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Trump Phenomenon
How the Politics of Populism Won in 2016
Häftad, 2017
239 kr
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On November 8, 2016, American voters surprised the world by electing a rank outsider with no previous political experience, businessman and celebrity Donald J. Trump, to become the 45th President of the United States after one of the most divisive and contentious campaigns in recent history. In …
Kardashian Kulture
How Celebrities Changed Life in the 21st Century
Häftad, 2019
213 kr
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Kardashian Kulture uses the royal family of celebrity culture to scrutinize wider understandings of 21st century life. Examining the worlds of business, politics, technology and entertainment, Ellis Cashmore shows how fundamental changes to the way we live have been prompted by celebrities. …
Selfies
Why We Love (and Hate) Them
Häftad, 2018
252 kr
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This book brings a rich and nuanced analysis of selfie culture. It shows how selfies gain their meanings, illustrates different selfie practices, explores how selfies make us feel and why they have the power to make us feel anything, and unpacks how selfie practices and selfie related norms have …
World Beyond Work?
Labour, Money and the Capitalist State Between Crisis and Utopia
Av Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, Frederick Harry Pitts
Häftad, 2021
246 kr
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Sensing a future beyond work lurking in an age of crisis, the ‘post-capitalist’ utopias of today spread the idea of a permanent escape from work aided by the automation of production, a universal basic income and the reduction of working hours to zero. By skilfully unpicking the political economy …
Digital Detox
The Politics of Disconnecting
Häftad, 2020
239 kr
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Social media and smartphones are criticised for being addictive, destroying personal relationships, undermining productivity, and invading privacy. In this book, Trine Syvertsen explores the phenomenon of digital detox: users taking a break from digital media or adopting measures to limit …
Climate Emergency
How Societies Create the Crisis
Av Mark Harvey
Häftad, 2021
239 kr
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The recognition that climate change is now a climate emergency has been endorsed by a wide range of scientists and the United Nations. Natural scientists focus on the aggregate impacts of human activity resulting from burning fossil fuels and producing food, and hence speak of anthropogenic climate …
Family Carers and Caring
What It's All About
Häftad, 2023
163 kr
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Carers and caring are contemporary global issues of growing political and societal significance. Changing demographics in the UK and beyond, as well as policy drivers promoting community-based living, mean that the family is increasingly the site of care for relatives with long term support …
Educating Tomorrow
Learning for the Post-Pandemic World
Häftad, 2021
232 kr
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The post-pandemic world provides all of us with the opportunity to think differently about what we want for society. In Educating Tomorrow, Chris Brown and Ruth Luzmore explore what a post-Covid ‘blank slate’ education system could look like. Taking you on a journey which considers the past and …
Cabin Fever
Surviving Lockdown in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Av Paul Crawford, Jamie Orion Crawford
Häftad, 2021
253 kr
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This fascinating and timely book examines the distressing psychological syndrome of 'cabin fever' in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the greatest confinement of people to their homes in history, offering antidotes for it. Exploring the definitions and social and cultural history of cabin …
TikTok and Youth Cultures
Häftad, 2025
239 kr
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While cohorts of Gen Z have flocked to TikTok, some governments are fighting to have it banned. But where has it come from and what has enabled its incredible market penetration across various countries and demographics?Crystal Abidin draws on original empirical work, news reports, and industry …
Communicating COVID-19
Everyday Life, Digital Capitalism, and Conspiracy Theories in Pandemic Times
Häftad, 2021
239 kr
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The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has changed the way we live and communicate. The phases of lockdown brought about by the pandemic fundamentally changed the way we work, lead our everyday lives, and how we communicate, resulting in Internet platforms becoming more important than ever before. …
Wellness Culture
How the Wellness Movement has been used to Empower, Profit and Misinform
Häftad, 2022
239 kr
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Wellness has become synonymous with yoga, meditation, and other forms of self-care. Over the past 60 years, what began as an alternative to mainstream medicine has coalesced with consumer culture and has been commercialised to such an extent that the term is now synonymous with an industry of …
AI and Popular Culture
Av Lee Barron
Häftad, 2023
239 kr
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AI and Popular Culture explores the development and social significance of artificial intelligence by looking at representations in fiction, film and television, as well as examining the effect of AI technologies on the way we consume culture.Lee Barron traces the evolution of AI – from the Turing …
Digital Humanism
A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society
Häftad, 2022
239 kr
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Our contemporary global digital society is not always a good place to live. Authoritarianism, hatred, false news, post-truth culture, the COVID-19 anti-vaccination movement, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and political polarisation are organised via the Internet. The public sphere is highly …
Digital Feudalism
Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism
Av David Arditi
Häftad, 2023
239 kr
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Over the past two decades, corporations and venture capitalists have adjusted business models to change the digital world. As a result, the global economy has undergone a massive shift, changing the way we work, consume and pay for things. Under this new ‘digital feudalism’, we find precarious …
Culture Wars in Britain
The Myth of Exceptionalism and the Reality of Division
Av Nick Hubble
Häftad, 2026
226 kr
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The term "culture wars" has taken centre stage in British social and political discourse, characterized by deep divides over values, identity, and sovereignty. These conflicts, driven by class and emancipatory struggles, continue to evolve, highlighting critical divisions over issues such as …
Class Politics Now
Culture, Organization, and Democracy in Late-Stage Capitalism
Av Robert F. Carley, Daniella Mascarenhas
Häftad, 2027
226 kr
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Populist insurgencies. Creeping authoritarianism. Deepening class fragmentation. This is the volatile landscape created by late-stage capitalism. In the years since the 2008 financial crash, movements from Occupy, to the gilets jaunes, to the Fight for $15 have repeatedly mobilized working people …
Being Human
How to Thrive in an Ideas-Informed Future
Häftad, 2026
232 kr
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Ideas always have and always will change the world, whether this be via incremental shifts in understanding or behaviour, or from the introduction of revolutionary new ways of knowing and being. Being Human presents the concept of an ideas-informed society, in which new thinking and innovation …
Incel Crisis
Confronting Misogyny Online and Offline
Av Lisa Sugiura
Häftad, 2027
226 kr
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The Incel Crisis is the first accessible, academic research-driven book to unpack one of the most alarming social phenomena of our time. Who—or what—are incels? Written by a leading global expert and drawing on a decade of research in the field, Professor Lisa Sugiura goes beyond the headlines, …
Politics of Nostalgia
Class, Rootlessness and Decline
Av Simon Winlow
Häftad, 2025
239 kr
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For ordinary people today, the future seems dark and forbidding. In generations gone by, parents looked forward with optimism, confident their children would do better. Not anymore. Standards of living continue to fall. Our institutions seem redundant, our cities dilapidated and dysfunctional. …
Olympic Games
A Critical Approach
Häftad, 2020
239 kr
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Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympics command public attention, while Olympic mythology obscures their underlying function as a profit-making business. Unlike terms such as 'Olympic movement' and 'Olympic family', the …
Drones
The Brilliant, the Bad and the Beautiful
Av Andy Miah
Häftad, 2020
239 kr
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Against the backdrop of an increasingly dynamic world, driven by rapid digital innovation and technological advances, drones are becoming prolific within society. In this book, Andy Miah delivers a comprehensive analysis of the wide-reaching applications of drones, as well as a critical …
Reality Television
The TV Phenomenon that Changed the World
Häftad, 2019
239 kr
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Reality television is one of the defining genres of the 21st century. It is shown worldwide, features people from all walks of life and covers everything from romance to religion. It has not only changed television, but every other area of the media. So why has reality TV become such a huge …
Tattoos and Popular Culture
Cultural Representations in Ink
Av Lee Barron
Häftad, 2020
239 kr
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The rise of tattoos into the mainstream has been a defining aspect of 21st century western culture. Tattoos and Popular Culture showcases how tattoos have been catapulted from 'deviant' and 'alternative' subculture, into a popular culture, becoming a potent signifier of 'difference' for the …
Sex and Social Media
Av Katrin Tiidenberg, Emily van der Nagel
Häftad, 2020
232 kr
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Sex on and with social media is often construed as deviant, risky, or something only teenagers do because they don’t know better. Yet, academic scholarship has shown that sex on/with social media can allow people to create and playfully experiment with their identities; build meaningful …
Politicization of Mumsnet
Häftad, 2020
154 kr
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This book investigates the growing politicization ofMumsnet and its use by politicians to influence middle-class women in the UK.The site's discussion topics go far beyond traditional 'mothering' subjects andencompass politics, feminism and current affairs. Understood as a safe spacefor …
Disability and Other Human Questions
Av Dan Goodley
Häftad, 2020
239 kr
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DAN GOODLEY draws on two decades of research and writing and weaves personal stories, scholarly literature, social media and other cultural narratives together with concepts from the interdisciplinary field of disability studies. His argument is simple: disability invites great insight into the …
Food in a Changing Climate
Av Alana Mann
Häftad, 2021
239 kr
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Our diets are going to change dramatically as global warming affects growing seasons and the availability of different foods around the world. Meanwhile, our foodways are among the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. To address these challenges Food in a Changing Climate demands we …
Streaming Culture
Subscription Platforms And The Unending Consumption Of Culture
Av David Arditi
Häftad, 2021
239 kr
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The explosion of services such as Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, Apple Music, Amazon Prime and YouTube, which allow us to access content at the click of a button, has turned the norms surrounding cultural consumption upside down. How has this shift to an apparently unending supply of content affected …
SocietyNow Book Set (2016-2019)
Av Vincent Mosco, Matt Bolton m. fl.
2020
2195 kr
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Why is our world the way it is, right now?SocietyNow presents the best academic expertise examining key events, trends and phenomenon of current times.Readable, accessible and digestible commentary on the most complex and defining topics of the 21st Century.Written by leading experts in their …
