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They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous outbursts but also culturally learned performances. They are intimate and private and yet gain their substance and significance only from interpersonal and social frameworks. And just as our emotions in any given moment display this complex structure, so their history is plural rather than singular. The history of emotions is where the history of ideas meets the history of the body, and where the history of subjectivity meets social and cultural history.In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Dixon traces the historical ancestries of feelings ranging from sorrow, melancholy, rage, and terror to cheerfulness, enthusiasm, sympathy, and love. 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From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Hardly surprisingly, crime has been pushed high up the public policy agenda across the world. But how can we measure crime, or evaluate the effectiveness of preventative measures? Does the threat of prison reduce someone''s likelihood of reoffending, or would rehabilitation be more constructive?In this Very Short Introduction Tim Newburn considers how we can study trends in crime, and use them to inform preventative policy and criminal justice. Analysing the history of the subject, he reflects on our understanding of crime and responses to crime in earlier historical periods. Considering trends in crime in the developed world, Newburn discusses its causes, exploring the relationship between drugs and crime, analysing what we know about why people stop offending, and looking at both formal and informal responses to crime. Newburn concludes by discussing what role criminology can plausibly be anticipated to have in crime control and politics, and what its limits are. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is crime? Who is a criminal? 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Each chapter is written by an expert in their field and includes a range of learning features designed to help students engage with the material covered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA first-rate resource with which to study and debate current issues within the subject. * Anna Markovska, Anglia Ruskin University, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Vol 46 No 4, September 2007 *\u003cbr\u003eGiven its scope and the inclusion of study questions, further reading and web links, lecturers will inevitably find this a useful core textbook. * Times Higher Education Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eThe editors bring together an excellent group of contributions, making this a fascinating read. 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It identifies three common narratives: one is based on the idea of the law as magisterial and remote; another views the law as a game to be played; and a third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power to be actively resisted.","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732903244119,"sku":"9780226227443","price":25.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226227443.jpg?v=1719998884"},{"product_id":"anonymous-9780226765136","title":"Anonymous","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rich sociological analysis of how and why we use anonymity.   In recent years, anonymity has rocked the political and social landscape. There are countless examples: An anonymous whistleblower was at the heart of President Trump's first impeachment, an anonymous group of hackers compromised more than 77 million Sony accounts, and best-selling author Elena Ferrante resolutely continued to hide her real name and identity. In Anonymous, Thomas DeGloma draws on a fascinating set of contemporary and historical cases to build a sociological theory that accounts for the many faces of anonymity. He asks a number of pressing questions about the social conditions and effects of anonymity. What is anonymity, and why, under various circumstances, do individuals act anonymously? How do individuals accomplish anonymity? How do they use it, and, in some situations, how is it imposed on them?  To answer these questions, DeGloma tackles anonymity thematically, dedicating each chapter to a distinct type of anonymous action, including ones he dubs protective, subversive, institutional, and ascribed. Ultimately, he argues that anonymity and pseudonymity are best understood as performances in which people obscure personal identities as they make meaning for various audiences. As they bring anonymity and pseudonymity to life, DeGloma shows, people work to define the world around them to achieve different goals and objectives.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAnonymous\u003c\/i\u003e does what sociology does best: to take a concept (in this case anonymity and pseudonymity) and explore it as a performative practice, a practice of sociality, and as linked to institutional structures. This book is a major addition to the sociological canon.” -- Gary Alan Fine, author of Fair Share: Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance\u003cbr\u003e\"Attention must be paid! In this performance, grounded in the traditions of symbolic interaction, Thomas DeGloma has produced a foundational book for an emerging field, a field  badly in need of one. As digital technologies continue to alter the, meaning, discovery, hiding and validation of identity, understanding anonymity and its’ extended family (e.g. pseudonymity, pseudo-anonymity, secrecy, privacy, surveillance and so much more), is ever more important. The book’s useful concepts bring coherence and integration to a plentitude of engaging empirical examples across cultures and time periods. Most welcome!\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- Gary T. Marx, author of Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Anonymous Acts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Social Dynamics of Anonymous Acts\u003cbr\u003e Naming, Namelessness, and Pseudo-Names\u003cbr\u003e Freedom and Constraint in the Breach of Personal Identity \u003cbr\u003e The Exhibitionist and the Voyeur: Anonymity and Information Control \u003cbr\u003e Impersonal Agencies: Someone, Anyone, Everyone, and No One \u003cbr\u003e Culture and Meaning in the Performance of Anonymity \u003cbr\u003e Outline of the Book \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Protective Anonymity \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Concealed Authorship and the Performance of Elena Ferrante\u003cbr\u003e Social Ethics of Anonymity\u003cbr\u003e Anonymous Altruism and Charity\u003cbr\u003e The Screened Confession and the Masquerade\u003cbr\u003e The Impartiality of Impersonality and the Performance of Academic Evaluation \u003cbr\u003e Anonymous Communities and Forums\u003cbr\u003e Anonymous Therapeutics and the Case of Alcoholics Anonymous\u003cbr\u003e Computer-Mediated Anonymous Forums\u003cbr\u003e Anonymous Consumption and Exchange\u003cbr\u003e Exploiting Protective Anonymity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Subversive Anonymity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Subversive Art and Literature \u003cbr\u003e Masked Social Movements and Anonymous Rebellion \u003cbr\u003e The Religious, Theatrical, and Festive Roots of Masked Social Protest \u003cbr\u003e Masked Movements and Their Subversive World Orders \u003cbr\u003e The Anonymous Performances of Ku Klux Klan Terror \u003cbr\u003e Performing the Digital Guerrilla Insurgency: The Hacker Networks of Anonymous \u003cbr\u003e The Klan and Anonymous: Shared Characteristics of Subversive Anonymity \u003cbr\u003e FBI Counterintelligence and the Anonymous Subversion of Subversive Activity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. The Anonymity of Social Systems \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Institutions and Systems as Cover Representations \u003cbr\u003e Wall Street and the Financial Crisis \u003cbr\u003e Corporate Personhood and Electoral Politics \u003cbr\u003e The NSA, Big Tech, and Electronic Surveillance \u003cbr\u003e Distance Killing and the Nation at War\u003cbr\u003e The Modern State as “Humane” Executioner \u003cbr\u003e Anonymous Labor and Systems of Production\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. The Anonymity of Types and Categories \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Typification and Social Performance\u003cbr\u003e Anonymous Others in Situated Encounters \u003cbr\u003e The Anonymity of Class and Occupation \u003cbr\u003e Anonymous Sex \u003cbr\u003e Racial Typification, Law Enforcement, and Police Violence \u003cbr\u003e Cisgaender Typification and the Segregation of Public Restrooms \u003cbr\u003e Analytic Typifications \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. The Social Contradictions of Our Hidden Identities \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unmasking Acts \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732920152407,"sku":"9780226765136","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226765136.jpg?v=1719998951"},{"product_id":"terms-of-exchange-9780226819365","title":"Terms of Exchange","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collective intellectual biography that sheds new light on the Annales school, structuralism, and racial democracy.    Would the most recognizable ideas in the French social sciences have developed without the influence of Brazilian intellectuals? While any study of Brazilian social sciences acknowledges the influence of French scholars, Ian Merkel argues the reverse is also true: the French social sciences were profoundly marked by Brazilian intellectual thought, particularly through the University of São Paulo. Through the idea of the cluster, Merkel traces the intertwined networks of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Fernand Braudel, Roger Bastide, and Pierre Monbeig as they overlapped at USP and engaged with Brazilian scholars such as Mário de Andrade, Gilberto Freyre, and Caio Prado Jr..     Through this collective intellectual biography of Brazilian and French social sciences, Terms of Exchange reveals connections that shed new light on the Annales school, structuralism, and racial democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential contribution for reflecting on what is at stake in academic exchange based on empirical research.\" * Brésil(s) *\u003cbr\u003e\"What Merkel proposes is a subversion of what are seen as the traditional logics of intellectual history, an approach whose importance derives from the names involved. Even the most firmly established figures in Brazilian intellectual history, unanimously recognized in their country of origin as seminal in their respective areas of specialization, ultimately could not manage to escape erasure. That is the state of things that \u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange \u003c\/i\u003eproposes to reverse.\" * Revista de História (São Paulo) *\u003cbr\u003e“A rich examination of the intriguing crossings between Brazilian and French social sciences from the 1930s to the 1950s, \u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first history of the interactions among such characters as Roger Bastide, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Arthur Ramos, Caio Prado Jr., Florestan Fernandes, Paul Rivet, Gilberto Freyre, and Fernand Braudel.” * Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003e“This book reconsiders the intellectual itineraries of the French professors who came to São Paulo to found USP. Challenging traditional geographies of knowledge, Merkel situates the Brazilian experience of social scientists such as Braudel and Lévi-Strauss at the center of important epistemological inflections of the mid-twentieth century.” * Gabriela Pellegrino Soares, University of São Paulo *\u003cbr\u003e“Merkel explores with brio a little-known episode of transatlantic intellectual history: the prewar dialectics of exchange between a small group of not-yet-famous French visiting professors at the University of São Paulo and their Brazilian hosts. The great merit of the book is to highlight the weight of their Brazilian experience on those who later deeply transformed the French social sciences.” * Philippe Descola, author of Beyond Nature and Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\"Merkel's work is a welcome addition to both Brazilian history and to the charting of the twentieth-century social sciences.\" * The Latin Americanist *\u003cbr\u003e\"Attempts to show the close relationship of Northern social sciences to Southern thinkers have been reduced in scope and impact so far. This is why the book \u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e by Ian Merkel is more than welcome.\" * Bulletin of Latin American Research *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange \u003c\/i\u003eis a relevant contribution to the history of the intellectuals and an important global history exercise that shows, through at least two superposed ‘mana circulation systems’, how entangled the relations among intellectuals from different parts of the world could be if well analyzed.\" * Storia della Storiografia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: São Paulo, the New Metropolis with a French University\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Atlantic Crossings and Disciplinary Reformulation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Getting to Know Brazil: The New Country behind the Methodology\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Four Approaches to Global and Social-Scientific Crisis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Brazil and the Reconstruction of the French Social Sciences\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Racial Democracy, Métissage, and Decolonization between Brazil and France\u003cbr\u003e En Guise de Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations and Archives\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732926280023,"sku":"9780226819365","price":84.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226819365.jpg?v=1719998978"},{"product_id":"terms-of-exchange-brazilian-intellectuals-and-the-french-social-sciences-the-life-of-ideas-9780226819792","title":"Terms of Exchange Brazilian Intellectuals and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential contribution for reflecting on what is at stake in academic exchange based on empirical research.\" * Brésil(s) *\u003cbr\u003e\"What Merkel proposes is a subversion of what are seen as the traditional logics of intellectual history, an approach whose importance derives from the names involved. Even the most firmly established figures in Brazilian intellectual history, unanimously recognized in their country of origin as seminal in their respective areas of specialization, ultimately could not manage to escape erasure. That is the state of things that \u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange \u003c\/i\u003eproposes to reverse.\" * Revista de História (São Paulo) *\u003cbr\u003e“A rich examination of the intriguing crossings between Brazilian and French social sciences from the 1930s to the 1950s, \u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first history of the interactions among such characters as Roger Bastide, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Arthur Ramos, Caio Prado Jr., Florestan Fernandes, Paul Rivet, Gilberto Freyre, and Fernand Braudel.” * Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003e“This book reconsiders the intellectual itineraries of the French professors who came to São Paulo to found USP. Challenging traditional geographies of knowledge, Merkel situates the Brazilian experience of social scientists such as Braudel and Lévi-Strauss at the center of important epistemological inflections of the mid-twentieth century.” * Gabriela Pellegrino Soares, University of São Paulo *\u003cbr\u003e“Merkel explores with brio a little-known episode of transatlantic intellectual history: the prewar dialectics of exchange between a small group of not-yet-famous French visiting professors at the University of São Paulo and their Brazilian hosts. The great merit of the book is to highlight the weight of their Brazilian experience on those who later deeply transformed the French social sciences.” * Philippe Descola, author of Beyond Nature and Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\"Merkel's work is a welcome addition to both Brazilian history and to the charting of the twentieth-century social sciences.\" * The Latin Americanist *\u003cbr\u003e\"Attempts to show the close relationship of Northern social sciences to Southern thinkers have been reduced in scope and impact so far. This is why the book \u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e by Ian Merkel is more than welcome.\" * Bulletin of Latin American Research *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTerms of Exchange \u003c\/i\u003eis a relevant contribution to the history of the intellectuals and an important global history exercise that shows, through at least two superposed ‘mana circulation systems’, how entangled the relations among intellectuals from different parts of the world could be if well analyzed.\" * Storia della Storiografia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: São Paulo, the New Metropolis with a French University\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Atlantic Crossings and Disciplinary Reformulation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Getting to Know Brazil: The New Country behind the Methodology\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Four Approaches to Global and Social-Scientific Crisis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Brazil and the Reconstruction of the French Social Sciences\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Racial Democracy, Métissage, and Decolonization between Brazil and France\u003cbr\u003e En Guise de Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations and Archives\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732926607703,"sku":"9780226819792","price":26.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226819792.jpg?v=1719998979"},{"product_id":"the-dissertationtobook-workbook-9780226825816","title":"The DissertationtoBook Workbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Dissertation-to-Book Workbook \u003c\/i\u003enot only succeeds but excels in guiding scholars through this process of revision. 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Step 4: Checking Your Book Question Candidates Against Your Chapters\u003cbr\u003e Debrief, Support, and Troubleshooting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Drafting Your Remaining Book Questions\u003cbr\u003e What to Expect\u003cbr\u003e Time Investment\u003cbr\u003e Common Discoveries in Chapter 4\u003cbr\u003e Common Stumbling Blocks\u003cbr\u003e Exercises\u003cbr\u003e Step 1: Selecting Other Book Questions\u003cbr\u003e Step 2: Brainstorming Questions Related to Book Question 1\u003cbr\u003e Step 3: Stress-Testing and Answering Your Book Questions\u003cbr\u003e Debrief, Support, and Troubleshooting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Revising Your Book Questions\u003cbr\u003e What to Expect\u003cbr\u003e Time Investment\u003cbr\u003e Common Discoveries in Chapter 5\u003cbr\u003e Common Stumbling Blocks\u003cbr\u003e Exercises\u003cbr\u003e Step 1: Checking Actors and Actions\u003cbr\u003e Step 2: Stress-Testing Your Terminology\u003cbr\u003e Step 3: Assessing Conceptual 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Most importantly, however, it is likely to change our understanding of gender relations.”  (\u003ci\u003eMetapsychology\u003c\/i\u003e, 21 August 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface x  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is the Second Sexism? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisadvantage 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscrimination 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWrongful discrimination 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexism 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Sexism 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Kinds of Denialist 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForestalling Some Fallacies 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure and Method of the Book 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Male Disadvantage 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConscription and Combat 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViolence 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporal Punishment 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual Assault 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCircumcision 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily and Other Relationships 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCustody 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaternity 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaternity leave 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomosexuals 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBodily Privacy 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Expectancy 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImprisonment and Capital Punishment 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Explaining Male Disadvantage and Thinking about Sex Differences 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeliefs about Males 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions about the Beliefs 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo what extent, if at all, are the beliefs true? 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