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  • The 53

    Rituals, Grief, and a Titan II Missile Disaster

    by Jason S. Ulsperger ...
    On August 9, 1965, 53 men died in the impoverished hills of rural Arkansas. Their final breaths came in a government facility deep underground while their loved ones were at home expecting their return. The incident at Launch Complex 373-4 remains the deadliest accident to occur in a U.S. nuclear facility. The 53: Rituals, Grief, and a Titan II Missile Disaster analyzes the event. It looks at ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Elder Care Catastrophe

    Rituals of Abuse in Nursing Homes and What You Can Do About it

    by Jason Ulsperger, J. David Knottnerus ...
    Portraying people who have lived and worked in long-term nursing home facilities, Elder Care Catastrophe reveals how organizational dynamics and everyday rituals have unintentionally led to resident neglect and abuse. Backed up by research and grounded in sociological theory, this book offers alternative models for lessening the maltreatment of people living in nursing homes. It provides critical ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Ritual as a Missing Link

    Sociology, Structural Ritualization Theory, and Research

    by J. David Knottnerus ...
    Up to now, ritual has been under-utilised for studying human behaviour. This book narrows the gap in our understanding of the social causes and consequences of our actions by focusing on the ritualised behaviours that define much of our daily lives. Knottnerus breaks new ground by comprehensively describing structural ritualistic theory. He shows how structural reproduction has occurred throughout ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems

    Advancing the Sociological Imagination

    by Bernard S Phillips, J. David Knottnerus ...
    On the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills, the 'bureaucratic ethos' that he described continues to define our world more than ever before. In Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems eleven contributors systematically continue and develop Mills' broad vision of the scientific method. They analyse escalating bureaucratic barriers ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • Curriculum as Spaces

    Aesthetics, Community, and the Politics of Place

    by David M. Callejo Pérez, Donna Adair Breault, William White, William F. Pinar ...
    Series Book 45 - Complicated Conversation
    This book has won the «O.L. Davis, Jr. Outstanding Book Award» 2015 from the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC)Curriculum as Spaces: Aesthetics, Community, and the Politics of Place can be viewed as a holistic approach to education, conservation, and community development that uses place as an integrating context for learning. It argues that curriculum and place is a much ... Read more

    $46.29 USD

  • Connected

    The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

    by Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, James H. Fowler, PhD ...
    Celebrated scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain the amazing power of social networks and our profound influence on one another's lives.Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • What about Me?

    the struggle for identity in a market-based society

    by Paul Verhaeghe ...
    Translated by Jane Hedley-Prole ...
    According to current thinking, anyone who fails to succeed must have something wrong with them. The pressure to achieve and be happy is taking a heavy toll, resulting in a warped view of the self, disorientation, and despair. People are lonelier than ever before. Today’s pay-for-performance mentality is turning institutions such as schools, universities, and hospitals into businesses — even ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • School and Society

    by Walter Feinberg, Jonas F. Soltis ...
    Series series Thinking About Education Series
    This widely used text has been expanded to include the most important issues in contemporary schooling, including:New end-of-chapter sections for Further Reading.New references added to the useful Additional Resources section.School and Society, Fifth Edition uses realistic case studies, dialogues, and open-ended questions designed to stimulate thinking about problems related to school and society ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Liars and Outliers

    Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive

    by Bruce Schneier ...
    Praise for LIARS & OUTLIERS"Without trust, nothing can be achieved. Liars and Outliers is a brilliant analysis of the role of trust in society and business."—Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum"Schneier absolutely understands how profoundly trust oils the wheels of business and of daily life."—Margaret Heffernan, Author of Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future a... ... Read more

    $13.00 USD

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  • Writing History in the Global Era

    by Lynn Hunt ...
    Leading historian Lynn Hunt rethinks why history matters in today’s global world and how it should be written.Globalization is emerging as a major economic, cultural, and political force. In Writing History in the Global Era, historian Lynn Hunt examines whether globalization can reinvigorate the telling of history. She looks toward scholars from the East and West collaborating in new ways as they ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Qualitative Inquiry and Human Rights

    Edited by Norman K Denzin, Michael D Giardina ...
    Series series International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Series
    Qualitative researchers are increasingly being called upon to become human rights advocates, to help individuals and communities honor the sanctity of life, and to promote the core values of privacy, justice, freedom, peace, and human dignity. In this volume of plenary papers from the Fifth International of Qualitative Inquiry in 2009, leading qualitative researchers show the various dimensions of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Marketplace of Ideas

    Reform and Resistance in the American University

    by Louis Menand ...
    "Crisp and illuminating . . . well worth reading."—Wall Street JournalThe publication of The Marketplace of Ideas has precipitated a lively debate about the future of the American university system: what makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects are required? Why are so many academics against the concept of interdisciplinary studies? From his position at the heart of academe, Harvard ... Read more

    $12.99 USD