ilość książek w kategorii: 3998
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National Broadband Deployment & the Digital Divide: Progress & Issues
ISBN: 9781634824330 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1078,39 |
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Advances in Evolutionary Algorithms Research
ISBN: 9781634638494 / Angielski / Twarda / 117 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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990,95 |
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Class: Key Concept in Sociology
ISBN: 9781138168862 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This succinct introductory text argues that class remains a key concept in sociology. The author examines the classic contributions of Marx and Weber and the recent works of Wright and Goldthorpe. The book provides students with an accessible review of class structures, social mobility, inequality, politics and the potential classlessnes of Britain and America.
This succinct introductory text argues that class remains a key concept in sociology. The author examines the classic contributions of Marx and Weber ...
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898,70 |
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La Religion du Capital
ISBN: 9781519128621 / Francuski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. " Les progres du socialisme inquietent les classes possedantes d'Europe et d'Amerique. Il y a quelques mois, des hommes venus de tous les pays civilises se reunissaient a Londres, afin de rechercher ensemble les moyens les plus efficaces d'arreter le dangereux envahissement des idees socialistes. On remarquait parmi les representants de la bourgeoisie capitaliste de l'Angleterre, lord Salisbury, Chamberlain, Samuel Morley, lord Randolph Churchill, Herbert Spencer, le cardinal Manning. Le prince de Bismarck, retenu par une crise alcoolique, avait envoye son conseiller intime, le juif Bleichr...
" Les progres du socialisme inquietent les classes possedantes d'Europe et d'Amerique. Il y a quelques mois, des hommes venus de tous les pays civilis...
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44,70 |
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Living Class in Urban India
ISBN: 9780813583921 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many Americans still envision India as rigidly caste-bound, locked in traditions that inhibit social mobility. In reality, class mobility has long been an ideal, and today globalization is radically transforming how India's citizens perceive class. Living Class in Urban India examines a nation in flux, bombarded with media images of middle-class consumers, while navigating the currents of late capitalism and the surges of inequality they can produce. Anthropologist Sara Dickey puts a human face on the issue of class in India, introducing four people who live in the "second-tier" city...
Many Americans still envision India as rigidly caste-bound, locked in traditions that inhibit social mobility. In reality, class mobility has long bee...
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607,23 |
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Living on the Edge of Civilization
ISBN: 9781519261083 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A mile from Mud bay there is a "y" in the road. To the right Highway 101 begins a 326-mile loop. The loop goes some 326 miles around the circumference of the Olympic Peninsula and eventually returns to Mud Bay via the pacific coast and stretch of Highway 8. To the left Highway 8 travels to the west and what the federal government has called, "The New Appalachia." The area is from just west of Olympia out to the coast for a hundred miles of the loop. It also includes more of southwest Washington State. There is no official sign or line delineating "The New Appalachia." However, when you leave...
A mile from Mud bay there is a "y" in the road. To the right Highway 101 begins a 326-mile loop. The loop goes some 326 miles around the circumference...
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21,96 |
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Le Sang du pauvre
ISBN: 9781519351609 / Francuski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. " Le Sang du Pauvre, c'est l'argent. On en vit et on en meurt depuis les siecles. Il resume expressivement toute souffrance. Il est la Gloire, il est la Puissance. Il est la Justice et l'Injustice. Il est la Torture et la Volupte. Il est execrable et adorable, symbole flagrant et ruisselant du Christ Sauveur, in quo omnia constant. Le sang du riche est un pus fetide extravase par les ulceres de Cain. Le riche est un mauvais pauvre, un guenilleux tres puant dont les etoiles ont peur. La Revelation nous enseigne que Dieu seul est pauvre et que son Fils Unique est l'unique mendiant. Solus...
" Le Sang du Pauvre, c'est l'argent. On en vit et on en meurt depuis les siecles. Il resume expressivement toute souffrance. Il est la Gloire, il est ...
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44,70 |
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Simianization : Apes, Gender, Class, and Race
ISBN: 9783643907165 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contents: Charles W. Mills: Bestial Inferiority. Locating Simianization within Racism - Wulf D. Hund: Racist King Kong Fantasies. From Shakespeare's Monster to Stalin's Ape-Man - David Livingstone Smith, Ioana Panaitiu: Aping the Human Essence. Simianization as Dehumanization - Silvia Sebastiani: Challenging Boundaries. Apes and Savages in Enlightenment - Stefanie Affeldt: Exterminating the Brute. Sexism and Racism in "King Kong" - Susan C. Townsend: The Yellow Monkey. Simianizing the Japanese - Steve Garner: The Simianization of the Irish. Racial Apeing and its Contexts - Kimberly Barsamian...
Contents: Charles W. Mills: Bestial Inferiority. Locating Simianization within Racism - Wulf D. Hund: Racist King Kong Fantasies. From Shakespeare's M...
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102,27 |
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Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
ISBN: 9781476769905 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A New York Times bestseller and "a passionate, urgent" (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are a nation of opportunity. But over the last quarter century we have seen a disturbing "opportunity gap" emerge. We Americans have always believed that those who have talent and try hard will succeed, but this central tenet of the American Dream seems no longer true or at the least,...
A New York Times bestseller and "a passionate, urgent" (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling a...
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75,98 |
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Origins of Inequality in Human Societies
ISBN: 9781138671829 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the beginning of social life human societies have faced the problem how to distribute the results of collaborative activities among the participants. The solutions they found ranged from egalitarian to unequal but caused more dissension and conflict than just about any other social structure in human history. Social inequality also dominated the agenda of the new field of sociology in the 19th century. The theories developed during that time still inform academic and public debates, and inequality continues to be the subject of much current controversy. "Origins of Inequality... Since the beginning of social life human societies have faced the problem how to distribute the results of collaborative activities among the parti... |
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728,68 |
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The Value of the Humanities
ISBN: 9780198728054 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Value of the Humanities provides a critical account of the principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities. The claims considered are: that the Humanities study the meaning-making practices of culture, and bring to their work a distinctive understanding of what constitutes knowledge and understanding; that, though useful to society in many ways, they remain laudably at odds with, or at a remove from, instrumental use value; that they contribute to human happiness; that they are a force for democracy; and that they are a good in themselves, to be valued "for their own sake."...
The Value of the Humanities provides a critical account of the principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities. The claims considered a...
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123,61 |
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What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
ISBN: 9781523211630 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" from William Graham Sumner. American academic at the Yale University (1840-1910).
"What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" from William Graham Sumner. American academic at the Yale University (1840-1910).
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59,46 |
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Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China
ISBN: 9781783470631 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary Handbook illustrates the patterns of class transformation in China since 1949, situating them in their historical context. Presenting detailed case studies of social stratification and class formation in a wide range of settings, the expert contributors provide valuable insights into multiple aspects of China's economy, polity and society. The Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China explores largely neglected contemporary topics such as women's social mobility in relation to marriage and the high school entrance exam as a class sorter,...
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary Handbook illustrates the patterns of class transformation in China since 1949, situating them in their historica...
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930,66 |
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The Astructural Bias Charge: Myth or Reality?
ISBN: 9781786350367 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The charge that symbolic interactionism (SI) is impaired by an astructural bias orbits around a number of sociology's core concerns: structure and agency, methodological individualism and methodological holism, the micro-macro link, the proper procedures to conduct research and when to state and how to test hypotheses and, whether interactionism can address structural concerns such as class, race, gender, power, and oppression. The Astructural Bias: Myth or Reality constitutes a collection of outstanding essays by scholars who address the concern of an astructural bias. Chapters explore the...
The charge that symbolic interactionism (SI) is impaired by an astructural bias orbits around a number of sociology's core concerns: structure and age...
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449,94 |
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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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167,20 |
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The Rise of Africa's Middle Class: Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements
ISBN: 9781783607136 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Across Africa the narrative of Africa rising has taken root in a burgeoning middle class. Ambitious and increasingly affluent, this group symbolizes the values and hopes of the new Africa, and they are regarded as important agents of both economic development and democratic change. This narrative, however, obscures the complex and often ambiguous role that this group actually plays in African societies. The Rise of Africa s Middle Class brings together a diverse range of economists, political scientists, and development experts to provide a much needed corrective, overturning the...
Across Africa the narrative of Africa rising has taken root in a burgeoning middle class. Ambitious and increasingly affluent, this group symbolizes t...
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143,13 |
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Two Nations, Indivisible: A History of Inequality in America
ISBN: 9781440838286 / Angielski / Twarda / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson famously asserted that "all men are created equal." Likewise, social mobility the idea that any child can grow up to be president has been key to the myth of what makes America great. Yet the hard truth is that inequality of both opportunity and resulting condition has been a defining feature of America's story. Written by a comparative labor historian, this book combines economic and social history with intellectual history to reveal the major trends of inequality that have been evident in America from Revolutionary times through the... In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson famously asserted that "all men are created equal." Likewise, social mobility the idea that any child... |
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255,68 |
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Socio-Economic Foundations of the Russian Post-Soviet Regime: The Resource-Based Economy and Estate-Based Social Structure of Contemporary Russia
ISBN: 9783838207759 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph discloses the estate-based social structure of contemporary Russia by way of outlining the principles of the USSR's peculiar estate system, and explaining the new social estates of post-Soviet Russia. Simon Kordonsky distinguishes and describes in particular the currently existing Russian service and support estates. He introduces the notions of a resource-based state and resource-based economy as the political and economic foundations for Russian society's estate structure. His study demonstrates, moreover, how the method of inventing and institutionalizing threats plays a...
This monograph discloses the estate-based social structure of contemporary Russia by way of outlining the principles of the USSR's peculiar estate sys...
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177,03 |
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Mexico's Middle Class in the Neoliberal Era
ISBN: 9780816534142 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mexico's modern middle class emerged in the decades after World War II, a period of spectacular economic growth and social change. This book explores the changing fortunes and political transformation of the middle class, especially during the 1990s and first decade of the twenty-first century.
Mexico's modern middle class emerged in the decades after World War II, a period of spectacular economic growth and social change. This book explores ...
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121,40 |
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Middle Class in America
ISBN: 9781534996878 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
51,68 |