Социология
5875 кн.
Leading sociologist examines how different readings of class enrich our understanding of capitalism Few ideas are more contested today than “class.” Some have declared its death, while others insist on its centrality to contemporary capitalism. It is said its relevance is limited to explaining individuals’ economic conditions and opportunities, while at the same time argued that it is a structural feature of macro-power relations. In Understanding Class, leading left sociologist Erik Olin...
| Автор | Erik Olin Wright |
A manifesto of sexual liberation, from the leading feminist thinker. Is heterosexual sex inherently damaging to women? This is the central question of Straight Sex, Lynne Segal’s account of twentyfive years of feminist thinking on sexuality. Covering the thought of sixties-era sexual liberationists, alongside the ensuing passionate debates over sex and love within feminist and lesbian communities, Segal covers certain shifts toward greater sexual conservatism in the eighties. Straight Sex...
| Автор | Lynne Segal |
Combining firsthand accounts from activists with the research of scholars and reflections from artists, Policing the Planet traces the global spread of the broken-windows policing strategy, first established in New York City under Police Commissioner William Bratton. It’s a doctrine that has vastly broadened police power the world over—to deadly effect. With contributions from #BlackLivesMatter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, Ferguson activist and Law Professor Justin Hansford, Director of New...
| Автор | Christina Heatherton |
History of the car bomb traces the political development of this influential weapon of terror and resistance. In this provocative history, Mike Davis traces the car bomb's worldwide use and development, in the process exposing the role of state intelligence agencies—particularly those of the United States, Israel, India, and Pakistan—in globalizing urban terrorist techniques. Davis argues that it is the incessant impact of car bombs, rather than the more apocalyptic threats of nuclear or...
| Автор | Mike Davis |
An expansive investigation into the relationship between contemporary states and the far-right It is clear that the right is on the rise, but after Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the spike in popularity of extreme-right parties across Europe, the question on everyone’s minds is: how did this happen? An expansive investigation of the ways in which a newly configured right interconnects with anti-democratic and illiberal forces at the level of the state, Europe’s Fault Lines provides...
| Автор | Liz Fekete |
A revolutionary reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but must now be understood as a series of vertical strata that reach from the satellites that encircle our planet to the tunnels deep within the ground. In Vertical, Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level: how the geography of inequality, politics, and identity is determined in terms of above...
| Автор | Stephen Graham |
In Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia , Jasmin Hristov examines the complexities, dynamics, and contradictions of present-day armed conflict in Colombia. She conducts an in-depth inquiry into the restructuring of the state’s coercive apparatus and the phenomenon of paramilitarism by looking at its military, political, and legal dimensions. Hristov demonstrates how various interrelated forms of violence by state forces, paramilitary groups, and organized crime are instrumental...
| Автор | Jasmin Hristov |
Éste es un libro para la academia. Éste es un libro para la política. Éste es un libro para el periodismo y para la Ciudadanía interesada. Pero es, básicamente, un libro para quienes hacen consultoría política, porque la fragilidad de los argumentos sólo produce diagnósticos apenas verosímiles y serios efectos políticos.
| Автор | Mario Riorda |
El objetivo de esta obra es entender cómo el ingreso y la permanencia de los inmigrantes se han vuelto un asunto de seguridad nacional en diferentes contextos culturales y geográficos. De este modo, se ofrecen herramientas a quienes se propongan formular políticas públicas que no deshumanicen al migrante ni promuevan medidas represivas y violentas en su contra.
| Автор | Alejo Vargas Velásquez |
One day in 2002, three friends – a Somali immigrant, a Pakistan–born U.S. citizen, and a hometown African American – met in a Columbus, Ohio coffee shop and vented over civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan. Their conversation triggered an investigation that would become one of the most unusual and far–reaching government probes into terrorism since the 9/11 attacks. Over several years, prosecutors charged each man with unrelated terrorist activities in cases that embodied the Bush...
| Автор | Andrew Welsh-Huggins |
At a time when the traditional sheltered workshop model has fallen under rightful criticism, and a new paradigm for disability programming is not yet in place, Upcycling Sheltered Workshops offers a revolutionary alternative. As many push to dismantle sheltered workshops, Susan Dlouhy and Patty Mitchell present the Creative Abundance Model, a proven method that redirects sheltered workshops from routine to creativity, putting participants in the driver’s seat. The Creative Abundance Model does...
| Автор | Susan Dlouhy |
Gillian Rose was one of the most important social philosophers of the twentieth century. This is the first book to present her social philosophy as a systematic whole. Based on new archive research and examining the full range of Rose's sources, it explains her theory of modern society, her unique version of ideology critique, and her views on law and mutual recognition. Brower Latz relates Rose's work to numerous debates in sociology and philosophy, such as the relation of theory to...
| Автор | Andrew Brower Latz |
Unique in its use of a sustainability framework, Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future by Katherine S. van Wormer and Rosemary J. Link goes beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policies—including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice—within a global context. Guided by the belief that forces from the global market and globalization affect all social workers in their practice, the book addresses a wide range of relevant topics,...
| Автор | Katherine S. van Wormer |
The Edda is a thoroughly researched study on the Norse mythology through the analysis of an Old Norse work of literature written in Iceland during the early 13th century. Edda is considered the fullest and most detailed source for modern knowledge of Norse mythology. Scholarly approach and conducted research have allowed the author to determine the age of the different versions of various myths.
| Автор | L. Winifred Faraday |
No es lo mismo ser candidato que presidente. Así lo ha comprobado Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quien tras llegar al poder se encontró con la realidad compleja de un país con graves problemas.
| Автор | Juan Carlos Núñez Bustillos |
Der bekannte Zeithistoriker und Antisemitismusforscher Wolfgang Benz erklärt Phänomene des Alltagsrassismus. Das Buch ist lexikalisch aufgebaut, so dass man, je nach Bedarf, einen kurzen Überblick zu einem konkreten Stichwort findet oder sich das Themengebiet systematisch erschließen kann. Der Autor liefert fundiertes Überblickswissen in gut verständlicher Sprache.
| Автор | Wolfgang Benz |
En este libro urgente y profundo, Noam Chomsky, uno de los grandes intelectuales de nuestra época y una poderosa voz moral a nivel mundial, junto al prestigioso economista Robert Pollin, estudioso de las causas del calentamiento global, analizan la economía política del cambio climático y su imbricación con el modelo neoliberal de producción y la globalización financiera.
| Автор | Noam Chomsky |
Wake up your introductory sociology classes! <strong>Sociology in Action</strong> helps your students <em>learn </em>sociology by <em>doing</em> sociology.<br /> <br /> <strong>Sociology in Action</strong> by Kathleen Odell Korgen and Maxine P. Atkinson will inspire your students to <em>do </em>sociology through real-world activities designed to increase learning, retention, and engagement with course material. Packed with...
| Автор | Группа авторов |