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Banking Across Boundaries. Placing Finance in Capitalism
Brett Christophers
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual ‘placement’. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking...
Careers in Anthropology. Profiles of Practitioner Anthropologists
Paula L. W. Sabloff
NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. peer reviewed...
44 Letters From the Liquid Modern World
Zygmunt Bauman
This liquid modern world of ours, like all liquids, cannot stand still and keep its shape for long. Everything keeps changing – the fashions we follow, the events that intermittently catch our attention, the things we dream of and things we...
Handbook of HIV and Social Work. Principles, Practice, and Populations
Cynthia Poindexter Cannon
Praise for Handbook of HIV and Social Work «Cynthia Cannon Poindexter has given us a remarkable edited volume that contains much information on HIV that every professional social worker needs to know in order to practice competently in today's...
The Secular State Under Siege. Religion and Politics in Europe and America
Christian Joppke
Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through the process of secularization, secularism is...
Modern Environments and Human Health. Revisiting the Second Epidemiological Transition
Molly Zuckerman K.
Written in an engaging and jargon-free style by a team of international and interdisciplinary experts, Modern Environments and Human Health demonstrates by example how methods, theoretical approaches, and data from a wide range of disciplines...
Collateral Damage. Social Inequalities in a Global Age
Zygmunt Bauman
The term ‘collateral damage' has recently been added to the vocabulary of military forces to refer to the unintended consequences of armed interventions, consequences that are unplanned but nevertheless damaging and often very costly in human...
Contested Knowledge. Social Theory Today
Steven Seidman
In the fifth edition Contested Knowledge, social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift of 'universalist theorists' to networks of clustered debates. Responds to current issues,...
Reinventing Political Culture. The Power of Culture versus the Culture of Power
Jeffrey Goldfarb C.
The way people think and act politically is not set in stone. People can and do change the fundamental cultural contours of their political situation. Their political culture does not only restrict imagination and action – it is also a resource...
Wall Street at War. The Secret Struggle for the Global Economy
Alexandra Ouroussoff
Many of the problems that lie at the heart of the current financial crisis stem from a significant but little-known development that occurred in the early 1980s: investors changed their investment criteria. This change gave rise to a conflict –...
Introduction to Sociological Theory, eTextbook. Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century
Michele Dillon
Combining carefully chosen primary quotes with extensive discussion and everyday illustrative examples, this book provides an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Uses a wide range of newspaper examples to illustrate the...
Subcultural Theory. Traditions and Concepts
J. Williams Patrick
Subcultural phenomena continue to draw attention from many areas of contemporary society, including the news media, the marketing and fashion industries, concerned parents, religious, and other citizen groups, as well as academia. Research into...
Alternative and Activist New Media
Leah Lievrouw
Alternative and Activist New Media provides a rich and accessible overview of the ways in which activists, artists, and citizen groups around the world use new media and information technologies to gain visibility and voice, present alternative...
Diasporas in the Contemporary World
Milton Esman J.
Throughout human history people have moved across national borders. With the advent of globalization, they are now moving in record numbers in search of greater security or better livelihoods. Diasporas have become an ever important and visible...
This is not a Diary
Zygmunt Bauman
This is not a diary: while these observations were recorded in autumn 2010 and spring 2011 in the form of dated entries, they are not a personal reflection but an attempt to capture signs of our times in their movement – possibly at birth, at a...
Women's Human Rights
Niamh Reilly
Women's Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalising Age explores the emergence of transnational, UN-oriented, feminist advocacy for womens human rights, especially over the past three decades. It identifies the main feminist influences...
Children and the Internet
Sonia Livingstone
Is the internet really transforming children and young people’s lives? Is the so-called ‘digital generation’ genuinely benefiting from exciting new opportunities? And, worryingly, facing new risks? This major new book by a leading researcher...
Work's Intimacy
Melissa Gregg
This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves between the offices and homes of workers in the knew «knowledge» economy to provide intimate insight...
The Autism Matrix
Gil Eyal
Today autism has become highly visible. Once you begin to look for it, you realize it is everywhere. Why? We all know the answer or think we do: there is an autism epidemic. And if it is an epidemic, then we know what must be done: lots of money...
Gender and Culture
Anne Phillips
The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic...
Crying Shame. Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament
James Wilce M.
Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent. Explores the enduring power of lament: expressing grief through crying songs, often in a...
Allah Made Us. Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City
Rudolf Gaudio Pell
A rich and engrossing account of 'sexual outlaws' in the Hausa-speaking region of northern Nigeria, where Islamic law requires strict separation of the sexes and different rules of behavior for women and men in virtually every facet of life. The...
Modernity
Peter Wagner
We live in a modern age, but what does ‘modern’ mean and how can a reflection on ‘modernity’ help us to understand the world today? These are the questions that Peter Wagner sets out to answer in this concise and accessible book. Wagner begins...
Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others
James Gilligan
Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been «hiding in plain sight» for the past century – namely, that when America's...
Does the Richness of the Few Benefit Us All?
Zygmunt Bauman
It is commonly assumed that the best way to help the poor out of their misery is to allow the rich to get richer, that if the rich pay less taxes then all the rest of us will be better off, and that in the final analysis the richness of the few...
Case Studies in Social Work Practice
Craig LeCroy W.
A practical approach to understanding social work concepts in action that integrates theory and practice In this updated edition of the classic social work text, students and instructors have access to real-world demonstrations of how social...
The Misguided Search for the Political
Lois McNay
There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack relevance to ‘real’ politics. Echoing these debates, Lois McNay examines in this book some theories of...
You Must Change Your Life
Peter Sloterdijk
In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth – the myth of the return of religion. For it is not religion that is returning; rather, there is something else quite profound that is taking on...
A Companion to Forensic Anthropology
Dennis Dirkmaat
A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology currently available, with chapters by renowned international scholars and experts. Highlights the...
A Companion to Moral Anthropology
Didier Fassin
A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this...
A Companion to Chinese Archaeology
Anne Underhill P.
A Companion to Chinese Archaeology is an unprecedented, new resource on the current state of archaeological research in one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It presents a collection of readings from leading archaeologists in China and...
Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Mike Morris
Practical and accessible, this dictionary is designed to enlighten those newly engaged in anthropological study or seeking a quick guide to the field. Fills a need for a beginner’s pocket guide to the far-reaching and complex field of...
Desertification, Land Degradation and Sustainability
Anton Imeson
Desertification offers a comprehensive overview of the subject and clearly emphasizes the link between local and global desertification processes and how past and current policy has affected arid environments and their populations. This text...
A Companion to Biological Anthropology
Clark Larsen Spencer
An extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biological anthropology; chapters are written by leading scholars who have themselves played a major role in shaping the direction and scope of the discipline. Extensive overview of the...
A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment
Frances Mascia-Lees E.
A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body. In this ground-breaking work on the body and embodiment, the latest...
Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets
Manuel Aalbers B.
Utilizing research from the U.S., Italy, and the Netherlands, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets presents an in depth examination of the practice of redlining and the broader implications of contemporary urban exclusion processes. Covers...
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology
George Ritzer
Featuring a collection of original chapters by leading and emerging scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of the major topics and emerging trends in the discipline of sociology today....
A Companion to the Anthropology of India
Isabelle Clark-Deces
A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India’s globalization in the twenty-first century. Provides readers with an...
The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, eTextbook
Martin Davies
A comprehensive introduction to the field, with contributions from leading experts that illuminate the focus and purpose of social work. New edition of THE leading social work textbook for undergraduates Provides comprehensive coverage of all...
A Companion to Cultural Resource Management
Thomas King F.
A Companion to Cultural Resource Management is an essential guide to those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of CRM and heritage management. Expert contributors share their knowledge and illustrate CRM's practice and scope, as well as the...
Gender and International Relations
Jill Steans
The third edition of Jill Steans’ popular and highly respected text offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to gender in international relations today. Its nine chapters have been fully revised and expanded to cover key issues,...
Agent-Based Computational Sociology
Flaminio Squazzoni
Most of the intriguing social phenomena of our time, such as international terrorism, social inequality, and urban ethnic segregation, are consequences of complex forms of agent interaction that are difficult to observe methodically and...
A Companion to Paleopathology
Anne Grauer L.
A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology. Presents a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to...
The Posthuman
Rosi Braidotti
The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our...
Самопознание общества. Метод, средства, результаты
Пётр Иванович Смирнов
Монография содержит результаты применения авторской версии позитивизма к познанию общества. Рассмотрены основные понятия социологии: общество, социальное, потребности, ценности, нормы. Описаны важнейшие социальные явления: социальные институты,...
Экономическая социология. (Бакалавриат). Учебник.
Альберт Иванович Кравченко
Раскрыты структура, содержание и функции экономической социологии; основные этапы развития социолого-экономической мысли; особенности социально-экономического процесса, формы экономического сознания, мотивации и поведение; методики и техники...
2016: социально-экономическое положение населения – продолжающийся кризис или новая реальность?
Коллектив авторов
«Экономические итоги 2016 г. имеют различную интерпретацию – от осторожного оптимизма правительства, заявляющего об окончании кризиса и о вхождении в новую экономическую фазу «новая экономическая реальность», до пессимизма экспертного...
Комплекс Чебурашки, или Общество послушания
Светлана Адоньева
В фокусе внимания настоящей книги – символические практики социального контроля: феномен страха сглаза, ожидание похвалы, готовность ради нее быть «хорошим» и послушным, соревнования за престижную роль Снегурочки в детских карнавалах, привычка к...
Символический порядок
Светлана Адоньева
Автор рассматривает полоскание белья как форму любви и признания, обращение с мусором – как форму доминирования, контроля и ответственности, воду – как категорию психологической трансформации, образ Хозяйки Медной горы – как форму границы...
Female Sexual Offenders. Theory, Assessment and Treatment
Cortoni Franca
Featuring a collection of essays by leading experts, Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment is the first book to bring together current research, clinical assessment, and treatment techniques of female sexual offenders into...
