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  • Handbook of the Sociology of Morality

    Edited by Steven Hitlin, Stephen Vaisey ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of right and wrong.Morality is sociologically understood as more than simply helping or harming others; it encompasses any way that individuals form understandings of what behaviors are better than others, what goals are most laudable, and ... Read more

    $268.99 CAD

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  • Comparative-Historical Methods

    by Matthew Lange ...
    This bright, engaging title provides a thorough and integrated review of comparative-historical methods. It sets out an intellectual history of comparative-historical analysis and presents the main methodological techniques employed by researchers, including:- comparative-historical analysis,- case-based methods,- comparative methods- data, case selection and theory.Matthew Lange has written a ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Good Education in an Age of Measurement

    Ethics, Politics, Democracy

    by Gert J. J. Biesta ...
    The widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countries seems to express a real concern for the quality of education. This book argues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has actually displaced questions about educational purpose. Biesta explores why the question as to what constitutes good ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology

    Edited by George Ritzer, J. Michael Ryan ...
    This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume.Contains over 800 entries from the whole breadth of the disciplineDistilled from the highly regarded Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, with entries completely revised and updated to provide succinct and up-to-date coverage of the fundamental topicsGlobal in scope, both in terms of topics ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Criminological Theory

    An Analysis of its Underlying Assumptions

    by Stuart Henry, Werner J. Einstadter ...
    Criminological Theory is an examination of the major theoretical perspectives in criminology today. Werner J. Einstadter and Stuart Henry lay bare various theorists' ideas about human nature, social structure, social order, concepts of law, crime and criminals, the logic of crime causation, and the policies and practices that follow from these premises. Material is presented and organized around ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • The Problem of Emotions in Societies

    by Jonathan Turner ...
    Series series Framing 21st Century Social Issues
    Like any other valued resource, emotions are distributed unequally. Moreover, emotions are a generalized resource because they give people the confidence, or lack of confidence, to secure additional types of resources. Thus, this distribution of emotions roughly corresponds to the shares of others kinds of resources that members of various social classes possess. The level of positive and negative ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education

    by Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Moss ...
    Series series Contesting Early Childhood
    The early childhood services of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy has gained worldwide interest and admiration. Drawing on the ‘Reggio approach’, and others, this book explores the ethical and political dimensions of early childhood services and argues the importance of these dimensions at a time when they are often reduced to technical and managerial projects, without informed consideration for ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Political Psychology

    Edited by Kristen Renwick Monroe ...
    With a list of contributors that reads like a "Who's Who" of political psychology, this comprehensive volume introduces the major concepts, debates, and themes in the field and provides an overview of its intellectual development, its disparate parts, the major controversies and some suggestions for the future direction of the field. ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

  • Habermas, Critical Theory and Health

    Edited by Graham Scambler ...
    The contribution of the German sociologist and philosopher Jurgen Habermas has proved seminal for attempts to understand the nature of social change in the context of global capitalism. This book provides an accessible introduction to his work and shows how his theories can be fruitfully applied to a wide range of topics in the sociology of health and illness including:* lay health knowledge* ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

  • Woman's Relationship with Herself

    Gender, Foucault and Therapy

    by Helen O'Grady ...
    Series series Women and Psychology
    Woman's Relationship with Herself explores the relationship women have with themselves and demonstrates how this relationship is often dominated by debilitating practices of self-surveillance. Employing Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen O'Grady illuminates the link between this kind of self-surveillance and the broader mechanisms of social control, arguing that these negative practices ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory

    Edited by Seth Abrutyn ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This Handbook provides the hidden common threads that tie sociological inquiry together and featuring eminent scholars, it separates itself from its predecessors in substance and organization. Rather than rehashing old debates or longingly gazing at the past, this book presents sociologists with new ways of conceptualizing the organization and presentation of sociological theory. At the heart of ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD

  • Key Themes in Qualitative Research

    Continuities and Changes

    by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Amanda Coffey ...
    Key Themes in Qualitative Research is an attempt by three well-respected ethnographic researchers to present a balanced view of qualitative methodology and research. The book is structured around classic texts, written by methodological pioneers, which comprise the basic foundation of modern qualitative research. The authors examine key premises in these texts, such as intimacy, advocacy, and ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD