{"product_id":"suicide-9780745640563","title":"Suicide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing nature of suicide in the world today. The suicide rate is soaring in the former Communist bloc, in India and in China, which now has the highest female suicide rate in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors are successful in using the admittedly rare phenomenon of suicide to explore the structure and dynamics of life in contemporary societies and reveal the some of the problems associated with marginalization in a (post)modern world.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"The general argument is illustrated throughout by a considerable amount of empirical data and rich case studies of a wide range of topics ... The willingness of two sociologists to accept the validity, legitimacy and value of different disciplinary perspectives on suicide is as refreshing as it is unusual. I am less pessimistic than Baudelot and Establet appear to be about the possibility of achieving a genuinely inter-disciplinary approach to researching and understanding suicide. If this book contributes to the realisation of this dream it will have served a very useful purpose indeed.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociology of Health and Illness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS. \u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION: SUICIDE AND SOCIETY.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anthropological Contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociety Does Not Shed Light on Suicide; Suicide Sheds Light on Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuicide: An Enigma To Be Deciphered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. DOES SUICIDE PROTECT?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuicide and Wealth Around the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Rich Societies, Suicide Occurs in Poor Regions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing Inequalities?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Take-off.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndia 1950-2000: An Economic Giant Is Born, Suicide Takes Off.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1980-2000: China Awakens and Suicide Rates Rise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Great Turning Point.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'England Brings Us a Surprise'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrance in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Meandering Evolution of Suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1900-1948: the parallel between suicide and growth breaks down.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1949-1978: strong growth, stable suicide rate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1979-1995: slower growth, more suicides.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngland: Classic Evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Trente Glorieuses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState-Orchestrated Growth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAggravating Factors ...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e... And Protective Factors: Creative Individualism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Soviet Exception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe World Leader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Femur and the Black-Out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuicide and Industrialization: A Forced March.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd There was Light: Long Live French Demography!.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Oil-Price Shocks and Suicide Amongst the Young.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrance: Young People at Risk, Old People Protected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere Is No French Exception ...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e... But There Are the Exceptions of Japan and Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of the Italian Miracle and British Phlegm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking the Social Dimensions of Age Seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Suicide and Social Classes: An Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Geography of Suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench Départements: Income Tax and Suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKen Loach's Devastated England Versus Blair-Thatcher's Greater London.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuicide and Social Milieu in France.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Twentieth Century: Greater Protection for the Ruling Classes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetailed and Rich Data from the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Clue: Many More Social Bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond Clue: Making the Best of It.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Forms of Poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowards a Cultural and Social Minimum Wage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. And Yet Women Survive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chinese Exception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsia and the Pacific: Conjugal Difficulties and Female Suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevenge Suicide in New Guinea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan Falls into Line.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Do More Western Women Not Commit Suicide?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuicide: A Lesson in General Sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociology Does Not Explain Everything.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan There Be A Sociology of Exceptions?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economy, Integration and Self-Esteem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526996795735,"sku":"9780745640563","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745640563.jpg?v=1731866167","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/suicide-9780745640563","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}