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In this sociology text the contributors provide an introduction to the subject without over-simplifying or `writing-down' to their audience. The book aims to furnish undergraduates with the knowledge that will help them to understand and practice sociology and also to...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1998-07-08
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This broad-ranging and clearly structured book critically overviews the many themes of social constructionism and its relevance to contemporary social and political issues. It brings together leading international contributors from across the social sciences, drawing on...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1998-06-10
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`This addition to a growing number of texts which approach emotions and emotionality from a social constructionist perspective is well written, scholarly, accessible and interesting....
There is both breadth and depth to this work.' - Feminism and Psychology
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1998-04-15
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' Theorising Welfare is very well written and painstakingly clear. It is an accessible and original textbook on the welfare state and the idea of welfare. There is nothing available like it in terms of its scope and intellectual sweep' - Scott Lash, University of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1998-03-30
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Demonstrating that all notions of nature are inextricably entangled in different forms of social life, the text elaborates the many ways in which the apparently natural world has been produced from within particular social practices. These are analyzed in terms of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1998-03-06
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This guide for farmers, technicians and students, permit to recognize main insects and mites (pests and beneficials) on vegetable crops in the Lesser Antilles. Many photographs, with a simple text, illustrate different organism life stages and associated damages.The...
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Cirad
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1998-01-01
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This insightful text looks at key risk factors identified with drug use among Hispanic, African-American, and White non-Hispanic adolescents, expanding on current models of drug research to account...
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1998
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Research on small groups played an important role in the early formulation of social psychology. By the 1970s, however, the field had lost the interest of most social psychologists. Theory and...
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1998
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In this fascinating volume, the Middle Paleolithic archaeology of the Middle East is brought to the current debate on the origins of modern humans. These collected papers gather the most up-to-date...
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1998
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In this major new book, the author of the bestselling McDonaldization of Society provides an exploration of one of the most innovative and imaginative sociological theses of the last decade of the twentieth century - `McDonaldization'.
Part One centres on a discussion...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-12-19
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How can researchers produce work with relevance to theoretical and formal traditions and requirements of public academic knowledge while still remaining faithful to the experiences and accounts of research participants based in private settings? Feminist Dilemmas in...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-12-12
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Cultural Methodologies illustrates the distinctiveness and coherence of cultural studies as a site of interaction between the humanities and the social sciences.
Topics covered include: the relationship between critical theory and cultural studies; the pragmatics of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-11-21
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This accessible text looks at the impact of the globalization process on social policy. National social policy is increasingly determined by global economic competition and international organizations. Its substance is becoming more and more transnational and now has to...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-10-27
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Neoliberalism and deregulation have come to dominate national and international political economy. This major book addresses this convergence and analyzes the implications for the future of capitalist diversity. It considers important questions such as: Is the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-10-10
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This lucid introduction to the sociology of consumerism examines the relationship between production and consumption in late capitalist societies. The historical and theoretical discussion provides the student with the tools to examine key themes in the sociology of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-08-22
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This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing tone of many contemporary discussions of shopping and consumption. It also...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-08-15
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Explanations of how identities are constructed are fundamental to contemporary debates in feminism and in cultural and social theory. Formations of Class & Gender demonstrates why class should be featured more prominently in theoretical accounts of gender, identity and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-06-03
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Peter Leonard provides an accessible analysis of debates about the crisis of the welfare state under the contemporary conditions of postmodern scepticism and the triumphs of global market capitalism. In the last two decades Western governments have sought to replace the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-05-28
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Realistic Evaluation shows how program evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a `manifesto' and `handbook' for a fresh approach.
The main body of this...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-04-23
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This major text offers a critical reappraisal of the contemporary practice of cultural studies. It focuses in particular on the contribution of cultural studies to the understanding of media, communications and popular cultures in contemporary societies. The...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1997-04-14
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