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Spaces of Social Exclusion (Hardcover): Jamie Gough, Aram Eisenschitz, Andrew McCulloch Spaces of Social Exclusion (Hardcover)
Jamie Gough, Aram Eisenschitz, Andrew McCulloch
R4,512 Discovery Miles 45 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In all developed countries - though to widely varying extents - a minority of the population suffers from deprivation. The Labour Government in Britain in particular has sought to conceptualize and deal with this through the notion of 'Social Exclusion': similar ideas have been found in other countries.
"Spaces of Social Exclusion" explores the forms of this contemporary economic and social disadvantage and in particular, its social and spatial causes, and the role of space in policies to address disadvantage.
Part 1 introduces contemporary and historical conceptualizations and ideologies surrounding social exclusion and poverty. It describes the complex social and spatial patterns of disadvantage in advanced capitalist countries. Part 2 goes on to analyse the origins of social exclusion by examining the different spheres of disadvantage and their relations, emphasizing the role of space, place and scale. It brings together and integrates, research on diverse aspects of social exclusionand the varied processes which produce it. Part 3 discusses different strategies for overcoming social exclusion and their relation to theories considered in Part 2. It is also concerned with presenting and criticizing policy ideas from across the political spectrum.
The book aims to demonstrate the similarity throughout the advanced capitalist countries of many of the processes that create social exclusion and the way that spatial patterns constitute and reproduce exclusion.

The Social Responsibilities of Business - Company and Community, 1900-1960 (Paperback, Revised Ed): Morrell Heald The Social Responsibilities of Business - Company and Community, 1900-1960 (Paperback, Revised Ed)
Morrell Heald
R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The concept of the social responsibility of business has roots in the Puritan doctrine of stewardship as well as the nineteenth-century "gospel of wealth," but business leaders only began to consider community welfare as a whole in the context of their corporate aspirations of the latter half of the twentieth century. Originally appearing in 1970, The Social Responsibilities of Business surveys the history of corporate actions in pursuit of social responsibility, and attempts to assess likely developments. Reissued in 1988 by Transaction with a new introduction by the author and now available in paperback, the volume provides Morrell Heald the opportunity to evaluate his earlier predictions and identify prospects for further development in the area of corporate social responsibility.

Some of Heald's predictions have not yet come to fruition, and he reflects upon the reasons. No effective structure yet exists to permit an open exchange of views and needs between business and representatives of its various constituencies. In addition, two of Heald's earlier suggestions have not taken root in the way he anticipated--the company foundation, and the corporate social audit--and he assesses why they have not, and what opportunities they still provide. The Social Responsibilities of Business provides essential background for understanding the developing social role of the corporation and for assessing its future direction.

Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes - Responsible Organising (Hardcover): Maria Sandberg, Janne Tienari Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes - Responsible Organising (Hardcover)
Maria Sandberg, Janne Tienari
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book critically examines sustainability challenges that humankind faces and offers responsible organising as a solution in responding to these challenges. The text explores how different actors can responsibly organise for transformative action towards sustainable outcomes, as expressed in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Responsible refers to a reflexive understanding of how to organise in times of sustainability challenges. Organising refers to activities and practices where different actors take transformative action together. This comprehensive edited collection of short, clear, concise, and compelling chapters brings together scholars in a range of disciplines and blends theoretical perspectives to study humans and social interactions, organisations, nonhumans, and living environments. It offers topical examples from across the world and from organising of companies and other organisations, supply chains, networks, ecosystems, and markets. The book is written for scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities as well as for practitioners working with the SDGs. It discusses complex issues in an informative and engaging way. It is critical and collaborative. The book serves as an introduction to key themes and perspectives of responsible organising and offers new insights on connections between themes and perspectives.

Life in Poverty Neighbourhoods - European and American Perspectives (Hardcover): Jurgen Friedrichs, George Galster, Sako Musterd Life in Poverty Neighbourhoods - European and American Perspectives (Hardcover)
Jurgen Friedrichs, George Galster, Sako Musterd
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In contemporary European and American urban policy and politics and in academic research it is typically assumed that spatial concentrations of poor households and/or ethnic minority households will have negative effects upon the opportunities to improve the social conditions of those who are living in these concentrations. Since the level of concentration tends to be correlated with the level of spatial segregation the 'debate on segregation' is also linked to the social opportunity discussion. This book explores the central questions in urban and housing studies: Do poor neighbourhoods make their residents poorer? Does the neighbourhood structure exert an effect on the residents (behavioural, attitudinal, or psychological) even when controlling for individual characteristics of the residents? This issue has offered a locus for multi-disciplinary investigations on both sides of the Atlantic, and this volume demonstrates the rich geographical, sociological, economic and psychological dimensions of this issue. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Housing Studies.

Food Production in Urban Areas - A Study of Urban Agriculture in Accra, Ghana (Hardcover): Kwaku Obosu-Mensah Food Production in Urban Areas - A Study of Urban Agriculture in Accra, Ghana (Hardcover)
Kwaku Obosu-Mensah
R3,187 Discovery Miles 31 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Published in 1999, this book explores the emergence of contemporary urban agriculture as well as official attitudes toward this practice. Using three theoretical models, the author tells us who is more likely to be involved in urban agriculture. In line with this, he explains why, contrary to expectations, in Ghana there are more males than females involved in urban agriculture. The author also addresses issues such as the influence of social inequality and the effects of social networks on urban agriculture. Furthermore, he identifies the problems urban cultivators encounter as city farmers and how they cope with such problems. Finally, the author predicts the future trend in urban agriculture. This thought-provoking book will be of interest not only to public policy makers and planners, but also to students and teachers of African studies, urban studies, and sociology.

From Tribe To Empire (Hardcover, New Ed): Moret From Tribe To Empire (Hardcover, New Ed)
Moret
R6,874 Discovery Miles 68 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A close collaboration between an eminent sociologist and an eminent historian, this seminal work shows that sociology is and should be the ally of the historian and vice versa. Taking Egypt and the Ancient East as the subject matter, this analysis of early society seeks to show the beginnings of social order and its first steps onto the ladder that leads to classical civilization of the ancient and modern world. The book covers in a systematic way, both theoretically and historically, totemic organization, individualized and communistic power, the progress from clans to kingdoms, especially in ancient Egypt and the Semitic world, the empires of Iran, and the Barbarian invasions. A stimulating and authoritive study in history and sociology.

Innocence Destroyed - A Study of Child Sexual Abuse (Paperback): Jean Renvoize Innocence Destroyed - A Study of Child Sexual Abuse (Paperback)
Jean Renvoize
R1,019 Discovery Miles 10 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How common is child sexual abuse? How can victims and abusers best be treated? In Innocence Destroyed, originally published in 1993, the author uses interviews with victims and with experienced professionals, as well as new data from Britain, North America and Australia, to give a clear picture of the problem of child sexual abuse - its extent, its effects, and the most up-to-date recommendations for treating its victims and preventing its recurrence at the time. For those new to the subject, her book provides a readable account of a complex area, and for the more experienced worker it gives as invaluable overview of the findings of other professionals in the field.

Childhood and the Production of Security (Paperback): J. Marshall Beier Childhood and the Production of Security (Paperback)
J. Marshall Beier
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Responding to security scholars' puzzling dearth of attention to children and childhoods, the contributors to this volume reveal the ways in which they not only are already present in security discourses but are actually indispensable to them and to the political projects they make possible. From zones of conflict to everyday life contexts in the (post)industrial Global North, dominant ideas about childhood work to regulate the constitution of political subjects whilst variously enabling and foreclosing a wide range of political possibilities. Whether on the battlefields of Syria, in the halls of the UN, or the conceptual musings of disciplinary Security Studies, claims about or ostensibly on behalf of children are ubiquitous. Recognizing children as engaged political subjects, however, challenges us to bring a sustained critical gaze to the discursive and semiotic deployments of children and childhood in projects not of their making as well as to the ways in which power circulates through and around them. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Studies on Security.

Narrating Nomadism - Tales of Recovery and Resistance (Paperback): G.N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis, K. K. Chakravarty Narrating Nomadism - Tales of Recovery and Resistance (Paperback)
G.N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis, K. K. Chakravarty
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Narrating Nomadism provides an unflinching account of ethnic groups and nomadic communities across the world that were branded as 'criminal' during colonial times. It explores the tragic effect of the new identity imposed on them, the traumatic survival of these communities and cultures, and the creative expression of this experience in their arts and literature in the form of resistance. Presenting specific contexts and locations of cultural devastation in history, the volume traces colonial social imagination as such, showing how the grossly misperceived non-sedentary communities in the colonies were subjected to the mission of 'settling' them. The essays presented here document these alternative histories from perspectives ranging from literary criticism and art history to ethnography and socio-linguistics, highlighting in what ways different nomadic communities negotiate discrimination and challenge in contemporary times, while finding remarkable convergence in their local histories and collective testimonies. This anthology opens up a new area in postcolonial studies as well as cultural anthropology by bringing the viewpoint of marginalized communities and their cultural rights to bear upon history, society and culture. It places an activist's 'view from below' at the centre of literary interpretation, engages with oral history more substantially than folklore studies usually do, and brings together several historical narratives hitherto unexplored. This will be essential for students of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, history, linguistics, post-colonial studies, literature and tribal studies, as well as the general reader.

Revival: How Natives Think (1926) (Hardcover): Lucien L evy-Bruhl Revival: How Natives Think (1926) (Hardcover)
Lucien L evy-Bruhl; Translated by Lilian A. Clare
R5,994 Discovery Miles 59 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Levy-Bruhl speculates about what he posited as the two basic mind-sets of mankind; "primitive" and "Western." The primitive mind does not differentiate the supernatural from reality, but rather uses "mystical participation" to manipulate the world. Moreover, the primitive mind doesn't address contradictions. The Western mind, by contrast, uses speculation and logic. 'How Natives Think' IS an accurate and valuable contribution to anthropology.

Stratification - Social Division and Inequality (Hardcover, New): Wendy Bottero Stratification - Social Division and Inequality (Hardcover, New)
Wendy Bottero
R5,246 Discovery Miles 52 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends, consumption items and lifestyle) are influenced by hierarchy and social difference. Exploring the topics of assortative mating; social capital; friendship networks and cultural identity; the book examines how hierarchy affects our tastes and leisure time activities, and who we choose (and hang on to) as our friends and partners. This book: * introduces debates on stratification by exploring its effect on everyday social relations * relates class inequalities to broader processes of social division and cultural differentiation, exploring the associational and cultural aspects of hierarchy * explores how groups draw on social, economic and cultural resources, using cultural 'cues', to admit some and exclude others from their social circle * explores new theoretical approaches to stratification: drawing on cultural theories of class, social interaction approaches, and research on differential association The book has a novel and fresh new way of looking at a well-established area in sociology - social stratification.

Gypsy and Traveller Ethnicity - The Social Generation of an Ethnic Phenomenon (Hardcover): Brian A. Belton Gypsy and Traveller Ethnicity - The Social Generation of an Ethnic Phenomenon (Hardcover)
Brian A. Belton
R1,748 Discovery Miles 17 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book explores the notion of Gypsy and Traveler ethnicity and provides a critique of the conceptual basis of racial and ethnic categorization. An analysis of the post-war housing situation is given in order to illustrate a connection between social and economic conditions, legislation affecting gypsies and travelers and the visibility and general consciousness of the gypsy and traveler population.
The originality of the book lies in its argument that the position of gypsies and travelers largely arises out of social conditions and interaction rather than political, biological or ideological determinants. It puts forward the notion of an ethnic narrative of traveler identity and illustrates how variations of this have been defensively deployed by some travelers and elaborated on by theorists.
Belton focuses on the social generation of travelers as a cultural, ethnic and racial categorization, offering a rational explanation of the development of an itinerant population that is less ambiguous and more informative in terms of the social nature of the gypsy and traveler position than interpretations based on 'blood', 'breed', 'stock', ethnicity or race that dominate the literature.

Confronting Development - Assessing Mexico's Economic and Social Policy Challenges (Paperback): Kevin J. Middlebrook,... Confronting Development - Assessing Mexico's Economic and Social Policy Challenges (Paperback)
Kevin J. Middlebrook, Eduardo Zepeda
R1,093 R1,006 Discovery Miles 10 060 Save R87 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the 1980s, Mexico has alternately served as a model of structural economic reform and as a cautionary example of the limitations associated with market-led development. Because of the importance of the Mexican experience in continuing debates about options available to developing countries, the twenty-three contributors to this book provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary assessment of the principal economic and social policies adopted by Mexico during the 1980s and 1990s.
Mexico was a pioneer in the shift away from state-led industrialization and the adoption of market-oriented policies. As a consequence, Mexico emerged as Latin America's largest exporter of manufactured goods, which provided the country's most dynamic source of economic growth. Yet trade and investment expansion also significantly increased the Mexican economy's vulnerability to external shocks. A profound financial crisis in 1994-95 deeply affected Mexico's economic stability and rate of growth, and raised persistent questions about whether the country's new economic model is capable of achieving sustained growth and equitable socioeconomic development.
The topics covered in the book are (1) "macroeconomic and financial policies," including the impact of the adjustment process on growth, inflation, foreign and domestic debt burdens, the Mexican banking system, and foreign investment; (2) "trade, export-led growth, and industrial policies," with attention to key actors and strategies behind the rapid expansion of Mexican manufactured exports and the limitations of this export-led growth model for national development; (3) "social policies and rural development issues," focusing on education, health care, pensions, and problems affecting rural Mexico; and (4) "poverty, inequality, and employment problems," notably income distribution and poverty trends, the efficacy of poverty-alleviation policies, urban and regional disparities, and the effects of economic liberalization on employment and wage levels. A final overview section analyzes the Mexican development experience of the 1980s and 1990s in historical and comparative context.

Community Practice in the Network Society - Local Action / Global Interaction (Paperback): Peter Day, Doug Schuler Community Practice in the Network Society - Local Action / Global Interaction (Paperback)
Peter Day, Doug Schuler
R1,479 Discovery Miles 14 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of community practice, a vision of a 'civil network society' is emerging. A society where ICTs are harnessed as tools to improve the quality of life and reflect the diversity of social networks; where people are viewed as citizens, not just as consumers, and where heterogeneity is perceived as a strength rather than a weakness.
Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the broad context in which this is happening, presents case studies of local projects from around the world, and discusses community ICT research methodologies. Not only does it highlight the symbiotic relationship between community ICT practice and research, but it also provides evidence supporting the case for the development of more inclusive and participatory pathways to the network society.

Credit to the Community - Community Reinvestment and Fair Lending Policy in the United States (Hardcover, New): Dan Immergluck Credit to the Community - Community Reinvestment and Fair Lending Policy in the United States (Hardcover, New)
Dan Immergluck
R3,785 Discovery Miles 37 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides the most comprehensive examination of community reinvestment and fair lending problems and policies currently available. It outlines the history of lending discrimination and redlining in U.S. mortgage and small business lending markets, and documents the persistence of such problems today. The author explains the role that government has played in developing banking and credit markets in the United States, from the creation of Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States to the ongoing support government provides through the subsidization of secondary markets and through maintenance of critical regulatory infrastructure. Immergluck takes issue with those calling for deregulation of financial services - especially in the arena of fair lending and consumer protection - and gives new voice to rationales for social contract policies such as the Community Reinvestment Act. He provides new long-term analysis of the failure of federal bank regulators to enforce the CRA, and also shows how increased community activism and media attention have led to sporadic periods of stronger CRA enforcement. Finally, he recommends a number of policy changes that are needed to modernize the nation's fair lending and community reinvestment laws and make them more relevant for the 21st century.

Community Practice in the Network Society - Local Action / Global Interaction (Hardcover): Peter Day, Doug Schuler Community Practice in the Network Society - Local Action / Global Interaction (Hardcover)
Peter Day, Doug Schuler
R3,925 Discovery Miles 39 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of community practice, a vision of a 'civil network society' is emerging. A society where ICTs are harnessed as tools to improve the quality of life and reflect the diversity of social networks; where people are viewed as citizens, not just as consumers, and where heterogeneity is perceived as a strength rather than a weakness.
Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the broad context in which this is happening, presents case studies of local projects from around the world, and discusses community ICT research methodologies. Not only does it highlight the symbiotic relationship between community ICT practice and research, but it also provides evidence supporting the case for the development of more inclusive and participatory pathways to the network society.

Theories, Models and Concepts in Ancient History (Hardcover, annotated edition): Neville Morley Theories, Models and Concepts in Ancient History (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Neville Morley
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Morley's book offers the first accessible guide for students to show how theories, models and concepts have been applied to ancient history.

Showing readers how they can use theory to interpret historical evidence for themselves, as well as to evaluate the work of others, the book includes a survey of key ideas and theories on a wide range of ancient historical topics including society and economy, the environment, gender and sexuality, and myth and rationality.

Also including a helpful annotated guide to further reading on all the topics covered, students will not want to miss out on this essential guide to the ancient world.

Eastern Westerns - Film and Genre Outside and Inside Hollywood (Paperback): Stephen Teo Eastern Westerns - Film and Genre Outside and Inside Hollywood (Paperback)
Stephen Teo
R1,363 Discovery Miles 13 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The western, one of Hollywood's great film genres, has, surprisingly, enjoyed a revival recently in Asia and in other parts of the world, whilst at the same time declining in America. Although the western is often seen as an example of American cultural dominance, this book challenges this view. It considers the western from an Asian perspective, exploring why the rise of Asian westerns has come about, and examining how its aesthetics, styles and politics have evolved as a result. It analyses specific Asian Westerns as well as Westerns made elsewhere, including in Australia, Europe, and Hollywood, to demonstrate how these employ Asian philosophical and mythical ideas and value systems. The book concludes that the western is a genre which is truly global, and not one that that is purely intrinsic to America.

Stratification in Israel - Class, Ethnicity, and Gender (Hardcover): Moshe Semyonov Stratification in Israel - Class, Ethnicity, and Gender (Hardcover)
Moshe Semyonov
R3,930 Discovery Miles 39 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Until recently, issues surrounding ethnic-linked inequality, whether between Jews and Arabs or between Jewish ethnic groups, have dominated research on stratification in Israel to the exclusion of other dimensions. Rapidly growing inequality in Israeli society, and its intergenerational persistence, however, have generated several new trends in research. The chapters included in this volume represent the range and depth of recent developments in the study of social stratification, mobility, and inequality. Although they address a variety of issues, they have in common a focus on the institutional mechanisms that govern the allocation of rewards. The volume is divided into five parts: Part 1, "The Role of Education in the Stratification Process"; Part 2, "Class and Intergenerational Process"; Part 3, "The Ethnic Organization of the Labor Market"; Part 4, "Gender in the Stratification Process"; Part 5, "The State and the Stratification Process." Some chapters apply to Israel classical status attainment models and labor market research, developed primarily in American sociology, highlighting the peculiarities of Israeli society. Others start out with particular characteristics of Israeli society, most notably the centrality of the state apparatus, and explore their consequences for social stratification. Gender inequality inside and outside the military is examined as well as the issue of gender-related labor market inequality. Together these chapters provide a comprehensive picture of the structure of domination and subordination in various spheres of Israeli society, ranging from educational institutions to the labor market, housing, standard of living, and the cultural arena. This volume portrays the multiple dimensions of stratification and inequality in Israel by bringing together some of the most informative sociological research conducted during the past decade. It will be of particular interest to sociologists, social scientists, and students of Judaica.

China's Scientific Elite (Hardcover): Cong Cao China's Scientific Elite (Hardcover)
Cong Cao
R4,173 Discovery Miles 41 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

China's Scientific Elite is a study of those scientists holding China's highest academic honour - membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Having carried out extensive systematic data collection of CAS members Cao examines the social stratification system of the Chinese science community and the way in which politics and political interference has effected the stratification. The book then goes on to compare the Chinese system to the stratification of the US scientific elite. The conclusions are fascinating, not least because one national elite resides in a democratic liberal social system, and the other in an authoritarian social system.

The Global City and the Holy City - Narratives on Knowledge, Planning and Diversity (Paperback, New): Tovi Fenster The Global City and the Holy City - Narratives on Knowledge, Planning and Diversity (Paperback, New)
Tovi Fenster
R1,863 Discovery Miles 18 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are all cities alike? This text highlights the extent to which the different histories, economies, politics and cultures of cities affect people's daily practices so that they vary from one city to another. In particular, it focuses on whether the assumed differences between London, the global city and Jerusalem, the holy city reflected in people's experiences in living in the two cities. The book suggests that some of these everyday practices are not so different as might be assumed. It proposes that people of different national, cultural or gender identities might experience their city - as home for similar reasons. It explores the experiences of women and men of different national, cultural and ethnic identities and age groups, who live in the two cities. Their narratives focus on three main concepts: comfort, belonging and commitment as they are experienced with regards to seven categories of environments: the home, the building, the street, the neighbourhood, the city center, the city itself and urban parks in the city. everyday life experiences? Two significant identities are at focus in the analysis; gender and national identity. The analysis of each of the concepts discovers how these identities shape peoples' ways of interpreting and the meanings given to comfort, belonging and commitment. The analysis is carried out among people of both minority and majority groups in the two cities. Nationality and gender identities cross cuts the analysis through the whole book chapters. It makes the links between everyday life experiences termed in the book as: local embodied knowledge and the planning practice. The book shows how it is possible to articulate the local knowledge that has been exposed and analyzed in the various book chapters into the planning practice. The book suggests new ways of incorporating these similar and different experiences in the planning process.

Promoting Gender Equality Abroad - An Assessment of EU Action in the External Dimension (Paperback): Thomas Kruessmann, Anita... Promoting Gender Equality Abroad - An Assessment of EU Action in the External Dimension (Paperback)
Thomas Kruessmann, Anita Ziegerhofer
R967 R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Save R124 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Survival of a Counterculture - Ideological Work and Everyday Life among Rural Communards (Paperback): John Mill The Survival of a Counterculture - Ideological Work and Everyday Life among Rural Communards (Paperback)
John Mill
R1,422 Discovery Miles 14 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"The Survival of a Counterculture" is a lively, engaging look into the ways communards, or people who live in communes, maintain, modify, use, and otherwise live with their convictions while they attempt to get through the problems of everyday life. Communal families shape their norms to the circumstances they live with, just as on a larger scale nations and major institutions also shape their ideologies to the pressures of circumstance they feel. With a new introduction by the author that brings his work up to date, this volume raises important questions regarding sociological theory.

On Living Through Soviet Russia (Hardcover, New): Daniel Bertaux, Anna Rotkirch, Paul Thompson On Living Through Soviet Russia (Hardcover, New)
Daniel Bertaux, Anna Rotkirch, Paul Thompson
R3,926 Discovery Miles 39 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
1. Introduction Daniel Bertaux, Anna Rotkirch and Paul Thompson
Part One: Creating Soviet Society

2. The Cultural Model of the Russian Popular Classes and the Transition to a Market Economy Daniel Bertaux in collaboration with Marina Malysheva
3. Equality in Poverty: the Symbolic Meaning of Kommunalki in the 1930s-50s Victoria Semenova
4. Coping with Revolution: the Experiences of Well-to-do Russian Families Ekaterina Foteeva
Part Two: Personal and Family Life
5. 'What Kind of Sex Can You Talk About?' Acquiring Sexual Knowledge in Three Soviet Generations Anna Rotkirch
6. Family Models and Transgenerational Influences: Grandparents, Parents and Children in Moscow and Leningrad from the Soviet to Market Era Victoria Semenova and Paul Thompson
7. 'Coming to Stand on Firm Ground': the Making of a Soviet Mother Anna Rotkirch
8. The Strength of Small Freedoms: Stories Told at the Dacha Naomi Roslyn Galtz
Part Three: The Marginal and the Successful
9. Religion and Survival in Stalin's Russia: the Old Believers in the Urals during the 1930s-50s Irina Korovushkina Paert
10. The Returned of the Repressed: Survival after the Gulag Nanci Adler
11. Success Stories from the Margins: Soviet Women's Autobiographical Sketches from the Late Soviet Period Marianne Liljeström
12. Epilogue Researching with Interview Sources on Soviet Russia

The Renaissance of Takefu - How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town (Hardcover,... The Renaissance of Takefu - How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Guven Peter Witteveen
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Renaissance of Takefu tells the story of a citizen group that made good in an enduring and fundamental way through the example and results of their participation in local civic life. The book draws attention to the complicated conditions under which civic participation may succeed. The story foregrounds individuals and organisations in the regional Japanese town of Takefu (2001 population 73,000), but these events are also placed in the context of the surrounding Japan Sea region of west Japan and the wider currents of the Japanese nation-state at the time. The author relies on the familiar qualitative research methods of participant-observation, conversations, survey and semi-structured interviews in order to weave primary sources with his own observations as an interested outsider. Combined with the scholarship on citizen movements, cultural politics and historical representation, the result is a memorable account about good people perservering in their love of their townscape, in spite of numerous socially and culturally rooted obstacles they faced.

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