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  • Medical Power and Social Knowledge

    by Bryan S Turner ...
    The fully revised edition of this successful textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to medical sociology and an assessment of its significance for social theory and the social sciences. It includes a completely revised chapter on mental health and new chapters on the sociology of the body and on the relationship between health and risk in contemporary societies.Bryan S Turner considers the ... Read more

    $113.39 USD

  • The Body and Society

    Explorations in Social Theory

    by Bryan S Turner ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    "This truly deserves to be considered a classic and I strongly encourage my students to read it from cover to cover. Turner′s work on the body needs to be considered in its own right within courses on the sociology of the body."- Dr Robert Meadows, Surrey University"Remains the foundational text for courses in the sociology of the body, replete with insights and a depth of analysis that has ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of Citizenship

    by Bryan S. Turner ...
    The Rise and Fall of Citizenship brings together many of Turner’s publications on the topic of citizenship and includes three new chapters reflecting upon conceptions of citizenship today.The collection begins with a newly written overview of the rise of social citizenship (with particular reference to the UK and the US from 1945 to the 1980s) which charts the experiences of the ‘Baby Boomers’ ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Vulnerability and Human Rights

    by Bryan S. Turner ...
    Series series Essays on Human Rights
    The mass violence of the twentieth century’s two world wars—followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing—has led to a heightened awareness of human beings’ vulnerability and the precarious nature of the institutions they create to protect themselves from violence and exploitation. This vulnerability, ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism

    by Professor Bryan S Turner ...
    It is often thought that the development of capitalism and the modernization of culture have brought about a profound decline of religious belief and commitment. The history of Christianity in the last two decades appears to be a good illustration of this general process of secularization with the undermining of belief and commitment as Western cultures became industrial and urban. However, in the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Regulating Bodies

    Essays in Medical Sociology

    by Professor Bryan S Turner, Bryan S. Turner ...
    Bryan Turner is generally acknowledged to have been the key figure in opening up the sociological debate about the body. In this coruscating and fascinating book he shows how his thinking on the subject has developed and why sociologists must take the body seriously. ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Muslim Integration

    Pluralism and Multiculturalism in New Zealand and Australia

    by Erich Kolig, Malcolm Voyce, Jan A. Ali, Ann Black, Selda Dagistanli, Abdullah Martin Drury, Christopher Houston, Lisa Siobhan Irving, Christopher Evan Longhurst0, Adam Possamai1, Joshua M. Roose2, Banu Senay3, William Shepard4, Lisa Worthington5, Arezou Zalipour6, Tahir Abbas7, Bryan S. Turner8 ...
    In Muslim Integration: Pluralism and Multiculturalism in New Zealand and Australia, contributors from a range of backgrounds investigate the state of Muslim integration in New Zealand and Australia. The growing presence of a Muslim minority has invited these two Pacific settler states to closely consider the question of Muslim integration into Western society. This collection discusses the future ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Citizenship and Capitalism (RLE Social Theory)

    The Debate over Reformism

    by Bryan S. Turner ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    In this study of politics in capitalist society Bryan Turner explores the development of citizenship as a way of demonstrating the effective use of political institutions by the working class and other subordinate groups to promote their interests. Marxist criticisms of reformism are rejected; it is shown that subordinate groups can achieve significant advances in social and economic rights, and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Dominant Ideology Thesis

    by Bryan S. Turner, Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    As a radical critique of theoretical sociological orthodoxy, The Dominant Ideology Thesis has generated controversy since first publication. It has also been widely accepted, however, as a major critical appraisal of one central theoretical concern within modern Marxism and an important contribution to the current debate about the functions of ideology in social life. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society (RLE Social Theory)

    by Bryan S. Turner, Robert J. Holton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    'In this remarkable collection of essays, Holton and Turner demonstrate that Parsonian sociology addresses the most central problems of our time – issues of sickness and health, power and inequality, the nature of capitalism and its possible alternatives. They develop a mature and original perspective on Parsons as the only classical theorist who avoided crippling nostalgia. Holton and Turner not ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Future of Singapore

    Population, Society and the Nature of the State

    by Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Bryan S. Turner ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    Singapore, like many other advanced economies, has a relatively low, and declining, birth-rate. One consequence of this, and a consequence also of the successful economy, is that migrants are being drawn in, and are becoming an increasing proportion of the overall population. This book examines this crucial development, and assesses its likely impact on Singapore society, politics and the state. ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Dominant Ideologies

    by Bryan S. Turner, Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    In this volume leading international scholars elaborate upon the central issues of the analysis of ideology: the nature of dominant ideologies. The ways in which ideologies are transmitted; their effects on dominant and subordinate social classes in different societies; the contrast between individualistic and collectivist belief systems; and the diversity of cultural forms that coexist within the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD