Социология

[b]Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully updated new edition of the classic textbook[/b]  [i]Sociology of the Arts[/i] is a comprehensive yet acc…

Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an acti…

Should human organs be bought and sold? Is it right that richer people should be able to pay poorer people to wait in a queue for them? Should objects in museums ever be sold? The assumption unde…

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns, self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporati…

This ground-breaking book offers a deep and original analysis of the Mafia – in particular Cosa Nostra – as a distinct form of politics. Marco Santoro breaks with criminal and economic approaches…

Émile Durkheim’s major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. <br /><…

Over its long history, the concept of ideology has acquired a vast and at times incommensurable roster of meanings: positive and negative, analytic and critical, philosophical, psychological and …

Aquesta novel·la ens endinsa en els valors més profunds de la negritud. Parteix d'un homicidi d'una mare, acusada de matar la seva filla, i internada en un psiquiàtric com a conseqüènci…

Un misionero y filólogo aterriza en mitad de la jungla amazónica con dos objetivos: va a aprender el endiablado idioma de esa tribu casi virgen, los pirahã, a los que nadie ha conseguido entender…

Este libro nace de las inquietudes que nos generan las inequidades y desigualdades de género en diversas esferas, y particularmente en aquellas que enfrentamos diariamente como investigadoras y d…

El pensamiento de Sierra se orientó a fortalecer la conciencia de los mexicanos, a proporcionarles un nivel superior de educación y cultura. Estuvo atento a los cambios sociales y políticos que s…

¿Qué disciplinas deberían tener un lugar especial en un plan de estudios universitario utópico? ¿Cómo cerrar el abismo que se ha abierto entre las ciencias humanas, las ciencias sociales y las ll…

Un drac voraç té terroritzat a tot un poble. Cada dia demana més i més menjar, però ha arribat el moment que un cavaller s'enfronti a ell. Genial llibre de cartoné per a introduir als bebès …

Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives by United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made availa…

Sociology, as a discipline, was born at the height of global colonialism and imperialism. Over a century later, it is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This book explo…

The pursuit of wealth has captivated people’s attention for centuries. Yet, as a topic of social research, the way in which wealth is accumulated and unequally distributed has largely been neglec…

‘An inspirational call to arms’ DAILY MAIL‘This book is so sensible, so substantially researched, so briskly written, so clear in its arguments, that one wishes Baroness Cavendish was still whisp…

How do people think about their identities? How do they express themselves individually and as part of collective groups, social movements, organizations, neighborhoods, or nations? &lt;br /&gt;&…

George Herbert Mead taught philosophy and social psychology at the University of Chicago for almost 40 years (from 1894 until his death in 1931). During those years he published many articles and…

At the start of the twentieth century, the pre-eminent black sociologist, W.E.B. DuBois, identified the color line as America&apos;s great problem. While the color line is increasingly variegated…