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This volume examines the discursive construction of the meanings and lifestyle practices of the middle class in the rapidly transforming economies of Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, focusing on the social, political and cultural...

This book examines the multiple ways that popular media mainstream and reinforce neoliberal ideology, exposing how they promote neoliberalism's underlying ideas, values and beliefs so as to naturalize inequality, undercut democracy and contribute to the...

De La Monarchie Representative En Italie (1895) di Blanc, Alberto ����� un libro che tratta della monarchia rappresentativa in Italia. L'autore analizza il sistema politico italiano dell'epoca e la sua evoluzione, concentrandosi in particolare sul ruolo...

""A Descriptive Guide To Bournemouth, Christchurch, Wimborne And Corfe Castle: And Their Interesting Features"" is a book written by T. J. Hankinson and first published in 1883. It is a guidebook that provides a comprehensive description of the four...

""The Evolution of Prohibition in the United States of America"" is a historical account of the temperance movement and the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. Written by Ernest Hurst Cherrington in 1920, the book presents a chronological...

Bringing together ethnographic case studies of industrial labor from different parts of the world, Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism explores the increasing casualization of workforces and the weakening power of organized labor. This division...

HOW TO ASK CHALLENGING QUESTIONS THAT LEAD YOU TO REAL SOLUTIONS.Have you ever reached the end of a project and realized that you were solving the wrong question? Based on a blog interview series, Rhonda Broussard - an expert in pedagogy,...

What does a successful socialist Green New Deal look like?With the cascading effects of multiple ongoing health and economic crises, conditions are ripe for the emergence of a global progressive social project capable of moving us beyond...

When I Was Homeless: Stories of Resilience and Hope Step into the poignant and powerful world of "When I Was Homeless," an anthology that brings together a collection of deeply personal narratives from those who have experienced homelessness firsthand...

Based on a cooperation between science and minority self-organizations, the book offers for the first time comprehensive data on the national minority of German Sinti and Roma and immigrant Roma in Germany. The social and educational situation of Sinti...

This book is a comprehensive study of the intersection of religion, Indigenous culture, and community life, featuring an in-depth examination of the Orang Asli in Malaysia and the Santals in Bangladesh that aims for a socially inclusive, harmonious, and...

This edited book explores how requests and complaints by prisoners are being dealt with by prison governors/administrations or independent bodies (such as complaint commissions), in different parts of Europe. It asks who complains and why? How are...

This book bridges the fields of critical youth studies, community psychology, and sociology to offer a transdisciplinary analysis of youth voice, participation, and activism, as well as of creative and inclusive knowledge-making practices. Presented...

The idea of the 'Bangladesh paradox' describes the unexpected social progress that Bangladesh has made in recent decades that has been both pro-poor and gender equitable. This began at a time when the country was characterised by extreme levels of...

With civilization on the brink of collapse, a lot of the blame has been put on the average citizen, but there's been nowhere near enough discussion about timely solutions and what they can do to help. Among the discussion that does happen is a renewed...

These essays are a product of a co-operative research project between American and Taiwanese social scientists. Of particular interest is the chapter discussing a comparative study of industrial policy, productivity growth and structural change in...

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work brings together the world's leading scholars in the field to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research and future trends in the subject.

Offering significant contributions to sociology and social theory, this book promotes an understanding that societal change is rooted in social power and cultural shifts. Inclusive in its presentation, students, professors, NGO professionals, volunteers,...

This is an open access book.Modern society is characterized by the fact of contingency, uncertainty, and ambiguity. The purpose of this book is to transform this phenomenal fact into a hopeful norm. As a clue, the book examines the concept of dignity and...

"Why We Need an Enemy: The Hidden Power of Conflict in Building Unity" explores the paradoxical role of enemies throughout human history. From early tribal conflicts to the intricate dynamics of modern politics, this book delves into how the...

Karl Popper's paradox of tolerance highlights the danger of unconditionally accepting intolerant views, which, if unchecked, could destroy the very fabric of a tolerant society. This principle extends beyond tolerance itself and can be seen in a broader...

This book explores vulnerability in many forms and among diverse understudied vulnerable populations worldwide from different perspectives, particularly from non-western contexts. It examines characteristics and profiles of vulnerable populations,...

In the last two decades, we have witnessed the quest for decolonization; through research, writing, teaching, and curriculum across the globe. Calls to decolonize higher education have been overwhelming in recent year. However, the goal of decolonizing...

This volume considers how Black activism in Latin America has taken place in varying arenas such as in the academy, digital platforms, and traditional forms of activism. Contributors also examine the impact of activism on policy advocacy and legislation,...

Follow nine young people as they move from racially isolated elementary and middle schools to a diverse - yet internally segregated - neighborhood high school.In this illustrative book, author Rebecca Alexander draws from the lived experiences...

Former Marin County community organizer and promoter of "systems thinking" shares her first-person voice following on insights gathered over five years of local experience. This book is full of specific datapoints, examples, and suggestions for making...

Durchgeführt wird eine wissenschaftslogische Analyse eines Buchs über die Jugendbewegung mit Methoden der linguistischen Rhetorik. Dabei zeigen sich gravierende Mängel in der Argumentation durch inkorrekt angewendete Schlussregeln und durch ein...

'As a student of international relations and a former diplomat, Zhang brings the insights of a practitioner and the eye of scholar to explain why Chinese actors choose to engage in aid cooperation with traditional donors in the Asia-Pacific. This book is...

""Cenni sulle condizioni attuali della Sardegna"" ����� un libro scritto da Bernardo Bernardi nel 1849. In questo testo, l'autore analizza la situazione politica, economica e sociale della Sardegna del XIX secolo. Bernardi descrive le difficolt������ che...

Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy

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This open access book examines the future of inequality, work and wages in the age of automation with a focus on developing countries. The authors argue that the rise of a global 'robot reserve army' has profound effects on labor markets and economic...

This open access book explores the formation and socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in Europe. Are these estates clustered or scattered? Which social groups originally had access to residential space in housing estates? What is the size,...

This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture. It considers the rational choices of all actors in the system (just as agricultural economists do) and their cultural...

Within a changing social and political context, the role of the church in public life and the response of Christians to social issues has taken on renewed energy. Churches have entered enthusiastically into community engagement projects such as foodbanks...

The return of Christian social service to the centre of British political life through the emergence of the foodbank movement has elicited a range of ecclesial responses. However, in their urgency and brevity these Church responses fail to systematically...

In When Did We All Become Middle Class?, Martin Nunlee discusses how a lack of class identity gives people a false sense of their relationship to power, which has made the US population accept the myth that they live in a meritocracy. This book examines...

Social differentiation, poverty and the emergence of the newly rich occasioned by the collapse of the Soviet Union have seldom been analysed from a class perspective. Rethinking Class in Russia addresses this absence by exploring the manner in which...

Originally published in England in 1959, this book evolves a new theory of conflict in industrial society. By way of illustrating and testing this theory, the book provides detailed analyses of various social phenomena.

Originally published in 1968, these ten essays by one of Europe's leading sociological theorists deal with important issues on the borderline between sociology and social philosophy and demonstrate the author's deep insight into history and political...

This book discusses Ambedkar's engagements with the issues of social justice, economic development and caste enclosures. It highlights his significant contributions in the field of trade, public finance and monetary economics, Indian agriculture,...

This book explores and interrogates the food-water-energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India's economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of...

Every society has their own social rules, norms, regulations and social orders for their smooth functioning of the society. Indian traditional society has its own Hindu social order with hierarchy of varna or caste system emerging from 'Deva Vani'...

The book is about social, religious, educational and class system in America and throughout the world and more. The book is for adults but can be read by anyone including the youth.