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Social Exclusion and European Policy

Social Exclusion and European Policy

Author: David G. Mayes ,  Jos Berghman
ISBN: 9781840646887
Format: Hardback
$332.50

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Converging on Culture: Theologians in Dialogue with Cultural Analysis and Criticism

Converging on Culture: Theologians in Dialogue with...

Author: Delwin Brown (Harvey H. Potthoff Professor of Christian Theology, Harvey H. Potthoff Professor of Christian Theology) ,  Sheila Greeve Davaney (Professor of Theology, Professor of Theology, both at Iliff School of Theology, Denver)
ISBN: 9780195144666
Format: Hardback
$145.95

Theologians are increasingly looking to cultural criticism, rather than philosophy, as a dialogue partner for cross-disciplinary...  Read More >>

Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introduction

Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introduction...

Author: Anthony Laker (East Carolina University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415235945
Format: Paperback
$94.99

This undergraduate text, written by key writers, lecturers and academics in the field, covers the key, current issues...  Read More >>

The Sociology of Tourism: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations

The Sociology of Tourism: Theoretical and Empirical...

Author: Yiorgos Apostolopoulos ,  Stella Leivadi
ISBN: 9780415271653
Format: Paperback
$120.00

This pioneering work provides a comprehensive review of complex tourism issues from a sociological perspective....  Read More >>

The Stars Down to Earth

The Stars Down to Earth

Author: Theodor Adorno ,  Stephen Crook
ISBN: 9780415270991
Format: Hardback
$221.00

In this remarkable work written 50 years ago, Adorno showcases the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption....  Read More >>

Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introduction

Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introduction...

Author: Anthony Laker (East Carolina University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415235938
Format: Hardback
$378.00

This undergraduate text, written by key writers, lecturers and academics in the field, covers the key, current issues...  Read More >>

Power and the Social

Power and the Social

Author: Sallie Westwood ,  Sallie Westwood
ISBN: 9780415162876
Format: Hardback
$305.00

By bringing together theory and analysis, Power and the Social provides an account of power and power relations....  Read More >>

Social Evolution, Economic Development and Culture: What it Means to Take Japan Seriously

Social Evolution, Economic Development and Culture:...

Author: Ronald Dore ,  D. Hugh Whittaker
ISBN: 9781840647563
Format: Paperback
$134.90

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Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine: National, Organizational and Professional Influences

Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine: National,...

Author: Robert L. Helmreich ,  Ashleigh C. Merritt
ISBN: 9780754619048
Format: Paperback
$83.99

In this book the authors report the results of their ongoing exploration of the influences of culture in two professions...  Read More >>

Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody

Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody

Author: Rob Drew
ISBN: 9780759100466
Format: Hardback
$231.00

States that karaoke creates its own culture, while reflecting much about the wider culture and the place of popular...  Read More >>

Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology

Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary...

Author: Javier A. Trevino ,  Neil J. Smelser
ISBN: 9780742509573
Format: Hardback
$314.16

Talcott Parsons Today offers a reappraisal—and extension—of the work of the most significant and influential twentieth-century...  Read More >>

Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies

Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies

Author: Warren Belasco ,  Philip Scranton
ISBN: 9780415930772
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Featuring the work of some of the most established scholars in the food studies field, Food Nations looks at the...  Read More >>

The Stars Down to Earth

The Stars Down to Earth

Author: Theodor Adorno ,  Stephen Crook
ISBN: 9780415271004
Format: Paperback
$24.99

In this remarkable work written 50 years ago, Adorno showcases the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption....  Read More >>

The Sane Society

The Sane Society

Author: Erich Fromm ,  Leonard A. Anderson
ISBN: 9780415270984
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies

Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies

Author: Warren Belasco ,  Philip Scranton
ISBN: 9780415930765
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Featuring the work of some of the most established scholars in the food studies field, Food Nations looks at the...  Read More >>

The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies

The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies

Author: Robert E. Lane
ISBN: 9780300091069
Format: Paperback
$80.95

Shows that the main sources of well-being in advanced economies are friendships and a good family life and that,...  Read More >>

The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty

The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of...

Author: David G. Myers
ISBN: 9780300091205
Format: Paperback
$78.95

In this text, social psychologist David G. Myers asks why, in an era of great material wealth, America suffers from...  Read More >>

Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody

Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody

Author: Rob Drew
ISBN: 9780759100473
Format: Paperback
$60.95

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A Consuming Faith: The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture

A Consuming Faith: The Social Gospel and Modern American...

Author: Susan Curtis
ISBN: 9780826213624
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Population and Society: Essential Readings

Population and Society: Essential Readings

Author: Frank Trovato
ISBN: 9780195416398
Format: Paperback
$158.27

These thirty-three readings are essential to the study of population and society. The two basic perspectives, Malthusian...  Read More >>

Critical Realism and Marxism

Critical Realism and Marxism

Author: Andrew Brown ,  Steve Fleetwood
ISBN: 9780415250139
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This work examines the relationship between critical realism and Marxism. The authors argue that critical realism...  Read More >>

Critical Realism and Marxism

Critical Realism and Marxism

Author: Andrew Brown ,  Steve Fleetwood
ISBN: 9780415250122
Format: Hardback
$399.00

This work examines the relationship between critical realism and Marxism. The authors argue that critical realism...  Read More >>

The Vested Interests

The Vested Interests

Author: Thorstein Veblen ,  Irving Louis Horowitz
ISBN: 9780765808653
Format: Paperback
$119.00

Veblen's classic position on social status is intertwined with his interest in economic class and the political...  Read More >>

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