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42 produkter
Den sociologiska blicken : att se bortom det uppenbara
Häftad, 2008
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (4)
462 kr
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Är sociologi ett studium av självklarheter, draperat i jargong? Tvärtom. Randall Collins ger läsaren en blick för sociologisk forskning när den är som mest fängslande. I denna välkända introduktionsbok problematiseras det till synes uppenbara. Gamla oreflekterade föreställningar om samhället och …
Interaction Ritual Chains
Häftad, 2005
409 kr
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Sex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena. And yet, argues sociologist Randall Collins, they and much else in our social lives are driven by a common force: interaction rituals. Interaction Ritual Chains is a major work of sociological theory that attempts to …
Explosive Conflict
Time-Dynamics of Violence
Häftad, 2022
502 kr
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This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the …
Sociology of Philosophies
A Global Theory of Intellectual Change
Häftad, 2000
474 kr
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Randall Collins traces the movement of philosophical thought in ancient Greece, China, Japan, India, the medieval Islamic and Jewish world, medieval Christendom, and modern Europe. What emerges from this history is a social theory of intellectual change, one that avoids both the reduction of ideas …
Does Capitalism Have a Future?
Av Craig Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
440 kr
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In Does Capitalism Have a Future? , a global quintet of distinguished scholars cut their way through to the question of whether our capitalist system can survive in the medium run. Despite the current gloom, conventional wisdom still assumes that there is no real alternative to capitalism. The …
Explosive Conflict
Time-Dynamics of Violence
Inbunden, 2022
2510 kr
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This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the …
Interaction Ritual Chains
E-bok, 2014
571 kr
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Sex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena. And yet, argues sociologist Randall Collins, they and much else in our social lives are driven by a common force: interaction rituals. Interaction Ritual Chains is a major work of sociological theory that attempts to …
Does Capitalism Have a Future?
Av DERLEUGIAN, Immanuel Wallerstein m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2856 kr
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The Great Recession has prompted a reassessment of the specific mode of capitalist accumulation that achieved dominance in the era of globalization. Yet just about all of this literature has focused on one of two issues: why things went wrong, and what we need to do in order to return the system to …
Sociological Insight
An Introduction to Non-obvious Sociology
Häftad, 1992
567 kr
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In the second edition of this successful and highly regarded supplementary text, Randall Collins has revised his preface and added a new chapter in which he considers how sociology can inform the development of artificial intelligence. As he points out, computer designers and programmers have to …
Four Sociological Traditions
Häftad, 1994
1772 kr
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Organized along the same lines as Three Sociological Traditions, Four Sociological Traditions is Randall Collins' updated guide to the development of modern sociology. Explaining in a brief, readable format the 4 main schools of sociological thought, this book represents a concise intellectual …
Charisma
Micro-sociology of Power and Influence
Häftad, 2020
633 kr
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What is charisma? And how does it generate influence and power? World-renowned sociologist Randall Collins explores these and many other questions in a highly readable exploration of the various forms of charisma and how charisma elevated Jesus, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Queen Elizabeth, …
Four Sociological Traditions: Selected Readings
Häftad, 1994
1721 kr
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A collection of readings from the major thinkers in sociology - from classics to contemporaries - to accompany Collins's Four Sociological Traditions. Four Sociological Traditions, Selected Readings chronicles the development of modern sociology, highlighting the 4 main schools of sociological …
Does Capitalism Have a Future?
Av Immanuel Wallerstein, Randall Collins m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
634 kr
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The Great Recession has prompted a reassessment of the specific mode of capitalist accumulation that achieved dominance in the era of globalization. Yet just about all of this literature has focused on one of two issues: why things went wrong, and what we need to do in order to return the system to …
Does Capitalism Have a Future?
Av Craig Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
440 kr
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In Does Capitalism Have a Future? , a global quintet of distinguished scholars cut their way through to the question of whether our capitalist system can survive in the medium run. Despite the current gloom, conventional wisdom still assumes that there is no real alternative to capitalism. The …
The Credential Society
An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification
Inbunden, 2019
1171 kr
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The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Collins’s claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but rather …
The Credential Society
An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification
Häftad, 2019
298 kr
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The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Collins’s claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but rather …
Charisma
Micro-sociology of Power and Influence
Inbunden, 2020
2510 kr
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What is charisma? And how does it generate influence and power? World-renowned sociologist Randall Collins explores these and many other questions in a highly readable exploration of the various forms of charisma and how charisma elevated Jesus, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Queen Elizabeth, …
Weberian Sociological Theory
Häftad, 1986
813 kr
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Randall Collins convincingly argues that much of Max Weber's work has been misunderstood, and that many of his most striking and sophisticated theories have been overlooked. By analysing hitherto little known aspects of Weber's writings, Professor Collins is able both to offer a new interpretation …
Violence
A Micro-sociological Theory
Häftad, 2009
409 kr
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In the popular misconception fostered by blockbuster action movies and best-selling thrillers--not to mention conventional explanations by social scientists--violence is easy under certain conditions, like poverty, racial or ideological hatreds, or family pathologies. Randall Collins challenges …
Max Weber
A Skeleton Key
Inbunden, 1986
2371 kr
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A concise overview of sociology's greatest classic thinker. Weber emerges as a multisided intellectual personality, whose intellectual ambivalence is related to a neurotic breakdown in mid career and to the compromises he was forced to make among the conflicting politievanscal and intellectual …
Max Weber
A Skeleton Key
Häftad, 1986
1529 kr
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A concise overview of sociology's greatest classic thinker. Weber emerges as a multisided intellectual personality, whose intellectual ambivalence is related to a neurotic breakdown in mid career and to the compromises he was forced to make among the conflicting politievanscal and intellectual …
Macrohistory
Essays in Sociology of the Long Run
Inbunden, 1999
1701 kr
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This book explores the accomplishments of the golden age of "macrohistory," the sociologically informed analysis of long-term patterns of political, economic, and social change that has reached new heights of sophistication in the last decades of the twentieth century.It describes the scholarly …
Macrohistory
Essays in Sociology of the Long Run
Häftad, 1999
414 kr
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This book explores the accomplishments of the golden age of "macrohistory," the sociologically informed analysis of long-term patterns of political, economic, and social change that has reached new heights of sophistication in the last decades of the twentieth century.It describes the scholarly …
Charisma
Micro-sociology of Power and Influence
E-bok, 2020
658 kr
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What is charisma? And how does it generate influence and power? World-renowned sociologist Randall Collins explores these and many other questions in a highly readable exploration of the various forms of charisma and how charisma elevated Jesus, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Queen Elizabeth, …
Charisma
Micro-sociology of Power and Influence
E-bok, 2020
658 kr
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What is charisma? And how does it generate influence and power? World-renowned sociologist Randall Collins explores these and many other questions in a highly readable exploration of the various forms of charisma and how charisma elevated Jesus, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Queen Elizabeth, …
Explosive Conflict
Time-Dynamics of Violence
E-bok, 2022
520 kr
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This sequel to Randall Collins'' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the …
Explosive Conflict
Time-Dynamics of Violence
E-bok, 2022
520 kr
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This sequel to Randall Collins'' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the …
Charisma
Micro-sociology of Power and Influence
Häftad, 2026
667 kr
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This new edition of Charisma: Micro-sociology of Power and Influence is thoroughly updated and revised for today’s classroom and contemporary cultural context. New to this edition is the inclusion of fresh case studies of cultural power and influential figures, new chapters on Taylor Swift and …
Charisma
Micro-sociology of Power and Influence
Inbunden, 2026
2474 kr
Kommande
This new edition of Charisma: Micro-sociology of Power and Influence is thoroughly updated and revised for today’s classroom and contemporary cultural context. New to this edition is the inclusion of fresh case studies of cultural power and influential figures, new chapters on Taylor Swift and …
Conflict Sociology
A Sociological Classic Updated
Av Randall Collins, Stephen K. Sanderson
E-bok, 2015
1195 kr
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This new edition is a substantial abridgment and update of Randall Collins's 1975 classic, Conflict Sociology. The first edition represented the most powerful and comprehensive statement of conflict theory in its time. Here, Sanderson has retained the core chapters and added discussions on …
