Гражданское общество

Since 1999, the nonprofit FrameWorks Institute has investigated how Americans think about social issues–from children and youth to education and race–and how scientists, policy experts, and advoc…

Europe’s Uncertain Path is an introduction to Europe’s turbulent history from 1814 to 1914. It presents a clear narrative of the major political events, set against the backdrop of social, econom…

By revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development, Comparative Politics shows how democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country's uni…

Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through…

The way people think and act politically is not set in stone. People can and do change the fundamental cultural contours of their political situation. Their political culture does not only restri…

Рассмотрены важнейшие проблемы современной политической науки. Большое внимание уделяется политической системе современного российского общества, политическим партиям и общественно-политическим о…

Alternative and Activist New Media provides a rich and accessible overview of the ways in which activists, artists, and citizen groups around the world use new media and information technologies …

Women's Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalising Age explores the emergence of transnational, UN-oriented, feminist advocacy for womens human rights, especially over the past three d…

Public disenchantment with politics has become a key feature of the world in which we live. Politicians are increasingly viewed with suspicion and distrust, and electoral turnout in many modern d…

The problem of value pluralism permeates modern political philosophy. Its presence can be felt even when it is not explicitly the central topic under investigation. Political thinkers such as Max…

Social Movements in Global Politics is a timely new account of the unconventional, ‘extra-institutional’ activities of social movements. In the face of impending global crises and stubborn confli…

В данном сборнике представлены доклады участников VII Международной конференции «Цифровизация общества и будущее христианства. К вопросу о трансформации ценностно-нормативной системы общества». В…

Издание содержит переводы статей Пьерпаоло Донати, выдающегося современного итальянского социолога, который разрабатывает собственную версию так называемой реляционной теории общества. В первой ч…

Identity and Discrimination, originally published in 1990 and the first book by respected philosopher Timothy Williamson, is now reissued and updated with the inclusion of significant new materia…

Breakdowns in civil societies can be catalyzed by factors ranging from war and genocide to natural disaster, disease and economic downturns. Restoring Civil Societies examines social processes re…

Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities, it has also become clear that the civic…

Почему люди подчиняются законам, которых никто не может потрогать? Кто на самом деле управляет обществом: государство, деньги, технологии или идеи? Почему одни страны становятся богаче, а другие …

Сборник содержит материалы XI Орловских социологических чтений «Социально-экономические процессы в условиях реализации национальных целей развития России», организованных Среднерусским институтом…

An expert introduction to the foundations of the social work profession—from its historical roots to its evolution in an era of evidence-based practice The Profession of Social Work provides a br…