Overview

Traditionally social science has treated culture as a peripheral issue. However, culture has moved to the core of the debate. It examines the impact of this transformation or ""cultural turn"" on the major social science disciplines. The authors draw on inter-disciplinary perspectives to pinpoint the weaknesses involved in overstating the cultural dimension of economic and social issues. The result is a cogent account of why culture is important and what the limits of cultural analysis are.

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Author:   Larry Ray ,  Andrew Sayer
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780761958178

ISBN 10:   0761958177
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   06 October 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Larry Ray and Andrew Sayer Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics - Nancy Fraser Redistribution, Recognition and Participation Valuing Culture and Economy - Andrew Sayer Economy, Equality and Recognition - John O′Neill Market Boundaries and the Commodification of Culture - Russell Keat Reconciling Culture and Economy - Harriet Bradley and Steve Fenton Ways Forward in the Analysis of Gender and Ethnicity Capitalism′s Cultural Turn - Nigel Thrift Changing the People - Paul Thompson and Patricia Findlay Social Engineering in the Contemporary Workplace Social Differentiation, Transgression and the Politics of Irony - Larry Ray Performing Politics - Bronislaw Szerszynski The Dramatics of Environmental Protest The Culture Did It - Mary Evans Comments on the 1997 British General Election New Labour - Stephen Driver and Luke Martell Culture and Economy

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I joined the University of Kent in 1998. Before that I was in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. In 1996, I was visiting scholar, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. At Kent I was Head of the Department of Sociology and then SSPSSR between 1999-2001, and Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences between 2009-11. I am currently Director of Research for SSPSSR. Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University.

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