Explorations in Sociology. – serie
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Sex, Sensibility and the Gendered Body
Häftad, 1996
530 kr
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The study of sexuality is moving from margin to centre stage in sociology, as the 1994 British Sociological Association annual conference on 'Sexualities in Social Context' demonstrated. Drawn from that conference, the papers in this volume contribute to the debates which have developed on the …
Sexualizing the Social
Power and the Organization of Sexuality
Av Lisa Adkins, Vicki Merchant
Häftad, 1996
546 kr
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Various aspects of social life - including employment, family life, representations, politics, identities and the workings of the law - are considered, in terms of how sexuality shapes their organization and they shape sexuality.
Global Futures
Migration, Environment and Globalization
Inbunden, 1999
1623 kr
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Providing critical assessment of the 'globalization thesis' through sustained analysis of the nexus of processes underlying social and cultural relations, this book examines, explores, and teases out the many contradictions embedded within different discourses of globalization. Together, the …
Experience of Unemployment
Inbunden, 1986
1116 kr
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Increasingly high unemployment has brought with it a multitude of consequences affecting those without jobs and, beyond them, their families, friends and communities. This book reports findings from original research. It explores, often in the words of the unemployed and others involved, what life …
Deciphering Science and Technology
The Social Relations of Expertise
Av Maureen McNeil, Ian Varcoe m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
1084 kr
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As science and technology have pervaded modern life to an ever greater degree, social scientists have been led to find questions of the causes and consequences of 'expert' knowledge arising in places that would have been felt unlikely hitherto. Varcoe, McNeil and Yearley's book assembles nine …
Interpreting the Past, Understanding the Present
Av Stephen Kendrick, Tony Ed. Kendrick m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
1116 kr
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The British Sociological Association held a conference on the theme "Sociology and History". In 1964, E.H. Carr had called for an open frontier between the disciplines. This book examines the traffic across this frontier and in particular, what might be called the sociological uses of history.
Interpreting the Past, Understanding the Present
Av Stephen Kendrick, David McCrone m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
1116 kr
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The British Sociological Association held a conference on the theme "Sociology and History". In 1964, E.H. Carr had called for an open frontier between the disciplines. This book examines the traffic across this frontier and in particular, what might be called the sociological uses of history.
Gender, Power and Sexuality
Av Pamela Abbott, Claire Wallace
Inbunden, 1991
1084 kr
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Gender, Power and Sexuality is a collection of original and exciting articles by well-known feminists which makes a major contribution to our understanding of the ways in which men exercise control over girls and women in their daily lives, in the home, at school, at work and in the courts. Women …
Consumption and Class
Divisions and Change
Av Burrows, Roger Burrows m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
1623 kr
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An edited collection exploring divisions and changes within and between the spheres of consumption and production. Topics include: the relationship between consumption and production; the social construction of consumers; housing and social class mobility; health provision; the role of the 'service …
Women and Working Lives
Divisions and Change
Av S. Arber, N. Gilbert
Häftad, 1995
513 kr
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Women and Working Lives explores the interconnections between women's domestic lives and their paid employment, and shows how male definitions of work need to be reformulated. Women's continued disadvantage in the labour market is examined through contemporary, cross-national and historical …
Fordism and Flexibility
Divisions and Change
Av Gilbert, Roger Burrows m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
1084 kr
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During the 1980s there were profound changes in the labour process towards the 'flexible worker' and in the labour market towards a 'flexible workforce'. Three approaches to explain these changes provide the focus for this book: Marxist regulation theory; the notion of flexible specialisation …
Gender Relations in Public and Private
New Research Perspectives
Av E. Stina Lyon, Lydia Morris
Inbunden, 1996
1623 kr
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This collection of papers from the 1993 BSA `Research Imaginations' conference explores the interpenetration of the public and private spheres. The book comprises two sections, one dealing with aspects of employment and finance, the other with domesticity and intimacy. Topics covered include the …
Gender Relations in Public and Private
New Research Perspectives
Av E. Stina Lyon, Lydia Morris
Häftad, 1996
1623 kr
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This collection of papers from the 1993 BSA `Research Imaginations' conference explores the interpenetration of the public and private spheres. The book comprises two sections, one dealing with aspects of employment and finance, the other with domesticity and intimacy. Topics covered include the …
Social Construction of Social Policy
Methodologies, Racism, Citizenship and the Environment
Inbunden, 1996
1371 kr
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This volume draws together an impressive series of papers that explore enduring and new problems in the construction and analysis of British social policy. Critical but accessible, the various chapters cover methodological issues and the nature of competing claims about social policy 'knowledge', …
Social Construction of Social Policy
Methodologies, Racism, Citizenship and the Environment
Häftad, 1996
330 kr
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This volume draws together an impressive series of papers that explore enduring and new problems in the construction and analysis of British social policy. Critical but accessible, the various chapters cover methodological issues and the nature of competing claims about social policy 'knowledge', …
Methodological Imaginations
Av Joan Busfield, E. Stina Lyon
Häftad, 1996
546 kr
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This book brings together a collection of essays which look creatively and imaginatively at issues of research methods and methodology in sociology. Some papers critically revisit and redefine techniques such as the classic community study, the use of diaries, photography and art, others examine …
Families and Households
Divisions and Change
Häftad, 1995
546 kr
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This is an edited collection of chapters detailing research on modern family and household living arrangements, mainly in Great Britain but also with some reference to Germany. There are chapters on changes in the care for the elderly, financial support to and from young adults living at home, lone …
Sexualizing the Social
Power and the Organization of Sexuality
Av Lisa Adkins, Vicki Merchant
Häftad, 1996
590 kr
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Sociologists are increasingly aware that analyses of social life must include a consideration of how the social may be structured by the sexual. In turn, this insight is contributing to a shift in understandings of sociology. This volume - drawn from papers from the 1994 British Sociological …
Nationalisms Old and New
Av Brehony+rassool, Kevin J. Brehony m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1084 kr
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Nationalism is a collection of papers from the British Sociological Association conference, Worlds of the Future. The central themes of the conference were ethnicity and nationalism in the contemporary world. Older discourses on national sovereignty and statehood are evaluated in terms of their …
Nationalisms Old and New
Av Kevin J. Brehony, Naz Rassool
Häftad, 1999
1084 kr
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This volume is a collection of papers from the British Sociological Association conference, "Worlds of the Future". The central themes of the conference were ethnicity and nationalism in the contemporary world. Older discourses on national sovereignty and statehood are evaluated in terms of their …
Global Futures
Migration, Environment and Globalization
Av A. Brah, M. Hickman m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
1623 kr
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Providing critical assessment of the 'globalization thesis' through sustained analysis of the nexus of processes underlying social and cultural relations, this book examines, explores, and teases out the many contradictions embedded within different discourses of globalization. Together, the …
Transforming Politics
Power and Resistance
Inbunden, 1999
1623 kr
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This volume examines the transformation of politics and social movements at various levels. Starting with a transformation of identity within social movements, it goes on to discuss changes in the scale of social movement mobilization. The impact of social movements on the state is also considered, …
Transforming Politics
Power and Resistance
Häftad, 1999
1623 kr
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This volume examines the transformation of politics and social movements at various levels. Starting with a transformation of identity within social movements, it goes on to discuss changes in the scale of social movement mobilisation. The impact of social movements on the state is also considered, …
Consuming Cultures
Power and Resistance
Av Hearn, Sasha Roseneil
Inbunden, 1999
546 kr
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Stressing the variety of ways in which consumption is structured and organised through cultures and showing how these cultural technologies construct the person, the senses and the self, this book stands at the interface of the sociologies of culture and consumption. Arranged in two sections: Homes …
Consuming Cultures
Power and Resistance
Häftad, 1999
546 kr
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Stressing the variety of ways in which consumption is structured and organised through cultures and showing how these cultural technologies construct the person, the senses and the self, this book stands at the interface of the sociologies of culture and consumption. Arranged in two sections: Homes …
Relating Intimacies
Power and Resistance
Av Julie Seymour, Paul Bagguley
Häftad, 1999
330 kr
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Relating Intimacies contains papers presented at the 1997 British Sociological Association Conference which discuss contemporary research and theorizing with regard to intimate relationships. Researchers examine the development of new forms of intimate relationships, exploring their emotional and …
