Социология
5875 кн.
A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language and politics, arguing that non-human animals speak—and, most importantly, act—politically. From geese and squid to worms and dogs, she highlights the importance of listening to animal voices, introducing ways to help us bridge the divide between the human and non-human world. Drawing on insights from science, philosophy, and politics, Meijer provides...
| Автор | Eva Meijer |
After living in San Francisco for fifteen years, journalist Gordon Young found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and the “star” of the Michael Moore documentary <I>Roger & Me.</I> Hoping to rediscover and help a place that had once boasted one of the world’s highest per capita income levels but had become one of the country's most impoverished and dangerous cities, he returned...
| Автор | Gordon Young |
This magnificently produced atlas provides a unique visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large. <br /><br />China has the world's fastest-growing economy and is the second-largest trading nation. With its pro-entrepreneurial outlook and population of 1.3 billion, it offers unique opportunities for domestic and overseas investors. This dynamic volume provides an abundance of...
| Автор | Robert Benewick |
Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, Max Horkheimer, Franz Neumann, Theodor Adorno, Leo Lowenthal—the impact of the Frankfurt School on the sociological, political, and cultural thought of the twentieth century has been profound. <i>The Dialectical Imagination</i> is a major history of this monumental cultural and intellectual enterprise during its early years in Germany and in the United States. Martin Jay has provided a substantial new preface for this edition, in which he reflects on the...
| Автор | Martin Jay |
Drawing on research from around the world, this atlas gives shape and meaning to statistics, making it an indispensable resource for understanding global inequalities and an inspiration for social and political action. Inequality underlies many of the challenges facing the world today, and <i>The Atlas of Global Inequalities</i> considers the issue in all its dimensions. Organized in thematic parts, it maps not only the global distribution of income and wealth, but also inequalities...
| Автор | Ben Crow |
Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading.<br> <br> This new...
| Автор | Joel Best |
With the originality and energy that have marked his earlier works, Eric Wolf now explores the historical relationship of ideas, power, and culture. Responding to anthropology's long reliance on a concept of culture that takes little account of power, Wolf argues that power is crucial in shaping the circumstances of cultural production. Responding to social-science notions of ideology that incorporate power but disregard the ways ideas respond to cultural promptings, he demonstrates how...
| Автор | Eric R. Wolf |
Die honger reisiger is pragtig geillustreerde reisverhale en ’n reseptebundel “sonder saaits”. Dis saamgestel uit die skrywer en haar sielsgenoot-man, Chris, se eksotiese reise na lande soos Turkye, Eritrea, Ethiopië, Frankryk, Egipte, Rusland met resepte wat ook van vriende afgebedel is.Niks is besonder uitheems of lastig om te maak nie. Dis sielskos, trooskos, en veral – kuierkos.
| Автор | Dr Marie Heese |
A fearless take on the state of our nation from one of South Africa’s most controversial commentators. This collection of Rhoda Kadalie’s best columns include sections on public figures such as Cyril Ramaphosa, Allan Boesak and Winnie Mandela, “troubled transformation”, “media meekness”, “foreign fumbles” and more.
| Автор | Rhoda Kadalie |
Op 26 Februarie 1988, ‘n Vrydagaand, het Douwleen Bredenhann haar dogter Liesl by die balletklas gaan haal en begin kosmaak. Minute later is Liesl in hul agterplaas vermoor terwyl sy haar hondjie gaan kosgee het.’n Hemelhoë hekkie is Douwleen se hart-verskeurende ware verhaal van skok, pyn en ’n geleidelike soort heling. Die vertelling is onverskrokke en skreiend eerlik. Dit sal jou waarskynlik lewenslank bybly.
| Автор | Douwleen Bredenhann |
North Korea is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. Although it remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world's largest armed forces. This book provides the facts regarding the true force of North Korean Army and gives an assessment of its capability to harm the United States. North Korea's Military Threat Conventional Forces Unconventional Forces Overall Conclusions The North Korean Ballistic Missile...
| Автор | Donald Trump |
El libro recoge estudios con una clara vocación interdisciplinar: la filosofía, la teología, las ciencias sociales y la literatura provocan intersecciones fecundas y también puntos de fuga. Razón, lenguaje y reconocimiento son las referencias para un posible diálogo donde el objeto de estudio siempre es América Latina, con sus múltiples potencialidades que logren siquiera visibilizar una historia transida de injusticias y desigualdad.
| Автор | Oscar Pacheco |
Does Vladimir Putin truly hate America? Do the people he presides over truly hate America? This book analyzes modern anti-Americanism in Russia during the era of Vladimir Putin. The main objective of this book is to evaluate Vladimir Putin's anti-Americanism and the domestic political implications of Putinist anti-Americanism within Russia. Contents: Putin's Evolving Anti-Americanism Putin's Hybrid-authoritarian Machine Implications of Russians' Anti-Americanism ...
| Автор | United States Department of Defense |
e-artnow presents to you a unique legal civil right collection comprised of the most important U.S. Civil Rights Acts and Supreme Court decisions considering racial discrimination. Table of Contents: Emancipation Proclamation & Gettysburg Address (1863) Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865) Civil Rights Act of 1866 Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868) Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868) Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution...
| Автор | U.S. Government |
Sonder om verslaafdes te verdoem verskaf Dr. Hitzertoth en Dr. Kramer praktiese en toepaslike raad. Die einde van verslawing gee advies en inligting oor verslawing. Hierdie boek belig die feit dat drank- en dwelmmisbruik nie noodwendig te doen het met swakheid nie, maar dat dit ’n komplekse interaksie is van biologiese, psigologiese en sosiale faktore. Die boek sal vir sowel verslaafdes as hul gesinne en vriende van groot waarde wees.
| Автор | Dr Volker Hitzeroth |
"Die Afrikaner-geen is 'n dwarstrekker-geen. Dis wie ons is, 'n groep mense wat een naam en duisende opinies het. Dis tyd om al ons heilige koeie in heroorweging te neem. Heilige koeie kan nie meer heilig wees nie. Tyd om vir onsself te lag en nie vir die bure nie. As jou tong in jou kies is, gaan jy baie skade opdoen in 'n vuisgeveg."
| Автор | Deon Maas |
The ability to deploy interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives that speak to interconnected global dimensions is critical if one’s work is to be relevant and applicable to the emerging global-scale issues of our time. <I>The Global Turn</I> is a guide for students and scholars across all areas of the social sciences and humanities who wish to embark on global-studies research projects. The authors demonstrate how the global can be studied from a local perspective...
| Автор | Eve Darian-Smith |
Menschenhandel Sklaverei im 21. Jahrhundert In Indien oder im Sudan, auf Haiti, im Nahen Osten oder mitten in Europa – Sklaverei ist ein globales Phänomen. Und es ist aktueller denn je. Obwohl offiziell abgeschafft, begegnet Benjamin Skinner überall auf der Welt einem blühenden Menschenhandel. Er infiltriert Schleusernetzwerke, trifft sich mit Kinderhändlern, beschreibt das Schicksal von einzelnen Opfern und lässt diese zu Wort kommen. Herausgekommen ist ein ebenso mutiger wie erschütternder...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |