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Book SynopsisIn The New Pragmatist Sociology, Neil Gross, Isaac Ariail Reed, and Christopher Winship assemble a range of sociologists to address essential ideas in the field and their historical and theoretical connection to classical pragmatism.Trade ReviewThe New Pragmatist Sociology introduces readers to the long sociological tradition of pragmatism and shows how it can be harnessed effectively to address a wide range of empirical problems central to the discipline. The editors are widely considered among the leading voices in the pragmatist revival, and this volume illuminates a promising path for sociology to take. -- Peter Bearman, author of Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at WalmartReading this book, many of us will discover that we have always been pragmatists, without knowing it. The New Pragmatist Sociology proposes to lead the social sciences out of the wilderness of crisis in which we have been wandering for the past fifty-odd years. Its rich and diverse range of topics—from everyday life to structural issues of racism and inequality—simultaneously demonstrates and enacts pragmatism’s breadth and significance. More than a theory or methodology, it becomes a double mode of engagement, of sociologists in pragmatic inquiry and sociologists coming to understand people engaging in pragmatic action. -- John R. Hall, author of Apocalypse: From Antiquity to the Empire of ModernityTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Pragmatist Sociology: Histories and Possibilities, by Isaac Ariail Reed, Neil Gross, and Christopher WinshipPart I: Inquiry2. What Sociologists Should Get Out of Pragmatism, by John Levi Martin3. Self-Reflection and Social Responsibility in Research: Lessons from Early Pragmatist Historical Investigations, by Daniel Huebner4. Problem Situation Misassessment and the Financial Crisis, by Luis Flores and Neil Gross5. Pragmatism, Aesthetics, and Sociology, by Daniel Silver6. Disambiguating Dewey; or Why Pragmatist Action Theory Neither Needs Nor Asks Paradigmatic Privilege, by Josh WhitfordPart II: Agency7. Problem-Solving in Action: A Peirceian Account, by Iddo Tavory and Stefan Timmermans8. Projective and Responsive Creativity Among On-Demand Workers, by Mazen Elfakhani9. Words Versus Actions in the Network Behavior of Low-Income African Americans, by Mario Small, Cayce C. Hughes, Vontrese D. Pamphile, and Jeffrey N. Parker10. Scientific Innovation as Environed Social Learning, by Natalie B. Aviles11. Why Do Biologists and Chemists Do Safety Differently? The Reproduction of Cultural Variation Through Pragmatic Regulation, by Susan SilbeyPart III: Democracy12. Accidental Discovery and the Pragmatist Theory of Action: The Emergence of a Boston Police and Black Ministers Partnership, by Christopher Winship13. Pragmatist Comparative-Historical Sociology, by Isaac Ariail Reed and Paul Lichterman14. American Pragmatism and the Dilemma of the Negro, by Karida L. Brown and Luna Vincent15. The Public Arena: A Pragmatist Concept of the Public Sphere, by Daniel Cefaï16. Finding the Future in Pragmatist Thought: Imagination, Teleologies, and Public Deliberation, by Ann MischeIndex

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Book SynopsisAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world.In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric. After all, if we must discard the ideas of Kant, Hume, and Mill for their opinions on race, shouldn?t we discard Marx, whose work is peppered with racial slurs and anti-Semitism? Embers of racism remain to be stamped out in America, but what about the raging racist inferno in the Middle East and Asia?It?s not just dishonest scholars who benefit from this intellectual fraud but hostile nations and human rights abusers hoping to distract from their own ongoing villainy. Dictators who slaughter their own people are happy to jump on the ?America is a racist country? bandwagon and mimic the language of antiracism and ?pro-justice? movements as PR while making authoritarian conquests.If the West is to survive, it must be defended. The War on the West is not only an incisive takedown of foolish anti-Western arguments but also a rigorous new apologetic for civilization itself.

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Book Synopsis‘People from different parts of the world ask ‘what mix’ I am. Which would you prefer? Salt and vinegar or cinnamon and sugar? Neither one of my parents was black Black. Neither one of them was white White. I am not half-and-half.’ (from Chapter 1, ‘This Blackness’)How is ‘race’ determined? Is it your DNA? The community that you were raised in? The way others see you or the way you see yourself?In Race Otherwise: Forging a New Humanism for South Africa Zimitri Erasmus questions the notion that one can know race with one’s eyes, with racial categories and with genetic ancestry tests. She moves between the intimate probing of racial identities as we experience them individually, and analysis of the global historical forces that have created these identities and woven them into our thinking about what it means to be ‘human’.Starting from her own family’s journeys through regions of the world and ascribed racial identities, she develops her argument about how it is possible to recognise the pervasiveness of race thinking without submitting to its power.Drawing on the theoretical work of Frantz Fanon, Sylvia Wynter and others, Erasmus argues for a new way of ‘coming to know otherwise’, of seeing the boundaries between racial identities as thresholds to be crossed, through politically charged acts of imagination and love.Trade Review‘Race Otherwise brings together the full amplitude of Zimitri Erasmus’s thinking about how race works. It tunes into registers both personal and social. It is not without indignation, and not … insensitive to emotion and … the anger inside South Africa. It is a book that is not afraid of questions of affect. Eros and love, Erasmus urges, are not separable from the hard work of thinking.’ — Crain Soudien, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaTable of Contents Appreciations Foreword by Crain Soudien Prelude 1 This Blackness 2 A Conversation 3 The Look 4 The Category 5 The Gene 6 Beginnings 7 Open closure References Index

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Book SynopsisDirigieren ist mehr als das bloße Koordinieren von Musikern! Wolfgang Hattinger zeigt, worüber selten in den Feuilletons gesprochen wird, und was dennoch auf das künstlerische Ergebnis einwirkt: Da sind zum Beispiel Macht und Ohnmacht des Dirigenten oder die Kommunikation mit einzelnen Musikern und dem Orchester nur einige Themen, die die Selbst- und Außenwahrnehmung des Dirigenten bestimmen. Hattinger beschreibt und hinterfragt die weit über das rein Musikalische hinausgehenden Vermittlungsebenen zwischen Dirigent und Publikum, Orchester, Medien, Ästhetik, Partitur und Spiritualität.

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Book SynopsisAmber, Bev, Chantel, Jazmyne, Faith, and Jorgina are six Indigenous women previously involved in street gangs or street lifestyles. In Indigenous Women and Street Gangs they collaborate with Robert Henry (Métis) to share an emancipatory expression of their lives through photovoice. Each author shares a narrative that begins with her earliest memory and continues to the present. This is followed by a selection of photographs the woman took to show how she has changed with her experiences. Readers can expect difficult life stories imbued with hope and humour. Throughout, these women show us the meaning of survivance; a process of survival, resistance, resurgence, and growth. “Don’t ever fucking feel sorry for me. Why do you feel sorry for me? First of all, you shouldn’t feel sorry for me; you should be happy for me because I am here. We’re fucking human beings. We have been through shit, made some bad choices and mistakes. But like I said, in the end, if I want the help, I will ask.” -Chantel “I don’t think there is any such thing as bad; it’s called healing, you know? It is starting to fix yourself inside your heart, you know? You just got to keep doing it, that’s all I got to say.” -JazmyneTrade Review"Indigenous Women and Street Gangs explores, in their own words, the women’s interactions with various systems—such as the education system, the child welfare system, and policing and the justice system—as well as the impacts of settler-colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma on their lives. The women describe what ultimately led them to leave the street gangs and street lifestyles." Shannon Boklaschuk, University of Saskatchewan [Full article at https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/6986/New_book_co_authored_by_USask_researcher_shares_stories_of_w]"The stories of these six women provide a telling tale of how Canada’s colonial systems have failed Indigenous women.... Their ‘survivance’ is a testament to the resilience and strength of Indigenous women. I would highly recommend this book to women’s groups, organizations that deal with high-risk groups, ... law enforcement, educators, and social workers." Chevi Rabbit, The Toronto Star, November 24, 2021 [Article at https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/11/24/book-by-indigenous-women-offers-insight-into-canadian-street-gangs.html]"The narratives carry themes of trauma, violence, exclusion, removal through child welfare systems, and how Indigenous women feel they are perceived in street spaces and the community at large. Their stories point to the difficulties they faced with regard to policies, but also the ways they tried to better themselves and resist the ideas of being erased and taken—which gives rise to the word 'survivance.'" Thia James, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, December 2, 2021 [Full article at https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/researcher-helps-women-share-first-person-reality-of-gang-lifestyle]“They wanted individuals to begin to understand and see them as people, not as files or gang members but as individuals who have had to go through some more difficult things than others.” Robert Henry interviewed by Derek Craddock for Prince Albert's 101.5 Beach Radio [https://www.beachradiopa.ca/2021/10/28/listen-p-a-author-portrays-experiences-of-indigenous-women-and-gangs-in-new-book/]"Many non-Indigenous Canadians will not understand what it's like to be an Indigenous woman born into poverty within a country that systematically discriminates against them based on the color of their skin tone, socioeconomic background, cultural identity, or ethnic background... They might never understand the root causes that led some Indigenous populations to live on the streets. That's what this book offers readers, a glimpse into the lived experiences of Indigenous women who were involved in street gangs and how they liberated themselves from the harsh lifestyle." Chevi Rabbit, Alberta Native News, November 2021Indigenous Women and Street Gangs "is a must-read for anyone working with street-involved women and offers an important contribution to the literature on Indigenous street gangs and street lifestyles. More importantly, the book is a testament to the will and resilience of the six Indigenous women whose stories grace its pages." Jordan Koch, Aboriginal Policy Studies, 2023Table of Contentsix Acknowledgements xi Introduction 3 Amber 23 Bev 39 Chantel 59 Jazmyne 77 Faith 95 Jorgina 115 Photograph Captions 123 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThoroughly updated and expanded, the second edition of A History of U.S. Feminisms is an introductory text that will be used as supplementary material for first-year women's studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. Covering the first, second, and third waves of feminism, A History of U.S. Feminisms will provide historical context of all the major events and figures from the late nineteenth century through today. The chapters cover: first-wave feminism, a period of feminist activity during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which focused primarily on gaining women's suffrage second-wave feminism, which started in the '60s and lasted through the '80s and emphasized the connection between the personal and the political and third-wave feminism, which started in the early '90s and is best exemplified by its focus on diversity and intersectionality, queer theory, and sex-positivity.

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Book SynopsisIt's time to fight back! With this inter-sectional handbook, you'll discover practical, everyday tips and tools to help you resist sexism, smash the patriarchy, and create a better world for yourself and future generations.From reproductive rights and the wage gap to #MeToo and #TimesUp-gender inequality permeates nearly every aspect of our culture. From birth and on through adulthood, the message that our sexist society sends to women and girls is clear: you're not enough. You're not valued enough to get paid the same salary as a man with the same job title. You're not worthy enough or perfect enough to be taken seriously or respected. You're not responsible enough to make decisions about your body or reproductive rights.These negative messages are internalised on a deep psychological level. In fact, the effects of sexism are directly represented in the high rates of anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and eating disorders among women and girls-and these effects are even more severe for queer women, disabled women, and women of colour. Isn't it time you said ENOUGH?This revolutionary feminist self-help guide offers real tools you can use to:·Combat the effects of discrimination and gender/race inequality·Improve your self-confidence, gain self-esteem, and build resilience·Actively resist internalised negative messages you've received while living in an openly sexist, patriarchal cultureMost self-help books teach you how to transform your life from the inside out. But what can you do when your distress is caused by sexist institutionalised power structures, attitudes, and events that are outside of your control? This book will help you untangle the role that sexism and discrimination plays in your life, your mental health, and your overall sense of well-being. Most importantly, you'll learn to reject negative messages and work toward creating lasting change through activism and community.There's a lot of work to do. This book will help you get started now.

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Book SynopsisIn this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and “cultural pragmatics” are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Central to Alexander’s approach is a new model of social performance that combines elements from both the theatrical avant-garde and modern social theory. He uses this model to shed new light on a wide range of social actors, movements, and events, demonstrating through striking empirical examples the drama of social life. Producing successful dramas determines the outcome of social movements and provides the keys to political power. Modernity has neither eliminated aura nor suppressed authenticity; on the contrary, they are available to social actors who can perform them in compelling ways. This volume further consolidates Alexander’s reputation as one of the most original social thinkers of our time. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology and cultural studies as well as throughout the social sciences and humanities.Trade Review“From Mao to Martin Luther King, Mubarak’s Egypt to Obama’s America, the ritual roots of social structure to the performativity of postmodern everyday life, Alexander shows how we live and act today. This book is a necessary update on Erving Goffman and Victor Turner, a brilliantly illuminating must-read for all humanists, social scientists, and dramaturges.”Richard Schechner, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University “Jeffrey Alexander’s — The Drama of Social Life — reveals the ability of this essential American social theorist to unpack and explain the dynamic dramas of large-scale change. Ranging from Tahrir Square to the Black Lives Matter movement to the Obama White House, Alexander connects these world-shaking political events to their essential performative qualities, a core feature of modernity. Some books are designed to be read, while others demand to be read and discussed. This book is one of the latter.”Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction: A New Theory of Modernity from Ritual to Performance 1. Seizing the Stage: Mao, MLK, and Black Lives Matter Today 2. Revolutionary Performance in Egypt: The 2011 Uprising 3. Political Performance in the U.S.: Obama�s 2012 Re-Election 4. Dramatic Intellectuals 5. Social Theory and the Theatrical Avant-Guard Notes

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it. It includes problems of the digital age in relation to inequality and identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of courses.Trade Review"Highly recommended [for] graduate students and faculty." - CHOICE"A comprehensive account of the digital sociology project whose scope is startling in its ambition and which shows how the digital has implications for nearly all sociological topics, questions and problems." David Beer, University of YorkTable of ContentsPreface ~ Sassen; Volume Introduction ~ Gregory, Cottom, Daniels; PART I. DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY IN EVERDAY LIFE; (SECTION INTRO) Structure and Agency in a Digital World ~ Karen Gregory; Beyond Digital Dualism: Modeling Digital Community ~ Alexia Maddox; A Return to Gemeinschaft: Digital Impression Management and the Sharing Economy ~ Alexandrea Ravenelle; Digital Discourse Analysis: Finding Meaning In Small Online Spaces ~ Timothy Recuber; Virtually Ethical: Ethnographic Challenges in Researching Textile Crafters Online ~ Alison Mayne; Interactivity, Social Media, and Superman: How Comic Books Can Help Us Understand And Conceptualise Interactivity Online ~ Harry T. Dyer; The Digital Solidarity Trap: Social Movement Research and Online Activism ~ Theresa A. Hunt; Positively Digital Orientalism: Discursive Authority in Online Tourist Reviews ~ W. Trevor Jamerson; PART II: DIGITIZED INSTITUTIONS; (SECTION INTRO) Digitized Institutions and Inequalities ~ Tressie McMillan Cottom; Toward a Digital Sociology of School ~ Neil Selwyn, Selena Nemorin, Scott Bulfin and Nicola Johnson; Representing ‘Inforgs’ in Data-Driven Decisions ~ Jeffery Alan Johnson; Employee Monitoring in a Digital Context ~ Calle Rosengren and Mikael Ottoson; Digital Sociology’s Vocational Promise ~ Stephen Barnard; Black CyberFeminism: Ways Forward for Intersectionality and Digital Sociology ~ Tressie McMillan Cottom; Deconstructing Racism on College Websites ~ Monita H. Mungo; Yakking About College Life ~ Francesca Tripodi; On Thursdays We Watch Scandal: Communal Viewing and Black Twitter ~ Apryl Williams; Disruptive Labor: Bleacher Report and the Monetization of Mass Amateurization ~ Andrew McKinney; Covert Leisure and Public Space: Geocaching In Post-9/11 New York City ~ Jonathan R. Wynn; PART III: DIGITAL BODIES; (SECTION INTRO), Bodies in Code ~ Jessie Daniels; Personal Data Practices in the Age of Lively Data ~ Deborah Lupton; “They’re just too urban”: Black gamers streaming on Twitch ~ Kishonna Gray; From “Geek” to “Chic”: Wearable Technology and the Woman Question ~ Elizabeth Wissinger; Queer Facebook? Digital Sociality and Queer Theory ~ Benjamin Haber; The Ms. Dewey “Experience”: Technoculture, Gender, and Race ~ Miriam E. Sweeney; The Emperor’s New Data Clothes: Implications of ‘Nudity’ as a Racialized and Gendered Metaphor in Discourse on Personal Digital Data ~ Yuliya Grinberg; Post Your Comments Below: A Case Study of Immigrant Bashing Online ~ Adrian Cruz and Kazuyo Kubo; Our Mothers Have Always Been Machines: The Conflation of Media and Motherhood ~ Kara Van Cleaf; #notracist: Exploring Racism Denial Talk on Twitter ~ Sanjay Sharma and Phillip Brooker.

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Book SynopsisHarm takes shape in and through what is suppressed, left out, or taken for granted.This book is a guide tounderstanding and uncovering what is left unsaidwhether concealed or silenced, presupposed or excluded. Drawing on a variety of real-world examples, narrative criminologist Lois Presser outlines how to determine what or who is excluded from textual materials. With strategies that can be added to the tool kits of social researchers and activists alike, Unsaidprovides a richly layered approach to analyzing and dismantling the power structures that both create and arise from what goes without saying.Trade Review"Presser concedes the impossibility of creating a comprehensive, all-inclusive text in which nothing is left unsaid as she advocates for honest and critical reflection to identify the unspoken assumptions and silenced viewpoints characteristic of all texts." * CHOICE *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Kept Quiet 2. Too Little or Too Much Said 3. Figurative Expression 4. Missing Subjects 5. The Social Construction of Absences 6. Concluding Remarks: Boundless Texts, Better Worlds Appendix: A Word on Sampling Glossary Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A succinct, positive look at the great benefits, both historically and currently, of embracing immigration." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"A timely and important work. . . . Each chapter can stand alone in its analytic and empirical acumen; taken holistically, the book provides a primer on the state of immigration since 1965. . . . Rarely has the big picture about American immigration been communicated in such a straightforward and enlightening way."---Robert Adelman, Contemporary Sociology"One Quarter of the Nation . . . explains how [immigrants and their children] have changed local economies, communities, and politics for the better."---Alison Beard, Harvard Business Review"Packed with compelling data about how immigrants are transforming the American cultural and economic landscape, the book is a fast and engaging read."---Maileen Hamto, Seattle Book Review"A far-ranging look at how immigrants and their children—nearly 86 million people in all—have transformed America." * University of Chicago Magazine *"This well-written and highly accessible book is a valuable contribution to the scholarship on immigration. Its deep historical standpoint and its impressive synthesis of research on current patterns and trends provides an insightful analysis of how immigration is transforming America."---John Iceland, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Foner sketches the landscape of American society since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act abolished national-origins quotas in the US immigration system, leading to increased diversity." * Christian Century *"Foner's synthetic account . . . sift[s] through and make[s] sense of the vast body of research that has been produced in recent decades. . . . A richly documented and engaging overview."---Peter Kivisto, Sociological Forum"A succinct, accessible overview of how immigrants have transformed the country since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act." * Choice Reviews *"A remarkable book. . . . A tour d’horizon of the twenty-first-century influences of immigration on American society."---Richard Alba, Patterns of Prejudice"One Quarter of the Nation is a timely and important work. . . . Rarely has the big picture about American immigration been communicated in such a straightforward and enlightening way."---Robert M. Adelman, Contemporary Sociology

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Book SynopsisBeneath the surface of Manhattan’s Riverside Park run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people took shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents’ world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight.Trade ReviewIn Life Underground, Terry Williams meets Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the netherworld of New York City, unearthing the everyday lives of the city’s misbegotten bottom dwellers, immortalizing them for posterity. Richly observed and well-written, this book is a must-read for anyone who cares to truly understand the lives of those at the end of the line. -- Elijah Anderson, author of Black in White SpaceLife Underground provides unique documentation of the lives of homeless people living in underground tunnels and other spaces beneath the streets of New York City. No other work studies in so much detail the lives of people who might be considered the worst off of the city's worst off. -- Thomas J. Main, author of Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to de BlasioTerry Williams has once again written a beautiful ethnographic piece, offering us a profound sociological work on 'shelterless life' below and at the margins of one of the richest but also socially polarized cities in the world: New York. Based on interviews, field notes, maps, journals, dream records, and a photographic register, Williams makes visible the living conditions of a population that is all too often invisibilized: homeless people. Their voices and life experiences are at the center of this research work together with the neoliberal transformations of said city. A fascinating and illuminating book that everyone should read, especially those who want to understand, challenge, and put an end to the housing crisis - in New York and globally. -- Ana Cárdenas Tomažič, Institute for Social Research (IfS), Goethe University FrankfurtTable of ContentsPrologueAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Descent2. Genesis3. Underground Ecology4. Men Underground: Bernard, Kal, and Jason5. Working Life6. Food: Restaurants and Soup Kitchens7. Women Underground: Tin Can Tina8. Beatrice and Bobo9. The Tagalong10. The Rabbit Hole 11. Reflections on Life Under the StreetEndnoteEpilogue: Mediating the Underground: Bernard’s ExitAppendix A: Income and Housing in New York City, 2002–2014Appendix B: Behavior Mapping and CartographyAppendix C: Interview Questions for Bernard, Princeton University, 2012Appendix D: Bernard’s Dream and PostcardAppendix E: Legacies of Harm: Policy and PolicingAppendix F: Where Are They Now?NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisNicholas Hoover Wilson develops a new account of the changing category of corruption by examining the English East India Company and its transformation from a largely commercial enterprise to a militarized offshoot of British empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Trade ReviewA brilliant dovetailing of theory and history, Modernity's Corruption is also a deeply generative work for social scientists who work in a broad range of areas—moralities of power, states and societies, and the politics of administration—pertinent to the present day. -- Julia Adams, author of The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern EuropeThis welcome study of corruption reflects on fundamental distinctions between public and private, abstract and particular, and on how standards of appropriateness emerge. Wilson grounds his analysis in careful research about the English East India Company, that famous organization from the early modern global economy. There is much here to think about. -- Bruce G. Carruthers, author of The Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in AmericaWhat is 'corruption'? And what does it have to do with 'modernity'? In this carefully constructed and rigorously argued new book, Nicholas Hoover Wilson traces the historical genesis of modern-day understandings to internecine battles within the shapeshifting architectures of the British East India Company. An exemplary work of social science history. -- Philip Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor, Yale UniversityThis book will generate a good deal of interest from historians as well as sociologists. It offers a perceptive study of the East India Company when it was frequently under fire for corruption. It persuasively argues that shock at self-interested behavior helped to promote a more 'modern,' public duty-centered ideal for officials. -- Mark Knights, author of Trust and Distrust: Corruption in Office in Britain and its Empire, 1600-1850Modernity's Corruption is model work of historical sociology. Wilson asks a wonderfully rich and puzzling question: Why were notions of corruption transformed from situational ones to more abstract and universal concepts? By focusing on the case of England's East India Company in the late eighteenth century, Wilson advances the claim that the transformation had everything to do with imperial governance, and the fact that ruling at a distance necessitated the implementation of more abstract and political economic standards. What makes Wilson's work so compelling is that these broad theoretical claims, claims that have implications for how we understand the development of moral claims more generally, are so carefully situated in a deep engagement with the archival and pamphlet literature of the era. Empire, in Wilson's hands, becomes a central engine of modernity. -- Steve Pincus, author of 1688: The First Modern RevolutionAn exemplary work of historical sociology. * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Modernity’s Corruption and the Art of Separation1. Corruption and Moral Orders in Eighteenth-Century Britain and India2. Shifting Grounds: The Transformation of the East India Company3. Consequential Reforms and Changing Corruption4. Modern Selves5. Modern Moral SpacesConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisApplying sociological and ethnographic research to adult safeguarding for the first time, this book considers how frontline practice is developing, exploring safeguarding adults assessments and multi-agency work. The book is essential reading for those wishing to understand risk management and how current practice can be improved.Trade Review“Makes a much-needed contribution to discussions on adult safeguarding and practice in adult social care and will be a very useful resource for practitioners, students, managers and educators.” Bridget Penhale, University of East Anglia"Difficult concepts are presented with ease in this useful tome. Each chapter is interesting to read and opens further questions about legal and practice processes." Professional Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Problem of Adult Safeguarding 2. Risk and Social Work 3. Referrals and Assessments 4. Personalised Safeguarding: Policy, Principles and Practice Realities 5. Doing Adult Safeguarding with Service Users and Carers Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Emerging alongside the progression of women's rights in the twenty-first century is the development of the men's rights movement, parts of which have culminated into the contemporary 'manosphere.' Consisting of online communities that ascribe to misogynistic ideologies, which objectify, disparage, and dehumanise women, the manosphere also houses those who identify as involuntary celibate (incel). Drawing on ethnographic research and interviews, this book provides an original and timely insight into the development of the manosphere, how and why people join and self-identify as incel, the extent to which the influence and philosophy of incel and the incelsphere draws on and is penetrating mainstream culture and political discourse, and its harmful impact. The Incel Rebellion is essential reading for a broad range of practitioners and scholars across criminology, sociology, terrorism studies, gender, media and cultural studies, and politics, as well as expanding the field of cybercrime research and beyond.Trade ReviewDrawing on extensive empirical research and a masterful use of socio-criminological understanding, Dr Sugiura's new book offers an incisive and timely analysis of the realities and the threats of the incel community. I hope this book will soon become a key reference point for anyone with an interest in the relationship between misogynistic ideologies and the wider socio-political climate, online harms, and qualitative digital research approaches. -- Dr Anita Lavorgna, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of SouthamptonIn Incel Rebellion Lisa Sugiura provides a rare empirical insight into the subcultures and practices of incel communities in the manosphere. The result is a compelling and innovative account of how some men find their way into incel communities, as well as the links between such spaces and wider misogyny in our increasingly digital society. This book is an outstanding contribution to the field of digital criminology and will be an essential resource for those studying cybercrime and other online harms. -- Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University (Melbourne)The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women is an extremely timely and brilliant exploration of a pressing and immediate area of concern; one that has direct implications for safety, security, policy, and the general moral health of society. Cutting across various disciplines, including gender studies, criminology, and terrorism studies, Dr Sugiura masterfully navigates a number of important and complex considerations, including why people self-identify as incels, and what motivates them to join these types of communities. The jewel in the crown is the author's collection and use of qualitative interviews with current and former incels. As far as I'm aware, this is the first empirical academic study of its kind, and the rich data brings this fascinating area of research alive. This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in this topic and should form part of the foundation for any future work. -- Dr Suraj Lakhani Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology, Sussex UniversitySugiura's Incel Rebellion is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the history and ideology around the Incel community. In a time where male supremacy is becoming an increasing security concern, Sugiura expertly details the links existing between the so-called 'manosphere', white supremacy, and the mainstream political arena. In addition to providing a stellar account of the history of male supremacism, Sugiura reflects on the methodological and ethical issues that come from being a woman studying misogyny, an account that will no doubt be extremely valuable for future researchers wishing to conduct similar studies. Most importantly, this book provides clear evidence that extreme misogyny is not just a problem for the fringe, but rather has crept into the mainstream infecting the normative culture of our western societies. -- Ashton Kingdon - Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical RightTable of ContentsChapter 1. An Introduction to Incel Chapter 2. The Emergence and Development of the Manosphere Chapter 3. Join the Incel Rebellion Chapter 4. Weirdos or Extremists? Chapter 5. Legitimising Misogyny Chapter 6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays brings together two sets of articles and book chapters by Mariam Abou Zahab, the extraordinary late scholar of Islam in South Asia. The first part of the volume examines Shia–Sunni relations in Pakistan, while the second concerns violent Islamism in the country, covering both the Talibanisation of the Pashtun belt and the jihadi dimension of South Asian Salafism. Throughout these texts, Abou Zahab explores the many reasons why Pakistan has been the crucible of political Islam. She offers a historical view of this development, factoring in the impact of colonialism and conflict, including the Soviet-Afghan War and the post-9/11 Western military operations in Afghanistan. While making clear the major importance of these external influences, from Saudi Arabia and Iran to the US, she also places Pakistan's political Islam in the context of local cultures, mobilising her anthropological erudition without ever indulging in culturalism. Finally, she emphasises the sociological determinants of sectarianism, Talibanism and jihadism, as well as the political economy of these ideologies. Abou Zahab's knowledge is exhaustive, but in these papers she offers an elegant synthesis in which each word matters. This volume is indispensable for understanding the present dynamics of Pakistan.Trade Review‘[This book] gives those seeking a deeper understanding of Pakistan a valuable resource.’ -- Survival'This book flows from real knowledge. Blessed with considerable linguistic skills, the insights of political science, sociology and Islamic studies, plus the understanding of a believing Muslim, Zahab offers unrivalled insights into social and religious change in Pakistan.' -- Francis Robinson, Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of London'Mariam Abou Zahab’s work is an event itself, presenting Pakistan beyond the binaries of conservative and liberal, Sunni and Shii, modernist and Sufi. Her truly kaleidoscopic analysis shows the many colours of Islam in Pakistan, interrogating our understanding of Islamism and sectarianism.' -- Sajjad Rizvi, Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter'The depth and breadth of Mariam Abou Zahab’s knowledge and understanding about Pakistan is truly stunning. This dedicated, gifted social scientist deftly answers why things have happened and how they are interconnected with questions of identity and meaning.' -- Anita M. Weiss, Professor of International Studies, University of Oregon; author of Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices'By far the most sophisticated and well-informed scholar of sectarian and militant Islam in Pakistan, Mariam Abou Zahab was also a remarkable personality. This collection brings together her work on Pakistan for the first time, which still remains as relevant as it was when first written and indeed unsurpassed by new scholarship. Its publication represents an event of the first order for the study of Pakistan.' -- Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History and Director of the Asian Studies Centre, University of Oxford

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Book SynopsisSuper Polluters offers a groundbreaking global analysis of carbon pollution caused by the generation of electricity. The sociologists Don Grant, Andrew Jorgenson, and Wesley Longhofer analyze a novel dataset on the carbon dioxide emissions and structural attributes of thousands of fossil-fueled power plants around the world.Trade ReviewA fascinating reminder that relatively few plants account for vast percentages of the carbon flowing into the atmosphere. That means that concentrating on them could pay huge dividends, but only if careful thinking like this undergirds the approach. -- Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?It is no surprise that fossil-fueled power plants are a major source of carbon emissions. What is surprising is the striking variation in the amount of pollution emitted by these plants. But until recently, our understanding of the causes of this variation was limited. Not anymore. Drawing on a novel dataset on thousands of fossil-fueled power plants around the world, Grant, Jorgenson, and Longhofer shed critical light on the social and political factors that enable super pollution and, more importantly, on which energy and climate policies are most effective at abating power-plant pollution. -- Doug McAdam, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology, Stanford UniversityThis superb and original book—a study of actual power plants around the globe—is a must read for anyone interested in the climate emergency, and indeed the future of human societies. It neatly cuts through conventional approaches and provides a stunning insight—a small number of power plants are disproportionately responsible for carbon pollution. The authors use sophisticated but highly accessible statistical analyses to explain differences among polluting plants and to investigate the policies that do and don’t work to reduce emissions. At the risk of sounding corny, this is a 'super scholar' book. -- Juliet Schor, author of After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It BackGrant, Jorgenson, and Longhofer have made a pioneering effort with Super Polluters. Their detailed investigation of electrical power plants and what drives their emissions will be of substantial interest to environmental sociologists and any social scientists interested in climate mitigation. -- Thomas Dietz, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State UniversityThe book would be a valuable read for scholars, students and policymakers interested in discussing climate change, development and activism. * LSE Review of Books *This book presents an excellent, comprehensive discussion of the different theories undergirding current climate and energy policies. * Choice *A groundbreaking global account of who bears the blame for our warming planet. * Climate and Capitalism *The book is appropriate for graduate courses in environmental sociology and related fields. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgments1. Who Is Responsible for This Mess?: The Climate Crisis and Hyperemitting Power Plants2. Cleaning Up Their Act: Potential Emission Reductions from Targeting the Worst of the Worst Power Plants3. Recipes for Disaster: How Social Structures Interact to Make Environmentally Destructive Plants Even More So4. A Win-Win Solution?: The Paradoxical Effects of Efficiency on Plants’ CO2 Emissions5. Bottom-Up Strategies: The Effectiveness of Local Policies and Activism (with Ion Bogdan Vasi)6. Next Steps: Future Research and Action on Society’s Super PollutersAppendixesNotesReferences

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Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available throughLuminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Librariesand the generous support of the University of California, Davis. Learn more at theTOME website, available at:openmonographs.org. Creating the Intellectual redefines how we understand relations between intellectuals and the Chinese socialist revolution of the last century. Under the Chinese Communist Party, the intellectual was first and foremost a widening classification of individuals based on Marxist thought. The party turned revolutionaries and otherwise ordinary people into subjects identified as usable but untrustworthy intellectuals, an identification that profoundly aTrade Review"[A]n illuminating approach, which shifts the study of intellectuals from the study of a social group to the construction of the concept itself . . ." * Modern Chinese Literature and Culture *"This well-researched and well-argued book makes a significant contribution to scholarship and will appeal to a wide audience in the China field, including graduate students of history, politics, sociology, and comparative communist studies." * China Quarterly *"An informative and incisive study with theoretical significance and current relevance." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Reexamining the Intellectual and Chinese Communism 2. The Birth of a Classification 3. Visible Subjects in the Countryside 4. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of a Registration Drive 5. Classification and Organization in a School System 6. An Open Struggle of Redefinition 7. Ugly Intellectuals Everywhere 8. The Intellectual and Chinese Society: From Past to PresentCharacter Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a range of evidence using large-scale data from various countries, the authors consider the key factors that affect human well-being, including income, education, employment, family conflict, health, childcare, and crime.Trade Review"The Origins of Happiness is a wonderful book. It presents a new look at what causes human well-being, and carefully analyzes the policies and programs that can enhance it."—Ed Diener, coauthor of Happiness"Rooted in the best-available evidence for each stage in life, The Origins of Happiness provides an ambitious and comprehensive analysis of what leads to a satisfying life, from childhood to old age."—Alan Krueger, Princeton University"If policymakers want to improve lives, it is important to understand how people feel—and why. This book charts new territory, providing the first map of the long-term drivers of people's happiness."—Martine Durand, chief statistician, OECD"This work is a must-read for the academic, policymaker, and informed citizen alike."—Carol Graham, author of Happiness for All?

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Charles Horton Cooley Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction""Winner of the Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form, Media Ecology Association"

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Book SynopsisDon’t just see the sights―get to know the people. Discovering the Russian soul is like opening a matryoshka, a Russian doll, revealing the many layers. The Russian orthodox religion is unique; Russian history is tragic; and the people are unpredictable. Russia s military and political power, as well as the rich contribution of its art and culture, is the result of an inner dynamic not always understood by outsiders. Culture Smart! Russia sets out to help you to become a more perceptive traveler, and to make your trip more personally fulfilling. It explores the connections between Russia s turbulent past and its paradoxical present; it describes present-day values and attitudes, and offers practical advice on what to expect and how to behave in different social circumstances. Have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on etiquette and communication will help you navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.Trade Review"Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers," - Sunday Times Travel; "...the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries," - Global Travel; "...full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas," – Observer; "...as useful as they are entertaining," - Easy Jet Magazine; "...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world," - New York TimesTable of ContentsKey History – Politics – Economic Life – Values – Attitudes – Religion – Traditions – Taboos – Festivals & Holidays – Friendships & Family – Women in Society – Humour – Hospitality & Home life – Cultural Life – Cuisine & Dining Out – Socializing – Dos and Don’ts – Business Etiquette – Punctuality & Time Keeping – Meetings & Presentations – Negotiating – Bureaucracy – Communication & Language – Tips

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Book SynopsisJust Like Us is a pathbreaking exploration of what foreignness has meant across American history. Thomas Borstelmann traces American ambivalence about non-Americans, identifying a paradoxical perception of foreigners as suspiciously different yet fundamentally sharing American values at heart beneath the layers of culture.Trade ReviewThis is one of those books that sticks with you. Borstelmann asks a big question—about U.S. attitudes toward foreigners—and has an important argument to make. What is more, Just Like Us sparkles with telling details and unexpected connections. It is, plainly put, masterful. -- Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United StatesThis is a fantastic and timely book, written by one of the nation’s most distinguished scholars of American foreign relations, race, and world history. It is original, lively, beautifully written, accessible, and filled with profound insights that will contribute to the scholarly conversation on American foreign relations and world history. -- Elaine Tyler May, author of Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War EraFrom one of our finest historians comes this smart, incisive overview of how Americans have viewed other peoples. With wit and insight, Borstelmann shows that Americans’ interaction with foreigners has irrevocably changed them both. The result is a completely fresh perspective on how the United States has engaged with the wider world, on everything from war and foreign policy to immigration and culture. A must-read. -- Andrew Preston, author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and DiplomacyIn this moment of great peril for migrants and refugees in the United States, Borstelmann vividly recovers a necessary history of the place of the “foreigner” in the American imagination. Tracing the ways in which Americans came to understand the world around them in their own exceptionalist image, Just Like Us brilliantly illustrates how growing sentiments of inclusion and equity emerged against persisting racism and xenophobic fears of subversion to shape the American past and present. -- Mark Philip Bradley, author of The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth CenturyTable of ContentsPreface1. The Challenge of Contact with Foreigners2. Freedom: American Culture as Human Nature3. Inbound: Immigrants from Internal Threat to Incorporation4. Lurking: Communists and the Threat of Captivity5. Outbound: U.S. Expansion Into Foreign Lands6. Subversion: The Power of American Culture in a Global EraConclusion: Not So Foreign After AllNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough.Trade Review"Let the debates begin! Drawing on an astonishing panoply of sources, from European courtly and troubadour literature to Heian Japanese poetry, from canon law to Puri temple dancing, William M. Reddy's important new book challenges our basic assumptions about eroticism, heroism, the nature of marriages, and the legacy of the Middle Ages in modern culture. Reading this impressive study will leave you a different person." (Barbara H. Rosenwein, Loyola University Chicago)"

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Book SynopsisWhat makes a hit a hit? In Hit Makers, Atlantic Senior Editor Derek Thompson puts pop culture under the lens of science to answer the question that every business, every producer, every person looking to promote themselves and their work has asked. Drawing on ancient history and modern headlines - from vampire lore and Brahms''s Lullaby to Instagram - Thompson explores the economics and psychology of why certain things become extraordinarily popular. With incisive analysis and captivating storytelling, he reveals that, though blockbuster films, Internet memes and number-one songs seem to have come out of nowhere, hits actually have a story and operate by certain rules. People gravitate towards familiar surprises: products that are bold and innovative, yet instantly comprehensible. Whether he is uncovering the secrets of JFK and Barack Obama''s speechwriters or analysing the unexpected reasons for the success of Fifty Shades of Gr

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Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND THE IRISH TIMES''Illuminating and entertaining . . . while the world seems to counsel despair, The Persuaders is animated by a sense of possibility'' The New York TimesThe lifeblood of any free society is persuasion: changing other people''s minds to enable real change. But America is suffering a crisis of faith in persuasion that is putting its democracy and the planet itself at risk. People increasingly write each other off instead of seeking to win each other over. Debates are framed in moralistic terms, with enemies battling the righteous. Movements for justice build barriers to entry, instead of on-ramps. Political parties focus on mobilizing the faithful rather than wooing the sceptical. And leaders who seek to forge coalition are labelled sell-outs.In The Persuaders best-selling author Anand GiridhaTrade ReviewGiridharadas proves how senseless it is to lambast ideological opponents, especially when they're actually goodhearted and persuadable. Reassuringly sane, The Persuaders shows people are often less hardline and more conflicted than they seem * The Irish Times, Books of the Year *I was fascinated by The Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas - it's changed my view on the way we can (or can't) change people's minds -- Erica Wagner * New Statesman *The Persuaders provides the urgent wisdom we need to fix our broken world. It is a call for an army of persuaders-the teachers, listeners, and peacemakers willing to take the necessary risks to have a working society again. In a culture where everyone we disagree with is written-off, Giridharadas asks us to write our neighbors, friends, and family members back into our lives. This is the book every reader needs now, because we need each other more than ever -- Min Jin Lee, author of PachinkoAn engaging and provocative study of the dangers of political purity -- Emma Brockes * The Observer *Illuminating and entertaining . . . while the world seems to counsel despair, The Persuaders is animated by a sense of possibility * The New York Times *A handbook for defending democracy * CNN *An incredibly hopeful book . . . Every now and then, I come across something that makes me think in a completely new way, and this was one of those times. . . . It's just so good -- Brené Brown, Unlocking UsGiridharadas has already established himself as a major chronicler of one of our great divides - the disparities of income and opportunity that undergird American plutocracy. Now he turns his attention to another kind of gulf, one that's just as endemic and dangerous: ideology. It's one thing to diagnose and quite another to offer real solutions, but in this wide-ranging and profound book, Giridharadas explores real strategies for bridging these divides by finding a language in which we can speak to one another, and persuade. Reading The Persuaders I felt something I hadn't in quite a while: a tremor of hope -- Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of PainAt the heart of The Persuaders is an immense spirit of generosity. With clarity and nuance, Anand Giridharadas paints portraits of people who are pushing the boundaries of traditional political paradigms, and whose work serves as a clarion call for all of us to imagine a new set of political possibilities. It is both a challenge and an affirmation. This is a guidebook to a better world -- Clint Smith, author of How the Word Is PassedI was profoundly moved by The Persuaders. It is full of counterintuitive wisdom for repairing a broken world. In a cynical and hate-filled culture, what would it take for us to become persuaders? The beautifully written profiles are affecting and urgently needed because our world can no longer wait -- Min Jin Lee * The Sydney Morning Herald, Best Books of 2022 *

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Book SynopsisPredict and Surveil offers an unprecedented, inside look at how police use big data and new surveillance technologies. Sarah Brayne conducted years of fieldwork with the LAPD--one of the largest and most technically advanced law enforcement agencies in the world-to reveal the unmet promises and very real perils of police use of data--driven surveillance and analytics.Trade ReviewThe book reads like an encyclopedia of big data policing, supported by extremely rich empirical data in each of the coherently organized eight chapters...Grounded in solid fieldwork, this inspiring book provides far more than a case study of the police use of big data surveillance in LAPD. It provokes us to reflect the relationship among technology, policing, and our society. At a time when big data is increasingly penetrating our daily life, this book serves as a wake up call for those who are obsessed with technological solutions for social problems. Anyone interested in policing, big data, surveillance, criminal justice, and social control will benefit from reading this book. * Chen Shi, Asian Journal of Criminology *Predict and Surveil draws compellingly on the tools of ethnography to investigate the tools of big data. It reminds readers that data are inherently social and that ignoring the social processes through which data are collected, analyzed, and deployed risks extreme harms. * American Journal of Sociology *The author got access to observe the Los Angeles Police Department in operation and to see how "predictive policing" that relies on large-scale data collection and analysis actually works in practice. She reports that it opens the door to profiling individuals and neighborhoods, building detailed files on people who are not suspected of a crime, avoiding accountability through the use of outside contractors, increasing bias in sentencing, searching without a warrant, and other backward steps. * World Wide Work *excellent and timely book * Rachel Ferguson, The Library of Economics and Liberty *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction: Policing Our Digital Traces Chapter 2. Policing by the Numbers: The Public History and Private Future of Police Data Chapter 3. Dragnet Surveillance: Our Incriminating Lives Chapter 4. Directed Surveillance: Predictive Policing and Quantified Risk Chapter 5. Police Pushback: When the Watcher Becomes the Watched Chapter 6. Coding Inequality: How the Use of Big Data Reduces, Obscures, and Amplifies Inequalities Chapter 7. Algorithmic Suspicion and Big Data: The Inadequacy of Law in the Digital Age Chapter 8. Conclusion: Big Data as Social Appendixes Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLiving Sociologically is built around a contemporary, applied framework that is designed to help students find their place in a complex and contradictory social world. Students who enroll in today''s introductory sociology courses are already familiar with concepts such as inequality, privilege, conflict, power, and structure -- yet they do not realize how a sociological understanding of these concepts can help them to make sense of and enact change in their diverse social worlds. Living Sociologically pairs central sociological concepts together -- Power and Resistance; Inequality and Privilege; Solidarity and Conflict; Structure and Contingency; and Global and Local giving students a framework and a set of tools to help them develop their sociological imaginations. For example, to understand the sociological and cultural meaning of wealth, you also need to understand the sociological and cultural meaning of poverty. These pairings, illustrated and reinforced through abundant contemporary examples and case studies, offer students relevant opportunities for thinking intersectionally and discovering the many ways in which sociological forces are at play in their lives.

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Book Synopsis''Funny, kind, generous and smart - I could have done with the wisdom of Flo Perry far sooner'' Dolly AldertonWe talk about feminism in the workplace and we talk about dating after #MeToo, but women''s own patriarchal conditioning can be the hardest enemy to defeat. When it comes to our sex lives, few of us are free of niggling fears and body image insecurities. Rather than enjoying and exploring our bodies uninhibited, we worry about our bikini lines, bulging tummies and whether we''re doing it ''right''.Flo broaches everything from faking it to consent, stress to kink, and how losing your virginity isn''t so different to eating your first chocolate croissant. Her mission is to get more people talking openly about what they do and don''t want from every romantic encounter.Trade ReviewPerry is on the charge to show feminism for the sexy movement it is, and offers it in a hilarious, accessible and completely non-judgemental package. * The Evening Standard *cheeky, sweet and extremely witty...figures of all shapes and sizes and ages and races (clothed and unclothed) contort and grin and dart across the pages, bringing to vivid life Perry's wisdom about as broad sexual quandaries as libido, trust, faking orgasms, consent, body image, pubic hair, nude photos, porn, ghosting, and virginity....an emotionally intelligent discussion about the climate in which women - but not just women - are navigating relationships * The i *Thank God for Flo Perry * The Times *Funny, kind, generous and smart - I could have done with the wisdom of Flo Perry far sooner -- Dolly AldertonFlo Perry is on a mission to improve your sex life...How To Have Feminist Sex is undoubtedly alluring (most books about sex are) but it's also a manual on how to get yours in bed and how to 'have the sex you want'. * Metro *

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Book SynopsisAn AQA-approved resource. Sociology for AQA Volume 1 is the new edition of Ken Browne's invaluable and widely used textbook, designed for AQA's new Sociology AS level and Year 1 A level (for first teaching from September 2015).Trade Review"Ken Browne and Polity Press have released an excellent textbook for AS and 1st year A level Sociology, designed to fit around the new AQA 2015 specifications... highly recommended for the 2015 generation of Sociology student."The Sociology Teacher"Ken Browne’s 5th edition is fully updated to meet the requirements of the new AQA AS and A level specifications and is a must-read for both teachers and students to gain an understanding of the contemporary issues in Sociology."Andy Leach, Head of Studies York College, Senior Examiner, A Level Trainer, Ex-Principal Moderator"This is a detailed yet very accessible book which provides both a general introduction to the subject and highly specific guidance on material focused on the AS examination. There is a good balance of sociological theory and up-to-date research evidence. Both students and teachers should find it invaluable as they embark on the study of sociology."David Gilmore, Cardinal Newman College, and Senior ExaminerTable of ContentsIntroduction to the 5th editionThe AS specificationThe first-year A-level specificationHow to use this bookWebsites1. Introducing Sociology2. Education with Methods in Context3. Research Methods4. Culture and Identity5. Families and Households6. Health7. Work, Poverty and WelfareGlossaryBibliographyIllustration creditsIndex

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Book SynopsisApproaching Simone de Beauvoir's feminism and social commentary as a resource to understand our current crises, Beauvoir and Politics: A Toolkit brings together established and emerging scholars to apply her insights to gender studies, political philosophy, decolonisation, intellectual history, age theory, and critical phenomenology. The essays in this collection start from key concepts in Beauvoir's oeuvre and relate them to contemporary debates, asking how her notion of ambiguity speaks to lived experiences that have been highly politicized in recent years, such as pregnancy, old age, sexual violence, and the exposure of black and brown bodies to police violence; how myths inform our notions of collective, national identities, as well as notions of masculinity and femininity; and how she provides conceptual tools that help to theorize the various political strategies that are used to challenge gendered and racialized systems of oppression. These and other issues are centralTrade Review“This wonderful new collection features well-known scholars writing on new topics alongside important emerging voices. These essays bring the full force of Beauvoir’s uncompromising insight into human experience and political life to bear on urgent problems facing us today: from the ambiguous lived experiences of aging and pregnancy, to the mobilization of myth, affect, and counter-violence in contemporary political discourse, to the troubling world of the ‘incel’ and the bewildering and terrifying landscape of anti-Black violence and global pandemic. The authors set out, not to reify or rescue Beauvoir as the author of a system, but to think alongside her, to show that the conceptual tools she provides, always rooted in her own experience of concrete engagement, are still, or perhaps newly, ‘good to think with.’ Beauvoir scholars will certainly want to read it; so will anyone working through current debates in political theory, and anyone concerned (as we all must be) with the current emergencies of political culture.”- Meryl Altman, Professor Emerita of English and Women's Studies, DePauw University, author of Beauvoir in Time“This lively collection offers a toolkit of Beauvoirian ‘takes’ on political, ethical, feminist conversations about burqinis on French beaches, the expectant anxiety experienced by pregnant persons, women’s experiences of aging and raced embodiment, and more. Its several essays demonstrate the scope and continuing relevance of Beauvoir’s political thought as this diverse group of feminists deepen conversations that began more than a half-century ago.”- Lori Jo Marso, Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Literary and Historical Studies, Union College, author of Politics with Beauvoir: Freedom in the Encounter“The fine papers in this innovative and timely volume share a focus on activism and nuanced readings of Beauvoir’s life and work that I find deeply sympathetic and welcoming. It has my highest recommendation.”- Margaret A. Simons, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, author of Beauvoir and The Second Sex: Feminism, Race, and the Origins of Existentialism and editor of the Beauvoir Series"This wonderful community of philosophers and political theorists pay appropriate respect to Beauvoir’s thought through not fetishizing but instead engaging its continued relevance for 21st-century social and political problems. Non-reductive, non-totalizing, it is the usefulness of her thought that comes to the fore, the conceptual tools in the kit, which makes this collection nothing short of living thought." —Lewis R. Gordon, author of Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization and Fear of Black Consciousness Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors Introduction Liesbeth Schoonheim, Karen Veronica Quirina Vintges Part I: Changing Myths and Feminist Concerns 1. Beauvoir the Mythmaker Adam Kjellgren 2. What Do Incels Want? Explaining Incel Violence Using Beauvoirian Otherness Filipa Melo Lopes 3. Beauvoir, Bardot, and Burqinis: Making Sense of Modern France Catherine Raissiguier Part II: Lived ambiguities and post-colonial conditions 4. Uses of Ambiguity: A Black Feminist Phenomenologist Reflects on Ambiguities in the Year 2020 Qrescent Mali Mason 5. Repossession: The Ambiguity of Decolonization Dana Miranda 6. Love – patriarchal oppression or emancipatory potential? Aspects of feminist love critique Heli Mahkonen 7. Sacrificing Carceral Feminism: Beauvoir, Davis, and Institutional Responses to Campus Sexual Violence in the United States Dana Rognlie Part III: Situated Experience and Embodied Oppression 8. Simone de Beauvoir and the Phenomenology of Racial Oppression Mickaëlle Provost 9. Old Age and the question of authenticity Sonia Kruks 10. Expectant Anxiety Kate Kirkpatrick Part IV: Resistance and Fighting Back 11. “Muscular Revolt”: Resisting Gender Oppression Through Counter-violence Dianna Taylor 12. "I Didn't Ask for It": Women of Former Yugoslavia Vs. The Invisibility of Rape Ana Maskalan 13. The Role of Affective Reflexivity in Political Mobilization Elaine Stavro Index

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Book SynopsisFor the past two decades, workplace safety has improved in reducing minor injuries, yet the rate of serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs) has remained unchanged. Research has revealed that the hazards causing minor injuries are not the same as those leading to fatalities, making traditional safety approaches insufficient. Energy-Based Safety (EBS) presents a science-backed strategy for SIF prevention, built on four core principles that emphasize the role of hazardous energy, the power of effective controls, and the critical influence of workers in shaping safety outcomes.This book is a useful resource for those committed to saving lives and delivering change in workplace safety through new ways of injury prevention. Divided into two parts, it firstly explores the research behind EBS and investigates each principle with evidence, case studies, and practical insights from real-world implementation. The second part focuses on incorporating EBS into existing safety practices, from design and work planning to incident learning and performance measurement.Through reading this book, readers will gain practicable tools and methods to enhance safety programs, making SIF prevention effective and sustainable in their workplace Written for safety professionals, Energy-Based Safety: A Scientific Approach to Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIFs) is an enlightening read for industry leaders in occupational health and safety and practitioners responsible for workplace safety and occupational risk.

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Book Synopsis2021 Comic Studies Society Prize for Edited CollectionFrom Superman and Batman to the X-Men and Young Avengers, Supersex interrogates the relationship between heroism and sexuality, shedding new light on our fantasies of both. From Superman, created in 1938, to the transmedia DC and Marvel universes of today, superheroes have always been sexy. And their sexiness has always been controversial, inspiring censorship and moral panic. Yet though it has inspired jokes and innuendos, accusations of moral depravity, and sporadic academic discourse, the topic of superhero sexuality is like superhero sexuality itself—seemingly obvious yet conspicuously absent. Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero is the first scholarly book specifically devoted to unpacking the superhero genre’s complicated relationship with sexuality. Exploring sexual themes and imagery within mainstream comic books, television shows, and film

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