Zbirka: Sociologija in antropologija
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Public Sociology of Waste(2022) HIRD, MYRA J. (MYRA J. HIRD, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY)Critically analysing how waste is currently configured as a 'household' issue, this book illuminates the implications of these framings and how public sociology can engage critical publics to reorient waste as a global socio-ethical issue.Vezava: Trda120,59 € -
Sharing Care(2021) BROOKS, RACHEL (UNIVERSITY OF SURREY),HODKINSON, PAUL (UNIVERSITY OF SURREY)This timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children. Offering academic insight and practical recommendations, this will be key reading for researchers, policymakers, practitioners andVezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Children's Games in Street and Playground(2013) OPIE, IONA,OPIE, PETERA magnificent survey of over 40 games played by children, largely out of sight of adults, in the 1960s, in the street, playground and wasteland.Vezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Criminology of Boxing, Violence and Desistance(2021) JUMP, DEBORAHThis perceptive study explores the extent to which boxing has the potential to reduce violent attitudes among young offenders. Jump assesses conflicting evidence and presents in-depth case studies of fighters to ask whether boxing's values of discipline aVezava: Mehka51,31 € -
Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Truth(2021) HILLIER, TIM (DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY),DINGWALL, GAVIN (DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY)Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth? This book investigates the concept of truth and scrutinises how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. It bridges the gap between what peoplVezava: Trda137,81 € -
Public Sociology As Educational Practice(2022)Leading academics reflect on concepts and aspects of public sociology education in this perceptive collection of case studies, linked by critical dialogue between contributors. They consider publics, practices and special knowledges in the field, and go bVezava: Mehka44,89 € -
Death of Affirmative Action?(2021) CARTER, J. SCOTT (DR. J. SCOTT CARTER, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA),LIPPARD, CAMERON D. (CAMERON D. LIPPARD, APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA)Can affirmative action in US college admissions survive mounting threats? This judicious review, part of the Sociology of Diversity series, considers the question using up-to-date sociological, policy and legal perspectives to explain both sides of the fiVezava: Mehka44,89 € -
Public and Their Platforms(2021) CARRIGAN, MARK (UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE),FATSIS, LAMBROS (CITY ST GEORGE’S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)Cutting across multiple disciplines, this book maps out a new role for the public sociologist in the post-COVID world. It envisions a new kind of public sociology that brings together "the digital" and "the physical" to create public spaces where criticalVezava: Mehka38,24 € -
novoBritain and Europe at a Crossroads(2022) RYDER, ANDREW (EOTVOS LORAND TUDOMANYEGYETEM (ELTE UNIVERSITY))Ryder develops the conceptual framework of securitisation to make sense of the events surrounding the Brexit vote and its aftermath and examines the ways that political elites engineered a politics of fear, insecurity and Brexit nationalism in the run upVezava: Mehka44,89 € -
Liberalism, Childhood and Justice(2021) FOWLER, TIM (UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL)Fowler provides an innovative critical exploration of ethical issues in children's upbringing through the lens of political philosophy, calling for a radical new understanding of what constitutes wellbeing, the duties of parents and the collective obligatVezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Redeeming Leadership(2021) LIU, HELENA (BOND UNIVERSITY (BOND BUSINESS SCHOOL))This thought-provoking new study by Helena Liu shows how anti-racist feminism can reinvigorate leadership theory and practice, which have long been dominated by imperialist, masculinist and white supremacist agendas. Theoretically rigorous and with examplVezava: Mehka44,89 € -
Designing Parental Leave Policy(2022) BRANDTH, BERIT (BERIT BRANDTH IS PROFESSOR EMERITA AT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AT NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HER MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE WORK, FAMILY AND CARE POLICIES WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON FATHERING AND PARENTAL LEAVE, AS WELL AS RURAL GENDER STUDIES.),KVANDE, ELIN (ELIN KVANDE IS PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AT NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TRONDHEIM. HER RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE DYNAMICS AND CHANGE IN GENDER RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS, WELFARE STATE POLICIES AND FATHERS' USE OF CARE POLICIES.)This compelling book examines parental leave policies in Nordic countries, looking at how these laws encourage men towards life courses with greater care responsibilities. It considers the impact that these policies have had on gender equality and how theVezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Law and Popular Culture(2014)Commentators have noted the extraordinary impact of popular culture on legal practice, courtroom proceedings, police departments, and government as a whole, and it is no exaggeration to say that most people derive their basic understanding of law from culVezava: Trda102,25 € -
Crossing Colonial Historiographies(2010)This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines.Vezava: Trda42,76 € -
Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique(2017) WHITAKER, ELIZABETHIn 1963’s The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan challenged the vision 1950s America had of itself as a nation of happy housewives and contented families.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow(2017) MOORE, RYANThe United States has the world's largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Alexander says this is mainly due to America's 'war on drugs,' launched in 1982. In The New Jim Crow, she explains how this government initiative has ledVezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Saba Mahmood's Politics of Piety(2017) JOHNSON, JESSICAIn this original and controversial 2005 book, Mahmood argues that Muslim women can show independence even while assuming traditional Islamic roles.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth(2017) QUINN, RILEYFrantz Fanon’s 1961 masterpiece is both a powerful analysis of the psychological effects of colonization and a rallying cry for violent uprising and independence.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande(2017) WHEATER, KITTYBased on 20 months of fieldwork among the Azande people of South Sudan, Evans-Pritchard’s work became the founding text in the anthropology of witchcraft.Vezava: Mehka11,59 €
