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  • Gender Play

    Girls and Boys in School

    by Barrie Thorne, C.J. Pascoe ...
    When it first appeared in 1993, Barrie Thorne’s Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School became an instant classic in the budding fields of feminist sociology and childhood studies. Through detailed first-hand observations of fourth and fifth graders at play, she investigated questions like: Why do girls and boys tend to self-segregate in the schoolyard? What can playful teasing and ritualized games ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Raewyn Connell

    Research, Politics, Social Change

    by Raewyn Connell ...
    Painters have their Retrospective Exhibitions, poets their Selected Poems, chess masters their Best Games, singers their Greatest Hits. But a researcher? It seems bold, even vainglorious, to present my Greatest Hits and Best Games. So much of social science is collaborative, so much depends on organisations, networks, shared ideas and shared excitement. This book is not an autobiography, but it is ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Men and the Boys

    by Raewyn Connell ...
    In recent years, questions about men and boys have aroused remarkable media interest, public concern and controversy. Across the world, health services are noticing the relevance of men’s gender to problems as diverse as road accidents, diet and sexually transmitted disease. Teachers are increasingly preoccupied with the poor educational performance of boys, and criminologists have begun to ... Read more

    $28.95 USD

  • Gender Reckonings

    New Social Theory and Research

    Edited by James W. Messerschmidt, Michael A. Messner, Raewyn Connell, Patricia Yancey Martin ...
    Vivid narratives, fresh insights, and new theories on where gender theory and research stand todaySince scholars began interrogating the meaning of gender and sexuality in society, this field has become essential to the study of sociology. Gender Reckonings aims to map new directions for understanding gender and sexuality within a more pragmatic, dynamic, and socially relevant framework. It shows ... Read more

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  • Trans Lives

    Social Realities Across the Globe

    by Raewyn Connell ...
    Trans people have been thrust into the spotlight in recent years across the world as never before. Trans groups have become targets of intense online abuse and hostile political and religious campaigns. The media abound with reports on a few glamorous trans women, or anti-trans attacks, but say little about the everyday realities of trans lives or their global diversity.In this book, Raewyn ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • The Good University

    What Universities Actually Do and Why It’s Time for Radical Change

    by Raewyn Connell ...
    The higher education industry might seem like it's booming, with over 200 million students in universities and colleges worldwide and funds flowing in like never before. But the truth is that these institutions have never been unhappier places to work. Corporate-style management, cost-cutting governments, mobilisations by angry students and strikes by a disgruntled workforce have taken their toll ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Confronting Equality

    Gender, Knowledge and Global Change

    by Raewyn Connell ...
    What does social equality mean now, in a world of markets, global power and new forms of knowledge? In this new book, Raewyn Connell combines vivid research with theoretical insight and radical politics to address this question. The focus moves across gender equality struggles, family change, class and education, intellectual workers, and the global dimension of social science, to contemporary ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Men and Development

    Politicizing Masculinities

    by Chris Dolan, Chimaraoke Izugbara, Margrethe Silberschmidt, Doctor Robert Morrell, Penny Morrell, Radhika Chopra, Marcos Nascimento, Christine Ricardo, Marianna Olinger, Marcio Segundo, Fang Gang, He Xiaopei, Susie Jolly, Patrick Welsh, Cheryl Overs, Raewyn Connell, Jeff Hearn, Gary Barker, Cath Sluggett, Jerry Okal, Andrea Cornwall, Jerker Edström, Alan Greig, akshay khanna ...
    A wide-ranging volume featuring contributions from some of today's leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of men, masculinities and development.Together, contributors challenge the neglect of the structural dimensions of patriarchal power relations in current development policy and practice, and the failure to adequately engage with the effects of inequitable sex and gender orders on both ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

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  • Being Sociological

    by Sara Salman, Daniel R. Smith, Suzanne Woodward, Adrian Franklin, Kate Huppatz, Mary Holmes, Raelene Wilding, Farzana Shain, Chamsy el-Ojeili, Dylan Taylor, David Bartram, Luke Goode, Chris Rojek, Stephanie Baker, Thomas Thurnell-Read, Tracey McIntosh, Dr Lucy Mayblin ...
    Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.The book encourages readers to examine both ... Read more

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  • Transnationalism

    by Steven Vertovec ...
    Series series Key Ideas
    'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states.This book surveys the broader meanings of transnationalism within the study of globalization before concentrating on migrant transnational practices. Each chapter demonstrates ways in which new and contemporary transnational practices of migrants are fundamentally ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Internationalizing Media Studies

    Edited by Daya Kishan Thussu ...
    Series series Internationalizing Media Studies
    The explosion of transnational information flows, made possible by new technologies and institutional changes (economic, political and legal) has profoundly affected the study of global media. At the same time, the globalization of media combined with the globalization of higher education means that the research and teaching of the subject faces immediate and profound challenges, not only as the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition

    by Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and
    In Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive and impossible to teach. Using actual unfinished notes as examples, the authors illustrate options for composing, reviewing, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD