Zbirka: Sociologija in antropologija
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Prototype Nation(2020) LINDTNER, SILVIA M.A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production.Vezava: Mehka39,05 € -
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Future of Work in Europe(2022) GLORIEUX, IGNACE,LITTLEWOOD, PAUL,JONSSON, INGRIDRecent years have witnessed major changes to the workplace across Europe. The speed of these changes requires constant monitoring and reappraisal. In this book, recent trends are analyzed and their consequences discussed, within a socio-historical contextVezava: Mehka55,11 € -
Growth Management in Florida(2022) S.CHAPIN, TIMOTHY,CONNERLY, CHARLES E.,HIGGINS, HARRISON T.Despite its historical significance and its state-mandated comprehensive planning approach, the Florida growth management experiment has received only piecemeal attention from researchers. Drawing together contributions from national experts on land use pVezava: Mehka56,96 € -
Contemporary British Identity(2022) JULIOS, CHRISTINAAgainst the background of an increasingly diverse British society, this book traces the evolution of British identity in the twentieth century. Debates exploring the nature of Britishness and multiculturalism are here deconstructed through a linguistic leVezava: Mehka56,95 € -
Muslim Communities and Cultures of the Himalayas(2022)This book chronicles individual perspectives and specific iterations of Muslim community, practice, and experience in the Himalayan region to bring into scholarly conversation the presence of varying Muslim cultures in the Himalaya.Vezava: Mehka69,54 € -
Critical Theory and Social Media(2017) ALLMER, THOMASThis book examines both the constraints and emancipatory potential of new media. Allmer explores to what extent digital and social media can contribute to strengthening the idea of the communication and network commons and a commons-based information sociVezava: Mehka84,79 € -
Transparency Society(2015) HAN, BYUNG-CHULIn this manifesto, German-Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han denounces transparency as a false ideal, the strongest of our contemporary mythologies, and the most pernicious.Vezava: Mehka19,28 € -
Social Roots of Risk(2014) TIERNEY, KATHLEENRather than acts of God or random acts of nature, The Social Roots of Risk argues that hazards, disasters, and crises of all sorts are produced by the social order itself-that the routine activities of institutions, organizations, and groups invite risk iVezava: Mehka57,88 € -
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You Must Change Your Life(2014) SLOTERDIJK, PETER (KARLSRUHE SCHOOL OF DESIGN)In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion.Vezava: Mehka31,82 € -
Empathy Beyond US Borders - The Challenges of Transnational Civic Engagement(2021) ADLER, JR, GARY J. (PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY)For social scientists studying transnational civic engagement, activism or religious movements, this book analyzes how empathy, awareness, and motivation are organized through travel and cross-cultural engagement. Educational leaders who promote experientVezava: Mehka32,03 € -
Future Sex(2018) WITT, EMILYEmily Witt is single and in her thirties. Having experienced the familiar disappointments that come with online dating and one-night stands, Witt decides to find her own path. The result is an open-minded, honest account of the contemporary pursuit of conVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Ritual Animal(2021) WHITEHOUSE, HARVEY (CHAIR OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, CHAIR OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Copying rituals has allowed cultural groups to proliferate over time. Rare, traumatic rituals produce strong cohesion in small relational groups, whereas daily/weekly rituals produce cohesion in expandable communities. This study presents a theory of howVezava: Trda57,86 € -
Criminology(2018) NEWBURN, TIM (PROFESSOR OF CRIMINOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY, THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE)From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Tim Newburn considers how we can study trends in crime, and use them to inform preventative policy and criminal justice. Analysing the historyVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Security Blurs(2020)Security Blurs focuses on the notion of ‘blurring’ as a process whereby actors engaged in the provision of security interact and thereby reconfigure security ideas, logics, and practices. The chapters address the entanglements and overlaps between a varieVezava: Mehka74,63 € -
Youth Sport and Social Capital(2020) BROWN, SEAN F.This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.Vezava: Mehka71,22 € -
Disembedded Markets(2020) DEUTSCHMANN, CHRISTOPHThis book offers a sociological analysis of globalized capitalist markets, advancing the notion of ‘disembedded markets’ to challenge the idea of ‘social embeddedness’ common in economic sociology.Vezava: Mehka71,22 € -
War, Exile and the Music of Afghanistan(2016) BAILY, JOHN (GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK)This new publication is the culmination of Baily’s further research on Afghan music over the last 35 years. Arranged chronologically, the narrative traces the sequence of political events - from 1978, through the Soviet invasion, to the coming of the TaliVezava: Mehka74,62 € -
Interpreting Racial Politics in the United States(2020) SCHMIDT, SR., RONALDFew subjects of social scientific inquiry need interpretive analysis more than the topic of racial politics, yet most U.S. political science employs a narrowly behavioralist orientation. This book argues that it is time for political scientists studying rVezava: Mehka69,81 €
