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In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. He criticises those theoretical accounts whose roots lie in...
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Polity
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2018-03-15
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It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed and deployed as a multi-polar world system is being born. The full implications...
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Polity
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2018-03-15
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This book analyses the current state-of-the-art research on families, working hours and well-being in Europe, addressing both paid and non-paid work from a family perspective, and introducing emerging issues related to working hours and family life. Further, it...
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Springer
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2018-03-14
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Focusing on Mostar, a city in Bosnia Herzegovina that became the epitome of ethnic divisions during the Yugoslav wars, this cutting edge book considers processes of violent partitioning in cities. Providing an in-depth understanding of the social, political, and mundane...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-14
Collection :
The Contemporary City
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This edited collection explores family relations in two types of 'migrant families' in Europe: mixed families and transnational families. Based on in-depth qualitative fieldwork and large surveys, the contributors analyse gender and intergenerational relations...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-13
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This book takes the debate about the (ir)rationality of the transition to ethical life in Kierkegaard’s thought in a significantly new direction. Connecting the field of Kierkegaard studies with the meta-ethical debate about practical reasons, and engaging with Alasdair...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-13
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Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and...
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Polity
Parution :
2018-03-12
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Das Buch adressiert das zentrale Problem der Postmoderne: die Beziehung zwischen den sich langsam wandelnden Strukturen einerseits und den unbeständigen Subjektivitäten andererseits. Es analysiert Wechselwirkungen zwischen den biografiegestaltenden Aufgaben der...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2018-03-12
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The impact of legacies and memories on social movements has been paid only limited attention in what is now a sizeable literature. While there is a growing interest in memory, there is little systematic theory or comparative research on the long-lasting institutional...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-03-09
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This book uses an Australian case study to shine a much-needed spotlight on discretionary police powers to punish, and their implications for justice and human rights. It offers a revealing analysis of the problematic rationales that secured the legislative passage of...
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Springer
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2018-03-09
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This book presents the first analysis and critique of the idea of practice as it has developed in the various theoretical traditions of the social sciences and the humanities. The concept of a practice, understood broadly as a tacit possession that is 'shared' by and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-03-08
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Where are we today and what is to be done? Slavoj Zizek ponders these questions in this unique and timely book. Based on live interviews, the book captures Zizek at his irrepressible best, elucidating such topics as the uprisings of the Arab Spring, the global...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-03-08
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In this major new work, Bourdieu pushes the critique of scholastic reason to a point which most questionings leave untouched.
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Polity
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2018-03-07
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In diesem essential wird die demokratische Institution der Tarifautonomie dargestellt. Die für das Gemeinwesen wichtigste Leistung der Tarifautonomie liegt in ihrer den Arbeitsmarkt ordnenden, friedensstiftenden Funktion. Diese erzielt sie durch Kompromissbildung ...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-03-05
Collection :
essentials
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This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South. Analysing the spread of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles, the book highlights how the celebration of ‘sportive nationalism,’ promoting...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-05
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Winner of the 2019 Global and Transnational Sociology Best Book Award, American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2019 Political Economy of World System (PEWS) Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association
Received Honorable Mention for the 2019...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-03-05
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It is not lost on commercial organisations that where we live colours how we view ourselves and others. That is why so many now place us into social groups on the basis of the type of postcode in which we live. Social scientists call this practice "commercial...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2018-03-05
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Die deutsche Energiewende hat sich verstärkt seit der Reaktorkatastrophe in Fukushima 2011 zu einem zentralen gesellschaftlichen Konfliktfeld entwickelt. Ausgehend von einer diskurstheoretischen Grundperspektive in Anschluss an Ernesto Laclau und Chantal Mouffe werden...
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Springer VS
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2018-03-03
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Die Untersuchung legt eine systematische neue Rekonstruktion der „Theorie des kommunikativen Handels“ von Jürgen Habermas vor. Sie erörtert im Kontext der klassischen Soziologie, der Soziologie der Gegenwartsgesellschaft, der Evolutionstheorie und Sprachtheorie die...
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Springer VS
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2018-03-02
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Antonia Langhof arbeitet anhand einer kommunikationstheoretischen Zugriffsweise einen differenzierten begrifflichen und theoretisch-konzeptionellen Rahmen für die (soziologische) Managementforschung aus. Dieser ermöglicht es, die Bedingungen und Folgen der Resonanz von...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-02-26
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