wyszukanych pozycji: 40
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Multiculturalism in a Global Society
ISBN: 9780631221944 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Multiculturalism in Global Society explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied effects on the advanced industrial nations of the world. With remarkable clarity and concision, it focuses on the interrelated ties of ethnicity, race, and nationalism in a world where globalizing processes have made such ties increasingly important in economic, political, and cultural terms. Students and scholars looking for the most up-to-date approach to understanding multiculturalism in a global perspective will find this to be an engaging,...
Multiculturalism in Global Society explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied eff...
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212,84 |
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Incorporating Diversity: Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age
ISBN: 9781594510809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As the best single-source collection of classic and contemporary readings on the subject, this anthology will be a valuable reference to scholars of immigration, race and ethnicity, national identity, and the history of ideas, and indispensable for courses in history and the social sciences dealing with these topics.' Ruben G. Rumbaut, co-author of Immigrant America: A Portrait and Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation Societies today are increasingly characterized by their ethnic, racial, and religious diversity. One key question raised by the global migration of people is...
As the best single-source collection of classic and contemporary readings on the subject, this anthology will be a valuable reference to scholars of i...
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962,84 |
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The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory
ISBN: 9781107162693 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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927,82 |
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Religion and Immigration: Migrant Faiths in North America and Western Europe
ISBN: 9780745641706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of research relating to immigration and religion that have been produced during the past two decades.
Religion, once a neglected topic in migration studies, is today seen as a crucially important aspect of the immigrant experience. For some - particularly those focusing on religion in North America - religion has been portrayed as a vital resource for many immigrants engaged in the essential identity work required in adjusting to the receiving society.... This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of research relating to ...
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126,24 |
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Social Theory: Roots & Branches
ISBN: 9780190060398 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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896,41 |
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The Rapture of Politics: Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000
ISBN: 9781560008026 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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241,90 |
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Americans All: Race and Ethnic Relations in Historical, Structural, and Comparative Perspectives
ISBN: 9780195330533 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The second edition of Peter Kivisto and Wendy Ng's Americans All introduces foundational ideas and concepts about race and ethnic groups and applies them to issues and events relevant to today's college student population. The text combines both empirical and theoretical material and is designed to help students better understand our highly diverse society. It illustrates the importance of using sociology to identify and assess both the dynamics of ethnic conflicts and the forces that might serve to create a more harmonious society.
This text differs from other race and ethnic... The second edition of Peter Kivisto and Wendy Ng's Americans All introduces foundational ideas and concepts about race and ethnic groups and ...
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314,99 |
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Rethinking Mimesis: Concepts and Practices of Literary Representation
ISBN: 9781443839013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Literary mimesis is an age-old concept which has been variously interpreted and at times highly contested, and which has recently been brought back to the forefront of scholarly interest. The debate around mimesis has been reactivated by approaches that re-evaluate its meaning both in the ancient texts in which it first appeared, and in the contemporary discussions of the power of literary representation. This volume presents a selection of central contributions to both the theoretical debate on mimesis and to its up-to-date critical practice. This volume approaches mimesis by emphasising the...
Literary mimesis is an age-old concept which has been variously interpreted and at times highly contested, and which has recently been brought back to...
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233,84 |
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Critical Distance: Ethical and Literary Engagements with Detachment, Isolation, and Otherness
ISBN: 9783031355608 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book argues that no ethically appropriate relation to other human beings is possible unless we treat them as genuinely other. The authors provide reasons to be critical of various attempts, many of them popular in our contemporary (Western) culture, to encourage deeper attachment to and immersion into others’ lives and experiences. They defend the significance of the distance between human beings, criticizing exaggerated uses of, e.g., the concept of empathy and related concepts in academic as well as more popular ethical contexts, across a range of issues from the nature of ethical... This book argues that no ethically appropriate relation to other human beings is possible unless we treat them as genuinely other. The authors prov... |
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222,41 |
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Multiculturalism in the United States: Current Issues, Contemporary Voices
ISBN: 9780761986485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This reader focuses on the extremely current, important topic of racial and ethnic experiences in the United States today. Most of the essays were commissioned especially for this reader and have been prepared by some of the brightest voices in this cutting edge field. Instructors in search of a current, comprehensive multicultural reader will find this a valuable student resource whether it is the sole focus of their course or to be integrated into another content area. This reader focuses on the extremely current, important topic of racial and ethnic experiences in the United States today. Most of the essays were ... |
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764,03 |
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Death in Literature
ISBN: 9781443856782 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Death is an inevitable, yet mysterious event. Fiction is one way to imagine and gain knowledge of death. Death is very useful to literature, as it creates plot twists, suspense, mysteries, and emotional effects in narrations. But more importantly, stories about death seem to have an existential importance to our lives. Stories provide fictional encounters with death and give meaning for both death and life. Thus, death is more than a physical or psychological experience in literature; it also highlights existential questions concerning humanity and storytelling.This volume, entitled Death in...
Death is an inevitable, yet mysterious event. Fiction is one way to imagine and gain knowledge of death. Death is very useful to literature, as it cre...
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259,82 |
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Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States
ISBN: 9781349347698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With multicultural incorporation as an option, the authors explore the potential impact of the politics of identity in societies with social democratic welfare states committed to redistributive politics.
This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With mu...
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202,19 |
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Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments
ISBN: 9781442216914 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This third edition introduces students to key principles in the sociology of religion-from history and theory to contemporary debates. This edition features new material on the relationships of religion to race and ethnicity, and to gender and sexuality, the perceived rise of both fundamentalism and secularism, global religion, and more.
This third edition introduces students to key principles in the sociology of religion-from history and theory to contemporary debates. This edition fe...
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727,65 |
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Shaping Citizenship: A Political Concept in Theory, Debate and Practice
ISBN: 9781138735989 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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839,40 |
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Shaping Citizenship: A Political Concept in Theory, Debate and Practice
ISBN: 9780367371548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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251,77 |
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Populism in the Civil Sphere
ISBN: 9781509544738 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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285,86 |
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Populism in the Civil Sphere
ISBN: 9781509544745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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98,70 |
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Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration
ISBN: 9781839105456 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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1169,44 |
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Psychopaths in Our Lives: My Interviews
ISBN: 9781517307882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. We think of serial killers when we hear the word psychopath, but the vast majority are not in prison, but walking among us. Lacking a conscience, they leave a path of destruction and despair as they pass through.
You will read in their own words how they approach relationships, how they manipulate their partners, and what they think about themselves and others. "Dianne Emerson provides readers with the rare opportunity to enter the personal lives of three male psychopaths through their own words. Through the careful organization of their everyday stories of who, what, when and where,... We think of serial killers when we hear the word psychopath, but the vast majority are not in prison, but walking among us. Lacking a conscience, they...
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52,40 |
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Race and Ethnicity: The Basics
ISBN: 9780415773737 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Race and ethnicity have shaped the social, cultural and political character of much of the world, and remain an important influence on contemporary life in the 21st Century. Race and Ethnicity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to these potent forces. Topics covered include: The forms and dynamics of racial and ethnic relations The dynamics of inequality The relationship between prejudice and discrimination Ethnic conflict Models of inclusion Including plenty of examples, chapter summaries and a glossary, this book is an essential read for all those interested in the contested field of...
Race and ethnicity have shaped the social, cultural and political character of much of the world, and remain an important influence on contemporary li...
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518,45 |