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The wealth of cities and the poverty of nations
A corrective to the view that cities are only ever "good", arguing that the same urban properties which make cities so extraordinarily proficient at producing the “good” innovations also provides fertile ground for the development of the “bad” ones, on which urban elites have syphoned off wealth ...
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Social movements in latin america
A comprehensive survey of Latin American social movements, which are likely to be at the centre of any future progressive politics in Latin America.
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Evolving regional economies
Martin Henning explores why economic growth and transformation is essentially a regionally based and spatially dependent process and introduces the core ideas involved in understanding the dynamics of regional economies drawing on case studies to illuminate these ideas in practice.
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Economic anthropology
This accessible and authoritative overview of the subdiscipline of economic anthropology defines and frames the field for a new generation of students in search of an inspiring and fresh way of looking at the economic world.
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Max weber’s sociological thought on the economy
Max Weber (1864–1920) has long been considered a founding figure of sociology. This book offers a fresh reading of Weber’s work and highlights his thinking about the economy and economic interactions in society.
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Sustainable human settlements within the global urban agenda
The UN's urban sustainability goal (#11) is fundamental to the global sustainable development agenda. David Simon explains the anatomy and dynamics of SDG 11, and critically assess how it is being used and understood in different local, regional and national contexts.
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Poverty and the world order
A critical examination of the promise and reality of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (#1) that seeks to eradicate poverty.
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How to save the city
Paul Chatterton engages, inspires and empowers the reader to take action to make cities more sustainable, liveable and safer places. He guides the reader through a sequence of challenges, strategies, players, moves and practical tactics of how to save their city.
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Feminist political economy
A much-needed introduction to key topics in feminist political economy, this book takes a global perspective and engages in debates that are relevant for the Global North and/or the Global South. Essential reading for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of power relations in the economy.
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The sex economy
A major challenge to the view that prostitution and the "sex economy" can ever be normalised as a legitimate economic business in which women have control, and as employment comparable to other forms of low-paid work.
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In defence of philanthropy
An impassioned defence of the role of philanthropy in society.
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The urban field
A critical examination of the relationship between capital and the state, and the generation of an urban governmentality centred on the economization of knowledge and technology. A rethinking of the role of contemporary urbanism in today’s knowledge-intensive capitalism.
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Race and the undeserving poor
A major new work that charts the historical development of a postcolonial settlement that has given rise to a racialized distintion between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor, the latest incarnation of which is a distinction between a deserving, neglected white working class and "others" who ...
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The cultural infrastructure of cities
This collection of essays offers a fresh perspective on infrastructure, inviting readers to (re)consider the ways that culture is produced and expressed within cities by examining the geographies of its spaces, venues, performances and embodiments.
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The anthem companion to talcott parsons
The Anthem Companion to Talcott Parsons offers the best contemporary work on Talcott Parsons, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Parsons’s students and scholars alike.
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The transformation of capacity in international development
"The Transformation of Capacity in International Development” exposes the transformation of capacity building as a concept of practice within development through an examination of USAID’s work in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 1977 to 2017. It has implications for the future of rights-based approa...
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Knowledge evolution and societal transformations
Knowledge Evolution and Societal Transformation proposes a new paradigm based on the evolution of knowledge that synthesizes existing social science theories at three analytical levels. A central theme is how knowledge causes new problems and explains growing inequality. To solve these problems, ...
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Teaching palestine on an israeli university campus
The word “occupation” is not heard in classrooms on the Hebrew University campus, at the heart of Palestinian East Jerusalem. The “war outside” is not spoken of. Israeli and Palestinian students unsettle this denial for the first time in a practice-led course on human rights in the reality around...
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The poverty of television
Based on an ethnographic study of television and audiences in class-divided Philippines, this is the first book to take a bottom-up approach in considering how people respond to images and narratives of suffering and poverty on television.
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Aging within transnational families
‘Aging within Transnational Families’ focuses on the often overlooked role of older people as active agents within transnational families.
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Quandaries of belonging
Quandaries of Belonging is both a personal meditation on the author’s relationship with Aotearoa New Zealand and a critical exploration of coexistence in a postcolonial society.
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The new power elite
‘Greedy Elites’ explains why today’s revolt against the ‘rich and powerful’ is led by billionaires and political insiders, sidelining elites’ traditional enemies. It links social, economic and political theory and evidence to show how rivalries within an elite always eclipse (and co-opt) popular ...
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Ethnographies of grey zones in eastern europe
Over the last two decades, Eastern European countries have experienced extensive changes in geo-political relocations and relations leading to everyday uncertainty. Based on ethnographic cases, this anthology explores how grey zones of governance, borders, relations and invisibilities affect ever...
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Victorian sensation
A captivating look at the origins of our own tabloid culture in the salacious and titillating media of the Victorian era.
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Structure, agency and biotechnology
“Structure, Agency, Biotechnology” argues for the significance of sociological theory and highlights the insights that it can offer into the study of agricultural biotechnology.
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The anthem companion to ernst troeltsch
‘The Anthem Companion to Ernst Troeltsch’ is a collection of eight essays by well-regarded Troeltsch specialists covering a wide range of topics of his thinking.
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New lithuania in old hands
‘New Lithuania in Old Hands’ examines the impact Lithuania’s EU membership has had upon the country’s ageing small-scale farmers.
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China and sustainable development in latin america
China and Sustainable Development in Latin America documents the social and environmental impacts of the China-led commodity boom in Latin America. It also highlights important areas of innovation where governments, communities and investors have worked together to harness the commodity boom for ...
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The anthem companion to robert park
Not making a case for or against Robert Park, ‘The Anthem Companion to Robert Park’ encourages readers to consider the virtue of rethinking—and rereading—this major figure in American sociology.
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Brexit
Brexit traces the implications of the UK’s projected withdrawal from the EU, placing short-term political fluctuations in a broader historical and social context of the transformation of European and global society.
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Religion, supernaturalism, the paranormal and pseudoscience
“Religion, Supernaturalism, the Paranormal and Pseudoscience” provides a comprehensive rejoinder to the challenges posed to science, scientific anthropology, evolutionary theory and rationality by the advocates of supernatural, paranormal, and pseudoscientific perspectives and modes of thought.
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A blogger's manifesto
An expansive and captivating interrogation of free speech in the modern world, exploring the limitations of the digital age.
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The anthem companion to karl mannheim
“The Anthem Companion to Karl Mannheim” is an international collection of original articles on the classical sociologist Karl Mannheim and documents the current revitalization of the reception of this social thinker. Using “learning from Mannheim” as its motif, the chapters in this volume favor f...
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The cultural construction of monstrous children
This innovative and interdisciplinary collection of essays considers examples of monstrous children since the 16th century to the present, spanning real-life and popular culture, to exhibit the manifestation of the Western cultural anxiety around the problematic, anomalous child as naughty, dange...
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An introduction to changing india
This book provides a comprehensive view on rapidly changing India. It covers Indian culture, politics, economy and technology, as well as population and environmental issues.
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The anthem companion to philip rieff
Philip Rieff (1922–2006) was a preeminent American social and cultural theorist. The original essays in The Anthem Companion to Philip Rieff offer an important new assessment of the major works of Philip Rieff by leading writers in the fields of social and cultural theory. These essays are the fi...
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Transnational return and social change
Return has long been considered the end of a migration cycle. Today, returnees’ continued transnational ties, practices and resources have become increasingly visible. ‘Transnational Return and Social Change’ pays tribute to the meso-level impacts that follow the practices and resources migrant r...
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Fashion as cultural translation
The book deals with fashion as a form of visual culture embodied through signs. It reproduces itself with a pattern based on the semiotic network of places, social practices and forms of imagery.
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The domains of identity
“The Domains of Identity” defines sixteen coherent yet comprehensive categories of interactions which cause personally identifiable information to be stored in databases. Discussions of identity management are often confusing; enumerating these domains and describing their characteristics clarifi...
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Indian and chinese immigrant communities
This interdisciplinary collection of essays offers a window onto the overseas Indian and Chinese communities in Asia. Contributions give insight on the interactive role of the cultural and religious ‘other’, the diasporic absorption of local beliefs and customs, and the practical business network...
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The anthem companion to alexis de tocqueville
‘The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville’ contains original interpretations of Tocqueville’s major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser- known writings on colonies, prisons and minorities. Each chapter compares Tocqueville’s ideas on a given subject with those of other...
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The technocene
Hermínio Martins was a distinguished Portuguese sociologist. ‘The Technocene’ is a selection of some of the most important philosophical essays – a few unpublished – that he wrote following retirement from the University of Oxford. The essays address the ethical and societal consequences of the c...
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Australian media and the politics of belonging
Containing contributions by leading scholars, ‘Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging’ addresses key topical themes and concerns in contemporary Australia.
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The plight of potential
Drawing on an international body of case studies from leading millennial networks, "The Plight of Potential" shows how millennials can live deeper and more enriching lives by reflecting on the self, placing value on solitude and resisting the feeling that they must constantly connect and share.
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Managing coral reefs
‘Managing Coral Reefs’ compares reef management in Indonesia, which takes a decentralized approach, and in Malaysia, which takes a centralized approach.
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The anthem companion to georg simmel
'The Anthem Companion to Georg Simmel' brings together new interpretations of the work of this sociologist and philosopher.
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The anthem companion to gabriel tarde
‘The Anthem Companion to Gabriel Tarde’ offers the best contemporary work on Gabriel Tarde, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Tarde students and scholars alike. ‘A...
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The anthem companion to ferdinand tönnies
This book is a collection of ten articles covering various aspects of the thought of Ferdinand Tönnies. Leading authorities on Tönnies have written these articles in a way that will appeal to both the general reader and the sociological specialist.
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The anthem companion to everett hughes
The Anthem Companion to Everett Hughes is a comprehensive and updated critical discussion of Hughes’s contribution to sociology and his current legacy in the social sciences. A global team of scholars discusses issues such as the international circulation of Hughes’s work, his intellectual biogra...
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The anthem companion to c. wright mills
This companion comprises interpretive, critical, and exploratory essays on Mills’s chief writings as well as his interventions in the political conflicts of his time, stressing important aspects of his work that are neglected in the literature.
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Male homosexuality in 21st-century thailand
This book explores the experiences, meanings and identities of young same-sex attracted men in rural Thailand. It is based on a study of 25 young rural Thai men who were each interviewed three times within a two-year period while they were aged 18–20, uncovering significant fluidity, variety and ...
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Women, gender and everyday social transformation in india
‘Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India’ explores key processes of gendered change in contemporary India. Through ethnographically grounded case studies, the volume foregrounds the contradictory and contested co-existence of discrepant gendered norms, values and visions in a so...
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The rise and fall of the national atlas in the twentieth century
Many countries produced an official national atlas in the twentieth century. This book examines these national atlases as an intriguing window into the connections between science, state, territory and power.
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The liquidation of exile
A theoretical overview and six case studies showing that the exile of intellectuals is a difficult, dependent, and fluid condition, whose achievements are dearly bought and whose endings rarely fulfill the missions informing their beginnings.
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The drivers and outcomes of global health diplomacy
This book investigates the Brazilian health cooperation in Mozambique looking at the interests of both actors and different power relations within this initiative. It counts with a case study looking at the implementation of SociedadeMocambicana de Medicamentos – a pharmaceutical factory that was...
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New queer television
This edited volume draws attention to a dynamic field in which a wide variety of queer identities can be put on display and consumed by audiences rather than framed as marginal. Cementing a foundational understanding of queerness that is at odds with current shifts in media production, contributo...
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Beijing film academy yearbook 2017
The annual Beijing Film Academy Yearbook continues to showcase the best academic debates, discussions and research published in the prestigious Journal of Beijing Film Academy from the previous year. This volume brings together specially selected articles, covering the most up-to-date topics in C...
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Media materialities
Brings together a breadth of perspectives addressing media materialities, and their significance to the study of media, culture, and society. Offers new thinking and perspectives on media materialities, including work that explores media materiality, and the past, physical and digital tensions an...
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Beijing film academy 2020
The Beijing Film Academy Yearbook highlights the best academic debates, discussions and research, as published in the highly prestigious Journal of Beijing Film Academy in 2020. This volume brings together specially selected articles, appearing in English for the first time, to bridge the gap in ...
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The friday mosque in the city
Edited volume exploring the dynamic relationship between the Friday Mosque and the city. While the Friday mosque and the 'Islamic City' have been widely studied by historians of Islamic architecture and urbanism, this volume specifically examines the functional and spatial ambiguity or liminality...
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Fan phenomena: the lord of the rings
Few, if any, books come close to being as beloved – or as ubiquitous – as The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The book delves into the philosophy of the series and its fans, the distinctions between the films’ fans and the books’ fans, the process of adaptation, and the role of New Zealand in the tran...
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Men, war and film
The story and analysis of the Calling Blighty series of films made by the Combined Kinematograph Service in Burma and India between 1943 and 1946. These are remarkable and moving documents, a one-way Skype of their day, where men – and a very few women – sent spoken messages home to be shown to f...
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Beijing film academy 2018
The annual Beijing Film Academy Yearbook showcases the best academic debates, discussions and research, as previously published in the highly prestigious Journal of Beijing Film Academy. This volume brings together selected articles, appearing for the first time in English, bridging the gap in cr...
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Confronting technopoly
In 1992, Neil Postman presciently coined the term 'technopoly' to refer to 'the surrender of culture to technology'. This book brings together a number of contributors from different disciplinary perspectives to analyse technopoly both as a concept and as it is seen and understood in contemporary...
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Consumer identities
Consumer Identities explores the notion of agency by tracing the role and activities of consumers from the pre-Internet age into the possible future. Using an overview of the historical creation of consumer identity, the collection demonstrates that active consumption is not merely a product of t...
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Consumer identities
Consumer Identities explores the notion of agency by tracing the role and activities of consumers from the pre-Internet age into the possible future. Using an overview of the historical creation of consumer identity, the collection demonstrates that active consumption is not merely a product of t...
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Fan phenomena: james bond
Fan Phenomena: James Bond explores the devoted fanbase that has helped make Bond what he is, offering a serious but wholly accessible take on the many different ways that fans have approached, appreciated, and appropriated Bond over the sixty years of his existence from the pages of Ian Fleming's...
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Tv formats worldwide
This book redresses the balance of reality shows and the program format as a central mode of business and culture in the new television landscape. It explores topics such as reality TV, makeover programs, sitcoms, talent shows, fiction serials, broadcaster management policies, production decision...
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Digital futures and the city of today
In the contemporary city, the physical infrastructure and sensorial experiences of two millennia are now interwoven within an invisible digital matrix. This matrix alters human perceptions of the city, informs our behaviour, and increasingly influences the urban designs we ultimately inhabit.
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Harm and offence in media content
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and dangers posed by both established and emergent technologies. It examines all media, including interactive games, social networking and mobile phones. Many examples focus on the United States, noting how young people use new technolog...
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Fan phenomena: sherlock holmes
Few could have predicted the enduring fascination with the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. From the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the recent BBC series that has made a heart-throb out of Benedict Cumberbatch, the sleuth has been much a part of the British and global cultural legacy fr...
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Misreading postmodern antigone
In the mid-1980s, film director Marco Bellocchio and renegade psychoanalyst Massimo Fagioli cowrote The Devil in the Flesh, a politically and sexually charged film illustrating some of Fagioli's controversial theories. Echoing the anti-Lacanian sentiment popularized by Gilles Deleuze, the film is...
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European media governance
European governments are ceding control of national media to international organizations. European Media Governance investigates how the print, broadcast, film and advertising industries lobby in Brussels. Offering an analysis of media-related debates that affect future Europeans, this volume is ...
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