Социология

In this major new assessment of Zygmunt Bauman's work, Smith gives a clear introduction to this controversial and challenging sociologist.

What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is wi…

Cultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples…

Анализируются действующее российское законодательство об опеке и попечительстве и практика его применения. Рассматриваются как общие положения, так и …

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than t…

Europe is Europe’s last remaining realistic political utopia. But Europe remains to be understood and conceptualized. This historically unique form of…

Political Science has traditionally employed empirical research and analytical resources to understand, explain and predict political phenomena. One o…

Praise for the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series «A major stumbling block to the adoption of evidence-based practice in the real wor…

Анализируются сценарии долгосрочного социально-экономического развития России, риски и ограничения, связанные с их реализацией. Сценарии рассматривают…

Over-consumption is one of the key issues of our time, especially in the Western world. Over the past decade, in the face of historically unprecedente…

In this lucid, stimulating and original book, Zygmunt Bauman and Tim May explore the underlying assumptions and tacit expectations which structure our…

Учебное пособие предназначено для усвоения социологии культуры, как в аудиторной форме занятий, так и самостоятельно в соответствии с требованиями фор…

Вадим Радаев «Миллениалы: Как меняется российское общество» – компетентное и актуальное исследование нового поколения миллениалов. В книге рассматрив…

We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society. Financial crisis has led to an economic crisis of recession and unemployment; an…

In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices…

Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends a…

Contemporary understanding of human subjectivity has come a long way since the Cartesian 'thinking thing' or Freud's view of the self struggling with …

The media are home to an eclectic bunch of people. This book is about who they are, what they do, and what their work means to them. Based on intervie…

The book is an analysis of cultural, social as well as political economic expressions of neoliberalization and argues for an appreciation of the relat…

Hayek has been one of the key liberal thinkers of the twentieth century. He has also been much misunderstood. His work has crossed disciplines – econo…

This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a first edition that has bee…

This book presents a series of pioneering studies which together constitute a reappraisal of our understanding of the relationship between gender and …

Since the 1930s the Walt Disney Company has produced characters, images, and stories which have captivated audiences around the world. How can we unde…

Taylor develops a geohistorical argument which focuses on the periods and places of modernities, offering a grounded analysis of what it is to be mode…

This work provides an introduction to the work of Michel Foucault. It offers an assessment of all of Foucault's work, including his final writings on …

For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixat…

In this book Barbara Marshall argues that the debates around both modernity and postmodernity neglect the role of women and significance of gender in …

The second edition of this major textbook in global communication has been fully revised to bring it up to date with advances in this dynamic field. F…

This text introduces students of human geography to the fundamental concept of place, marrying everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical …

Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specializ…

This exciting collection of original essays provides students and professionals with an international and comparative examination of changes in global…

This is an important intervention in debates on the family and sexuality, exploring clashes over sexual values and contemporary sexual dilemmas such a…

'Greed' is a visceral insult. It jabs below the belt, evoking guilty sensations of gluttony and lust. It taunts the rich and powerful, penetrating the…

This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term «territory» in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and bring…

The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the glob…

The changing nature of waged work in contemporary advanced industrial nations is one of the most significant aspects of political and economic debate.…

Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, an…

In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton…

This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liqu…

Story Circle is the first collection ever devoted to a comprehensive international study of the digital storytelling movement, exploring subjects of c…

Critical Trajectories: Culture, Society, Intellectuals brings together for the first time writings from one of the leading figures in cultural studies…

Today autism has become highly visible. Once you begin to look for it, you realize it is everywhere. Why? We all know the answer or think we do: there…

'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the…

Анализируются процессы, происходящие в мировой финансовой системе с момента возникновения глобального финансового кризиса в 2008 г. Особое внимание уд…