Offers insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment - or 'militainment' - in contemporary American popular culture. This book argues that an interactive mode of militarized entertainment is recruiting its audience as virtual-citizen soldiers
This textbook explores the feature film as entertainment, as narrative and as cultural event. Graeme Turner provides an introduction to major theoretical issues in the history of film production and film studies, examining the function of film as a national cultural industry, an…
Living in the U.S.A., has for many years provided the sojourner with just the information and advice needed to deal with the expected and the unexpected. Now, under Davies' skilled editorship, this sixth edition continues in that tradition. Living in the U.S.A. Living in the U.S…
Samling af interviews og artikler om den ny-liberalistiske bølge i Vesteuropa This text speaks out against the new myths of our time -especially those associated with neo-liberalism - and offers adefence of the public interest. The withdrawal og the state frommany areas of soci…
China in 2020 presents a native Chinese perspective on the challenges and opportunities the PRC will face as its global footprint expands.
The annual "British Social Attitudes" survey is carried out by Britain's largest independent social research organisation, the National Centre for Social Research. It provides an indispensable guide to political and social issues in contemporary Britain. This 26th Report summari…
As philosophers throughout the ages have asked: What is justice? What is truth? What is art? What is law? In Education Reconfigured, the internationally acclaimed philosopher of education, Jane Roland Martin, now asks: What is education? In answer, she puts forward a unified the…
A history of the welfare rights movement of the 1960s which sought to organize the poor to make demands upon the system and in the process create a more humane welfare program.
Essential reading for students of Japanese society, An Introduction to Japanese Society now enters its third edition. Here, internationally renowned scholar, Yoshio Sugimoto, writes a sophisticated, yet highly readable and lucid text, using both English and Japanese sources to u…
Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down…
In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides…
