Leisure

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• No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the ambivalent idea of leisure. After analyzing k... Lees meer

The Stranger

Shaun Best

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• This book explores the concept of the stranger as a 'modern' social form, identifying the differing conceptions of strangerhood presented in the liter... Lees meer

Transgression

Chris (Brunel University, London, UK) Jenks

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• In this fast moving study, Chris Jenks presents a broad overview of the history of ideas, the major theorists and the significant moments in the forma... Lees meer

Class

Nick Stevenson

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• This accessible introductory text offers an engaging and thought-provoking discussion of class in relation to several cultural, sociological and polit... Lees meer

The Stranger

Shaun Best

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• This book explores the concept of the stranger as a 'modern' social form, identifying the differing conceptions of strangerhood presented in the liter... Lees meer

Leisure

Tony Blackshaw

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• No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the ambivalent idea of leisure. After analyzing k... Lees meer

Transnationalism

Steven Vertovec

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• 'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states. This book surveys the ... Lees meer

Racism

Robert Miles

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• This second edition brings the book up to date by looking at recent examples of racism, such as the war in the former Yugoslavia, the cases of Stephen... Lees meer

Consumption

Robert Bocock

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• Provides a critical overview of the major sociological approaches to consumption in both modern and postmodern societies. Bocock develops a distinctiv... Lees meer

Consumption

Robert Bocock

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• Provides a critical overview of the major sociological approaches to consumption in both modern and postmodern societies. Bocock develops a distinctiv... Lees meer

Postcolonial Europe

Lars Jensen

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• This book presents an overview of the direct and indirect ways in which Europe continues to be influenced by its entrenched postcolonial condition, co... Lees meer

Nihilism

Bulent Diken

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• This book addresses the genealogy and consequences of nihilism, attempts at 'sociologizing' the concept of nihilism by relating nihilism to capitalism... Lees meer

Lifestyles

David Chaney

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• This clearly written introduction to the concept of lifestyles offers a concise guide to how the term is used in sociological accounts to refer to thi... Lees meer

Human Rights

Anthony Woodiwiss

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• Drawing on resources in classical and contemporary social theory and working through case studies of Britain, the US and Japan, Woodiwiss provides, fo... Lees meer

Cosmopolitanism

Robert Fine

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• The idea of cosmopolitanism has informed some of the most important developments in current sociology. It has changed the way in which we think about ... Lees meer

Symbolic Construction of Community

Anthony P Cohen

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• Anthony Cohen makes a distinct break with earlier approaches to the study of community, which treated the subject in largely structural terms. His vie... Lees meer

The Virtual

Rob Shields

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• This work argues that the virtual has become one of the key organizing principles of contemporary society for the public realms of politics and busine... Lees meer

Renewable Energies

Matthias Gross, Rüdiger Mautz

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• Renewable Energy normally refers to usable energy sources that are an alternative to fuel sources, but without the negatively evaluated consequences o... Lees meer

Refugia

Robin Cohen, Nicholas Van Hear

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• This is an unusual book. Combining social science fiction, utopianism, pragmatism, sober analysis and innovative social theory, the authors address on... Lees meer

Old Age

John Vincent

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• Recent decades have seen a fundamental change in the age structure of many Western societies. This book provides an overview of the key issues. Lees meer

Welfare Conditionality

Beth Watts, Suzanne Fitzpatrick

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• This concise text provides a wide-ranging account of welfare conditionality as a policy mechanism for changing people's behaviour. It charts the rise ... Lees meer

Globalization

Malcolm Waters

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• In this extensively revised and restructured new edition of Globalization, Malcolm Waters provides a user-friendly introduction to the main arguments ... Lees meer

Experts

Nico Stehr, Reiner Grundmann

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• In this book, Stehr and Grundmann outline the theoretical significance and practical importance of the growing stratum of experts, counsellors and adv... Lees meer

Universal Basic Income

Brian McDonough, Jessie Bustillos Morales

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• Universal basic income is a controversial policy which is causing a stir amongst academics, politicians, journalists and policy-makers all over the wo... Lees meer