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Recipient of a 2021 McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) The book that made "McDonaldization" part of the lexicon of contemporary sociological theory, read……続きを見る

Según los japoneses, todo el mundo tiene un ikigai, un motivo para existir. Algunos lo han encontrado y son conscientes de su ikigai, otros lo llevan dentro, pero todavía lo están buscando. Este es ……続きを見る

In "How the Poor Live; and, Horrible London," George R. Sims delves into the stark realities of poverty in Victorian London, employing a vivid, journalistic style that blends narrative storytelling ……続きを見る

Designed to help readers analyze and interpret research data using IBM SPSS, this user-friendly book shows readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the design; perform intermediate s……続きを見る

This book examines the need to emphasize the influence of the environment in responding clinically to the needs of abusive families. It documents the utility of the ecological method, a technique ap……続きを見る

Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, econom……続きを見る

The punitive turn of penal policy in the United States after the acme of the Civil Rights movement responds not to rising criminal insecurity but to the social insecurity spawned by the fragmentatio……続きを見る

A coletânea reúne ensaios e textos de autores indígenas e não indígenas em diálogo intercultural, em diferentes espaços e temporalidades. A primeira parte, aqueles que falam de si, é composta por at……続きを見る

Governments in all advanced industrial societies are involved in an endless struggle of how to 'square the welfare circle', as demand for public services rises due to demographic, social and labour ……続きを見る

This study gives a comprehensive account of the evolution of the educational system in Modern Egypt, set against the events of the last twenty five years. From the Revolution of 1952, which saw the ……続きを見る

Jorge and Adolfo are two brothers who live in a small town in Mexico and struggle with making a living. Jorge learns a lesson which is not of the most conventional lessons to learn or the most pl……続きを見る

This is a new introductory text providing an up-to-date account of leading theories of development. The book includes a discussion of classical accounts of development, particularly that of Marx, bu……続きを見る

Focus Groups: From Structured Interviews to Collective Conversations is a conceptual and practical introduction to focus group. As the title indicates, focus groups traditionally encompass a wide ra……続きを見る

This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU’s attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed t……続きを見る

As most economies remain caught in a global recession, that shows little sign of abatement, the importance of maintaining a flourishing industrial sector for the economic wellbeing of a country has ……続きを見る

Did mandatory busing programs in the 1970s increase the school achievement of disadvantaged minority youth? Does obtaining a college degree increase an individual's labor market earnings? Did the us……続きを見る

Learn how to better address the needs of the homeless The causes of homelessness are complex and varied. Homelessness in America provides an overview of the state of research on the homeless populat……続きを見る

Clinically oriented professionals and students need to understand and evaluate the research and statistics in professional articles, especially given today's emphasis on evidence-based practice. Thi……続きを見る

The International Library of Sociology (ILS) is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940s by Karl Mannheim, the series became the forum for pioneering rese……続きを見る

This pathbreaking study presents a feminist analysis of the politics of membership in the South Korean nation over the past four decades. Seungsook Moon examines the ambitious effort by which South ……続きを見る

Writing letters to powerful people to win their favor and garner rewards such as political office, tax relief, and recommendations was an institution in Renaissance Florence; the practice was an imp……続きを見る

The Globalization of Nothing is back in a revised and completely updated edition, with an even greater emphasis on the processes of globalization and how they relate to McDonaldization. As before, t……続きを見る

Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age examines the construction of a Sikh national identity in post-colonial India and the diaspora and explores the reasons for the failure of the movement f……続きを見る

The persistent failure of public schooling in low-income communities constitutes one of our nation's most pressing civil rights and social justice issues. Many school reformers recognize that povert……続きを見る

What induces groups to commit political suicide? This book explores the decisions to surrender power and to legitimate this surrender: collective abdications. Commonsensical explanations impute such……続きを見る

Habermas é bastante conhecido pela ideia de ação comunicativa. E, de fato, sua maneira de pensar a emancipação se confunde em grande medida com a noção de racionalidade comunicativa. Mas não se resu……続きを見る

This book, a unique examination of the activist striving to work for more holistic social change, creates a conceptual framework to give visibility to the complexity of activist practice that spans ……続きを見る

This book aims to understand the European political debate about contentious issues, framed in terms of religious values by religious and/or secular actors in 21st century. It specifically focuses o……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,7, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 33 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Begriff der……続きを見る

Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time. But sport is also a huge worldwide industry. In Globaliz……続きを見る