Hakutulokset: sociology
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After Method
John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the …
Zygmunt Bauman
In this ground-breaking book, Shaun Best analyses the intellectual knowledge production of Zygmunt Bauman and his rise to academic stardom in the English speaking world by …
Understanding Russianness
In today’s world where other cultures are being tapped to a greater extent than ever before, the processes of mixing and matching are especially relevant in making sense of Russia. …
A Short History of Sociology
Originally published in English in 1962, this book presents in clear language an account of the growth of sociology from its earliest roots in the Enlightenment, through the 19th …
Watching TV Is Not Required
This book uses a social world–today's undergraduate students' ubiquitous everyday experience of television–as a vehicle for helping awaken students to the true possibilities for …
The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts
Winner of the Norbert Elias Book Prize 2020This is the first long-term analysis of the development of Japanese martial arts, connecting ancient martial traditions with the martial …
The Challenges of Being a Rural Gay Man
Gay men often face struggles in the conservative world of rural life, due to the pervasive social stigmas associated with homosexuality and the lack of anonymity in a small-town …
Interactional Justice
Interactional Justice explores how defence lawyers accomplish their role in interaction with others and highlights the ways in which they do loyalty work – constructing and …
Society and Nature
First published in 1998.This is Volume XIV of eighteen in the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology series. This text is concerned with sociological inquiry into society and …
The Dark Side of Podemos?
In 2014 a new progressive party, Podemos, emerged on the Spanish political scene. Within just over two years it had become the country’s third-biggest party, winning a slew of …
Risk and Technological Culture
The question as to whether we are now entering a risk society has become a key debate in contemporary social theory. Risk and Technological Culture presents a critical discussion …