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The Culture of the New Capitalism (Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, and Economics)
by Richard Sennett  Publisher Comments The distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett surveys major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place. He shows how these changes affect...
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Korean Society : Civil Society, Democracy and the State (2ND 07 Edition)
by Charles K. Armstrong Synopsis While most analyses of Korean politics have looked to elites to explain political change, this new and revised edition of Korean Society examines the role of ordinary people in this dramatic transformation. Taking the innovative theme of 'civil society' -...
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The Sociology of Post-Colonial Societies: Economic Disparity, Cultural Diversity and Development
by J E Goldthorpe Publisher Comments An analysis of the disparity between rich and poor countries, and a discussion of the problems of the poor countries....
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Learning to Love Again
by Mel Krantzler Publisher Comments By the author of the bestselling Creative Divorcethis helpful book provides constructive answers to questions about forming new relationships after a divorce....
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The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead
by David Callahan Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-336) and index....
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Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture (UK Edition)
by Synopsis An interdisciplinary collection of essays which takes up both the newer and traditional debates in cultural theory while relating the study of the popular to the rhetoric that specifically surrounds the issue of a Japanese national identity in the age of...
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Families in Global and Multicultural Perspective (2ND 06 Edition)
by Bron B. Ingoldsby Synopsis The Second Edition of Families in Global and Multicultural Perspective travels across geographic, cultural, and historical boundaries to explore the diversity of the world??'s families???in family structure, processes, history, and social and...
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What Happens When You Die: From Your Last Breath to the First Spadeful
by Robert T. Hatch Synopsis This intriguing glimpse into the once mysterious aspects of death tells what happens-- step-by-step-- during the embalming and cremation processes. Here you will find information once known only to funeral directors, including: What happens to the body...
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Flesh and Blood : Adolescent Gender Diversity and Violence (04 Edition)
by James W. Messerschmidt Synopsis This book provides a unique conceptualization of: 1) embodiment as a lived aspect of gender, 2) how masculine practices may be constructed by both boys and girls, 3) how such embodied social actions are related to violence and nonviolence, and 4) the...
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Honour, Family and Patronage: A Study of Institutions and Moral Values in a Greek Mountain Community
by J K Campbell Review "Excellent text for the study of kinship."--Elisha Renne, New York University...
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The Evolution of Politics Via Excellence in Leadership
by Adebayo Adeolu Publisher Comments Nigeria is both blessed and cursed by its natural resources: blessed because the federal government gains a huge source of income through oil mining; cursed because of the socio-political and environmental upheaval that oil creates. The littoral states...
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Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life
by Gerard Goggin Synopsis Cell phones and mobile technologies are omnipresent in everyday life, yet the cultural implications of mobile phones have been neglected. This book aims to fill this gap, providing the first comprehensive, accessible, and international introduction to...
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The Blackwell Companion to Sociology (Blackwell Companions to Sociology)
by Judith R. Blau Publisher Comments The Blackwell Companion to Sociology is a milestone collection of new essays by renowned sociologists, covering both the traditions and strengths of the field as well as newer developments and directions....
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Lavender Culture
by Karla Jay Synopsis To read this book is to glimpse gay culture in its first morning. . . . It offers a comprehensive and poignant overview of a very special moment in gay culture. Read it, and if you're still too macho to weep, or too insufficiently radical/feminist to...
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Sequential Analysis
by John M. Gottman Publisher Comments Sequential Analysis aims to detect the recurring sequential patterns in a stream of coding categories describing social interaction. These techniques can be employed to study the repertoires of individuals and of dyads and groups. This book is a sequel...
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Harlem : the Making of a Ghetto (66 Edition)
by Gilbert Osofsky Publisher Comments For social history, no book has surpassed Mr. Osofsky's account of how a pleasant, pastoral upper-middle-class suburb of Manhattan turned into an appalling black slum within forty years. A careful and important study. --John Hope...
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Frontier Mosaic: Voices of Burma from the Lands in Between
by Richard Humphries Synopsis Damning indictment of Burma's abuse of its citizens and Thailand's official apathy to the plight of Burmese refugees as recounted by first-hand accounts and the author's own observations as he traveled the length of the Thai-Burma border....
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Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes
by Adrian (edt) Tomer Publisher Comments Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes provides: *an in-depth examination of death attitudes, existentialism, and spirituality and their relationships; *a review of the major theoretical models; *clinical applications of these models to...
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Drugs
by Rhidian Hughes Et Al Publisher Comments Assessing policies and political responses, this book considers the ways in which drugs policy is formulated and implemented in the UK and Europe. It examines the dynamic context of drug policy through discussions of broader policy fields such as health...
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Sociology -text Only (11TH 07 - Old Edition)
by John J. Macionis Synopsis The title says it all. This tenth edition of the best-selling Sociology is a comprehensive book and multimedia package that offers readers a global perspective to help them better understand their own lives, provides a strong focus on social diversity...
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