Sociology Books
Cambridge University Press Debating Humanity Towards a Philosophical
Book SynopsisThe question 'what is a human being?' remains one of the most vexing intellectual puzzles. This book reconstructs how contemporary sociologists and philosophers understand the key anthropological features that define our shared membership of the human species.Trade Review'This is a major work on the relationship between sociology and philosophy. It provides a thorough and insightful analysis into the meaning of the notion of humanity.' Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex'Chernilo's pathbreaking new book can be read as a most fruitful introduction to social philosophy, but it is much more than that: it re-invents the tradition of a philosophical sociology, thus bringing together the best of both worlds in a rigorous reflection of their anthropological underpinnings.' Hartmut Rosa, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany and Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Germany'Debating Humanity cuts across the grain of mainstream sociology, if not the social sciences as a whole, in proposing that sociology cannot ignore philosophy if it is to engage effectively in normative argument. Critical of the positivistic, narrow and inward-looking character of much contemporary sociology, Daniel Chernilo returns to earlier debates with philosophical anthropology in order to ground his advocacy of a normative and philosophical sociology by paying attention to the universalistic features of human life over and against sociology's obsession with the particularities of gender, race, and ethnicity. A triumph in terms of the challenge and the clarity of his vision.' Bryan S. Turner, The Graduate Center City University of New York, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, and Universität Potsdam, Germany'Daniel Chernilo, one of the more interesting social theorists emerging from Britain today, lays the foundation for a field he calls 'philosophical sociology', which aims for nothing less than a reorientation of social theory towards the twenty-first century. In these pages we catch a glimpse of someone who would recover a scope for sociology last seen in the writings of Max Scheler.' Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of WarwickTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Note on original versions; Introduction; 1. The humanism debate revisited: Sartre, Heidegger, Derrida; 2. Self-transcendence: Hannah Arendt; 3. Adaptation: Talcott Parsons; 4. Responsibility: Hans Jonas; 5. Language: Jürgen Habermas; 6. Strong evaluations: Charles Taylor; 7. Reflexivity: Margaret Archer; 8. Reproduction of life: Luc Boltanski; Epilogue; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Environment in Human
Book SynopsisThis volume takes the child's environment (culture, education, family, peers and media) as an essential component of child development.Trade Review'This book will be a force for good.' John Goodier, Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction Linda Mayes and Michael Lewis; 1. Proximal to distal environments in child development: theoretical, structural, methodological, and empirical considerations Marc Bornstein; 2. Risk and adversity in developmental psychology Jelena Obradovic, Anne Shaffer and Anne Masten; 3. Maternal care as the central environmental variable Lynne Murray and Marc de Rosnay; 4. Novel assessment techniques aimed at identifying proximal and distal environmental risk factors for children and adolescents Linda Mayes, Stacey P. Daughters and Jessica M. Richards; 5. Beyond the Dyad Michael Lewis; 6. Social agents and genes: comments on the ontogenesis of the 'social genome' Elena Grigorenko and Sarah Ward; 7. The dynamic systems perspective: what is the system? Tom Hollenstein; 8. New approaches to the notion of 'environmental risk' Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Aliza W. Pressman and Pamela Klebanov; 9. Environment across time Ronald Seifer; 10. Parental care and attachment Peter Fonagy and Michelle Sleed; 11. Understanding the developmental influences of the family environment Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey; 12. Measuring the environments of early care, education, and intervention programs for children in poverty William Gilliam and Laura Stout Sosinsky; 13. School influences on human development Jacquelynne Eccles and Robert W. Roeser; 14. Siblings and peers in the adult-child-child triadic context Sybil L. Hart; 15. Neighborhood environments: a multi-measure, multi-level approach Ross D. Parke, Shoon Lio, Thomas J. Schofield, Louis Tuthill, Eric Vega and Scott Coltrane; 16. Rural versus urban environments Robert H. Bradley; 17. Current research and new dimensions Stephanie M. Jones, Monica Yudron, Aeliecia Pisciella and Hadas Eidelman; 18. Social networks Mary J. Levitt; 19. Marital health E. Mark Cummings and Lauren M. Papp; 20. Parental psychopathology: a developmental perspective on mechanisms of transmission Nancy E. Suchman and Cindy DeCoste; 21. Early exposure to trauma: domestic and community violence Alicia Lieberman and Patricia Van Horn; 22. Child maltreatment: a pathogenic relational environment across development Julia Kim-Cohen, Sarah Rabbitt, Jessica Henry and Andrea L. Gold; 23. The cultural organization of children's environment Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super; 24. Children and electronic media Sandra L. Calvert; 25. Parenting behavior as the environment where children grow Ruth Feldman; 26. HOME inventory Robert H. Bradley; 27. Measurement and model building in studying the influence of socioeconomic status on child development Erika Hoff, Brett Laursen and Kelly Bridges; 28. Assessment of parental psychopathology and adaptive functioning Thomas Achenbach; 29. Assessment of social support, social network, and social capital Brenda K. Bryant; 30. Stress reactivity in child development research: indices, correlates, and future directions Jelena Obradovic and W. Thomas Boyce; 31. Mixed model analyses for repeated-measures data Peter J. Molfese, Yaacov Petscher and David L. Molfese.
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Cambridge University Press Cultural Evolution
Book SynopsisCultural Evolution argues that people''s values and behavior are shaped by the degree to which survival is secure; it was precarious for most of history, which encouraged heavy emphasis on group solidarity, rejection of outsiders, and obedience to strong leaders. For under extreme scarcity, xenophobia is realistic: if there is just enough land to support one tribe and another tribe tries to claim it, survival may literally be a choice between Us and Them. Conversely, high levels of existential security encourage openness to change, diversity, and new ideas. The unprecedented prosperity and security of the postwar era brought cultural change, the environmentalist movement, and the spread of democracy. But in recent decades, diminishing job security and rising inequality have led to an authoritarian reaction. Evidence from more than 100 countries demonstrates that people''s motivations and behavior reflect the extent to which they take survival for granted - and that modernization changeTrade Review'This book is the product of an extremely ambitious project - ambitious in terms of the broad scope of the various aspects of society that its theoretical insights purport to explain, but also in terms of the range of the social science disciplines that are swept up and integrated into this 'Evolutionary Modernization theory'. One could even regard this enterprise as striving towards what would be the equivalent of 'unified field theory' in physics. What Chutzpah! And what a burden of proof such an ambitious enterprise would face. Remarkably, Inglehart succeeds in this demanding task, the ultimate product of which I regard as one of the most important works in the social sciences in decades.' Richard Gunther, Ohio State University'Cultural Evolution culminates a remarkably productive half-century's exploration of cultural change by Ronald F. Inglehart. This renowned scholar now extends the reach of his theory to global history, while honing his concepts to dissect, for example, the emergence of right-wing populism and LGBTQ activism. This is Inglehart at his most ambitious and most astute. It is a powerful book.' Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Cultural Evolution is an intellectual tour-de-force. Drawing on insights from years of research in societies representing ninety percent of the world's population, the renowned political scientist Ronald F. Inglehart traces the most important changes taking place across the globe - the shift from Materialist to Postmaterialist values. His brilliant new Evolutionary Modernization theory explains changes in religion, conflict, gender equality, democracy, happiness, among other phenomena, through the same parsimonious scientific lens. It is a fantastic read for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of culture change.' Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland'This timely book will certainly become one of the most significant books of the first part of this century - every library should have a copy.' J. S. Taylor, Choice'Inglehart is one of the last great postwar exponents of modernization theory, which sees economic development as leading to shifts in society toward liberal democracy.' G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs'Cultural Evolution may be one of the three greatest books ever written in the category 'Optimistic Accounts of Change in Public Opinion.' … Life may generally be short, harsh, and exploitive, but the values transitions documented by Inglehart suggest that there are viable avenues for social improvement.' Samuel Cohn, American Journal of Sociology'Inglehart seeks to reach beyond the scholarly audience. To do so, he eschews presenting the daunting array of statistical estimates that are the norm for such analyses. Instead, the extensive evidence is presented through well crafted figures that are self-sufficient in conveying the hypothesis at hand, the array of nations being examined, and the results obtained. Further, he eschews 'academes' for clarity. The result is a spare, accessible, masterful, and elegant book.' George E. Marcus, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: overview of this book; 1. Evolutionary modernization and cultural change; 2. The rise of postmaterialist values in the West and the World; 3. Global cultural patterns; 4. The end of secularization?; 5. Cultural change, slow and fast: the distinctive trajectory of norms governing gender equality and sexual orientation; 6. The feminization of society and declining willingness to fight for one's country: the individual-level component of the long peace; 7. Development and democracy; 8. The changing roots of happiness; 9. The silent revolution in reverse: the rise of Trump and the authoritarian populist parties; 10. The coming of artificial intelligence society.
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Cambridge University Press Democracy at Work
Book SynopsisOne of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century is to address large, deep, and historic deficits in human development. Democracy at Work explores a crucial question: how does democracy, with all of its messy, contested, and, time-consuming features, advance well-being and improve citizens'' lives? Professors Brian Wampler, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, and Michael Touchton argue that differences in the local robustness of three democratic pathways - participatory institutions, rights-based social programs, and inclusive state capacity - best explain the variation in how democratic governments improve well-being. Using novel data from Brazil and innovative analytic techniques, the authors show that participatory institutions permit citizens to express voice and exercise vote, inclusive social programs promote citizenship rights and access to public resources, and more capable local states use public resources according to democratic principles of rights protections and equal accesTrade Review'This important book documents the existence of a significant 'democracy advantage' in the form of Brazilian municipalities that have been able to improve a number of key social indicators by expanding participatory institutions, adopting rights-based social programs, and building local state capacity. Given the multiple crises that have beset Brazil's national-level politics in recent years, the publication of Democracy at Work is especially timely as a reminder that local actors can construct their own pathways to well-being.' Kent Eaton, University of California, Santa Cruz'Democracy at Work convincingly demonstrates that 'thicker democracy' really does improve social outcomes. The authors deploy the analytical leverage of the subnational comparative method, grounded in extraordinary empirical evidence, to show both the independent and interactive effects of participatory public institutions, inclusive safety nets and capable local governments.' Jonathan Fox, Accountability Research Center, School of International Service, American University'Democracy at Work is an impressive, even exemplary, piece of scholarship.' Jared Abbott and Benjamin Goldfrank, Comparative Politics'Wampler, Sugiyama, and Touchton's exciting book Democracy at Work promises a deep dive into the black box of democracy with all of its 'messy, contested, and time-consuming features' … Democracy at Work is sure to become essential reading for any student of participatory democracy and developmental studies, as well as anyone seeking to understand the micro-level pathways that cultivate well-being beyond the broad stroke of economic growth and regime type.' Maggie Shum, The Developing EconomiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Democracy at work; 2. Building pathways for change; 3. Research design, methods, and variables; 4. Reducing poverty: broadening access to income; 5. Improving health: saving lives; 6. Empowering women: saving mothers and enhancing opportunities; 7. Educating society: promoting public education and learning; 8. Pathways at work: lessons from Brazil's poor Northeast; Conclusion: how democracy improves well-being.
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Cambridge University Press Obesity in the News
Book SynopsisObesity is a pressing social issue and a persistently newsworthy topic for the media. This book examines the linguistic representation of obesity in the British press. It combines techniques from corpus linguistics with critical discourse studies to analyse a large corpus of newspaper articles (36 million words) representing ten years of obesity coverage. These articles are studied from a range of methodological perspectives, and analytical themes include variation between newspapers, change over time, diet and exercise, gender and social class. The volume also investigates the language that readers use when responding to obesity representations in the context of online comments. The authors reveal the power of linguistic choices to shame and stigmatise people with obesity, presenting them as irresponsible and morally deviant. Yet the analysis also demonstrates the potential for alternative representations which place greater focus on the role that social and political forces play in tTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The way in – shared keywords in the press; 3. Studying difference – comparing sections of the press; 4. Change over time; 5. Shaming and reclaiming; 6. Healthy body – diet and exercise; 7. General discourses of obesity; 8. 'A disease of the poor'? – obesity and social class; 9. Going 'below the line' – reader responses; 10. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Economists View of the World
Book SynopsisReleased in 1984, Steven E. Rhoads'' classic was considered by many to be among the best introductions to the economic way of thinking and its applications. This anniversary edition has been updated to account for political and economic developments - from the greater interest in redistributing income and the ascendancy of behaviorism to the Trump presidency. Rhoads explores opportunity cost, marginalism, and economic incentives and explains why mainstream economists - even those well to the left - still value free markets. He critiques economics for its unbalanced emphasis on narrow self-interest as controlling motive and route to happiness, highlighting philosophers and positive psychologists'' findings that happiness is far more dependent on friends and family than on income or wealth. This thought-provoking tour of the economist''s mind is a must read for our times,providing a clear, lively, non-technical insight into how economists think and why they shouldn''t be ignored.Trade Review'This is a 35th anniversary version of a classic. Rhoads, an emeritus professor of politics at the University of Virginia, has built upon the best explanation I know of how orthodox economists think about choice, markets, externalities and other concepts. The new edition will be valuable to non-economists and economists alike: the former will learn how economists think; and the latter will learn some of the limits to how they think.' Martin Wolf, A Financial Times Book of the Year'Rhoads puts the discipline's core concepts in wonderfully accessible form.' Barton Swaim, A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year'… one of the top 10 big picture economics books of the last 50 years.' David R. Henderson, RegulationTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Useful Concepts: 1. Opportunity Cost; 2. Marginalism; 3. Economic Incentives; Part II. Government and Markets, Efficiency and Equity: 4. Government and the Economy; 5. Economists and Equity; 6. Externalities and the Government Agenda; Part III. The Limits of Economics: 7. The Economist's Consumer and Individual Well-Being; 8. Representatives, Deliberation, and Political Leadership; 9. Conclusion.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Sociology For Dummies
Book SynopsisSociology For Dummies helps you understand the complex field of sociology, serving as the ideal study guide both when you're deciding to take a class as well as when you are already participating in a course. Avoiding jargon, Sociology For Dummies will get you up to speed on this widely studied topic in no time.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: The Basic Basics. Chapter 1: Sociology: Getting Your Head around It. Chapter 2: What Is Sociology, and Why Should I Care? Chapter 3: Making It Up As They Went Along: The History of Sociology. Chapter 4: Research Methods: Because You Can’t Put Society in a Test Tube. Part II: Seeing Society Like a Sociologist. Chapter 5: Socialisation: What is 'Culture,' and Where Can I Get Some? Chapter 6: Microsociology: If Life Is a Game, What Are the Rules? Part III: Equality and Inequality in Our Diverse World. Chapter 7: Caught in the Web: The Power of Networks. Chapter 8: Social Stratifi cation: We're All Equal, But Some of Us Are More Equal Than Others. Chapter 9: Gender and Ethnicity: I Know My Race, But Where's the Finish Line? Chapter 10: Ways of Belonging: Citizenship and National Identities. Chapter 11: Getting Religion: Faith in the Modern World. Chapter 12: Crime and Deviance: I Fought the Law . . . and I Won! Part IV: All Together Now: The Ins and Outs of Social Organisation. Chapter 13: Corporate Culture: The Study of Organisations (and Disorganisations). Chapter 14: The Rules of the Game: Social Movements and Political Sociology. Chapter 15: Urban Sociology and Demographics: (Ain’t No) Love in the Heart of the City. Part V: Sociology and Your Life. Chapter 16: The Family and the Life Course. Chapter 17: Future Passed: Understanding Social Change. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Sociology Books That Don’t Feel Like Homework. Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight in Everyday Life. Chapter 20: Ten Myths About Society Busted by Sociology. Index.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Penology Theory Policy and Practice
Book SynopsisKaren Harrison is Professor of Law and Penal Justice, University of Lincoln, UK. Karen has been teaching criminology and penology in Law Schools for almost 20 years. Her specialist areas of research expertise are dangerous and sexual offences and offenders.Trade ReviewKaren Harrison presents a lucid and distinctive account of the major debates in penology. The book illustrates the diversity of disposals society imposes on those who offend. However, by drawing on best practice in the UK and elsewhere, readers are reminded that there are alternatives and that these may prove more effective and more humane. Students reading this work will come away informed and challenged. * Gavin Dingwall, De Montfort University, UK *This book is an important text for those studying punishment. Looking at penology beyond imprisonment alone, the content of this book appropriately deals with penal theory and practice within the wider context of the criminal justice system as a whole. A welcome contribution is the writer’s encouragement of readers to think and question for themselves throughout, providing a very useful source for educators and students. * Helen Nichols, University of Lincoln, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Punishment and the Foundations of Penal Theory 3. Rethinking Penal Theory 4. Sentencing 5. Out-of-Court Disposals and Fines 6. Community Penalties 7. Prisons and the Use of Imprisonment 8. The Prison Experience 9. Release, Recall and Reintegration 10. Dangerous Offenders 11. Children and Young People 12. Social Inequalities in Custody.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Deep Mediatization Key Ideas in Media Cultural
Book SynopsisAndreas Hepp takes an integrative look at one of the biggest questions in media and communications research: how digital media is changing society.Trade Review'Andreas Hepp’s new book provides a profound and "deep" reflection on how digital technologies have penetrated all aspects of our daily lives. His critical reflections cover not just the mediatization of institutions and infrastructures, but also of social and symbolic interactions. Scaffolded by quantitative and qualitative evidence, his argument that we are ushered into a new era of ‘deep mediatization’ is very convincing. Invaluable reading for anyone grappling with a global information order.'José van Dijck, Distinguished University Professor of Media and Digital Societies, Utrecht University 'With previous work by Hepp, Couldry and others we witness an essential conceptualization of mediatization that helps us understand contemporary communication landscapes. With this new title, Hepp elaborates this framework in critical ways, reminding us that digital media more than channel our communication, but also create and reinforce new information, through our cultural practices, societal infrastructures, and institutional parameters. This is a powerful treatise, thoughtfully building on the most relevant and promising scholarship toward a positioning of communication theory that offers a significant critical argument on our most contemporary and concerning communication practices.'Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Dean, School of Communication, University of Miami'Andreas Hepp has written a state-of-the-art, nuanced argument about the power of mediatization. Blending sociological sophistication and a critical eye, Hepp demonstrates the multiple and dynamics dimensions of mediatization. This book should be mandatory for media scholars grappling with how the media have transformed contemporary societies.'Silvio Waisbord, Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University'With Deep Mediatization, Andreas Hepp gives us a way to slip beneath the choppy surface of contemporary media and to see currents of social change that are stronger, older, and longer-lasting than many of us have imagined. This is social oceanography at its finest.'Fred Tuner, Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication at Stanford UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The making of deep mediatization 3. Media as a process 4. A figurational approach 5. Deep mediatization’s re-figuration of society 6. The individual in times of deep mediatization 7. Deep mediatization and the good life
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Community Engaged Leadership for Social Justice
Book SynopsisThis book advocates for informed leaders who are aware of the larger historical, political-economic, sociological, and philosophical issues that surround the schools and communities they serve. Extending beyond mainstream conceptions of instructional leadership and broad social justice paradigms, Community Engaged Leadership for Social Justice offers a multidisciplinary framework that helps leaders better serve the needs of their students, teachers, and communities. Exploring issues of urban school reform as it relates to the principal, as well as priorities that are relevant to the process of school improvement and the promotion of social justice, this book provides a critical, equity-oriented set of best practices grounded in research and empirical cases. This is a must-have resource for building consciousness, offering hope, and engaging in dialogical and collaborative leadership practices to radically transform schools and communities.Trade Review"The press to locate modifiable out-of-school factors that influence the education of underserved students continues to grow. This book provides an insightful, intellectual guide that describes the scholarship of major thought leaders and researchers working in this problem space." —William F. Tate, Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor, Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, USA"DeMatthews’ masterful critique of the principalship in historical perspective weaves between the macro and micro to give much-needed attention to the way that the profession, in Freire’s words, is less about liberation than it is about domesticating subjectivities. Community Engaged Leadership for Social Justice cogently maintains that we cannot have principals that either lack awareness or fail to be critically reflective of the inequalities faced by the children and communities that they serve. Kudos to a job well done!"—Angela Valenzuela, Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Texas at Austin, USATable of Contents PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: IntroductionPart I: Exploring Urban Communities, Schools, and ReformChapter 2: Neighborhoods of (In)OpportunityChapter 3: Racial Segregation and Urban SchoolsChapter 4: A History of Urban School ReformChapter 5: Schools as Social InstitutionsPart II: Toward a Critical and Community Engaged LeadershipChapter 6: The Science of Educational AdministrationChapter 7: Alternative Ways of Knowing and LeadingChapter 8: Leading for Social JusticeChapter 9: Critical Cases of Leadership in Low-Opportunity CommunitiesConclusion: New Knowledge Requires New Commitments
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Security Expertise
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together scholars from different fields to explore the power, consequences and everyday practices of security expertise.Expertise mediates between different forms of knowledge: scientific and technological, legal, economic and political knowledge. This book offers the first systematic study of security expertise and opens up a productive dialogue between science and technology studies and security studies to investigate the character and consequences of this expertise. In security theory, the study of expertise is crucial to understanding whose knowledge informs security making and to reflect on the impact and responsibility of security analysis. In science and technology studies, the study of security politics adds a challenging new case to the agenda of research on expertise and policy. The contributors investigate cases such as academic security studies, security think tanks, the collaboration between science, anthropology and the military, transnationalTable of Contents1. Security Expertise: An Introduction, Trine Villumsen Berling & Christian Bueger 2. What is Expertise? Technical Knowledge and Political Judgment, Robert Evans 3. What is Security Expertise? From a Sociology of Professions to the Analysis of Networks of Expertise, Gil Eyal and Grace Pok 4. In Defence of Security, Thomas Osborne 5. The History and Social Structure of Security Studies as a Practico-Academic Field, Ole Wæver 6. Think Tanks in Security and International Affairs, James McGann 7. Producing Knowledge for the Military: Experts and Amateurs in the National Security Community, Judith Reppy 8. Contesting Human Security Expertise: Technical Practices in Reconfiguring International Security, Saul Halfon 9. Problematic Knowledge: How "Terrorism" Resists Expertise, Lisa Stampnitzky 10. On Wolfs, Squirrels and Pandas: The Characters of Strategy Experts, Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen 11. On How To Be a Collective Intellectual – Critical Terrorism Studies and the Countering of Hegemonic Discourse, Richard Jackson 12. Ethics, Expertise and Human Terrain, Hugh Gusterson 13. Away from the Heart of Darkness: Transparency and Regulating the Relationships Between Security Experts and Security Sectors, Piki Ish-Shalom
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge International Handbook on Hate
Book SynopsisThis edited collection brings together many of the worldâs leading experts, both academic and practitioner, in a single volume Handbook that examines key international issues in the field of hate crime. Collectively it examines a range of pertinent areas with the ultimate aim of providing a detailed picture of the hate crime âproblemâ in different parts of the world. The book is divided into four parts: An examination, covering theories and concepts, of issues relating to definitions of hate crime, the individual and community impacts of hate crime, the controversies of hate crime legislation and theoretical approaches to understanding offending. An exploration of the international geography of hate, in which each chapter examines a range of hate crime issues in different parts of the world, including the UK, wider Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Reflections on a number of different perspectives across a range of key issues in hate criTrade Review‘Hate crimes are a global problem and a serious human rights challenge that require a comprehensive response from governments and other stakeholders wherever they occur. This Handbook is an important new tool in the formulation of policies to combat hate crime, offering the latest thinking from top experts on the nature, incidence and impact of hate crime, as well as an honest account of the progress made and challenges that remain in law enforcement, criminal justice, and other policy responses to these crimes and the intolerance in which they are rooted.’ - Paul LeGendre, Human Rights First, USA ‘You do not have to agree with all the conclusions of the experts who contributed to this important book to recognize that it is an invaluable tool for officials who help set policy vis-à-vis hate crimes, as well as the frontline officers who have to deal with the impact of hate on diverse communities.’ - Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, USA Table of ContentsIntroduction, Nathan Hall, Abbee Corb, Paul Giannasi, and John Grieve Part 1. Theories and Concepts 1. Framing the Boundaries of Hate Crime Neil Chakraborti 2. Beyond the Silo: Rethinking Hate Crime and Intersectionality Hannah Mason-Bish 3. The Personal Injuries of Hate Crime Paul Iganski and Spiridoula Lagou 4. Exploring the Community Impacts of Hate Crime Barbara Perry 5. Legislating Against Hate Gail Mason 6. Explaining Hate Crimes: sociological and criminological perspectives Nathan Hall 7. Explaining Hate Crimes: perspectives from the wider social sciences Nathan Hall Part 2. The International Geography of Hate 8. Hate Crimes in Europe Mike Whine 9. Hate Crimes in the UK Paul Giannasi 10. Sectarianism and Hate Crime in Northern Ireland Marian Duggan 11. Global Antisemitism Dave Rich 12. The European Extreme Right Emmanuel Godin 13. Hate Crimes in the United States Jordan Blair Woods 14. Hate Crimes in Canada Abbee Corb 15. A Governance of Denial: Hate Crime in Australia and New Zealand Nicole Asquith Part 3. Key Issues in Hate Crime 16. Hate Crimes against Disabled People Chih Hoong Sin 17. Disability Hostility, Harassment and Violence in the UK Paul Hamilton and Loretta Trickett 18. Alternative Subcultures and Hate Crime Jon Garland and Paul Hodkinson 19. Hate Crimes Against Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in Europe Zoe James 20. Reflections on Gendered Masculine Identities in Targeted Violence against Ethnic Minorities Loretta Trickett 21. LGBT Hate Crime Leslie Moran 22. Anti-Transgender Hate Crimes Jordan Blair Woods and Jody L. Herman 23. Good and Evil on the Internet Sol Littman 24. Online Hatred Sarah Rohlfing 25. Online Hate and Cyber-Bigotry: a glance at our radicalized online world Abbee Corb 26. Hate Crimes in Sport Nick Hawkins Part 4. Combating Hate and Hate Crime 27. Policing and Hate Crime Paul Giannasi 28. Intelligence-led Approaches to Combating Hate Crime John Grieve 29. Forensic Science and Hate Crime Paul Smith 30. You’re a Victim, Don’t Become an Offender: A Study of the ‘Moral Career’ of Racist Hate Crime Victims Corinne Funnell 31. Working with Offenders Liz Dixon and David Court 32. Rehabilitative Programmes for Hate Offenders Eila Davis 33. Repairing the Harms of Hate Crime: a restorative justice approach Mark Walters 34. Challenging Sectarianism Graham Spencer 35. Deradicalisation Daniel Koehler.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Forced Migration and Social Trauma
Book SynopsisForced Migration and Social Trauma addresses the topic of social trauma and migration by bringing together a broad range of interdisciplinary and international contributors, comprising refugee care practitioners, trauma researchers, sociologists and specialists in public policy from all along the Balkan refugee route into Europe. It gives the essence of a moderated dialogue between psychologists and psychoanalysts, sociologists, public policy and refugee care experts.Migration is connected to social trauma and cannot be handled without being aware of this context. The way refugees are treated in the transit or target countries is often determined by the socio-traumatic history of these countries. Social trauma can be collectively committed and perpetuated, leaving transgenerational traces in posttraumatic and attachment disorders, uprootedness and loss of social and political confidence. Media and cultural artefacts like press, TV and the internet influence coTrade Review"Psychoanalytically-informed literature on immigration has largely sidestepped the anguish of exiles and refugees. This book by Hamburger et al. rectifies this inattention and does so in a comprehensive and far-reaching manner. It addresses the suffering of adult and child refugees, host societies’ ambivalence towards the newcomers, the containing and inciting role of media, and the ameliorative measures, both on an individual and societal basis, that aim to heal the trauma of geographical dislocation. Impressively, the book also elucidates the problems faced by those in caregiving roles vis-à-vis refugees and suggests ways to handle them. This is a serious, sophisticated and psycho-politically significant work in our times of radical demographic change and global turmoil."-Salman Akhtar, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University, Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, USATable of ContentsPreface by Vamik Volkan; Preface by Ivan Krastev; Dreams to nightmares- welcoming culture, xenophobia and social trauma along the Balkan route: an introduction Andreas Hamburger, Camellia Hancheva, Saime Ozcurumez, Carmen Scher, Biljana Stanković, Slavica Tutnjević PART I: Refugees in public policy and social representation Introduction to Part I by Saime Ozcurumez Chapter 1: International Protection and Psycho-Social Support Services Saime Ozcurumez Chapter 2:Political Traumatisation and Trauma-Discourse Marcus Kumpfmüller Chapter 3: Social Trauma in International Refugee Legislation Jean-Jacques Petrucci & Andreas Hamburger Chapter 4: Visual constructions of ‘refugeeness’ and portrayal of flight in German newspapers Jelena Jovičić Chapter 5: Media Coverage of Refugees and Policy Processes: Serbia and the Refugee Crisis in the 2000s Momir Turudić Chapter 6: How "Words Matter": Reporting on Refugees and Migrants in Europe Žarka Radoja Chapter 7:Refugees in public policy and social representation: workshop results Andreas Hamburger PART II: Trauma and Migration: Psychological Aspects of forced Migration and Mental Health Introduction to Part II Trauma and Migration – Psychological Aspects of forced Migration and Mental HealthAndreas Hamburger & Camellia Hancheva Chapter 8: Syrian ‘Guests’ and the ‘Receiving’ Communities: Traumatization of Being an Outsider/Insider Gamze Ozcurumez Bilgili Chapter 9: Inner Emigration Horst Kächele Chapter 10: How Can Refugees Heal? Reflections on Healing Practices across the Refugee Process – from Displacement to Integration, Return and Beyond Selma Porobić Chapter 11: Mental Health in Refugee children and youth Anastasia Zissi Chapter 12: Methods and ethics in refugee research Maša Vukčević Marković & Jovana Bjekić Chapter 13: Mental Health in Refugees: Workshop Results Nikola Atanassov, Dijana Đurić, Aleksandra Hadžić, Camellia Hancheva, Horst Kächele, Diana Ridjić, Marko Tomašević PART III: Child Refugees Introduction to Part III Slavica Tutnjević Chapter 14: Child Refugee: Transition, Migration and Transitional Phenomena Camellia Hancheva Chapter 15: "Here I found my place": Perspectives of Refugee Children in Serbia on Psychosocial Support Programmes Maša Avramović & Biljana Stanković Chapter 16: Former Child Refugees – Quarter of a Century Later Slavica Tutnjević Chapter 17: Quest of Identity in Unattended Minor Refugees Leonie-Marie Anft Chapter 18: Child Refugees: Workshop Results Camellia Hancheva PART IV: Helpers, Volunteers and Vicarious Trauma Introduction to Part IV Biljana Stanković Chapter 19: Volunteers and Refugee Identity Sotiris Chtouris & Anastasia Zissi Chapter 20: Yoga as a Mindfulness-based Intervention for Refugees and Helpers Stella Schreiber Chapter 21: Secondary Traumatization in Service Providers working with Refugees Maša Vukčević Marković & Marko Živanović Chapter 22: Helpers, Volunteers and Vicarious Trauma Biljana Stanković
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Medical Anthropology
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Medical Anthropology provides a contemporary overview of the key themes in medical anthropology. In this exciting departure from conventional handbooks, compendia and encyclopedias, the three editors have written the core chapters of the volume, and in so doing, invite the reader to reflect on the ethnographic richness and theoretical contributions of research on the clinic and the field, bioscience and medical research, infectious and non-communicable diseases, biomedicine, complementary and alternative modalities, structural violence and vulnerability, gender and ageing, reproduction and sexuality. As a way of illustrating the themes, a rich variety of case studies are included, presented by over 60 authors from around the world, reflecting the diverse cultural contexts in which people experience health, illness, and healing. Each chapter and its case studies are introduced by a photograph, reflecting medical and visual anthropological respoTrade Review"The international scope of its authorship, both of editors and contributors, is something else that sets this book apart from others. It represents intellectual institutional homes in Western Europe, Australia, North America, and Southern Africa. Theories emanating from the University of Amsterdam and other Western European schools are well represented throughout, like Annemarie Mol’s writings on ontology and technology. Manderson’s vast professional archive on gender, health and the environment supports the volume as a whole, as does Hardon’s work on pharmaceuticals and HIV/AIDS and Cartwright’s on structural vulnerabilities, indigeneity, and immigration." - Casey Golomski, Somatosphere "The volume offers very enjoyable and accessible reading. Given its richly ethnographic case studies, the central conclusion of the book is then the necessity of paying attention to the particular contexts of health and illness across the globe and communities, and of understanding the complex entanglements in which they emerge and materialize. In other words, the volume speaks undeniably about the invaluable input that medical anthropologists may bring into important discussions on health and illness and their potential contribution to global health policy making. Thus, the volume goes well beyond what a handbook entails, becoming a fabulous resource for addressing health (in)justices across the globe."-Cristina Doughlas- Anthropology Books ForumTable of Contents1. INTRODUCTION: SIGN POSTSLenore Manderson, Elizabeth Cartwright and Anita Hardon2. CHANGING CHILDHOODSLenore Manderson, Elizabeth Cartwright and Anita Hardon 2.1 Children with diabetes (Christine Dedding) 2.2 Rare diseases in children in Italy (Alice Larotonda) 2.3 Autism spectrum disorder in Vietnam (Vu Song Ha) 2.4 Children’s idioms of distress (Ria Reis) 3. SEXUALITY AND TECHNOLOGYAnita Hardon, Lenore Manderson and Elizabeth Cartwright3.1 Feminizing the body (Panoopat Poompruek, Pimpawun Boonmongkon and Thomas E. Guadamuz) 3.2 Body, sex, and diet in Mozambique (Arianna Huhn) 3.3 Empowerment and the use of vaginal microbicides (Robert Pool) 3.4 Donating semen in Denmark (Sebastian Mohr) 4. THE SOCIALITIES OF HIV Anita Hardon, Lenore Manderson and Elizabeth Cartwright4.1 Freedom Corner (Emmy Kageha Igonya and Eileen Moyer) 4.2 Chronicle of a Mosotho boy (Ellen Block) 4.3 Coming of age on the streets (Thomas Stodulka) 5. STRESSES IN EVERYDAY LIFEAnita Hardon, Elizabeth Cartwright and Lenore Manderson 5.1 A cold of the soul (Junko Kitanaka) 5.2 Psychoanalysis in Buenos Aires (P. Sean Brotherton) 5.3 Promoting smoking in Indonesia (Mark Nichter and Mimi Nichter) 6. BODILY RESISTANCESElizabeth Cartwright, Anita Hardon, and Lenore Manderson6.1 Rebellion and co-morbidity (Megan Wainwright)6.2 Relatedness in anorexia (Megan Warin) 6.3 Governing by complaint (Jessica Mulligan)7. THE CHRONICITY OF ILLNESS AND DISEASELenore Manderson, Elizabeth Cartwright and Anita Hardon7.1 Mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases (Tim Allen and Melissa Parker) 7.2 Diagnosis and the punctuated life-course (Carolyn Smith-Morris) 7.3 Amputated identity (Narelle Warren) 7.4 Facing up to breathlessness (Marjolein Gysels and Irene J. Higginson) 8. WAYS OF CARINGElizabeth Cartwright, Anita Hardon and Lenore Manderson8.1 Care, self-management and the webcam (Hilde Thygesen and Jeanette Pols) 8.2 E-care in Kerala (Tanja Ahlin) 8.3 Illnesses without a cause (Gesine Kuspert Hearn) 9. ENDINGSLenore Manderson, Elizabeth Cartwright and Anita Hardon 9.1 Becoming old and frail in coastal Tanzania (Piet van Eeuwijk and Brigit Obrist) 9.2 Alzheimer’s disease in urban Brazil (Annette Leibing) 9.3 Caring for corpses in Singapore (Ruth E. Toulson)10. MARKETING MEDICINEAnita Hardon, Lenore Manderson and Elizabeth Cartwright10.1 The compounding pharmacy in Brazil (Emilia Sanabria) 10.2 Policing ‘counterfeit medication’ (Julia Hornberger) 10.3 How a lifestyle product became a pharmaceutical specialty (Laurent Pordié)10.4 Cosmopolitan phytoremedies in Senegal (Alice Desclaux)11. THE ANTHROPOCENEElizabeth Cartwright, Lenore Manderson and Anita Hardon11.1 Inuit health in a changing Arctic (Noor Johnson) 11.2 Environmental pollution and allergies (Roberta Raffaetá) 11.3 Reading the environment (Ben McMahan)11.4 Disastrous recovery (Vincanne Adams)12. GLOBAL VULNERABILITIESElizabeth Cartwright, Lenore Manderson and Anita Hardon12.1 Medical travel (Andrea Whittaker and Chee Heng Leng)12.2 Health care along the US/Mexico border (Heide Castañeda) 12.3 “I haven’t paid this karma yet” (Susann Huschke) 13. WAR, VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL RESPONSELenore Manderson, Elizabeth Cartwright and Anita Hardon 13.1 Honduras: Practicing wartime healing (Adrienne Pine) 13.2 Does Sgt Pearson have PTSD? (Alexander Edmonds) 13.3 Life in a state of fear (Meagan Wilson) 13.4 Exhuming the disappeared (Rachel Carmen Ceasar) 14. GENES, KINSHIP AND RISKAnita Hardon, Lenore Manderson and Elizabeth Cartwright 14.1 Direct-to-consumer genetic testing in China (Suli Sui and Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner) 14.2 Harvesting umbilical cord blood (Simonetta Cengarle) 14.3 Genetics, childhood development and kinship (Janice McLaughlin) 14.4 Suicide and the epigenetic turn (Stephanie Lloyd) 14.5 Techno-benefits and social risks (Barbara Herr Harthorn) 15. HOW THE LOGICS OF BIOMEDICAL PRACTICE TRAVEL Elizabeth Cartwright, Anita Hardon and Lenore Manderson15.1 Humanistic obstetrics in Brazil (Eugenia Georges and Robbie Davis-Floyd) 15.2 Entrepreneuring barren grounds (Trudie Gerrits and Viola Hörbst) 15.3 Surgery and the cultural politics of global health (Adia Benton)15.4 ‘Safe burials’ and the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone (Raphael Frankfurter)15.5 Doctors Without Borders and the global emergency (Peter Redfield) VITAL SIGNS: MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURYLenore Manderson, Anita Hardon and Elizabeth Cartwright
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Political Theory of Christine De Pizan
Book SynopsisThis title was first published in 2002: Christine de Pizan held no political office and her work was not influencial on any political theorist living today. However, in the disciplines of women''s studies and French literature she has inspired intellectual debate, so much that the two sides of the debate are referred to as Christinophiles and Christinoclasts. This book persents the political paradoxes of Christine de Pizan. She was a woman in a man''s world, an Italian at a French court, and the daughter of a civil servant in a world structured by social class. Her corpus of political works include five works designed to educate the male ruling class, two works expressly princesses and a treatise on warfare. The goal of this book is to outline the political theory of Christine de Pizan and situate her ideas within the history of political ideas in general.Table of ContentsContents: Chronological list of works and short titles; Descendants of Jean II, King of France; Maps; Alone am I; An introduction to the mirror for princes; The body politic; On kingship; Justice and the law; Peace and just war; Conclusion: the paradox of Christine de Pizan; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Agency and Structure
Book SynopsisA striking feature of the human condition is its dual, contradictory, inherently split character; on the one hand, autonomy and freedom; on the other, constraint and dependence on social structure. This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological and social science theory. Contributions cover several different approaches to the agency-structure problematic, and represent the work of a number of leading international sociologists. Their efforts point to a reorientation of social theory, both on philosophical and methodological levels.Table of ContentsPart 1. Between Agency and Structure: An Overview of the Debate 1. Agency-Structure, Micro-Macro, Individualism-Holism-Relationism: A Metatheoretical Explanation of Theoretical Convergence between the United States and Europe George Ritzer and Pamela Gindoff 2. Evolving Focus on Human Agency in Contemporary Social Theory Piotr Sztompka Part 2. Divergent Perspectives on Human Agency in Classical and Contemporary Social Theory 3. The Double Representation of the Actor in Theoretical Tradition: Durkheim and Weber Elisa P. Reis 4. Marxism, Post-Marxism and the Actionist Turn in Social Theory Miguel A. Cainzos 5. Hermeneutics and the Theory of Social Action Franco Crespi 6. Away from Structuralism and the Return of the Actor: Paradigmatic and Theoretical Orientations in Contemporary French Sociology Francois Chazel Part 3. Dimensions of Agency and Structure: Toward a Theoretical Convergence 7. Postmodernism as Pseudohistory: Continuities in the Complexities of Social Action Craig Calhoun 8. Two Conceptions of Human Agency: Rational Choice Theory and the Social Theory of Action Tom R. Burns 9. Society as Social Becoming: Beyond Individualism and Collectivism Piotr Sztompka 1 0. Sociology as a Discipline of Disagreements and as a Paradigm of Competing Explanations: Culture, Structure and the Variability of Actors and Situations Göran Therborn
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Cambridge University Press Law and the Epistemologies of the South
Book SynopsisExploring the historical experience of the Global South, Boaventura de Sousa Santos argues that state law excludes populations and peoples by deeming them invisible, irrelevant, or dangerous. Demonstrating the suffering caused by capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, he pursues real legal utopias by proposing realistic yet hopeful alternatives.Trade Review'At a moment when the world confronts multiple existential crises, this book-synthesizing a half-century of wisdom-is magisterial, essential, and poetic. De Sousa Santos sustains the impossible tension between optimism and pessimism by presenting examples of 'real legal utopias', a seeming oxymoron that captures the necessity to engage law as both a realist and a utopian.' Richard L. Abel, UCLA'This commanding volume offers a penetrating analysis of extreme inequality and the concurrent failure of social democracy globally. It encourages learning from counter-hegemonic real legal utopias and a vast plurality of social practices. Reflecting on his own intellectual travels and activism over decades, de Sousa Santos reveals a story of immense intellectual and ethical courage, constantly searching for new sociolegal insight applicable to today's unprecedented times.' Eve Darian-Smith, University of California - Irvine'This is the magnum opus of Boaventura de Sousa Santos's life and work, a compendium and reflection on the many pioneering achievements of a life lived well. His commitment to epistemic and cognitive decolonisation and his unwavering confrontation of the devastations of capitalism, colonialism and patriarchy make de Sousa Santos the intellectual for our troubled times.' Costas Douzinas, Birkbeck - University of London'The book offers a clear-eyed account of the possibility of progressive transformation. Drawing on his incomparable experience across multiple continents, nation-states, and political stakes, this is classic Boaventura de Sousa Santos. Encyclopaedic in scope and detail, it is magisterial in reach. A reference book for our times.' David Theo Goldberg, University of California - IrvineTable of ContentsPart I. The Tragic Optimism of the Law: The End of a Story: 1. Unsettling times; 2. The end of legal reformism? Lineages of legal reformism; 3. The early demise of legal reformism: my journey through the Law and Modernization Program at Yale University; 4. Room for manoeuvre: Paradox, programme, or Pandora's Box?; Part II. Epistemologies of the South and the Law: 5. Introducing the epistemologies of the South; 6. The epistemologies of the South and law: towards a post-abyssal law; 7. Is post-abyssal law possible? Part III. The Abyssal Law under the Mode of Abyssal Exclusion: 8. Lawfare: a long history; 9. Colonial law and imperial law; 10. Colonial legal duality: the creation of legal codes for indigenous populations; Part IV. Real Legal Utopias: Interrupting the State: 11. The heterogeneous state, legal plurality and traditional authorities in Africa: the case of Mozambique; 12. The rise of a micro dual state: a case of highly politicised legal pluralism; 13. The refoundation of the state in Bolivia and Ecuador?; Part V. Real Legal Utopias: Interrupting the Law: 14. Law and revolution in Portugal: experiences of popular justice after the carnation revolution of 1974; 15. Popular justice in cape verde; 16. The landless rural workers' movement in Brazil and its struggles for access to law and justice; 17. The law of the excluded: indigenous justice and plurinationality in Bolivia and Ecuador; 18. Decolonising justice and democratic peace in Colombia; Part VI. Real Legal Utopias: Interrupting Hegemonic Human Rights: 19. Human rights in a post-secular age: counter-hegemony and progressive theologies; 20. Towards an insurgent, intercultural and cosmopolitan declaration of human rights and duties; 21. Rights of nature.
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Cambridge University Press Americas Middlemen
Book SynopsisThroughout American political history, the US government has formed alliances with militias, tribes, and rebels. Sometimes, these alliances have been successful, dramatically reshaping the battlefield. But these alliances have also risked creating larger wars in regions where the United States had no real interest. Understanding these alliances - and much of American political history - requires moving beyond our normal focus on traditional diplomats or social elites. Traders, missionaries, former slaves, and low-level government employees drove these alliances. These intermediaries used their relationships across borders to shape security politics, affecting American and thereby world history. Skillfully integrating political science with history and sociology, Eric Grynaviski provides a novel account of who matters and why in international politics. By developing broader views about political agency - how people come to make a difference in world politics - he brings into focus new hTrade Review'… well-written and impressively researched … filled with both theoretical and empirical innovations … Grynaviski provides a welcome critique of state- and leader-centric accounts of international politics.' Paul K. MacDonald, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Power from the margins; 2. Rebels or savages; 3. Pirates and hookahs; 4. Red, blue, or gray; 5. Pigs and papists; 6. Islands or canned goods; 7. The daredevil and his porter; 8. Joe and the Sheikh; Conclusion; Collections and government documents consulted; Index.
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Palgrave Macmillan Politics Social Theory Utopia and the WorldSystem
Book SynopsisIt is common to hear that we live in unique, turbulent and crisis-ridden times and this turbulence, transformation and crisis are said to be deeply significant - perhaps threatening - for the human sciences. Responding to such claims, this book provides an accessible engagement with pressing contemporary topics, such as violence, social movements, equality, identity and democracy. Foregrounding the imagination of possibilities (utopia), the mapping of the present (theory), and the transformation of the world-system (historical and global questions), the book surveys central issues and paradigms in contemproary political sociology, urging a recommitment to certain concepts and traditions for guidance in thinking and acting in the world.Table of ContentsIntroduction On Sociology Traditions and Concepts Transformations Ideologies and Utopias Masses Identities Movements Violence Globalization Equality Concluding Reflections Notes Bibliography Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Transgressive Imaginations
Book SynopsisThis book focuses upon the breaking of rules and taboos involved in 'doing crime', including violent crime as represented in fictive texts and ethnographic research. It includes chapters on topics of urgent contemporary interest such as asylum seekers, sex work, serial killers, school shooters, crimes of poverty and understandings of 'madness'.Trade Review"[This book] clearly locates itself within the field of cultural criminology and makes a distinctive and fresh contribution to the field. Given the authors' trans-disciplinary approach, researchers and students of working in gender, media and film studies will also find a host of important insights here." - British Journal of CriminologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Transgressive Imaginations: Crime, Deviance and Culture Children as Victims and Villains: The School Shooter Violent Female Avengers in Popular Culture Transgressing Sex Work: Ethnography, Film and Fiction Madness and Liminality: Psychosocialand Fictive Images Serial Killers and the Ethics of Representation Outlaws, Borders and Folk Devils Crime, Poverty and Resistance on Skid Row Notes Bibliography Index
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Palgrave Macmillan The Tragic Vision of African American Religion
Book SynopsisMany have used the term ''tragic'' to refer to African American religious and cultural experience. After a studied meditation on and articulation of the ''tragic vision,'' Johnson argues that African American Christian Consciousness is an expression of the tragic and a tragic expression of the Christian Faith.Trade Review"Matthew V. Johnson is one of the most profound and prophetic voices of his generation.His book is a serious and substantive probing into the tragic character and content of African American religion - a creative transvaluation of the Christianity given to Black people.Don t miss this powerful work!" - Cornel West, Princeton University "W.E.B. DuBois told us some time ago that the Atlantic slave trade was a tragedy that beggared the Greeks. Matthew V. Johnsonpresents for the first time a systematic interpretation of the nature and meaning of the tragic vision expressed through the presence of African people in the United States.He opens the meaning of tragedy toits expression in performance, rhetoric, and to the discourses of philosophyand theology.This is unique among the many studies of African American religion." - Charles H. Long, author of Significations: Signs, Symbols, and Images in the Interpretation of Religion "This is an inspirational book! Looking into, around, over, and beneath African American religious experiences and employing insights from modern psychology and philosophy, he provides a new perspective on black religion; he shows how, amid their sorrows and sadness, black men and women have created faith. From their tragic experiences, they found visions of God and community, visions that haunt and help everyday. This book allows us to understand the questioning faithful, those who sing despair with joy, and those who clap when they wish to cry. Without doubt, this is one of the finest meditations ever written on African American religion." - Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet "This book is an important and persuasive contribution showing how African American religious thought helps us to rethink the central question of tragedy's relationship to Christian theology." - David Tracy, Professor of Theology and the Philosophy of Religions, The University of Chicago Divinity School "This book is a triumph of incisive thinking, probing analysis, and eloquentargument. Matthew V. Johnson is an important voice for our global postmodern blues and this book arrives at the right time. A must read." - Robert M. Franklin, Ph.D.Table of ContentsIntroduction: 'Yet Do I Marvel' Seeing Through the Dark: Elements of the Tragic Vision Sparagmous or 'The Crucified' A Look Beneath the Souls of Black Folk Deep Calls Unto Deep: African American Christian Consciousness Pt.1 Life Within the Veil: American Christian Consciousness Pt. 2 From Strength to Strength: Toward a Theology of African American Christian Consciousness Epilogue: The Fate of Dionysius
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Palgrave Macmillan Young People Risk and Leisure
Book SynopsisIntroduction: Young People, Risk and Leisure: An Overview; W.Mitchell , R.Bunton & E.Green PART ONE: DANGER, UNCERTAINTY AND PLEASURE: THE MANAGEMENT OF EVERYDAY RISKS Pleasure, Aggression and Fear: The Driving Experiences of Young Sydneysiders; D.Lupton Living in my Street: Young People's Perceptions of Health and Social Risk; K.Gillen , A.Guy & M.Banim Risky Identities: Young Women, Street Prostitution and 'Doing Motherhood'; E.Green The Labour Market Inclusion and Exclusion of Young People in Scottish Rural Labour Markets; F.Cartmel PART TWO: SPACE, PLACE AND LEISURE From Policy to Place: Theoretical Explorations of Gender-Leisure Relations in Everyday Life; C.Aitchison Youth, Leisure, Travel and Fear of Crime: An Australian Study; J.Tulloch Streetwise or Safe: Girls Negotiating Time and Space; T.Seabrook & E.Green Sites of Contention: Young People, Community and Leisure Space; A.Foreman PART THREE: LEISURE PURSUITS AND GENDERED IDENTITY Risk, Gender and Youthful Bodies; R.Bunton , Table of ContentsIntroduction: Young People, Risk and Leisure: An Overview; W.Mitchell , R.Bunton & E.Green PART ONE: DANGER, UNCERTAINTY AND PLEASURE: THE MANAGEMENT OF EVERYDAY RISKS Pleasure, Aggression and Fear: The Driving Experiences of Young Sydneysiders; D.Lupton Living in my Street: Young People's Perceptions of Health and Social Risk; K.Gillen , A.Guy & M.Banim Risky Identities: Young Women, Street Prostitution and 'Doing Motherhood'; E.Green The Labour Market Inclusion and Exclusion of Young People in Scottish Rural Labour Markets; F.Cartmel PART TWO: SPACE, PLACE AND LEISURE From Policy to Place: Theoretical Explorations of Gender-Leisure Relations in Everyday Life; C.Aitchison Youth, Leisure, Travel and Fear of Crime: An Australian Study; J.Tulloch Streetwise or Safe: Girls Negotiating Time and Space; T.Seabrook & E.Green Sites of Contention: Young People, Community and Leisure Space; A.Foreman PART THREE: LEISURE PURSUITS AND GENDERED IDENTITY Risk, Gender and Youthful Bodies; R.Bunton , P.Crawshaw & E.Green Risk, Motherhood and Children's Play Spaces: The Importance of Young Mothers' Experiences and Risk Management Strategies; W.Mitchell Risking It? Young Mothers' Experiences of Motherhood and Leisure; R.Watson The 'Logic of Practice' in the Risky Community: The Potential of the Work of Pierre Bourdieu for Theorising Young Men's Risk Taking; P.Crawshaw Every Good Boy Deserves Football; S.Pratt & E.Burn
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Bloomsbury UK Rupturing Architecture
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Policing the Crisis
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Austin Macauley Publishers Social Theory of Displacement Adventures in the
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John Murray Press Our Future is Biotech
Book SynopsisAn essential read for anyone committed to understanding the technologies that will define our future. CHRISTIAN ANGERMAYER, BIOTECH ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF APEIRON INVESTMENT GROUPWelcome to the biotech revolutionIn the last century, technology has transformed the human experience across the world. This has been super-charged by the arrival of the internet, smart phones, AI and machine learning, and created trillion-plus dollar companies and household names like Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft.Our Future is Biotech explains why biotech is next: because our biggest remaining challenges as a species concern biological systems.Biotech companies will solve our most intractable problems, from cancer, dementia, obesity and diabetes to elderly care, mental health conditions, and even clean power generation, agricultural production and environmental degradation.Biotech means that we can all live better, safer, healthier, we
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Group Dynamics and Team Interventions
Book SynopsisStrong teams can be one of the greatest strengths of an organization just as poor teams can spell disaster. Group Dynamics and Team Interventions brings research and practice together to offer proven application and intervention techniques to help optimize team functioning in the workplace.Trade Review"He covers this territory remarkably well in this book, which stands as a combined textbook and operational manual. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.” (Choice, 1 March 2013)Table of ContentsPreface xvi Acknowledgements xx Part I Introduction 1 1 Introduction to Teams 3 2 Methods of Assessing and Evaluating Team Functioning 18 Part II Inputs 43 3 Team Theories and Concepts 45 4 Understanding Culture and Diversity 70 5 Preparing the Environment for Teamwork 93 Part III Processes 109 6 Improving Small Group Communication and Trust 111 7 Improving Creativity and Innovation 137 8 Improving Problem Solving and Decision Making 157 9 Understanding Cohesion and Collaboration 176 10 Reducing Dysfunctional Conflict and Improving Cooperation 199 11 Influence, Power, and Leadership 229 12 Working in Virtual Teams 259 Part IV Outputs 281 13 Searching for Synergy: Creating a High-Performing Team 283 Appendix: Improving Team Meetings 300 References 307 Index 340
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Taylor & Francis Orientalism Eroticism and Modern Visuality in
Book SynopsisIn Orientalism, Eroticism and Modern Visuality in Global Cultures scholars look afresh at representations of nineteenth-century âorientalâ bodies, inquiring deeply into their erotic dimensions, tracing their global dissemination at cross-cultural intersections of the visual and the political. Authors consider the impact of eroticized orientalist representations registered on racial and gendered bodies at historical moments across the globe in the media of photography, painting, prints and sculpture by contextualizing the visual within social practices, ethnography, literature, travel writing and the dynamics of imperialism. Authors examine orientalismâs politico-erotic import across not only imperial Britain and France but also throughout India and the Middle East initiating cross-cultural analyses of orientalism outside of Europe. Works studied include Orientalist and homoerotic works by canonic artists such as Ingres, GÃrÃme, Delacroix and Girodet, and lesser-known artists such as scTrade Review’This is an important work. An admirably learned, focused, nuanced volume that follows a theme that is central, but rarely examined in-depth, through a fascinating variety of cultural and geographic locales-from Morocco to India. It should be read by anyone interested in artistic Orientalism and Exoticism, or the complexity and variety of desires they engage.’ Frederick N. Bohrer, Hood College, author of Orientalism and Visual CultureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ixNotes on Contributors xiiiAcknowledgments xvii1 Introduction: Rethinking Orientalism, Eroticism and Cross-Cultural Visuality 1Julie Codell and Joan DelPlatoPART I: RACE, ETHNICITY AND THE ABJECT ORIENTAL2 Menace at the Portal: Masculine Desire and the Homoerotics of Orientalism 25James Smalls3 Delacroix’s Invitation to the Jewish Wedding in Morocco 55Albert Boime4 Seeing through “The Veil Trick”: Heterotopic Eroticism in Monti’s Sculpture Circassian Slave at the Crystal Palace in 1851 83Joan DelPlatoPART II: DISCOURSES OF PROJECTION AND CULTURAL CROSS-DRESSING5 The Conceit of Burton’s Scar: Orientalism as Identity and Transgression 115Julie Codell6 Other Desires and the Desire of Others 141Mary RobertsPART III: CIRCULATING AND RE-CIRCULATING ORIENTAL EROTICS7 Sapphism and the Seraglio: Refl ections on the Queer Female Gaze and Orientalism 163Reina Lewis8 European Fantasies and Awadhi Aspirations: From a “Turkish” Harem to a Lucknowi Zenana 181Saleema WaraichWorks
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Johns Hopkins University Press Generous Thinking
Book SynopsisCan the university solve the social and political crisis in America?Higher education occupies a difficult place in twenty-first-century American culture. Universitiesthe institutions that bear so much responsibility for the future health of our nationare at odds with the very publics they are intended to serve. As Kathleen Fitzpatrick asserts, it is imperative that we re-center the mission of the university to rebuild that lost trust. Critical thinkingthe heart of what academics docan today often negate, refuse, and reject new ideas. In an age characterized by rampant anti-intellectualism, Fitzpatrick charges the academy with thinking constructively rather than competitively, building new ideas rather than tearing old ones down. She urges us to rethink how we teach the humanities and to refocus our attention on the very human endsthe desire for community and connectionthat the humanities can best serve. One key aspect of that transformation involves fostering an atmosphere of what FitzTrade ReviewAn inspiring and convincing look at how anyone involved in higher education can nurture generosity and help integrate their institutions into their communities to further the public good. With its call for generosity and community-building that is potentially revolutionary, Kathleen Fitzpatrick's Generous Thinking is an indispensable addition to conversations on the state of higher education today.—Foreword ReviewsFor anyone concerned with the future of higher education, Fitzpatrick makes a passionate argument for a simple yet potentially revolutionary idea.—Library JournalGenerous Thinking offers us a plan to move our national thinking about higher education in a way that enlivens our democracy.—The BafflerGenerous Thinking is one important step toward recovering the lost value of the university. [Fitzpatrick's] work, which clearly demonstrates how to think generously in the academy, can help make the case for increased public investment in higher education.—Public BooksTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. On GenerosityChapter 2. Reading TogetherChapter 3. Working in PublicChapter 4. The UniversityConclusion. The Path ForwardAcknowledgmentsReferencesIndex
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Barcharts, Inc Sociology
Book SynopsisThe essentials of the systematic and scientific study of human social behavior, groups and society. Extremely easy to access, study by, and reference for students in college courses or students of the world around them.
£8.98
American Psychological Association Essentials of Discursive Psychology
Book SynopsisThis guide explains how to conduct a discursive psychology research project. Such research explores how our use of language results in specific beliefs, versions of reality, and social actions. Trade ReviewThis excellent, readily accessible book covers the key steps involved in conducting discursive psychological studies, discussing theoretical background and research design through to publication and dissemination of findings. The useful examples neatly clarify the points and decisions involved in each step. -- Professor Chris McVittie, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division 5, and Professor of Social Psychology, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Musselburgh, ScotlandThis accessible text renders the process of doing discursive psychology transparent. McMullen leads us through the stages of discursive psychological research, using clear examples while also pointing to the possibilities, limitations, and debates associated with such research. It is appropriate for students as well as researchers interested in the analysis of language-as-used. -- H. Lorraine Radtke, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaTable of ContentsSeries Foreword—Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox 1. Conceptual Foundations of Discursive Psychology What Is Discourse, and What Is Discourse Analysis? What Is Discursive Psychology, and What Is Critical Discursive Psychology? Why Choose Discursive Psychology, and What Does This Choice Entail? What Are Some Major Components of Discursive Psychology? Deciding Whether to Use This Methodology 2. Designing a Study Stating the Topic and Engaging in Initial Searches of Literatures Framing the Research Question(s) Determining What Type of Data to Collect or Generate to Address Your Research Questions 3. Collecting and Generating Data Collecting Archival or Already Existing Data Generating Data From Interviews or Focus Groups 4. Analyzing Your Data A Process of Data Analysis Examples of Detailed Analyses of Extracts of Data Concluding Comments on Analyzing Your Data 5. Disseminating Your Research Preparing a Manuscript for Publication in a Journal Beyond the Manuscript 6. What Constitutes Good Discursive Research? Documentation Demonstration Plausibility Coherence Fruitfulness 7. Ongoing Conversations Questions of Ethics Questions Related to Conceptual Advancements and Methodological Innovations Final Thoughts Appendix A: Exemplar Studies Appendix B: Commonly Used Transcription Notations Appendix C: Examples of Discursive Devices and Resources References Index About the Author About the Series Editors
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Policy Press Making Sense of Brexit
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about our society and the need to listen to each other in order to make sense of Brexit within a wider world? This accessible book addresses the causes and implications of Brexit, exploring the anger against political elites as people felt estranged from a political process that no longer expressed their will.Trade Review"What hope for us now Brexit has brutally exposed the chasm between us in class, generation and region? Victor Seidler shows the price we paid for inequality - and how to repair the damage." Polly Toynbee, The Guardian“In Making Sense of Brexit Seidler persistently urges us to suspend our assumptions and genuinely attend to the diversity of voices of anger and hope responding to neoliberal capitalism’s injustices. Seidler cogently highlights the potential of a politics of voice, and crucially, the urgency of the ethical project of listening." Shani Orgad, London School of Economics and Political Science"Seidler has done a terrific job at surveying the process and impact of Brexit. He has mined some of the best journalism from the time and then applied his own uniquely prescient analysis of the social and emotional forces that have been unleashed." Andrew Bethell"Acts as an antidote to the twin dangers of nationalism and isolation. It has both the generosity and passion we will require to navigate the crosscurrents of Brexit. Above all it speaks to the need for a renewed, democratic sense of justice; one that can include, unite and inspire. Seidler speaks of the thing that we need most - hope." Jon Cruddas, MP"Vic Seidler offers insight into a wide range of issues from gender to immigration, class to the emotional side of politics. His book will remain valuable for years to come as the country struggles to understand just what is happening." Craig Calhoun, Berggruen Institute"Seidler’s book offers us an entirely new way of understanding the Brexit vote that goes beyond conventional explanations based on class, generation or party." Manali Desai, University of Cambridge"A wonderful litmus reading of a society and economy whose acid foundations, built on the wealth of the few, are dissolving civic society. A thoughtful and thought-provoking reflection on the complex divides across identity, gender, geography and class." Rowland Atkinson, University of Sheffield.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making Sense of Brexit: Democracy, Europe and Uncertain Futures; 1. Brexit: Shock, Memories and Displacements; 2. Class, Austerity, Injustice and Resentment; 3. Masculinities, Class and Generations; 4. Migration, Hate Speech, Violence and Democracy; 5. Immigrations, Racisms and Fear of the Other; 6. Globalisation, Inequalities and Neoliberalism; 7. Uncertain Conclusions and Alternative Futures.
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Policy Press Ethnicity Race and Inequality in the UK
Book Synopsis50 years on from the Race Relations Act of 1968, this state of the nation' book provides an overview and commentary on how things currently stand in a wide range of sectors of society.Table of ContentsState of the Nation: Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK ~ Claire Alexander and Bridget Byrne The Demography of Ethnic Minorities in Britain ~ William Shankley, Tina Hannemann and Ludi Simpson Citizen Rights and Immigration ~ William Shankley and Bridget Byrne Minority Ethnic Groups, Policing and the Criminal Justice System in Britain: William Shankley and Patrick Williams Health Inequalities ~ Karen Chouhan and James Nazroo Ethnic Inequalities in the State Education System in England ~ Claire Alexander and William Shankley Ethnic Minorities in the Labour Market in Britain ~ Ken Clark and William Shankley Ethnic Minorities and Housing in Britain ~ William Shankley and Nissa Finney Arts, Media and Ethnic Inequalities ~ sarita malik and William Shankley Politics and Representation ~ maria sobolewska and William Shankley Racisms in Contemporary Britain ~ William Shankley and James Rhodes Conclusion ~ Omar Khan Recommendations ~ Omar Khan
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Bristol University Press Making a Life on Mean Welfare
Book SynopsisBased on ethnographic fieldwork and the author's own experience, this book explores how diverse welfare users navigate the personal and practical hurdles of Australia's social security system.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A hand up, not a handout 3. Seatbelts and safety nets 4. Problems of access in community welfare 5. Negotiating vulnerability 6. The shame of protection 7. The art of getting by 8. Conclusion: From problems to possibilities
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Bristol University Press Participatory Ideology
Book SynopsisThis book examines for the first time the exclusionary nature of prevailing political ideologies. Bringing together theory, practice and the relationship between participation, political ideology and social welfare, it offers a detailed critique of how the crucial move to more participatory approaches may be achieved.Table of ContentsPart 1: Exploring Ideology; Ideology: An Exclusionary Idea?; Ideology and Us; Imposing Ideology; Part 2: Reclaiming Participation; A Different Approach to Ideology; Participation: Challenging the Barriers; Part 3: Towards Participatory Ideology; Learning to Work Together: The Key to Inclusive Involvement; Developing our Own Organisations; Key Concepts to Participatory Ideology; Transforming Political Ideology.
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Bristol University Press The Practitioner Guide to Participatory Research
Book SynopsisAvoiding both over-simplification and jargon-riddled complexity, this book is an invaluable, straightforward guide to participatory research for you and your fellow practitioners working with community groups and organisations.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Just what is participatory research? 2. How do we begin to plan our participatory research project? 3. What do we want to explore and why? 4. What ideas are the foundations of our research? 5. How will we go about exploring our questions? 6. Who can get involved to explore our questions? 7. How shall we collect our data? 8. What do we do with our data? 9. How do we get our messages out there? 10. How do we keep everyone safe? 11. Doing and reviewing participatory research Conclusion
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Bristol University Press Crime Justice and COVID19
Book SynopsisThis edited collection offers the first system-wide account of the impact of COVID-19 on crime and justice in England and Wales. Integrating first-hand narratives, it provides a critical discussion of the challenges faced by criminal justice agencies, together with policy and practice recommendations for future pandemic planning.
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BUP - Policy Press A Political Sociology of Education Policy
Book SynopsisThis book aims to restore the role of political analysis in education policy by presenting a new political sociology for framing, conducting and presenting research. In doing so, it will be the first in the field to connect political thinking from Arendt with sociological thinking from Bourdieu.
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Bristol University Press Taxation and Social Policy
Book SynopsisThis book explores tax and social policy and how they interact with each other. It covers key interactions, debates and challenges of tax and social policy and examines how analyses might be combined and policy options developed for effective delivery in both areas.Table of Contents1. Introduction – Andy Lymer, Margaret May and Adrian Sinfield 2. Fiscal and Social Policy: Two Sides of the Same Coin – Chris Pond 3. Tax and the Social Policy Landscape – Andy Lymer 4. Fiscal Welfare and Tax Expenditures – Adrian Sinfield 5. Employment, Self-Employment and Taxation – Kevin Caraher and Enrico Reuter 6. Pensions and Taxation – Micheál Collins and Andy Lymer 7. Tax, Benefits and Household Income – SD McKay 8. Taxation, Health and Social Care – Sally Ruane 9. Homes, Housing and Taxation – James Gregory, Andy Lymer and Carlene Wynter 10. Wealth Taxation: The Case for Reform – Karen Rowlingson 11. Gender and Taxation – Susan Himmelweit 12. Taxation and Local Taxes – Michael Orton 13. Corporate Tax and Corporate Welfare – Kevin Farnsworth 14. The Climate Crisis and Taxation – Paul D. Bridgen and Milena Büchs 15. Conclusions – Andy Lymer, Margaret May and Adrian Sinfield
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Bristol University Press Uncomfortably Off
Book SynopsisUncomfortably Off reveals that those generally considered to be the most affluent feel anxious about the future and struggle to keep up, or even to stay put., but reducing income inequality will benefit everyone, even those quite near the top.Trade Review“If capitalism isn’t working for the top ten percent, then it's not working at all. This brilliant book tells us why and what we need to do about it” Neal Lawson, CompassTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why bother with the well-off? 1. Not billionaires, but well-off? 2. On the ubiquity and invisibility of the upper-middle class 3. ‘Work is life, that’s it’ 4. Don’t rock the boat: politics and the well-off 5. Business class tickets for a sinking ship 6. Jumping ship, but where to? 7. Barriers to being comfortably off 8. ‘When the facts change, I change my mind’ Conclusion: Accepted truths, social distance and discomfort
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Guilford Publications Theories of Development Third Edition
Book SynopsisThis widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts? The authors examine orthodox theories of growth grounded in different schools of economics (classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, neoliberal) before considering critical alternatives (Marxist, socialist, poststructuralist, and feminist). The book elucidates the basic ideas that underpin contemporary controversies and debates surrounding economic growth, environmental crisis, and global inequality. It highlights points of contention among the various theories andlinks them to historical and current world events. New to This Edition *Reflects the latest data and global development trends, such as the effects on economies of extreme weather events and climate change. *New discussions throughout the chapters, including the work of Thomas Piketty, Richard Florida, William Easterly, Niall Ferguson, and Arturo Escobar.Trade Review"Theories of Development, Third Edition, is as far reaching, widely referenced, and penetrating as its predecessors. The book has been updated with the work of Piketty, Ferguson, Escobar, and others, as well as strengthened argumentation throughout. Perhaps it is ironic to say this book has kept pace with global crisis. This is an ideal text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate programs in geography, international and development studies, and other social sciences focusing on social change. Beginning doctoral students will find the book useful for situating their own research in a wider context of social theory."--Piers Blaikie, PhD, Professor Emeritus, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom “Comprehensive, critical and accessible. This is the ideal text for graduate seminars and advanced undergraduate courses on development, in the fields of geography, development studies, sociology, political economy and (it is to be hoped!) economics. I have used earlier editions of this text in my graduate seminars for years. The third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes critical assessments of many current debates. I look forward to using this book in classes and recommending it as a go-to reference.”--Tom Perreault, PhD, Department of Geography, Syracuse University "Theories of Development, Third Edition, is a rare text covering the entire range of arguments, from classical and neoclassical economics to poststructuralism and feminism. The authors mount a devastating critique of mainstream economics, exposing its utterly contrived assumptions as well as its devastating consequences, especially for poorer people. But this is also an inspiring book, with a conclusion focused on alternative theories within a politics of a true democracy. A tour de force--read it to be outraged and then to find hope."--Robin Broad, PhD, International Development Program, School of International Service, American University "Peet and Hartwick provide both breadth and depth in their presentation of competing theories of development. They offer critical insights on the roots and dynamics of the north-south divide in contemporary world societies. Speaking to both larger global and structural patterns and the characteristics of individual cases, the book enables a thorough understanding of development and an analysis of meaningful data and trends. Students will benefit from the comprehensive approach grounded in historical context. This book makes a valuable contribution to contemporary discussions of development policy, neoliberalism, and the challenges of poverty and global inequality in multiple forms."--Stephen J. Scanlan, PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio University "The third edition not only provides a comprehensive review of development theories, but also critiques them boldly, arguing that we need to fundamentally rethink the development project. This text offers a powerful indictment of global inequality and will be excellent for fostering provocative and engaging classroom discussion in upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses."--Kate Swanson, PhD, Department of Geography, San Diego State University -Peet's survey of development theories makes for eminent reading, especially since it weaves philosophical underpinnings in a coherent fashion and provides cogent criticism of each approach. I can see it being used as a valuable text for undergraduate and graduate courses related to development planning. (on the first edition)--Journal of the American Planning Association, 03/09/2015Table of Contents1. Introduction: Growth versus Development I. Conventional Theories of Development 2. Classical and Neoclassical Economics 3. From Keynesian Economics to Neoliberalism 4. Development as Modernization II. Nonconventional, Critical Theories of Development 5. Marxism, Socialism, and Development 6. Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism, and Postdevelopmentalism 7. Feminist Theories of Development III. Critical Modernism 8. Critical Modernism and Democratic Development
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Guilford Publications Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to
Book SynopsisExploring the breadth of contemporary feminist research practices, this engaging text immerses the reader in cutting-edge theories, methods, and practical strategies. Chapters review theoretical work and describe approaches to conducting quantitative, qualitative, and community-based research with participants; doing content or media analysis; and evaluating programs or interventions. Ethical issues are addressed and innovative uses of digital media highlighted. The focus is studying gender inequities as they are experienced by individuals and groups from diverse cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and with diverse gender identities. Delving into the process of writing and publishing feminist research, the text covers timely topics such as public scholarship, activism, and arts-based practices. The companion website features interviews with prominent feminist researchers. Pedagogical Features *Case examples of feminist research. *Running glossary of key Trade Review"This excellent introduction to feminist research is accessible to both undergraduates and graduate students. Students in my Feminist Research Methodologies course found the content and structure of the book very helpful in writing a clearly argued and defendable research proposal. I recommend this book to any methods instructor who has a commitment to anti-oppressive research and social justice. It may be easily incorporated into the required readings of courses in education; anthropology; ethnic studies; sociology; and feminist, women's, and gender and sexuality studies."--Manal Hamzeh, PhD, Department of Interdisciplinary and Gender and Sexuality Studies, New Mexico State University "This is the new go-to text for feminist researchers at any stage. More than just a handbook, Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice provides an in-depth consideration of feminist theories, research, and activism, paying close attention to racial, geopolitical, and gender diversities, linkages, and controversies. Students will benefit tremendously from the expansive multimedia and multidisciplinary resources offered in each chapter, as well as the thoughtful discussion questions and activities and clearly defined terms. The book makes a unique contribution to the feminist classroom with its multidisciplinary focus; elegantly interwoven history of feminisms; and strong, accessible articulation of the dynamic and interconnected nature of feminist theory, research, and practice from a variety of perspectives."--Barbara Gurr, PhD, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, University of Connecticut "This engaging guide to feminist research in all its diversity is wonderfully readable and useful. The clear writing, with remarkably little jargon, achieves accessibility without oversimplifying important concepts, such as intersectionality and nonbinary genders. The book is unique in embedding feminist research within both theory and activism while offering practical guidance for producing and disseminating it. The focus on how to be a feminist on the digital highway provides insights into the potential of digital and social media for social justice. Each chapter’s discussion questions, suggested activities, and digital and nondigital resources will stimulate student learning. Somehow the book works for all levels--undergraduates, graduate students, and instructors."--Patricia H. Miller, PhD, Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University "A major strength of this book is that it showcases a variety of ways of presenting feminist research. The book will be useful for those instructors interested in teaching feminist research with actual case examples. The discussion questions, text boxes, and additional resources are very useful, moving us from theory to application. This text exemplifies creative writing and teaching."--Venus E. Evans-Winters, PhD, Department of Educational Administration and Foundations, Illinois State University "Many texts on quantitative methods--and some on qualitative methods--frame social research as a neutral, apolitical practice. Yet, for me, such an assumption is irresponsible and dangerous. By merging critical feminist theory and research methods, this exciting book demonstrates how and why social research is political. I especially appreciate the extensive discussions of collaboration, embodiment, and intersectionality, as well as the chapters on feminist ethics, publishing feminist research, and doing public scholarship. As one of the most inclusive texts on the market, this book is an essential resource for new and advanced scholars."--Tony E. Adams, PhD, Department of Communication, Bradley University "I have been teaching methods for 25 years, and this text far surpasses any I have used in the past. It is incredibly comprehensive, providing an overview of feminist theory as well as the directions needed to choose and employ various methods."--Angela J. Hattery, PhD, Professor and Director, Women and Gender Studies Program, George Mason University "A good introduction to feminist research methodology that grounds the reader in history and theory and then moves to actual research practice, thoroughly covering the types of research that feminists are doing today. I appreciate the inclusion of contemporary digital practices, which are very important currently."--Stacie Craft DeFreitas, PhD, Department of Social Sciences, University of Houston–Downtown "There is no feminist research textbook I know of that is as timely and on point as this one. The complexity of the field of feminist scholarship is well articulated, the examples are relevant to my undergraduate students, and the exercises are thoughtful and engaging."--Kate McCoy, PhD, Department of Educational Studies and Leadership and Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, State University of New York at New Paltz -Dr. Patricia Leavy and Dr. Anne Harris…offer learners of all career stages a concise and lively blueprint for bringing feminism out of the realm of theory and into that of application. The authors orient readers to feminism as a dynamic, continuously evolving culture of inclusion and affirmation. This philosophy pervades the text from start to finish, operationalized by engaging discussion questions and hands-on practice activities….Throughout the book, the authors weave in timely examples that illustrate different intersectionalities within feminist research practice. This attention to the immense diversity of what feminist research can mean across different communities and contexts makes the book both exciting and relatable. I also found the authors' explicit intent for different chapters within the book to stand alone if needed both cleverly conceived and well executed….Offers tremendous flexibility as a learning resource for courses ranging from the very conceptual to the very applied. I recommend it strongly for a wide variety of learner demographics and teaching activities within and beyond qualitative methods. Likewise, this textbook offers wonderful support for both seasoned feminist scholars and those just beginning to discover what feminism means for them.--The Qualitative Report, 10/23/2019Table of ContentsI. Feminist Theoretical Frameworks 1. Introduction 2. The Feminist Research Landscape 3. Intersectionality, Feminist Epistemology, and Standpoint Feminism Theoretical Frames 4. Postmodern/Post-Structuralist Theoretical Frames to Feminist Research II. Feminist Approaches to “Doing Research” 5. Feminist Ethics 6. Feminist Methods for Working Directly with Participants 7. Feminist Methods for Studying Nonliving Data, Organizations, and Programs III. Being a Feminist Researcher: Getting the Work Out 8. Writing and Publishing Feminist Research 9. Public Scholarship and Critical Perspectives APPENDIX. Feminist Scholars by Discipline or Area of Study References
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Hodder Education OCR Sociology for A Level Book 2
Book SynopsisExam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Build students'' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors.- Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 2 concepts in a contemporary context, including globalisation and the digital social world- Strengthen essential sociological skills with engaging activities at every stage of the course- Reinforce learning and prepare for exams with practice and extension questions and exercises
£41.82
Hodder Education OCR Sociology for A Level Book 1
Book SynopsisExam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students'' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors.- Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 1 concepts in a contemporary context, including globalisation and the digital social world- Strengthen essential sociological skills with engaging activities at every stage of the course- Reinforce learning and prepare for exams with practice and extension questions and exercises
£41.82
Hodder Education AQA Sociology for A Level Workbook 1 Education
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA Level: A-Level Subject: Sociology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016Create confident, literate and well-prepared students with skills-focused, topic-specific workbooks.- Prepare students to meet the demands of the 2015 AQA A-level Sociology specification by practising exam technique and developing literacy skills- Supplement key resources such as textbooks to adapt easily to existing schemes of work- Reinforce and apply topic understanding with flexible material for classwork or revision- Create opportunities for self-directed learning and assessment with answers to tasks and activities supplied online
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Duke University Press Symbolic Violence
Book SynopsisMichael Burawoy brings Pierre Bourdieu into an extended debate with Marxism by outlining the parallels and divergences between Bourdieu's thought and preeminent Marxist theorists including Gramsci, Fanon, Beauvoir, and Freire.Trade Review“Michael Burawoy sets up an illuminating series of conversations between Bourdieu and some of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century (including Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire, Simone de Beauvoir, and C. Wright Mills) that seek to ‘bring to life some of the combatants that Bourdieu has repressed.’ Through these conversations Burawoy makes an intriguing case for Bourdieu as a revitalizing force for twenty-first-century Marxism.” -- Kate Crehan, author of * Gramsci’s Common Sense: Inequality and Its Narratives *“Offering systematic comparisons between Bourdieu and several leading thinkers, Symbolic Violence represents first-rate scholarship from a seasoned thinker and will be of interest to all those who read Bourdieu.” -- David L. Swartz, author of * Symbolic Power, Politics, and Intellectuals: The Political Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu *"Readers are left with an important work that illuminates the space between valid and applicable theories, how that space can be navigated, and whether it is necessary or advisable to do so." -- F. E. Knowles * Choice *“Symbolic Violence is a rich and enlightening Marxist critique of Bourdieu’s sociology, which highlights both the latter’s profound insights and its shortcomings. The ‘conversations’ between Bourdieu, Marx, Gramsci et al. illuminate the limits of Bourdieu’s theory, but also its lessons for Marxists.” -- Paul Leduc Browne * Marx and Philosophy Review of Books *"The chapters are testimony of how Burawoy as a Gramscian Marxist comes to grips with Bourdieu's work. The text gives insight into how Burawoy twists and turns, first as a dismissive critic, then a captive, and finally as a seasoned admirer if sharp critic of Bourdieu. It will appeal to those interested in the relationship between Marxism (particularly Gramscian) and Bourdieusian sociology." -- David L. Swartz * Social Forces *“The recently published book on the Bourdieusian notion of ‘symbolic violence’ sets the late sociologist on a critical meeting board with his posteriors to discuss the multifaceted significations, limitations, and overtime evolution of this concept.... We highly recommend this book to students and researchers who seek to explore the works and ideas of this contemporary sociologist.” -- Azadeh Heidari and Farzaneh Doosti * Critical Literary Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue: Encountering Bourdieu 1 1. Sociology Is a Combat Sport: From Parsons to Bourdieu 18 2. The Poverty of Philosophy: Marx Meets Bourdieu 33 3. Cultural Domination: Gramsci Meets Bourdieu 59 4. Colonialism and Revolution: Fanon Meets Bourdieu 76 5. Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Freire Meets Bourdieu 94 6. The Antinomies of Feminism: Beauvoir Meets Bourdieu 110 7. The Sociological Imagination: Mills Meets Bourdieu 133 8. The Twofold Truth of Labor: Burawoy Meets Bourdieu 148 9. The Weight of the World: Bourdieu Meets Bourdieu 172 Conclusion: The Limits of Symbolic Violence 191 Notes 201 References 209 Index 217
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Duke University Press Divided Bodies
Book SynopsisWhile many doctors claim that Lyme disease—a tick-borne bacterial infection—is easily diagnosed and treated, other doctors and the patients they care for argue that it can persist beyond standard antibiotic treatment in the form of chronic Lyme disease. In Divided Bodies, Abigail A. Dumes offers an ethnographic exploration of the Lyme disease controversy that sheds light on the relationship between contested illness and evidence-based medicine in the United States. Drawing on fieldwork among Lyme patients, doctors, and scientists, Dumes formulates the notion of divided bodies: she argues that contested illnesses are disorders characterized by the division of bodies of thought in which the patient''s experience is often in conflict with how it is perceived. Dumes also shows how evidence-based medicine has paradoxically amplified differences in practice and opinion by providing a platform of legitimacy on which interested parties—patients, doctors, scientists, poTrade Review“This exceptional book takes readers into the heart of an important medical controversy about the very nature of Lyme disease. Sensitively portraying the struggles of Lyme sufferers, as well as the divided opinions of the clinicians who care for them, this book demonstrates how evidence-based medicine may not reflect the social complexities of a deeply contested illness. A must-read for scholars of American health and medicine and for anyone interested in the growing Lyme disease epidemic.” -- Marcia C. Inhorn, Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, Yale University“The controversy over the existence and meaning of chronic Lyme disease is one of the most fascinating stories in contemporary medicine. In Divided Bodies, Abigail A. Dumes explores with penetration and subtlety this epistemic border on which patients and physicians wage an intense battle to impose their truth.” -- Didier Fassin, Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and Chair of Public Health at the Collège de France"This book is valuable for its illustration of how some medical paradigms become mainstream, while others disappear. Chronic Lyme, whatever it is, holds up a mirror to evidence-based medicine. Dumes's ethnographic approach provides voluminous details, new insights, and a refreshing alternative to much of the existing literature on the Lyme controversy. Highly recommended. All readers." -- M. Gochfeld * Choice *“Divided Bodies will be of interest to medical anthropologists and sociologists, and health professionals curious about how illnesses come to be contested.... It is an impressive example of how ethnography can shed light on the relationship between illness, disease and evidence-based medicine.” -- Caragh Brosnan * Sociology of Health & Illness *“Divided Bodies is a thorough, anthropological study of the controversies present in Lyme disease and inherent in EBM.... Interested physicians are encouraged to check it out.” -- William Murdoch * Family Medicine *“Being the first of its kind, Abigail A. Dumes’ ethnographic study of Lyme disease in the United States introduces its readers to a world largely unknown.... Thanks to her continuous, careful attention, readers get a thorough idea of what is at stake.” -- Josephine Rudbech * Ethnos *"I come away from this book with a clearer understanding of how evidence-based medicine makes multiple kinds of truth claims accessible, and how the idea of evidence becomes an agent in all approaches to chronic Lyme/post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. This degree of balance, reflected down to Dumes’s word choice, is masterful. . . . Pre-COVID, most abled people’s lives were cordoned off from those who suffer chronically. Dumes’s text offers insight into what it might mean to distinguish, in our research and writing practices as much as in the subjects of our research, what we mean by evidence, what we mean by knowledge, and how we hold multiple competing worldviews in the same frame, as we pay attention to the suffering of others." -- Charis Boke * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“Throughout [Divided Bodies], Dumes achieves a balancing act as an ethnographer of an onto-epistemological debate, wherein questions about what Lyme is frequently crowd out the social-scientific questions of what Lyme means and how it is actedupon.” -- Emma Broder * H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews *“Divided Bodies is an excellent example of the scholarship possible for those who take seriously the prospect of contested truths in contemporary medicine. It is well worth a read for those interested in the hegemony of evidence-based medicine and the persistence of the medically unexplained, as well as others invested in the specificities of Lyme disease as it is experienced and treated.” -- Paula Martin * Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry *"Abigail Dumes effectively presents a transdisciplinary approach for articulating the rhizomatic representations of illness that yields the phenomenon of Lyme Disease. It was a joy to read." -- Frans Jackop Lourens Robberts * Sociology of Health & Illness *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Lyme Disease Outside In 1 1. Mapping the Lyme Disease Controversy 27 2. Preventing Lyme 65 3. Living Lyme 99 4. Diagnosing and Treating Lyme 158 5. Lyme Disease, Evidence-Based Medicine, and the Biopolitics of Truthmaking 187 Conclusion: Through Lyme's Looking Glass 222 Notes 235 Glossary 271 References 273 Index 327
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