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Theories of the Information Society
Häftad, 2014
1178 kr
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Information is regarded as a distinguishing feature of our world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now part of a global information economy. Pervasive media, expanding information occupations and the development of the internet convince many that living in an …
Human Group
Inbunden, 1998
7595 kr
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Published in 1998, The Human Group is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology and Social Policy.
Women's Two Roles
Home and Work
Inbunden, 1998
3801 kr
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First published in 1998. This is Volume XV of fifteen in the Sociology of Gender and the Family Series. Originally published in 1956, this study looks at the two roles of women of in the workplace and at home with the aim of looking at social reforms needed for the to reconcile family and a …
Women's Two Roles
Home and Work
Häftad, 2011
754 kr
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First published in 1998. This is Volume XV of fifteen in the Sociology of Gender and the Family Series. Originally published in 1956, this study looks at the two roles of women of in the workplace and at home with the aim of looking at social reforms needed for the to reconcile family and a …
Non-Representational Theory
Space, Politics, Affect
Av Nigel Thrift
Häftad, 2007
798 kr
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This astonishing book presents a distinctive approach to the politics of everyday life. Ranging across a variety of spaces in which politics and the political unfold, it questions what is meant by perception, representation and practice, with the aim of valuing the fugitive practices that exist on …
Sociological Knowledge and Collective Identity
S. N. Eisenstadt and Israeli Society
Av Stavit Sinai
Häftad, 2020
690 kr
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Sociology, emerging in the 19th century as the study of national societies, is the intellectual product of its time, power relations and social imaginaries. As a discursive practice that was enmeshed in the meta-narratives of modernity, the discipline of sociology bears the inherent capacity to …
Sociological Theory and the Capability Approach
Häftad, 2021
722 kr
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Sociological Theory and the Capability Approach connects normative strands of sociological theory to the fusion of ethics and economics proposed by Amartya Sen’s and Martha Nussbaum’s capability approach. Spanning classical (Hegel, Marx, Durkheim, Scheler, Weber) and contemporary debates (Parsons, …
European Cosmopolitanism
Colonial Histories and Postcolonial Societies
Av Gurminder Bhambra, John Narayan
Häftad, 2019
795 kr
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This book provides a fresh examination of the cosmopolitan project of post-war Europe from a variety of perspectives. It explores the ways in which European cosmopolitanism can be theorized differently if we take into account histories which have rarely been at the forefront of such understandings. …
Cultural Rights
Technology, Legality and Personality
Av Celia Lury
Inbunden, 1993
2525 kr
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Cultural Rights aims to combine sociology of culture and cultural studies approaches to provide an innovative interpretation of contemporary culture. It develops Walter Benjamin's arguments on the effects of mechanical reproduction by seeing what has happened to originality and authenticity in …
Global Finance and Urban Living
A Study of Metropolitan Change
Häftad, 1992
929 kr
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This incisive inter-disciplinary text provides a major contribution to the study of finance capital and the metropolis. It is the first authoritative account of the momentous changes in the organisation of finance capital that occurred in the 1980s. But it never contents itself with a mere record …
Leisure, Lifestyle and the New Middle Class
A Case Study
Av Derek Wynne
Inbunden, 1998
2600 kr
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In this valuable study, conducted within the theoretical context associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the 'new middle class' of the late twentieth century goes about constructing and defending its social identity.
Money/Space
Geographies of Monetary Transformation
Av Andrew Leyshon, Nigel Thrift
Häftad, 1997
827 kr
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Bringing together in one volume the most important writings of Andrew Leyshon and Nigel Thrift on money and finance, including the unpublished classic "Sexy-Greedy" this collection examines the economic, social and cultural manifestations that go to make up the multiple vision of money.Money, it …
Fragmenting Societies?
A Comparative Analysis of Regional and Urban Development
Inbunden, 1992
2525 kr
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First Published in 2004. This book addresses a number of key themes in the debate about the nature of a contemporary capitalist society. It poses the question as to whether the present changes are creating a more fragmented society. Through a comparative historical analysis of Australia, New …
Discourse Power and Justice
Av Michael Adler, Brian Longhurst
Inbunden, 1994
2759 kr
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First Published in 1994. Discourse, Power and Justice is a distinctive and theoretically informed empirical study of the administration of the Scottish prison system. It is based on extensive research and combines theoretical innovation with detailed empirical evidence. The book is located at the …
Sociology of Postmodernism
Av Scott Lash
Häftad, 2004
798 kr
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This authoritative and revealing book provides the first sociological examination of postmodernism. Lash examines the differences between modernism and postmodernism, providing a clear explanation of why postmodernism is important.
Mobilising Modernity
The Nuclear Moment
Av Ian Welsh
Inbunden, 2000
2759 kr
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During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in …
Structures of Control in Health Management
Av Rob Flynn
Inbunden, 1991
2600 kr
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Using a variety of evidence the author documents the rise of general management, the application of new techniques to reduce medical costs and improve efficiency, and other methods to control use and evaluate clinical performance.
Race, Discourse and Labourism
Inbunden, 1992
2525 kr
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Race, Discourse and Labourism argues that the commonwealth of socialism is founded upon a well-concealed history of brutality and repression. Caroline Knowles details the historical conditions of the emergence of race through Labour's dealings with Indian independence negotiations and anti-semitism …
Lifestyle Shopping
The Subject of Consumption
Av Rob Shields
Häftad, 1992
827 kr
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First Published in 2004. In contemporary shopping sites new modes of subjectivity, inter-personal relationships and models of social totality are being tried on, taken off and displayed in much the same way that one might shop for clothes. These are not the modernist spaces of goal-directed …
Confronting Rape
The Feminist Anti-Rape Movement and the State
Inbunden, 1994
2525 kr
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Public thinking about sexual assault over the last two decades has changed dramatically for the better. Activists in rape crisis centers can claim a feminist success story, but not always as they would choose. Through her study of six rape crisis centers in Los Angeles, Nancy Matthews shows how the …
Professions and Patriarchy
Av Anne Witz
Häftad, 1992
827 kr
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This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power.This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh insights into the way in which male power has …
Global Finance and Urban Living
A Study of Metropolitan Change
Inbunden, 1992
2525 kr
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This incisive inter-disciplinary text provides a major contribution to the study of finance capital and the metropolis. It is the first authoritative account of the momentous changes in the organisation of finance capital that occurred in the 1980s. But it never contents itself with a mere record …
Relocating Cultural Studies
Developments in Theory and Research
Av Valda Blundell, John Shepherd m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
3082 kr
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Britain is no longer the sole organizing centre for cultural studies. The contributors to this volume demonstrate how cultural studies has diffused into other English-speaking countries and how its original concerns have been renegotiated and changed. The result is a landmark book which provides …
Places on the Margin
Alternative Geographies of Modernity
Av Rob Shields
Häftad, 1992
929 kr
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The debate on modernity and postmodernity has awakened interest in the importance of the spatial for cultural formations. But what of those spaces that exist as much in the imagination as in physical reality? This book attempts to develop an alternative geography and sociology of space by examining …
Reconstructing Nature
Alienation, Emancipation and the Division of Labour
Inbunden, 1996
2525 kr
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One of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis is that no one has a clear idea of what is going on. The author uses an extension of Marx's theory of alienation to explain why people find it so difficult to relate their different knowledges of the natural and social world.He …
Reconstructing Nature
Alienation, Emancipation and the Division of Labour
Häftad, 1996
754 kr
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One of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis is that no one has a clear idea of what is going on. The author uses an extension of Marx's theory of alienation to explain why people find it so difficult to relate their different knowledges of the natural and social world.He …
Cultural Rights
Technology, Legality and Personality
Av Celia Lury
Häftad, 1993
827 kr
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Cultural Rights aims to combine sociology of culture and cultural studies approaches to provide an innovative interpretation of contemporary culture. It develops Walter Benjamin's arguments on the effects of mechanical reproduction by seeing what has happened to originality and authenticity in …
Spaces of Identity
Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries
Inbunden, 1995
3082 kr
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We are living through a time when old identities - nation, culture and gender are melting down. Spaces of Identity examines the ways in which collective cultural identities are being reshaped under conditions of a post-modern geography and a communications environment of cable and satellite …
Spaces of Identity
Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries
Häftad, 1995
754 kr
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We are living through a time when old identities - nation, culture and gender are melting down. Spaces of Identity examines the ways in which collective cultural identities are being reshaped under conditions of a post-modern geography and a communications environment of cable and satellite …
Prosthetic Culture
Av Celia Lury
Inbunden, 1997
2525 kr
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In a fascinating account of how technology is altering our consciousness, Celia Lury shows how the manipulation of photographic images and ways of seeing can so redefine the relation between consciousness, the body and memory as to create a 'prosthetic culture' whose capacities both extend and …
