Kim (sociology, Sogang U., Korea) rereads the work of such worthies as Bourdieu, Giddens, and Habermas. Rather than taking each as an individual and attempting to distill applications, Kim asserts tha
The World Social Forum (WSF) has become the focus for a diverse array of movements advancing alternative visions of globalisation. The numerous WSF's have helped to connect activists in an increasingl
Critical Sociology is a thoroughly revised, updated, and sophisticated introduction to the sociological perspective as a critical lens on society. Much has happened since the first edition: the Great
Schools, theatres and malls used to be safe havens. Marathons were triumphal, not tragic. Today, public life is risky. Citizens are on edge, either calling for gun control or purchasing personal weapo
In Give Peace a Chance, the distinguished Dr. Hamburg teams up with his filmmaker son to tell the story of selected significant peace achievements over the past 25 years. Including lessons from person
This book draws together evolving models across disciplines (queuing theory, materialist feminism, racial colonization and standpoint theories linked to critical education models) as these intersect w
During the past ten years the terms public sociology, civil society, and governance have been used with increasing frequency to describe a wide array of practices, from public intellectuality and poli
In the first book to focus on the experiences of older Americans of mixed race, Cathy J. Tashiro explores questions of identity and the significance of family experiences, aging and the life course, c
Giroux (communications, McMaster U.) takes a hard look at images related to terrorists and terrorism that flood mainstream mass media; and he also evaluates alternate images that come closer to realit
This work is presented with the intention of demonstrating the contributions that scientific thought can make to the study of ethics. Monroe (director of the Ethics Center at the U. of California at I
From market crisis to market boom, from welfare to wealth care, from homelessness to helplessness, and an all-out assault on the global environment-these are just some of the indecencies of contempora
Spitzer (political science, SUNY-Cortland) is a member of both the National Rifle Association and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. In this work for general readers and students, he offers a
Problems posed by Syria s chemical weapons attacks, Egypt s ouster of an elected government, and myriad other global dilemmas beg the question of whether and how the world can be governed. The challen
Schools, theatres and malls used to be safe havens. Marathons were triumphal, not tragic. Today, public life is risky. Citizens are on edge, either calling for gun control or purchasing personal weapo
Why does hunger persist in a world of plenty? Ending Hunger Worldwide challenges the naive notion that everyone wants hunger to end, arguing that the powerful care - but not enough to make a differenc
Sociologists mark the elapse of half a century since the 1959 publication of C. Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination with critiques of the book in the light of current world problems, and critiq
The author presents a framework for understanding the relationship between geography and international politics. His approach, influenced by the work of Harold and Margaret Sprout and their concept of
We are currently experiencing a wide range of evolving problems that threaten us with extinction. However, Phillips argues that we have the capacity-with the aid of a broad approach to the scientific
Schaeffer (global sociology, Kansas State U.) argues that the Chinese government has worked to develop capitalism since it first came to power in 1949, challenging conventional views that the Maoist p
This is the third volume in a series (Patterns of Potential Human Progress) emanating from the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures at the U. of Denver's Josef Korbel School of Interna
