DESCRIPTION: This book is about developing implementable strategies for shipping firms. It opens with an initial historical retrospective that highlights cases on A.P. Moller-Maersk and Leif Hoegh and Co. Here the reader is introduced to the global nature of competition in shipping, as well as the v... view more info and the price of this book.

Japanese Firms in Transition, 17 - book by Roehl, Tom;Bird, Allan

DESCRIPTION: The decade long period of slow growth in Japan has raised provocative questions relating to theory development in international management. Japan's "lost decade" has led to changes in both overall strategy and to increased variety in individual firm responses to slower growth. The combi... view more info and the price of this book.

Indigenous Tourism - book by Ryan, Chris;Aicken, Michelle

DESCRIPTION: In a world characterized by an encroaching homogeneity induced by the growth of multi-national corporations and globalization, the causes of difference accrue new levels of importance. This is as true of tourism as in many other spheres of life ? and one cause of differentiation for to... view more info and the price of this book.

Sporting Bodies, Damaged Selves, 2 - book by Young, Kevin

DESCRIPTION: In contrast to other disciplines in the sport sciences, the sociological study of risk, pain and injury is quite new. Over the last decade, however, sociologists have begun to show that pain and injury are not solely experienced in physical and medical terms, and an impressive corpus o... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, 1 - book by Chen, Joseph

DESCRIPTION: Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, a new peer-review serial, delivers refreshing insights from a host of scientific studies in the domains of hospitality, leisure, and tourism. It provides a platform to galvanize thoughts on contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory ... view more info and the price of this book.

Strategic Countryside Management - book by Garrod, Guy;Whitby, Martin

DESCRIPTION: The complex and conflicting demands that society makes on the countryside have led to an increasingly strategic approach to its management. This important new work evaluates the key challenges facing managers and policy-makers in the contemporary British countryside and critically exam... view more info and the price of this book.

Marginality, Power and Social Structure, 12 - book by Dennis, Rutledge

DESCRIPTION: The articles in this book are intended to be a much-needed corrective to the literature on marginality. In the recent past, and at present, the concept of marginality has been used with little specificity, and when used with specificity, the delineation of the complex dimensions of the ... view more info and the price of this book.

Telling Tales: On Evaluation and Narrative - book by Abma, T.

DESCRIPTION: One of the more interesting perspectives for evaluation is 'narrative'. Narratives are the common vehicles people use to understand and to communicate the value of their actions and social practices. Given the valuational and action-oriented character of narrative it seems strange that ... view more info and the price of this book.

Evaluating Art Education Programs in Community Centers: International Perspectives on Problems of Conception and Practice - book by Congdon, K.G.;Boughton, D.

DESCRIPTION: This book is the first of its kind to address community arts and evaluation with an emphasis on the visual arts. This volume draws together a variety of international perspectives dealing with the common difficulty of conception related to both the mission of community centers and of th... view more info and the price of this book.

Till Death Do Us Part: A Multicultural Anthology on Marriage - book by Browning, S.L.;Miller, R.R.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

AUTHORS: Browning, S.L.;Miller, R.R.

PAGES: 312 pages

PUBLISH DATE: 01/05/1999

ISBN Number: 0-7623-0263-1... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Volume 7 - book by Freudenberg, W.R.;Youn, T.I.K.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Introduction. Institutional failure in environmental management: toward a fuller understanding of social problems and public policy (W.R. Freudenburg, T.I.K. Youn). Suppression and Failure in Hazard Management. Historical routes to technologic... view more info and the price of this book.

Perspectives on Social Problems, Volume 11 - book by Holstein, J.A.;Miller, G.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Social Problems in Cinema and the Mass Media. Race and the Grand Canyon (N.K. Denzin). The East is... "queer"? Masculinity and desire for the same in recent Hong Kong cinema (J. Schneider). White-collar cinema: changing repre... view more info and the price of this book.

Family Change: Practices, Policies, and Values - book by Liera, A.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction (A. Liera). Partners and parents in Europe: a gender divide (A-M. Jensen). The sources and methods of comparative family policy research (A.H. Gauthier). Family decline, poverty and social exclusion. The mediating effects of family policy (A. Sorensen)... view more info and the price of this book.

Work and Family - book by Parcel, T.L.

DESCRIPTION: This book addresses key issues regarding the nexus of work and family in society at the beginning of the 21st century. For many families, the "balancing act" brings rewards as well as concerns. Employers and governments struggle with whether and how to assist in achieving balance. The w... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 10 - book by Greer, J.M.;Moberg, D.O.

DESCRIPTION: This tenth volume in the series, is exemplary of the editors' desire to span a variety of the social sciences with the primary focus on religion. Contributions from sociologists, psychologists, and other students of religion enhance this volume and add to its diversity. This exciting co... view more info and the price of this book.

Through the Eyes of the Child: Re-Visioning Children as Active Agents of Family Life - book by Berardo, F.M.;Shehan, C.L.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface (F.M. Berardo). Introduction. No longer a place for innocence: the re-submergence of childhood in post-industrial societies (C.L. Shehan). Reconceptualizing the Child as Social Actor. Psychology's child meets sociology's child: agency, influence and power i... view more info and the price of this book.

New Frontiers in Socialization - book by Settersten Jr., R.A.;Owens, T.J.

DESCRIPTION: The present volume (number 7) is subtitled New Frontiers in Socialization. With a combination of invited and author initiated papers - all anonymously peer reviewed - this volume seeks to produce a cohesive source of information on socialization and the life course. The volume advances... view more info and the price of this book.

Labor Revitalization, 11 - book by Cornfield, Dan;McCammon, Holly

DESCRIPTION: Labor Revitalization is among the first works to examine variations among nations in the wide array of initiatives labor unions and labor movements are taking to strengthen themselves and recruit new members. Moving beyond previous research on the factors leading to union decline, the i... view more info and the price of this book.

Advancing Gender Research Across, Beyond and Through Disciplines and Paradigms - book by Demos, V.;Segal, M.T.

DESCRIPTION: The contributors to this volume, the third in the series, refine ideas that have been part of the conceptual toolkit of gender scholarship from its inception, identifying new challenges to and new applications for the concepts of the public/private dichotomy and of patriarchy.

TABLE O... view more info and the price of this book.

Self and Identity through the Life Course in Cross-Cultural Perspective - book by Owens, T.J.

DESCRIPTION: This volume represents a new name and a new focus for its predecessor, Current Perspectives on Aging and the Life Cycle (volumes 1-4). We begin our new series, now titled Advances in Life Course Research, with volume 5. Its statement of purpose is the publication of theoretical analyses... view more info and the price of this book.

The Policy Implementation Process in Developing Nations - book by Lazin, F.A.

DESCRIPTION: This volume is part of the Policy Studies Organization Comprehensive Multi-Volume treatise on Policy Studies and Developing Nations. It focuses on the policy implementation process in developing nations. The major concern is to better understand how political and adminstrative instituti... view more info and the price of this book.

Coercion in Mental Health Services-International Perspectives - book by Morrissey, J.P.;Monahan, J.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Coercion and mental health services: introduction and overview (J.P. Morrissey, J. Monahan). Innovative US Studies. Coercion in the provision of mental health services: the Macarthur studies (J. Monahan et al.). Assessing the operation of a Ne... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Volume 22 - book by Denzin, N.K.

DESCRIPTION: The essays in this annual series consist of original research and theory within the general sociological perspective known as Symbolic Interactionism. International in scope, this series draws upon the work of interpretive students of cultural studies, ethnographers, phenomenologists, e... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Volume 21 - book by Dobkowski, M.;Walliman, I.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction. Politics of categorization: class, gender, nation, and the patriarchal narration in an ethnic minority community, Taiwan (Kang Chao). Ideology and organization in the oppositional movements of Taiwan and South Korea (Yin-wah Chu). Ethnicity and state ... view more info and the price of this book.

Gendered Sexualities, 6 - book by Gagne, Patricia;Tewksbury, Richard

DESCRIPTION: In recent decades, scholars have made important substantive and theoretical contributions to understanding the ways in which power is exercised through gender and through sexuality. Drawing upon a number of theoretical frameworks, including feminism, post-modernism, masculinities and q... view more info and the price of this book.

Terrorism and Disaster - book by Clarke, L.

DESCRIPTION: The terror attacks of 9.11 were signal events of the twenty-first century. They signalled that people are increasingly put at risk of not only terrorism but natural and technological disasters as well. Since 9.11 scholars have been asking new questions about catastrophe and made importa... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 32 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. Those scholars examine law and culture, the complex intersections of law and policy, and the pl... view more info and the price of this book.

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - book by Smelser, N.J.;Baltes, P.B.

DESCRIPTION: This Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. Not since the publication in 1968 of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by David L. Sills, has there been such an ambitious project to describe t... view more info and the price of this book.

Cultural Studies: A Research Annual, Volume 4 - book by Denzin, N.K.

DESCRIPTION: Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary series, drawing on contemporary scholarship in such fields as speech communication, education, anthropology, sociology, history, and English. Papers focus on the intersection of interpretive critical theory, qualitative inquiry, culture, media, h... view more info and the price of this book.

Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Volume 19 - book by Lehmann, J.M.

DESCRIPTION: Current Perspectives in Social Theory presents essays on the major issues in contemporary theoretical work in sociology, providing both a critical overview of the development of major debates and original formulations by specialists working in various fields. Emphasis is put upon the pr... view more info and the price of this book.

Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Volume 16 - book by Lehmann, J.M.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

AUTHORS: Lehmann, J.M.

PAGES: 304 pages

PUBLISH DATE: 01/05/1999

ISBN Number: 0-7623-0032-9... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 18 - book by Leicht, Kevin T

DESCRIPTION: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Volume 18 reflects the growing diversity of perspectives, methods and insights currently used in social stratification research. Authors discuss the following broad themes from an international perspective: the changing real and symbolic b... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 24 - book by Denzin, Norman K

DESCRIPTION: Volume 24 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction examines the performance in turn in ethnographic studies, with a special focus on the issues surrounding the performances of race, cultural and environmental identities. A special partial section honours the contributions of David R. Maines t... view more info and the price of this book.

Walking Towards Justice, 9 - book by Bell, M.;Hendricks, Fred

DESCRIPTION: Democracy is back, at least as a topic of concern among rural sociologists. The Neoliberal cast of the recent pursuit of globalization in world politics has led to the development of a wide range of critiques united by the same question: what about democracy? From this perspective, the ... view more info and the price of this book.

Black American Intellectualism and Culture: A Social Study of African American Social and Political Thought - book by Conyers, Jr., J.L.

DESCRIPTION: This work pursues to critically probe Black American Intellectualism and Culture in the organizational construct of intellectual studies; cultural studies; literary studies; and social thought. Accent has been placed on an interdisciplinary focus of examining the ethos and memory of Afr... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Community Sociology, Volume 9 - book by Chekki, D.A.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Participatory Action Research and Community Change. Participatory research, knowledge, and community-based change: experience, epistemology, and empowerment (L.L. Williams). Reunifying community and transforming society: community development education and the univ... view more info and the price of this book.

Philosophies of the Environment and Technology - book by Banchetti-Robino, M.P.;Marietta, D.E.;Embree, L.

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Research in Philosophy and Technology is guest edited by Marina Banchetti-Robino in association with Don E. Marietta Jr. and Lester Embree. In her introduction to the 10 major theme papers that deal with "Philosophies of the Environment and Technology", Banchetti-Robino g... view more info and the price of this book.

Ethnic Conflicts Explained by Ethnic Nepotism - book by Vanhanen, T.

DESCRIPTION: The principal idea of this study is to investigate to what extent it is possible to explain the emergence of ethnic conflicts and the variation in the degree of ethnic conflicts by our assumed predisposition to ethnic nepotism, not to find explanations for all ethnic conflicts.

TABLE ... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Social Science Methodology, Volume 5 - book by Thompson, B.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: On some history regarding statistical testing (C.J. Huberty, C.J. Pike). Five methodology errors in educational research: a pantheon of statistical significance and other faux pas (B. Thompson). Effect size measures: what they are and how to compute them (F.J. Kier... view more info and the price of this book.

The Comparative Study of Conscription in the Armed Forces, 20 - book by Mjoset, Lars;Van Holde, Stephen

DESCRIPTION: This issue makes a valuable contribution to the comparative study of military conscription. Issues discussed include: a conceptual clarification of conscription as distinguished from volunteerism and militia service; the emergence of the citizen soldier model; patterns of anti-militaris... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Science and Technology Studies, 13 - book by de Laet, Marianne

DESCRIPTION: Volume 13 of Knowledge and Society documents the various ways in which knowledge and technology transfer happen in practice. In reporting on the travel of thoughts and things, the authors in the volume undermine commonly held ideas about technology transfer. Their story shows how the pr... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Qualitative Organization Research, Volume 2 - book by Wagner III, J.A.

DESCRIPTION: This volume illustrates the breadth of questions and approaches that are amenable to qualitative research. The works have both theoretical relevance and pragmatic significance, holding important implications for organizational scholars and practitioners alike. Papers presented cover top... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in the Management of Organizational Quality, Volume 4 - book by Fedor, D.B.;Ghosh, S.

DESCRIPTION: The series Advances in the Management of Organizational Quality is designed to stimulate thinking on quality-related issues and to facilitate bringing quality into the mainstream of organizational effectiveness. This volume spans a broad range of topics from the transference of quality... view more info and the price of this book.

Some Buildings Just Can't Dance - book by Olson, R.S.;Olson, R.A.;Gawronski, V.T.

DESCRIPTION: This book places Oakland's public policy response (nine major ordinances) to building damage suffered in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in a full historical and intergovernmental context. Using a combined non-decision making and advocacy coalition approach, the book demonstrates how an... view more info and the price of this book.

Prison Reform in Arkansas, 19 - book by Browning, S.;Miller, R.R.

DESCRIPTION: With This Ring is a collection of research and review papers which seeks to examine specific marital processes from the perspective of diverse cultures. In particular, this anthology will focus on law and divorce, intimacy, and cohabitation/alternative marital forms.

TABLE OF CONTENTS... view more info and the price of this book.

Emergent Issues in the Field of Drug Abuse - book by Levy, J.A.;Stephens, R.C.;McBride, D.C.

DESCRIPTION: The field of drug abuse research is undergoing rapid change. This book reflects this change in addressing both current "cutting edge" issues in the field and suggests directions in which the field should go. Chapters are contributed by some of the leading drug abuse researchers in the n... view more info and the price of this book.

Ideas of Concord and Discord in Selected World Religions - book by Gittler, J.B.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction (J.B. Gittler, J. Macklin). The unity principle: ideas of social concord and discord in the Baha'i faith (R.H. Stockman). Discord and concord in Buddhist perspective (F.E. Reynolds et al.). Concord and conflict fr... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 19 - book by Sarat, A.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. New "Families"? The status of status: domestic partnership and the politics of same-sex marriage (J. Goldberg-Hiller). Benign neglect: affirmative action, same-sex marriage, and the underlying conservatism of Baehr V. Lewin (H. Silverstein). ... view more info and the price of this book.

Political Power and Social Theory, Volume 13 - book by Davis, D.K.

DESCRIPTION: Volume 13 critically probes the significance of worldwide transformations in political and economic systems, asking: are new patterns of liberalization producing fundamental shifts in social, political and economic life? In what ways is agency important for understanding the historical ... view more info and the price of this book.

The Global Color Line: Racial And Ethnic Inequality and Struggle From a Global Perspective - book by Batur-VanderLippe, P.;Feagin, J.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Introduction. Racial and ethnic inequality and struggle from the colonial era to the present: drawing the global color line (P. Batur-VanderLippe, J. Feagin). The Formulation and Expansion of Global Racial and Ethnic Inequality. Indian icons i... view more info and the price of this book.

Community Politics and Policy - book by Rabrenovic, G.;Kleniewski, N.

DESCRIPTION: This volume represents an attempt to link the theories and research of an interdisciplinary group of urbanists with the practical applications that scholars can help institute in the community. The articles in Neighbourhood Politics, analyze political forces within local communities and... view more info and the price of this book.

Deviance in the Workplace - book by Harper, I.;Simpson, R.L.

DESCRIPTION: This volume is about deviance in the workplace. It defines deviance as departures from laws or organizational rules by workers, managers, or an organization as an entity. It brings together contributions by scholars in the sociology of work and of crime and deviance, and identifies work... view more info and the price of this book.

The Future of Affirmative Action - book by Leicht, K.T.

DESCRIPTION: This second volume in the series presents a coherent set of papers that deal with the challenges of leveraging information technology for designing inter-organizational relationships. Instead of assembling a set of papers that are loosely connected to the broad theme of strategy and inf... view more info and the price of this book.

Mind, Brains, and Society: Toward a Neurosociology of Emotions - book by Franks, D.D.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction. Introduction: emergence, reduction, and levels of analysis in the neurosociological paradigm (T.S. Smith, D.D. Franks). Summaries of chapters (D.D. Franks, T.S. Smith). Theoretical Frameworks and Overview of Neurosociology. Explorations in neurosociol... view more info and the price of this book.

Organizational Politics - book by Bacharach, S.B.;Lawler, E.J.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of the contributors. Preface. General principles that explain the political problems of youth service organizations (S.M. Dornbusch et al.). Political paranoia in organizations: antecedents and consequences (R.M. Kramer). Organizational politics: the nature of... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Volume 23 - book by Denzin, N.K.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Stanley L. Saxton Tribute (Special Partial Issue). He made us lonesome when he went: in memory of a true pragmatist (M.A. Katovich). Renewing the promise of pragmatism: towards a sociology of difference (F.G. Pestello, S.L. Saxton). Spots on a gnat's ass, good sold... view more info and the price of this book.

Social Change for Women and Children - book by Demos, V.;Segal, M.T.

DESCRIPTION: The contributors to this volume consider policy implications of gender research with an emphasis on its relevance for children—particularly girls; and gender inequality within a range of contexts from that of Cameroon society where basic education is an issue, to that of feminist ... view more info and the price of this book.

Constructions of Urban Space - book by Hutchison, R.

DESCRIPTION: Urban space has emerged as the central organizing construct in studies of the post-modern metropolis. Contributors to this volume write on how urban space is used and contested by different social groups, how urban space is transformed by the changing economic relationships manifested i... view more info and the price of this book.

Health Care Providers, Institutions, and Patients: Changing Patterns of Care Provision and Care Delivery - book by Kronenfeld, J.J.

DESCRIPTION: This volume explores issues connected with health care providers, institutions, and patients. The focus of many of the articles is on changing patterns of care delivery and provision of care, as it affects these important groups of actors within the health care system. The articles rang... view more info and the price of this book.

Expanding the Scope of Social Science Research on Disability - book by Altman, B.M.;Barnartt, S.N.

DESCRIPTION: The first volume presents a collection of exciting papers exploring several new areas of disability research. The contributions include: examination of the media representation of disability and coverage of disability policy issues which gives an understanding of the far reaching impact... view more info and the price of this book.

The Sociology of Oliver C. Cox: New Perspectives - book by Hunter, H.M.

DESCRIPTION: This work presents original and critical papers on the life and sociological contributions of Oliver C. Cox. The unique features of this volume include an analysis of Cox's enigmatic career as a sociologist, his links with Marx, Weber and Mills, his contributions to world system theory,... view more info and the price of this book.

Jacques Ellul: An Annotated Bibliography - book by Hanks, J.M.

DESCRIPTION: Since his death in 1994, the understanding of Jacques Ellul's significance appears to have deepened considerably. A colloquium devoted to his work in Technique, held six months before his death, drew scholars from all over the world to Bordeaux, France. Four years later, in September ... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Group Processes, Volume 15 - book by Skvoretz, J.;Szmatka, J.

DESCRIPTION: Advances in Group Processes publishes theoretical, review, and empirically-based papers on group phenomena. The series adopts a broad conception of 'group processes' consistent with prevailing ones in the social psychological literature. In addition to topics such as status processes,... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Group Processes, Volume 14 - book by

Evaluation and the Postmodern Dilemma - book by Mabry, L.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: A postmodern text on postmodernism? (L. Mabry). Evaluation with the lights out: deconstructing illuminative evaluation and new paradigm research (I. Stronach). The fleeting discernment of quality (R.E. Stake). A standards-based perspective on evaluation (D.L. Stuff... view more info and the price of this book.

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Youth and Violence - book by Watts, M.W.

DESCRIPTION: This volume brings together contributions from a group of international scholars concerned with cross-cultural perspectives on youth and violence. The goal of the book is to present a set of themes (such as gang violence, xenophobia and school bullying) that are often treated only withi... view more info and the price of this book.

Security Concerns: Insights from the Israeli Experience - book by Bar-Tal, D.;Jacobson, D.;Klieman, A.

DESCRIPTION: This work offers a holistic presentation of security, its broader sources and ramifications in Israel — and by extension, any other country in the world. We extend the usual focus of analysis to include elements of societal life rather than the usual formats restricted to the mili... view more info and the price of this book.

Black Male Socialization: Revisited in the Minds of Respondents - book by Wright Myers, L.

DESCRIPTION: The term socialization, in sociology and social psychology, almost always denotes the process whereby individuals learn to behave willingly in accordance with the prevailing standards of their culture. Although occasionally used synonymously with learning, it is usually reserved for the... view more info and the price of this book.

Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Volume 18 - book by Lehmann, J.M.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Critical Social Theory Beyond "Critical Theory". Beyond the carousel for reification: critical social theory after Luckács, Adorno and Habermas (H.F. Dahms). Simmel-Eco vs. Simmel-Marx: ironized alienation (D. Weinstein, M.A. Weinstein). Communicative action... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Community Sociology, Volume 10 - book by Chekki, D.A.

DESCRIPTION: At the dawn of the new millennium, we are witnessing profound changes in myriad communities around the world. The process of globalization, communication/information technology, multinational corporation-based economy, cultural homogenization as well as diversity have tended to transfor... view more info and the price of this book.

Cultural Studies: A Research Annual, Volume 5 - book by Denzin, N.K.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Introduction. South African Cultural Studies. South African cultural studies: a journal's journey from apartheid to the worlds of the post (K. Tomaselli, A. Shepperson). Notes on Critical Arts (K. Tomaselli). Keyan Tomaselli and cultural studi... view more info and the price of this book.

Cultural Studies: A Research Annual, Volume 3 - book by Denzin, N.K.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Introduction. Critical Pedagogies and Interventionist Texts. Disturbing the colonial frames of ethnographic representation: releasing feminist imagination on the Academy (C.J. White et al.). Invitations to be creative (I. Stronach). Reading an... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Group Processes, Volume 17 - book by Thye, S.R.;Lawler, E.J.;Macy, M.W.;Walker, H.A.

DESCRIPTION: Advances in Group Processes publishes theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory-based empirical chapters on group phenomena. The series adopts a broad conception of 'group processes', including work on groups ranging from the very small to the very large, and on classic and contemporar... view more info and the price of this book.

Dairy Industry Restructuring - book by Schwarzweller, H.K.;Davidson, A.P.

DESCRIPTION: This volume focuses on the 'dairy problem', a complex issue that relates directly to the agricultural debate of the past two decades and that concerns the socioeconomic well-being and life-chances of many farm families and rural communities in most western societies. Dairy industry rest... view more info and the price of this book.

A Matter of Ethics: Facing the Fear of Doing the Right Thing - book by Traaen, T.J.

DESCRIPTION: In the face of contemporary strife, the American marketplace is reeling from repeated examples of ethics violations. These violations cross all industries, from securities and investment firms, to public school districts, to local municipal government, as well as the US federal governme... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 11 - book by Greer, J.M.;Moberg, D.O.

DESCRIPTION: This exciting collection of papers opens with Founding Editor David O. Moberg's salute to the millennium, as he asks What Most Needs the Attention of Religion Researchers in the Twenty-first Century? A revision and expansion of an earlier oral presentation on "Passing the Torch" to a ne... view more info and the price of this book.

Doing Time: Prison Experience and Identity Among First-Time Inmates - book by Jones, R.S.;Schmid, T.J.

DESCRIPTION: Doing Time describes life in a maximum security prison, as experienced by first-time prisoners. The study is based on a collaboration between an inmate-sociology graduate student and a sociologist. The analysis presented focuses on the phenomenological experience of the prison world and... view more info and the price of this book.

Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Volume 2 - book by Ulmer, J.T.

DESCRIPTION: Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance is an annual series of volumes that publishes scholarly work in criminology and criminal justice studies, sociology of law, and the sociology of deviance and social control. These are very broad topics, and the series reflects this breadth. The ser... view more info and the price of this book.

Families, Crime and Criminal Justice: Charting the Linkages - book by Fox, G.L.;Benson, M.L.

DESCRIPTION: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research is a series of volumes that features scholarly work on the frontiers of interdisciplinary research on families and family life. Volume 2, Families, Crime and Criminal Justice reflects this pioneering orientation by bringing together new empir... view more info and the price of this book.

Health, Illness and Use of Care, 18 - book by Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

DESCRIPTION: Volume 18 in this series explores the impact of social factors on health, illness and the use of care. Contributors examine a number of social factors including sex, gender and socio-economic status on the healthcare experience and focus on both patients within the care process and the ... view more info and the price of this book.

Cross-Cultural Case Study, 6 - book by Pole, Christopher

DESCRIPTION: This volume seeks to address a major gap in the literature on qualitative research namely cross-cultural qualitative research. The essays cover a range of methodological and substantive issues. In common with previous studies on qualitative research, they focus on the practice of socia... view more info and the price of this book.

Multi-Criteria Applications, 10 - book by Lawrence, Kenneth D;Klimberg, Ronald

DESCRIPTION: Applications of Management Science is a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of the research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision-making problems... view more info and the price of this book.

Religion on the Internet, 8 - book by Hadden, Jeffrey;Cowan, Douglas

DESCRIPTION: Religion on the Internet is the first systematic inquiry into the nature, scope and content of religion in cyberspace. Contributors to this volume include leading social scientists engaged in systematic studies of how organizations and individuals are presenting religion on the Interne... view more info and the price of this book.

The Empirical Turn in the Philosophy of Technology, 20 - book by Mitcham, Carl;Kroes, Peter;Meijers, Anthonie

DESCRIPTION: The philosophy of technology has been dominated by metaphysical analyses of the 'essence' of technology and by moral/critical reflections on the consequences of technology for individual and social forms of life. As a consequence, the study of engineering design and the making of modern... view more info and the price of this book.

Beyond Results, 11 - book by Anders, Kathleen

DESCRIPTION: The reporting of performance measures and standards in budgeting is expected to strengthen the accountability of results, at the same time lessening the need for compliance with burdensome rules and regulations. Reduction in rules and red tape is anticipated to provide greater discretio... view more info and the price of this book.

Bringing Capitalism Back for Critique by Social Theory, 21 - book by Lehmann, Jennifer M

DESCRIPTION: Reflecting the cultural diversity in critical theory, Current Perspectives in Social Theory presents work from a variety of theoretical traditions demonstrating the problems of sociological theorizing. Volume 21 echoes a current trend by publishing articles that reconsider Marx, Althuss... view more info and the price of this book.

Theory, Sport & Society, 1 - book by Maguire, Joseph;Young, Kevin

DESCRIPTION: Intended as a resource for students and researchers alike, Theory, Sport and Society is a collection of 16 papers that span past, present and future approaches to the sociological study of sport. It includes both a selection of the 'founding' theorists whose work remains so pertinent to... view more info and the price of this book.

The Politics of Social Inequality, 9 - book by Dobratz, Betty A.;Waldner, Lisa K.;Buzzell, Timothy

DESCRIPTION: Political sociology has often left the discussion of collective political behavior to those working within a social movement framework. The politics of inequality and social division invoke important questions for political sociology. Many argue that at the heart of political sociology ... view more info and the price of this book.

Political Power and Social Theory, 14 - book by Davis, Diane E

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Political Power and Social Theory deliberately grapples with some of the weightiest subjects in the contemporary social sciences: race and class and their impact on political and economic organization. Three historical papers on Cuba, Tanzania, and Mexico open the volume ... view more info and the price of this book.

The Transformation of Work, 10 - book by Vallas, Steven

DESCRIPTION: Analysts are generally agreed: dramatic changes are unfolding in the character of work, managerial authority, and the employment relationship. However, there is little agreement as to precisely how such changes are reshaping people's working lives, the nature of their careers, and the d... view more info and the price of this book.

The Organizational Response to Social Problems, 8 - book by Schutt, Russel K.;Hartwell, Stephanie

DESCRIPTION: From the de-institutionalization of psychiatric hospitals to the privatisation of prisons, the dramatic public policy changes of the last three decades have been, to a large extent, changes in organization. The chapters in this volume examine these organizational changes. We learn how o... view more info and the price of this book.

Handbook of Transport and the Environment, 4 - book by Hensher, David A;Button, Kenneth J

DESCRIPTION: As one of the most challenging issues facing the transport sector, the need for this handbook devoted to the environmental impacts of transport is clear. It gives full treatment to all aspects of the subject: - environmental concepts, both physical and economic - key environmental conc... view more info and the price of this book.

The Mind's Eye - book by Radach, Ralph;Hyona, Jukka;Deubel, Heiner

DESCRIPTION: The book provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of current research on cognitive and applied aspects of eye movements. The contents include peer-reviewed chapters based on a selection of papers presented at the 11th European Conference on Eye Movements (Turku, Finland 2001),... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 28 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. It examines new perspectives on constitutional interpretation, on rights, and... view more info and the price of this book.

Managing Product Innovation, 13 - book by Woodside, Arch G.

DESCRIPTION: Historical research on firm-level innovation behavior results in the following main insight: firm-level decisions focusing on innovations are critical, difficult, and often result in failure to act. While acceptance is widespread among executives that firms must innovate radically as w... view more info and the price of this book.

Beyond Small Numbers, 4 - book by Pearson, Jr, Willie

DESCRIPTION: The book provides significant insight into the factors that affect the careers of these scientists and, importantly, gives voice to the many men and women who overcame discrimination, prejudice, and racism to build successful scientific careers.Although 70 percent of those interviewed f... view more info and the price of this book.

An International Feminist Challenge to Theory, 5 - book by Demos, Vasilikie;Texler Segal, Marcia

DESCRIPTION: In this volume, 15 feminist scholars from five continents, who participated in the 1998 conference co-sponsored by Research Committee 32, Women in Society, of the International Sociological Association (WISISA) and the Centre for Research and Teaching on Women at McGill University, cons... view more info and the price of this book.

Visions of Quality, 7 - book by Benson, Alexis P.;Hinn, D. Michelle;Lloyd, Claire

DESCRIPTION: The field of program evaluation is not monolithic. But, rather, is shaped by an ever-increasing range of approaches each of which, to varying degrees, reflects evaluation's dual role as a theoretical endeavor and a form of socio-political inquiry. Indeed, today evaluators are confronted... view more info and the price of this book.

Minding the Time in Family Experience, 3 - book by Daly, Kerry J.

DESCRIPTION: We are directed to "mind the time" on occasions when diligence to the clock is important. However, to deliberately invoke "mind your time" is to remember how quickly time, and the clock which serves as its agent, can so quickly recede into the mundane and taken for granted parts of our ... view more info and the price of this book.

Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, 8 - book by Kinney, David A

DESCRIPTION: Volume 8 of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth includes chapters that focus on issues of race, gender, and public policy as they relate to children and youth. This volume includes empirical and theoretical works from a variety of perspectives. The chapters in the current volume ... view more info and the price of this book.

Perspectives on Social Problems, Volume 12 - book by

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Thinking about Social Constructionism. The apparently innocuous 'just', the law of levity and the social problems of social construction (J. Best). Notes on the delimitation of social problems discourse: two responses and some suggestions (P.R. Ibarra). Appropriati... view more info and the price of this book.

Children at the Millennium, 6 - book by Owens, Timothy J;Hofferth, Sandra L.

DESCRIPTION: Produced under the auspices of the Section on the Sociology of Children and Youth of the American Sociological Association, this volume provides a cohesive, wide-ranging source of information on the life courses of children and youths. Contributions reflect: demographic analyses and pro... view more info and the price of this book.

Exploring Theories and Expanding Methodologies, 2 - book by Barnartt, Sharon N;Altman, Barbara M.

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Research in Social Science and Disability focuses attention on the dual themes of theory and methodology that must form a basis for studies of impairment and disability. Issues discussed include: critiques of current concepts of disability; the fit between sociological ro... view more info and the price of this book.

Critical Perspectives on Urban Redevelopment, 6 - book by Fox Gotham, Kevin

DESCRIPTION: In recent years, urban "redevelopment" has emerged as one of the key concerns of urban social science in both theoretical and empirically based research settings. This edited volume brings together some of the latest scholarly work on the novel and enduring features of urban redevelopme... view more info and the price of this book.

Toward Reflexive Ethnography, 9 - book by Bromley, David;Carter, Lewis

DESCRIPTION: Fieldwork involving "participant observation" has become a primary method for studying religious movements and other non-mainstream religious groups. Ethnography is a primary narrative form for reporting fieldwork findings. Toward Reflexive Ethnography explores how fieldwork decisions a... view more info and the price of this book.

Changing Consumers and Changing Technology in Health Care and Health Care Delivery, 19 - book by Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

DESCRIPTION: This book deals with issues of growing importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world. Such systems need to respond to changes in technology within health care, shifting technologies not specific to health care, and changes in the way patients and ... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 25 - book by Denzin, Norman K

DESCRIPTION: Volume 25 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction emphasizes interpretive interactionist work on race, media, culture and identity. Experimental, autoethnographic performance texts are privileged, as are recent theoretical developments in symbolic interaction theory involving critical humani... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 24 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. It examines the many ways citizens learn about law, law beyond the nation-sta... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 25 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law and examines new perspectives on legal relationships and events, punishment as... view more info and the price of this book.

Sociological Views on Political Participation in the 21st Century, 10 - book by Dobratz, Betty A.;Buzzell, Timothy;Waldner, Lisa K.

DESCRIPTION: Political sociology and continues to have a significant place in the study of the relationship between society and politics. The unprecedented US election of 2000 provided many examples of what Braungart suggested in the first of this series in political sociology; that political occurr... view more info and the price of this book.

Punishment, Politics and Culture, 30 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

Taking Life and Death Seriously - Bioethics from Japan, 8 - book by Takahashi, Takao

DESCRIPTION: Full-scale Bioethics research began in America around 1970, a decade later America introduced it into Japan. More recently Japanese researchers have realised the growing necessity to evaluate Bioethics more objectively. The principles and policies concerning Bioethics differ between cou... view more info and the price of this book.

The Environmental State Under Pressure, 10 - book by Buttel, Frederick H;Mol, Arthur P. J.

DESCRIPTION: For a long time in industrialized countries the state occupied a comfortable and unquestioned position in dealing with environmental problems. Since the 1960s we have witnessed the rather smooth institutionalization of environmental tasks in state policies and politics, leading to the e... view more info and the price of this book.

Theoretical Directions in Political Sociology for the 21st Century, 11 - book by Dobratz, Betty A.;Buzzell, Timothy;Waldner, Lisa K.

DESCRIPTION: The theoretical frameworks political sociologists use to understand, describe and predict political behavior have evolved over the past twenty years in response to empirical challenges and interdisciplinary influences. The diverse collection of work contained in this volume also suggest... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 26 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. It examines new perspectives on political relationships, politics and legal r... view more info and the price of this book.

Critical Theory, 22 - book by Lehmann, Jennifer M

DESCRIPTION: This volume is unified by its perspective, Critical Theory. It is diversified by the objects to which Critical Theory has been applied, and to the subjects who are writing Critical Theory. It is hoped that the diverse unity, or the recognition of this unity, of traditional Critical The... view more info and the price of this book.

Social Inequalities, Health and Health Care Delivery, 20 - book by Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

DESCRIPTION: This book deals with an issue of great importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world. Research on social inequalities has a very long tradition in sociological research, and discussion of the impact of social inequalities on health and health care... view more info and the price of this book.

The Future of Election Studies - book by Franklin, Mark M;Wlezien, Christopher

DESCRIPTION: Election studies have reached a critical point in their development. In 1999, directors of election studies in Great Britain, Canada, the Netherlands and the USA, together with the directors of the European Elections Studies program and the Comparative Study of Election Systems group, m... view more info and the price of this book.

The Future of Market Transition, 19 - book by Leicht, Kevin T

DESCRIPTION: The Future of Market Transition brings together scholars from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, different nations and different empirical research traditions to examine the implications of market transitions for individual life chances, state economic policy and social stratif... view more info and the price of this book.

Political Power and Social Theory, 15 - book by Davis, Diane E

DESCRIPTION: Volume 15 offers a series of critical articles and commentaries by some of the leading historically-oriented social scientists writing in American academia today. Collectively, the articles examine issues ranging from the relations between classes, power, and history to the role of stat... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 27 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. It examines new perspectives on the relationship of law and values and race a... view more info and the price of this book.

An Aesthetics of Law and Culture, 34 - book by Kenyon, Andrew ;Rush, Peter

DESCRIPTION: This special volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society - The Aesthetics of Law and Culture: texts, images, screens - examines practices of representation and their relation to juridical and cultural formations. The chapters range across the media of speech and writing, word and i... view more info and the price of this book.

Political Sociology for the 21st Century, 12 - book by Dobratz, Betty A.;Buzzell, Timothy;Waldner, Lisa K.

DESCRIPTION: This volume of the series explores the state of political sociology at the beginning of the 21st century. The collection offers works that show significant advances in the study of the social roots of all things "political" in society. As in prior volumes, this collection demonstrates t... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 29 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law, and examines law and culture, the complex intersections of law and policy, and the place of rel... view more info and the price of this book.

Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, 9 - book by Rosier, Katherine Brown

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth continues a tradition of publishing new work by both high-profile, established researchers, and up-and-coming young scholars. Diverse contributions offer a good balance of quantitative and qualitative methodologies; focus on chil... view more info and the price of this book.

Defining Religion, 10 - book by Greil, Arthur L.;Bromley, David

DESCRIPTION: The debate over the proper definition of "religion" has occupied the attention of social scientists for many years without shedding much light on the nature of religion. One reason for this lack of progress is that most participants in the debate have accepted a naturalistic conception ... view more info and the price of this book.

The Sociology of Job Training, 12 - book by Bills, David

DESCRIPTION: How workers learn how to do their jobs is central to an understanding of the changing nature of work in post-industrial society. The role of job or worker training has, however, been underdeveloped in sociological theories of work and the labor market. By most accounts, the ongoing pen... view more info and the price of this book.

Using Survey Data to Study Disability, 3 - book by Altman, Barbara M.;Barnartt, Sharon N;Hendershot, Gerry;Larson, Sheryl

DESCRIPTION: The 1994-95 Disability Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS-D) sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services provided a rich resource for the quantitative studies included in this volume. Nationally representative surveys that focus on collecting more i... view more info and the price of this book.

Comparative Studies of Culture and Power, 21 - book by Engelstad, Fredrik

DESCRIPTION: The "cultural turn" in sociology created a new interest in power questions. This has led to a renewed interest in conceptual discussions of power in the field of culture studies, whereas empirical work is still less developed. Comparative Studies of Culture and Power sets the focus on t... view more info and the price of this book.

Gender Perspectives on Health and Medicine, 7 - book by Texler Segal, Marcia;Demos, Vasilikie;Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

DESCRIPTION: This volume is about gender, health and medicine broadly defined. From the essays in it, it is abundantly clear that medicine is a gendered and class-structured institution. Taken as a whole the volume offers a critique of exclusively biomedical approaches to personal and public health ... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 20 - book by Leicht, Kevin T

DESCRIPTION: Volume 20 of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility continues to remain at the forefront of the diverse group of social scientists who study social inequality and is now the official publication of the Social Stratification Research Group of the International Sociological Associ... view more info and the price of this book.

The Multicultural Challenge, 22 - book by Brochmann, Grete

DESCRIPTION: Cultural pluralisation - reinforced by immigration - has had major consequences for the political agenda in recent years in liberal democratic states. New types of tension have arisen - new forms of social and cultural differentiation, and new patterns of inequality. The diversity also ... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 31 - book by Sarat, A.;Ewick, P.

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. These scholars examine law and culture, the complex intersections of law and policy, and the pl... view more info and the price of this book.

Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies, 8 - book by Zollinger Giele, Janet;Holst, Elke

DESCRIPTION: Hardly any broad analyses exist to link the vast contemporary change in life patterns both to changes in women's lives (rising employment, declining fertility, and changing use of time) and to changes in men's lives, the gender contract, and the economy, as well as to national social po... view more info and the price of this book.

Political Power and Social Theory, 16 - book by Davis, Diane E

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Political Power and Social Theory addresses some of the most pressing questions of our times, from the origins and meaning of the war in Iraq to the transnational politics of immigration to the impact of race on labor organization to the historical underpinnings of corpor... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 27 - book by Denzin, Norman K

DESCRIPTION: Volume 27 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction emphasizes new developments in interactionist theory and practice, as well as examples of post-modern ethnography and performance texts focused on border crossings and border performances. The volume also presents essays honoring Laurel Richa... view more info and the price of this book.

Gender Perspectives on Reproduction and Sexuality, 8 - book by Texler Segal, Marcia;Demos, Vasilikie;Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

DESCRIPTION: This volume offers feminist perspectives on the social, cultural and medical aspects of women as sexual beings and of their fertility, pregnancy and child bearing. It serves as a companion to Advances in Gender Research volume 7, Gender perspectives on Health and Medicine: Key Themes. A... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 31 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. On the Global Stage: Law's Adaptations and Responses. Chaos as Utopia: international criminal prosecution as a challenge to state power (L. Hajjar). Between past and future: the equivocations of the new cosmopolitanism (R. Fine, D. Chernilo). ... view more info and the price of this book.

The City as an Entertainment Machine, 9 - book by Clark, Terry Nichols

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: taking entertainment seriously (T. Nichols Clark). A political theory of consumption (T. Nichols Clark). Urban amenities: lakes, opera, and juice bars: do they drive development? (T. Nichols Clark). Globalization and the liminal: transgression, identi... view more info and the price of this book.

Terrorism and Disaster, 11 - book by Clarke, Lee

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: 9.11 as disaster: on worst cases, terrorism, and catastrophe (L. Clarke). A civil defense against terror (O. Rodriguez). Empire of fear: imagined community and the September 11 attacks (A. Larabee). Disaster beliefs and institutional interests: recycling disaster m... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 26 - book by Denzin, Norman K

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Peter Hall's Contributions to Communications and Sociological Inquiries (Special Partial Issue). Engaging Peter Hall's work concerning social organization, power, policy, and communication (W.K. Rawlins). Conversations and engagements: contributions to theory in th... view more info and the price of this book.

Diversity in the Work Force, 14 - book by DiTomaso, Nancy;Post, Corinne

DESCRIPTION: Increasing diversity in the workforce has several sources: (a) the changing demographic structure of the U.S., (b) the increased importance of globalization to profits and long term survival in many companies, and (c) changes in the structure of how work gets done. People bring with the... view more info and the price of this book.

Globalism/Localism at Work, 13 - book by Beukema, Leni;Carrillo Viveros, Jorge Hector

DESCRIPTION: In this volume the focus is on the interrelations of the global and the local in their consequences for work. The process of restructuring of work is analyzed as an ongoing, locally situated process in which actors within work organizations play an important role. Nevertheless, when tak... view more info and the price of this book.

Chronic Care, Health Care Systems and Services Integration, 22 - book by Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

DESCRIPTION: The theme of this volume is chronic care, health care systems and services integration. The volume is divided into three sections. The first section focuses on issues that relate to health care providers. The second section contains papers that deal with home and community based servic... view more info and the price of this book.

Inequality: Structures, Dynamics and Mechanisms, 21 - book by Kalleberg, Arne L.;Morgan, Stephen L.;Myles, John;Rosenfeld (Deceased), Rachel A.

DESCRIPTION: Aage Sorensen was an influential intellectual presence who was one of the world's leading authorities on social stratification and the sociology of education. His research sought to understand the structures, dynamics and mechanisms that underlie inequalities in industrial societies by... view more info and the price of this book.

Race and Ethnicity in New York City, 7 - book by Krase, J;Hutchison, Ray

DESCRIPTION: American cities are today more diverse than at any time in history. The continuing flow of new immigrants has settled in urban and suburban areas that have undergone visible change in population and neighborhoods. While Chicago long served as the convenient and well-studied model for ... view more info and the price of this book.

The Structure of the Life Course: Standardized? Individualized? Differentiated?, 9 - book by Macmillan, Ross

DESCRIPTION: Current debates in life course studies increasingly reference theories of individualization, standardization, and differentiation in the structure of the life course. This volume brings together leading scholars from a variety of fields to assess the theoretical underpinnings, the empir... view more info and the price of this book.

Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, 10 - book by Bass, Loretta

DESCRIPTION: This International Volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth shows the breadth of current empirical research that focuses on children and youth around the world. Coming from a range of methodological and theoretical orientations, this volume showcases the lives of children an... view more info and the price of this book.

Entrepreneurship, 15 - book by Keister, Lisa

DESCRIPTION: Entrepreneurship, the creation of new economic entities, is central to the structure and functioning of organizations and economies. New business formation also shapes the nature of social and economic stratification in an economy and may be an important vehicle for social mobility. The... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 35 - book by Sarat, Austin

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and the law. Those scholars examine the nature of family and the intersection of family and law, the way... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 23 - book by Leicht, Kevin T

DESCRIPTION: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility continues its tradition of publishing the best and most innovative research on the changing landscape of social inequality the world over. This issue focuses on different dimensions of social closure and their relationship to social inequal... view more info and the price of this book.

Gender Realities, 9 - book by Texler Segal, Marcia;Demos, Vasilikie

DESCRIPTION: The ten papers in Gender Realities: Local and Global document the types of work in which women engage, and gender equity issues they face. They show both the importance of considering the uniqueness of cultural contexts for understanding and resolving problems and how global interdepen... view more info and the price of this book.

Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 28 - book by Denzin, Norman K

DESCRIPTION: Volume 28 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction emphasizes new developments in interactionist theory and practice, as well as examples of post-modern ethnography and performance texts focused on border crossings and border performances. The volume also presents essays honoring Carolyn Elli... view more info and the price of this book.

The Organizational Response to Persons with Mental Illness Involved with the Criminal Justice System, 12 - book by Hartwell, Stephanie

DESCRIPTION: From arrest to release, the organizational response to mentally ill offenders is continually evolving according to existing policies and resources. How organizations respond, how they should respond, and their ability to evolve is important. The chapters in this volume offer cases with ... view more info and the price of this book.

Social Identification in Groups, 22 - book by Thye, Shane R;Lawler, Edward J

DESCRIPTION: Advances in Group Processes publishes theoretical analyses, reviews and theory based empirical chapters on group phenomena. Volume 22, the fourth volume of a 5-series set, includes papers that address fundamental issues of Social Identification in Groups. Chapter one examines how group ... view more info and the price of this book.

Nature, Raw Materials, and Political Economy, 10 - book by Ciccantell, Paul S;Smith, David A;Seidman, Gay

DESCRIPTION: The papers in this volume push the study of the multifaceted nature-society relationship and the socioeconomic consequences of human dependence on nature forward in a variety of areas. In the first section, "Theoretical Foundations", the five chapters lay out theoretical models for exam... view more info and the price of this book.

Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Populations, 23 - book by Jacobs Kronenfeld, Jennie

DESCRIPTION: The theme of this volume is Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Populations: Patient and Provider Perspectives. The volume is divided into five sections. The first section discusses the overall issue of health care disparities and underserved populations a... view more info and the price of this book.

Social Theory as Politics in Knowledge, 23 - book by Lehmann, Jennifer M

DESCRIPTION: This volume discusses, and manifests, three interrelated perspectives in social theory. First, that all knowledge, including scientific knowledge, is theoretical: there are alternative perspectives, or theories, about any phenomenon. Second, that all knowledge, including scientific know... view more info and the price of this book.

New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development, 11 - book by Buttel , Frederick H;McMichael, Philip

DESCRIPTION: Why is global development so unequal in its social impact? How are global relations represented in local developments, and vice versa? What role do social movements play in shaping global development? These are some of the questions animating this state-of-the-art collection of essays. ... view more info and the price of this book.

Towards an Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Life Course, 10 - book by Levy, Rene;Ghisletta, Paolo;Le Goff, Jean-Marie;Spini, Dario;Widmer, Eric

DESCRIPTION: Despite the well-established consensus on the need for an interdisciplinary research paradigm to understand the unfolding of human lives within their social context, existing empirical research rarely embraces this belief. This volume aims at examining the feasibility and hurdles of int... view more info and the price of this book.

Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, 11 - book by Kinney, David A;Rosier, Katherine Brown

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth showcases timely and important work of active, early-career sociologists helping to define the direction of the sub-field. Their work shares basic premises and concerns: Children and youth are active agents in their own "socializ... view more info and the price of this book.

Crime and Punishment, 37 - book by Sarat, Austin

DESCRIPTION: Volume 37 of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a special volume devoted to exploring humanistic perspectives on the subject of punishment. Drawing together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars, it explores the way "deviant" subjects are constructed and made a... view more info and the price of this book.

Global Olympics, 3 - book by Young, Kevin;Wamsley, Kevin

DESCRIPTION: The Olympic Games have become a subject of major importance to students, academics, sports bodies, politicians, urban planners, and the public at large. The Olympic Rings are among the most recognised symbols in the world, and there are few other cultural phenomena that attract such a s... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, 26 - book by Coy, Patrick G

DESCRIPTION: Over the past decade social movement scholarship has reflected the robust nature of many of the movements themselves. Innovative lines of inquiry and new theoretical frameworks have opened up to reinvigorate the field. This volume reflects this welcome trend. The volume opens with two ... view more info and the price of this book.

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