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Sociology : Understanding a Diverse Society 9780495390930 Used / Pre-owned

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Senses and Sensation: Vol 2: History and Sociology (Paperback)

Senses and Sensation: Critical and Primary Sources offers a comprehensive collection of key writings essential to anyone wishing to gain a critical understanding of sensory studies. The four volumes include 101 essays from leading scholars in the... more

Ritual as a Missing Link: Sociology Structural Ritualization Theory and Research (Paperback)

Up to now ritual has been under-utilised for studying human behaviour. This book narrows the gap in our understanding of the social causes and consequences of our actions by focusing on the ritualised behaviours that define much of our daily lives.... more

Sociology: The changing face of VR (Hardcover)

VR occupies an interesting place in the media ecosystem. On the one hand it is an emerging cutting-edge technology backed by billions of USD by major corporations. On the other hand VR is older than the World Wide Web and older than social... more

Pre-Owned Changing Families: Relationships in Context (2nd Edition) (Paperback) 0205832024 9780205832026

The field of family studies has recently benefited from an injection of innovative research from other areas of sociology as well as from other disciplines particularly demography and psychology. Changing Families: Relationships in Context is the... more

Pre-Owned Young Unwed Fathers : Changing Roles and Emerging Policies 9781566390484

Steps toward understanding street people in Santa Barbara-and everywhere CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the... more

Routledge Advances in Sociology Love Heterosexuality and Society Book 16 (Paperback)

Heterosexuality is a largely silent set of practices and identities - it is assumed to be everywhere and yet often remains unnamed and unexplored. Despite recent changes in the theoretical understanding and representation of sexuality... more

Sociology: The changing face of VR (Paperback)

VR occupies an interesting place in the media ecosystem. On the one hand it is an emerging cutting-edge technology backed by billions of USD by major corporations. On the other hand VR is older than the World Wide Web and older than social... more

Pre-Owned Study Guide for Andersen and Taylor s Sociology: Understanding a Diverse Society (Paperback) 0495000647 9780495000648

With this Study Guide for SOCIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING A DIVERSE SOCIETY you will be sure to succeed. It includes chapter outlines and summaries learning objectives a list of key terms and people questions to guide you through the reading Internet and... more

The Practical Skeptic : Core Concepts in Sociology (Edition 3) (Paperback)

Using a conceptual organizing framework The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in Sociology is a concise introduction to sociology that focuses on core concepts as the central building blocks for understanding sociology. Written in a lively very... more

Pre-Owned Conjugal Crime: Understanding and Changing the Wifebeating Pattern Hardcover Terry Davidson

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Pre-Owned Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men Women and Children (Paperback) 0415358213 9780415358217

Sarah Grogan provides a comprehensive overview of the subject of body image pulling together diverse research from the fields of psychology sociology media and gender studies in men women and children. This second edition has been thoroughly revised... more

Pre-Owned Sociology (Paperback 9780495007425) by Margaret L Andersen Howard F Taylor

9780495007425. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Other. 4th ed. Language: English. Pages: 720. SOCIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING A DIVERSE SOCIETY FOURTH EDITION is a theoretically balanced mainstream comprehensive text characterized by its emphasis on diversity.... more

Pre-Owned Understanding Society through Popular Music (Paperback 9781138806528) by Joseph A. Kotarba

9781138806528. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Edition: 3. Language: English. Contains: Line drawings black & white. Includes: line drawings black & white. Intended for college/higher education audience. Written for Introductory Sociology and... more

Pre-Owned The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia (Paperback 9780300021905) by Professor James C Scott

9780300021905. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 254. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 254 p. This work is a profound and fundamental contribution to the issues addressed. -Sociology Vital to an understanding... more

Mainstream and Margins: Jews Blacks and Other Americans (Paperback)

This volume of commentaries on racial and ethnic relations is a sociological assessment of a changing society and a personal statement about many of the most pressing racial issues since the 1954 Brown-Supreme court decision. From the perspective of... more

Cultural Sociology: The Culture of Democracy (Hardcover)

Against the bleak backdrop of pressing issues in today s world civil societies remain vibrant animated by people s belief that they should and can solve such issues and build a better society. Their imagination of a good society their understanding... more

Pre-Owned Ritual as a Missing Link: Sociology Structural Ritualization Theory and Research (Paperback 9781594518560) by J. David Knottnerus

9781594518560. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Intended for college/higher education audience. Up to now ritual has been under-utilised for studying human behaviour. This book narrows the gap in our understanding of the... more

Pre-Owned Student Telecourse Guide for Kornblum s Sociology in a Changing World 9th: Student Course Guide Paperback

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Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology Religion and Family in a Changing Society Book 25 (Paperback)

The 1950s religious boom was organized around the male-breadwinner lifestyle in the burgeoning postwar suburbs. But since the 1950s family life has been fundamentally reconfigured in the United States. How do religion and family fit together today?... more

Pre-owned Understanding Deviance : A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking Paperback by Downes David; Rock Paul; McLaughlin Eugene ISBN 0198747349 ISBN-13 9780198747345

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Understanding Social Networks: Theories Concepts and Findings (Paperback)

Despite the swift spread of social network concepts and their applications and the rising use of network analysis in social science there is no book that provides a thorough general introduction for the serious reader. Understanding Social Networks... more

Pre-Owned Transforming Scholarship: Why Women s and Gender Studies Students Are Changing Themselves and the World (Sociology Re-Wired) Paperback

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BSA New Horizons in Sociology: Space and Social Theory (Hardcover)

The importance of the spatial dimension of the structure organization and experience of social relations is fundamental for sociological analysis and understanding. Space and Social Theory is an essential primer on the theories of space and inherent... more

Inanna Reader: Women in a Globalizing World: Equality Development Peace and Diversity (Paperback)

An exciting Canadian collection of feminist articles that provide cutting-edge gender analysis for understanding diverse personal and political challenges and opportunities in our fast-changing global world. Canadian and international authors offer... more

Understanding Welfare: Social Issues Policy and Practice: Understanding Disability Policy (Hardcover)

In an era of scarce social resources the question of the changing social policy constructions and responses to disabled people has become increasingly important. Paradoxically some disabled people are realising new freedoms and choices never before... more

Understanding Welfare: Social Issues Policy and Practice: Understanding Disability Policy (Paperback)

In an era of scarce social resources the question of the changing social policy constructions and responses to disabled people has become increasingly important. Paradoxically some disabled people are realising new freedoms and choices never before... more

The End of Children? : Changing Trends in Childbearing and Childhood (Paperback)

Concerns about declining fertility rates are matched only by fears that childhood is being destroyed by modern parenting practices. This multidisciplinary volume offers a more balanced less alarmist perspective on the meanings and implications of... more

Routledge Advances in Sociology Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context Book 84 (Hardcover)

Innovation - the process of obtaining understanding applying transforming managing and transferring knowledge - is a result of human collaboration but it has become an increasingly complex process with a growing number of interacting parties... more

Skills-Based Sociology Culture and Identity Book 5 (Paperback)

An understanding of culture and identity is essential for new sociologists. This student-focused text explains the themes and theories behind these core ideas. With up-to-date discussion of chavs masculinity and social networking skills-based... more

Sociology Youth and Youth Work Practice (Paperback)

How can sociology inform our understanding of young people s experiences? Introducing core theories by drawing on a range of cultural resources - from pioneering research to genre-defining films - this book demonstrates how a sociological... more

Routledge Advances in Sociology Global Justice Activism and Policy Reform in Europe: Understanding When Change Happens (Paperback)

Civil society activism around issues of global justice has proliferated in Europe during the past two decades. Has such contestation and advocacy made a difference? This book examines whether and how the organizations networks and campaigns involved... more

Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Religion and Advanced Industrial Society (Paperback)

This book first published in 1989 demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western societies and specific studies of religion. It... more

The Agency of Children: From Family to Global Human Rights (Paperback)

The idea of children s agency is central to the growing field of childhood studies. In this book David Oswell argues for new understandings of children s agency. He traces the transformation of children and childhood across the nineteenth twentieth... more

Dark Side of Modernity (Paperback)

In this book one of the world s leading social theorists presents a critical alarmed but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional world we inhabit today. Jeffrey Alexander writes about modernity as historical time and social condition but... more

The Dark Side of Modernity (Hardcover)

In this book one of the world s leading social theorists presents a critical alarmed but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional world we inhabit today. Jeffrey Alexander writes about modernity as historical time and social condition but... more

Changing Gay Male Identities (Routledge Advances In Sociology) - Cooper Andrew

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Pre-Owned Understanding Deviance : A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking 9780198765349

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