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New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory

by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Douglas D. Heckathorn, David R. Heise, Ronald L. Jepperson, Michael Lovaglia, Barry Markovsky, Morris Zelditch, Gerald Marwell, Bruce Buena de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Pamela E. Oliver, Brent Simpson, Randolph Siverson, John Skvoretz, Alastair Smith, David G. Wagner, Henry Walker, David Willer, Robb Willer, Shane Thye, Jack A. Goldstone, Guillermina Jasso, John D. McCarthy, Immanuel Wallerstein, Mayer N. Zald ...

Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status ... Read more

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Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status
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Globalization and Resistance

Transnational Dimensions of Social Movements

by Hank Johnston, Jeffrey M. Ayres, Beth Schaefer Caniglia, Sean Chabot, Marco G. Giugni, Michael Hanagan, Tammy L. Lewis, Gregory M. Maney, Pamela E. Oliver, Kim D. Reimann0, Franklin Daniel Rothman1, Sharon Erickson Nepstad2, Sidney Tarrow3 ...

Globalization and Resistance brings together cutting-edge theory and research about how global economics and politics alter the way ordinary people engage in contentious political action. The cases range from nineteenth-century Irish immigrant networks, to protests against World Bank projects in the Amazon, to contemporary transnational organizing for the environment, to the "battle of Seattle." ... Read more

$40.49 USD

Globalization and Resistance brings together cutting-edge theory and research about how global economics and politics alter the way ordinary people engage in contentious political action. The cases range from nineteenth-century Irish immigrant networks, to protests against World Bank projects in the Amazon, to contemporary transnational organizing for the environment, to the "battle of Seattle."
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Handbook of Public Sociology

by Barbara Adam, Wendell Bell, Michael Burawoy, Stephen Cornell, Michael DeCesare, Sean Elias, Frank Furedi, Norval D. Glenn, John Hagan, Lina Hu, Robert Kleidman, Elizabeth Dermody Leonard, Damon Mayrl, Bill McCarthy, Raymond A. Morrow, Jennifer Mueller, Samuel P. Oliner, Pamela E. Oliver, Caroline Hodges Persell, Laurel Westbrook, Lee McPhail, Herbert J. Gans, Ruth Horowitz, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Lawrence T. Nichols, Saskia Sassen, Edward A. Tiryakian ...

Public sociology—an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences—has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years. The Handbook of Public Sociology presents a comprehensive look at every facet of public sociology in theory and practice. It pays particular attention to how public sociology can complement more traditional ... Read more

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Public sociology—an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences—has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years. The Handbook of Public Sociology presents a comprehensive look at every facet of public sociology in theory and practice. It pays particular attention to how public sociology can complement more traditional
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Frames of Protest

Social Movements and the Framing Perspective

by Hank Johnston, Robert D. Benford, Jorge Cadena-Roa, Lyndi Hewitt, Padraic Kenney, Jan Massens, Holly J. McCammon, Pamela E. Oliver, Cathy Schneider0, David A. Snow1, Stephen Valocchi2, Stefaan Walgrave3, David L. Westby4 ...

Frames of Protest brings together important empirical research and theoretical essays by leading sociologists, political scientists, and media specialists that focus on social movement frames and framing practices. Frames are new ways of understanding political and social relations that emphasize injustice and the need for change. As such, they are crucial for the development of social movements ... Read more

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Frames of Protest brings together important empirical research and theoretical essays by leading sociologists, political scientists, and media specialists that focus on social movement frames and framing practices. Frames are new ways of understanding political and social relations that emphasize injustice and the need for change. As such, they are crucial for the development of social movements
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An Introduction to World Politics

Conflict and Consensus on a Small Planet

by Richard Oliver Collin, Pamela L. Martin ...

In today’s world, students need to know that there is more to politics than just politics. This clearly written text introduces students to world politics as a combination of comparative politics and international relations in an increasingly interconnected globe and explores topics that are sometimes left out of the equation: health care; the status of children; changing roles of women in the ... Read more

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In today’s world, students need to know that there is more to politics than just politics. This clearly written text introduces students to world politics as a combination of comparative politics and international relations in an increasingly interconnected globe and explores topics that are sometimes left out of the equation: health care; the status of children; changing roles of women in the
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Disaster Archipelago

Locating Vulnerability and Resilience in the Philippines

by Fernanda Claudio, M Adil Khan, Nelly Mendoza, Zbigniew Piepora, Rosalie Quilicol, Liezl Riosa, Sarah Webb, Gintare Zaksaite, Mark Anthony Alindogan, Arlen A. Ancheta, Dan Angelo B. Balita, Clarence M. Batan, Oliver M. Belarga, Pamela Gloria Cajilig, Kathryn B Francis, Emmanuel M. Luna, Ladylyn L Mangada, Melissa Theodora U. Macasaet, Diego S Maranan, Victor G. Obedicen, Frederick G. Precillas, Patrick A. Regoniel, Alain Jomarie G Santos, Irma R Tan, John Christian C. Valeroso, Zosimo O. Membrebe, Dr Noah Theriault ...

Images of the devastation wreaked by typhoons, flooding, earthquakes and drought in the Philippines circulate globally as an important part of disaster discourses. This collection seeks to move beyond these simplistic representations of calamity by bringing together a group of Filipino and international scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to grapple with the complex nature of disaster ... Read more

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Images of the devastation wreaked by typhoons, flooding, earthquakes and drought in the Philippines circulate globally as an important part of disaster discourses. This collection seeks to move beyond these simplistic representations of calamity by bringing together a group of Filipino and international scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to grapple with the complex nature of disaster
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The Jena 6

Of Nooses, Fights, Narratives, and Movement Building

by Pamela Oliver, Chaeyoon Lim, Anna Milewski, Erin Gaede ...

Series series Elements in Contentious Politics
Tens of thousands of mostly younger Black people went to rural Louisiana in 2007 to support the Jena 6, Black students who were overcharged after a school fight. We examine the construction of two narratives. The powerful Jena 6 narrative told how the conflict began when nooses were hung on the school grounds, linking historic racial violence to modern injustice. This narrative emphasized student ... Read more

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Tens of thousands of mostly younger Black people went to rural Louisiana in 2007 to support the Jena 6, Black students who were overcharged after a school fight. We examine the construction of two narratives. The powerful Jena 6 narrative told how the conflict began when nooses were hung on the school grounds, linking historic racial violence to modern injustice. This narrative emphasized student
... Read more
Racialized Protest and the State

Resistance and Repression in a Divided America

Edited by Hank Johnston, Pamela Oliver ...

Series series The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
Bringing together leading scholars of social movements and protest, this volume offers an up-to-date overview of several of the key ethnic and racial movements in the contemporary United States. The organizations, strategies, and challenges of the Black Lives movement, mainstream Black organizations, the Mexican-American Dreamer groups, immigrant-rights mobilizations, Arab-American resistance, and ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Bringing together leading scholars of social movements and protest, this volume offers an up-to-date overview of several of the key ethnic and racial movements in the contemporary United States. The organizations, strategies, and challenges of the Black Lives movement, mainstream Black organizations, the Mexican-American Dreamer groups, immigrant-rights mobilizations, Arab-American resistance, and
... Read more
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Conversations with Buddha

A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts

by Joan Duncan Oliver ...

Narrated by Pamela Almand, Manish Dongardive, Toni Frutin ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

Imagined by one of the world's leading experts on Buddhism, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of its famously wise founder.A relaxed chat with the Buddha tells us what he thought about impermanence, karma, mindfulness, compassion, love, and everything else that leads us toward a true understanding of ourselves and the cosmos.We know him as the Buddha, the "Awakened ... Read more

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Imagined by one of the world's leading experts on Buddhism, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of its famously wise founder.A relaxed chat with the Buddha tells us what he thought about impermanence, karma, mindfulness, compassion, love, and everything else that leads us toward a true understanding of ourselves and the cosmos.We know him as the Buddha, the "Awakened
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Thoughts On South Africa (Unabridged)

by Olive SCHREINER ...

Narrated by Pamela Escamilla ...

Unabridged

13 hours 18 min

'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding Boer-English relations. The book was published posthumously in 1923. Prospective listeners should be aware that it reflects the place, culture and language of the time in which it was written. ... Read more

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'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding Boer-English relations. The book was published posthumously in 1923. Prospective listeners should be aware that it reflects the place, culture and language of the time in which it was written.
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States and Social Movements

by Hank Johnston ...

Series series Political Sociology
Since the late eighteenth century, politics, protest, and the state have evolved together, each shaping the other in significant ways. This engaging and succinct treatment of protest-state interaction shows how the modern national state developed in tandem with social movement mobilization, arguing that to understand the state fully, you cannot ignore the role of political protest.Today, social ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Since the late eighteenth century, politics, protest, and the state have evolved together, each shaping the other in significant ways. This engaging and succinct treatment of protest-state interaction shows how the modern national state developed in tandem with social movement mobilization, arguing that to understand the state fully, you cannot ignore the role of political protest.Today, social
... Read more
Globalization's Contradictions

Geographies of Discipline, Destruction and Transformation

Edited by Dennis Conway, Nik Heynen ...

Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone’s lives. People are being ‘disciplined’ by neoliberal economic agendas, ‘transformed’ by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease pandemics, ... Read more

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Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone’s lives. People are being ‘disciplined’ by neoliberal economic agendas, ‘transformed’ by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease pandemics,
... Read more

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