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Tolerance Trap(2014) WALTERS, SUZANNA DANUTATakes on received wisdom about gay identities and gay rights, arguing that we are not "almost there," but on the contrary have settled for a watered-down goal of tolerance and acceptance rather than a robust claim to full civil rights.Vezava: Trda16,21 € -
Gender Violence, 2nd Edition(2007)From the murder of schoolgirls in a rural Amish community to the widespread rape of women in the Sudan to sexual predators on the Internet, this volume explores the persistent, pervasive phenomenon of gendered violence in the United States and around theVezava: Mehka17,82 € -
Understanding Deviance(2016) DOWNES, DAVID (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, EMERITUS PROFESSOR, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS),ROCK, PAUL (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, EMERITUS PROFESSOR, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS),MCLAUGHLIN, EUGENE (PROFESSOR OF CRIMINOLOGY, PROFESSOR OF CRIMINOLOGY, CITY UNIVERSITY)The clearest and most authoritative student guide to deviance: David Downes, Paul Rock, and Eugene McLaughlin, all leading experts in the field of deviance, come together to lead students through the sociological theories behind crime and deviance.Vezava: Mehka92,74 € -
Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory(2022) ELLIOTT, ANTHONY (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA),LEMERT, CHARLESThis comprehensive and clear introduction to contemporary social theory explores major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to the digital revolution and beyond. Fully revised and updated, this edition considers recent developments in social tVezava: Mehka76,02 € -
A Walking Life(2020) MALCHIK, ANTONIAFor readers of On Trails: an incisive, utterly engaging exploration of walking: how it is fundamental to our being human, how we've designed it out of our lives, and how it is essential that we reembrace it.Vezava: Mehka19,95 € -
Demography(2018) HARPER, SARAH (PROFESSOR OF GERONTOLOGY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, DIRECTOR, OXFORD INSTITUTE OF AGEING, AND DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, LONDON)Demography is the study the study of population size, distribution, composition, and density. Sarah Harper discusses the key theories and methods involved in studying population trends and movements, considers how our current global population came about,Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Monogamy(1996) PHILLIPS, ADAMSex is often the closest they can get.' All the present controversies about the family are really discussions about monogamy. Monogamy is so much taken for granted as the foundation of the family and of family values that, as with anything that seemsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Slavs in the Making(2022) CURTA, FLORINSlavs in the Making addresses the question of migration in the archaeology of early medieval Eastern Europe. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval history, migration, and the history of Eastern and Central Europe.Vezava: Mehka87,49 € -
Philosopher Looks at Work(2021) GEUSS, RAYMOND (UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)Is work as we know it disappearing? And if so why should we care? These and other questions are explored by Raymond Geuss in this compact but sweeping survey which integrates conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary.Vezava: Mehka23,15 € -
Angel and the Cholent(2021) PINTEL-GINSBERG, IDITTranslated into English for the first time from Hebrew, this bok analyses how food and foodways are the major agents generating the plots of several significant folktales. The tales were chosen from the Israel Folktales Archives' (IFA) extensive collectioVezava: Mehka40,31 € -
Civility in Crisis(2020)This book critically examines the relationship between civility, citizenship and democracy. It engages with the oft-neglected idea of civility (as a Western concept) to explore the paradox of high democracy and low civility that plagues India.Vezava: Mehka36,35 € -
Cosmologies of the Anthropocene(2020) VETLESEN, ARNE JOHAN (UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, NORWAY)This book explores the misconception of nature in the West since the birth of modern philosophy and the devastating impact that this has had in practice. Drawing on recent anthropological work, it proposes a radical alternative cosmology to make sense ofVezava: Mehka70,32 € -
Wheels of Society(2021) WILSON, TONYA timely vision and theory of change for the future of humanity. Written with verve and a mordant wit, 'The Wheels of Society' is a vivid, cogent, ground-breaking proposal for us to re-think ourselves in order to steer civilisation back to safety.Vezava: Mehka8,91 €











