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Contemporary Sociology is an introductory textbook with angles and
arguments. Responding to the need for a different kind of
introductory textbook, it provides more focused, in-depth
explorations of the most exciting and contemporary aspects of
sociology. The 21 chapters, written by leading experts in each
field, offer a thought-provoking portrait of sociology. Each
chapter tackles key issues at the centre of contemporary
sociological research in an exceptionally clear, engaging and
relevant way, focusing on critical approaches and analyses. The
book includes: * A strong focus on making sociological thinking
relevant to the contemporary world * Illustrative examples and
analysis of recent real-world events * Coverage of all major
sociological topics of continuing or emerging interest, from class,
ethnicity and global social change to human rights, the
environment, and science and technology * Carefully thought-out
questions and further readings to probe understanding and encourage
critical thinking * Additional, regularly updated online resources
Contemporary Sociology is a serious yet accessible text and should
be required reading for both new and more advanced undergraduates.
It will fire students imaginations to explore the latest dynamics
driving the study of our social world.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE KIDS WHO FOUND A FERRARI BURIED IN THEIR
GARDEN? WHAT ABOUT THE MAN WHO SUED SATAN? DO YOU KNOW THE LEGEND
OF THE BUNNY MAN? Strange happenings, unsolved mysteries and
seemingly supernatural events have gripped and shocked us for
centuries, passed from person to person in whispers in classrooms,
tales around the campfire and idle gossip among friends. Whether
they're based on a grain of truth or a complete flight of fancy,
the myths, legends and weird tales contained within this book will
take you on a fascinating journey to the outer limits of
plausibility, and dare you to believe the unbelievable.
Designed for hassle-free, independent study and priced to meet your
budget, this combined Revision Guide and Workbook is the smart
choice for those revising for AQA AS level Sociology and includes:
A FREE online edition One-topic-per-page format 'Now Try This'
practice questions on topic pages Exam skills pages including
Worked examples with exemplar answers Exam-style practice pages
with practice questions in the style of the exams Guided support
and hints providing additional scaffolding, to help avoid common
pitfalls Full set of practice papers written to match the
specification exactly
Die koeël is deur die kerk. Die huweliksbootjie het gesink. Hy kry die bed en sy die tafel. Hoekom skei hulle en hoekom skei hulle nóú dat jy ’n volwasse kind is?
Jou ouers is besig om te skei of hulle is klaar geskei. Almal fokus op hulle, maar jy suffer ook. Volwasse kinders kry swáár wanneer hulle ouers skei. Net so swaar, indien nie swaarder as jong kinders nie.
’n Eerste in Afrikaans — ’n handleiding vol raad oor hoe om die sleg en gesukkel van ’n egskeiding te hanteer waar volwasse kinders van egskeiding (18 jaar en ouer) hulle eerstehandse ervaring, verwarring, onsekerheid, woede en hartseer deel wat begin die oomblik as Ma en Pa sê: dis verby.
Die slegte nuus? Die egskeiding sal altyd ’n wond wees. Die goeie nuus? Jy kan leer hoe om dit beter te hanteer en met tyd kan dit net ’n letsel word. Soos Gretha (26) sê: “Time makes all wounds bearable.”
This book provides a novel approach to the understanding and
realization of the values of art. It argues that art has often been
instrumentalized for state-building, to promote social inclusion of
diversity, or for economic purposes such as growth or innovation.
To counteract that, the authors study the values that artists and
audiences seek to realize in the social practices around the arts.
They develop the concept of cultural civil society to analyze how
art is practiced and values are realized in creative circles and
co-creative communities of spectators, illustrated with
case-studies about hip-hop, Venetian art collectives, dance
festivals, science-fiction fandom, and a queer museum. The authors
provide a four-stage scheme that illustrates how values are
realized in a process of value orientation, imagination,
realization, and evaluation. The book relies on an
interdisciplinary approach rooted in economics and sociology of the
arts, with an appreciation for broader social theories. It
integrates these disciplines in a pragmatic approach based on the
work of John Dewey and more recent neo-pragmatist work to recover
the critical and constructive role that cultural civil society
plays in a plural and democratic society. The authors conclude with
a new perspective on cultural policy, centered around state
neutrality towards the arts and aimed at creating a legal and
social framework in which social practices around the arts can
flourish and co-exist peacefully.
Bringing together a team of global experts, this is the first
volume to focus on the ways in which meanings are ascribed to
actions in social interaction. It builds on the research traditions
of Conversation Analysis and Pragmatics, and highlights the role of
interactional, social, linguistic, multimodal, and epistemic
factors in the formation and ascription of action-meanings. It
shows how inference and intention ascription are displayed and
drawn upon by participants in social interaction. Each chapter
reveals practices, processes, and uses of action ascription, based
on the analysis of audio and video recordings from nine different
languages. Action ascription is conceptualised in this volume as
not merely a cognitive process, but a social action in its own
right that is used for managing interactional concerns and guiding
the subsequent course of social interaction. It will be essential
reading for academic researchers and advanced students interested
in the relationship between language, behaviour and social
interaction.
'Pop-up' is a fully-fledged, new urbanism. Celebrated as a flexible
and exciting new form of place making, pop-up culture includes
temporary or nomadic sites such as cinemas, container malls, supper
clubs, even pop-up housing and is now ubiquitous in cities across
the world. But what are the stakes of the 'pop-up' city? Traversing
a wealth of fascinating case studies, Rebranding Precarity shows
how pop-up works to rebrand insecurity and encourages us to embrace
precarity as the new normal. Revealing how urban crisis has
particular temporal and spatial characteristics, defined by
uncertainty, instability, fractures and gaps, it illuminates how
those markers of crisis have been optimistically reimagined over
the last few years, through an examination of seven logics that
rebrand insecurity including within housing, labour economies and
gentrifying areas. In doing so, it paints a frightening picture of
how crisis conditions have become not just accepted, but are in
fact desired, in today's metropolis.
Written in 1954 and published here for the first time, The Social
Background of Delinquency deals with the social climate in which
juvenile delinquency crops up time after time. It examines
‘bad’ behaviour among people who could otherwise be classed as
‘normal’ members of ordinary English society. It attempts to
explore certain aspects of the sub-cultures within respectable
society which appear to breed behaviour officially classed as
‘delinquent’. The research is based on a working-class town in
the Midlands with a high proportion of miners and observes a pair
of similar streets in five areas of the town. Each pair of streets
containing one delinquency-free and one with a history of trouble.
Not content with a mere survey, the research design is multifaceted
and includes ethnographic observations, key informant interviews,
personal history analyses and 'the playroom method' explicitly
designed to ascertain children's views. The findings are reported
here and represent a snapshot of life in the 1950s.
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