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This book provides an interpretation of one of the key aspects of Max Weber’s work: the relationship between his political and sociological writings. Weber’s sociological studies have often been treated as if they were completely separate from his political attitudes...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
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In this book Jorge Larrain discusses three of the most important concepts in the social sciences: ideology, reason and cultural identity.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
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After the success of the hardback, students and academics will welcome the publication of this book in paperback. The aim of the book is to explore the connection between two perspectives that have had a profound effect upon contemporary thought: post-modernism and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
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This book provides a critical assessment of contemporary social theory for students in the social sciences. Delanty examines the writings of a number of key contemporary thinkers, including Habermas, Foucault, Bauman, Touraine, Giddens and Beck, and provides a clear...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
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Representations of Youth examines the various constructions of 'youth' and 'adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of 'crises' about young people in relation to, among other things,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
Collection :
Feminist Perspectives
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This book is an original interpretation of the professions and the role of the professional in Western industrial societies today.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
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This book establishes whether contemporary social theory can help us understand the structural origins of environmental degradation and environmental politics.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
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Outside Justice: Undocumented Immigrants and the Criminal Justice System fills a clear gap in the scholarly literature on the increasing conceptual overlap between popular perceptions of immigration and criminality, and its reflection in the increasing practical overlap...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-05-27
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Können Gender-Mainstreaming-Maßnahmen Gleichstellung am Arbeitsmarkt des Öffentlichen Dienstes herbeiführen? Und das speziell in der Frage des Lohn- und Gehaltsgefälles zwischen Mann und Frau und bei den unterschiedlichen Karrierechancen? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-27
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In recent years, questions about men and boys have aroused remarkable media interest, public concern and controversy. Across the world, health services are noticing the relevance of men’s gender to problems as diverse as road accidents, diet and sexually transmitted...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-23
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67,50€
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«Just wage and just working conditions have always occupied a central position in Catholic social ethics. The social teaching of the Catholic Church has however preoccupied itself for a long time with the employment relationships in the formal economy. Consequently, the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-23
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This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, Giddens argues that 'high' or 'late' modernity is a post traditional order characterised by a developed institutional...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-23
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Se è vero che la Forma Vrbis Marmorea di età severiana (inizio III sec.) continua ad essere la « forma » per eccellenza, ciò è dovuto, soprattutto, alla sua consistenza fisica (centinaia di frammenti che definiscono buona parte della topografia urbana) ; ma non è meno...
Editeur :
Publications de l'École française de Rome
Parution :
2013-05-22
Collection :
Collection de l'École française de Rome
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Praise for the First Edition: "The book makes a valuable contribution by synthesizing current research and identifying areas for future investigation for each aspect of the survey process." —Journal of the American Statistical Association "Overall, the high quality of...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-21
Collection :
Wiley Series in Survey Methodology
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-10%
90,95€
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With ever increasing trends in urban consumption and production practices, a call for action to mitigate Climate Change is often seen as a way to foster sustainable development. Considerable attention is now being paid to determine what urban sustainability would...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-05-21
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This book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries in the context of globalization and its impacts, with a focus on publishing, press, broadcasting, cinema and new media. Through detailed discussions of the regulation and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-20
Collection :
Global Media and Communication
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62,20€
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Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentious thinkers currently working within the European tradition. This is the first collection devoted to his work for English-language audiences and will act as an introduction to his work, set an agenda for...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-20
Collection :
Theory Now
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20,40€
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Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming back lonely from bars,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-20
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Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming back lonely from bars,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-20
ePub
Offre spéciale
-9%
17,60€
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In der orthodoxen erkenntnistheoretischen Tradition ist der Begriff des Wissens mit dem der Wahrheit verknüpft und Wissen wird in hohem Masse individualistisch konzipiert. Individualistisch heisst, dass Wissen nicht von einem epistemischen Subjekt zum anderen...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-05-17
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