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  • The Science of Dignity

    Measuring Personhood and Well-Being in the United States

    by Steven Hitlin, Matthew A. Andersson ...
    This book provides original evidence arguing for dignity as an indicator of public health, by offering a scientific framework for measuring dignity and its social determinants. Hitlin and Andersson show that dignity can be efficiently measured by using simple survey items that ask individuals whether there is "dignity" in their life or in how they are treated by others. National survey data show ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Unequal Foundations

    Inequality, Morality, and Emotions across Cultures

    by Steven Hitlin, Sarah K. Harkness ...
    Series series Perspectives on Justice and Morality
    Unequal Foundations offers readers a novel theory and a unique use of cross-cultural data to assert that the level of economic inequality in a society is reflected in the emotional experience of its members. People living in societies with more equality (countries such as Japan, Germany, and Canada) generally experience more positive, binding emotions on a regular basis. On the other hand, those ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Social Psychology

    by John D. DeLamater, Jessica L. Collett, Steven Hitlin ...
    The new, tenth edition of Social Psychology is a fully revised and sweeping look into the social forces that make us who we are. Real-life examples and the results from a wide range of empirical research contribute to the book’s coverage of such subjects as the self, attitudes, socialization, communication, interpersonal attraction and relationships, and personality and social structure. It ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

  • Handbook of the Sociology of Morality, Volume 2

    Edited by Steven Hitlin, Shai M. Dromi, Aliza Luft ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This handbook articulates how sociology can re-engage its roots as the scientific study of human moral systems, actions, and interpretation. This second volume builds on the successful original volume published in 2010, which contributed to the initiation of a new section of the American Sociological Association (ASA), thus growing the field. This volume takes sociology back to its roots over a ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

  • Handbook of the Sociology of Morality

    Edited by Steven Hitlin, Stephen Vaisey ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of right and wrong.Morality is sociologically understood as more than simply helping or harming others; it encompasses any way that individuals form understandings of what behaviors are better than others, what goals are most laudable, and ... Read more

    $206.09 USD

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  • Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory

    Edited by Seth Abrutyn ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This Handbook provides the hidden common threads that tie sociological inquiry together and featuring eminent scholars, it separates itself from its predecessors in substance and organization. Rather than rehashing old debates or longingly gazing at the past, this book presents sociologists with new ways of conceptualizing the organization and presentation of sociological theory. At the heart of ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Good Education in an Age of Measurement

    Ethics, Politics, Democracy

    by Gert J. J. Biesta ...
    The widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countries seems to express a real concern for the quality of education. This book argues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has actually displaced questions about educational purpose. Biesta explores why the question as to what constitutes good ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Critical Curriculum Studies

    Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing

    by Wayne Au ...
    Series series Critical Social Thought
    Critical Curriculum Studies offers a novel framework for thinking about how curriculum relates to students’ understanding of the world around them. Wayne Au brings together curriculum theory, critical educational studies, and feminist standpoint theory with practical examples of teaching for social justice to argue for a transformative curriculum that challenges existing inequity in social, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Criminological Theory

    An Analysis of its Underlying Assumptions

    by Stuart Henry, Werner J. Einstadter ...
    Criminological Theory is an examination of the major theoretical perspectives in criminology today. Werner J. Einstadter and Stuart Henry lay bare various theorists' ideas about human nature, social structure, social order, concepts of law, crime and criminals, the logic of crime causation, and the policies and practices that follow from these premises. Material is presented and organized around ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Advancing Critical Criminology

    Theory and Application

    by Shahid Alvi, Bruce A. Arrigo, Gregg Barak, Elaine Barclay, Julie Borkin, Michelle Lee Brown, Kimberly J. Cook, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Judith Grant, Stuart Henry, Pat Jobes, MaDonna Maidment, Dragan Milovanovic, Stephen L. Muzzatti, Chris Powell, Martin D. Schwartz ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Crime and Inequality
    Advancing Critical Criminology constitutes a timely addition to the growing body of knowledge on critical criminology scholarship. DeKeseredy and Perry have assembled a volume that provides scholars with an in-depth review of the extant literature on several major branches of criminology as well as examples of how critical criminologists apply their theoretical perspectives to substantive topics, ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Politics in Time

    History, Institutions, and Social Analysis

    by Paul Pierson ...
    This groundbreaking book represents the most systematic examination to date of the often-invoked but rarely examined declaration that "history matters." Most contemporary social scientists unconsciously take a "snapshot" view of the social world. Yet the meaning of social events or processes is frequently distorted when they are ripped from their temporal context. Paul Pierson argues that placing ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Critical Psychology

    An Introduction

    Edited by Stephanie Austin, Isaac Prilleltensky, Dennis R Fox ...
    `Do read this book - it will refresh you if you have not come across critical psychology before. If you are already "critical", this is an excellent, up-to-date overview of the area′ - THE (Times Higher Education)′An excellent book in all respects - compulsory reading for scholars interested in a socio-political contextual analysis of complex human behaviour′ - Professor David F Marks, City ... Read more

    $102.59 USD