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"The rules of the world are changing. It is time for the rules of teaching and teachers' work to change with them." This is the challenge which Andy Hargreaves sets out in his new book on teachers' work and culture in the postmodern world. Drawing on his current research with te…
Uiteenzetting van de zgn. structuratietheorie, een nieuwe ontwikkeling binnen de sociologie
Gated Communities presents a collection of new writing by an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors, which provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities. The book provides a different lens through which to view…
This book identifies certain critical moments in the history of contemporary India. These events concern Partition, sati, minority rights, the Bhopal industrial disaster, the nature of the Indian state, and various socio-legal issues. Veena Das redescribes these events and their…
With communication and relationships at the core of social work, this book reveals the way it is foremost a practice that becomes reality in dialogue, illuminating some of the profession's key dilemmas. Applied discourse studies illustrate the importance of talk and interaction …
Kritische beschouwing over de westerse samenleving, waarin de nadruk wordt gelegd op de risico's die de modernisering met zich meebrengt
Reviews and evaluates the principal traditions of social theory, applies theory to a range of social formations and social processes and highlights the value of interactionism and the sociology of knowledge.
Analyzing social networks
by Borgatti, Stephen P., Everett, Martin G., Johnson, Jeffrey C.
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This work traces the "civilizing" of manners in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and shows how this was related to the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them. Originally published as two volumes: "The History of Manners" and "State Formation and Civ…
Sociology and nature: social action in context
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"Humanity's success in manipulating nature destabilizes the natural support system of society on a planetary scale and, in turn, destabilizes all of society's institutions. Murphy argues that society can now be understood only in terms of the interaction between social action an…
"Humanity's success in manipulating nature destabilizes the natural support system of society on a planetary scale and, in turn, destabilizes all of society's institutions. Murphy argues that society can now be understood only in terms of the interaction between social action an…
