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New Middle Classes
Life-Styles, Status Claims and Political Orientations
Häftad, 1994
552 kr
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This volume is designed first to provide a theoretical orientation and historical perspective on the rise of the middle classes in modern civilization, and second, to portray the social and political roles these classes have played and continue to play in the United States over the past century, …
Social Movements
Critiques, Concepts, Case-studies
Häftad, 1994
552 kr
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The aim of this book is to bring together classical, recent and contemporary analyses of the social movement phenomenon. Analysis is represented in several variants of its discursive form: the expository essay, the critique, the general theory, the specific case study and the futuristic meditation.
Science and the Quest for Reality
Inbunden, 1996
1098 kr
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Science and the Quest for Reality is an interdisciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The anthology is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its …
Science and the Quest for Reality
Häftad, 1996
1098 kr
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Science and the Quest for Reality is an interdisciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The anthology is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its …
New Tribalisms
The Resurgence of Race and Ethnicity
Häftad, 1998
552 kr
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The resurgence of racial, ethnic and nationalist loyalties in the contemporary world are examined in this volume. Considered collectively, the contributors offer both a conceptual understanding of race and ethnicity and an empirical examination of their renewed importance in and implications for …
Transformations of Capitalism
Economy, Society, and the State in Modern Times
Av H. Dahms
Häftad, 2000
426 kr
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A diverse, complex, and stable, yet volatile system, capitalism has undergone fundamental transformations during the 20th century. Entrepreneurial capitalism has become increasingly managerial and corporate in nature. The influence of laissez faire policies waned for decades, only to experience a …
Violence
A Reader
Av Catherine Besteman, C. Besteman
Häftad, 2002
716 kr
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The essays in this book address the inter-relationship of power, politics, and violence, examining why the political process of managing power within states sometimes becomes physically violent. This volume brings together some of the classic writings on the relationship between states and violence …
Transformations of Capitalism
Economy, Society, and the State in the Modern Times
Häftad, 2000
491 kr
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A diverse, complex, and stable, yet volatile system, capitalism has undergone fundamental transformations over the past century. Entrepreneurial capitalism has become increasingly managerial and corporate in nature. No longer dominated by industrial production, capitalist economies are now geared …
New Tribalisms
The Resurgence of Race and Ethnicity
Inbunden, 1998
1481 kr
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For most of the twentieth century, social thinkers devoted their attention mainly to the issues of economic class. They generally dismissed the more primordial bonds of racial, ethnic, and national identities as irrational anachronisms that either communism or the liberal frameworks of democracy …
Propaganda
Inbunden, 1994
1481 kr
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Traces the origins of modern propaganda and its influence in modern historyThis volume traces the origins, ethos, and workings of modern propaganda, which now permeates all institutions in our society. Scholars such as C. Wright Mills, Walter Lippmann, and Hans Speier here explore the social and …
Propaganda
Häftad, 1994
491 kr
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This volume traces the origins, ethos, and workings of modern propaganda, which now permeates all institutions in our society. Scholars such as C. Wright Mills, Walter Lippmann, and Hans Speier here explore the social and institutional groundwork of modern propaganda. The book then examines the …
Metropolis
Center and Symbol of Our Times
Av Philip Kasinitz, Philip Kasinitz m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
481 kr
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The modern city is the nexus of culture, politics, and art. Despite the manifold problems cities face, more and more Americans are abandoning rural areas and relocating to urban centers. By the year 2000, 4 out of 5 Americans will live within one hour of a major city. What has prompted this …
Social Movements
Critiques, Concepts, Case Studies
Inbunden, 1994
491 kr
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Social movements have shown themselves to be one of the most dramatic and effective forms of political action. America, founded as the result of a challenge to one kind of political order, has been, in part, recreated as a result of movements of collective protest. Social movements continue to …
Social Movements
Critiques, Concepts, Case Studies
Häftad, 1994
481 kr
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Social movements have shown themselves to be one of the most dramatic and effective forms of political action. America, founded as the result of a challenge to one kind of political order, has been, in part, recreated as a result of movements of collective protest. Social movements continue to …
Science and the Quest for Reality
Inbunden, 1997
1481 kr
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Since Galileo, critics have waged a relentless assault against science, attacking it as dehumanizing, reductionist, relativistic, dominating, and imperialistic. Supporters meanwhile view science as synonymous with modernity and progress. The current debates over the role of science-- described by …
Science and the Quest for Reality
Häftad, 1997
481 kr
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Since Galileo, critics have waged a relentless assault against science, attacking it as dehumanizing, reductionist, relativistic, dominating, and imperialistic. Supporters meanwhile view science as synonymous with modernity and progress. The current debates over the role of science-- described by …
New Middle Classes
Social, Psychological, and Political Issues
Av Arthur J. Vidich, Arthur J. Vidich
Inbunden, 1994
1435 kr
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In America's much-touted classless society, the middle class--decried by some as a mythical construct and heralded by others as the embodiment of the American dream--has always occupied a central and controversial position. This book explores the origins of the new middle classes that emerged in …
New Middle Classes
Social, Psychological, and Political Issues
Av Arthur J. Vidich, Arthur J. Vidich m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
491 kr
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In America's much-touted classless society, the middle class--decried by some as a mythical construct and heralded by others as the embodiment of the American dream--has always occupied a central and controversial position. This book explores the origins of the new middle classes that emerged in …
Violence
A Reader
Inbunden, 2002
1481 kr
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Historians consider the previous century to have been one of the most violent periods in human history. As we move into an era where violence is sanitized and normalized in the media, and depicted as glamorous and fun, how will we relate to the violence in our midst? Why do people and their …
Violence
A Reader
Häftad, 2002
481 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Historians consider the previous century to have been one of the most violent periods in human history. As we move into an era where violence is sanitized and normalized in the media, and depicted as glamorous and fun, how will we relate to the violence in our midst? Why do people and their …
