The Triviality of the Debate over "Is-Ought" and the Definition of "Moral": Peter Singer. 2. Sidgwick and Reflective Equilibrium: Peter Singer. Part II: The Role of Philosophers:. 3. Philosophers are Back on the Job: Peter Singer. 4. Bioethics and Academic Freedom: Peter Singer. Part III: The Idea of Equality:. 5. All Animals are Equal: Peter Singer. 6. Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?: Peter Singer. 7. Killing Humans and Killing Animals: Peter Singer. 8. To Do or Not to Do?: Peter Singer. 9. The Great Ape Project: Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer. Part IV: The Impartial Point of View:. 10. Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Peter Singer. 11. William Godwin and the Defense of Impartialist Ethics: Peter Singer, Leslie Cannold, and Helga Kuhse. Part V: Unsanctifying Human Life:. 12. The Moral Status of the Embryo: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 13. Individuals, Humans, and Persons: The Issue of Moral Status: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 14. IVF Technology and the Argument from Potential: Peter Singer and Karen Dawson. 15. Unsanctifying Human Life: Peter Singer. 16. Should All Seriously Disabled Infants Live?: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 17. Is the Sanctity of Life Ethic Terminally Ill?: Peter Singer. Part VI: Choosing Between Lives:. 18. Allocating Health Care Resources and the Problem of the Value of Life: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. 19. Double Jeopardy and the Use of QALYs in Health Care Allocation: Peter Singer, John McKie, Helga Kuhse, and Jeff Richardson. Part VII: How We Should Live:. 20. A Vegetarian Philosophy: Peter Singer. 21. Environmental Values: Peter Singer. 22. Coping with Global Change: The Need for Different Values: Peter Singer. Part VIII: Move Over, Marx:. 23. Hegel and Marx - Dialogue with Peter Singer: Bryan Magee. 24. Darwin for the Left: Peter Singer. Peter Singer: Selected Publications, 1970–2000. Index.

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Book SynopsisPurposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues affecting the Developing World. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, Politics in the Developing World encourages an understanding of the breadth and nature of a range of pressing - and previously understated - issues: the striving for democracy; the political consequences of economic growth and development; the struggle of religious and ethnic minorities; women''s and human rights; the impact of globalization; and the politics of the natural environment. Purposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues in the Developing World. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, Politics in theTrade ReviewHaynes has written a concise and lucid introduction to the developing world. At the same time, the work is rich in analysis and in empirical examples drawn from a wide variety of developing countries and the political and economic developments occurring within them. 'Politics in the Developing World' is a welcome and an important addition to the growing literature on political and economic development. Professor Mehran Kamrava, California State University, Northridge "Haynes explores and analyzes the most important political issues affecting the developing world. It is an essential and ideal introduction as well as an invitation to further study." M.O.Anda, University of Arkansas at Little Rock "A clearly written, broad-ranging review of salient themes in Third World politics: gender, culture, the environment, human rights, and so on ... a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any undergraduate interested in globalization and development." Development and Change Table of ContentsList of Tables. 1. Politics, Economics And Societies In The Developing World At The New Millennium:. The Book’s Structure. What’s In A Name: “Developing World”, “Third World”, Or “The South”?. Domestic And External Factors In Explaining Outcomes In Developing Countries. Modernization And Dependency Theories. The Analytical Importance Of Structure And Contingency. Conclusion. 2. Globalization And International Relations:. “Positive” And “Negative” Globalization. The Impact Of Technological, Economic, Political, And Cultural Globalization. The International Relations Of The Developing World. Conclusion: Globalization, Regionalization And The Developing World. 3. Economic Growth And Development:. Development And Inequality At The Start Of The Twenty-First Century. Economic Polarization In The Developing World: The 1980s And 1990s. Economic Reform In Developing Countries. Conclusion. 4. Democratisation And Democracy:. The Third Wave Of Democracy In The Developing World. Democracy In The Developing World: The Regional Picture. Accounting For Democracy: The Comparative Importance Of Domestic And External Factors. Case Studies: South Africa And Indonesia. Conclusion. 5. Religious And Ethnic Conflict:. Defining Religion And Ethnicity. The Political Salience Of Religion In The Developing World: Domestic And International Factors. Regional Analysis: Religio-Ethnic Conflict In The Developing World. Conclusion. 6. Human Rights:. What Are Human Rights?. Human Rights In The Developing World: Domestic And External Factors. Collectivist And Individualist Conceptions Of Human Rights. Regional Analysis: Political Rights, Civil Liberties, And Human Development In The Developing World. Conclusion. 7. Women And Gender:. Gender Discrimination And Poverty In The Developing World. Women’s Empowerment: “Feminist” And “Feminine” Groups. The Socio-Economic Position Of Females In The Developing World. The Impact Of Structural Adjustment And Globalization On Poor Females. Regional Analysis: A Woman’s Place. Conclusion. 8. Politics Of The Natural Environment:. From Stockholm To Kyoto: 25 Years Of Growing International Environmental Awareness. Environmental Crisis In The Developing World. Environmental Concerns And Politics In The Developing World: The Domestic Dimension. The External Dimension Of Environmental Protection: The IMF, The World Bank And Greenpeace International. Case Studies: Environmental Groups In The Developing World. Conclusion. 9. Conclusion:. Domestic Factors: Political Participation, Civil Society And Economic Development. International Factors. Conclusion: The Future. Appendix 1: Useful Websites. Appendix 2: Freedom House Survey Methodology. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisCultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory is a unique collection that integrates two increasingly key areas of social and cultural research: the body and ethnography. Breaks new ground in an area of study that continues to be a central theme of debate and research across the humanities and social sciences Draws on ethnography as a useful means of exploring our everyday social and cultural environments Constitutes an important step in developing two key areas of study, the body and ethnography, and the relationship between them Brings together an international and multi-disciplinary team of scholars Trade Review"An interdisciplinary text that offers cutting-edge theoretical and methodological means for analyzing, understanding, and imagining how the body materializes in cultural historical context and practice." Heidi Nast, DePaul University "Bringing together some of the most challenging contemporary research, this theoretical, empirical, experimental work presents a unique interdisciplinary understanding of how the body speaks, moves and interacts. It is fascinating, making visible some of the unknown and unseen parts and wholes of the body by exploring the materiality of physicality." Beverley Skeggs, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. Introduction. Part I: Ethnography:. 1. Inscriptions of Love: Les Back (Goldsmiths College). 2. From Catwalk to Catalogue: Male Fashion Models, Masculinity and Identity: Joan Entwistle (University of Essex). 3. Reading Racialized Bodies: Learning to See Difference: Suki Ali (Goldsmiths College). 4. Narratives of Embodiment: Body, Aging and Career in Royal Ballet Dancers: Steven P. Wainwright and Bryan S. Turner (King’s College; University of Cambridge). Part II: Ethnography and Theory:. 5. Being a Body in a Cultural Way: Understanding the Cultural in the Embodiment of Dance: Sally Ann Allen Ness (University of California, Riverside). 6. Bare Life: Nigel Thrift (University of Bristol). 7. Lolo’s Breasts, Cyborgism and a Wooden Christ: Simon Shepherd (Central School). 8. Talking Back to Neuro-reductionism: Emily Martin (New York University). Part III: Theory:. 9. Eating for a Living: A Rhizo-ethology of Bodies: Elspeth Probyn (University of Sydney). 10. Health and the Holy in the Afro Brazilian Candomblé: Thomas Csordas (Case Western Reserve University). 11. Here Comes the Sun: Shedding Light on the Cultural Body: Simon Carter and Mike Michael (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Goldsmiths College). 12. Reaching the Body: Future Directions: Jamilah Ahmed. Index

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Book SynopsisCultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory is a unique collection that integrates two increasingly key areas of social and cultural research: the body and ethnography. Breaks new ground in an area of study that continues to be a central theme of debate and research across the humanities and social sciences Draws on ethnography as a useful means of exploring our everyday social and cultural environments Constitutes an important step in developing two key areas of study, the body and ethnography, and the relationship between them Brings together an international and multi-disciplinary team of scholars Trade Review"An interdisciplinary text that offers cutting-edge theoretical and methodological means for analyzing, understanding, and imagining how the body materializes in cultural historical context and practice." Heidi Nast, DePaul University "Bringing together some of the most challenging contemporary research, this theoretical, empirical, experimental work presents a unique interdisciplinary understanding of how the body speaks, moves and interacts. It is fascinating, making visible some of the unknown and unseen parts and wholes of the body by exploring the materiality of physicality." Beverley Skeggs, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. Introduction. Part I: Ethnography:. 1. Inscriptions of Love: Les Back (Goldsmiths College). 2. From Catwalk to Catalogue: Male Fashion Models, Masculinity and Identity: Joan Entwistle (University of Essex). 3. Reading Racialized Bodies: Learning to See Difference: Suki Ali (Goldsmiths College). 4. Narratives of Embodiment: Body, Aging and Career in Royal Ballet Dancers: Steven P. Wainwright and Bryan S. Turner (King’s College; University of Cambridge). Part II: Ethnography and Theory:. 5. Being a Body in a Cultural Way: Understanding the Cultural in the Embodiment of Dance: Sally Ann Allen Ness (University of California, Riverside). 6. Bare Life: Nigel Thrift (University of Bristol). 7. Lolo’s Breasts, Cyborgism and a Wooden Christ: Simon Shepherd (Central School). 8. Talking Back to Neuro-reductionism: Emily Martin (New York University). Part III: Theory:. 9. Eating for a Living: A Rhizo-ethology of Bodies: Elspeth Probyn (University of Sydney). 10. Health and the Holy in the Afro Brazilian Candomblé: Thomas Csordas (Case Western Reserve University). 11. Here Comes the Sun: Shedding Light on the Cultural Body: Simon Carter and Mike Michael (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Goldsmiths College). 12. Reaching the Body: Future Directions: Jamilah Ahmed. Index

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Book SynopsisThis diverse collection of material about the history of film exhibition in the United States documents and enlivens the history of moviegoing, film exhibition practices, business policies, and programming strategies. It is a comprehensive study of the cultural history of American film.Trade Review"Moviegoing in America is an important, groundbreaking book." -- The Moving Image "Waller assembles an impressive collection that should become a key resource in the teaching of film exhibition history." -- Screen "Interesting, at times surprising, and wide-ranging, Moviegoing in America is an outstanding collection on film exhibition in the United States from before the nickelodeons through today's stadium-seated multiplexes." Chuck Maland, University of Tennessee, Knoxville "Moviegoing in America is a strong contribution to Film Studies. Spanning a broad historical period, drawing upon the work of major researchers, and comprising scholarly as well as trade press essays, it will be highly valuable to all courses on American film history." Lucy Fischer, University of PittsburghTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Introduction: A Century at the Movies: Gregory A. Waller. Part I: Capturing an Audience, Creating a Business: 1896–1916:. Introduction. 1. Introducing Cinema to the American Public: The Vitascope in the United States, 1896–7:Charles Musser. 2. From Rum Shop to Rialto: Workers and Movies: Roy Rosenzweig. 3. Cheap Amusements (1908): John Collier. 4. Some Picture Show Audiences (1911): Mary Heaton Vorse. 5. Motion-Picture Work (1911): David Hulfish. 6. Hints to Exhibitors (1908): W. Stephen Bush. 7. Handling the Visitor (1909): Moving Picture World. 8. Posteritis (1910): F. H. Richardson. 9. Swelling the Box Office Receipts (1911): George Rockhill Craw. 10. The Murder of Othello (1911): H. F. Hoffman. 11. Projection (1912): F. H. Richardson. 12. The Regulation of Motion Picture Theaters (1912): Boyd Fisher. 13. Architectural Treatment of the Moving Picture Theatre (1914): Aymar Embury II. Part II: Palatial Palaces and Everyday Practices: 1916–1930:. Introduction. 14. "You Can Have the Strand in Your Own Town": The Struggle between Urban and Small-Town Exhibition in the Picture Palace Era: Kathryn H. Fuller. 15. What the Public Wants in the Picture Theater (1925): Samuel L. Rothafel ("Roxy"). 16. Theater Entrances and Lobbies (1925): E. C .A. Bullock. 17.A Description of the Capitol Theater, Chicago (1925): John Eberson. 18.Building Theatre Patronage (1927): John F. Barry and Epes W. Sargent. 19. Motion Picture Theater Management (1928): Harold B. Franklin. 20. Fashioning an Exhibition Empire: Promotion, Publicity, and the Rise of Public Theaters: Douglas Gomery. 21. Where "Movie Playing" Needs Reform (1920): K. Sherwood Boblitz. 22. Musical Presentation of Motion Pictures (1921): George W. Beynon. 23. Music (1927): John F. Barry and Epes W. Sargent. 24. Future Developments (1927): Harry M. Warner. 25. Motion Pictures as a Phase of Commercialized Amusement in Toldedo, Ohio (1919): J. J. Phelan. 26. The Motion Picture and the Upbuilding of Community Life (1920): Orrin G. Cocks. 27. Our Movie Made Children (1934): Henry James Foreman. 28. Ethnography and Exhibition: The Child Audience, the Hays Office, and Saturday Matinees: Richard deCordova. Part III: Picture Shows and New Theaters: The 1930s and 1940s:. Introduction. 29. Hillbilly Music and Will Rogers: Small-Town Picture Shows in the 1930s: Gregory A. Waller. 30. Bank Night (1936): H. O. Kusell. 31. The Management of Motion Picture Theatres (1938): Frank H. Ricketson, Jr. 32. Show Lady (1939): Carlie Beach Roney. 33. What's Playing at the Grove? (1948): Fortune. 34. Give the Movie Exhibitor a Chance! (1935): P. S. Harrison. 35. Economic Control of the Motion Picture Industry (1944): Mae D. Huettig. 36. New Theatres for the Cinema (1932): Ben Schlanger. 37. Motion Picture Theaters (1937): Ben Schlanger. 38. A New Architecture for the Movie Theater (1948): Architectural Record. 39. Psychology of the Theater (1948): Walter A. Cutter. Part IV: Drive-In, Art House, Mulitplex: The 1950s and Beyond:. Introduction. 40. Spectator and Screen: John Belton. 41. Big Boom in Outdoor Movies (1956): Frank J. Taylor. 42. Free Lances (1929): Alexander Bakshy. 43. Sure-Seaters Discover an Audience (1952): Stanley Frank. 44. Some Considerations on the Rise of the Art-Film Theater (1956): John E. Twomey. 45. Domestic Theatrical and Semi-Theatrical Distribution and Exhibition of American Independent Feature Films: A Survey in 1983: Betsy McLane. 46. The Harlem Theater: Black Film Exhibition in Austin, Texas: 1920–1973: Dan Streible. 47. The Exhibitors (1972): Stanley H. Durwood. 48. The K-Mart Audience at the Mall Movies: William Paul. 49. Modern Times (1993): Barbara Stones. 50. From Exhibition to Reception: Reflections on the Audience in Film History: Robert C. Allen. Part V: Research and Resources:. A Guide to Research and Resources. Research Projects in the History of Moviegoing and Film Exhibition. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture.Trade Review"In this collection of essays, Henry Giroux demonstrates once again that he is one of our leading public political intellectuals. Every page is filled with the passion of his commitment both to social and economic justice and to theoretical rigor. This collection combines insightful readings of how specific films operate in the current social context and original reflections on the central theoretical and methodological issues facing cultural studies today. This is a book that will move both students and teachers." Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Henry Giroux is one of our most penetrating cultural critics. In Breaking in to the Movies, he demonstrates how pleasure and power, entertainment and public pedagogy, are always intertwined in the culture of global capitalism. Giroux offers a refreshing approach in a field often characterized by a paucity of intellectual imagination. This is real cultural criticism." Sut Jhally, University of MassachusettsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Breaking in to the Movies: An Introduction. Part I: Reclaiming the Political in Popular Culture. 1. Norma Rae: Character, Class, and Culture. 2. Hollywood Film and the Challenge of Neofascist Culture. 3. Lina Wertmuller: Film and the Dialectic of Liberalism. 4. Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Gender and the Politics of Pleasure. Part II: Hollywood Film and the War on Youth. 5. Slacking Off : Border Youth and Postmodern Education. 6. Culture, Class, and Pedagody in Dead Poets Society. 7. Children's Culture and Disney's Animated Films. 8. The Politics of Pedagogy, Gender, and Whiteness in Dangerous Minds. 9. Media Panics and the War Against "Kids": Larry Clark and the Politics of Diminished Hopes. Part III: Race and the Culture of Violence in Hollywood Films. 10. Racism and the Aesthetic of Hyper-real Violoence: Pulp Fiction and other Visual Tragedies. 11. Multiculturalism and the Cultural Politics of Race in 187. 12. Brutalized Bodies and Emasculated Politics: Fight Club, Consumerism, and Masculine Violence. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture.Trade Review"In this collection of essays, Henry Giroux demonstrates once again that he is one of our leading public political intellectuals. Every page is filled with the passion of his commitment both to social and economic justice and to theoretical rigor. This collection combines insightful readings of how specific films operate in the current social context and original reflections on the central theoretical and methodological issues facing cultural studies today. This is a book that will move both students and teachers." Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Henry Giroux is one of our most penetrating cultural critics. In Breaking in to the Movies, he demonstrates how pleasure and power, entertainment and public pedagogy, are always intertwined in the culture of global capitalism. Giroux offers a refreshing approach in a field often characterized by a paucity of intellectual imagination. This is real cultural criticism." Sut Jhally, University of MassachusettsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Breaking in to the Movies: An Introduction. Part I: Reclaiming the Political in Popular Culture. 1. Norma Rae: Character, Class, and Culture. 2. Hollywood Film and the Challenge of Neofascist Culture. 3. Lina Wertmuller: Film and the Dialectic of Liberalism. 4. Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Gender and the Politics of Pleasure. Part II: Hollywood Film and the War on Youth. 5. Slacking Off : Border Youth and Postmodern Education. 6. Culture, Class, and Pedagody in Dead Poets Society. 7. Children's Culture and Disney's Animated Films. 8. The Politics of Pedagogy, Gender, and Whiteness in Dangerous Minds. 9. Media Panics and the War Against "Kids": Larry Clark and the Politics of Diminished Hopes. Part III: Race and the Culture of Violence in Hollywood Films. 10. Racism and the Aesthetic of Hyper-real Violoence: Pulp Fiction and other Visual Tragedies. 11. Multiculturalism and the Cultural Politics of Race in 187. 12. Brutalized Bodies and Emasculated Politics: Fight Club, Consumerism, and Masculine Violence. Index.

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Book SynopsisOffers a treatment of European integration from a sociological perspective. This book concerns itself with such issues as the relation between the EU and globalization, the nature of the EU state, and the question of whether a European society can be said to exist.Trade Review"A much needed contribution to the study of the European Union from a sociological perspective. Rumford usefully problematises most of the established discourses on European integration and sets the debate in the context of a globalising world." Barrie Axford, Oxford Brookes University "Rumford draws widely and authoritatively on the new political sociology to show its potential for challenging orthodox views on the future of Europe. The result is a very effective argument that globalization as social transformation makes possible multiple Europes beyond the limits of the European Union. This will become a standard text for students of contemporary European politics and society." Martin Albrow, State University of New York, Stony BrookTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Introduction: A New Approach to Studying European Integration. 2: The European Union and Globalization. 3. The Question of the European State. 4. European Society. 5. Unemployment, Social Exclusion and Citizenship. 6. Cohesion Policy and Regional Autonomy. 7. Rethinking Core-Periphery Relations. 8: Europe and Democracy. 9: EU Enlargement. 10. Conclusion. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe French New Wave: An Artistic School is a lively introduction to this critical moment in film history by one of the world''s leading scholars on the New Wave. Provides a concise account of the French New Wave by one of the world''s leading film scholars. Outlines the essential traits of the New Wave and defines it as a school that changed international film history forever. Includes a chronology of major political and cultural events of the New Wave, black-and-white images, and an extensive bibliography. Trade Review'Michel Marie, legendary cinephile and scholar of French cinema, has fashioned a three-dimensional map of the New Wave ‘School', providing its genesis and morphology as well. The table of contents alone is full of important ideas and promising directions. Yet within this brilliant organization operates the eye and the sensibility of someone who is intimate with these intimate films. What a vast film-culture subtends this tidy study.' Dudley Andrew, Yale University 'In Richard Neupert's extremely readable translation, Michel Marie's French New Wave is just what the directors ordered – a rat-a-tat-tat new look at the Nouvelle Vague that is fresh and irreverent. Michel Poiccard/Jean-Paul Belmondo would have loved it.' Rick Altman, University of IowaTable of ContentsTranslator's Note. Introduction. 1. A Journalistic Slogan and a New Generation. 2. A Critical Concept. 3. A Mode of Production and Distribution. 4. A Technical Practice, an Aesthetic. 5. New Themes and New Bodies: Characters and Actors. 6. The New Wave's International Influence and Legacy Today. Appendix: Chronology of Major Political and Cultural Events. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisShowcasing key theorists, including Kimmel, Silverman, Dyer and Boyarin, this reader seeks to re-conceptualize the masculinity studies debate along the axes of empire, borders, representations, the social sciences, and eroticism and across such diverse fields as film, anthropology, and sociology.Trade Review"These essays are, individually, insightful and often arresting. Taken together, they are prismatic, illuminating this new interdisciplinary area of scholarly inquiry. With this collection, masculinity studies comes of age as an academic field." Michael Kimmel, SUNY at Stony Brook "This anthology identifies the need in contemporary cultural studies for more elaborate understandings of the relations of various masculinities to power, nation, empire, violence, race, class, and embodiment. The editors must be commended for producing a volume which answers to this need and brings together an eclectic, multidisciplinary, and wide-ranging collection of essays in response. Bound to become required reading in gender studies and beyond!" University of California at San Diego "The instructor-friendly anthology of 22 previously published essays dating primarily from 1970 to 2000, is destined to become a standard in courses on gender and masculinity. Rachel Adams and David Savran have chosen fascinating articles that will be both challenging and accessible to university students at all levels" Journal of Contemporary European Studies "Adams and Savran provide extrcta from a number of key sources that lay the foundations for understanding masculinities through a cultural studies oriented approach" SexualitiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Editors’ Acknowledgments x Introduction 1Rachel Adams and David Savran Part I: Eroticism 9 Introduction 9 1.Some Psychological Consequences of the Anatomical Distinction between the Sexes 9Sigmund Freud 2.Masochism and Male Subjectivity 14Kaja Silverman 3.Subject Honor, Object Shame 41Roger Lancaster 4.The Democratic Body: Prostitution and Citizenship in Classical Athens 69David Halperin Part II: Social Sciences 77 Introduction 5.Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight 80Clifford Geertz 6.Toward a New Sociology of Masculinity 99Tim Carrigan, Bob Connell, and John Lee 7.The Fraternal Social Contract 119Carole Pateman 8.The Birth of the Self-made Man 135Michael Kimmel Part III: Representations 153 Introduction 153 9.The Beast in the Closet: James and the Writing of Homosexual Panic 157Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 10.The Woman Warrior versus The Chinaman Pacific: Must a Chinese American Critic Choose between Feminism and Heroism 175King-Kok Cheung 11.Skin Head Sex Thing: Racial Difference and the Homoerotic Imaginary 188Kobena Mercer 12.Bonds of (In)Difference 201Robyn Wiegman Part IV: Empire and Modernity 227 Introduction 227 13.The Fact of Blackness 232Frantz Fanon 14.The History of Masculinity 245R. W. Connell 15.The White Man's Muscles 262Richard Dyer 16.What Does a Jew Want? or, The Political Meaning of the Phallus 274Daniel Boyarin 17.The Economy of Colonial Desire 292Revathi Krishnaswamy 18.Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in the Palestinian Intifada 318Julie Peteet Part V: Borders 337 Introduction 337 19.Homosexuality and the Signs of Male Friendship in Elizabethan England 337Alan Bray 20.An Introduction to Female Masculinity 355Judith Halberstam 21."That Sexe Which Prevaileth" 375Anne Fausto-Sterling 22.The Gender of Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes 389Don Kulick Index 408

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Book SynopsisContributors from several countries discuss the central moral issues arising in the emerging global order: the responsibilities of the strongest societies, moral priorities for the next decades, and the role of intellectuals in view of the huge gap between widely expressed moral ambitions and prevailing political and economic realities.Table of Contents1.Thomas W. Pogge: Introduction: Global Justice. 2. Thomas W. Pogge: Priorities of Global Justice. 3. Rüdiger Bittner: Morality and World Hunger. 4. Andrew Hurrell: Global Inequality and International Institutions. 5. Wilfried Hinsch: Global Distributive Justice. 6. Lief Wenar: Contractualism and Global Economic Justice. 7. Stéphane Chauvier: Justice and Nakedness. 8. Charles R. Beitz: Does Global Inequality Matter?. 9. Simon Caney: Cosmopolitan Justice and Equalizing Opportunities. 10. Stefan Gosepath: The Global Scope of Justice. 11. Rainer Forst: Towards a Critical Theory of Transnational Justice. 12. Onora O’Neill: Agents of Justice. 13. Véronique Zanetti: Global Justice: Is Interventionism Desirable?. 14. Michael W. Doyle: The New Interventionism. 15. Andreas Føllesdal: Federal Inequality Among Equals: A Contractualist Defense. Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Discusses three major theories of good: perfectionist formal or functional good, hedonic good, and good as desire satisfaction. * Draws comparisons between Platoa s and Aristotlea s theories of good and justice and the theories of the moderns. * Devotes considerable attention to hedonic theories of the good.Trade Review"Santas's book is a major contribution to the study of ancient Greek ethics. His discussion of the theoretical structure of Platonic and Aristotelian ethics and the comparisons he draws between the ethical views of the ancient Greek philosophers and those of the moderns, especially of John Rawls, have no equal in the existing literature. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Greek ethics or ethical theory in general." Georgios Anagnostopoulos, University of California at San Diego "One of the very greatest Socrates scholars of the twentieth century – here in finer form than ever – now brings us the fruits of decades of reading and teaching the ethics and social philosophy of Plato and Aristotle viewed in the light of John Rawls's theory of justice. The two chapters on Justice in the Republic are not only refreshing but also as illuminating as anything ever written on that topic. For everyone, from the greatest scholar to the beginning student, this book is a lesson both in how to do philosophy and how to read texts." Terry Penner, University of Wisconsin "This wonderful book on the fundamental concept of goodness is the harvest of a lifetime's reflection on ancient and modern ethics. Its bounty includes the isolation of two theories of good in Plato's Republic – a functional theory and a metaphysical theory – an account of the Form of the Good that rescues the pinnacle of Plato's philosophy from the charge of vacuity, and a discussion of Aristotle's rejection of the metaphysical theory and his embrace of the functional. It is a virtual commentary on both the Republic and the Nicomachean Ethics. Truly a masterwork." David Keyt, University of Washington "This is the most insightful overarching analysis of the good in Plato and Aristotle of recent decades. Santas offers a comprehensive framework for the classification, and detailed discussion, of Plato's and Aristotle's theories of good, with valuable comparisons to positions in the history of philosophy and contemporary debates. A very wise investment for moral and ancient philosophers." Theodore Scaltsas, University of Edinburgh "Acute, close analysis characterizes Santas's book throughout...beautifully clear, a joy to read." MF Burnyeat, TLS, 14th June 2002 "... This book offers a capacious, clear and careful exploration of the centrality of concepts of the good to these two ancient philosophers (Plato, Aristotle), showing how ethics and politics drive epistemology and metaphysics and ... comparing the resulting structures with those of John Rawls and other modern theorists. The result is an impressive achievement..." Polis, Vol. 20, 2003Table of ContentsPreface. Part I: Introduction. 1 The Role of the Good in the Ancients and the Moderns. 2 Science and Ultimate Good. 3 Disputes and Questions about Good. 4 The Aims and Limits of this Study. Notes. Part II: The Socratic Good of Knowledge. Introduction. 1 All Goods and their Socratic Rankings. 2 The Dispute with Gorgias: Is Rhetoric the Greatest Good?. 3 The Dispute with Polus about Power, Desire, and Good. 4 The Dispute with Polus about Justice and Happiness. 5 The Dispute with Callicles about Good and Pleasure. 6 Conditional and Unconditional Goods. 7 Socrates and Kant: Wisdom or the Good Will?. 8 The Conditional Value of all Goods on Virtue in the Meno. 9 Socrates and G.E. Moore on the Value of Knowledge. 10 Goods, Wisdom, and Happiness. Notes. Part III: The Good of Platonic Social Justice. 1 The Great Questions of the Republic. 2 The Functional Perfectionist Theory of Good. 3 The Application of the Functional Theory of Good to the City. 4 The Definitions of the Social Virtues. 5 The Role and Scope of Platonic Social Justice. 6 The Good of Platonic Social Justice. 7 The Application of Platonic Social Justice to Gender. 8 Conclusion. Notes. Part IV: The Good of Justice in Our Souls. 1 The Isomorphism between Social and Psychic Justice. 2 Plato's Pioneering Analysis of the Psyche. 3 Psychic Justice and the Good of It. 4 Plato and Hume on Reason or Passion as the Rule of Life. 5 The Defence of Psychic Justice as Analogous to Health. 6 The Criticism of the Democratic Individual. 7 Which is Prior, Social or Psychic Justice?. 8 The Structure of Plato's Ethical Theory. Notes. Part V: Plato's Metaphysical Theory of the Form of the Good. 1 Opinion, Knowledge, and Platonic Forms. 2 The Imperfections of the Sensible World. 3 Forms as the Best Objects of their Kind to Know. 4 Forms as the Best Objects of their Kind and the Form of the Good as their Essence. 5 Function, Form, and Goodness. Notes. Part VI: Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Form of the Good: The Breakup of Goodness. 1 Aristotle's Arguments from Priority. 2 Breaking up Goodness: Aristotle's Argument from Homonymy. 3 Aristotle's Argument from Final and Instrumental Goods. 4 The Attack on the Ideality of the Form of the Platonic Good. 5 The Attack on the Practicability and Usefulness of Plato's Good. 6 Putting the Fragments of Goodness Back Together: Focal Meaning. Notes. Part VII: The Good of Desire, the Good of Function, and the Good of Pleasure. 1 The Concept of the Good. 2 Different Orectic Conceptions of the Good. 3 Aristotle's Functional Perfectionist Theory of Good. 4 Objections to Aristotle's Functional Theory of Good. 5 Orectic, Hedonic, and Perfectionist Good. Notes. Part VIII: The Good of Character and the Good of Justice. 1 Is Aristotle's Ethical Theory Circular?. 2 Did Aristotle have a Virtue Ethics?. 3 Aristotle's General Analysis of Virtue and Functional Good. 4 Can Moral Virtue be Explicated by Functioning Well?. 5 States of Character and Practical Wisdom. 6 Aristotle's Analysis of Justice: Not a Virtue Ethics. 7 Paucity of Practical Content: Justice and the other Virtues. 8 Summary and Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Identifies the fundamental philosophical issues that are common to different approaches of moral theorizing. * Formulates and addresses the main issues of metaphysics of morals, moral epistemology, and moral motivation. * Contains a glossary which defines the key terms highlighted throughout the text.Trade Review"Dimensions of Moral Theory is clear, concise, and in close touch with major texts in the history of ethics. It is remarkably comprehensive for a short book, and it is outstanding for its integration of the presentation of basic positions in ethical theory and the analysis of major issues in moral psychology." Robert Audi, University of Nebraska "This book provides a lucid and engaging introduction to the major issues of moral theory which gives a fine sense of the complexities of the subject while remaining thoroughly accessible. What particularly impressed me is the way that Jacobs shows the relevance of the thought of classical authors, such as Aristotle, Hume, and Kant, to contemporary debate. There is a real sense of engaging in a continuing dialogue that spans the history of the subject. The book also contains a helpful glossary and study aids for the student." David McNaughton, Keele UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. 1. Objectivity and Subjectivity. Interpretations of Objectivity. Monism and Pluralism. This Way to Subjectivism. Subjectivity and Sentiment. Subjectivism and Skepticism. Relativism. Where Now?. Questions for Discussion and Reflection. Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading. Notes. 2. Moral Theory and Moral Psychology. Moral Motivation. Virtue and Motivation. Self-interest and Morality. What about Luck?. Are Moral Considerations Overriding?. Where Now?. Questions for Discussion and Reflection. Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading. Notes. 3. Forms of Moral Theory. Consequentialism. Kantian Non-consequentialism. Intuitionist Non-consequentialism. The Virtue-centered Approach. Contractarianism. Theories, Duties, and Metaethics. Where Now?. Questions for Discussion and Reflection. Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading. Notes. 4. Naturalism and Non-naturalism. Naturalism. The Modern Debate about Naturalism. Reconstructed Naturalism. Non-cognitivist Alternatives. Hume and Naturalism. Reconnecting Facts and Values. Aristotle and Naturalism. Moral Facts and Explanation. What About God?. Where Now?. Questions for Discussion and Reflection. Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading. Notes. Conclusion. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisQuestion of Method in Cultural Studies brings together a group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies.Trade Review"A multi-disciplinary intellectual masterpiece that explores the discourses of space, time and objects; the politics of knowledge; and the relationship between cultural studies and traditional as well as emergent disciplines.... Innovative and thought-provoking." (Discourse Studies, October 2008) “White and Schwoch take on the challenge of delineating cultural studies methodology in this highly engaging collection. Leading scholars in the field scrutinize defining issues in theory and practice with penetrating insight. In seeking to forge a common ground for the field, this offers a major breakthrough.” Denise Bielby, University of California at Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors.. Acknowledgments.. 1. Introduction: The Questions of Method in Cultural Studies. (James Schwoch and Mimi White). . Part I: Space/Time/Objects. Introduction.. 2. From the Ordinary to the Concrete: Cultural Studies and the Politics of Scale. (Anna McCarthy)3. Raymond Williams’ Culture and Society as Research Method. (John Durham Peters). 4. “Read thy self.” Text, Audience, and Method in Cultural Studies. (John Hartley). . Part II: Production and Reception: The Politics of Knowledge. Introduction.. 5. Cultural Studies of Media Production: Critical Industrial Practice. (John Caldwell). 6. Feminism and the Politics of Method. (Joke Hermes). 7. Taking Audience Research into the Age of New Media: Old Problems and New Challenges. (Andrea Press and Sonia Livingstone). . Part III: Cultural Studies and Selected Disciplines: Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnomusicology, Popular Music Studies. Introduction. 8. Mixed and Rigorous Cultural Studies Methodology--an Oxymoron? (Micaela di Leonardo). 9. Is Globalization Undermining the Sacred Principles of Modernity? (Pertti Alasuutari). 10. Engagement through Alienation: Parallels of Paradox in World Music and Tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia. (Gini Gorlinski)11. For the Record: Interdisciplinarity, Cultural Studies and the Search for Method in Popular Music Studies. (Tim Anderson). Index.

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