Collins - Sociology 1

This book provides a critically informed and interdisciplinary global examination of the instrumental role of women as resistance actors, both historically and today. Attention is given to the long ……続きを見る

Uno de los rasgos más perversos que caracterizan el mundo actual es la creciente y cada vez más obscena desigualdad económica entre una ínfima minoría de la población, estimada en un 0,1%, que acumu……続きを見る

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This edited collection provides new insights into refugee reception and camps by focusing on the overlap between local and global dynamics ……続きを見る

Jim Collins, international bestselling author of Good to Great, offers transformative lessons on constructingーand reconstructingーa life through the cliff moments and transitions we all will face r……続きを見る

A scathing exposé of the hidden impact of America’s ultra wealthy on our social, economic, political, and ecological landscapeーas well as a path toward a more equitable future “The three hundred la……続きを見る

To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures ha……続きを見る

The rise of populism in the West has led to attacks on the legitimacy of scientific expertise in political decision making. This book explores the differences between populism and pluralist democrac……続きを見る

Una nueva mirada sobre la resistencia y el activismo interseccional Tiroteos en escuelas, brutalidad policial y agresiones sexuales que terminan con personas heridas o muertas dominan los titulares.……続きを見る

We have entered a recent zeitgeist, the era of the "new space age", driven by billionaires, technological advancements, and a few dominating state powers. While the race to space may be said to offe……続きを見る

In the first major update to this classic book in many years, Collins traces the history and contours of Black women’s ideas and actions to argue that Black feminist thought is the discourse that fo……続きを見る

The concept of intersectionality has become a central topic in academic and activist circles alike. But what exactly does it mean, and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explor……続きを見る

Was macht der Krieg mit den Menschen? Wie verändert und prägt er Gesellschaften? Was passiert mit »Familie« im und durch Krieg? Auf welche Weise und mit welchen Folgen beeinflusst er intimste Räume ……続きを見る

Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table, a……続きを見る

The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Col……続きを見る

School shootings, police misconduct, and sexual assault where people are injured and die dominate the news. What are the connections between such incidents of violence and extreme harm? In this new ……続きを見る

Why cook at home when you can order in? Only 50 years ago, pure methamphetamine was legally prescribed in New Zealand to anyone looking for a boost. But it wasn't long before P was rebranded as the ……続きを見る

This book is about tax and social policy and how they interact with each other. The impact of taxation as an instrument of social policy is central in influencing redistribution and behaviour. This ……続きを見る

An integrated analysis of the central issues in contemporary media policy. Chapters focus on technological change and its impact on cultural and political identities, the role of the cultural indust……続きを見る

This book explores the tensions that have arisen in the diaspora as a result of large numbers of Russian migrants entering established overseas parishes following the collapse of the Soviet Union. T……続きを見る

**From Marcus Collins, strategist to Apple, Nike and Beyoncé, discover how you can harness the most powerful vehicle for influencing behaviour: true cultural engagement. 'Compelling and vivid'** – R……続きを見る

This unique work represents the recording and analysis of oral history interviews conducted by the pioneering general practitioner Dr Hetty Ockrim with over seventy patients, as well as office staff……続きを見る

Jamaican Migrant (1965) is the honest and moving recollection of a Jamaican cabinet-maker who emigrated to a new life in Britain. This is the book of a man who has been through the whole story in hi……続きを見る

Two fundamental and underlying principles drive White Evolution. The first is that evolution means constant movement in the fight against the virus of White supremacy. If the virus is evolving rapid……続きを見る

This volume explores and engages with the key thinkers and ideas of the Austrian School of economics to better understand how individuals coordinate their separate interests in a peaceful and produc……続きを見る

Social Workers and Compassion is designed to assist social work students, social workers, social work managers, social care workers, and lecturers in developing knowledge, understanding, skills, and……続きを見る

This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequalit……続きを見る

We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The ……続きを見る

'He planted his big arms on the bed on either side of me, and I wanted him to take control – I wanted him to be the boss…' Katie Collins went from being a shy, excluded teenager to the youngest, nau……続きを見る

El concepto de se ha convertido en un tema candente tanto en los círculos académicos como en los activistas. Pero, ¿qué significa exactamente y por qué ha surgido como una herramienta analítica a tr……続きを見る

This book considers the cultural residue from pre-Christian Ireland in Synge’s plays and performances. By dramatising a residual culture in front of a predominantly modern and political Irish Cathol……続きを見る