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I. ALEKSANDER Kobler Unit for Information Technology Management, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England It is now over half a decade since Joseph Engelberger wrote: 'Given a six……続きを見る

This book is the second edition of a text based on a report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Authority (SID A). The financial grant from SIDA which made the work possible is her……続きを見る

As experiências culturais contemporâneas são marcadas por novas formas de percepção e comunicação, transformam saberes, narrativas e práticas do ver. Nesse contexto, a cultura visual, por meio de di……続きを見る

The landlord and his emaciated labourer are symbolic of Indian agriculture. However, this relationship has now changed as large landowners have fallen from their superior position. This volume explo……続きを見る

«Todas as discussões acerca da globalização acabadas de referir são atravessadas pela consciência de uma grande rutura estabelecida em torno da década de 80 do século XX. Uma rutura, aliás, assinala……続きを見る

Honour based violence and abuse manifests itself in different forms, and this book offers a comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon. This book argues that the limits of honour crimes must be ……続きを見る

From handshakes on the White House lawn to Picasso's iconic dove of peace, the images and stereotypes of peace are powerful, widespread and easily recognizable. Yet if we try to offer a concise defi……続きを見る

In the last years of their existence, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) found themselves facing a similar and very grim state of ……続きを見る

While the analysis of generations has been central in the sociological understanding of social change, the role of the media in this process has only been acknowledged as an important feature during……続きを見る

In this lively and wide-ranging essay, Göran Ahrne sketches an organizational theory of society. Combining the insights of organization theory with the traditional concerns of social theory, he make……続きを見る

Using visual ethnography, this book explores the many forms of pleasures that boys derive in and through the spaces and their bodies in physical education. Employing the works of Michel Foucault and……続きを見る

This book examines the nature of the conflict between right-wing populism and multiculturalism: the West’s defining conflict in the modern age. Drawing on a plethora of evidence from politics and cu……続きを見る

ATROPOS ROMANZO DI GIUSEPPE COSMO INTRODUZIONE Atropos racconta un incrocio di destini. Sullo sfondo di una evoluzione socio - culturale Che condiziona e modifica la vita dei personaggi come se foss……続きを見る

Classical liberalism regarded universal suffrage as a mortal threat to property. So what explains the advent of liberal democracy, and how stable today is the marriage between representative governm……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1980, is a study of how refugee immigrants from China make a living as market gardeners in a valley in Hong Kong. Based on extensive field-work, it examines various asp……続きを見る

This is a collection of mythological texts from the Koryak, a traditional people who live on the Kamchatka peninsula, in the far east of Russia. The similarity of these tales to native American folk……続きを見る

A deep dive into the Brat Pack, John Hughes, and the timeless movies they made togetherー“a must-have for fans of ’80s teen flicks” (Associated Press) “As readable as it is informative, Susannah Gor……続きを見る

This book makes the case that school Health and Physical Education (HPE) can make a unique contribution to young people’s physical, emotional and social health outcomes when teachers of HPE engage i……続きを見る

This book analyzes the current trends in the production, dissemination, and use of knowledge which contribute to social inequalities, especially in the Global South. The aim of the text is to explor……続きを見る

Over the past three decades, Uzbekistan has attracted the attention of the academic and policy communities because of its geostrategic importance, its critical role in shaping or unshaping Central A……続きを見る

This book provides the readers with a timely guide to the application of biomimetic principles in architecture and engineering design. As a result of a combined effort by two internationally recogni……続きを見る

A world more urban... The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This ……続きを見る

What is the world of the 21st century like now that the centrality of the West is no longer given? How were the societies and cultures of today's world together with their interconnections forged, a……続きを見る

Examines the inherently problematic nature of representation and description of living people in ethnography and in anthropological work In Anthropology and the Politics of Representation volume edi……続きを見る

Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia by Waldemar Bogoras A collection of folklore from Eastern Siberia. I have excluded a large number of those tales which treat of k……続きを見る

For a long time, the term 'ideology' was in disrepute, having become associated with such unfashionable notions as fundamental truth and the eternal verities. The tide has turned, and recent years h……続きを見る

Chukchee Mythology By Waldemar Bogoras The Chukchee occupy the extreme north-eastern tip of Asia, adjacent to the Arctic Ocean and the Behring Strait. Chukchee Mythology was first published in 1910 ……続きを見る

This revised and expanded second edition of African Politics in Comparative Perspective reviews fifty years of research on politics in Africa and addresses some issues in a new light, keeping in min……続きを見る

The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Göran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institutio……続きを見る

Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of ……続きを見る