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Book SynopsisList of Tables and Diagrams Forward Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Thomas Aquinas and the Dominant Tradition 2. The Dominant Tradition and the Magisterium 3. Theology and the Reconfiguration of Difference 4. In Via Toward an Animal-Inclusive Eschaton 5. Breaking with Anthropocentrism: Genesis 1 6. Breaking with Conservationism: Isaiah 11:1-9 7. The Sacramentality of the Cosmos 8. Alternative Traditions and Interreligious Dialogue Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexTable of ContentsList of Tables and Diagrams Forward Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Thomas Aquinas and the Dominant Tradition 2. The Dominant Tradition and the Magisterium 3. Theology and the Reconfiguration of Difference 4. In Via Toward an Animal-Inclusive Eschaton 5. Breaking with Anthropocentrism: Genesis 1 6. Breaking with Conservationism: Isaiah 11:1-9 7. The Sacramentality of the Cosmos 8. Alternative Traditions and Interreligious Dialogue Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's afterglow (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture).Trade Review"Jacobs is the foremost scholar on Chinese pornography, especially in the field of female consumption of pornography. This book builds upon her previously published work but seeks to both both interrogate recent shifts in pornographic consumption and production and revisit some longer-standing themes from her earlier work. By placing pornography within this specific geographical and critical-theoretical landscape, this work breaks new ground and will have a significant impact on the fields of porn studies, LGBTQ studies, and visual culture studies." Sharif Mowlabocus, Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex, UK "The Afterglow of Women's Pornography in Post-Digital China envisions women's pornography as an imagined civil society that starts taking into account sexual difference, sex-positive feminisms, and various developments towards queer aesthetics. This book brilliantly documents the attitudes of disobedience, emotionality, erotic consciousness and open discussion proposed by young Chinese women, both from Mainland China and Hong Kong, whose aesthetics on pornography constitute an important aspect of women's ongoing struggle for identity, equality and legitimacy." - Petula Sik Ying Ho, Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong "This book leads us through an intellectual and inspiring journey which wanders into the erotic lives of modern Chinese women. It challenges readers to reconsider the intricacies of different kinds of pornography, while reflecting on the emergence of a new civil society. The extraordinary ride into the hearts of women is full of surprising turns that will undoubtedly open up new debates." - Donna Chu, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong KongTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Women's Drifting Eyeballs and Porn Tastes 2. Wandering Scholars and the Teachings of Ghosts 3. Message on the Body in the Chinese Netsphere. 4. The Art of Failure as seen in Chinese Women's Boys' Love Fantasies 5. The Master Class of Left-Over Women Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDiversities Old and New provides comparative analyses of new urban patterns that arise under conditions of rapid, migration-driven diversification, including transformations of social categories, social relations and public spaces. Ethnographic findings in neighbourhoods of New York, Singapore and Johannesburg are presented.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Migration, Cities, Diversities 'Old' and 'New'; Steven Vertovec PART I: EXAMINING DIVERSITIES OLD AND NEW 2. Astoria, New York City; Sofya Aptekar and Anna Cieslik 3. Jurong West, Singapore; Laavanya Kathiravelu and Junjia Ye 4. Hillbrow, Johannesburg; Rajohane Matshedisho and Alex Wafer PART II: DIVERSITIES AND SPACES: COMING TOGETHER AND REMAINING APART 5. Religion in Public Spaces of Astoria; Anna Cieslik 6. Boundaries and Surveillance in Astoria; Sofya Aptekar 7. Encounter, Transport and Transitory Spaces in Jurong West; Laavanya Kathiravelu 8. Flea Markets and Familiar Strangers in Jurong West; Junjia Ye 9. Homelessness in Berea Park, Hillbrow; Rajohane Matshedisho 10. Precarity and Intimacy in Super-Diverse Hillbrow; Alex Wafer PART III: SOCIAL-SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ENCOUNTERING DIVERSITY 11. Route-ines 12. Rooms without Walls 13. Corridors of Dissociation 14. Conclusion; Steven Vertovec

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Book SynopsisAn original exploration of how the relationship between society and ''nature'' is conceptualized, focusing on theories of social exclusion and difference. A comprehensive overview of feminist and environmental theories of society-environment relations, considering the range of theoretical and political influences on such theorizing such as socialist and Marxist theory amongst others and the turn to post structuralism and postmodernism within the social sciences. Cudworth also develops her own theoretical account for the interrelations between forms of social domination and contributes to important debates with sociology, social theory, feminist theory and environmentalism.Trade Review'...a work of scholarly devotion with a breathtaking breadth and depth of reading.' - Mary Mellor, International Feminist Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction Social Difference and Ecologism Complex Systems: 'Nature', 'Society' and 'Human' Domination Different Feminisms Ecofeminism and the Question of Difference Embodiment, Material Relations and Symbolic Regimes Domination in a Lifeworld of Complexity Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFollowing extensive research in the UK, Bruce Cohen allows mental health users to tell their own stories (or 'narratives') of illness and recovery. Institutional and home treatment care is covered alongside controversial self-coping techniques such as drug-taking, spiritualism, alternative healing, sleep and watching television.Trade Review"Bruce Cohen offers innovative views about the value and impact of considering mental health services from users' perspectives." - British Journal of Psychology "... very interesting, well researched and respectful of the service-user voice." - Psychiatric Bulletin " an engaging critical study of the development and treatments of mental illnesses, which successfully demonstrates both the importance and relevance of social scientific approaches to the study of this area of medicine." - Medical Sociology Online "In Mental Health User Narratives Cohen places the real experts on mental health problems centre stage. The subjective experience of people who use mental health services has been largely ignored, by researchers and clinicians, for as long as the 'medical model' has been dominant. This book provides a refreshing antidote to the bizarre notion that we can understand people's emotional pain by counting 'symptoms' and applying a diagnostic label. This is a must read for all involved in mental health services and research." -Professor John Read, University of LiverpoolTable of ContentsList of Tables Preface Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction Mental Illness and Psychiatry Narratives Crisis Intervention and Home Treatment Methods The User Narratives Descent into Illness and Psychiatric Intervention Recovery from Illness and Self-Coping Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy analysing case studies through the lens of new constructivist Institutionalist perspective, this book sheds new light on the failure of EU policies in the Mediterranean. It suggests that these failures are the result of problems at the very heart of EU policy-making which clearly privilege economic concerns over social concerns.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Model or Muddle? 1. Institutionalisms - An Overview 2. Delineating the Muddle: From 'Patchy' frameworks to the European Mediterranean Partnership 3. Emergence and Consolidation of a 'Model': The European Mediterranean Partnership and Beyond 4. The Role of Ideas and Interests in the EU-Mediterranean Policy

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Book SynopsisThis important contribution to the study of the problem of order, which figures prominently in today''s globalization debate, focuses on the role of sovereignty. It advances arguments based on psychocultural perspectives and looks at postcommunist transformations and changes in political, economic and cultural orders at all levels of social life.Trade Review'Professor Pickel's book is exceptional in three respects. First, it deals with problems in the real world instead of presenting one more pseudo-mathematical model about highly idealized situations. Second, Pickel respects data but does not worship data-gathering. Instead, he attempts to explain facts in terms of mechanisms, or processes in complex systems. Last, but not least, Pickel knows that science is not done in a philosophical vacuum: he makes his philosophical assumptions explicit. And his main principles rationality, scientific realism, and systemism are tailored to successful scientific research. For all these reasons I warmly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the momentous political changes we are witnessing these days.' - Mario Bunge FRSC, Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics"No one can accuse Andreas Pickel of timidity! In a single compact book, he takes up how people relate to sovereign states, what transitions from socialism meant, how we should understand globalisation, the (in)adequacy of social science as it now exists, and the general problem of explaining social order. The wonder is double: that he brings fresh insight to each of these questions, and that he shows how they connect with each other." - Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF ORDER Framework: Systems and Mechanisms The Problem-oriented Approach to Order: The Case of the Theory of Sovereignty Homo Nationis: The Psychosocial Infrastructure of the Nation-state Order PART 2: THE CHALLENGE OF POSTCOMMUNIST TRANSFORMATION Changing Orders: Intervening, Framing, and Explaining Explaining and Designing Order: Social Science and Social Technology PART 3: THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION Nationalizing Mechanisms in a Globalizing World Nation and Social Order in the Global Age

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Book SynopsisUsing the experiences of Malawi, one of the poorest countries on the African continent, to illustrate both the challenges that poverty creates, and the opportunities for change that exist. Poverty, AIDS and Hunger outlines an easily-replicable model, at modest cost, that could lift people quickly out of poverty, with sustainable benefits.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Stephen Lewis Preface by Bono Introduction; A.Conroy & J.Sachs PART 1: THE PERFECT STORM The History of Development and Crisis in Malawi; A.Conroy & J.Sachs Health and Disease in Malawi; A.Conroy & J.Malewezi The AIDS Pandemic; A.Conroy & A.Whiteside The Impact of the AIDS Pandemic on the National Economy and Development; A.Whiteside & A.Conroy The Collapse of Agriculture; M.Blackie & A.Conroy Economic Isolation; J.Sachs Malawi and the Poverty Trap - First Person Account; A.Conroy PART 2: THE SOLUTIONS Introduction; J.Sachs Breaking Out of the Health and Disease Crisis; A.Conroy, J.Malewezi & J.Sachs Breaking Out of the Food Crisis; M.Blackie & A.Conroy Breaking Out of Economic Isolation; J.Sachs Changing Mindsets; A.Conroy & M.Blackie Ending Extreme Poverty in Malawi; J.Sachs Afterword; Tom Arnold

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Book SynopsisDrawing on findings from a large EU-funded research project that took place over three years, this book analyses educational trajectories of young people in eight European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. Contributors explore interactions between structural and institutional contexts of educational trajectories, the individual meaning attached to education and the strategies adopted by young people to cope with its demands. The book also analyses the decision-making processes of individual students, placing them firmly within the social contexts of their families, local schools, national education systems and welfare states, as well as transnational policy contexts. In considering educational disadvantage, the book is based on primary, cross-national research with systematic analysis of the different themes addressed. As every chaptersis co-authored by two or three researchers, each based in a different country, theTrade ReviewI welcome this ambitious book which represents a genuinely original approach to comparative analysis. I was particularly impressed with its attempt to grasp the complexity of what is happening to young people in eight European countries with strikingly different histories. The finding which stood out for me is the enormous pressure that an increasingly instrumental approach to policy puts on young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The book’s attempt to relate changes in governance to the educational decision-making of young people is well captured in the three case studies and their analysis. Life histories have much to offer in fleshing out abstract policy ideas such as lifelong learning. * Michael Young, Emeritus Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University College London, UK *This is a thoughtful and thought-provoking collection of papers that sets out to trouble common-sense assumptions underpinning much of the master discourse around competitivity, lifelong learning, and the learning society. It does so in ways that are theoretically informed, with a firm grounding in empirical data from eight European countries. By giving importance to the specificity of the local, while carefully reflecting on the way this interacts in complex and multifarious ways with the transnational, this volume generates an impressive range of insights that help us better understand how the trajectories of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are the result of complex interactions between societal structures and individual subjective action. Such engagement with both lifecourse and governance perspectives help bring back the political, contesting the insidious processes of responsibilisation that the hegemonic discourses around ‘employability’ promote. With its rigorous approach to generating rich data and nuanced interpretation of the challenges young people face in navigating life, this is an example of collaborative European research at its very best. * Ronald G. Sultana, Director, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research, University of Malta, Malta *Table of ContentsList of figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Reshaping of Educational Trajectories in European Knowledge Societies, Morena Cuconato (University of Bologna, Italy), Roger Dale (University of Bristol, UK), Marcelo do Parreira do Amaral (University of Münster, Germany) and Andreas Walther (University of Frankfurt, Germany) 1. Comparative Perspective on the Governance of Education in the Life Course, Andreas Walther (University of Frankfurt, Germany), Marcelo Parreira do Amaral (University of Münster, Germany), Morena Cuconato (University of Bologna, Italy) and Roger Dale (University of Bristol, UK) 2. The Diversity of Education and Welfare Systems in Europe, Jenni Tikkanen (University of Turku, Finland), Andy Biggart (Queens University Belfast, UK) and Alex Pohl (IRIS e.V., Germany) Part I: Governance of Education 3. Scales, Discourses and Institutions in the Governance of Educational Trajectories in Europe, Roger Dale (University of Bristol, UK), Yuri Kazepov (University of Urbino, Italy), Risto Rinne (University of Turku, Finland) and Susan Robertson (University of Bristol, England) 4. Translation of Policy Instruments and Negotiation of Actors in Local School Spaces, Karin Amos (University of Tübingen, Germany), Patricia Loncle (High school of public health, Rennes, France), Alessandro Martelli (University of Bologna, Italy), Eduardo Barberis (University of Urbino, Italy), Valérie Becquet (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France) and Ulrich Theobald (University of Tübingen, Germany) Part II: Access to Education 5. Understanding the Interactive Emergence of Educational Inequalities through Access and Accessibility of Education, Barbara Stauber (University of Tübingen, Germany), Marcelo Parreira do Amaral (University of Münster, Germany) and Isabelle Danic (University of Rennes, France) 6. Producing Accessibility through Discretionary Practices of Educational Professionals, Eduardo Barberis (University of Urbino, Italy), Izabela Buchowicz (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) and Nicola De Luigi (University of Bologna, Italy) Part III: Coping with Educational Demands 7. Educational and Vocational Guidance as Support Mechanisms in Schools, Joanna Felczak (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) and Ilse Julkunnen (University of Helsinki, Finland) 8. Cooperation and Problems of Recognition between Schools and Parents in Supporting Young Peoples’ Educational Trajectories, Hulya Kosar Altinyelken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Silvia Demozzi (University of Bologna, Italy), Felicitas Boron (University of Tübingen, Germany) and Federica Taddia (University of Bologna, Italy) Part IV: Relevance of Education 9. Comparing the Views of Students, Parents, and Teachers on the Emerging Notions of Relevance of Education, Joanne McDowell (University of Hertfordshire, UK), Andreja Živoder (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Alessandro Tolomelli ( University of Bologna, Italy) 10. The Relevance of Informal Learning and Out-of-school Contexts for Formal Educational Transitions, Veronica Salovaara (University of Helsinki, Finland) and John Litau (University of Frankfurt, Germany) Part V: Educational Transitions in the Life Course 11. Students' Decision-Making Strategies at Transitions in Education, Morena Cuconato (University of Bologna, Italy), Karolina Majdzinska (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland), Andreas Walther (University of Frankfurt, Germany) and Annegret Warth (University of Frankfurt, Germany) 12. Teachers and Parents as Actors in the Students’ Educational Transitions, Mirjana Ule (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Andreja Zivoder (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Harry Lunabba (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Manuela du Bois-Reymond (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Conclusion: Comparative Multilevel Analysis of Educational Trajectories, Andreas Walther (University of Frankfurt, Germany) and Marcelo Parreira do Amaral (University of Münster, Germany) Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFood: The Key Concepts presents an exciting, coherent and interdisciplinary introduction to food studies for the beginning reader. Food Studies is an increasingly complex field, drawing on disciplines as diverse as Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies at one end and Economics, Politics and Agricultural Science at the other. In order to clarify the issues, Food: The Key Concepts distills food choices down to three competing considerations: consumer identity; matters of convenience and price; and an awareness of the consequences of what is consumed. The book concludes with an examination of two very different future scenarios for feeding the world''s population: the technological fix, which looks to science to provide the solution to our future food needs; and the anthropological fix, which hopes to change our expectations and behaviors. Throughout, the analysis is illustrated with lively case studies. Bulleted chapter summaries, questions and guides to further reading are also pTrade Review'This is a well crafted, witty and engaging introduction to food studies. Belasco presents the current state of food scholarship, prods his readers to think about what they eat in new ways and even offers possibilities for the future. The polemics are presented with a fair and judicious hand, but it is difficult to walk away from this text without seriously reconsidering where your food comes from and what you eat.' Kenneth Albala, University of the Pacific[T]he first real introductory text in food studies... The tone is at once intellectual and conversational... A deft introduction to a diverse field. Highly recommended. -- J.M. Deutsch, CUNY Kingsborough Community College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Why Study Food? Chapter 2: Identity: Are We What We Eat? Chapter 3: The Drama of Food: Divided Identities Chapter 4: Convenience: The Global Food Chain Chapter 5:Responsibility: Do We Pay the Full Costs of Dinner? Chapter 6:The Future of Food Appendix: Questions for Discussion and Further Research Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAs the world experiences social unrest, polarization, and faces complex challenges, citizens are taking to the squares and streets to demand change. From climate change protests to far-right extremism, social movements are mobilizing around the key social and political issues of our times. In this extensively revised and updated book, the author offers a cutting-edge and original analysis to generate new insights into 21st Century social movements in a globalized world. Written in clear and accessible language, this book will appeal to both students new to the field and established scholars. Drawing on a wealth of examples from around the world, from Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street to Wikileaks, the Tea Party, and the Zapatistas, it develops a compelling framework with which to understand the important role movements play in contemporary politics. This expanded and revised second edition includes a comprehensive overview of social movement theory, a new chapter on Movements on th

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Book SynopsisFiercely divisive times call for radically different arguments. In our age of seemingly irreconcilable differences, argument is increasingly seen as a plague to be avoided or a contest to be won. Daniel Taub, an experienced peace negotiator and diplomat, argues that ancient Jewish wisdom offers a third way. Drawing from this tradition, and from his own experience at the heart of some of the world's toughest negotiations, in Beyond Dispute he makes the case for a radically different approach to help us come closer to truth and to each other. This approach sees argument not as a combat zone but as a joint enterprise, and its disputants not as jealous custodians of competing truths, but collaborative explorers. It seeks to create safe spaces not by outlawing controversial opinions but by welcoming them, and it offers a set of practical tools to rethink our own preconceptions. In fractious times it charts a way to build communities and societies that are resilient enough to face new and challenging ideas without fear. Weaving ancient insights with contemporary research in conflict resolution, as well as behind-the-scenes personal stories of diplomacy and negotiations, Beyond Dispute is a passionate call to rediscover and harness the vital and surprising power of a good argument.  

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Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective.Trade Review'Contributors to African Gender Studies address, in very valuable ways, a variety of theoretical and methodological issues regarding study of the status of women in Africa as contrasted with notions of feminism in the North. Among those issues are the construction of gender in different African contexts, innovative development strategies, the role of the African academic, pedagogies in the North and South, insider and outsider perspectives, and revisionist historiography. This volume should be required reading for all students of Africa and its diaspora.' - Betty J. Harris, University of Oklahoma 'For the diversity and renown of its authors as well as the breadth of its topical coverage, this book deserves a wide reading. Its subject matter, African gender studies, is important not only for Africa but also for its ability to affect both the discourse about and action on global issues dealing with gender, 'development,' and social and economic justice. ' - Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Columbia College Chicago; author of For Women and the Nation: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti of NigeriaTable of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION - CONCEPTUALIZING GENDER: DECOLONIZING FEMINISM White Women's Burden; O.Oyewumi Women's Roles and Existential Identities; I.Kopytoff The 'Status of Women' in Indigenous African Societies - Implications for the Study of African American Women's Roles; N.Sudarkasa Feminism and Difference: The Perils of Writing as a Woman on Women in Algeria; M.Lazreg PART II: CONSTRUCTING KINSHIP: FAMILY TIES AND THE 'DOMESTIC' Down to the Fundamentals: Women-Centered Hearth-holds in Rural West Africa; F. Ekejiuba African Bride Wealth and Women's Status; J. Ogbu Home-Made Hegemony: Modernity, Domesticity, and Colonialism in South Africa; J. Comaroff & J. Comaroff Colonial and Missionary Education: Women and Domesticity in Uganda, 1900-1945; N.Musisi Crisis and Reconstruction and the Mobilization of Labor; K.Atkins PART III: MAKING HISTORY/DOING GENDER Making History, Creating Gender: Some Methodological and Interpretive Questions in the Writing of Oyo Oral Traditions; O.Oyewumi What's So Feminist About Doing Women's Oral History?; S.Geiger Spirituality, Gender, and Power in Asante History; E.Akyeampong & P.Obeng PART IV: JUDICIAL DISCOURSES Wives, Children, and Interstate Sucession in Ghana; T.Manuh Narratives of Power: Women's Experience of the World of Familial Relationships and Legal Discourse in Botswana; A.Griffiths Concepts of Equality in Cases of Discrimination Against Women: Examples From Africa; C.Jones PART V: WRITING WOMEN - READING GENDER Gender, Feminist Theory and Post-Colonial (Women's) Writing; J. Makuchi Nfah Abbenyi The Female Writer and Her Commitment; M.Ogundipe-Leslie Posessing the Voice of the Other; N.Nako PART VI: NECESSARY DIALOGUES: QUESTIONS OF POWER AND KNOWLEDGE Epilogue: In My Father's House; K.A.Appiah Questions of Identity and Inheritance: A Critical Review of Kwame Anthony Appiah's In My Father's Hourse ; N.Nkegwu Reinventing Africa; I.Amadiume Chasing Shadows: The Misplaced Search for Matriarchy; N.Nzegwu PART VII: DEVELOPMENT OR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Definitions of Women and Development: An African Perspective; A.Pala Research Methodology and Investigative Framework for Social Change: The Case for African Women; F.Steady Recovering Igbo Traditions: A Case for Indigenous Women's Organizations in Development; N. Nzegwu PART VIII: TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC FUTURES - MODELS OF ACTIVISM Bitu: Facilitator of Women's Educational Opportunities; C.Obbo Funlayo Ransome-kuti: A True Citizen; C.Johnson-Odim & N.Mba Sheroes and Villains: Conceptualizing Colonial and Contemporary Violence Against Women in Africa; A.Mama

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Book SynopsisIn Overcoming Religious Illiteracy, Harvard professor and Phillips Academy teacher Diane L. Moore argues that though the United States is one of the most religiously diverse nations in the world, the vast majority of citizens are woefully ignorant about religion itself and the basic tenets of the world's major religious traditions.Trade Review'Moore's new book is a vitally important contribution to the growing international literature on educating the public especially the young about religions. At a time when learning about religion is being debated in Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries and when international bodies such as UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the Office for Security and Cooperation in Europe are giving close attention to teaching and learning about religions, Moore's important book will attract much attention internationally.' - Robert Jackson, DLitt Director, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of Warwick and Editor of the British Journal of Religious Education Moore has brought insight, clarity, common sense, and long experience to one of the most important and contentious issues of our day-the question of religion in the public schools. Religious literacy goes to the heart of the purpose of education in a democracy that can no longer afford to remain uneducated about the world's religions. This book is a must-read for teachers, school administrators, parents, and every citizen concerned with the quality of American education.' - Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies and Director of The Pluralism Project, Harvard University 'Moore's lucid, thoughtful book wrestles with a fundamental educational question-what should we teach our children? She argues persuasively the critical importance of religious literacy for survival in the 21st century and goes deeply into the contentious debates around the teaching of religion in public schools. Moore convinces that we keep the teaching of world religions out of our schools at our own peril. Read it, debate it, act on it.' Steve Seidel, Bauman and Bryant Chair in Arts and Education, Graduate School of Education, and Director of Project Zero, Harvard University 'In a world fraught with religious and cultural conflicts, Moore models how to teach about religion respectfully as part of the goal of educating for democratic citizenship. What is unique about this book is that the author explores both the philosophy as well as the pedagogical challenges of using a cultural studies approach to teach about religion. This important book will be of interest to educators and any citizen concerned about our country's religious illiteracy.' - Marya R. Levenson, Professor of the Practice in Education and the Harry S. Levitan Director of the Education Program, Brandeis University "Overcoming Religious Illiteracy is unique. Moore not only persuades us about why we ought to teach about religion in our public schools, but she also tells us how to do it-practically, sensitively, and effectively." - James W. Fraser, Professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University 'Religious illiteracy in our country and in the world is rampant. Ignorance of the faith and cultural practices of others is the source of great misunderstanding and suffering. Moore's book proposes an inquiry-based approach for American public schools that opens the door to religious discussion and reflection in an atmosphere of respect and cultural awareness. This book is pioneering. It offers a strong base of theory and concrete foundations for practice to bring a new dimension to teaching about diversity.' - Renee Cherow-O'Leary, Assistant Professor of English Education, Teachers College, Columbia University "In recent years religion has become a dominant feature of global politics and American public life. Today active participation as informed citizens in our multicultural society demands knowledge of the world's religious traditions. Moore's Overcoming Religious Illiteracy offers a template for achieving that goal. It should be required reading for all secondary school educators.' - Donald K. Swearer, Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School 'Moore convincingly argues that religion should be taught in public schools by giving both solid theoretical reasons and productive examples of how to do so practically. I am sure this fascinating study will enrich the debate not only in academic circles but in public discourse as well. This is a remarkable and innovative book that should be widely read by Americans and Europeans alike.' - Wolfram Weisse, Professor of Religious Education, University of Hamburg and Director of the Centre for World Religions in Dialogue "In a world marked by the inability of societies to engage with religious difference, the need to combat religious and cultural illiteracy has become urgent. Diane Moore presents a strong and convincing case for the inclusion of the study of religion as a cultural phenomenon in the curricula of schools and, indeed, for a liberal arts college education. She persuasively demonstrates the destabilizing consequences of religious illiteracy for the proper functioning of democratic societies. A must read for anyone concerned with the crucial role of education in fostering healthy multiracial, multicultural and multireligious societies." - Ali S. Asani, Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Cultures, Harvard University "Overcoming Religious Illiteracy is a must read for those concerned with the future of public education in a multi-religious society. Moore offers thoughtful suggestions for educators preparing to tackle this difficult subject.' - Adam Strom, Director of Research and Development, Facing History and Ourselves 'Teachers everywhere should welcome Overcoming Religious Illiteracy. Finally here is a text that gives instructors the perspective and tools they need to teach about religion in a way that avoids the shrill stereotypes, over simplistic assumptions, and unexamined sectarianism that too often beleaguers this topic. Moore links theory with practice, offering educators both methodologies and resources to teach responsibly and creatively about religion.' - Susan McCaslin, Instructor in Philosophy and Religious Studies and Associate Dean of Faculty, Phillips Academy 'Moore's well-written and very readable book, Overcoming Religious Illiteracy, is important for two reasons. It is a cogent guide for any district, school or teacher looking to integrate the study or discussion of religion into the curriculum and it outlines clear steps for making any class a learning-centered, inquiry based experience where students participate fully in the teaching and learning process.' - Charles Skidmore, Principal, Arlington High School 'Concerned by the detrimental consequences of religious illiteracy and the divisive nature of the culture wars, Moore appeals to teachers in particular for change. She argues that teachers should be 'treated as professionals, supported as scholars, recognized as moral agents, and given voice as public intellectuals.' An award winning educator, Moore offers teaching models for constructing learning communities to stimulate student-centered inquiry about religions while remaining respectful of religious beliefs. How refreshing! This is a book of fundamental importance to those interested in educational reform.' Heidi Roupp, World History teacher and founding member of the World History Association "Moore takes her readers seriously, as she does her students, and challenges us to debate the purpose of education, especially vis-à-vis democracy and the possibilities inherent in talking to each other across differences. Her contributions to this conversation are based on years of classroom teaching as well as scholarship, but she ultimately defies stale scholarly logic: she deftly bridges the chasm between theory and practice, and she dares express an optimism so profound that it is a form of resistance in itself." -Shipley Robertson Salewski, Teacher, 8th Grade English, KIPP Summit Academy 'Moore's in-depth case studies provide teachers with what is often the missing element in substantial theoretical work-how to transfer the intellectual concepts they find compelling into the classroom. Moore does so in a way that will have impact for both teachers and students.' - Clare R. Sisisky, Director and Teacher, Center for the Humanities, Henrico County Public Schools

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Book SynopsisSystematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies' -Niels Rosendal Jensen'A call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion.' - Lel MeleyalAn impassioned dissection of the highly coded lexicon of so-called welfare reformget reading, get angry, get ready'. -Gargi BhattacharyyaWelfare Words analyses the keywords and phrases commonly used by policy-makers, news-outlets and wider society, when referring to social policy, welfare reform and social work in the present-day culture of neoliberal capitalism. Examining how power relations operate through language and culture, it encourages readers to question how welfare words fit within a wider economic and cultural context riven with gross social inequalities; to disrupt taken-for-granted meanings within mainstream social work and social policy, and to think more deeply, critically and politically about the incessant usage of specific wordTrade ReviewWhat I found most striking about this book was the way Garrett shows the changing meanings of keywords over time and in relation to wider social developments. Many terms now used to maintain a neoliberal agenda and societal status quo, often had more progressive and, often, revolutionary meaning behind them. Such an insight should alert us to the need not to take any term at face value but interrogate it in order to discover what it signifies at any historical juncture and particular social context. Garrett has provided us with a valuable analysis of the language of welfare and of the political uses and misuses of keywords that are ubiquitous within the field of social welfare, social policy, social work and the wider public. I highly recommend it for all levels of study within such disciplines as well as those of politics, sociology, media and cultural studies. It is also required reading for academics and politically engaged members of the public, indeed anyone with an interest in, understanding contemporary society. -- Kenneth McLaughlin, Journal of Political PowerThis is a significant new work. It highlights the crucial importance of the power of "welfare words" [and] maps the development and use of these terms against a backdrop of welfare retrenchment, increasing inequality and austerity. It provides a clear insight into the way that a neoliberal vocabulary of welfare has played a powerful role in structuring debates in these fields. It is a well written and argued text, which is superbly researched. Essential reading for all those interested in developing a critical social work mode of practice but also those with an interest in critical social policy. -- Ian Cummins * The Sociological Review *Rigorous, meticulously researched and edgy, Garrett’s new book seeks to understand the ideology underlying welfare words and by doing so, exposes the power and oppression operating through them. Read this book; it is the antidote to those who say that social work cannot be both a deeply intellectual and social justice-engaged endeavour. -- Donna BainesGarrett′s book is intellectually compelling as well as inspiring in the way it systematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies. It will inspire the readership to work for social justice in social policy and society. -- Niels Rosendal Jensen, European Journal of Social WorkThis is an engaging and engaged revisiting of the cultural excavation of ‘key words’ pioneered by Raymond Williams. Garrett presents an impassioned and thorough dissection of some of the most important ‘key words’ of our time, the highly coded lexicon of so-called welfare reform. What you will learn about the histories of containment and struggle sedimented within each term will enrage and energise – get reading, get angry, get ready. -- Gargi BhattacharyyaThis is a fascinating and rich book, which documents the central place of language in the (re)production of social order and the importance of welfare words in delineating the parameters of our collective imagination. -- Tracey JensenPaul Michael Garrett’s Welfare Words takes a modern, fresh look at the language of welfare. He calls upon the reader to re-visit the impact of language upon welfare choices and interventions and in doing so makes an accessible and relevant call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion. This book will be the go-to text for students of social work and social policy for many years to come. It is an outstanding text and highly recommended. -- Lel MeleyalWelfare Words is an ambitious work, one that can be read as a selective history of the recent past, as a demonstration of depth-style analysis, as the intellectual biography of a particular scholar, and as an invitation to dialog on shared matters of concern…the intended audiences for the book are both graduate-level and final year undergraduate students in social work and social policy, and perhaps also those in education, criminology, and health. -- Tina Wilson * Journal of Progressive Human Services, 2019 *Garrett’s book critically examines the language of welfare to enable consideration of the historical, political and cultural standpoints that underpin welfare discourses. Through employing the phrase "Welfare Words" he invites us to analytically examine (or re-examine) the power and motivations contained within welfare discourses. Garrett provides the reader with an insightful consideration of the role of language in social welfare service provisions. The book succeeds in clearly demonstrating how neoliberal ideology oppresses and blames and, in doing so, it dispels neoliberal discourse –challenging the reader to reframe the language of oppressive practice norms. -- Kelly J. Smith, University of Waikato - Aotearoa New Zealand Social WorkPaul Garrett′s important new book highlights the power of language when it comes to social welfare. Focusing on some of the most crucial keywords of welfare discourse in the neoliberal era, he plots their politics, illuminating their complicity in enacting disciplinary practices of client subordination, but also how their incompleteness leaves an opening for resistance and revision. His politically engaged linguistic interventions help us think about how to take steps toward less oppressive and more affirmative forms of service provision. This is a must read for social workers and social theorists alike, especially if they are interested in moving beyond the strictures of neoliberalism′s oppressive disciplinary regime. -- Sanford F. SchramA must-read for critical social policy theorists but also for anyone alarmed at how neoliberal capitalism has stigmatized every aspect of social rights. Garrett’s lens of analysis of welfare keywords – dependency, underclass, social exclusion, resilience - brings out sharply how neoliberal language stereotypes and marginalizes working class people and steers deep social problems into the woefully inadequate channels of individualism. Welfare Words, provides a timely counter-voice to the neoliberal policies which have devastated our post-austerity world. -- Marnie HolborowThis is an original and insightful book, which offers us a fresh perspective on some of the key themes and challenges in social work. It will prompt new thinking and provide practitioners with important critical tools to support their interventions. -- Roger S. SmithPaul Garrett provides an illuminating analysis of key terms that proliferate within contemporary welfare and political discourse. He examines each term in detail, exploring the origins, meanings and contradictions of each and perceptively shows the way they are used, and misused, within today’s political and welfare system. This book is essential reading for those wishing to understand the complexities behind terms that are not only ubiquitous within the political realm but which have also entered common discourse. -- Dr Ken McLaughlinGarrett’s book offers a comprehensive approach to the study of Social policy in social work, encouraging readers to think critically about key words in their wider historical, political and cultural context. Drawing on an innovative conceptual lens in which to view social welfare, this is a key text for critical social work and social policy. -- Karen RoscoePaul Michael Garrett′s new book provides valuable insights into the role of cultural and ideological forces in shaping a society′s characterization of human needs and in developing policy responses to persistent social and economic issues. The book begins with an in-depth analysis of these forces and then applies its sophisticated conceptual framework to contemporary problems such as welfare dependency, social exclusion, and social care. In an era in which language, facts, and "truth" are increasingly distorted to rationalize regressive approaches to social welfare, the book provides readers with a clearer understanding of the origins and implications of anti-welfare perspectives and with an alternate lens to interpret contemporary social and political phenomena. -- Michael ReischGarrett invites scholars, students and professionals to think about the role of language in welfare decisions [and] he provides valid instruments to cultivate a new way of thinking about welfare issues, new modes of resistance and political approaches "in and beyond social work and policy" -- Francesca BragagliaAlthough focused upon the UK as the site of analysis, this is a book that will be a really valuable resource for anyone teaching in schools, colleges and universities globally for the way it scrutinizes and problematizes a language of violence which has become normalized. It will particularly useful for those who teach young people without a memory of the struggles in defense of the welfare state as it once was, and who see the problems of the horribly unequal world we are living in but do not have the words and concepts to connect up the things happening around them. -- Stephen Cowden, Ruskin CollegeGarrett offers a comprehensive approach to studying social policy in social work and encourages readers to think critically about keywords in their broader historical, political, and cultural context. His politically engaged linguistic interventions help us think about how to take steps towards less oppressive and more positive forms of service provision….[It] can be recommended to readers because it is an original book, which seeks to understand the ideology underlying welfare words, and by doing so, exposes the power and oppression operating through them. The book highlights the power of language when it comes to social welfare and it will prompt new thinking. -- Barbora GrundelováGarrett urges social workers to think critically about the contradictions that confront them in contemporary political and welfare systems and to hold to the profession’s principles of intervention within an increasingly divided society; and acknowledge how neoliberal practices demonise social problems and intensify vulnerability and marginality. An essential text for social workers seeking to understand the complexity of contemporary practice and the external forces that challenge its integrity. It is an essential addition to contemporary social work discourse. -- Rosemary Sheehan * Australian Social Work *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Conceptual Lens Chapter 3: Welfare Dependency Chapter 4: Underclass Chapter 5: Social Exclusion Chapter 6: Early Intervention Chapter 7: Resilience Ch. 8: Care Ch. 9: Adoption Chapter 10: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIf there were ever a time for environmental sociology, it is now. As COVID-19 is spreading across our communities, our countries, our world, we have all become too familiar with maintaining that awful term of "social distance." Yet there can be no true distance from that which is always with us and within us: our social ecology An Invitation to Environmental Sociology invites students to delve into this rapidly changing field. Written in a lively, engaging style, the authors cover a broad range of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passion rarely seen in sociology texts. The book′s unique organization explores three different kinds of questions about interactions between humans and the natural world: the material, the ideal, and the practical. The Sixth Edition of this bestseller comprises 12 chapters instead of 13, making it easier to fit into the normal rhythm of a course. But the result is also an edition that is up-to-date and enriched with much newer material, while continuing to use an inviting tone that the title promises. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.Table of ContentsPreface About the Authors Chapter 1: Environmental Problems and Society Joining the Dialogue Environmental Justice Across Time Environmental Justice Across Social Space Environmental Justice Across Species The Social Constitution of Environmental Problems and Solutions Part I: The Material Chapter 2: Health and Justice The Material Basis of the Human Condition One Health One Justice Living Downstream: The Precautionary Principle Making Ties Chapter 3: Consumption and Materialism The Hierarchy of Needs Consumption, Modern Style Goods and Sentiments Goods and Community The Treadmill of Consumption Chapter 4: Money and Markets The Growth Compulsion The “Invisible Elbow” Overproduction and Underproduction The Constructed Market Rock Steady Farm and the Economics of Optimism Chapter 5: Technology and Science The Monologues of Technology and Science Technology as a Dialogue Technological Somnambulism Science as Dialogue Disasters, Fast and Slow Science and Technology as Political Chapter 6: Population and Development The Malthusian Argument Population as Culture The Inequality Critique of Malthusianism The Technologic Critique of Malthusianism The Demographic Critique of Malthusianism The Environment as a Social Actor Part II: The Ideal Chapter 7: The Ideology of Environmental Domination Christianity and Environmental Domination Individualism and Environmental Domination Heteropatriarchy and Environmental Domination The Difference That Ideology Makes Chapter 8: The Ideology of Environmental Concern Ancient Beginnings The Moral Basis of Contemporary Environmental Concern The Extent of Contemporary Environmental Concern Two Theories of Contemporary Environmental Concern The Dialogue of Environmental Concern Postscript Chapter 9: The Human Nature of Nature The Contradictions of Nature Nature as a Social Construction Environment as a Social Construction The Dialogue of Nature and Ideology Part III. The Practical Chapter 10: Mobilizing the Just Ecological Society Mobilizing Ecological Conceptions Mobilizing Ecological Connections Mobilizing Ecological Contestations The Pros of the Three Cons Chapter 11: Transitioning to the Just Ecological Society Democracy and Bureaucracy Legal Structure The Bottom and the Top Participatory Governance Local Knowledge Governing Participation Grounding Our Knowledge Soul Fire Farm and Just Ecological Transition Finding Our Balance Chapter 12: Living in the Just Ecological Society The A-B Split The Reconstitution of Daily Life Reconstituting Ourselves References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWilliam A. Corsaro′s groundbreaking work, The Sociology of Childhood, Fifth Edition discusses children and childhood from a sociological perspective - providing in-depth coverage of social theories of childhood, the peer cultures and social issues of children and youth, and children and childhood within the frameworks of culture and history.

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Book SynopsisOver half of England’s secondary schools are now academies. While their impact on achievement has been debated, the social and cultural outcomes prompted by this neoliberal educational model has received less scrutiny. This book draws on original research based at Dreamfields Academy, a celebrated flagship secondary school in a large English city, to show how the accelerated marketization and centralization of education is reproducing raced, classed and gendered inequalities. The book also examines the complex stories underlying Dreamfields’ glossy veneer of success and shows how students, teachers and parents navigate the everyday demands of Dreamfields’ results-driven conveyor belt. Hopes and dreams are effectively harnessed and mobilized to enact insidious forms of social control, as education develops new sites and discourses of surveillance.This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, Quality educationTrade Review'Kulz's brilliant and chilling ethnography of Dreamfields Academy shows that students no longer merely learn to labour, as Paul Willis once put it, but rather education itself becomes a factory. Schools do not foster critical intelligence but rather make, shape and discipline young people in the doctrine and dream world of neoliberal capitalism. The book reveals the cruel hopes and authoritarian aspects of a modern urban academy schooling. It left me with a sense of outrage because these black, white and Asian working-class students, and every student for that matter, deserve so much more from education than this. This book outlines with sociological precision and keen attentiveness the shape of that educational betrayal.'Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths, University of London'This book is a ‘must read’ for all, particularly for teachers and parents. Christy Kulz’s ethnographic study unmasks how education practice within an urban academy school is raced, classed and gendered. This timely and exceptional book reveals how inequity is sedimented within the academies policy. It reveals a complex picture of how this academy is led and managed; how the relentless pursuit of better outcomes drives the ambitious aspirations of the headteacher and how the ethos of “structure liberates” reflects the zealous drive to educate and civilise ‘urban’ children to become units of economic productivity to attain social mobility. The headteacher’s evangelistic zeal is realised through disciplinary and regimented processes which subjugate teachers and pupils.Christy Kulz shows how inequality is perpetuated in the school through the panoptic architecture of the school buildings, the stark surveillance of pupils and the enforcement of draconian rules which re-inscribe gender, race and class stereotypes within a regimen that serves to ‘normalise’ or whiten pupils’ identities. She shows how this results in symbolic violence on Black and minority ethnic bodies and how, for some pupils, the promise of social mobility remained an unrealised aspiration given the insurmountable structural inequalities they encountered every day.This book will be a seminal text documenting the effects of the academies policy on schools, teachers and a generation of young people.'Professor Vini Lander, Edge Hill University'Christy Kulz has produced an incendiary and detailed account of the reality of life in an Academy school. Kulz’s ethnographic research, using a single school case study to explore wider issues of education reform, control and the creation of inequity, is in the best traditions of British sociology of education. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the grim reality of education on the conveyor belt that lies behind the shiny deceitful rhetoric of aspirations and social mobility.'Professor David Gillborn, University of Birmingham‘Kulz writes well and engagingly, and the book offers an intelligent and sensitive reflexivity—the student researcher could learn a lot here about good writing, and the possibilities of a diverse and lively form of presentation “which seeks to blend theory with rich pictures of the social world”. Interviews, observations, pictures, and other data are set alongside one another to produce a vibrant sense of what Dreamfields is like and how it is experienced by the students and teachers…This book is the most exciting and engaging example of sociology of education that I have read for a long time. It works on a variety of levels. Its blend of traditional methods and contemporary problems, its historical sensibilities and theoretical sophistication, make it a very satisfying, provocative, and pertinent read.’Stephen J Ball, University College London, Social Forces, Vol 97, Issue 1, September 2018‘This is a book about an academy, but it is also a book about authority and discipline; about neoliberal education; about new incarnations of racism; and about how people make sense of living under an oppressive regime. The polemic of the title, describing academies as ‘factories for learning’, makes sense after reading it. Overall, this book serves as a powerful and convincing rebuttal to the ‘celebratory imperial histories' of Conservative education policy (2017, 15), all the while retaining a vivid sense of the humour and energy of the young people that it describes.’Anna Bull, University of Portsmouth, The Sociological Review'The book is provocative, emotionally affecting, and a noteworthy read to sociologically understand the education system in the UK. During my first reading as an undergraduate, and in re-reading as a doctoral student, it is inspirational to see how the blood, sweat and tears that go into a thesis can create an important and engaging work.'Luke Zavrou-Blackstock, Educational Review (Feb 2022) -- .Table of Contents1 Building new narratives: academies, aspiration and the education market2 Research frameworks: historical representations and formations of race and class meet neoliberal governance 3 Disciplining Dreamfields Academy: a ‘well-oiled machine’ to combat urban chaos 4 Cohering contradictions and manufacturing belief in Dreamfields’ ‘good empire’ 5 ‘Urban children’ meet the ‘buffer zone': mapping the inequitable foundations of Dreamfields’ conveyor belt6 Students navigating and negotiating the conveyor belt: aspiration, loss, endurance and fantasy7 Urban chaos and the imagined other: remaking middle-class hegemony8 Remaking inequalities in the neoliberal institutionIndex

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Book SynopsisAge at Work explores the myriad ways in which ‘age’ is at ‘work’ across society, organizations and workplaces, with special focus on organizations, their boundaries, and marginalizing processes around age and ageism in and across these spaces. The book examines: how society operates in and through age, and how this informs the very existence of organizations; age-organization regimes, age-organization boundaries, and the relationship between organizations and death, and post-death the importance of memory, forgetting and rememorizing in re-thinking the authors’ and others’ earlier work tensions between seeing age in terms of later life and seeing age as pervasive social relations. Enriched with insights from the authors’ lived experiences, Age at Work is a major and timely intervention in studies of age, work, care and organizations. Ideal for students of Sociology, Organizations and Management, Social Policy, Gerontology, Health and Social Care, and Social Work. Trade ReviewWe′ve all been told, "Too old for this, too young for that." In this masterly study Hearn and Parkin show how organizations organize human beings into categories. Calendars, chronologies and "ticking clocks" mobilize to tell us what we are and who we are becoming. Birth and death are certainties, but age and ageing are where power meets opinion. -- Terrell CarverIn reviewing this book, the phrase that continually comes to mind is `at last – a serious study of ageing and organization.’ There are so many positives to this book, not least of which is the authorship of Jeff Hearn and Wendy Parkin, who build on a lifetime of high impact research on various aspects of power and diversity. The other must-read elements include timeliness (it includes discussion of Covid-19); personal reflections and self-critique (joining theory to experience); engagement with age hegemony and the discourse of ageing at work; all written in an engaging style; that explores a topic that is relevant to us all. -- Professors Albert Mills and Jean Helms Mills"This fascinating discourse offers subtle and subversive insights into the ways we enact age and aging. It deconstructs conventional social scripts in ways that can improve both our own self-understanding and the shape of public policy." -- Nancy FolbreHearn and Parkin bring long careers′ worth of organizational research to bear on this mission to rescue the field. They show how regimes of age structure institutions, from the rise of bureaucratic authority and trajectory of the ideal career, to the management of dependency and death in the age of pandemic. Enjoy this book for its sly humor and obvious pleasure taken in the writing. Let it inform your theory as you design your organizational research. It brings encyclopaedic knowledge of the histories of institutions to bear on the management of old age, the penetration of bureaucracy into familial and personal authority, the organization of daily care, attempts to extend the human lifespan, and memorials built to honor our heroes. This book ought to reshape the field of organizational studies. -- Professors Toni Calasanti and Neal KingCombining keen scholarly insight with personal testimonies, Jeff Hearn and Wendy Parkin provide a sensitive and sophisticated analysis of age and organization. Age at Work brings together age and organization studies in a comprehensive, highly accessible and contemporary account that addresses key concerns within cultural gerontology and the critical role of age in organizational construction and inequality. This timely book expands new domains of interest within a neglected area of research, highlighting how age, ageing and ageism ‘figure’ in organizations and raising fascinating issues that will be an invaluable resource across the social sciences. -- Professor Ruth SimpsonHow can such a thought-provoking book – paradoxically full of strokes and dementia and other geriatric challenges - be so wonderful to engage with? What Hearn and Parkin have succeeded in producing in this new work is a comprehensive survey of just how age and organization intertwine - ambiguously. Thus, the organizations through which we experience ageing are our places of work but also our places of health care, and of death. The authors show that age is a major issue for the young as well as the old; that age is a fiction but it is also a social fact; that age is contingent, intersectional and a social construct. Yet ageing is an event horizon from which there is no return. This unidirectionality notwithstanding, ‘Age at Work’ is a proper learning event to which one will be able to return, over time, on many occasions and, each time, feel more informed about oneself and those around you. -- Gibson BurrellAge as a ‘number’ is so deceptive, as this insightful book shows. Age is infused with socially constructed meanings, shaping and shaped by organizations of all types. The authors cast a critical sociological eye over this disparate field to expose age’s varied appearances and what may lie behind them. Amongst other things, they show us how age becomes politicised, commodified and exploited at different junctures of the lifecourse. Helpfully, the book enters the less fashionable, yet crucial, terrain of sickness and dying, focussing on the enterprises that transform these experiences into more or less palatable transitions, even beyond the grave - of particular resonance in the era of Covid-19. The authors add their personal experiences to parts of the book, effectively grounding their conceptual analyses. The book succeeds in both scope and depth. It exposes age as a rich phenomenon, conceptually and in practice. Age is shown to be fundamental to our identities and how we are treated by others. This book should be essential reading for advanced students of organization. -- Stephen FinemanThis is an exhaustive, erudite and comprehensive look at age and ageing. It playfully explores the idea of age ‘at work’: how it works, where it works and what it does in societal and organisational contexts. It includes but moves beyond paid work to look at various types of organisations: their structures, boundaries and regimes up to and including those involved in death and post death. It is particularly timely in its consideration of the meaning of age, the experience of ageism and the ambiguities involved in negotiating paid work boundaries from a liminal position. -- Pat O′ConnorWith its dynamic framework of age, aging and ageism enacted through organizations, Age at Work is pathbreaking, fundamentally challenging our perception of age in terms of fixed categories or specific life stages. The evolution of this book, a product of years of collaborative work between Hearn and Parkin, is reflected in its theoretical breadth and reach, which I would describe as Kaleidoscopic. Each new section reveals news aspects and processes shaping the dynamics of age in organizations: how age and organizations interact through societal regimes and age organizational regimes, how the configurations of age hegemony operate in organizations, sustaining the power of older white men. The latter is an example of the nuanced intersectional analysis of hierarchies in age, gender, race, ethnicity and generation that appear throughout this book. In the Doing of Organizations, Hearn and Parkin shift our focus to how boundary making within organizations define insiders and outsiders, leading to marginalization and non-recognition of the latter. These processes are embodied in narratives of their own experiences at various stages of retirement. Age at Work is both personal and provocative, seen in Hearn and Parkin’s engagement with the paradoxes in age in an organizational context. Age is both social fact and a fiction; it is invisible and visible in organizations, embodied and disembodied. Most provocative are the last chapters on awareness of and the ultimate boundary, post-death, including the role of organizations in how we cope with and manage death. Age at Work is an important book. It resonates in our era of the pandemic. It will generate an entire new body of critical age studies and reinvigorate organizational studies with an awareness and sensitivity to age, aging, and ageism, an area of research much neglected. -- Barbara HobsonAge at Work is a ground breaking book in a number of ways. At the core of the authors’ thinking around age, organizing and organizations is their fundamental plea to move away from static and limited concepts of age, ageing and the old as othered, to more fluid and critical ways of bringing non-essentialist, anti-ageist thinking and being and intersectional perspectives to the forefront of enquiry. It is refreshing to see how decades of previous research from the authors on gender, sexuality, violence and emotions inform a truly interdisciplinary perspective, contributing to a ‘slow research and writing’ process. Furthermore, this allows the authors to ask difficult questions for which there are no easy answers, about how we might look anew at ‘age at work’ in the context of organizations. Core to this endeavour is a refusal to ignore the problematics such questions raise, and there is a careful dismantling of ambiguous boundaries surrounding the topics under scrutiny, so that even the organization of the unfixity of post-death is considered. The book is especially timely, due to the consideration here of the COVID-19 global pandemic, and issues of power and the politics of age and aging figure in the book more generally. The authors auto-ethnographic approach, where both academic relationships and personal life course trajectories are reflected on, adds to the spirit of intellectual honesty in which the book was written by all involved. -- Professor Victoria RobinsonWith this volume, Hearn and Parkin offer a truly novel approach to the relationships between age, organizations and organizing. It is particularly heartening to see the breadth of disciplinary scope and inclusion of stages of life normally beyond the boundaries of organization studies. The personal voices and experiences of the authors are woven throughout their insightful reflections on what it means to be an ageing subject. This is a refreshing counterpoint to much of the literature that treats ageing as inherently problematic and reproduces, rather than challenges, the trope of intergenerational conflict. -- Associate Professor Susan AinsworthAge at Work brings age and organizations together in truly innovative ways. ‘Age’ intersects with organization as each constructs the other across time. Through a creative conceptual approach using data ranging from biographical to comparative sources, the book uses the prism of age to detail how we interact with organizations as workers, consumers, clients, patients or citizens in all our complexities. It brings new conceptualizations such as age/organizations regimes to bear in analyzing how age works inside and outside organizations. It is at once a rich review of previous work on the issues of ageing for both organizations and individuals and a theoretical and analytical contribution to considering in an ever more complex way how new insights from the intersectional issues of gender, class, race and ability interact with the unique category of age. The book will change how we consider organizations. It is an impressive enrichment to organizational studies and intersectional sociology. Using recent empirical case studies and interviews as well as biographical reflections based on their careers in organizational and gender research, Hearn and Parkin provide an immensely readable investigation of how age is actively at work in our organizations and how to better understand this. Highly topical, the book looks at age and organizations from youth to death, and concludes with considering the implications of pandemics. -- Alison WoodwardInnovative, timely and insightful. Essential reading for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the complex and so often neglected relationship between age and work. The book raises questions that could not be more important at the present moment in the context of the current pandemic. This is interdisciplinary work at its best. -- Richard CollierAge at Work is a good reminder from the authors of a number of simplifications and stereotypes that are wrapped up in the making of age and organizations and it′s a great and exciting read. Readable and easy to understand, it remains accessible to a wide range of professional readers not only in the field of studies of inequality, organizational culture, stratification, intersectionality, ageing or gender, but also for those for whom the study of the life cycle with a critical sociological perspective is just beginning to open. -- Iva ŠmídováHearn and Parkin’s work tries to untangle some if not most of these essentialist stances by recognizing that age(ing) can be, and is, mediated by not only individuals involved in social relations in organizations but also by the organizations themselves. Read full review -- Stephanie Ruel * Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal *The authors of this book, Jeff Hearn and Wendy Parkin, bring to bear many decades of scholarship into gender relations, gendering, sexuality and violence in organization studies. This paves the way for an approach to ageing and organization that is contingent (provisional and relational) and intersectional. Age and ageing are thereby shown to be related to gender, race, ethnicity and class, showing how these characteristics work together to privilege some and disadvantage others. Through this, Hearn and Parkin, together with co-authors Richard Howson and Charlotta Niemistö, explore how meanings of age are culturally gendered, while also acknowledging the corporeal and material-discursive reality of the ageing body which, they emphasize, goes beyond social constructions. Full revie: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01708406221112477 -- Emma Bell and Stefanie Ruel * Organization Studies Journal *Table of ContentsPart 1: Setting the Scene 1. Forgetting and Remembering Age: From Invisibility to Recognition Part 2: Society, Age and Organizations 2. Age in Society: Hegemony, Contingency and Intersectionality with Richard Howson 3. Society in Age: Hegemony, Historicity and Knowledge with Richard Howson Part 3: Age-Organization Regimes 4. The Making of Organizations: Contexts, Forms and Aims with Charlotta Niemistö 5. The Doing of Organizations: Structures, Processes and Talk with Charlotta Niemistö Part 4: Age-Organization Boundaries 6. Age, Organizations and Boundaries: An Overview 7. Age at Work: Autobiographical Reflections on Age-Organization Boundaries and Ambiguities 8. Living Afterlife: Age-Organization Boundaries in Practice 9. The Final Boundary?: Organization(s) and Organizing of Death 10. The Power of Absence: The Organization(s) and Organizing of Post-Death 11. Concluding: Another Ambiguous Boundary References

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Book SynopsisSociologies in Dialogue brings together expert contributions from international scholars, who reflect on the importance of collaboration between diverse sociological perspectives to enhance our understanding of the role of sociology as an academic discipline, and as a vehicle for social change. By exploring the distinctive practices and research of a range of sociologists, the book shows how an open dialogue between sociologists is critical to addressing major sociological issues across the globe such as inequality and ethnocentrism, and challenging the hierarchies of knowledge production and circulation. Contributors also discuss novel strands in theory and methodology such as multicultural sociology, cosmopolitanism, and multiple modernities. An important contribution for researchers and students interested in global sociology, sociological theories and methodologies.Trade ReviewSociologies in Dialogue brings together an engaging conversation from sociologists from 20 countries, whose joint mission is to explore the contemporary relevance of sociology in their national contexts and to share their experiences across the borders. Classical sociology came on stage when the Western societies underwent the convulsions brought about by industrial revolution and democratic revolution, while the majority of African, Asian, and Latin American peoples were ruled by colonial powers. Born in 1948, International Sociological Association (ISA) aims at spreading sociological research globally. This ISA-sponsored volume is a vivid testimony of the global flourishing of sociology as an intellectual project to make sense of the ongoing social changes brought about by multiple challenges of neoliberalism, populism, and geopolitical conflicts. This book also documents the worldwide intervention of nationally-based sociologists into the burning issues of their societies, be it reconciliation with Indigenous people in Canada, anti-immigration sentiment in Poland, the humanitarian crisis of Syrian diaspora, and the external threat to Taiwan′s democracy. Sociologies in Dialogue is a rich source showcasing how locally-embedded sociologists continue to carry on the global conversation about the mission of sociology on a worldwide scale. -- Ming-sho HoTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction by Sari Hanafi and Chin-Chun Yi Part 1. Trends in Internationalization of sociology (North-South and South-South) Chapter 2. Global or globish sociology? Scientific academic journals, internationalization, national assessment policies: an Italian case-study by Paola Borgna Chapter 3. The Brazilian Sociological Society and recent reflections on the Internationalization of Sociology by Tom Dwyer and Carlos Benedito Martins Chapter 4. Place, Time and Generations in a Global Dialogue about Social Change by Dan Woodman Chapter 5. A Missed Cognitive Chance for Social Knowledge by Anna Wessely Part 2. Emerging new local sociologies Chapter 6. Project Filipinong Sosyolohiya: A Nativist Sociology Converses with the Global Sociology by Dennis S. Erasga Chapter 7. The Mestizo sociology of Latin America by Roberto Briceño-León Chapter 8. Sociology in Mexico as a Witness of Multiple Modernities by Fernando R. Castañeda Chapter 9. The problematics of the justice issue in a changing society: the Russian case by Mikhail F. Chernysh Chapter 10. Taiwanese Sociology’s Road to Professionalization and Engagement by Chih-Jou Jay Chen Part 3. Sociology in (post)authoritarian context Chapter 11. Postcolonialism vs post-authoritarianism: The Arab World and Latin America in comparative perspective by Sari Hanafi Chapter 12. Practicing Sociology in Syria: Dilemmas in the Context of Authoritarianism and Conflict by Kheder Zakaria Chapter 13. Ethno-cultural identity and development of intercultural dialogue in Azerbaijan by Rufat Guliyev Chapter 14. “Victims of geography or politics?”: Public and policy sociology in the Croatian sociology by Jasminka Lažnjak Part 4. When Sociology becomes public Chapter 15. The Significance of Public Sociology for Welfare Reform: Beyond the empirical-normative dichotomy by Kazuo Seiyama Chapter 16. Reconciliation and Decolonization: Challenges for Committing Sociology in a Connected World by Terry Wotherspoon Chapter 17. The Production of Knowledge in the Public Domain: a case study on Polish attitudes towards recent migration into Europe by Tomasz Korczynski, Tomasz Maslanka, Rafal Wisniewski and Cardinal Wyszynski Chapter 18. Building in sociology in a pluralistic society: forty years of sociological practice in Spain by Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Cristóbal Torres-Albero and Lucila Finkel Part 5. Hurdles for the dialogue: challenges of the institutionalization of sociology Chapter 19. Sociology in Portugal: local, national, and international dialogues by João Teixeira Lopes, Pedro Abrantes, Lígia Ferro, Madalena Ramos, Benedita Portugal e Melo, Ana Ferreira, Dalila Cerejo and Alexandra Aníbal Chapter 20. Palestinian Sociology: Divergent Practices and Approaches by Abaher El Sakka Chapter 21. Crisis of Unplanned Expansion of Sociology in the Global South: Problems and Prospects of Sociological Education in Bangladesh by Shaikh Mohammad Kais References

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Book SynopsisProponents of human exceptionalism claim that only humans possess certain morally significant capacities, and as a result are entitled to be treated better than members of all other species. In the last fifty years, scientists have discovered how these capacities are shared by other species, which only raises the questions of how and why we evade responsibility for inhumane behaviour, not only to animals but to one another.To answer these questions, independent scholar Peter Marsh examines in depth three different ideologies: ethnonationalist supremacism (the Holocaust in Hungary), racial supremacism (the rule of King Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo), and gender-based supremacism (men''s treatment of women in Victorian and Edwardian England). He shows how supremacists applied mechanisms of moral disengagement to legitimise and evade personal responsibility for oppressing and exploiting members of a less-powerful group.Marsh then considers whether these different types of supremacism have common features and compares them to the way we treat animals to examine whether that, too, causes unjustified harm to members of a weaker group and is wrong in the same way racism, sexism, and other supremacist ideologies are. Finally, he asks the what we can do to overcome human supremacism and other supremacist ideologies, providing practical examples of cross-cultural collaboration, humane education, veganism, and extending concepts of identity beyond borders of culture, race, and nation, as Europeans have done by establishing the European Union.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing conversations with more than thirty sociology majors on their career trajectories, responses from employers on why they hire sociology majors, and practical career advice, You’re Hired! Putting Your Sociology Major to Work offers readers a comprehensive account of the opportunities a sociology major provides. The book begins with the conversations, which convey real world examples of sociologists’ motivations for pursuing the discipline, their career paths, the joys and challenges of their choices, and their advice to current and future students of sociology. Their careers range from politics and technology to medical research and community activism; business and the arts to sports and the environment, all which demonstrate the breadth of career options available to sociology majors. Later chapters present feedback from employers on the skills sociologists offer to the workplace along with guidance on career entry and professional development. Those interviewed cover a broad spectrum of society and career progression; some are on the starting block of their careers while others look back from retirement on fulfilling and meaningful professional lives. They represent regional, gender, racial, and the social class reality of today’s world. Written in an accessible and upbeat style, You’re Hired! is an informative and inspiring read for current undergraduates, aspiring students, and parents alike.Trade ReviewUsing the stories of practicing sociologists, this book outlines career opportunities for those with sociology degrees. It contains vignettes that follow individuals through their career, from aspects that influenced their choice of major to their present position and future plans, as well as the rewards and realities of their work, challenges and frustrations, and sociological concepts and theories they use in their work, with some discussion of a typical workday or work week and strategies used to get their positions. They work in business; politics; culture and diversity; criminal and community justice; the arts; sports; medical research; animal welfare, animal rights, and animal studies; religion; technology; the environment; social services; social work; community organization, advocacy, and activism; and education. Additional sections describe sociologists in the public eye, employer reasons for hiring sociology majors, and finding a job. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPART I Sociologists in Business and Politics Sociologists in Culture and Diversity Sociologists in Criminal and Community Justice Sociologists in Arts and Sports Sociologists in Medical Research Sociologists in Animal Welfare, Animal Rights, and Animal Studies Sociologists in Religion Sociologists in Technology and the Environment Sociologists in Social Services Sociologists in Social Work Sociologists in Community Organization, Advocacy, and Activism Sociologists in Education PART II Snippets from the Field Sociologists in the Public Eye Employers Respond: Why Hire Sociology Majors PART III Introduction Self Assessment Research Options Explore Your Options Find Your Desired Job Professional Development Career Self-Reliance Work-Life Balance Conclusion RESOURCES Career Websites Internet Sites for Job Seekers Career and Green Job Websites

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Book SynopsisThis primer is the first introductory guide to the work of Max Weber designed specifically for students and those new to his work, providing a readable, clear, comprehensive and authoritative overview. The book discusses Weber’s personal biography, placing him in the context of the development of the social sciences, covering his methodology as well as his work on religion, politics, economic history, music, and the development of capitalism. All that the reader needs to gain a good grasp of Weber’s importance is contained in this book, which provides a firm foundation for the independent reading of Weber himself and for pursuing the many discussions and interpretations of his ideas. The book will appeal to readers in sociology, politics, history, law, religion, and other areas of the social sciences to which Weber made a contribution. The book includes a complete list of the best translations of Weber’s works into English, an extensive guide to further reading highlighting uses and applications of Weber’s ideas, and a brief overview of the German editions of his collected works.Trade Review"Both the general reader and the academic researcher will find this book extremely useful" -- Professor Richard Swedberg"The Emerald Guide to Max Weber is a major success in making the enormous range of Weber's writings accessible to social science students and lecturers. Weber scholarship has made huge progress over recent debates, and this book is the first to deliver the deeper understanding of Weber's importance in an accessible and clear manner. John Scott has placed the teaching and appreciate of Weber on a new footing" -- Professor Sam Whimster"In this wide-ranging analysis, John Scott explores the core components - economics, methodology, religion, comparative history and politics - of Max Weber's sociology. He offers a balanced assessment of the many divergent intepretations of Weber's sociology, especially the narrow view of Weber as primarily a 'conflict sociologist' or as a 'sociologist of capitalism'. Weber remains important for contemporary sociology because the breadth of his interests throws light on a range of modern social and political problems. Consequently Weber's influence across the social sciences continues to expand. Students will find that the extensive up-to-date references and guidelines for further reading provide valuable directives for further study" -- Professor Bryan S. TurnerThis compact volume is remarkably detailed and comprehensive in its coverage of the diversity of Weber’s scholarly interests. It will serve as a valuable guide for students unacquainted with the subject as well as for Weberian scholars. John Scott succeeds brilliantly in making Weber’s complex ideas accessible and relevant to today’s readers. -- A. Javier TreviñoSociology, economic history, and political theory are among the disciplines that claim Weber (1864-1920) as a founder or pioneer, says Scott, but Weber never limited himself to any particular discipline. He introduces readers to his wide-ranging thought in such areas as life, career, and politics; a methodology for the social sciences; comparative and historical exploration; economic ethics of the world religions; economy, society, and capitalist development; and his legacy. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of Contents1. Weber in Context2. Weber: Life, Career, and Politics 3. Studies in Property, Finance, and Class 4. A Methodology for the Social Sciences 5. Religion, Spirit and Modern Capitalism 6. Comparative and Historical Explorations 7. Economic Ethics of the World Religions 8. Sociology and Political Domination 9. Economy, Society, and Capitalist Development 10. Weber's Legacy Appendix 1: Conspectus of Weber's Works in English Appendix 2: Sources and Further Reading Appendix 3: Collected Works in German

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Book SynopsisThe 21st century has brought many changes to peacebuilding, armed conflicts, and social movements. Organizations and scholars alike have developed new techniques for bridging cultural divides and enhancing democracy and respect for human rights. Moreover, technological changes have significantly altered conflict spaces. Methodological Advances in Research on Social Movements, Conflict, and Change explores methods for studying contentious politics in the context of these broader social changes. Contributors advance methodological scholarship by developing new tools, discussing new sources of data and their relative value, and addressing controversies and ethical issues that have emerged in the process of collecting or analyzing data. Acknowledging how more movements are using a wider range of tactics to influence a rapidly changing, deeply interconnected world, Methodological Advances in Research on Social Movements, Conflict, and Change appeals to scholars interested in how the study of social movements, peace, and conflict has developed and adapted to keep pace with ongoing socio-political and technological change.Table of ContentsForeword; Lisa Leitz Navigating Interests and Cultivating Innovation in the Study of Social Movements, Conflict, and Change; Thomas V. Maher and Eric W. Schoon Section I. Innovations in Data Collection and Processing Chapter 1. Beyond Protests: Using Computational Text Analysis to Explore a Greater Variety of Social Movement Activities; Brayden G. King and Laura K. Nelson Chapter 2. The Use of Digitized Newspaper Archives for World-Historical Research on Social Conflicts: The State-Seeking Nationalist Movements Database; Şahan Savaş Karataşlı Chapter 3. Satellite Images in Conflict Research: Methodological and Ethical Considerations; Fiona Rose Greenland and Michelle D. Fabiani Chapter 4. Instant Archives: Social Media and Social Movement Research; Elle Rochford, Baylee Hudgens, and Rachel L. Einwohner Section II. Epistemology and Reflexivity Chapter 5. Moments of Interrogation: Doing Feminist Ethnography in the Archives; Jo Reger Chapter 6. Developing Ethical Standards for Student Participation in Protest Research; Laura J. Heideman Chapter 7. Insider-Outsider Dynamics and Identity in Qualitative Studies of Social Movements; Kathleen A. Ragon and Daisy Verduzco Reyes Section III. Novel Analytics Chapter 8. How to Analyze the Influence of Social Movements with QCA: Combinational Hypotheses, Venn Diagrams, and Movements Making Big News; Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, and Weijun Yuan Chapter 9. Measuring Event Diffusion Momentum (EDM): Applications in Social Movement Research; Tony Huiquan Zhang and Tianji Cai Chapter 10. Coalitions Under Threat: Analyzing the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests Using Telegram Social Media Data; Weijun Yuan

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Book SynopsisA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Shame is being weaponized by governments and corporations to attack the most vulnerable. It's time to fight backShame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as best-selling author Cathy O'Neil argues in this revelatory book, shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. It is increasingly being weaponized -- used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. Shaming children for not being able to afford school lunches or adults for not being able to find work lets us off the hook as a society. After all, why pay higher taxes to fund programmes for people who are fundamentally unworthy?O'Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms -- all of which profit from 'punching down' on the vulnerable. Woven throughout The Shame Machine is the story of O'Neil's own struggle with body image and her recent weight-loss surgery, which awakened her to the systematic shaming of fat people seeking medical care.With clarity and nuance, O'Neil dissects the relationship between shame and power. Whom does the system serve? How do current incentive structures perpetuate the shaming cycle? And, most important, how can we all fight back?Trade ReviewAn engaging read . . . O'Neil lays out the ways in which shame drives problems such as obesity, drug addiction, poverty and political divides. She discusses how social media thrives on and is designed to encourage humiliation, and unpicks the many fallacies in how we think about shame * New Statesman *Striking ... O'Neil examines how the 'shame industrial complex' divides us and how we can develop a healthier, more forgiving version * Financial Times *A unique and riveting look at a crucial yet little understood aspect of modern life * Publisher's Weekly *A simple rejoinder to our digital phantasmagoria. . . O'Neil encourages readers to try to think more deeply not just about what shame is but what it might be for * New York Times *What is the relationship between shame and power - and is shame being weaponised? Smart thinker Cathy O'Neil tackles the question in this book, exploring whether public shaming is becoming dangerous * Evening Standard *In this trenchant, and at times heartbreaking, critique of the shame industrial complex, Cathy O'Neil lays bare how shame underpins the deep divides of modern society. But not all shame is bad, O'Neil contends -- used correctly it can be a powerful tool to fight injusticeAn intimate and unflinching account of the many ways that shame is produced, weaponized, and turned into profit by industries that can only grow big when we feel small. With moral clarity and powerful storytelling, Cathy O'Neil reverse engineers the 'shame machine,' revealing its inner workings and inciting nothing short of a cultural reckoning that has the potential to blow this machine to bitsCathy O'Neil's fascinating, important, and insightful book is a hard look in the mirror, but one that also gives us hope that we can marshal shame into a force for social reform and not just social punishmentCathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction was a thunderclap -- using wonderfully vivid stories, it exposed the dehumanizing effects of a data-driven world. The Shame Machine is even more personal, but no less devastating. Whether it's through body-shaming mobs or a deeply flawed judicial system, humans use shame as a weapon to bully, demean, and devalue other humans. And with the unstoppable growth of digital tools, this power has become far too great. O'Neil reminds us that we must resist the urge to judge, belittle and oversimplify, and instead allow always for complexity and lead always with empathyWhether it's smoking in public, masking against Covid-19, or promulgating political lies, O'Neil allows room for shame while also urging readers always to 'punch up' at the social and economic machine and its masters rather than down at the vulnerable. A thoughtful blend of social and biological science, history, economics, and sometimes contrarian politics * Kirkus Reviews *An engaging read . . . O'Neil lays out the ways in which shame drives problems such as obesity, drug addiction, poverty and political divides. She discusses how social media thrives on and is designed to encourage humiliation, and unpicks the many fallacies in how we think about shame * New Statesman *Striking ... O'Neil examines how the 'shame industrial complex' divides us and how we can develop a healthier, more forgiving version * Financial Times *A unique and riveting look at a crucial yet little understood aspect of modern life * Publisher's Weekly *A simple rejoinder to our digital phantasmagoria. . . O'Neil encourages readers to try to think more deeply not just about what shame is but what it might be for * New York Times *What is the relationship between shame and power - and is shame being weaponised? Smart thinker Cathy O'Neil tackles the question in this book, exploring whether public shaming is becoming dangerous * Evening Standard *In this trenchant, and at times heartbreaking, critique of the shame industrial complex, Cathy O'Neil lays bare how shame underpins the deep divides of modern society. But not all shame is bad, O'Neil contends -- used correctly it can be a powerful tool to fight injusticeAn intimate and unflinching account of the many ways that shame is produced, weaponized, and turned into profit by industries that can only grow big when we feel small. With moral clarity and powerful storytelling, Cathy O'Neil reverse engineers the 'shame machine,' revealing its inner workings and inciting nothing short of a cultural reckoning that has the potential to blow this machine to bitsCathy O'Neil's fascinating, important, and insightful book is a hard look in the mirror, but one that also gives us hope that we can marshal shame into a force for social reform and not just social punishmentCathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction was a thunderclap -- using wonderfully vivid stories, it exposed the dehumanizing effects of a data-driven world. The Shame Machine is even more personal, but no less devastating. Whether it's through body-shaming mobs or a deeply flawed judicial system, humans use shame as a weapon to bully, demean, and devalue other humans. And with the unstoppable growth of digital tools, this power has become far too great. O'Neil reminds us that we must resist the urge to judge, belittle and oversimplify, and instead allow always for complexity and lead always with empathyWhether it's smoking in public, masking against Covid-19, or promulgating political lies, O'Neil allows room for shame while also urging readers always to 'punch up' at the social and economic machine and its masters rather than down at the vulnerable. A thoughtful blend of social and biological science, history, economics, and sometimes contrarian politics * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains two Open Access chapters. Digital transformation is permeating all domains of business and society. Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory explores how manifestations of digital transformation requires rethinking of our understanding and theorization of institutional processes. Showcasing a collaborative forum of organization and management theory scholars and information systems researchers, the authors enrich institutional theory approaches in understanding digital transformation. Advancing institutional perspectives with an agenda for future research and methodological reflections, the chapters delve into digital transformations in relation to institutional logics and technological affordances, professional projects and new institutional agents, institutional infrastructure, and field governance. This volume deepens our understanding of the pervasive and increasingly important relationship between technology and institutions and the response of existing professions to the emergence of digital technologies. Moreover, the authors offer a cutting-edge analysis of how new digital organizational forms affect institutional fields, their infrastructure, and thus their governance.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Institutional Perspectives on Digital Transformation; Thomas Gegenhuber, Danielle Logue, C.R. (Bob) Hinings, and Michael Barrett Section A. Empirical Studies Chapter 2. Institutional Logics, Technology Affordances and Hybrid Professionals: Developing a Billing App for Hospital Physicians; Robyn King, April L. Wright, David Smith, Alex Chaudhuri, and Leah Thompson Chapter 3. Digital Technology and Voice: How Platforms Shape Institutional Processes through Visibilization; Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Mia Raynard, Oana Albu, Michael Etter, and Thomas Roulet OPEN ACCESS Chapter 4. Augmenting a Profession: How Data Analytics is Transforming Human Resource Management; Georg Loscher and Verena Bader Chapter 5. From Micro-level to Macro-level Legitimacy: Exploring How Judgments in Social Media Create Thematic Broadness at Meso-level; Laura Illia, Michael Etter, Katia Meggiorin, and Elanor Colleoni Chapter 6. Digitalisation versus Regulation: How Disruptive Digital Communication Technologies Alter Institutional Contexts through Public Interest Framing; Kerem Gurses, Basak Yakis-Douglas, and Pinar Ozcan Chapter 7. Representations of Self in the Digital Public Sphere: The Field of Social Impact Analyzed through Relational and Discursive Moves; Achim Oberg, Walter W. Powell, and Tino Schöllhorn Section B. Conceptual Contributions Chapter 8. Digital Technologies: Carrier or Trigger for Institutional Change in Digital Transformation?; Nicholas Berente and Stefan Seidel Chapter 9. Integrating Information Systems and Institutional Insights: Advancing the Conversation with Examples from Digital Health; Lee C. Jarvis, Rebekah Eden, April L. Wright, and Andrew Burton-Jones Chapter 10. The Institutional Logic of Digitalization; Henri Schildt OPEN ACCESS

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Book SynopsisThe 1960s saw pioneering changes in the realms of international politics, science, culture and art. Turning this historical lens onto the study of sociology, The Sociological Inheritance of the 1960s reveals both the continuities and the departures the field has seen in its core principles and approaches over the past several decades. Beginning with an overview of society in the ‘60s, Jiří Šubrt provides an important reflection on a period worthy of contemporary reflection. In this context, what new concepts emerged? What were the popular methodological approaches? What controversies and debates emerged? How did sociology form part of a wider landscape of creative explosion throughout the decade? What implications does this have for contemporary sociology? Inspiring an enriched understanding of a legacy still deeply relevant to current issues and concerns across the field, The Sociological Inheritance of the 1960s proves that, despite the half a century that has since passed, we still have much to learn from this rich period of sociological development.Trade ReviewUnderstanding the 1960s as a decade of hope and a call for radical change, Šubrt . . . masterfully makes astute observations outside of ideas already posited, using language that demonstrates that sociologists are not only dry repeaters of previous thinkers, but instead creative, thoughtful minds, reflecting on society and how it can move forward, even if there is no clear trajectory where that forward might take us . . . The Sociological Inheritance of the 1960s is a useful tool for sociologists as both a reference and as a means to better understand their field, giving credence to the value of historical sociology and placing social phenomena in its appropriate time and place along with context. This is done to the benefit of all, demonstrating that the past, present, and future are all connected in a continuum, showcasing that the present state of sociology did not arise out of nowhere. -- Haylee Behrends, Instructor in History, Political Science, and Sociology, Western Technical College, USA[Šubrt] skillfully situates his work in the concerns and events of historical time, geographical space, and political power. Specifically, he clarifies how US, as well as Western and Eastern European, political and economic structures shaped and legitimized specific ways of thinking . . . Especially informative and powerful for analyzing today’s historically situated social problems, Dr. Šubrt’s work provides the context needed to better understand the development and use of sociological theory, as well as society itself. -- Dawn Norris, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USATable of ContentsChapter 1. A time when progress was still believed in (in place of an introduction) Chapter 2. Societies of the 1960s, sociologically speaking Chapter 3. The legacy of positivism, or how to make a sociological theory Chapter 4. How to focus the systems approach on modern societies Chapter 5. Social classes and stratification Chapter 6. Conflicts may not bring only evil Chapter 7. Media and mass communication Chapter 8. Imagination – creative and sociological Chapter 9. The birth of sociological constructivism Chapter 10. What about individual human freedom? Chapter 11. The point is to change the world Chapter 12. One thing ends, another begins (in place of a conclusion)

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. The higher education and research system faces a constant dilemma. On the one hand, research and higher education are run by autonomous, interrelated academic communities, often described as collegial governance. On the other hand, they are an instrument for the fulfillment of goals that are often external to the academic community. What, then, is the role of academics and academic knowledge in governance of higher education and research, and how does this reflect on and impact their aims and overall place in society? Fostered through joint workshops and an open dialogue, this double volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations develops a deeper understanding of collegiality, examining through a unique comparative perspective how it is translated and practiced in different settings across the world. Concentrating on challenges to collegiality and the erosion of faculty governance, this first installment analyzes global waves of reforms, ways in which various kinds of managerial modes of organization and control come to reshape universities, and how this intersects with the evolving missions of universities as institutions. Revealing the globalization, homogenization and variation that have come to characterize the collegiate system, University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority critically considers the state of and future of the higher education system, and how we can consciously shape it moving forward.Table of ContentsIntroduction: University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority; Kerstin Sahlin and Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist Section 1. Collegiality and the Rise of Organizational Actors Chapter 1. Governing Research. New Forms of Competition and Cooperation in Academia; Anna Kosmützky and Georg Krücken Chapter 2. The Managerialization of Higher Education in Germany and Its Consequences: Changes in Job Advertisements for Professorships in German Universities, 1990 to 2010; Lisa-Maria Gerhardt, Jan Goldenstein, Simon Oertel, Philipp Poschmann, and Peter Walgenbach Chapter 3. Globalization of Universities as Organizational Actors?; Seungah S. Lee and Francisco O. Ramirez Chapter 4. A Slow Form of Governance? Collegial Organization and Temporal Synchronization in the Context of Swedish University Reforms; Hampus Östh Gustafsson Chapter 5. The Construction of the University as an Organizational Actor and Its Consequences for the University as an Institution: Reflections on the Case of Australia; Hokyu Hwang Section 2. Collegiality in a Political Context Chapter 6. Collegiality and Communication: This Time It’s Personal; Francois van Schalkwyk and Nico Cloete Chapter 7. Governance in Chinese Universities; Wen Wen and Simon Marginson Chapter 8. The Social Creation of Temporary Academic Positions in Chile, Colombia, Germany and the US; Pedro Pineda

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Book SynopsisThe first detailed account in English of an unprecedented moment in Sri Lanka’s history, Debt Crisis and Popular Social Protest in Sri Lanka chronicles the 2022 popular uprising where mass protests forced the country’s autocratic president to flee. Exploring how the uprising, triggered by a debt crisis, relates to deeper problems of democracy, civil war and development, Janaka Biyanwila challenges numerous misunderstandings about the protests and uncovers how global financial markets and platform economies contributed to the upheaval. Locating the crisis within Global North-South dynamics, Biyanwila outlines how market-driven economic growth strategies restrain public involvement in decision making while asserting ethno-centric collective identities and hypermasculine cultures. Framing citizenship as well as justice in terms of cultural recognition, economic redistribution and political representation, chapters foreground the role of democratic social movements that encourage artistic engagement and collective learning as central for renewing citizenship as well as democracy. Reimagining development that embeds Global Production Networks within local communities and rethinking democracy across multiple tiers of governance, Biyanwila concludes by shifting his narrative to a broader focus on the Global South, and South Asia specifically. Fusing the regional with the global, Debt Crisis and Popular Social Protest in Sri Lanka widens its perspective from a distinct, national moment to an international interdependency with the power to ripple across every corner of the globe.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The Challenges of Democracy, Development and Popular Movements Chapter 2. The Popular Uprising: Collective Action, Activists and Strategies Chapter 3. The Rajapaksa Regime: Development, Regional Alliances, Militarization and the Pandemic Chapter 4. Reasons for the Crisis: Financialisation, Commercialization of the State, Popular Discontent and Inequality Chapter 5. Prospects of Democratic Renewal: Patrimonial Capitalism, Representative and Movement Politics Chapter 6. Lessons: De-Militarization, Development and Democracy

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Book SynopsisIn the face of complex, interwoven, planet-scale problems, many cite the need for more integrated knowledge—especially across the natural and social sciences. Excessive specialization, they argue, gets in the way of knowing what we know, much less being able to use it to address urgent socio-environmental crises. These concerns, it turns out, go back centuries. This book picks up where most leave off, exploring the history of how we got here and proposing a way forward. Along the way, readers find that the synthesis long called for depends on theoretical advancements in social science. Fortunately, the author argues, we have everything we need to achieve those advancements, thanks largely to the contributions of Norbert Elias. Integrating his insights with history, science, sociological theory, and more, this book neatly packages the upgraded paradigm we need to be able to meaningfully address complex socio-environmental problems and more intentionally shape humanity’s collective future.Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Crisis of the LibrarianChapter 2: Moving Toward SynthesisChapter 3: A Science of Human Social Life? Present State, Future Prospects Chapter 4: Mapping the TerritoryChapter 5: The Medium of Human Social LifeChapter 6: The Human ConditionChapter 7: Second NatureChapter 8: Actions and ReactionsChapter 9: The Only ConstantConclusion: Insights, Applications, and Possibilities

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first to focus on sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) in public health, addressing the dearth of thinking, practice, and publication on SGBA and public health. The Canadian government is a global leader in seeking gender equity and mandating SGBA in federal initiatives, programs, and policies, continuing to advocate for the uptake of SGBA. However, there is differential uptake of SGBA in many fields, and public health is lagging behind. This book analyses the movement toward SGBA in Canada and internationally, highlighting some key examples of public health concern such as HIV/AIDS and tobacco use.An international group of experts in the fields of SGBA, public health, program evaluation, policy development, and research comprise the authorship of the book. Collectively, the team of authors and editors have deep expertise in SGBA and public health nationally and internationally and have published widely in the SGBA literature.Topics explored among the chapters – organized under three thematic content areas: the SGBA terrain in public health, illustrative examples from the field, and the implications of SGBA in public health – include: Sex- and Gender-Based Analyses and Advancing Population Health Beyond “Women’s Cancers”: Sex and Gender in Cancer Health and Care Women, Alcohol and the Public Health Response – Moving Forward from Avoidance, Inattention and Inaction to Gender-Based Design Understanding Pandemics Through a Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) Lens Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis and the Social Determinants of Health: Public Health, Human Rights and Incarcerated Youth Gender-Transformative Public Health Approaches Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis in Public Health is an important text for graduate-level students and trainees as well as public health practitioners in a variety of disciplines such as health promotion, nursing, health administration, public administration, sociology, political science, gender and women’s studies. The book also is an essential resource for specialists in public health policy, programming, research, and evaluation.Table of ContentsForeword: Veronica MagarChapter 1: Introduction: Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis (SGBA) and Public HealthPart I: The SGBA TerrainChapter 2: Missing in Action: Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis in Public Health Chapter 3: Sex- and Gender-Based Analyses and Advancing Population HealthPart II: SGBA MattersChapter 4: HIV Prevention and the Need for Gender-Transformative ApproachesChapter 5: Tobacco Blinders: How Tobacco Control Remained Generic for Far Too LongChapter 6: Beyond “Women’s Cancers”: Sex and Gender in Cancer Health and CareChapter 7: Tuberculosis and the Relevance of Sex- and Gender-Based AnalysisChapter 8: Women, Alcohol and the Public Health Response – Moving Forward from Avoidance, Inattention and Inaction to Gender-Based DesignChapter 9: Sexual Health PromotionChapter 10: Understanding Pandemics Through a Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) Lens Part III: The Responsibilities of Public HealthChapter 11: Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis and the Social Determinants of Health: Public Health, Human Rights and Incarcerated Youth Chapter 12: Gender-Transformative Public Health ApproachesChapter 13: Translation, Implementation, and Engagement

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Book SynopsisThis collection of articles reveals ritual to be a unique and powerful asset in healing trauma and broken relationships. Each contribution offers insights on how, in the face of uncertainty, threat and dislocation, human beings feel compelled to 'do something’, usually with or for others, to alleviate their anxiety, fears and sense of powerlessness. The editor and authors demonstrate how the imaginative processes at the heart of ritualmaking contribute to self- and group regulation by healing and mitigating the negative impact of trauma on individuals, collective groups, and even global systems. The authors are a group of remarkable scholars, researchers and practitioners who represent a diverse range of disciplines and subfields, including archaeology, Chinese studies, digital culture, ecological science, philosophy, psychology, psychotherapy, the politics of memory and the preservation of cultural heritage in wartime, ritual anthropology, social research, physics, research on traumatic stress, and peace studies. Students and researchers across the social and behavioural sciences will find this volume useful.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Ritual, Dignity, and the Fragility of Life (Jeltje Gordon-Lennox).- Part I: Trauma and Ritual in Other Times and Places.- Chapter 2. Deeply Human: Archaeological Traces of Rituals for Coping with Death, Adversity, and Trauma (Liv Nilsson Stutz and Aaron Jonas Stutz).- Chapter 3. Ancient Rituals, Contemplative Practices, and Vagal Pathways (Stephen W. Porges).- Chapter 4. Coping with Social Trauma in Ancient China: The Healing Power of Meditation, Ritual, and Music (Ori Tavor).- Chapter 5. Processions and Masks: Facing Hardship in Ancient Europe (Matthieu Smyth).- Part II: The Role of Ritual in Healing Trauma.- Chapter 6. At the Sharp End of Medical Care: Healing and Reconnecting Through Ritual (Robin Karr-Morse).- Chapter 7. Dinka Community Case Study: Healing Post-Conflict Trauma Through Ritual (Alex N. Kamwaria).- Chapter 8. Memory Boxes: Ritualising Memory in Transitional Justice (Sophia Milosevic Bijleveld).- Chapter 9. Networked Solidarity: Online Rituals of Mourning Following Public Death Events (Sasha A.Q. Scott).- Part III: Global Threat, Trauma, and Ritual.- Chapter 10. Challenging Global-Dislocation Through Local Community and Ritual (Bruce K. Alexander).- Chapter 11. Ritual in an Age of Terror: From Taliban to Trump (Lisa Schirch).- Chapter 12. Nuclear Disaster, Trauma, and the Rituals of Scientific Method (Mae-Wan Ho).- Chapter 13: ‘Dead Land Dead Water’ – Nowhere Left to Go (Jeltje Gordon-Lennox).

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Book SynopsisWhat do struggles for women’s and LGBTI+ rights in Russia, Turkey and the Scandinavian countries have in common? And what can actors who struggle for rights and justice in these contexts learn from each other? Based on a multisited ethnography of feminist and LGBTI+ activisms across Russia, Turkey and the Scandinavian countries, this Open Access book explores transnational struggles on various levels, from the micro-scale of the everyday to large-scale, spectacular events. Drawing on ethnographic insights and encounters from various sites, this book conceptualizes resistance as situated in the grey zone between barely perceptible, even hidden or covert, forms of mundane activist practices and highly visible street protests, gathering large crowds. Taking the reader beyond the dichotomies of visible/invisible and public/private, this book advances new understandings of resistance, solidarity, and activism in transnationalizing feminist and queer struggles, illustrated by rich ethnographic case studies from Russia, Scandinavia and Turkey.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Transnational spaces of resistance.- Transforming conditions of feminist and LGBTI+ activism.- Solidarities across. Borders, belongings, movements.- Spaces of appearance and the right to appear. Transnational aspects of March 8 in local bodily assemblies.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisUnlike food publications that have been more organized along regional or disciplinary lines, this edited volume is distinctive in that it brings together anthropologists, archaeologists, area study specialists, linguists and food policy administrators to explore the following questions: What kinds of changes in food and foodways are happening? What triggers change and how are the changes impacting identity politics? In terms of scope and organization, this book offers a vast historical extent ranging from the 5th mill BCE to the present day. In addition, it presents case studies from across the world, including Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and America. Finally, this collection of essays presents diverse perspectives and differing methodologies. It is an accessible introduction to the study of food, social change and identity.Table of ContentsChapter 1:Introduction: Food, Social Change and Identity by Cynthia Chou and Susanne KernerChapter 2: Ingesting the Contemporary: Food and Angst by Mandy ThomasChapter 3: Fish, Identity and Social Change by Richard WilkChapter 4: The Social Life of Food by Tamara BrayChapter 5: Prejudice, Assimilation and Profit: The Peculiar History of Italian Cookery in the United States by Anthony BucciniChapter 6: Narratives on an Independent Cuisine: Catalan Food as Identity in the Contemporary Independence Movement by Venetia JohannesChapter 7: The Danish Meal Partnership: A Shortcut to a Healthier Diet by Claus Egeris Chapter 8: Food and Identity in the 5th mill BCE by Susanne KernerChapter 9: In Search of Authenticity: Roti John and the Banana Pancake Trail by Cynthia Chou and Martin Platt

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection interrogates how social and cultural representations of individuals with intersex variations impact how they are understood and treated from legal and medical perspectives across the world. Contributors consider how novelists, filmmakers, artists, and medical professionals have represented people with intersex variations, and highlight the importance of ethical representation and autonomy to encourage wider cultural and medical knowledge of intersex variations as a naturally occurring phenomenon. The text also examines the ways in which individuals with intersex variations are represented and viewed in India, Italy, Pakistan and Israel, as well as how this impacts decision making for the individuals, families and medical providers. This book argues that reactions to intersex variations will not change unless they are no longer presented as treatable disorders. It positions representation at the forefront, shifting the emphasis away from a concern for maintaining gender norms to upholding the human rights of intersex people. This volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars in intersex studies as well as policymakers and activists.Table of Contents1. Introduction.Part I Representing Intersex.2. Intersex in Fictional Films Throughout History: Towards a Cinema of Inclusion?.3. ‘Declining to Describe’: Intersex Narrators and Textual Visibility.4. The Importance of Narrative in Intersex Representation: A Literary Reading of John Money’s Case Histories.5. Toxic Sexing: Aaron Apps’ Intersex Poetics in Our Chemically Altered Age.6. ‘This Is What I Am and Who I Am’: Exploring Authorship and Ethics in Intersex Research and Reflective Diaries.7. When Bioethics Fails: Intersex, Epistemic Injustice and Advocacy.8. Afterword to "Representing Intersex".Part II Global Intersex.9. Examining Autonomy and Consent in Gender Assignment Decisions on Intersex People in India.10. An Apparent Paradox: The Bio-medicalisation of Intersex Variations in Italy.11. A Critical Analysis of The Transgender (Intersex) Persons Act, 2018, in Pakistan Versus United Nations Recommendations.12. Towards an Inclusive Approach to Harmful Practices: The Case of Western Elective Surgeries on Intersex Children.13. The Geneticisation of Intersex Bodies in Israel.14. Western Management of Intersex and the Myth of Patient-Centred Care.15. Global Intersex, an Afterword: Global Medicine, Connected Communities, and Universal Human Rights.

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Book SynopsisThis open access textbook provides an introduction to theories, concepts and methodological approaches concerning various facets of migration and migration-related diversities. It starts with an introduction to migration studies and continues with an introductory reading of migration drivers, migration infrastructures, migration flows, and several transversal topics such as gender and migration. It also covers politics, policies and governance as well as specific research methods. As an interactive guide, this book develops an innovative format that brings a connection with various online sources. This means that whereas the chapters bring together literature in a coherent way, they are also connected to IMISCOE's online interactive Migration Research Hub for further reading and for more empirical material on migration and diversity. As such, this textbook provides a very useful introductory reading for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for policymakers, policy advisors, and all those interested in studies on migration and migration-related diversities.Table of Contents

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