Социология

Chile está enfrentado a un proceso constituyente que genera muchas expectativas, pero también muchas inquietudes. El proceso constituyente en 138 preguntas y respuestas es una herramienta de estu…

Wie lassen sich Bilder beschreiben, analysieren und interpretieren? Marion G. Müller und Stephanie Geise geben anhand zahlreicher Beispiele aus den Bereichen Bildjournalismus, Wahlkampfkommunikat…

Tras el éxito de sus dos magníficos libros anteriores, Rousseau no usa bitcoins y Por fin me comprendo, Alfredo Sanfeliz, el «Harari español», vuelve a sacudirnos con un gran ensayo sociológico…

[i]How Cities Learn[/i] traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa. Investigates the global proliferation and localization o…

Our contemporary societies place more and more emphasis on the singular and the unique. The industrial societies of the early 20th century produced standardized products, cities, subjects and org…

After having published several works on economics, Harriet Martineau travelled through the USA and wrote down her experiences in the work 'Society in America' in 1837. This book is a so…

Far from its origins in US legal studies in the 1980s, critical race theory has grown to become a leading approach to the analysis of racial inequality around the world. It has courted much contr…

A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and…

[b]&gt;CLASSIFY, EXCLUDE, POLICE[/b] ‘Laurent Fourchard’s deep, first-hand knowledge of the history and contemporary politics of Nigeria and South Africa forms the basis of an insightful and comp…

Social life is in a constant process of change, and sociology can never stand still. As a result, contemporary sociology is a theoretically diverse enterprise, covering a huge range of subjects a…

Who actually rules the world? Since the financial crisis in 2008 it is becoming increasingly evident to the interested individual that powerful groups are not only responsible for the financial c…

[b]Discover Virginia Woolf&apos;s landmark essay on women’s struggle for independence and creative opportunity[/b] [i]A Room of One&apos;s Own[/i] is one of Virginia Woolf&apos;s most influential…

Michael Burawoy has helped to reshape the theory and practice of sociology across the Western world. [i]Public Sociology[/i] is his most thoroughgoing attempt to explore what a truly committed, e…

At century’s close, American social scientists, policy analysts, philanthropists and politicians became obsessed with a fearsome and mysterious new group said to be ravaging the ghetto: the urban…

[b]A new, fully-revised and updated edition of the leading introduction to social movements and collective action – [/b][b]covers a broad range of approaches in the social sciences.[/b] Now in it…

The world is in the midst of a storm that has shaped the history of modernity along a double fracture: on the one hand, an environmental fracture driven by a technocratic and capitalist civilizat…

&apos;Why are you making this about race?&apos; This question is repeated daily in public and in the media. Calling someone racist in these times of mounting white supremacy seems to be a worse i…

This paper focuses on enhancing the banks&apos; contribution to the regional economic development of Uzbekistan. A case study approach was chosen for this purpose and policy recommendations have …

The notion of ‘immigrant integration’ is used everywhere – by politicians, policy makers, journalists and researchers – as an all-encompassing framework for rebuilding ‘unity from diversity’ afte…

Contrary to optimistic visions of a free internet for all, the problem of the ‘digital divide’ – the disparity between those with access to internet technology and those without – has persisted f…