wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Ethnography in Context
ISBN: 9781848600881 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 1528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Ethnography is an extremely broad church, and the range of methodological stances adopted by ethnographers extends across theoretical, political and technological divides. As a method it is intense and often makes considerable personal demands on the researcher, but as an academic product, the ethnography can be a vivid document with human resonance impossible to recreate by the application of any other methodology. This collection emphasizes something of the range of possibilities focusing on ethnography in different settings. Implicit in the text is the very specific problems encountered by...
Ethnography is an extremely broad church, and the range of methodological stances adopted by ethnographers extends across theoretical, political and t...
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3541,63 zł |
The Business: Talking with thieves, gangsters and dealers
ISBN: 9781789464146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Dick Hobbs pulls back the curtain to show us how career criminals think, behave, and how they do 'The Business'
Dick Hobbs pulls back the curtain to show us how career criminals think, behave, and how they do 'The Business'
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46,63 zł |
Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class, and Detectives in the East End of London
ISBN: 9780198255987 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this controversial and original study of policing, class relations and organizations, Hobbs illustrates the culture of London's East End and its relationship with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. Both the East Enders and the Metropolitan Police are considered in terms of their relationship with the marketplace and the emergent strategies of negotiation, trading, and entrepreneurship.
In this controversial and original study of policing, class relations and organizations, Hobbs illustrates the culture of London's East End and its re...
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433,78 zł |
Lush Life: Constructing Organized Crime in the UK
ISBN: 9780199668281 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Lush Life: Constructing Organized Crime in the UK opens 'the box marked do not open, too difficult to deal with', in the words of one Assistant Chief Constable, to explore the contested notion of British organized crime. The first book to trace the history and policing of British organized crime, it addresses how the interlocking processes of de-industrialisation, globalisation and neo-liberalism have normalised activity that was previously the exclusive domain of professional criminals.
With both historical and sociological analyses, informed by the author's long term connection to an... Lush Life: Constructing Organized Crime in the UK opens 'the box marked do not open, too difficult to deal with', in the words of one Assistant Chief ...
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394,01 zł |
Interpreting the Field: Accounts of Ethnography
ISBN: 9780198258414 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book has two central purposes: to demonstrate the importance of qualitative research through an examination of the type of data that it is capable of producing, and, to do so using first-hand research accounts of ethnographic work. In reflecting upon personal experiences of field-work, together with the research strategies employed, the authors illustrate their arguments in a detailed and accessible manner. The themes they discuss include the ethics and politics of field-work, reflexivity and data production, feminist field-work, the publication and production of studies, and an...
This book has two central purposes: to demonstrate the importance of qualitative research through an examination of the type of data that it is capabl...
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222,47 zł |
Mischief, Morality and Mobs: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Pearson
ISBN: 9781138679733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Geoffrey Pearson, who died in 2013, was one of the outstanding social scientists of the post second world war era. His work spanned social work, social theory, social history, criminology and sociology. In particular, his work has had a huge impact upon studies of youth, youth culture and drugs. This collection is made up of contributions from scholars producing empirical work on some of the key areas upon which Geoff Pearson established his reputation. All of the writers in this collection have been profoundly influenced by his scholarship. This collection focuses on urban... Geoffrey Pearson, who died in 2013, was one of the outstanding social scientists of the post second world war era. His work spanned social work, so... |
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498,40 zł |
Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-Time Economy
ISBN: 9780199252244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book is the first attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Using ethnography, participant observation and extensive interviews with all the main players, this controversial book charts the emergence of the bouncer as one of the most graphic symbols in the iconography of post-industrial Britain.
This book is the first attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent ...
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224,96 zł |
Mischief, Morality and Mobs: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Pearson
ISBN: 9780367371098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Geoffrey Pearson, who died in 2013, was one of the outstanding social scientists of the post second world war era. His work spanned social work, social theory, social history, criminology and sociology. In particular, his work has had a huge impact upon studies of youth, youth culture and drugs.
This collection is made up of contributions from scholars producing empirical work on some of the key areas upon which Geoff Pearson established his reputation. All of the writers in this collection have been profoundly influenced by his scholarship. This collection focuses on urban ethnography, race... Geoffrey Pearson, who died in 2013, was one of the outstanding social scientists of the post second world war era. His work spanned social work, socia...
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146,86 zł |
Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class, and Detectives in the East End of London
ISBN: 9780198258322 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Doing the Business looks at the culture of London's East End and its relationship with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. The cultures of both the East End and the CID are examined in terms of their relationship with the market place and the emergent strategies of negotiation, trading, and, most importantly, entrepreneurship.
The author breaks new ground in several crucial areas. He asks how well traditional notions of working class culture fit the East End, and argues convincingly that they do not. His model of an entrepreneurial working class culture (a... Doing the Business looks at the culture of London's East End and its relationship with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Polic...
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197,62 zł |
Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-Time Economy
ISBN: 9780199288007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book is the first attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Using ethnography, participant observation and extensive interviews with all the main players, this controversial book charts the emergence of the bouncer as one of the most graphic symbols in the iconography of post-industrial Britain.
This book is the first attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent ...
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130,52 zł |
Bad Business: Professional Crime in Modern Britain
ISBN: 9780198258483 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Written by a leading commentator on the culture of crime and criminality, this book is a hard-hitting and disturbing insight into the activities and attitudes of professional Criminals. The work is based upon interviews with generations of criminals whose activities range from violence, intimidation, and protection rackets through to drug dealing and car theft. Professional criminals talk in graphic detail about their violent methods and ruthless attitudes to those who stand in their way. The stories show a picture of a community where criminals have an elevated status, where violence is seen...
Written by a leading commentator on the culture of crime and criminality, this book is a hard-hitting and disturbing insight into the activities and a...
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227,45 zł |
Securing and Sustaining the Olympic City: Reconfiguring London for 2012 and Beyond
ISBN: 9780367602284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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209,82 zł |
The Eternal Recurrence of Crime and Control: Essays in Honour of Paul Rock
ISBN: 9780199580231 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Eternal Recurrence of Crime and Control features contributions from a distinguished group of criminologists from the UK, the US and Australia, brought together to honour the work of Paul Rock, former Professor of Social Institutions at the London School of Economics. Edited by Tim Newburn, David Downes and Dick Hobbs, it offers an exploration of the theories which underpin much of current criminological thinking.
The resulting thirteen essays all examine and build upon the central themes associated with Paul Rock's work: social and criminological theory, policy development and... The Eternal Recurrence of Crime and Control features contributions from a distinguished group of criminologists from the UK, the US and Australia, bro...
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423,84 zł |
Policing the 2012 London Olympics: Legacy and Social Exclusion
ISBN: 9780367371074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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220,31 zł |