Ｊｏｎａ - Social & Cultural Studies 7

Written by award-winning scholar, Jonathan Turner, Contemporary Sociological Theory covers the range of diversity of theory in nine theoretical traditions, and variants of theoretical approaches in ……続きを見る

What can sociological theory tell us about the basic forces that shape our world? With clarity and authority, leading theorist Jonathan H. Turner seeks to answer this question through a brief, yet i……続きを見る

A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very dif……続きを見る

What is child poverty, what evidence is there of such poverty in New Zealand and why does it matter? These questions regularly attract answers accompanied by conjecture and prejudice. This short boo……続きを見る

Religious political violence is by no means a new phenomenon, yet there are critical differences between the various historical instances of such violence and its more current permutations. Since th……続きを見る

From the beginning of modern intellectual history to the culture wars of the present day, the experience of assimilating Jews and the idiom of "culture" have been fundamentally intertwined with each……続きを見る

This book examines 111 types of state religion policy in 177 countries between 1990 and 2008. Jonathan Fox argues that policy is largely a result of the competition between political secular actors ……続きを見る

"We fight for our religion, for our women, for our land, and lastly to save our skin. As for them, they're only fighting to save their skin." In 2012, Jonathan Littell traveled to the heart of the S……続きを見る

An historiographical examination of the political debates of the 1980s over despotism in Chinese history and over Party history. The extent of popular culture and its reinterpretation of history is ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Arbeit, Beruf, Ausbildung, Organisation, Note: 1,7, Universität Lüneburg, Veranstaltung: Kultur der Tätigkeit - Subjekt der Arbeit, 16 Que……続きを見る

Elections are not just about who casts ballots – they reflect the citizens, parties, media, and history of an electorate. Fighting for Votes examines how these factors interacted during a recent Ont……続きを見る

This book provides a new interpretation of the fall of the Roman Empire and the 'barbarian' kingdom known conventionally as Ostrogothic Italy. Relying primarily on Italian textual and material evide……続きを見る

A picture of sovereignty holds the study of politics captive. Captives of Sovereignty looks at the historical origins of this picture of politics, critiques its philosophical assumptions and offers ……続きを見る

This book is written for behavioral scientists who want to consider adding R to their existing set of statistical tools, or want to switch to R as their main computation tool. The authors aim primar……続きを見る

The purpose of this book is to introduce, discuss, illustrate, and evaluate the colorful palette of analytical techniques that can be applied to the analysis of household survey data, with an emphas……続きを見る

Inside Appellate Courts is a comprehensive study of how the organization of a court affects the decisions of appellate judges. Drawing on interviews with more than seventy federal appellate judges a……続きを見る

In The Family Fund, first published in 1980, Bradshaw discusses the introduction of The Family Fund- a grant given to families in response of the discovery of the damages caused by the Thalidomide d……続きを見る

Liberty! The Birthday of America! Celebrate the Fourth of July with a trivia challenge featuring more than 80 multiple choice questions about Independence Day. Question topics include: Independence ……続きを見る

This best practice guide provides a blueprint for managing seamless transitions between services for young people aged 16-25 with additional needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabili……続きを見る

John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty is widely regarded as one of the most influential and stirring pieces of political philosophy ever written. Ever relevant in our increasingly surveillance dominated cul……続きを見る

Facharbeit (Schule) aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Gemeinschaftskunde / Sozialkunde, Note: 15, Gymnasium Munster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1. Einleitung '50 000 Verbrecher in Berlin zum Gen-Tes……続きを見る

How and why did public opinionーlong cherished as a foundation of democratic governmentーbecome an increasing source of concern for American Progressives? Following World War I, political commentato……続きを見る

What do we think about when we think about human evolution? With his characteristic wit and wisdom, anthropologist Jonathan Marks explores our scientific narrative of human originsーthe study of evo……続きを見る

This paper analyzes the persistence of fragility in some sub-Saharan African states and the multiple dimensions of state weakness that are simultaneously at play. This study also provides an overvie……続きを見る

Over the course of the last half century, the growth economies of Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – have transformed themselves into middle inc……続きを見る

For more than a century, the American medical profession insisted that doctors be rigorously trained in medical science and dedicated to professional ethics. Patients revered their doctors as repres……続きを見る

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. It may be responsible for a greater improvement in human diet and longevity than any other ……続きを見る

Recent generations have experienced dramatic improvements in the quality of human life across the globe. Wars between states are fought less frequently and are less lethal. Food is more plentiful an……続きを見る

In "De heilige geschiedenis" wijst Jonathan Black ons op de betrokkenheid van engelen in mythen, folklore en religieuze testamenten. Engelen hebben onze perceptie van de wereld vormgegeven sinds de ……続きを見る

In HRC - De opzienbarende comeback van Hillary Clinton schetsen Jonathan Allen en Amie Parnes een indringend en kritisch portret van Hillary Clinton. Na een hevige campagne om het presidentschap in ……続きを見る