The Use of Mao and the Chongqing Model
ISBN: 9789629372408 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addresses the uses of Mao in China (PRC) today, with particular reference to the Bo Xilai case. It also provides insights and detail on how and what we know about modern China. Contributing authors, including a number of French scholars, illustrate how Maoism influences and engages in government, the business sector and social life.
Addresses the uses of Mao in China (PRC) today, with particular reference to the Bo Xilai case. It also provides insights and detail on how and what w...
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204,41 zł |
Postmodernism and the Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780333534533 / Angielski / Miękka / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The social sciences are still predominantly modernist disciplines and, as such, products of the Enlightenment. Recent challenges to Enlightenment thinking thus carry with them the potential or threat to transform the social sciences radically. Postmodernism and the Social Sciences examines the nature and potential of this postmodernist challenge in each of the major social sciences. Starting with the practices of particular disciplines and proceeding to matters of shared concern, the essays provide an accessible discussion of the contemporary impact of postmodernism on social scientific...
The social sciences are still predominantly modernist disciplines and, as such, products of the Enlightenment. Recent challenges to Enlightenment thin...
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390,87 zł |
Struggles for Justice in Canada and Mexico: Themes and Theories about Social Mobilization
ISBN: 9781771122788 / Angielski / Miękka / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Struggles for Justice in Canada and Mexico examines Canadian and Mexican communities engaged in collective action to address problems related to the context of aggressive capitalism, which favours economic freedom of the powerful over the needs of people and the planet. The book s several case examples portray income-generating projects; action to promote health, adequate housing, and a safe environment (including resistance to mining); women s resource and advocacy programs; as well as grassroots support organizations and independent organizers. The author gathered stories in six...
Struggles for Justice in Canada and Mexico examines Canadian and Mexican communities engaged in collective action to address problems related t...
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172,58 zł |
Meaning in Action: Outline of an Integral Theory of Culture
ISBN: 9781509511242 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and practices that are shared by intermittent groups of people and used by them to make sense of their life-worlds. This theory views culture simultaneously in two ways: as a world of texts, tangible and shareable products of signifying acts, and as a space of practices, repeatable activities that produce, disseminate and interpret these clusters of meaning. Both approaches are developed into corresponding models of culture which, used together, are...
In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and pra...
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296,26 zł |
Meaning in Action: Outline of an Integral Theory of Culture
ISBN: 9781509511259 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and practices that are shared by intermittent groups of people and used by them to make sense of their life-worlds. This theory views culture simultaneously in two ways: as a world of texts, tangible and shareable products of signifying acts, and as a space of practices, repeatable activities that produce, disseminate and interpret these clusters of meaning. Both approaches are developed into corresponding models of culture which, used together, are...
In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and pra...
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96,90 zł |
Social Policy and Social Justice
ISBN: 9781512821468 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Penn School of Social Policy and Practice enjoys a reputation as Penn's social justice school, for its faculty actively strives to translate the highest ideals into workable programs that better people's lives. In this election year, as Americans debate issues like immigration, crime, mass incarceration, policing, and welfare reform, and express concerns over increasing inequality, tax policy, and divisions by race, sex, and class, "SP2," as the school is colloquially known, offers its expertise in addressing the pressing matters of our day. The practical solutions on offer in... The Penn School of Social Policy and Practice enjoys a reputation as Penn's social justice school, for its faculty actively strives to trans... |
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132,99 zł |
Criminology of Corruption: Theoretical Approaches
ISBN: 9781137517234 / Angielski / Twarda / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book uniquely applies theoretical approaches from criminology and sociology to the problem of corruption. Theoretical thoughts have future consequences on how we treat, punish and deter and corruption policy illustrates that theoretical approaches affect what laws and techniques are implemented. Theoretical approaches, however, are not developed in a social and political vacuum; they are a part of the changing social world and understanding why corruption occurs is a preface to developing strategies to control and prevent it.
Criminology of Corruption analyses corruption on an... This book uniquely applies theoretical approaches from criminology and sociology to the problem of corruption. Theoretical thoughts have future conseq...
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429,96 zł |
The Problem of Poverty
ISBN: 9781533296672 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty is a social problem affecting millions of individuals in the United States alone. Though battled for decades, the so-called war on poverty has produced no real and lasting national success due in large part to the unwillingness of the wealthy to cede power. By examining the individual and structural causes of poverty, and the political, religious, and ethical perspectives of society's obligation to the poor, this study aims to suggest an innovative course of action to deal with this social problem. This proposed prescription will have a focused emphasis on individual responsibility...
Poverty is a social problem affecting millions of individuals in the United States alone. Though battled for decades, the so-called war on poverty has...
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26,96 zł |
Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context: In Search of Inclusive Development
ISBN: 9781349355884 / Angielski / Miękka / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa.
This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues aroun...
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390,87 zł |
Secularism and Cosmopolitanism: Critical Hypotheses on Religion and Politics
ISBN: 9780231168601 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Etienne Balibar explores the tensions between cosmopolitanism and secularism in order to advance a truly democratic and emancipatory cosmopolitanism, which requires a secularization of secularism. Going beyond circumscribed notions of religion and the public sphere, Secularism and Cosmopolitanism is a profound rethinking of identity and difference.
Etienne Balibar explores the tensions between cosmopolitanism and secularism in order to advance a truly democratic and emancipatory cosmopolitanism, ...
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134,66 zł |
The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition
ISBN: 9781107103887 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new and often controversial theoretical orientation that resonates strongly with wider developments in contemporary philosophy and social theory, the so-called 'ontological turn' is receiving a great deal of attention in anthropology and cognate disciplines at present. This book provides the first anthropological exposition of this recent intellectual development. It traces the roots of the ontological turn in the history of anthropology and elucidates its emergence as a distinct theoretical orientation over the past few decades, showing how it has emerged in the work of Roy Wagner, Marilyn...
A new and often controversial theoretical orientation that resonates strongly with wider developments in contemporary philosophy and social theory, th...
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312,14 zł |
The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition
ISBN: 9781107503946 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new and often controversial theoretical orientation that resonates strongly with wider developments in contemporary philosophy and social theory, the so-called 'ontological turn' is receiving a great deal of attention in anthropology and cognate disciplines at present. This book provides the first anthropological exposition of this recent intellectual development. It traces the roots of the ontological turn in the history of anthropology and elucidates its emergence as a distinct theoretical orientation over the past few decades, showing how it has emerged in the work of Roy Wagner, Marilyn...
A new and often controversial theoretical orientation that resonates strongly with wider developments in contemporary philosophy and social theory, th...
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132,99 zł |
Introducing Social Theory
ISBN: 9781509505050 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revised edition of this extremely popular introduction to social theory has been carefully and thoroughly updated with the latest developments in this continually changing field. Written in a refreshingly lucid and engaging style, Introducing Social Theory provides readers with a wide-ranging, well organized and thematic introduction to all the major thinkers, issues and debates in classical and contemporary social theory. This revised edition of this extremely popular introduction to social theory has been carefully and thoroughly updated with the latest developments... |
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91,52 zł |
Citizenship and Political Education Today
ISBN: 9781349517923 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Citizenship and Political Education Today brings together a collection of essays from around the world; including discussion of politics and education in Australia, The United States of America, New Zealand, Norway, England, France, Germany and the wider European Union. The contributors discuss vital and interesting issues involved in the engagement of citizens in politics and political institutions and the role of education in encouraging education for citizenship. The book is an important contribution to ongoing debates on citizenship.
Citizenship and Political Education Today brings together a collection of essays from around the world; including discussion of politics and education...
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195,42 zł |
Explorations in Urban Theory
ISBN: 9781412864251 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over three decades, urban theorist Michael Peter Smith has engaged in constructing innovative theories on central research questions in urban studies. This book brings together his views on the state of urban theory, sorting out the changing strengths and weaknesses in the field. Smith refocuses attention on the cultural, social, and political practices of urban inhabitants, particularly the way in which their everyday activities have contributed to the social construction of new ethnic identities and new meanings of urban citizenship. Combining the methods of political economy... For over three decades, urban theorist Michael Peter Smith has engaged in constructing innovative theories on central research questions in urban s... |
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On Curiosity: The Art of Market Seduction
ISBN: 9780995527706 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What draws us towards a shop window display? What drives us to grab a special offer, to enter the privileged circle of premium newspaper subscribers, to peruse the pages of an enticing magazine? Without doubt, it is curiosity - that essential force of everyday action which invites us to break from our habits and to become transported beyond our very selves. Curiosity (whether healthy or unhealthy) is one of the favourite tricks of market seduction. Capturing a public - attracting the attention of a reader, seducing a customer, meeting the expectations of a user, persuading a voter ... - often...
What draws us towards a shop window display? What drives us to grab a special offer, to enter the privileged circle of premium newspaper subscribers, ...
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90,63 zł |
Juliet Mitchell and the Lateral Axis: Twenty-First-Century Psychoanalysis and Feminism
ISBN: 9781349479580 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume fills the gap in books dedicated to the ideas of ground-breaking theorist Juliet Mitchell. Essays from internationally renowned scholars address themes that cross-cut her oeuvre: equality, violence, collective movements, subjectivity, sexuality and power. Mitchell herself contributes a chapter and an afterward.
This volume fills the gap in books dedicated to the ideas of ground-breaking theorist Juliet Mitchell. Essays from internationally renowned scholars a...
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390,87 zł |
Drug Abuse and Antisocial Behavior: A Biosocial Life Course Approach
ISBN: 9781137558169 / Angielski / Twarda / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is rooted in the conviction that human biology plays a critical role in understanding drug abuse and antisocial behavior. In the same breath, however, it fundamentally affirms the importance of the many social and environmental factors that influence our behavior across the life course. The study begins with an overview of the scope of the problem of drug abuse and crime, and an examination of how these problems often feed into one another. Building upon that foundation, the focus shifts to a review of cutting-edge research on the genetics and neurobiology of addiction and...
This book is rooted in the conviction that human biology plays a critical role in understanding drug abuse and antisocial behavior. In the same breath...
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469,06 zł |
Practising Comparison: Logics, Relations, Collaborations
ISBN: 9780993144943 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book compares things, objects, concepts, and ideas. It is also about the practical acts of doing comparison. Comparison is not something that exists in the world, but a particular kind of activity. Agents of various kinds compare by placing things next to one another, by using software programs and other tools, and by simply looking in certain ways. Comparing like this is an everyday practice. But in the social sciences, comparing often becomes more burdensome, more complex, and more questions are asked of it. How, then, do social scientists compare? What role do funders, their tools,...
This book compares things, objects, concepts, and ideas. It is also about the practical acts of doing comparison. Comparison is not something that exi...
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90,63 zł |
Degradation Rituals: Our Sadomasochistic Society
ISBN: 9781349483754 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations.
A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that ...
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195,42 zł |