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  • Cultural Studies: State of the Art

    Edited by Gesa Stedman ...
    Series series
    G. Stedman: Editorial - Cultural Studies. State of the Art – S. Berg: Locating the Political in Cultural Studies – R. Emig: Cultural Studies and Literary Studies. A Troubled Relation – J. Schwarzkopf: The Relationship of History to Cultural Studies – U. Göttlich: Media and Communication Science in Germany and its (Inter)relations with Media and Cultural Studies – Reviews: Monika Seidl, Roman Horak ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Affective Polarisation

    Social Inequality in the UK after Austerity, Brexit and COVID-19

    by Harvey Butterfield, Paolo Chiocchetti, Kirsten Forkert, Ifor ap Glyn, Ellen Grünkemeier, Marius Guderjan, Insa Koch, Lisa Mckenzie, Gerry Mooney, Carlo Morelli, Anisia Elisabeta Petcu, Rainer Schulze ...
    Inequality is an ever-present danger in our society. This important book addresses the crucial nexus between the lived experience of inequality and how it shapes political responses.With contributors from the UK and Continental Europe, the book compiles case studies with theoretically informed discussions of the relationship between affective polarisation, social inequality and the fall-out from ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • Stemming the Torrent

    Expression and Control in the Victorian Discourses on Emotion, 1830-1872

    by Gesa Stedman ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2002: Gesa Stedman mines the vein of emotion in Victorian writing to unearth new insights into the ways literature responded to the dramatic social and political changes then taking place. Contemporary research from various disciplines, including sociology, ethnology and history, inform this study, which juxtaposes canonical material such as Dickens' "Hard Times", ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Contested Britain

    Brexit, Austerity and Agency

    by Paul Carmichael, Derek Birrell, Klaus Stolz, Hugh Mackay, Allan Cochrane, Magdalena Nowicka, Kirsten Forkert, Marius Guderjan, Carlo Morelli0, Ingrid Von Rosenberg1, Thomas Montgomery2, Lisa McKenzie3, John Clarke5, Steven Truxal6, Maria Grasso7, Simon Griffiths8 ...
    A distinctive and original analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lives of British citizens have evolved in the first decades of the twenty-first century, this book provides an interdisciplinary critical examination of the roots, ideology and consequences of austerity politics, the Brexit vote and the rise of populist politics in Britain.Bringing together case studies and perspectives from ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century France and England

    by Gesa Stedman ...
    Gesa Stedman's ambitious new study is a comprehensive account of cross-channel cultural exchanges between seventeenth-century France and England, and includes discussion of a wide range of sources and topics. Literary texts, garden design, fashion, music, dance, food, the book market, and the theatre as well as key historical figures feature in the book. Importantly, Stedman concentrates on the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The Struggle for Recognition

    The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts

    by Axel Honneth ...
    In this book Axel Honneth re-examines arguments put forward by Hegel and claims that the 'struggle for recognition' should be at the centre of social conflicts. ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • The Myth of Meritocracy

    Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs (Provocations Series)

    by James Bloodworth ...
    The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the children of the wealthy. Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult for bright but poor kids to transcend their circumstances. This state of affairs should not only worry the less well-off. It hurts the middle classes too, who are increasingly locked out of the top professions by those from affluent backgrounds.Hitherto, Labour and ... Read more

    $5.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Freedom's Right

    The Social Foundations of Democratic Life

    by Axel Honneth ...
    The theory of justice is one of the most intensely debated areas of contemporary philosophy. Most theories of justice, however, have only attained their high level of justification at great cost. By focusing on purely normative, abstract principles, they become detached from the sphere that constitutes their “field of application” - namely, social reality.Axel Honneth proposes a different approach ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Anthropology of Policy

    Perspectives on Governance and Power

    Edited by Cris Shore, Susan Wright ...
    Series series European Association of Social Anthropologists
    Arguing that policy has become an increasingly central concept and instrument in the organisation of contemporary societies and that it now impinges on all areas of life so that it is virtually impossible to ignore or escape its influence, this book argues that the study of policy leads straight into issues at the heart of anthropology. ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Mute Compulsion

    A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital

    by Søren Mau ...
    **Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial PrizeA new Marxist theory of the abstract and impersonal forms of power in capitalism**Despite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capital’s paradoxical expansion and entrenchment amidst crisis and unrest, Mute Compulsion offers a novel theory of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Policing

    Politics, Culture and Control

    Edited by Tim Newburn, Professor Jill Peay ...
    Bringing together a range of leading social scientists and criminologists, this volume explores a number of key themes raised by the work of Robert Reiner. Arguably the leading policing scholar of his generation, Reiner's work over some 40 years has ranged broadly in this field, taking in the study of police history, culture, organisation, elites and relationships with the media. Always carefully ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Social Theory

    Twenty Introductory Lectures

    by Hans Joas, Wolfgang Knöbl ...
    Translated by Alex Skinner ...
    Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the present day. Spanning the literature in English, French and German, it provides an excellent background to the most important social theorists and ... Read more

    $52.49 USD