This anthology presents new research related to welfare state, child care policies and small children's every day lives in early childhood education and care in institutions in Europe. By uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives as well as historical and co…
How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital cameras transform our daily lives? This title considers this question, from the design of products through to their use in the home. It looks at how everyday objects, ranging from screwdrivers t…
Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors <a href="http: //sageltd.digitalcomps.eb20. com/Requests/EInspection/9781847870469">here</a><br /><br />Just as newspapers do not, typically, engage with the ordinary experiences of people's daily lives, so organizational stud…
Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the w…
Student-friendly introduction to the sociology of everyday life. Introduces in very accessible style the various theories used to interpret our everyday actions that on the surface of things might look mundane.
The study of everyday life is fundamental to our understanding of modern society. This agenda-setting book provides a coherent, interdisciplinary way to engage with everyday activities and environments. Arguing for an innovative, ethnographic approach, it uses detailed examples,…
How do people and goods get in and out of Gaza? Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world's largest open-air prison? This book reveals the pleasures and pains, hopes and frustrations of Gazans going about t…
Series of essay chapters (a number of which first saw publication in German in mainstream newspapers and magazines) addresses how Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and other forms of social media work (and that broader "by-product" of the militaristic ARPANET, the internet), what the…
by García, Héctor, Miralles, Francesc
fromPenguin book
Om japanske metoder og filosofier til et langt og lykkeligt liv ved at finde sin ikigai. Med øvelser til bl.a. yoga, tai chi, qigong og shiatsu
