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  • Kazakhstan in the Making

    Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes

    by Ulan Bigozhin, Megan Rancier, Marlene Laruelle, Douglas Blum, Alima Bissenova, Sebastien Peyrouse, Wendell Schwab, Diana T. Kudaibergenova, Assel Tutumlu, Mateusz Laszczkowski0, Kristopher White1, Natalie Koch2, Alexander C. Diener3 ...
    Series series Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
    Kazakhstan is one of the best-known success stories of Central Asia, perhaps even of the entire Eurasian space. It boasts a fast growing economy—at least until the 2014 crisis—a strategic location between Russia, China, and the rest of Central Asia, and a regime with far-reaching branding strategies. But the country also faces weak institutionalization, patronage, authoritarianism, and regional ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • The Nazarbayev Generation

    Youth in Kazakhstan

    by Aziz Burkhanov, Ulan Bigozhin, Douglas Blum, Reuel R. Hanks, Sabina Insebayeva, Azamat K. Junisbai, Barbara Junisbai, Karlygash Kabatova, Daniyar Kosnazarov, Diana T. Kudaibergenova, Nazgul Mingisheva, Zhanar Nagayeva, Dina Sharipova, Galym Zhussipbek, Peter Rollberg, Rico Isaacs, Alexandra Tsay ...
    Series series Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
    This social and cultural analysis provides a new understanding of Kazakhstan’s younger generations that emerged during the rule of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been presiding over Kazakhstan for the thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Half of Kazakhstan’s population was born after he took power and have no direct memory of the Soviet regime. Since the early 2000s, they have lived ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • The Social Process of Globalization

    Return Migration and Cultural Change in Kazakhstan

    by Douglas W. Blum ...
    It is often argued that globalization fosters 'hybridity', as some cultural imports are accepted, while others are 'localized', and others still are rejected outright. Yet we know relatively little about the social processes and mechanisms involved in cultural globalization. This book offers an empirically rich and theoretically compelling analysis of how cultural globalization occurs, including ... Read more

    $103.39 USD

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  • Sociology

    by BarCharts,Inc ...
    This study guide contains fundamental sociological definitions and principles which are specifically designed to aid students. Topics covered include: social structure & culture, formal organizations, socialization & deviance, basic concepts of demography, population changes, social inequality & stratification, social classes, race, gender & inequality, economy, politics & education, family, ... Read more

    $4.95 USD

  • Introduction to Sociological Theory

    Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century

    by Michele Dillon ...
    The extensively revised and updated second edition combines carefully chosen primary quotes with wide-ranging discussion and everyday illustrative examples to provide an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory.Combines classical and contemporary theory in a single, integrated textShort biographies and historical timelines of significant events provide context to ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • When the State Meets the Street

    Public Service and Moral Agency

    by Bernardo Zacka ...
    When the State Meets the Street probes the complex moral lives of street-level bureaucrats: the frontline social and welfare workers, police officers, and educators who represent government’s human face to ordinary citizens. Too often dismissed as soulless operators, these workers wield a significant margin of discretion and make decisions that profoundly affect people’s lives. Combining insights ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Intercultural Communication

    A Discourse Approach

    by Ron Scollon, Suzanne Wong Scollon, Rodney H. Jones ...
    Series series Language in Society
    This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified resource.Features new original ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

  • School and Society

    by Walter Feinberg, Jonas F. Soltis ...
    Series series Thinking About Education Series
    This widely used text has been expanded to include the most important issues in contemporary schooling, including:New end-of-chapter sections for Further Reading.New references added to the useful Additional Resources section.School and Society, Fifth Edition uses realistic case studies, dialogues, and open-ended questions designed to stimulate thinking about problems related to school and society ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Language and Globalization

    by Norman Fairclough ...
    Language and Globalization explores the effects of language in the processes of globalization. Norman Fairclough adopts the approach of combining critical discourse analysis with cultural political economy to develop a new theory of the relationship between discourse and other dimensions of globalization. Using examples from a variety of countries such as the USA, Britain, Romania, Hungary and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life

    by John R. Baldwin, Robin R. Means Coleman, Suchitra Shenoy-Packer, Alberto González ...
    Written for students studying intercultural communication for the first time, this textbook gives a thorough introduction to inter- and cross-cultural concepts with a focus on practical application and social action.Provides a thorough introduction to inter- and cross-cultural concepts for beginning students with a focus on practical application and social actionDefines “communication” broadly ... Read more

    $107.95 USD

  • Distant Strangers

    Ethics, Psychology, and Global Poverty

    by Judith Lichtenberg ...
    What must affluent people do to alleviate global poverty? This question has occupied moral and political philosophers for forty years. But the controversy has reached an impasse: approaches like utilitarianism and libertarianism either demand too much of ordinary mortals or else let them off the hook. In Distant Strangers, Judith Lichtenberg shows how a preoccupation with standard moral theories ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Feeling Power

    Emotions and Education

    by Megan Boler ...
    First published in 1999. Megan Boler combines cultural history with ethical and multicultural analyses to explore how emotions have been disciplined, suppressed, or ignored at all levels of education and in educational theory. FEELING POWER charts the philosophies and practices developed over the last century to control social conflicts arising from gender, class, and race. The book traces the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD