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Behavior in Public Places
ISBN: 9780029119402 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Synopsis coming soon.......
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98,79 zł |
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Structure of Social Action 2ed v1
ISBN: 9780029242407 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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131,82 zł |
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The Nature of Social Science
ISBN: 9780156654258 / Angielski / Miękka / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A discussion of the social sciences and of their relation to the physical and biological sciences. Homans believes that these all form a single science, sharing the same subject and explanatory principles.
A discussion of the social sciences and of their relation to the physical and biological sciences. Homans believes that these all form a single scienc...
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78,57 zł |
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One Nation, Two Cultures: A Searching Examination of American Society in the Aftermath of Our Cultural Rev olution
ISBN: 9780375704109 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From one of today's most respected historians and cultural critics comes a new book examining the gulf in American society--a division that cuts across class, racial, ethnic, political and sexual lines.
One side originated in the tradition of republican virtue, the other in the counterculture of the late 1960s. Himmelfarb argues that, while the latter generated the dominant culture of today-particularly in universities, journalism, television, and film--a "dissident culture" continues to promote the values of family, a civil society, sexual morality, privacy, and patriotism. Proposing... From one of today's most respected historians and cultural critics comes a new book examining the gulf in American society--a division that cuts acros...
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73,21 zł |
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The Wisdom of Crowds
ISBN: 9780385721707 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons... In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are s... |
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88,45 zł |
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American Mania: When More Is Not Enough
ISBN: 9780393328493 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Peter C. Whybrow, director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA, grounds the extraordinary achievements and excessive consumption of the American nation in an understanding of the biology of the brain's reward system offering for the first time a comprehensive and physical explanation for the addictive mania of consumerism American Mania presents a clear and novel vantage point from which to understand the most pressing social issues of our time, while offering an informed approach to refocusing our pursuit of happiness. Drawing upon rich scientific case studies and colorful...
Peter C. Whybrow, director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA, grounds the extraordinary achievements and excessive consumption of the American...
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122,61 zł |
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The Widening Gap
ISBN: 9780465013098 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This hard-hitting book draws on the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups. What happens when kids get sick? When an elderly parent is hospitalized? How do poor families cope with work-family demands? Jody Heymann's research points to a widening gap between working families and the health and development of children. Outdated labor policy and practice must be brought into the twenty-first century, argues Heymann. To do less is to abandon the precepts of equal opportunity on which...
This hard-hitting book draws on the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of al...
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93,31 zł |
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Thought Contagion : How Belief Spreads Through Society: The New Science Of Memes
ISBN: 9780465084678 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine) will revel in Aaron Lynch's groundbreaking examination of memetics-the new study of how ideas and beliefs spread. What characterizes a meme is its capacity for displacing rival ideas and beliefs in an evolutionary drama that determines and changes the way people think. Exactly how do ideas spread, and what are the factors that make them genuine thought contagions? Why, for instance, do some beliefs spread throughout society, while others dwindle to extinction? What drives...
Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine) will revel in Aaron Lynch's gr...
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83,49 zł |
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The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World
ISBN: 9780609808450 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ARE YOU A CULTURAL CREATIVE?
Do you dislike all the emphasis in modern culture on success and making it, on getting and spending, on wealth and luxury goods? Do you care deeply about the destruction of the environment and would pay higher taxes or prices to clean it up and to stop global warming? Are you unhappy with both the left and the right in politics and want to find a new way that does not simply steer a middle course? In this landmark book, sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson draw upon thirteen years of survey research studies on more than... ARE YOU A CULTURAL CREATIVE?
Do you dislike all the emphasis in modern culture on success and making it, on getting and spending, on wealth and lu... |
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83,54 zł |
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Social Theory and Sociology : The Classics and Beyond
ISBN: 9780631191933 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Timely volume represents an attempt by leading practitioners in the field to think reflexively about the present state of social theory and its historical analogues, and to consider new directions opposed to the "classical" social theorists, as well as new uses of the classics. Social Theory and Sociology begins to address a problem that is salient for students as well as academics, namely, why and how does the legacy of social theory matter? What is the value of what we are learning?
No attempt is made to dodge these tough questions and some very different answers are... This Timely volume represents an attempt by leading practitioners in the field to think reflexively about the present state of social theory and its h...
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228,66 zł |
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Social Theory and Postcommunism
ISBN: 9780631211129 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism.
Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. Written by two leadi...
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167,15 zł |
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Classical Social Theory : A Contemporary Approach
ISBN: 9780631211648 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This accessible, original book is an exploration of the relevance of classical social theory in the contemporary world. It examines the work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim through the lens of new theoretical issues, such as the role of Empire, the problem of cultural differences, and the possibilities of democracy that are implicit in each theorist's perspective.
This accessible, original book is an exploration of the relevance of classical social theory in the contemporary world. It examines the work of Marx, ...
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584,35 zł |
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Classical Social Theory : A Contemporary Approach
ISBN: 9780631211655 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This accessible, original book is an exploration of the relevance of classical social theory in the contemporary world. It examines the work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim through the lens of new theoretical issues, such as the role of Empire, the problem of cultural differences, and the possibilities of democracy that are implicit in each theorist's perspective.
This accessible, original book is an exploration of the relevance of classical social theory in the contemporary world. It examines the work of Marx, ...
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234,00 zł |
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Classical and Modern Social Theory
ISBN: 9780631212874 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Classical and Modern Social Theory is comprehensive introduction to the field, covering a wide historical range of thinkers, from the classical to the postmodernist, as well as key themes in social theory and a guide to the major debates. Designed for students with little or no background in social theory, this single volume covering both classic and contemporary theory introduces the basic concepts at the center of social theory in accessible language and provides readers with a useful reference source to the field.
Classical and Modern Social Theory is comprehensive introduction to the field, covering a wide historical range of thinkers, from the classical...
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612,42 zł |
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Classical and Modern Social Theory
ISBN: 9780631212881 / Angielski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Classical and Modern Social Theory is comprehensive introduction to the field, covering a wide historical range of thinkers, from the classical to the postmodernist, as well as key themes in social theory and a guide to the major debates. Designed for students with little or no background in social theory, this single volume covering both classic and contemporary theory introduces the basic concepts at the center of social theory in accessible language and provides readers with a useful reference source to the field.
Classical and Modern Social Theory is comprehensive introduction to the field, covering a wide historical range of thinkers, from the classical...
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167,15 zł |
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The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory
ISBN: 9780631213666 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory (Second Edition) builds on the success of the first edition by adding four completely new chapters. Retained material from the first edition has been revised, extended, and updated and coverage of feminism expanded into two chapters. The book provides insights to the traditions of classical social thought as well as the major debates and developments in contemporary social theory with 18 original essays by the world's leading social theorists.
The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory (Second Edition) builds on the success of the first edition by adding four completely new chapters. Re...
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216,63 zł |
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The Spirit of the Community : The Reinvention of American Society
ISBN: 9780671885243 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explains how Americans need to develop or restore a sense of community in order to reconstruct society.
Explains how Americans need to develop or restore a sense of community in order to reconstruct society.
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112,78 zł |
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Regulating Poor
ISBN: 9780679745167 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Piven and Cloward have updated their classic work on the history and function of welfare to cover the American welfare state's massive erosion during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years. The authors present a boldly comprehensive, brilliant new theory to explain the comparative underdevelopment of the U.S. welfare state among advanced industrial nations. Their conceptual framework promises to shape the debate within current and future administrations as they attempt to rethink the welfare system and its role in American society.
"Uncompromising and provocative. . . . By mixing history,... Piven and Cloward have updated their classic work on the history and function of welfare to cover the American welfare state's massive erosion during ...
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88,45 zł |
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Seven Story Tower : A Mythic Journey Through Space And Time
ISBN: 9780738205953 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the white stag to the green knight, The Seven Story Tower examines how myth colors our perception of history, nature, and ourselves. Organized around seven key myths-representing the Irish, Greek, Sumerian, Indonesian, Amazonian, and Inuit cultures, as well as the fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien-this book is the perfect intro-duction to the common themes found in world mythology. Curtiss Hoffman, a noted archaeologist and anthropologist, takes us beyond the entertaining stories and uses insights from cultural anthropology and analytical psychology to analyze the many common themes...
From the white stag to the green knight, The Seven Story Tower examines how myth colors our perception of history, nature, and ourselves. Organized ar...
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88,40 zł |
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Social Theory and Modernity
ISBN: 9780745613130 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This major new textbook in social theory takes the concept of modernity as its guiding theme.
This major new textbook in social theory takes the concept of modernity as its guiding theme.
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320,92 zł |