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Psychology of Aid
ISBN: 9780415142076 / Angielski / Twarda / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting a psychological approach to development studies, this work focuses on the social aspects of aid and the motivational foundations. Designed as a practical tool for looking at development projects in a new and structured way, the book brings together many of the social aspects of development and aid, from the needs of the Northern donor to the public tensions between Third World host and foreign development agencies.
Presenting a psychological approach to development studies, this work focuses on the social aspects of aid and the motivational foundations. Designed ...
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Whitewash: Racialized Politics and the Media
ISBN: 9780415149693 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By putting the language used in television, the radio, the internet and press, as well as that spoken by key leaders, under the spotlight, what is ultimately revealed is the existence of a 'white' language, both coded and overt.
Taking specific examples and presenting new factual evidence, John Gabriel studies the racial politics that lie behind much of the communication in the public arena. Case studies draw on contemporary political controversies and are used to explore the relationship between racialised forms of media discourse and political and economic change. By putting the language used in television, the radio, the internet and press, as well as that spoken by key leaders, under the spotlight, what is ult...
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The Politics of Display: Museums, Science, Culture
ISBN: 9780415153256 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The assumption that museum exhibitions, particularly those concerned with science and technology, are somehow neutral and impartial is today being challenged both in the public arena and in the academy. The Politics of Display brings together studies of contemporary and historical exhibitions and contends that exhibitions are never, and never have been, above politics. Rather, technologies of display and ideas about 'science' and 'objectivity' are mobilized to tell stories of progress, citizenship, racial and national difference. The display of the Enola Gay, the aircraft which...
The assumption that museum exhibitions, particularly those concerned with science and technology, are somehow neutral and impartial is today being cha...
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Home Territories : Media, Mobility and Identity
ISBN: 9780415157643 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines how traditional ideas of home, homeland and nation have been destabilized both by patterns of migration and by communication technologies which routinely transgress the symbolic boundaries around both the private household and the nation state. David Morley analyzes the varieties of exile, diaspora, displacement, connectedness and mobility experienced by members of social groups, and relates the micro-structures of the home, the family and the domestic realm, to contemporary debates about the nation, community and cultural identities. He explores issues such as the role of...
This work examines how traditional ideas of home, homeland and nation have been destabilized both by patterns of migration and by communication techno...
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Power and the Social
ISBN: 9780415162876 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looking at the different ways power has been theorised from Hobbes to Giddens, this book analyzes the ways in which the theories have been applied. By bringing together theory and substantive analysis, this invaluable introductory text provides a clear and imaginative account of power and power relations. Processes and structures of power are analyzed within key areas of sociological concern, including: Looking at the different ways power has been theorised from Hobbes to Giddens, this book analyzes the ways in which the theories have been applied.... |
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Ideal Homes?: Social Change and the Experience of the Home
ISBN: 9780415171212 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ideal Homes? shows how both popular images and experiences of home life relate to the ability of society's members to produce and respond to social change.
The book provides for the first time an analysis of the space of the home and the experiences of home life by writers from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, architecture, geography and anthropology. It covers a range of subjects, including gender roles, different generations relationships to home, the changing nature of the family, transition and risk and alternative visions of home. Ideal Homes? shows how both popular images and experiences of home life relate to the ability of society's members to produce and respond to ...
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Indian Village
ISBN: 9780415175722 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Personality of the Urban African in South Africa
ISBN: 9780415177023 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Education in Israel ILS 222
ISBN: 9780415177580 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Age of Chance : Gambling in Western Culture
ISBN: 9780415179973 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Apophoreta of Imperial Rome to the ersatz grandeur of Las Vegas, from ritual divination to weekly lottery fever, individuals have pitted themselves against the chaotic forces of Fate. The Age of Reason promised to bring such forces within our control, but as we look around us, it appears that life has never been more uncertain: risk, speculation and flux are our constant companions. We have entered the Age of Chance. Characteristic of this age is the increasing popularity of gambling throughout western society. Gerda Reith examines its enduring appeal, exploring its complex relation...
From the Apophoreta of Imperial Rome to the ersatz grandeur of Las Vegas, from ritual divination to weekly lottery fever, individuals have pitted them...
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Animals, Disease and Human Society: Human-Animal Relations and the Rise of Veterinary Medicine
ISBN: 9780415181938 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the issue of animal disease has seldom been out of the headlines. The emergence of BSE and the threat of food-bourne infections such as E-coli and salmonella have focussed public attention on the impact of animal disease upon human society. However, the problem of animal disease is far from new. This text explores the history and nature of our dependency upon other animals and the implications of this for human and animal health. Writing from an historical and sociological perspective, Joanna Swabe's work discussses such issues as: animal domestication; the consequences of...
In recent years, the issue of animal disease has seldom been out of the headlines. The emergence of BSE and the threat of food-bourne infections such ...
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Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415189750 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frantz Fanon was a fearless critic of colonialism and a key figure in Algeria's struggle for independence. Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives addresses Fanon's extraordinary, often contraversial writings, and examines the ways in which his work can shed light on contemporary issues in cultural politics. Embracing feminist theory, cultural studies and postcolonialism, Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives offers new directions for cultural and political thought in the postcolonial era.
Frantz Fanon was a fearless critic of colonialism and a key figure in Algeria's struggle for independence. Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives
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Trans-Nationalism and the Politics of Belonging
ISBN: 9780415189798 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, two leading authorities on migration and nationhood attempt to bridge the gap between experience and analysis, looking at:
* the disorientating effects of space and time which migration creates * how migration affects our understanding of national affiliations and the nation state * the impact of cross national economic relations on everyday life. The authors examine the migration of both rich and poor, crossing borders and living increasingly diasporic lives, and show how even as people move across borders, they still seek to be at home in the world through the... In this book, two leading authorities on migration and nationhood attempt to bridge the gap between experience and analysis, looking at:
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Reflexive Historical Sociology
ISBN: 9780415190510 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reconstructs and brings together the work of a number of social and political theorists in order to gain new insight on the emergence and character of modern Western society. It examines the intersection point of social theory and historical sociology in a new theoretical approach called "reflexive historical sociology." There is analysis of the works of Max Weber, Michel Foucault, Norbert Elias, Eric Voegelin and a number of others. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 examines the works of Eric Voegelin, Norbert Elias, Lewis Mumford and Franz Borkenau. Part 2 is... This book reconstructs and brings together the work of a number of social and political theorists in order to gain new insight on the emergence and... |
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Danger in the Field: Ethics and Risk in Social Research
ISBN: 9780415193214 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The nature of qualitative inquiry means that researchers constantly have to deal with the unexpected, and all too often this means coping with the presence of danger or risk. This innovative and lively analysis of danger in various qualitative research settings is drawn from researchers' reflexive accounts of their own encounters with 'danger'. An original take on the ever-popular topic of the ethics of research, this pioneering book expands the common sense use of the term to encompass not just physical danger, but emotional, ethical and professional danger too, with the authors... The nature of qualitative inquiry means that researchers constantly have to deal with the unexpected, and all too often this means coping with the ... |
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Sex Tourism: Marginal People and Liminalities
ISBN: 9780415195096 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sex Tourism examines the issues which emerge from sex worker-client interactions and from tourists visiting 'sex destinations'. It is a comprehensive summary of past research by academics and original primary and secondary research by the authors and has examples from Asia, Australasia and the USA.
The authors have generated new models to show different dimensions of sex tourism, which normalise at least some components of the sex industry, and represent a new way of looking at sex tourism by challenging the preconceived perceptions that some people have of sex tourism or confirm... Sex Tourism examines the issues which emerge from sex worker-client interactions and from tourists visiting 'sex destinations'. It is a compr...
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Durkheim's Suicide: A Century of Research and Debate
ISBN: 9780415205825 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897 is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The chapters cover such issues as the use of statistics, explanation of suicide, anomi and religion and the morality of suicide. This book should be of interest to scholars of Durkheim's thought and sociologists looking for a fresh methodological perspective.
Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897 is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's though...
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Risk and Technological Culture: Towards a Sociology of Virulence
ISBN: 9780415229005 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The question as to whether we are now entering a risk society has become a key debate in contemporary social theory. Risk and Technological Culture presents a critical discussion of the main theories of risk from Ulrich Becks foundational work to that of his contemporaries such as Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash and assesses the extent to which risk has impacted on modern societies. In this discussion van Loon demonstrates how new technologies are transforming the character of risk and examines the relationship between technological culture and society through substantive chapters on...
The question as to whether we are now entering a risk society has become a key debate in contemporary social theory. Risk and Technological Cultur...
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Madness, Disability and Social Exclusion : The Archaeology and Anthropology of 'Difference'
ISBN: 9780415230025 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study draws together a number of specialist disciplines, such as archaeology, history, anthropology, disability studies, mental health and psychiatry, to create a new perspective on social and physical exclusion from society. A range of evidence throws light on such themes as the causes and consequences of social exclusion stigma, marginality, dangerousness and ritual power of the other in society. In addition, the emotional and intellectual effects of social and/or physical exclusion on those who are subjected to it in contemporary society are discussed. The multiple contributions to...
This study draws together a number of specialist disciplines, such as archaeology, history, anthropology, disability studies, mental health and psychi...
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Bedlam on the Streets
ISBN: 9780415232982 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens when the mad are let out of the asylum and there is nowhere for them to go?
This hard-hitting and controversial new book traces the terms on which the mad occupy the city's streets, homeless shelters, shopping centres and fast food outlets. This social geography of madness is situated within the broader parameters of systems of social welfare and globalization, arguing that the 'community mental health care' system is actually a system of neglect. Bedlam on the Streets is a richly textured ethnography combining stark photographic images of people and places with... What happens when the mad are let out of the asylum and there is nowhere for them to go?
This hard-hitting and controversial new book traces the t... |
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