Description
Book Synopsis* Presents a highly original new way of thinking about modern societies and human relationships. * Written by a leading professor of Social Policy * Contains numerous first hand interviews and everyday examples.
Trade Review"Written in an accessible style, the book weaves personal narrative about the author's 'gypsy scholar' life with social theorizing. It produces an interesting account of shifting social bonds and tensions between private and public experiences and events. The book draws on a wide range of resources, including sociological research, political and economic events and theories, and popular cultural materials, including film, television and novels."
Sociology; Lisa Smyth, Queens University Belfast
"Sex Money and Power is a wonderfully written reflection on the meaning of our individual lives and their relation to a wider social context. In an unconvential but poignant way, it uses autobiography, social theory and historical narrative to confront the great gods of our time, and the processes that bind us to them. A humorous, quirky subtle, insightful and provocative look at questions that should be taxing us all, this work connects the personal and the social in a flowing and compelling analysis."
Saladin Meckled-Garcia, University College London
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.
Introduction.
Chapter One: Inside the Web.
Chapter Two: Intimate Connections.
Chapter Three: Sex and Self-Improvement.
Chapter Four: The Nature of Change.
Chapter Five: One the Move: Mobility as the Basis for Freedom.
Chapter Six: Keep Out: Organizations, Boundaries and Exclusions.
Chapter Seven: Organizations and Power.
Chapter Eight: Power and World Poverty.
Chapter Nine: Power, Passion and Loyalty.
Chapter Ten: Connections and Conclusions.
Notes.
Index.
