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Book SynopsisThis book presents several general theoretical notions about the process of science and technology as it relates to development. It develops the international dimension of science and technology in terms of the international exchange processes and the appropriateness and modification of technology.

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Book SynopsisHelping to Promote Social Justice is a richly informed and practical guide for advanced students and young professionals to become helpers capable of promoting social justice with whomever they collaborate with, mentor, serve and consult. Filled with insight and supplemental exercises, the book will direct readers to think critically and reflect on the broader social and political systems that create our current social injustices.Beginning with a strong theoretical focus on power, social identity and intersectionality, the authors engage with readers' assumptions on helping, their value systems and their understandings of power and privilege when helping communities in need. The rest of the book focuses on the application of these critical concepts, guiding future helpers to consider how to intervene, assess need, lead, build a team, address conflict and work to promote change from a position of social justice.Written by academic faculty with expertise in teacTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Part 1. Helping Promote Liberation 1. Going beyond individual helping 2. Deconstructing social identity and intersectionality 3. Learning the role of values in social justice-focused helping 4. Theorizing power and social justice 5. Intervening to support empowerment Part 2. Helping Build Empowering Skills 6. Building a team to support a community 7. Leading with heart, hope, and hustle in educational contexts 8. Mentoring to promote social justice 9. Teaching for critical research 10. Training and supervising social justice-oriented clinicians Part 3. Helping Expand Social Justice 11. Researching for social justice 12. Advocating for public policy 13. Writing grants for community building 14. Sharing and disseminating 15. Building a social justice toolkit

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Collective Intentionality provides a wide-ranging survey of topics in a rapidly expanding area of interdisciplinary research. It consists of 36 chapters, written exclusively for this volume, by an international team of experts. What is distinctive about the study of collective intentionality within the broader study of social interactions and structures is its focus on the conceptual and psychological features of joint or shared actions and attitudes, and their implications for the nature of social groups and their functioning. This Handbook fully captures this distinctive nature of the field and how it subsumes the study of collective action, responsibility, reasoning, thought, intention, emotion, phenomenology, decision-making, knowledge, trust, rationality, cooperation, competition, and related issues, as well as how these underpin social practices, organizations, conventions, institutions and socTrade Review"This superb handbook provides a broad survey of the scope and direction of the rapidly developing field of collective intentionality. Itself a collective enterprise by a body of international experts, this work is a must read for every student, teacher and researcher working on this exciting new interdisciplinary domain."– John D. Greenwood, CUNY Graduate Center"This collection stands as an excellent record of the state of current research on the subject of collective intentionality. One welcomes the summary statements by some prominent figures in the field of their own seminal contributions, and one is instructed into the directions in which further inquiry is now proceeding. Each of the contributions is well informed, clear, and cogently argued. Taken together they reveal a wider significance of collective intentionality not only in human inquiry but in human affairs." –Carol Rovane, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Marija Jankovic and Kirk LudwigPart I Collective Action and Intention Introduction to Part I Marija Jankovic and Kirk Ludwig1. Collective Action and Agency Sarah Chant2. Non-Reductive Views of Shared Intention Raimo Tuomela3. Reductive Views of Shared Intention Facundo Alonso4. Interpersonal Obligation in Joint Action Abe Roth5. Proxy Agency in Collective Action Kirk Ludwig6. Coordinating Joint Action Stephen ButterfillPart II Shared and Joint Attitudes Introduction to Part II Marija Jankovic and Kirk Ludwig7. Collective Belief and Acceptance Fred Schmitt8. Shared Values, Interests, and Desires Bryce Huebner and Marcus Hedahl9. Joint Attention John Campbell10. Joint Commitment Margaret Gilbert11. Collective Memory Kourken Michaelian and John Sutton12. Collective Emotions Hans Bernhard Schmid13. Collective Phenomenology Elisabeth PacheriePart III Epistemology and Rationality in the Social Context Introduction to Part III Marija Jankovic and Kirk Ludwig14. Common Knowledge Harvey Lederman15. Collective Epistemology Jennifer Lackey16. Rationality and Cooperation Paul Weirich17. Team Reasoning: Controversies and Open Research Questions Natalie Gold18. Distributive Cognitive Systems Georg Theiner19. Corporate Agency: The Lesson of the Discursive Dilemma Phillip PettitPart IV Social Ontology Introduction to Part IV Marija Jankovic and Kirk Ludwig20. Social Construction and Social Facts Brian Epstein21. Social Groups Paul Sheehy22. Social Kinds Ásta 23. Status Functions John SearlePart V Collectives and Responsibility Introduction to Part V Marija Jankovic and Kirk Ludwig24. Collective Intentions and Collective Moral Responsibility Marion Smiley25. Complicity Saba Bazargan-Forward26. Institutional Responsibility Seumas MillerPart VI Collective Intentionality and Social Institutions Introduction to Part VI Marija Jankovic and Kirk Ludwig27. Institutions and Collective Intentionality Frank Hindriks28. Collective Intentionality and Language Marija Jankovic29. Collective Intentionality in the Law Gideon Yaffe30. Collective Intentionality and Methodology in the Social Sciences Deborah Perron TollefsenPart VII The Extent, Origins, and Development of Collective Intentionality Introduction to Part VII Marija Jankovic and Kirk Ludwig

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Book SynopsisLike any other subject, the study of religion is a child of its time. Shaped and forged over the course of the twentieth century, it has reflected the interests and political situation of the world at the time. As the twenty-first century unfolds, it is undergoing a major transition along with religion itself. This volume showcases new work and new approaches to religion which work across boundaries of religious tradition, academic discipline and region.The influence of globalizing processes has been evident in social and cultural networking by way of new media like the internet, in the extensive power of global capitalism and in the increasing influence of international bodies and legal instruments. Religion has been changing and adapting too. This handbook offers fresh insights on the dynamic reality of religion in global societies today by underscoring transformations in eight key areas: Market and Branding; Contemporary Ethics and Virtues; Intimate Identities; TransnationTrade ReviewThe four editors of the Routledge Handbook of Religion in Global Society are to be congratulated on bringing together a stellar team of scholars, both established and emergent, in a publication that is vibrant, varied and packed with information. The book is characterised by inclusivity of subject matter and approaches, and is above all truly contemporary, providing readers with a snapshot of religion in the evermore globalised and interdependent twenty-first century. Carole M. Cusack, Professor, The University of Sydney Table of ContentsIntroduction: Religion in Global Societies; Part I: Market and Branding; 1. Christian Churches’ Responses to Marketization: Comparing Institutional and Non-denominational Discourse and Practice; 2. ‘The Greatest Leader of All’: The Faces of Leadership and Christianity in Contemporary Brazil (1980s–2010s); 3. JPCC: A Megachurch Brand Story in Indonesia; 4. Rebranding the Soul: Rituals for the Well-made Man in Market Society; Part II: Contemporary Ethics and Values; 5. The Prosperity Ethic: The Rise of the New Prosperity Gospel; 6. Islamic Ethics in Muslim Eurasia: Prosperity Theology vs. Renunciation?; 7. Public Morality and the Transformation of Islamic Media in Indonesia; 8. Pious-Modern Subjectivities in the Palestine West Bank: Their Formations and Contours between the Familial, the Local and the Global; 9. ‘We Are Overfed’: Young Evangelicals, Globalization, and Social Justice; 10. ‘Mediacosmologies’: The Convergence and Renewal of Indigenous Religiosities in Cyberspace; Part III: Intimate Identities; 11. Saints, Sinners, and Same-Sex Marriages: Ecclesiological Identity in the Church of England and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark; 12. When Two Worlds Collide: Asian Christian LGBTQs Coming Out to Parents; 13. Gender Politics and Education in the Gülen Movement; 14. Global Catholicism, Gender Conversion and Masculinity; Part IV: Transnational Movements; 15. Pilgrimage, Travelling Gurus and Transnational Networks: The Lay Meditation Movement in Contemporary Chinese Societies; 16. Globalization and Asceticism: Foreigner Ascetics on the Threshold of Hindu Religious Orders; 17. Maya Revival Movements: Between Transnationality and Authenticity; 18. Defending Tradition and Confronting Secularity: The Catholic Buen Pastor Institute; 19. The Globalization of the Catholic Church: History, Organization, Theology; Part V: Diasporic Communities; 20. Dialectics between Transnationalism and Diaspora: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; 21. Transnational Religious Movement: The Turkish Süleymanlı in Indonesia; 22. Youth Buddhists in Australia: Negotiating Transnational Flows; 23. The Formation of Global Chinese Identities; 24. Church as a Homeland and Home as a Place of Worship: The Transformation of Religiosity among Georgian Migrants in Paris; Part VI: Responses to Diversity; 25. Interreligious Dialogue (IRD) in International Politics: From the Margins of the Religious Field to the Centre of Civil Society; 26. Faith, Identity and Practices: The Current Refugee Crisis and its Challenges to Religious Diversity in Southern Europe; 27. Urban Public Space and the Emergence of Interdenominational Syncretism; 28. ‘As Local as Possible, as International as Necessary’: Investigating the Place of Religious and Faith-Based Actors in the Localization of the International Humanitarian System; 29. Religion, National Identity and Foreign Policy: The Case of Eastern Christians and the French Political Imaginary; 30. Religious Echoes in Secular Dialogues: Global Glimpses of Peacebuilding; 31. City of Gods and Goods: Exploring Religious Pluralism in the Neoliberal City; Part VII: National Tensions; 32. Islam, Politics and Legitimacy: The Role of Saudi Arabia in the Rise of Salafism and Jihadism; 33. Religion and Nationalism in Post-Soviet Space: Between State, Society and Nation; 34. Religion, Nationalism and Transnationalism in the South Caucasus; 35. The Sacred and Secular-Economic: A Cross-Country Comparison of the Regulation of the Economic Activities of Religious Organizations. Perspectives from France, Germany, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States; 36. Religious Identities in Times of Crisis: An Analysis of Europe; 37. Poetry in Iran’s Contemporary Theo-Political Culture; Part VIII: Reflections on ‘Religion’; 38. Questioning the Boundaries of ‘Religious’ and Non-Religious’ Actions and Meanings; 39. Religion in the Anthropocene: Nonhuman Agencies, (Re)Enchantment and the Emergence of a New Sensibility; 40. Science and Religion in a Global Context; 41. Religion Through the Lens of ‘Marketization’ and ‘Lifestyle’

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Book SynopsisThis international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be too.Trade Review"In this inspiring and well-researched book, by exploring ten pillars of Danish life—from the importance of trust to the value of downtime—Malene Rydahl documents the values, habits, and attitudes that have allowed Danes to live happy and fulfilling lives." -- Arianna Huffington"A praise of happiness in our daily lives." -- Vanity Fair

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Book SynopsisA wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections: * health beliefs and knowledge* inequalities and patterning of health and illness* professional and patient interaction* chronic illness and disability* evaluation and politics in health care. With a thorough introduction which sets the scene for the field as a whole, and section introductions which contextualize each chapter, the reader includes a number of different perspectives on health and illness, is international in scope, and will provide an invaluable resource to students across a wide range of courses in sociology and the social sciences.Table of Contents1. Health Beliefs and Knowledge 2. Inequalities and Patterning of Health and Illness 3. Professional and Patient Interactions 4. Chronic Illness and Disability 5. The Sociology of Evaluation and Politics of Health Care

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Book SynopsisThe Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption. He engages with some of his most enduring themes in this seminal collection, focusing on the irrational in mass culture - from astrology to new age cults, from anti-semitism to the power of neo-fascist propaganda. He points out that the modern state and market forces serve the interest of capital in its basic form. Stephan Crook's introduction grounds Adorno's arguments firmly in the present where extreme religious and political organizations are commonplace - so commonplace in fact that often we deem them unworthy of our attention. Half a century ago Theodore Adorno not only recognised the dangers, but proclaimed them loudly. We did not listen then. Maybe it is not too late to listen now.Trade Review'There is no question of the contemporary importance and relevance of these essays. T. W. Adorno is one of the great critics of the role of irrational authoritarianism in contemporary society.' Douglas Kellner'This collection demonstrates the continuing relevance of Adorno's work to the analysis and understanding of modern times. A brilliant contribution to the sociology of racism, anti-Semitism and popular culture.' - Bryan S. Turner, co-editor, The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology'Theodor Adorno returns from the grave to deliver this timely warning about the dangers of superstition.' ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: Adorno and Authoritarian Irrationalisation1.The Stars Down to Earth: The Los Angeles Times Astrology Column 2.Theses Against Occultism 3.Research Project on Anti-Semitism: Idea of the Project 4. Anti-Semitism and Fascist Propaganda

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Book SynopsisThere would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker Ãmile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals relate to society, then it is suicide: Why does it happen? What goes wrong? Why is it more common in some places than others? In seeking answers to these questions, Durkheim wrote a work that has fascinated, challenged and informed its readers for over a hundred years. Far-sighted and trail-blazing in its conclusions, Suicide makes an immense contribution to our understanding to what must surely be one of the least understandable of acts. A brilliant study, it is regarded as one of the most important books Durkheim ever wrote.Trade Review' - Suicide is one of the great classics of sociology. Although it is now more than a century old, it remains the most significant work on suicide ever produced.''Durkheim's great books are dedicated to the proposition that society transcends the individual: that our beliefs, values, dispositions and desires are often products of social forces and structures we poorly understand.' - Financial Times'One of the acutest and most brilliant sociologists.' - Bronislaw MalinowskiTable of ContentsBook I Extra-Social Factors1.Suicide and Psychopathic States 2.Suicide and normal Psychological Sates-Race Heredity 3.Suicide and Cosmic Factors 4.ImitaionBook II Social Causes and Social Types1.How to Determine Social Causes and Social Types 2.Egoistic Suicide 3. Egoistic Suicide (continued, 4.Altruistic Suicide, 5. Anomic Suicide 6.individual Forms of the Different Types of SuicideBook III General Nature of Suicide as a Social Phenomenon1.The Social Element of Suicide 2.Relations of Suicide with Other Social Phenomena

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum in this process. Comparing four of the largest global networks targeting the 'neoliberal triumvirate' of the World Bank, the IMF and the World Trade Organization: the Jubilee anti-debt campaigners Via Campesina peasant farmers Our World Is Not For Sale and the anarchistic Peoplesâ Global Action. Written by a scholar-activist, the book highlights that despite their diversity, these collective actors follow a similar globalizing path and that networks in which solidarity is based on a shared identity perceived as threatened by neoliberal change are gaining strength. Social forums are depicted as a fertile ground to strengthen networks and a common ground for cooperative action among them, but also a battleTable of Contents1. The Globalization of Neoliberalism and of Activism: An Introduction 2. Global Activism: Methodology and Scholarly Review 3. Toward Jubilee 2000 and Beyond 4. Our World Is Not for Sale 5. Via Campesina 6. Zapatista-Inspired Peoples’ Global Action 7. Concluding Reflections on Present and Future Scholarship and Activism

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Book SynopsisDavid de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social research. This sixth edition has been completely revised and updated, and contains new examples, data and extensive lists of web resources. As well as explaining how to conduct good surveys, de Vaus shows how to become a critical consumer of research. He argues that the logic of surveys and statistics is simply an extension of the logic we use in everyday life; analysis, however, requires creativity and imagination rather than the application of sterile mechanical procedures. The prime goal of research should be to gain accurate understanding and, as a researcher, use methods and techniques which enhance understanding. De Vaus advocates researchers use the method, rather than letting the method use you.Surveys in Social Research is essential reading for students and researchers working with surveys. It assumes no background in statistical analysis, and gives you the tools you need to come to grips with this often challenging field of work.Trade ReviewPraise for earlier editions of Surveys in Social Research‘This excellent book presents a lucid and comprehensive overview of all the contemporary issues in the development of surveys in social research ... The resources make this book valuable for novices but also a great addition to the library of more experienced researchers.’ —Journal of Family Studies‘De Vaus helps to demystify survey research by breaking down the process into manageable components. This is perhaps the greatest strength – he encourages the reader to tackle and understand "statistical research" rather than shy away.’ —Social Security Journal‘... one of the most comprehensive and accessible texts on survey research available.’ —The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology‘By concentrating on one method and providing a sound working knowledge of how to do good surveys, de Vaus indeed achieves a distinctive balance ...’ —Canadian Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsPart I: The Scope of Survey Research 1. The Nature of Surveys 2. Theory and Social Research 3. Formulating and Clarifying Research Questions Part II: Collecting Survey Data 4. Developing Indicators for Concepts 5. Ethics and Data Collection 6. Finding a Sample 7. Constructing Questionnaires 8. Administering Questionnaires Part III: Setting Up the Data for Analysis 9. Coding 10. Preparing Variables for Analysis 11. Building Scales Part IV: Analysing Survey Data 12. Overview of Analysis 13. Univariate Analysis 14. Bivariate Analysis: Nominal and Ordinal Variables 15. Bivariate Analysis for Interval-Level Variables 16. Elaborate Bivariate Relationships 17. Multivariate Analysis 18. Putting It into Practice: A Research Example. Glossary. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last decade, the fifth edition of this classic text builds on the strengths of previous editions to provide a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of Russian politics and society.The new edition incorporates the latest debates about Russian politics, analysing recent institutional and political developments, and examines the electoral cycle and prospects of the president elected at the end of the process. New to this edition: an evaluation of Putinâs leadership and the country's political performance under him; updated election results and demographic, social, ethnic/national statistics to include results of the 2010 census; changes in the party system, to electoral legislation and to the composition of parliament as well as the relationship between the executive and legislature; coverage of the constitutional changes and governmental appointments under the various prime ministers; more analysis of economic performance including discussion of the energy sector and pipeline politics; changes in Russian foreign policy since EU enlargement, its relationship with NATO since the âresetâ, as well as its relations with post-Soviet states; assessment of the military reforms and security and defence policy; debates over the question of democracy in Russia today, the nature of the system, and its future prospects. Written in an accessible and lively style, this book is packed with detailed information on the central debates and issues in Russiaâs difficult transformation. An unrivalled textbook on the subject it is essential reading for all those concerned with the fate of Russia, and with the future of international society. Trade Review"Richard Sakwa is one of the most perceptive observers of the Russian scene. He not only presents the facts in a comprehensive and engaging fashion but embeds these in lucidly elaborated theory that enables us to make sense of what he is explaining. This fifth edition is a welcome update of what has become the standard textbook on contemporary Russian politics."Graeme Gill, University of Sydney, Australia."In this new edition of his classic study, Professor Sakwa has once again provided us with the definitive textbook on Russian Politics. This impressive text which covers all the key areas of Russian domestic and foreign policy, has been thoroughly revised and updated, and it now has a stronger focus on the Putin era. It will be essential reading for all teachers and students of Russian Politics."Cameron Ross, University of Dundee, UK."The latest edition of Russian Politics and Society is not simply updated but is notably up-to-date; it sets out the latest information and insights across its broad field. Beyond the provision of facts, its academic analysis takes the reader deeper than the snap-shots prevalent in much discussion of Russia today, as befits an author steeped in decades of studying Russia. Sakwa convincingly argues that today’s Russia remains a country still in a state of post-Soviet transition."Edwin Bacon, University of Lincoln, UK.Table of Contents1. Approaches to Russian Politics 2. Soviet Communism and its Dissolution 3. The Disintegration of the USSR 4. Phoney Democracy, 1991-1993 5. Constitutionalism and the Law 6. Crime, Corruption and Security 7. The Executive 8. Party Development 9. Electoral Politics 10. The Legislature 11. National Identity and Nation Building 12. State Building and Ethno-federalism 13. Federalism and Segmented Regionalism 14. Russian Capitalism 15. Society and Social Movements 16. Cultural Transformation 17. Post-Soviet Eurasia between Fragmentation and Integration 18. Foreign Policy 19. Defence and Security Policy 20. Politics in Russia

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Book SynopsisTrauma has become a catchword of our time and a central category in contemporary theory and criticism. In this illuminating and accessible volume, Lucy Bond and Stef Craps: provide an account of the history of the concept of trauma from the late nineteenth century to the present day examine debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts trace the origins and growth of literary trauma theory introduce the reader to key thinkers in the field explore important issues and tensions in the study of trauma as a cultural phenomenon outline and assess recent critiques and revisions of cultural trauma research Trauma is an essential guide to a rich and vibrant area of literary and cultural inquiry. Trade Review"As an introduction to trauma theory and its applications to contemporary literary, artistic, and clinical work, the volume sets a high standard. It reminds us of the limitations of trauma studies as a dominant paradigm and exposes its controversies, while endeavoring to enlarge our understanding of this huge field. Trauma will be useful as an introduction for students who struggle with omnipresent and often confusing conceptions of trauma, but professionals and scholars could equally benefit from reading through its dense but clear summaries of a vast array of sources. I recommend the book whole-heartedly to anyone with an interest or need to gain greater familiarity with the meaning and pervasiveness of trauma at this moment of history."Lewis Kirshner, Harvard Medical School, American Imago"Overall, the work succeeds in its attempt to outline the historical trajectory of trauma studies and its application in literary analysis and other means of artistic and cultural production. Historical facts, researchers, works, studies, and terms most important to the development of the field are presented to the reader in clear and succinct language. This is certainly a work of reference and quick reference, useful for the more experienced researcher, while at the same time serving as introductory material of easy access and understanding for students new to the field. In this sense, the book fulfills its intended and announced function as a manual or guidebook, as it explores all the most relevant moments and themes for trauma studies, while also provoking reflections on the subject."Joyce Silva Fernandes, Remate de MalesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Not Even Past 1. The History of Trauma 2. Words for Wounds 3. Trauma Theories 4. The Future of Trauma Conclusion: The Limits of Trauma

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Book SynopsisEnglightened Common Sense: The Philosophy of Critical Realism is the first book to look back over the entire field of critical realism in one concise and accessible volume. Trade ReviewRoy Bhaskar’s too-brief life was a gift to humanity. His life's work gave us a solid ontological grounding for all those intuitions that most of us feel we should be able to justify, but are constantly being told by the reigning intellectual authorities we can’t: that the world, and other people, are real, that freedom is inherent in the nature of the cosmos, that genuine human flourishing can never be at the expense of others. He lived to provide the intellectual heavy artillery for simple common decency and good sense. Much of his work was written in exceedingly difficult language. This book however, makes it accessible to those who have the most to gain from it: anyone trying to make the world a better place.David Graeber, Anthropologist; sometime revolutionary; Professor at London School of Economics, UK.Roy Bhaskar writes: ‘If there is a single big idea in critical realism it is the idea of ontology.’ One big idea, perhaps, but Bhaskar developed it in three very different and equally innovative ways. From early depth ontology, through rethinking dialectical negativity, to the metaphysics of metaReality, Bhaskar pushed his thought – and himself. Guided always by the lodestar of emancipation, this final work demonstrates the unity in the three phases of his thought. Always willing to go against the mainstream, it is a fitting final tribute to a great philosopher. Alan Norrie, Professor, University of Warwick, UK.Table of Contents1. On the Presuppositions and Origins of the Philosophy of Critical Realism2. Transcendental Realism and the Philosophy of Science 3. Critical Naturalism and the Philosophy of the Social/Human Sciences 4. Applied Critical Realism and Interdisciplinarity 5. Ethics and Language: Explanatory Critique and Critical Discourse Analysis6. The Further Development of Critical Realism I: Dialectical Critical Realism 7. The Further Development of Critical Realism II: The Philosophy of metaReality 8. The Critique of the Philosophical Discourse of Modernity and the Western Philosophical Tradition 9. Critical Realism and the Ontology of the Good Society

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Book SynopsisHailed as the beneficiary, driving force and result of globalisation, Indiaâs middle-class is puzzling in its diversity, as a multitude of traditions, social formations and political constellations manifest contribute to this project. This book looks at Indian middle-class lifestyles through a number of case studies, ranging from a historical account detailing the making of a savvy middle-class consumer in the late colonial period, to saving clubs among women in Delhiâs upmarket colonies and the dilemmas of entrepreneurial families in Tamil Naduâs industrial towns.The book pays tribute to the diversity of regional, caste, rural and urban origins that shape middle- class lifestyles in contemporary India and highlights common themes, such as the quest for upward mobility, common consumption practices, the importance of family values, gender relations and educational trajectories. It unpacks the notion that the Indian middle-class can be understood in terms of public performanceTable of Contents1. Introduction Henrike Donner 2. Masculinity, advertising and the reproduction of the middle-class family in Western India, 1918-1940 Douglas E. Haynes 3. Gendered bodies, domestic work and perfect families: new regimes of gender and food in Bengali middle-class lifestyles Henrike Donner 4. ‘Keeping it in the family’: Work, education and gender hierarchies among Tiruppur’s industrial capitalists Geert De Neve 5. Cultural contractions and intergenerational relations: the construction of selfhood among middle class youth in Baroda Margit van Wessel 6. Globalisation, neoliberalism, and middle-class cultural politics in Kolkata Timothy J. Scrase and Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase 7. The social transformation of the medical profession in urban Kerala: doctors, social mobility and the middle classes Caroline Wilson 8. Kitty-parties and middle-class femininity in New Delhi Anne Waldrop 9. Zara hatke (‘Somewhat different’): the new middle classes and the changing forms of Hindi cinema Rachel Dwyer

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Book SynopsisIntellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light. The views of individual intellectuals have spanned the spectrum, but the views of intellectuals as a whole have tended to cluster. Indeed, these views have clustered at one end of the spectrum in the early twentieth century and then clustered at the opposite end of the spectrum in the late twentieth century. Moreover, these radically different views of race in these two eras were held by intellectuals whose views on other issues were very similar in both eras. Intellectuals and Race is not, however, a book about history, even though it has much historical evidence, as well as demographic, geographic, economic and statistical evidence- all of it directed toward testing the underlying assumptions about race that have prevailed at times among intellectuals in general, and especially intellectuals at the highest levels. Nor is this simply a theoretical exercise. The impact of intellectuals'' ideas and crusades on the larger society, both past and present, is the ultimate concern. These ideas and crusades have ranged widely from racial theories of intelligence to eugenics to social justice and multiculturalism. In addition to in-depth examinations of these and other issues, Intellectuals and Race explores the incentives, the visions and the rationales that drive intellectuals at the highest levels to conclusions that have often turned out to be counterproductive and even disastrous, not only for particular racial or ethnic groups, but for societies as a whole.Trade ReviewPittsburgh Tribune-Review "Sowell brings an all-too-rare perspective to whatever he writes about -- that of a conservative black intellectual, especially valuable for this book's topic." New American "After reading Dr. Thomas Sowell's latest book, Intellectuals and Race, one cannot emerge with much respect for the reasoning powers of intellectuals, particularly academics, on matters of race. There's so much faulty logic and downright dishonesty." Mona Charen, Creator's Syndicate "I plunged into Thomas Sowell's latest book, Intellectuals and Race, immediately upon its arrival, but soon realized that I needed to slow down. Many writers express a few ideas with a great cataract of words. Sowell is the opposite. Every sentence contains at least one insight or fascinating statistic -- frequently more than one."

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Book Synopsis Now a New Showtime Original SeriesShowtime''s dramatic series Masters of Sex, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before Sex and the City and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation’s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, Masters of Sex sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.

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Book SynopsisWhat is it about free-market ideas that gives them staying power in the face of such failures as persistent unemployment, widening inequality, and financial crises? The Power of Market Fundamentalism extends economist Karl Polanyi's work to explain why these dangerous utopian ideas have become the dominant economic ideology of our time.Trade ReviewIn seeking to understand the dynamics of our own time, we can do no better than to revisit Polanyi… Block and Somers provide a thorough reprise of Polanyi for readers new to him and careful analysis for specialists. The best part of their book is its introductory chapter, a well-integrated and brisk summary of the man and his ideas. Other chapters provide useful discussions of what Polanyi’s social history gets right and slightly wrong, as well as astute comparisons of Polanyi with Keynes and Marx… As more of us are having second thoughts about the second coming of the primal market, it is as if Polanyi is somewhere in the ether. Rereading Polanyi at a time when events vindicate his vision, one has to be struck with the eerie contemporary ring. Polanyi is startlingly 21st-century in addressing how the private rule of global finance puts public policy in a straitjacket. -- Robert Kuttner * American Prospect *Two of the smartest and most erudite sociologists at work today, Block and Somers deftly trace the biographical origins of Polanyi’s ideas and elucidate the philosophical, historical, and economic literatures he alludes to. The result is a lucid, engaging, and often brilliant guidebook to The Great Transformation that shows just how much we need Polanyi today… Everyone should be reading The Great Transformation these days. But first they should probably read The Power of Market Fundamentalism. -- Frank Dobbin * American Journal of Sociology *A timely book. More and more people are reading and quoting Polanyi, but they don’t always understand him. The Power of Market Fundamentalism undertakes to situate Polanyi’s thinking in our time and relate it to the events that have taken place since the publication of The Great Transformation in 1944. It also draws on biographical material in a way that only the two authors are able to. It does an excellent job of exploring how the world changed in a neoliberal direction when at the end of World War II everyone believed that capitalism would forever be under control. -- Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, CologneKarl Polanyi’s analysis should be an invaluable resource for social scientists, policy makers, and intelligent citizens who are grappling to find better ways of interpreting the economic and social distress that grips so many formerly comfortable societies of the industrialized North. Block and Somers, who are the premier analysts of Polanyi’s work, do a wonderful job of bringing this invaluable resource to bear on today’s debates. -- Peter Evans, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisDealing with economic sociology, this title introduces the theory and practical tools needed to analyze markets for singularities. It shows that because of the uncertainty and the subjective valuation of singularities, the markets related to movies, music, and fine wine are equipped with the 'judgment devices' such as brands, critics and rankings.Trade Review"[T]his is an admirable book. It is theoretically rich, illustrated with many, many fascinating examples of real markets, and a wonderful read for all interested in how markets really work."--John L. Campbell, Administrative Science Quarterly "Given the relative scarcity of theoretical models in economic anthropology in the last decade, anthropologists should not simply discard this very ambitious, empirically grounded model of markets of singular products. Taking into account the abundant anthropological literature on the production, circulation and consumption of singularities, it is puzzling and a bit troubling for economic anthropologists that the first theoretical synthesis on the topic comes from a sociologist. But working toward such synthesis is in itself already a great achievement of the book, one anthropologists would do well to emulate."--Marian Viorel Anastasoaie, Social Anthropology "The reader will read this book for its precise and descriptive analysis of markets for which quality is multidimensional, incommensurable, and uncertain."--John Baffes, European Review of Agricultural Economics "In demonstrating the role devices play in cases where markets are constructed against the odds--the book is an important contribution to economic sociology. In the best traditions of defamiliarisation, the book is also a beautiful book."--Monika Krause, European Economic Sociology NewsletterTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Preface xi Part One: An Overlooked Reality Chapter One: The Problem 3 Chapter Two: Singularities 10 What Are Singularities? 10 A Preliminary Journey 13 The Market of Psychoanalysis 15 Two Models of Singularity 16 Chapter Three: Do We Need Another Market Theory? 21 What Mainstream Economics Could Only Ignore 21 What the "New Economics" Chose to Ignore 23 Part Two: Tools for Analysis Chapter Four: Judgment 35 Can Economic Analysis Ignore Information? 35 Decision and Judgment 36 What Is Judgment? 39 Chapter Five: Judgment Devices 44 Devices Are Representatives 46 Devices Are Cognitive Supports 49 Devices Are Active Forces 51 Chapter Six: Trust Devices 55 Formal Analysis 57 Substantive Analysis 58 Chapter Seven: Homo singularis 67 Value and Instrumentality 68 Shopping 73 The Red Michelin Guide: A Paper Engine 77 How Many Ninth Symphonies Did Beethoven Compose? 80 Chapter Eight: The Metamorphosis of Singularities 87 The Weight of Words 88 Can Sameness Engender Incommensurability? 89 Chapter Nine: The Regimes of Economic Coordination 96 A Classification of the Economic Coordination Regimes 97 Consumer Commitments and Coordination Regimes 103 Interlude 106 Part Three: Economic Coordination RegimesImpersonal Devices Regimes 131 Chapter Ten: The Authenticity Regime 133 The Market of Fine Wines 135 The Hachette and the Parker Guides to Wine 138 The Intelligentsia, Connoisseurs, and the Layman 141 Vulnerability of the French Fine- Wines Market? 144 Chapter Eleven: The Mega Regime 148 Megafilms 148 The Luxury Megafirm 157 The Megabrand 163 Chapter Twelve: The Expert- Opinion Regime 167 Literary Prizes 167 Trendsetters and Gatekeepers 170 Public Quality- Rating Devices 171 Chapter Thirteen: The Common- Opinion Regime 174 Songs 175 Adjustment by the Charts 177 Personal Devices Regimes 181 Chapter Fourteen: The Network- Market 183 The Personal Network 183 The Trade Network 185 The Practitioner Network 186 Chapter Fifteen: The Reticular Coordination Regime 188 Coordination by Shared Convictions 188 Coordination by Belief in Miracle Workers 191 Chapter Sixteen: The Professional Coordination Regime 195 Professional Regime Variants 196 Legal- Services Coordination Regime Variants 203 Chapter Seventeen: Prices 209 Concordance 211 Disproportion 219 Part Four: Finale Chapter Eighteen: The Historicity of Singularities 229 The Rule of Product Renewal 232 Desingularization of Personalized Services 236 Desingularization of Pop Music 242 Chapter Nineteen: Conclusion: Economics of Singularities and Individualism 255 On Individualism 256 Singularities and Individualism 261 Index 265

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Compelling storytelling and thought-provoking interpretation…. [Sociologists] will benefit from engaging the creative and ambitious ground Menchik covers in this valuable book. - Daniel Dohan, American Journal of Sociology "

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Book SynopsisDrawing inspiration from the works of those such as Jacques Derrida, Michael Foucault and Jacques Lacan, the contributors address particular questions using a common theoretical language. The book concludes with an assessment of the future directions of discourse theory in the social sciences.Table of Contents1. Introducing discourse theory and political analysis - David Howarth & Yannis Stavrakakis 2. The political frontiers of the social Argentine politics after Peronism (1955-1973) - Sebastian Barros & Gustavo Castagnola3. Inter-war French Fascism and the Neo-Socialism of Marcel Deat: The emergence of a ‘Third Way’ - Steve Bastow4. New environmental movements and direct action protest: The campaign against Manchester Airport's second runway - Steven Griggs & David Howarth5. Provisionalism and the (im)possibility of justice in Northern Ireland - Anthony Clohesy6. The Mexican revolutionary mystique - Rosa Nidia Buenfil Burgos7. On the emergence of Green ideology: The dislocation factor in Green politics - Yannis Stavrakakis8. The construction of Romanian social democracy, 1989–1996 - Kevin Adamson9. Beyond being gay: The proliferation of political identities in Hong Kong - P. Sik-Ying Ho & A. Kat Tat Tsang10. The secret and the promise: Women’s struggles in Chiapas - Neil Harvey & Chris Halverson11. The difficult emergence of a democratic imaginary: Black consciousness and non-racial democracy in South Africa - David Howarth12. Democracy as the limit of Kemalist hegemony - Nur Betul Celik13. Sex and the limits of discourse - Jason Glynos14. Future trajectories of research in discourse theory: Political frontiers, myths and imaginaries, hegemony - Aletta Norval

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Book SynopsisWho makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments.Trade Review"She brings to the fore a wealth of research from design, planning, and development studies and offers for her own part a compelling view of urban form and place making that complicates common assumptions—in sociology and planning alike—about the nature of cities in the 21st century."American Journal of Sociology"A momentous work of uncommon intelligence and clarity that packs a powerful political punch."Morning Star''Finally, a book on urban design that gets close to the formal and informal practices, the material, social and virtual matter, and the deliberate and deliberative impulses that make and unmake cities. Fran Tonkiss offers a whole new repertoire of possibilities to help fashion the liveable and democratic city.''Ash Amin, University of Cambridge ''Tonkiss is among the most insightfully spatial of urban sociologists and uses this social-spatial acuity to re-design urban design as “the social life of urban form”. Cities by Design re-opens the old claim that urban design can become a convergent focus for critical thinking and effective practice across all disciplines and professions. Tonkiss applies her expanded vision of design to such controversial issues as density and sprawl, inequality and injustice, segregation and diversity, ordinary urbanism and informality, environmental racism and sustainability, never losing touch with practical, political, and policy implications.''Edward Soja, UCLATable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii 1 Introduction: Cities by Design 1 2 The Social Life of Urban Form: Size, Density, Diversity 26 3 Unequal Cities, Segregated Spaces 60 4 The Contradictions of Informality 91 5 Urban Environments: Ecology, Inequity, Mobility 113 6 Infrastructure as 'Design Politics' 138 7 Afterword: The Possible City 159 References 178 Index 201

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Book Synopsis* New edition of a popular and highly readable examination of debates surrounding identity. * Shows how identity is part of the fabric of society, and integral to social relations - critical to how we understand the social world.Trade Review''Identity has established itself as perhaps the key reference point for students and scholars who wish a smart and reliable guide through the thickets of identity discourse and analysis. Always fair-minded but also a tough critic and unafraid to stake out her own views, Lawler examines the social and political meanings of identities in early 21st-century global culture.''Steven Seidman, author of Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today ''Insightful, sharp and clearly written, this book is an absolutely essential read for anyone interested in the many manifestations of identity. Steph Lawler brilliantly shows how we are continually in the process of becoming who we think we are.''Bev Skeggs, Goldsmiths, University of London ''The second edition of Steph Lawler's Identity is welcome for a number of reasons, not least because it takes up recent concerns with social class and the pressing need to understand inequalities in contemporary society through sociological conceptualisations of class. Lawler shows most effectively how identity, in which gender, class, race and ethnicity are so strongly implicated, still matters. This is an important contribution to current debates.''Kath Woodward, Open UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: identity as a question 2. Stories, memories, identities 3. Who do you think you are? Kinship, inheritance and identity 4. Becoming ourselves: governing and/through identities 5. I desire therefore I am: unconscious selves 6. Masquerading as ourselves: self-impersonation and social life 7. The hidden privileges of identity: on being middle class 8. Identity politics, identity and politics Afterword: identity ties

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Book SynopsisFrom Pakistan to Chechnya, Sri Lanka to Canada, pioneering women are taking their places in formal and informal military structures previously reserved for, and assumed appropriate only for men.Trade Review''Laura Sjoberg has written a valuable, teachable and up-to-the-minute gender-smart book about war. With its mix of gritty case studies and Big Questions, Gender, War and Conflict offers lucky readers the tools to reassess mainstream International Relations' theories and to start fashioning explanations of their own.'' Cynthia Enloe, Clark University "Laura Sjoberg's book is a feminist international relations primer for the real world. She shows that we can’t understand - let alone end - wars and conflicts if we don’t understand the masculinities and femininities that fuel them. This is the book that everyone - students, academics, and policy-makers - needs to read." Jacqui True, Monash University"Gender, War, and Conflict provides a solid analysis about women and gender in conflict and war by highlighting gendered assumptions, experiences and values. An extremely useful study that examines conflict from a feminist perspective, Sjoberg makes an important contribution to the fields of international relations and political science to think in new ways about war."Terrorism and Political ViolenceTable of Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introducing Gender, War, and Conflict Chapter 2. Where are the Women? Chapter 3. Where are the Men? Chapter 4. Why Men and Women Are Not Enough Chapter 5. Redefining War, Understanding Gender Chapter 6. War(s) as if Gender Mattered References

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Book Synopsis* This major new book is the first global history of environmentalism, from its origins in the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today. * The book is very clear and accessible, and is richly illustrated with examples from around the world.Trade Review"Radkau's new book is by far the finest informative read available on the environmental movement in its many diverse varieties from its modern beginnings until now, and the women and men whose passions inspired it. Protests and politics, activism and reaction, love of nature and hatred of pollution – all are shown with a clarity that makes sense to the reader. This is the compelling global story of the most distinctive popular movement of our age, the Age of Ecology." J. Donald Hughes, University of Denver "With his customary synoptic vision and idiosyncratic eye for telling detail, Radkau offers a revealing tableau of the multiple histories of modern environmentalism in Europe, in America, and around the world. The Age of Ecology is the most thought-provoking and wide-ranging book yet on its subject." J. R. McNeill, Georgetown University "A comprehensive and compelling global history of environmental movements.' Die Zeit "An authoritative global history of ecology." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "Brilliant - by far the best account of the global environmental movement ... A great achievement." Deutschlandradio KulturTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition vii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction: The Green Chameleon 1 One Environmentalism before the Environmental Movement 11 1 Good Mother Nature and the ‘Appalling Wood Shortage’: The Twin Face of Nature in the Decline of the Commons 11 2 Nature in Need of Protection and Nature as Healing Power: Environmental Activism in the ‘Nervous Age’ 24 3 ‘The Desert Threatens’: Environmental Fears in the Age of Crisis – the New Deal and Nazi Germany 46 4 Think Big! A Charismatic Intermezzo on the Olympian Heights 61 Two The Great Chain Reaction: The ‘Ecological Revolution’ in and around 1970 79 Three Networked Thinking and Practical Priorities: An Endless Interplay 114 1 On the Ecology of Ecologism 121 2 Water and the Atom 137 3 Changing Priorities: The Movement in Motion 162 Four Charismatics and Ecocrats 182 1 Spiritual Quest and Charismatic Moments 182 2 Ten Heroines Embodying Tensions in the Movement 201 3 Institutionalization, Routinization, Revitalization 237 Five A Friend–Enemy or Win-Win Scenario? 259 1 From Nuclear Power to the Spotted Owl 259 2 Violence and the Green Conscience 288 3 Ecology and Economics: The Challenge of Conceptual Analogy 320 Six Ecology and the Historic Turn of 1990: From Social Justice to Climate Justice? 339 Conclusion: The Dialectic of Green Enlightenment 425 Notes 432 Index 517

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Book SynopsisInequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world.Trade Review"Covering the world, Göran Therborn shows how devastating are his three types of inequality (vital, existential and resource) and their mechanisms of reproduction (distanciation, exclusion and exploitation). Lucid, persuasive and learned The Killing Fields of Inequality is a must-read for those concerned about the most pressing topic of our time." Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley "A great book. With a light touch, it provides a brief but comprehensive survey of all the main dimensions of inequality. Written with insight, commitment to social justice, and ability to see what matters, it becomes a book about social progress itself. It ends with a perceptive discussion of the next steps towards a more egalitarian future." Richard Wilkinson, University of Nottingham"[A]lways favouring a comparative and global perspective, Therborn's book presents us with a wide and insightful examination of the various dimensions of inequality in a rare combination of theoretical developments, historical substantiation, and empirical evidence […and…] compelling answers to a few of the most inescapable questions about inequalities."Análise SocialTable of ContentsFigures page vi Tables vii Introduction 1 I. The Fields 5 1. Human, Nasty and Short: Life under Inequality 7 2. Behind the Doors of Exclusion 20 II. Theory 35 3. Theoretical Cross-Draught 37 4. Three Kinds of (In)Equality and Their Production 48 III. History 69 5. Inequality and the Rise of Modernity 71 6. A Historical Six-Pack: Three Inequalities in Global and National History 79 IV. Today’s Unequal World 101 7. Current World Patterns and Dynamics of Inequalities 103 8. Three Puzzles of Contemporary Inequalities 132 V. Possible Futures 151 9. Overcoming Inequality – Yesterday and Tomorrow 153 10. The Decisive Battlefields of Future (In)Equality 166 References 185 Index 202

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book manages to be comprehensive and authoritative in approach, whilst providing a very convincing and accessible account of key shifts in technology and society that underpins the concept of surveillance culture. This makes it both an original and high-quality contribution to the field."Lina Dencik, Cardiff University, UK"The Culture of Surveillance provides a nuanced account of contemporary surveillance practices."Daniel Trottier, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands "David Lyon has long been a powerful witness to the corrosive consequences of contemporary surveillance. This latest work warns how digital modernity’s surveillance regimes insinuate themselves into our lives and shape the most intimate qualities of experience. Lyon explores the threat of normalization, calling for resilience and agency against such surveillance and suggesting alternatives. Once again, we are in his debt." Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard Business School "Compelling… The Culture of Surveillance offers an unprecedented insight into how complex and consequential the monitoring of human action has truly become.”Ed Bryan, Social & Cultural Geography'Written in an accessible style, The Culture of Surveillance offers a neat and concise overview of a vast array of surveillance literature, distilled into an analysis of the emergent surveillance culture in surveillance capitalism.'Amanda Glasbeek, York University "In The Culture of Surveillance, David Lyon has provided a potential roadmap for the future of surveillance scholarship, and as such, the book may prove to be his most important and influential yet." Benjamin J. Goold, Surveillance & Society

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Book SynopsisDigital technologies are a key feature of contemporary education. Schools, colleges and universities operate along high-tech lines, while alternate forms of online education have emerged to challenge the dominance of traditional institutions.Trade Review"With all the hype about education technologies and their potential for 'disruption', it's vital to scrutinize what these technologies promise and what they can and cannot do. Selwyn's book offers a much-needed critical analysis of education technology, moving beyond the overly simplified positions that ed-tech is good or ed-tech is bad or ed-tech is even inevitable.' Audrey Watters, Education Writer and author of the blog Hack Education "Neil Selwyn is one of the most informed and incisive writers on technology in education today. This short, accessible book provides a powerful antidote to the inflated cyber-hype that is spun by educationalists, politicians and technology marketers alike." David Buckingham, Loughborough University "Many policy-makers, educators and providers have assumed technology is good for education. In this incisive and provocative book, Selwyn insists they think again - not because technology is inherently problematic, but because our society is, designing and deploying technology to serve some interests more than others." Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science "The book opens up �new� ways of thinking and conceptualising digital education. All those in education, whether they are �technophiles� or �technophobic�, must read this book." Educational FuturesTable of ContentsPreface 1. Digital Technology and Educational Change 2. Making Education More Democratic? 3. Making Education More Personalized? 4. Making Education More Calculable? 5. Making Education More Commercial? 6. Education "Good" and the Digital Ð So What Needs To Change? Notes

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Book SynopsisThinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future.Table of Contents Contents Preface 1. Introduction: The Future Has Arrived Part 1 - A Brief History of the Future 2. Past Futures 3. New Catastrophic Futures Part 2 - Complex Systems and the Future 4. Time and Complex Systems 5. Innovating Futures 6. Methods for Making Futures Part 3 - Future Scenarios 7. Manufacturing Future Worlds 8. Cities on the Move 9. Climates 10. Conclusion: The Future of Futures References Index

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Book SynopsisThe war on terror has been raging for many years now, and subsequently there is a growing body of literature examining the development, motivation and effects of this US-led aggression. Virtually absent from these accounts is an examination of the central role that gender, race, class and sexuality play in the war on terror. This lack of attention reflects a continued resistance by analysts to acknowledge and engage identity-related social issues as central elements within global politics. As this conflict spreads and deepens, it is more important than ever to examine how diverse international actors are using the war on terror as an opportunity to reinforce existing gendered, raced, classed and sexualized inter/national relations. This book examines the official war stories being told to the international community about why and against whom the war on terror is being waged. The book will benefit students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of international relations, women'Trade Review'Urgently needed, this exciting collection breaks new ground to rearrange and enrich how we understand, and hence respond to, terrorism. Exposing the political work that war stories do, these accounts also prove the centrality of identity investments and the necessity of intersectional analyses.' V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona, USA 'This work is a significant feminist intervention in contemporary debates about the global war on terror. By placing women from diverse communities at the centre of analysis, the contributors reveal the gendered and racialized dimensions of this conflict. An excellent resource for educators concerned about international relations and the US project of Empire-building, this book is also very accessible for a wider readership.' Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia, Canada 'Taken together, this collection highlights crucial issues that feminist activists and scholars must continue to address in the years to come. It deserves to be widely read.' Digest of Middle East Studies 'The collection of essays in this book are particularly welcome as the first major attempt to provide a detailed account of the creation and functioning of gendered representations and to trace the often complex intersections as gender merges with race, religion and class...this collection will provide an indispensable foundation for future research.' International Feminist Journal of Politics '...this is a serious and thought-provoking volume which offers a quite different approach to a well-worn topic, and contains some challenges to conventional thinking.' Law Society Journal 'This is a valuable book. Prepared before the media began to critique current US foreign policy, it nicely details the deceptions and, perhaps, delisuions of the policy...one virtue of this book is that is stimulates many questions.' Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 'Both parts of the volume provide an original and interesting framework for understanding the rolTable of ContentsContents: Foreword, Cynthia Enloe; Series Editors' Preface, Pauline Gardiner Barber, Jane Parapart and Marianne Marchand; (En)gendered war stories and camouflaged politics, Krista Hunt and Kim Rygiel. Part I A War for/on Women's Rights: Post-9/11 Rescue Narratives: Between orientalism and fundamentalism: Muslim women and feminist engagement, Jasmin Zine; 'Embedded Feminism' and the war on terror, Krista Hunt; Benevolent invaders, heroic victims and depraved villains: white femininity in media coverage of the invasion of Iraq, Melisa Brittain; Rescue in the age of Empire: children, masculinity, and the war on terror, Catherine V. Scott. Part II A War on/of Terror: The Politics Of Control: White nationalism, illegality and imperialism: border controls as ideology, Nandita Sharma; Protecting and proving identity: the biopolitics of waging war through citizenship in the post-9/11 era, Kim Rygiel; The headscarf debate: Muslim women in Europe and the 'War on Terror', Jane Freedman; Is 'W' for women?, Zillah Eisenstein; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisJustice for All is the first book that provides a comprehensive examination of social equity in American public administration. The breadth of coverage--theory, context, history, implications in policy studies, applications to practice, and an action agernda--cannot be found anywhere else.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments, Introduction, Part I. Context and Background, Part II. Measuring Social Equity, Part III. Leadership, Outreach, and Organizational Development, About the Editors and Contributors, Index

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Book SynopsisEconomists have debated Latin America's economic strategies at two moments since the second world war. The first debate, often characterized as between monetarists and structuralists, flourished from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. It focused on the strengths and weaknesses of a strategy of import-substituting industrialization (ISI). The second debate has unfolded since the early 1980s. It focuses on policies of economic stabilization to control inflation, and on exchange rates, trade regimes and, especially, a strategic orientation toward reliance upon markets in order to foster economic growth. This is collection of essays around the strategies and policies adopted in Latin America.Table of ContentsIntroduction, The Fundamentals of Economic Progress in Underdeveloped Countries: Using the Resources at Hand More Effectively, International Trade and Payments in an Era of Coexistence: Commercial Policy in the Underdeveloped Countries, A Theory of Inflation and Growth in Under-Developed Economies Based on the Experience of Latin America, Monetarists, Structuralists, and Import-Substituting Industrialization: A Critical Appraisal, Import Substitution, Foreign Investment, and International Disequilibrium in Brazil, The Political Economy of Import-Substituting Industrialization in Latin America, Import Substitution and Industrialization in Latin America: Experiences and Interpretations, The Central American Model of Growth: Crisis for Whom?, Economic Development Over the Long Run—Central America Since 1920, Good-bye Financial Repression, Hello Financial Crash, Stabilization with Liberalization: An Evaluation of Ten Years of Chile’s Experiment with Free-Market Policies, 1973-1983, High Inflation, Heterodox Stabilization, and Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomic Populism, The Latin American State, The State and Industrial Strategy, Bolivia: Hyperinflation, Stabilisation, and Beyond, The Case for Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries, Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisAsks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities.Trade Review“Extremely timely, important, and well-defined, this book is precisely on target in focusing on heterogeneous studies that treat knowledge as local. The types of science and technology discussed are diverse and well-balanced.”—David Stump, coeditor of The Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Contests, and Power"Complexities would be an excellent supplemental text in upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses in logic, philosophy, political science, global human-resource management, or cultural diversity. The real-world nature of the essays and the lack of clear conclusions make the selections in this book an excellent starting point for class discussions and reflective practice exercises. Used effectively, this book should aid students in demonstrating competence in synthesizing, evaluating, and judging the advantages and disadvantages of courses of behavior." -- Cheryl Crozier Garcia * International Social Science Review *"This volume begins to address a theme of increasing importance within sociology. Although it is produced form within the field of science and technology studies, it should have a broader appeal among other social scientists, including those who are interested in social theory, cultural studies, communications, management, and organizational research." -- Anne Gatensby * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsComplexities: An Introduction / Annemarie Mol and John Law Romantic and Baroque Conceptions of Complex Wholes in the Sciences / Chunglin Kwa Which Road to Follow? The Moral Complexity of an “Equipped” Humanity / Laurent Thevenot On Space and Depth / Marilyn Strathern On Hidden Heterogeneities: Complexity, Formalism, and Aircraft Design / John Law In the Middle of the Network / Andrew Barry When Elephants Stand for Competing Philosophies of Nature: Amboseli National Park, Kenya / Charis Thompson Writing and (Re)writing Devices as Tools for Managing Complexity / Michel Callon Cutting Surgeons, Walking Patients: Some Complexities Involved in Comparing / Annemarie Mol The Disposal of Fear: Childhood, Trauma, and Complexity / Nick Lee and Steven D. Brown Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA collection of both deeply personal reflections and carefully researched studies that explore the New Mexico homeland through the experiences and perspectives of Chicanx and indigenous/Genízaro writers and scholars from across the state.

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Book SynopsisWith the proliferation of food history courses and avid interest among scholars and the general public, the need for a solid comprehensive collection of key primary texts about food of the past is urgent. This collection spans the globe from classical antiquity to the present, offering substantive selections from cookbooks, fiction, gastronomic and dietary treatises and a wide range of food writing. Offering a solid introduction to each period with extensive commentary and suggestions for interpretive strategies, this reader provides extracts undigested, for the student who needs immediate and direct contact with the ideas of the past. Readings illustrate the various ways religion, politics, social structure, health and agricultural policy shaped what people ate in the past and offer instructive ways to think about our own food systems and how they have been shaped by historical forces.Trade ReviewA wonderfully rich celebration of our love of food through the ages. -- PD Smith * The Guardian *The real strength of this book is the richness and variety of the sources presented, for which Albala must be highly commended. [...] The Food History Reader is a very welcome addition to the field of food history and will serve as a most valuable text to students and researchers alike . . . It will be essential reading for any university course on the subject and will also appeal to a wider audience interested in how what we eat today has been shaped by food practices of the past. -- Josie Freear, University of Leeds, UK * LSE Review of Books *An indispensable collection of historical documents, with rich treasures and surprises on every page! * Warren Belasco, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA *A very useful compendium for anyone interested in food history. There a lots of general histories out there, but nothing to compare with this book for its depth and inclusiveness. Rather than concentrating on the usual well-known European and American musings about food, the present volume has an extraordinary range of cultures and time periods. The writings deal with health, pleasure, fasting, danger and equilibrium. Few of them are widely known, anthologized or even translated. Ken Albala has done a heroic job of putting together a fascinating handbook of food through the ages. * Paul Freedman, Yale University, USA *A unique and valuable resource for all who are interested in the history of food. * Jeffrey M. Pilcher, University of Minnesota, USA *Ken Albala takes the reader on a turbulent, delightful journey into the history of food by selecting ninety-four texts, ranging from enigmatic marvels as 'Papyri on Food in Daily Life' to Atwater’s classic 'Food as Building Material and Fuel'. This book cuts to the core of human life: amazing and essential reading! * Peter Scholliers, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium *What a great resource for food studies! This will be an instant classic in our canon of food studies materials for the classroom and research. Thank you! * Marcie Cohen Ferris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA *Table of ContentsEditor's Note General Introduction Part One: Sumer and Egypt Part Two: Ancient Greece Part Three: Ancient Rome Part Four: Imperial China Part Five: Ancient India Part Six: Ancient Hebrews Part Seven: Early Middle Ages Part Eight: Medieval Islam Part Nine: Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe Part Ten: The Americas Part Eleven: Era of Nation-States 1500-1650 Part Twelve: The Mercantile Era 1650-1800 Part Thirteen: Nineteenth-Century Industrial Era 1800-1900 Part Fourteen: The Twentieth Century 1900-2000 Glossary Web Resources Bibliography Surveys of Food History Appendix of Sources Index

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Book SynopsisThe reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London‘Brilliant’ Financial Times ‘Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world’s greatest cities’ Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London June 1701, and a young widow wakes in a Paris hotel to find a man in her bed. Within hours they are married. Yet three weeks later, the bride flees to London and swears that she had never agreed to the wedding. So begins one of the most intriguing stories of madness, tragic passion and the curse of inheritance. Inheritance charts the forgotten life of Mary Davies and the fate of the land that she inherited as a baby - land that would become the sqTrade Review‘An enjoyable romp through the social history of a century from the Great Fire and the rebuilding of London to the Enlightenment, taking in discourses on midwifery, madness, child-rearing, burial practices, the birth and development of the London property market and the dangers of being a woman.’ -- The Times‘Wonderful… Leo Hollis knows the expanding city like the back of his hand, and brings a forensic eye and a deep empathy to the mystery at the heart of Mary Davies’s tragic life… Inheritance is a consistently enthralling read.’ -- Helen Castor, author of Joan of Arc‘Genuinely gripping. Hollis tells a good tale… Inheritance is also a book about property… his knowledge shows here in confident and vivid descriptions of the capital at the start of the 18th century. But he comes at his subject from a novel angle.’ -- Adrian Tinniswood, Literary Review‘A fascinating insight into a tragic backwater of London’s history, yet from which one of its most magnificent estates emerged…’ * Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of London *‘Leo Hollis has written a thorough and readable account of the Mary Davies saga, at times almost as a thriller, set in the glamour of Restoration London. We dodge from the plague and the Glorious Revolution into matrimonial rights, lunacy acts and 99-year leases. The life of this otherwise inconsequential woman is meticulously recorded, and all for the incubus of an inheritance which she barely seemed to comprehend.’ -- Oldie‘Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world’s greatest cities. His scholarship and storytelling make the seventeenth century seem so familiar.’ * Dan Snow, Death or Victory: The Battle for Quebec and the Birth of Empire *‘Leo Hollis combines meticulous research with his trademark style once again in this perceptive and humane book on one of modern London’s most significant origin stories.’ -- Lucy Inglis, author of Georgian London: Into the Streets'Identifying an authentic seventeenth-century mystery, Leo Hollis uses the form of the classic detective story to deliver a fast-moving and forensic account of the birth and development of the London property market. Here is a valuable addition to the literature of the city in another period of cancerous growth.' -- Iain Sinclair, author of The Last London‘The story of an heiress whose patrimony lies at the root of a modern accumulation of a vast landed fortune, the Grosvenor Estate of the Dukes of Westminster… brilliant.’ -- Ian Bostridge, FT ‘A tale of lies, coercion and opium-laced strawberries… compelling.’ -- BBC History'[A] well-crafted history... Hollis unspools the story’s multiple threads with verve, and lucidly explains complex legal and historical matters. Anglophiles and urban history buffs will be delighted.' * Publishers Weekly *‘An intriguing story of scandal, betrayal, law courts and corruption. It’s a fascinating read.’ * Who Do You Think You Are? *

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Book SynopsisThe transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn.Table of ContentsPrologue: Against School; Everything You Know About Schools is Wrong; Walkabout: London; Fat Stanley & the Lancaster Amish; David Sarnoff's Classroom; Hector Isn't the Problem; The Camino de Santiago; Weapons of Mass Instruction; What is Education?; A Letter to My Grand-daughter About Dartmouth; Incident at Highland High; Afterword: Invitation to an Open Conspiracy: The Bartleby Project; Index.

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Book Synopsis A user's guide to economic, political, social and cultural collapse. In the face of political impotence, resource depletion, and catastrophic climate change, many of us have become reconciled to an uncertain future. However, popular perception of how this future might actually unfold varies wildly from a severe and prolonged recession, to James Howard Kunstler''s long emergency, to the complete breakdown of civilization. In The Five Stages of Collapse , Dmitry Orlov posits a taxonomy of collapse, offering a surprisingly optimistic perspective on surviving the sweeping changes of the day with health and sanity intact. Arguing that it is during periods of disruption and extreme uncertainty that broad cultural change becomes possible, Orlov steers the reader through the challenges of financial, commercial, and political collapse. He suggests that if the first three stages are met with the appropriate responses, further breakdown may be arresteTrade ReviewReview, Charlie Smith, Straight.com July 1, 2013 Five Stages of Collapse is a highly entertaining and enlightening examination of the entrails of what happens when societies are driven into the abyss by greedy, hard-hearted elites and corrupt and incompetent politicians. And if Orlov turns out to be correct, this book just might end up saving your life by revealing steps you can take to prepare for the worst. Review, Carolyn Baker, Speaking Truth to Power April 7,2013 I am a huge fan of Dmitry's work, and I must concur with Richard Heinberg who says, "Even if I believed collapse were impossible I'd still read everything Dmitry Orlov writes: he's that entertaining." Incisive articulation of reality tempered with irrepressible humor and sarcasm define his writing style and not only compel us to stay with what some describe as a "dark Russian perspective," but reveal a man who has found a way to live with what is so and navigate it with buoyant humanity. The Five Stages of Collapse is nothing less than a definitive textbook for a hypothetical course entitled "The Collapse Of Industrial Civilization 101" or perhaps a bible of sorts for an imaginary "Institute of Collapse Studies." While to my knowledge no such courses or organizations presently exist, this book would be an essential aspect of any such entity's credibility. Review, Michael C. Ruppert, April 18, 2013 The writing of this book was a rotten job, but it was absolutely necessary. If someone had to do it, I am very glad that it was Dmitry Orlov. Without his wit, alacrity and experience, the task of beating the horse of the Cartesian approach to understanding our dying world to death would have resulted in something unbearably maddening, dry and uninspiring. In this book he sneaks some LOLROF side-splitters in when you least expect them. One gathers from Orlov's painstaking efforts, the futility of looking to outdated constructs and philosophies for understanding and relief from a crisis that demands complete innovation and inspiration. Reading closely, one sees Orlov carefully planting seeds of reconciliation with our planet and each other throughout--as a fundamental baseline. He arrives at places outside the box of the current meme by using methodologies and analyses that are sacramental within the meme. That's an achievement. Perhaps in his next book he will stand on that ground more forcefully and tell us what he sees. We don't need to understand collapse right now as much as we need to survive it. And that is where Dmitry Orlov rises through the rubble and gives us magnificent gems like this: "At the rock bottom of human survival, there is no individual and there is no state; there is only the family, or, if there isn't, there is something that's not quite human--or there is nothing at all." Profound insight combined with wry humor is such an incendiary weapon I am tempted to call The Five Stages of Collapse an "Orlov Cocktail." His delivery of hard truths laced with irony saturates us in seldom reported but extremely relevant facts about the world. He is one of the best writers on the scene today, working at the top of his game. There is more to enjoy in this book with every page you turn, and in very uncertain times, Orlov's advice is, at its core, kind-spirited and extraordinarily helpful. ---Albert Bates, author, The Biochar Solution Even if I believed collapse were impossible I'd still read everything Dmitry Orlov writes: he's that entertaining. Unfortunately, however, collapse of some sort or other, of some degree or another, is almost guaranteed. Orlov does us all a great service by teasing apart the kinds and degrees of collapse so that we can prepare for what is likely and "dig in our heels" to prevent what is unsurvivable. ---Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, Author, The End of GrowthTable of Contents Introduction: Collapses in General What is collapse? When will collapse occur? What are the stages of collapse? 1. Financial Collapse The root of the problem The wrong math Defaults big and small The end of money Options for cashing out Alternatives to money How we did it Chits, specie and stock-in-trade A likely endgame Cold-starting instructions Beware financial despotism Monetary mysticism The untrustworthy and the trustful Götterdämmerung Case Study: Iceland 2. Commercial Collapse Cascaded failure Liar word: efficiency Life upside down The many advantages of gift Money corrupts Opportunities for gift-giving Meanwhile in Soviet Russia The new normal A cultural flip Case Study: The Russian Mafia 3. Political Collapse Anarchy's charms The nation-state fades out National language Taking care of your own State religion Life after the nation-state The problem of excessive scale The proliferation of defunct states Government services disappear Denationalization of currency What governments are good at Warfare becomes self-defeating The end of law and order The end of the welfare state Virtualized politics Case Study: The Pashtuns 4. Social Collapse The limits of community planning The new rules Social reclamation Religion as organizing principle Charitable giving and taking What society? Case Study: The Roma 5. Cultural Collapse Humans and other animals The limits of language Spoken memory The isolated human The primacy of family Case Study: The Ik Afterword Endnotes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisMovements and parties have given rise to two largely separates specialties in the social sciences. This Element is an effort to link the two literatures, using evidence from American political development. It identifies five relational mechanisms governing movement/party relations: two of them short term, two intermediate term, and one long-term. It closes with a reflection on the role of movement/party relations in democratization and for democratic resilience.Table of Contents1. What Was Happening Here?; 2. Moves Toward Fusion; 3. Movement/Party Relations in Critical Junctures; 4. Two Short-Term Linkage Mechanisms; 5. Two Intermediate-Level Mechanisms; 6. Movements, Parties, and Democracy.

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Book SynopsisThis Element examines the complex processes that feed health worker migrants into global circulation, the losses and gains associated with such mobility and examples of good practices, where migrants, sending and destination communities experience the best possible outcomes.Table of Contents1. Introduction- the global mobility of health care workers; 2. Feminist political economy and global care chain perspectives on health worker migration; 3. Health worker global migration: patterns, processes and problems; 4. International policy responses to health worker mobilities; 5. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThere has been increasing pressure from several parts of civil society for greater transparency around corporate political action. This volume puts forward a new norm of corporate political responsibility (CPR) to go alongside corporate social responsibility, exploring what it means and what will be required to make that norm a reality.Trade Review'Corporations not only need to follow the 'rules of the game', they need to act responsibly and transparently in their efforts to shape the rules of the game through corporate political actions. This book points the way toward enlisting business leaders themselves in the cause of corporate political responsibility.' Ed Dolan, Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center'This collection tackles one of the central problems of our time: namely whether, given that a significant number of corporations are already vigorously engaged political actors, firms should be required to be responsible citizens and - if so - can they be made so? Carefully researched, thoughtfully presented and eminently practical, this is a masterful introduction to a critically important subject.' Rebecca Henderson, Natty and John McArthur University Professor, Harvard University'This book is the first of its kind on one of the most critical topics of our day: the billions of dollars in so-called 'dark money' that US companies pour into political coffers and how to create much needed transparency and accountability around these massive corporate expenditures. Lyon has gathered contributions from a broad array of experts in the field (himself included) and offers thoughtful solutions in the face of the ongoing failure of politicians and regulators to step up to this challenge. I highly recommend this book to both corporate executives and those who invest in their firms.' Allison Herren Lee, Former Acting Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission'The great challenges of the modern era - from affordable health care, to climate change and functional democracy - are inextricably tied to profit. That makes the question at the heart of this book - the proper role of business in society - the essential stuff of our time. I can think of no better guide than Tom Lyon, one of our leading thinkers on the topic.' Auden Schendler, Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company and author of Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution'As a former U.S. Congresswoman, who served on perhaps the first Campaign Finance Reform Task Force, I assure you our democracy would be enhanced if corporate campaign contributions ended and companies assumed 'political responsibility'. I have long felt that the G of ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) needed to incorporate measures of political responsibility in how corporations govern themselves. Tom Lyon and his co-authors clarify the criticality of doing so, especially at this moment in time.' Claudine Schneider, Former Congresswoman (R-R.I.)'In a world that is overheating dangerously fast, it's no longer enough for companies to simply reduce their own social and environmental impacts. The systemic changes we need require companies to step up and use their political clout not for narrow self-interest, but to advocate for the policies that drive innovative solutions to our biggest challenges. This is the first book on this critical topic, and it brings together leading scholarly voices with accounts from the front lines by leading practitioners. This is essential reading for understanding the challenges companies will face in the decade ahead.' Andrew Winston, Sustainability strategist and best-selling author of Net Positive and Green to GoldTable of ContentsSection I. Foundations of CPR: Metrics for Disclosure and Good Governance: 1. The meaning of CPR Thomas P. Lyon; 2. Targeting private sector influence in politics: corporate accountability as a risk and governance problem Bruce F. Freed, William S. Laufer and Karl J. Sandstrom; 3. Measuring corporate political responsibility Thomas P. Lyon and William Mandelkorn; Section II. Transparency: Causes and Consequences: 4. What drives firms to disclose their political activity? Edward T. Walker; 5. Promise and peril: lessons from shareholder reactions to corporate political activity disclosure Timothy Werner; Section III. Accountability: Linking CSR, Employee Relations, and CPR: 6. Responsible lobbyists? CSR commitments and the quality of corporate parliamentary testimony in the UK Alvise Favotto, Kelly Kollman and Fraser McMillan; 7. License to give: the relationship between organizational reputation and stakeholders' support for corporate political activity Samantha Darnell and Mary-Hunter McDonnell; 8. Multinational companies as responsible political actors in global business: challenges and implications for human resource management Andreas Georg Scherer and Christian Voegtlin; Section IV. Responsibility: CPR and Climate: 9. Measuring climate policy alignment: a study of the S&P 100 Yamika Ketu and Steven Rothstein; 10. From Kyoto to Paris: business and climate change David Vogel; 11. Disclosure of political responsibility: the case of climate change Magali A. Delmas and Henry L. Friedman; Section V. Implementing CPR: Opportunities and Challenges: 12. Practitioner views of CPR: towards a new social contract Elizabeth A. Doty.

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Book SynopsisHow is new knowledge generated across the social, natural and biomedical sciences? What is common and different about processes of discovery in different disciplines? This book presents the modalities of discovery from 21 different disciplines from physics and philosophy to genetics and astronomy.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides insights into Indian parliament and democracy. It seeks to answer two questions: Is the Indian Parliament working to articulate the diverse demands of the electorate and translate them into legislation and policy? To what extent has the Indian democracy transformed the institution of parliament and its functioning?

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Book SynopsisThis book challenges the classic and often tacit compartmentalization of tourism, migration, and refugee studies by exploring the intersections of these forms of spatial mobility: each prompts distinctive images and moral reactions, yet they often intertwine, overlap, and influence one another.Tourism, migration, and exile evoke widely varying policies, diverse popular reactions, and contrasting imagery. What are the ramifications of these siloed conceptions for people on the move? To what extent do gender, class, ethnic, and racial global inequalities shape moral discourses surrounding people's movements? This book presents 12 predominantly ethnographic case studies from around the world, and a pandemic-focused conclusion, that address these issues. In recounting and juxtaposing stories of refugees' and migrants' returns, marriage migrants, voluntourists, migrant retirees, migrant tourism workers and entrepreneurs, mobile investors and professiTrade Review"At long last! We finally have a scholarly volume of work that critically and efficaciously examines the multiple crossovers between tourism, migration and exile. This remarkable collection of chapters provides an endless buffet of theoretically rich and empirically inspiring insights into diverse human mobilities and their implications for tourism. Crucial concepts, including migration, belonging, identity, existential fluidity, imaginaries, exclusion and inclusion, and many others, are skillfully interpreted through the lenses of mobilities, diasporas, migrations, refugees, and exiles. I congratulate Natalia Bloch and Kathleen Adams for putting together this consequential tome, which is global in its reach and appeal. This masterpiece belongs on the desk of every social scientist who has interests in tourism, migration, exile and all other manifestations of human mobility."Dallen J. Timothy, Professor and Senior Sustainability Scientist, Arizona State University"One of the most important developments in the study of mobilities over the last quarter century has been a growing willingness by scholars to consider the intersections between different forms of (im)mobility. Kathleen Adams and Natalia Bloch’s edited volume constitutes a major contribution to this effort. This diverse collection of ethnographic case studies demonstrates the dynamic productiveness of addressing the overlaps and interplays between tourism, migration, and exile rather than treating these mobilities as investigative siloes. It will be a significant resource in both research and teaching."Vered Amit, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Concordia University Montreal, Canada"This collection constitutes an important step towards the integration of the study of mobilities. In a series of ethnographic case studies of tourists, migrants, exiles, refugees, returnees and volunteers, the volume provides a framework for the systematic study of the great variety of personal mobility phenomena in different parts of the contemporary world. The insights of the authors and editors constitute a step forward towards the formulation of a systematic comparative approach to mobilities."Erik Cohen, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem"Tourist, migrant, traveler, refugee: too often we take for granted what these terms mean and to whom they should be applied. This collection’s lucid, thought-provoking chapters trenchantly challenge such simplistic categorizations, using the fine-grained lens of ethnography to reveal how mobilities overlap, intersect, and blur in lived experience—despite deep-rooted systems of governance, finance, representation, and scholarship that keep them conceptually distinct. Addressing a dazzling range of geographical settings, populations, motivations, and outcomes, this wonderfully coherent yet notably interdisciplinary volume will be a landmark work, prompting serious reflection and debate."Dr Naomi Leite, Reader in Anthropology, SOAS, University of LondonTable of ContentsForeword- Mimi ShellerIntroduction: Problematizing Siloed Mobilities: Tourism, Migration, Exile.Kathleen M. Adams and Natalia BlochChapter 1. Temporality and the Intersection of Tourism and Migration: Mobilities between Cuba and Denmark. Nadine T. FernandezChapter 2. Migrant, Tourist, Cuban: Identification and Belonging in Return Visits to Cuba. Valerio SimoniChapter 3. Diasporic Im/mobilities: Migrants, Returnees, Deportees, Expats, Tourists and Beyond in the Vietnamese Homeland. Long T. BuiChapter 4. Student Migration as an Escape from Protracted Exile: The Case of Young Sahrawi Refugees. Rita ReisChapter 5. The Intersections between Tourism and Exile: Justice Tourism in Bethlehem, Palestine. Rami K. IsaacChapter 6. Crafting Activists from Tourists: Volunteer Engagement during the "Refugee Crisis" in Serbia. Robert RydzewskiChapter 7. Panama’s Temporary Migrants in the Tourism Era. Carla Guerrón MonteroChapter 8. Intersections of Tourism, Cross-border Marriage, and Retirement Migration in Thailand. Kosita Butratana, Alexander Trupp, Karl HusaChapter 9. The Tourist, the Migrant, and the Anthropologist: A Problematic Encounter within European Cities. Francesco ViettiChapter 10. In and Out of Brazil: Overlapping Mobilities in the Capoeira Archipelago.Lauren Miller GriffithChapter 11. Intersections of Professional Mobility and Tourism among Swedish Physicians and Researchers. Magnus Öhlander, Katarzyna Wolanik Boström, Helena PetterssonChapter 12. Mobility through Investment: Economics, Tourism, or Lifestyle Migration? Narratives of Chinese and Brazilian Golden Visa Holders in Portugal. Maria de Fátima Amante, Irene RodriguesPandemic Postscript: Tourism, Migration, Exile. Stephanie Malia Hom

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Book SynopsisThis timely book advances a new vision for educational justice centered on the leadership activities, organizing efforts, and counternarratives of youth, parents, families, and communities of color and other groups who are seeking to transform local schools and communities across the United States. Bringing together scholars, activists, and leaders, this contributed volume presents cases and first-person narratives for readers to analyze in order to interrogate inequities facing communities and schools. By creating spaces for youth, family, and community leadership within schools and opening decision-making to include their input, leaders can support transformative, justice-oriented school change. This book is a critical teaching tool asking educators and administrators to reflect, learn, and re-imagine their practice and collaborate with other leaders in their communities.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Situating Youth, Family, and Community Leadership 2. Racism, Colonialism, and Neoliberalism in Education 3. Models of Youth-Family-Community-School Connections Part 2: Cases of Youth Leadership and Organizing 4. The Story of Lent Leopard Leaders: An Elementary Youth Leader Narrative 5. Growing with BSS: A Manual for Emmanuel 6. Leading for Change: Engaging Elementary Youth Voice in An In-School Makerspace 7. Youth Lighting the Path to Emancipatory Education 8. The Power of Alliances: A Case for Integrating Intersectionality into Social Justice Leadership Part 3: Cases of Parent and Family Leadership and Organizing 9. Becoming an Accidental Advocate for Transgender Students: A Parent Leadership Narrative 10. "Siempre Hay un Apoyo": Creating Humanizing Spaces amid an Anti-Immigrant Climate through Muxerista Organizing 11. Indigenous Youth and Families: From Schooling Contexts to Spaces of Stewardship and Resistance 12. Schools, Black Mothers, Black Children and the Tenets of Disillusionment Part 4: Cases of Community Organizing and Leadership 13. Small Town, Big Talk: A Community Leadership Narrative 14. "Hijacking a Public Process:" The School District and Community Activists in the Battle for Trustee Area Representation 15. A Critical Piece of the Puzzle: Leveraging Community-Based Leadership to Address Educational Inequities 16. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe Transgender Studies Reader Remix assembles 50 previously published articles to orient students and scholars alike to current directions in the fast-evolving interdisciplinary field of transgender studies.The volume is organized into ten thematic sections on trans studies' engagements with feminist theory, queer theory, Black studies, science studies, Indigeneity and coloniality, history, biopolitics, cultural production, the posthumanities, and intersectional approaches to embodied difference. It includes a selection of highly cited works from the two-volume The Transgender Studies Reader, more recently published essays, and some older articles in intersecting fields that are in conversation with where transgender studies is today. Editors Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston provide a foreword, an introduction, and a short abstract of each article that, taken together, document key texts and interdisciplinary connections foundational tTable of ContentsI. Trans/Feminisms 1. The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto, Sandy Stone 2. Sappho by Surgery: The Transsexually Constructed Lesbian-Feminist, Janice G. Raymond 3. A Transvestite Answers a Feminist, Lou Sullivan 4. Transfeminism: Something Else, Somewhere Else, Karine Espineira and Sam Bourcier 5. Transmasculine Insurgency: Masculinity and Dissidence in Feminist Movements in México, Daniel B. Coleman II. Trans Matters, Black Matters 6. My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage, Susan Stryker 7. The Trans*-Ness of Blackness, the Blackness of Trans*-Ness, Marquis Bey 8. Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book, Hortense J. Spillers 9. TransMaterialities: Trans*/Matter/Realities and Queer Political Imaginings, Karen Barad 10. "Theorizing in a Void": Sublimity, Matter, and Physics in Black Feminist Poetics, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson III. The Coloniality of (Trans) Gender 11. Twin-Spirited Woman: Sts'iyóye smestíyexw slhá:li, Saylesh Wesley 12. The Coloniality of Gender, María Lugones 13. Extermination of the Joyas: Gendercide in Spanish California, Deborah A. Miranda 14. Selection From Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldúa 15. Decolonizing Transgender in India: Some Reflections, Anirudha Dutta and Raina Roy IV. Queer Gender and Its Discontents 16. Selection From Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, Judith Butler 17. "The White to Be Angry": Vaginal Davis’s Terrorist Drag, José Esteban Muñoz 18. The Transgender Look, Jack Halberstam 19. Judith Butler: Queer Feminism, Transgender, and the Transsubstantiation of Sex, Jay Prosser 20. Getting Disciplined: What’s Trans* About Queer Studies Now?, Cáel M. Keegan V. Sexology and Its Critics 21. "Case 131: Gynandry" From Psychopathia Sexualis, Richard von Krafft-Ebing 22. "Case 13" From The Transvestites: The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress, Magnus Hirschfeld 23. Trans* Plasticity and the Ontology of Race and Species, Kadji Amin 24. The Matter of Gender, Nikki Sullivan 25. Trans of Color Critique Before Transsexuality, Jules Gill-Peterson VI. Regulating Embodiment 26. Trans Necropolitics: A Transnational Reflection on Violence, Death, and the Trans of Color Afterlife, C. Riley Snorton and Jin Haritaworn 27. Trans Law and Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape, Dean Spade 28. Artful Concealment and Strategic Visibility: Transgender Bodies and U.S. State Surveillance After 9/11, Toby Beauchamp 29. Electric Brilliancy: Cross-Dressing Law and Freak Show Displays in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco, Clare Sears 30. Incarceration, Identity Politics, and the Trans-Cis Divide, Paisley Currah VII. Historicizing Trans 31. Trans, Time, and History, Leah Devun and Zeb Tortorici 32. Towards a Transgender Archeology: A Queer Rampage Through Prehistory, Mary Wiesmantel 33. ONE Inc. and Reed Erickson: The Uneasy Collaboration of Gay and Trans Activism, 1964–2003, Aaron H. Devor and Nicholas Matte 34. Pharmaco-Pornographic Regime: Sex, Gender, and Subjectivity in the Age of Punk Capitalism, Paul B. Preciado 35. Reading Transsexuality in "Gay" Tehran (Around 1979), Afsaneh Najmabadi VIII. Transing the Non/Human 36. A Cyborg Manifesto: An Ironic Dream of a Common Language for Women in the Integrated Circuit, Donna J. Haraway 37. Biohacking Gender: Cyborgs, Coloniality, and the Pharmacopornographic Era, Hil Malatino 38. Animals Without Genitals: Race and Transsubstantiation, Mel Y. Chen 39. Lessons From a Starfish, Eva Hayward 40. Trans Animisms, Abram J. Lewis IX. Trans Cultural Production 41. Embracing Transition, or Dancing in the Folds of Time, Julian Carter 42. Performance as Intravention: Ballroom Culture and the Politics of HIV/AIDS in Detroit, Marlon M. Bailey 43. The Labor of Werqing It: The Performance and Protest Strategies of Sir Lady Java, Treva Ellison 44. Transgender Chican@ Poetics: Contesting, Interrogating, and Transforming Chicana/o Studies, Francisco J. Galarte 45. Shimmering Phantasmagoria: Trans/Cinema/Aesthetics in an Age of Technological Reproducibility, Eliza Steinbock X. Intersectionality and Embodiment 46. Pauli Murray’s Peter Panic: Perspectives From the Margins of Gender and Race in Jim Crow America, Simon D. Elin Fisher 47. A Black Feminist Statement, The Combahee River Collective 48. Selection From Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling With Cure, Eli Clare 49. Hermaphrodites With Attitude: Mapping the Emergence of Intersex Political Activism, Cheryl Chase 50. Undetectability in a Time of Trans Visibility, Christopher Joseph Lee

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