"Highly successful in its first edition, Understanding Family Policy, Second Edition introduces new theoretical frameworks as well as applications of theory. Zimmerman has incorporated the recent history of family policy and reinforced the link between theory and the everyday li…
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This 2nd edition continues to provide the conceptual framework, which enables students and professionals to examine and analyze government policies and their impact on the family. New features include: new theoretical frameworks and their applications; an update of the recent hi…
The main theme of this book is collective subjectivity, analysed especially in connection with the work of Marx, Parsons, Giddens and Habermas, but also addressing the manifold tendencies of sociological theory, from its inception to the present. After the fragmentation of the 1…
How do social structures and group behaviours arise from the interaction of individuals? This text approaches this question with computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviours such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat and trade are considered.
How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat…
A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, I…
by So, Alvin Y., Misra, Joya, Flint, Colin, Thompson, William R., Hall, Thomas D., Hall, Thomas D., Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Shelley, Fred M., Peregrine, Peter N., Boswell, Terry, Ward, Carol, Smith, David A., Bartley, Tim, Bergesen, Albert, Dunaway, Wilma A., K. Chiu, Stephen W., Grimes, Peter, Laczko, Leslie S., Solomon, Yodit, Stander, Elon, Straussfogel, Debra
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This book brings together some of the most influential research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in a…
"This book brings together some of the most influential new research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written…
