| |
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Civil Sphere Theory (CST). It reconstructs the development and key features of this theory and explains why it offers an original and compelling way of thinking about civil society. The book...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-02-04
ePub
|
Anthropologists of religion study themes central to the understanding of humanity, such as the power of ritual, the authority of language, and the exemplary character of myth. This Handbook brings together leading specialists to explain the historical and intellectual...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-02-04
ePub
|
Colorism – discrimination based on skin darkness within a racial group – has plagued Black Americans since their first arrival in this country. Although colorism has taken different forms over time, lighter-skinned Black people have always received advantages at the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-02-04
ePub
|
Technology has advanced significantly over the past 200 years, but have ideas about gender and technology also changed over time? Are modern technologies gendered? In this comprehensive text, Holly Kruse explores how notions of gender and technology have been socially...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-02-04
ePub
|
The edited volume aims at presenting the various forms of stereotyping. As a matter of fact, such logical inclination is not only perpetrated through common sense and public discourse, but also through regulation and various ethical practices. Law and politics, indeed,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-03
PDF, ePub
|
This volume presents an original, community-based study of Greek heritage language education in Canada. Through empirical data and stakeholder narratives, it explores the pedagogical, sociolinguistic, and policy dimensions of sustaining minority languages in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-03
PDF, ePub
|
This volume explores the complex landscape of disinformation and its broader implications on trust within society. It tackles questions such as: What constitutes disinformation or fake news? What are the ramifications of its detrimental effects? Are we navigating...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-03
PDF, ePub
|
What does it mean to be deemed promising in an unjust world? The award-winning poet and MIT Distinguished Chair of the Humanities interrogates this question—and offers a more expansive vision of giftedness—in this striking, original work.“The People...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2026-02-03
ePub
|
This book examines the rise of financial totalitarianism and its profound implications for criminal justice and criminological theory. It explores how the concentration of wealth and social exclusion, driven by corporate CEOs, has altered the role of politics in shaping...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-03
PDF, ePub
|
This book provides a groundbreaking exploration of gender and migration in the Arabian Gulf, challenging dominant narratives that reduce women's migration to domestic labor and caregiving. It presents a nuanced, interdisciplinary analysis of how women navigate...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-02
PDF, ePub
|
This book explores the ‘gender pain gap’—the systemic disparities in how women’s chronic pain and illness are perceived, believed, and treated. Focusing especially on conditions without visible markers, Eilidh Galbraith examines why women’s...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-02
PDF, ePub
|
This edited book brings together novel studies that address the real-world challenges young vocational students and teachers face as they navigate the complexities of education and work. The chapters highlight the importance of evidence-based practice in vocational...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-02
PDF, ePub
|
We live our entire lives in an information society, but too frequently feel like we are rushing to catch up with the latest technological changes. Despite the overwhelming influence of information networks and their potential as tools for social change, many find it...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-02-02
ePub
Offre spéciale
-17%
22,99€
|
Die empörten Welten praktizierten Protests gewinnen gegenwärtig an Gewicht und avancieren geradezu zu einer Form der ‚Normalpolitik’. Dieser Band sondiert in einem ersten Teil theoretisch, wie Empörten Welten als gegenwärtiges Phänomen politischer Vergesellschaftung und...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2026-02-02
PDF, ePub
|
Combines anthropology’s four subfields to explore what it means to be human Introduction to Holistic Anthropology invites students to rediscover anthropology as Franz Boas once envisioned it — a unified discipline that integrates biological, historical, linguistic, and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2026-02-02
PDF, ePub
|
The book makes an original contribution to a corporeal-phenomenological and sociological approach to architectural research. The author draws on theoretical frameworks such as the work of Helmuth Plessner and New Phenomenology by Hermann Schmitz, both of which are...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-02
PDF, ePub
|
This book explores ‘exiting’ programs for sex workers, which are behavioural change interventions that support people to stop selling sex.This book examines questions about how we should conceptualise and respond to ‘exiting’ and, by centring sex...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-01
PDF, ePub
|
This is the first book to address theory and practice in Applied Bioarchaeology—a term used to describe bioarchaeological research which addresses matters of relevance today, and which actively engages people in the research process in ways that are respectful and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-01
PDF, ePub
|
Starting from the paradox that undocumented migrants—known as sans-papiers inFrench—often have pockets, backpacks, and drawers full of papers, this book explores the role of documentation in how migration is governed and experienced. Drawing on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-01
PDF, ePub
|
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted factors that contributed to Lithuania's hostile stance towards immigrants, as exemplified by the country's response to the 2021 border crisis with Belarus. By examining the complex interplay of political,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-31
PDF, ePub
|