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  • A Beginner′s Guide to Social Theory

    de Shaun Best ...
    `This book is accessible, as a beginner′s guide should be, but without an over-simplification of the arguments. It should prove an immensely durable text for generations of students to come′ - John Hughes, Lancaster UniversityAt last, a book that makes social theory for undergraduates a pleasure to teach and study. The book offers a comprehensive overview of social theory from classical sociology ... Leer más

    $107.09 USD

  • Talcott Parsons

    Despair and Modernity

    de Shaun Best ...
    This is not a conventional biography but an attempt to explore the motives and intentions that underpin Talcott Parsons’ published work by exploring the reasoning Parsons shares with his readers in the pages of his many published works and the possible links between Parsons’ academic outputs and the social, economic and political situations in which Parsons found himself during the course of his ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Activism, Identity, and Social Theory in the 1960s

    The Dawn of Life Politics

    de Shaun Best ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
    Activism, Identity, and Social Theory in the 1960s examines the crucial connection between social analysis and everyday practice using a study of the transformative social movements of the 1960s. It demonstrates how personal experiences of discrimination can reflect broader mechanisms of social exclusion to reveal how the fusion of personal and political spheres created new forms of identity ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Reframing Education Failure and Aspiration

    The Rise of the Meritocracy

    de Shaun Best ...
    Education is considered central to social mobility and, following a drive to raise learners’ aspirations, an ‘aspiration industry’ has emerged.However, the desire to leave school early should not be regarded as evidence of students lacking ambition. This book traces the emergence of the aspiration industry and argues that to have ambitions that do not require qualifications is different, but not ... Leer más

    $37.99 USD

  • Introduction to Politics and Society

    de Shaun Best ...
    Introduction to Politics and Society comprehensively demonstrates how key theoretical and concepts in political science have foretold, rationalized and shaped politics in the contemporary world.Students will discover the meaning of `power′, `authority′, `coercion′, `surveillance′ and `legitimacy′. The ideas of Weber, Marx, Foucault, Bauman, Sennett, Habermas, Baudrillard and Giddens are explained ... Leer más

    $78.29 USD

  • Understanding Social Divisions

    de Shaun Best ...
    The study of social divisions has dominated research within the social sciences since the nineteenth century. Early stratification categories of class, race, and gender, have in more recent years been joined by issues such as sexuality and disability. Understanding Social Divisions addresses the full range of social divisions in one volume while also considering the nature of social division in ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • Leisure Studies

    Themes and Perspectives

    de Shaun Best ...
    What is the place of leisure in societies where people complain of ′over-work′? How do personal freedom and choice relate to the inequalities of class, gender, disability and ethnicity?This critical introduction to the field offers a systematic account of the meaning and structure of leisure today.The book:• situates the student in the field• provides a comprehensive account of the leading ... Leer más

    $94.49 USD

  • The Stranger

    de Shaun Best ...
    Series series Key Ideas
    This book explores the concept of the stranger as a ‘modern’ social form, identifying the differing conceptions of strangerhood presented in the literature since the publication of Georg Simmel’s influential essay ‘The Stranger’, questioning the assumptions around what it means to be regarded as ‘strange’, and identifying the consequences of being labelled a stranger.Organised both chronologically ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Zygmunt Bauman on Education in Liquid Modernity

    de Shaun Best ...
    Zygmunt Bauman on Education in Liquid Modernity evaluates the contribution that Bauman has made to education studies. It outlines the central themes within social analysis in Bauman’s writings, and examines how researchers have applied his key ideas to explore current theoretical issues.The book focuses on Bauman’s ideas in relation to the management and consumption of education, including topics ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Understanding and Doing Successful Research

    Data Collection and Analysis for the Social Sciences

    de Shaun Best ...
    Research Methods is an essential guide to carrying out a research project. Each of the focused chapters introduces and explains an aspect of social research to readers who may have no experience or knowledge of this subject. The emphasis is on how to do various different methods, how to decide which is the most appropriate, and how to analyse the data. The book also includes examples of good ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Zygmunt Bauman

    Why Good People do Bad Things

    de Shaun Best ...
    Series series Public Intellectuals and the Sociology of Knowledge
    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 evaluating the relation between his biography, the contexts in which he found himself, and why his intellectual creativity is admired by so many people. Bauman has an interesting 'contested' biography and underwent a number of ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • The Emerald Guide to Zygmunt Bauman

    de Shaun Best ...
    Series series Emerald Guides to Social Thought
    The influential sociologist and social theorist Zygmunt Bauman was a prolific commentator on contemporary social life. The extent and range of his published work is so vast that it is easy for the uninitiated reader to feel daunted by the sheer scale of works and where to begin.That is, until now. The Emerald Guide to Zygmunt Bauman is the first introductory guide to the work of Zygmunt Bauman, ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD