Andrew Sayer – författare & böcker

Method in Social Science

Revised 2nd Edition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

2 616 kr

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In its second edition, Method in Social Science was widely praised for its penetrating analysis of central questions in social science discourse. This revised edition comes with a new preface and a full bibliography. The book is intended for students and researchers familiar with social science but having little or no previous experiences of philosophical and methodological discussion, and for those who are interested in realism and method.

Why Things Matter to People

Social Science, Values and Ethical Life

AvAndrew Sayer

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

333 kr

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Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that values are beyond reason, and merely subjective or matters of convention, with little or nothing to do with the kind of beings people are, the quality of their social relations, their material circumstances or well-being. The author shows how social theory and philosophy need to change to reflect the complexity of everyday ethical concerns and the importance people attach to dignity. He argues for a robustly critical social science that explains and evaluates social life from the standpoint of human flourishing.

The Moral Significance of Class

AvAndrew Sayer

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

583 kr

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The Moral Significance of Class, first published in 2005, analyses the moral aspects of people's experience of class inequalities. Class affects not only our material wealth but our access to things, relationships, and practices which we have reason to value, including the esteem or respect of others and hence our sense of self-worth. It shapes the kind of people we become and our chances of living a fulfilling life. Yet contemporary culture is increasingly 'in denial' about class, finding it embarrassing to acknowledge, even though it can often be blatantly obvious. By drawing upon concepts from moral philosophy and social theory and applying them to empirical studies of class, this fascinating and accessible study shows how people are valued in a context in which their life-chances and achievements are objectively affected by the lottery of birth class, and by forces which have little to do with their moral qualities or other merits.

The Moral Significance of Class

AvAndrew Sayer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

1 303 kr

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The Moral Significance of Class, first published in 2005, analyses the moral aspects of people's experience of class inequalities. Class affects not only our material wealth but our access to things, relationships, and practices which we have reason to value, including the esteem or respect of others and hence our sense of self-worth. It shapes the kind of people we become and our chances of living a fulfilling life. Yet contemporary culture is increasingly 'in denial' about class, finding it embarrassing to acknowledge, even though it can often be blatantly obvious. By drawing upon concepts from moral philosophy and social theory and applying them to empirical studies of class, this fascinating and accessible study shows how people are valued in a context in which their life-chances and achievements are objectively affected by the lottery of birth class, and by forces which have little to do with their moral qualities or other merits.

Radical Political Economy

Critique and Reformulation

AvAndrew Sayer

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

699 kr

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With the rise of the New Right, the demise of state socialism, and the development of concerns over the nature of modernity, the reception of Marxist and radical theories of capitalist society has become, to say the least, skeptical. In this book Andrew Sayer rethinks and reformulates radical political economy. The author argues that Marxist theories of capitalism must learn both from the problems of socialism and, more controversially, from liberalism. In a major critique of Marxist and post-Marxist political economy he argues that one of its central problems may be traced to its treatment of the apparently innocuous concept of division of labor. This has led, he shows, to a confusion of the effects of markets and property relations. In consequence explanations of uneven development and of the distribution of power in advanced economies are flawed.The author illustrates the argument by reference to the study of uneven spatial development. He concludes by outlining the constructive potential for a dialoge between radical political economy and liberal thought, and between critical social science and normative political philosophy.Written in the author's characteristically direct and accessible style, this book will be widely read by students of contemporary capitalism and political economy in many disciplines.

Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn

AvLarry Ray,Andrew Sayer

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

3 027 kr

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Traditionally social science treated culture as a peripheral issue, but the last twenty years have witnessed a cultural turn throughout the social sciences. Culture is now at the core of debate.

Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn examines the impact of the cultural turn for the social sciences in relation to the decline of interest in economic aspects of society. It presents a number of responses to the changing relationship between culture and economy, and to the way in which the cultural turn has sought to understand it. Contributors from a wide range of disciplines present differing views oon these matters in relation to issues of political sensibilities and movements, equality and recognition, `cultural management', class, ethnicity and gender, and cultural values.

Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn

AvLarry Ray,Andrew Sayer

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

1 671 kr

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Traditionally social science treated culture as a peripheral issue, but the last twenty years have witnessed a cultural turn throughout the social sciences. Culture is now at the core of debate.

Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn examines the impact of the cultural turn for the social sciences in relation to the decline of interest in economic aspects of society. It presents a number of responses to the changing relationship between culture and economy, and to the way in which the cultural turn has sought to understand it. Contributors from a wide range of disciplines present differing views oon these matters in relation to issues of political sensibilities and movements, equality and recognition, `cultural management', class, ethnicity and gender, and cultural values.

Realism and Social Science

AvAndrew Sayer

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

2 915 kr

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Realism and Social Science offers the reader an authoritative and compelling guide to critical realism and its implications for social theory and for the practice of social science. It offers an alternative both to approaches which are overly confident about the possibility of a successful social science and those which are defeatist about any possibility of progress in understanding the social world. Written by one of the leading social theorists in the field, it demonstrates the virtues of critical realism for theory and empirical research in social science, and provides a critical engagement with leading non-realist approaches.

Realism and Social Science

AvAndrew Sayer

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

1 712 kr

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Realism and Social Science offers the reader an authoritative and compelling guide to critical realism and its implications for social theory and for the practice of social science. It offers an alternative both to approaches which are overly confident about the possibility of a successful social science and those which are defeatist about any possibility of progress in understanding the social world. Written by one of the leading social theorists in the field, it demonstrates the virtues of critical realism for theory and empirical research in social science, and provides a critical engagement with leading non-realist approaches.

Why Things Matter to People

Social Science, Values and Ethical Life

AvAndrew Sayer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

1 015 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that values are beyond reason, and merely subjective or matters of convention, with little or nothing to do with the kind of beings people are, the quality of their social relations, their material circumstances or well-being. The author shows how social theory and philosophy need to change to reflect the complexity of everyday ethical concerns and the importance people attach to dignity. He argues for a robustly critical social science that explains and evaluates social life from the standpoint of human flourishing.

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

AvAndrew Sayer

1

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

313 kr

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As inequalities widen and the effects of austerity deepen, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why we can’t afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others, through the control of property and money. Leading social scientist Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to create indebtedness and expand their political influence.Winner of the 2015 British Academy Peter Townsend Prize, this important book bursts the myth of the rich as specially talented wealth creators. It shows how the rich are threatening the planet by banking on unsustainable growth. The paperback includes a new Afterword updating developments in the last year and forcefully argues that the crises of economy and climate can only be resolved by radicalchange to make economies sustainable, fair and conducive to well-being for all.

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

AvAndrew Sayer

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

170 kr

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As inequalities widen and the effects of austerity deepen, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why we can’t afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others, through the control of property and money. Leading social scientist Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to create indebtedness and expand their political influence.Winner of the 2015 British Academy Peter Townsend Prize, this important book bursts the myth of the rich as specially talented wealth creators. It shows how the rich are threatening the planet by banking on unsustainable growth. The paperback includes a new Afterword updating developments in the last year and forcefully argues that the crises of economy and climate can only be resolved by radicalchange to make economies sustainable, fair and conducive to well-being for all.

New Social Economy

Reworking the Division of Labor

AvAndrew Sayer,Richard Walker

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

593 kr

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As capitalism develops and state socialism disintegrates, divisions of labor are being reorganized, with major implications for the distribution of power in society. Yet the concept of division of labor has been one of the most neglected in contemporary political economy and social theory. Compared to class, gender or markets, it has typically been treated as a rather indifferent concept, part of the backdrop rather than one of the key forces of the economy and society. Dealing with the reworking of the division of labor in both practice and theory, and transcending the narrow boundaries of academic disciplines, the authors provide a new perspective on some of the most hotly debated issues in social science.

Warum wir uns die Reichen nicht leisten können

AvAndrew Sayer

Inbunden, Tyska, 2017

178 kr

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Därför har vi inte råd med de rika

AvAndrew Sayer

3

Häftad, Svenska, 2020

199 kr

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I denna prisbelönta bok, som kan betraktas som en fördjupning av bästsäljaren JÄMLIKHETSANDEN, avslöjar professor Andrew Sayer de negativa effekterna av vår tids allt större koncentration av rikedomar. Sayer visar hur denna hotar inte bara ekonomi och samhälle, utan även planetens fortlevnad.

Här redogörs för vilka ofattbara koncentrationer av rikedomar som uppstått under de senaste decennierna, och den roll som detta spelar för krisen i ekonomi och samhälle.

Vad Sayer gör är att utifrån en vetenskaplig granskning ifrågasätta legitimiteten hos den enorma koncentrationen av rikedomar.

Han reder ut skillnaden mellan förtjänta och oförtjänta inkomster.

Har visar hur stor del av våra rikedomar som beror på tidigare generationers arbete.

Genom ett omfattande statistikmaterial visar Sayer att ju rikare människor är, desto större är andelen av deras rikedomar som helt enkelt är oförtjänt. Dessa individuella rikedomar har uppstått inte som ett resultat av någon större insats av dessa individer, utan genom ren och skär makt.

Bokens titel är avsedd att stimulera till en kritisk granskning av de rika, men den vänder sig inte mot några specifika personer, utan mot upphovet till deras rikedomar och makt samt argumenten som brukar användas för att rättfärdiga dessa.

"En mycket bra bok som förklarar mycket mer än vad titeln säger."

- Andrew Wilkinson, författare till JÄMLIKHETSANDEN

Andrew Sayer är professor i social teori och politisk ekonomi vid Lancaster University i England.

Bokens originalutgåva, ”Why We Can’t Afford the Rich”, har tilldelats 2015 års British Academy Peter Townsend Prize.

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Andrew Sayer – författare

Method in Social Science

Why Things Matter to People

The Moral Significance of Class

The Moral Significance of Class

Radical Political Economy

Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn

Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn

Realism and Social Science

Realism and Social Science

Why Things Matter to People

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

New Social Economy

Warum wir uns die Reichen nicht leisten können

Därför har vi inte råd med de rika

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