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  • Mega-events and social change

    Spectacle, legacy and public culture

    by Maurice Roche ...
    The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events, like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflect the major social changes which now influence our societies, particularly in the West, and that these amount to a new ‘second phase’ of the modernization process. ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Exploring the Sociology of Europe

    An Analysis of the European Social Complex

    by Maurice Roche ...
    The sociology of Europe is a growing and diverse field. This book addresses it in a direct, wide ranging and up-to-date way.Exploring the Sociology of Europe:• clearly maps this new and emerging field• challenges and renews the sociological analysis of European modernity• provides an understanding of Europe as an historical, social and civil complex• develops and applies new interpretations of the ... Read more

    $94.49 USD

  • Phenomenology, Language and the Social Sciences

    by Maurice Roche ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Phenomenology
    This book looks at two ‘revolutions’ in philosophy – phenomenology and conceptual analysis which have been influential in sociology and psychology. It discusses humanistic psychiatry and sociological approaches to the specific area of mental illness, which counter the ultimately reductionist implications of Freudian psycho-analytic theory. The book, originally published in 1973, concludes by ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Megaevents and Modernity

    Olympics and Expos in the Growth of Global Culture

    by Maurice Roche ...
    This analysis explores the social history and politics of mega-events from the late 19th century to the present. Through case studies of events such as the 1851 Crystal Palace Expo, the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Maurice Roche investigates the impact Expos and Olympics have had on national identities, on the marking of public time and space, and on visions of national ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Problems of Reflexivity and Dialectics in Sociological Inquiry (RLE Social Theory)

    Language Theorizing Difference

    by Barry Sandywell, David Silverman, Maurice Roche, Paul Filmer, Michael Phillipson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    This is a work of social theory and philosophy which seeks to make the constitution of social theory a ‘social’ activity. It is essentially a collaborative text, by five authors, committed to a re-awakening of some of the forgotten dimensions of social theorizing. The collaborative work was originally occasioned by an attempt to analyse the notion of social stratification and its treatment in the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • European Citizenship and Social Exclusion

    Edited by Maurice Roche, Rik Van Berkel ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Frist published in 1997, this book aims to answer if European ‘post-national’ citizenship provide a practical opening and a conceptual challenge to cope with the diverse and close-circuiting crises of national European social models? What then might a new sphere of European social inclusion look like? This book also provided the first attempt to go well beyond ‘national gridlock’. Old solutions ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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    by David Bartram, Maritsa Poros, Pierre Monforte ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    "Demonstrates that the study of international migration has really come of age. From acculturation to undocumented immigration, the authors consider more than three dozen concepts at the heart of migration studies. Clearly written in a highly readable style, the book is a valuable resource for students and scholars alike."- Nancy Foner, City University of New York"This very useful and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Gender and International Migration in Europe

    Employment, Welfare and Politics

    by Eleonore Kofman, Annie Phizacklea, Parvati Raghuram, Rosemary Sales ...
    Gender and International Migration in Europe is a unique work which introduces a gender dimension into theories of contemporary migrations. As the European Union seeks to extend equal opportunities, increasingly restrictionist immigration policies and the persistence of racism, deny autonomy and choice to migrant women. This work demonstrates how processes of globalisation and change in state ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing World

    A Preferred Future

    Edited by Leanne Weber ...
    Series series Rethinking Globalizations
    This book provides a new point of departure for thinking critically and creatively about international borders and the perceived need to defend them, adopting an innovative ‘preferred future’ methodology.The authors critically examine a range of ‘border domains’ including law, citizenship, governance, morality, security, economy, culture and civil society, which provide the means and justification ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Killing Fields of Inequality

    by Göran Therborn ...
    Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. This book shows that inequality is literally a killing field, with millions of people dying premature deaths because of it. These ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • The Social Construction of Reality

    A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge

    by Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann ...
    A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced "a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally" (George Simpson, American Sociological Review ).In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and ... Read more

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  • Understanding Development

    by Paul Hopper ...
    Understanding Development offers a comprehensive introduction to the multidimensional and evolving nature of international development in the contemporary world. This new edition has been fully revised and expanded to incorporate the key events, trends and debates that are shaping development today, such as humanitarianism and the global refugee crisis, the growing number of fragile states, and ... Read more

    $25.00 USD