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Seminal sociological work has described the world today as a ‘local-global nexus’ that is defined by localized, often conflictual responses to a series of ‘global flows’. Building on this, this book……続きを見る

As US imperialism continues to dictate foreign policy, Deadly Contradictions is a compelling account of the American empire. Stephen P. Reyna argues that contemporary forms of violence exercised by ……続きを見る

In recent years, ethnographic fieldwork has been subjected to analytical scrutiny in anthropology. Ethnography remains anchored in tropes of spatiality with the association between field and fieldwo……続きを見る

A process through which skills, knowledge, and resources are expanded, capacity building, remains a tantalizing and pervasive concept throughout the field of anthropology, though it has received lit……続きを見る

This volume explores the enduring influence of Introduction to the Science of Sociology, published a century ago by Robert Park and Ernest Burgess. It brings together scholars from the United States……続きを見る

Girls and young women, particularly those from rural and indigenous communities around the world, face some of the most adverse social issues in the world despite the existence of protective laws an……続きを見る

Given that Schutz was a philosopher and a social scientist, this book will examine topics in Schutz’s philosophical-phenomenological theory of the social world, such as the second person, the face-t……続きを見る

This book examines the connection between food and identity in the Nigerian diaspora community in Belgium. Encounters between people from different cultures do not lead to a simple adaptation of the……続きを見る

Préface d’Éric Plaisance Que cherche-t-on à faire des enfants dans l’école maternelle d’aujourd’hui　? Quelles sont les caractéristiques actuelles de cette instance de socialisation　? En posant ces……続きを見る

Cet ouvrage s’intéresse à l’influence croissante des logiques de flexibilité sur les débuts de carrière des jeunes journalistes belges francophones. Marquées par une crise de l’emploi d’une ampleur ……続きを見る

«Beyond the narrow application to the pop-cultural zombie, Simon Bacon’s editorial definition of the concept of being «undead» generates discussions in each chapter that creatively engage with the f……続きを見る

Quel lien peut exister entre le corps des mines en France dans les années 1960, le retournement des morts à Madagascar et la sorcellerie au Congo dans les années 1970, la grande distribution en Fran……続きを見る

The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel brings together leading scholars and upcoming researchers in contemporary ethnomethodology to bring out the experimental character of Garfinkel’s legacy in t……続きを見る

This is a book of conversations with researchers working across Europe, the USA and Africa. It aims to illuminate the lived reality of educational research on a wide variety of topics, including fam……続きを見る

The book is a collection of articles and essays devoted to important studies conducted by Polish sociologists in the course of more than a hundred years. It displays not only the discipline’s schola……続きを見る

This is the biography of a pioneer aeronaut, Charles Henry Brown, whose life-long obsession with aerostation took him from his native Great Britain to Australia and India. The story of his quest for……続きを見る

Depuis une cinquantaine d’années, nombreuses sont les études qui s’intéressent aux interactions entre les milieux de vie et leur impact sur la santé. Deux axes principaux se dégagent : l’un focalisé……続きを見る

This book is a collection of papers written by researchers, teachers, administrators, analysts and graduate students working and doing research in the field of social sciences. The topics in the boo……続きを見る

Als Resultat unterschiedlicher Migrationsbewegungen in den letzten Jahrzehnten stieg die MigrantInnenpopulation Österreichs und in der Folge ebenso die Anzahl der ethnischen UnternehmerInnen, die Se……続きを見る

The focus of this book is to investigate a routine yet disruptive activity at the hospital – telephone interaction – and to expose how nurses and physicians coordinate at distance in view of deliver……続きを見る

The book explores intra-EU mobility of Polish families as seen by the migrants themselves. The author analyses in what way mobility has influenced their choices regarding if, when and where to have ……続きを見る

Uniquely amongst the numerous publications to appear on the work of the French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu, this book deals with data analysis, examining a range of techniques and instruments. A……続きを見る

China has one-fifth of the world’s total elderly population. This rapidly aging population presents serious challenges to the state to develop a social service system. To satisfy increasing demands ……続きを見る

After addressing the "state of the art" about migrant entrepreneurship, and reviewing the literature and methodological description, the reader is invited to "travel", separately, through the variou……続きを見る

Virtuelle Beratungsräume statt personaler Begegnung? Vor allem für junge Menschen bietet die leichte Verfügbarkeit eine Chance, fachliche Hilfestellung wie qualifizierte psychologische Beratung ohne……続きを見る

In den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten wurde in der (Deutsch)Schweizer Öffentlichkeit viel über Zuwanderinnen und Zuwanderer aus dem postjugoslawischen Raum – im speziellen aus Serbien – diskutiert. So war……続きを見る

This book engages with a critical perspective on gender equality and quality of life. It provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical and methodological frameworks for exploring both concepts wh……続きを見る

This book is an empirical study of a central European city focused on the political process. The authors use the example of the city of Wroclaw to present a condition of the urban public sphere in t……続きを見る

Where do feelings of national belonging come from? Why is it that this belonging often seems both fundamental and banal, both intangible and omnipresent? This book argues that the answers to these q……続きを見る

Le sociologue américain Harvey Sacks (1935-1975) a apporté une contribution décisive au développement de l’ethnométhodologie en fondant l’analyse de conversation et l’analyse des catégorisations. Il……続きを見る