5406 books (271 pages) in this category
An Overlooked Chapter of Indian History
by Promode Kumar Misra
<p>The book is a product of life long research in Anthropology by its author. It provides a critique of the concept of tribe and shows that there was never a distinct category of tribe in India. The people now known as tribe have always been, ...
ISBN: 9780692819302
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eBook‘Doing’ Coercion in Male Custodial Settings
An Ethnography of Italian Prison Officers Using Force
by Luigi Gariglio
<p>This book offers a sustained study of one feature of the prison officer’s job: the threat and use of force, which the author calls ‘doing’ coercion. Adopting an interactionist, micro-sociological perspective, the author presents new research ...
ISBN: 9781315462677
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eBookThe Making of the Indian Call Centre Economy
by Mathangi Krishnamurthy
<p>Indian call centre employees work through the night, sleep during the day, and listen to foreign voices in accented tongues over transnational telephone connections. Through a description of the nightly and daily lives of call centre workers ...
ISBN: 9780199091751
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eBook10 Steps to Repair American Democracy
by Steven Hill
<p>In 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy Steven Hill addresses the problems plaguing the US political system, outlining his ten-step program to improve American democracy. He proposes specific reforms to give voters more choices at the ballot
ISBN: 9781317264354
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eBook110 Strategies for Success in College and Life
Second Edition
by Mary Zahm & Joan H. Rollins
110 Strategies for Success in College and Life shows students how their dreams can come true by using the skills derived from psychological science. It guides them to develop the attitudes, frames of mind, and beliefs that can help them achieve ...
ISBN: 9781524639945
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eBook16 Things I Loathe About American Society (2017)
And You Should Too
by H. G. Hastings-Duffield
It is a miscellany of commentaries on absurdities prevalent in American society—such as sleazy television fare, fraudulent and inaccurate language, Christian values, and the justice system. The author means to edify readers with his criticism in
ISBN: 9781543412352
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eBook21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook
by Dr. Dennis L. Peck & Clifton D. Bryant
<p><strong>21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook</strong> provides a concise forum through which the vast array of knowledge accumulated, particularly during the past three decades, can be organized into a single definitive resource. The ...
ISBN: 9781506320212
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eBookIsrael's War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Its Consequences
by Gilbert Achcar & Michel Warschawski
<p>This book assesses the causes and consequences of the impact on the recent Middle East war. The authors describe the popular basis of Hezbollah in Lebanon among the Shiites, but also its relation to the country's other religious communities ...
ISBN: 9781317264293
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eBook44 Letters From the Liquid Modern World
by Zygmunt Bauman
<p>This liquid modern world of ours, like all liquids, cannot stand still and keep its shape for long. Everything keeps changing - the fashions we follow, the events that intermittently catch our attention, the things we dream of and things we ...
ISBN: 9780745659633
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eBook50 Years of Social Issues in Singapore
by David Chan & Tharman Shanmugaratnam
<p>The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in various situations has become a key driver of effectiveness in addressing social issues. <em>50 Years of Social Issues in ...
ISBN: 9789814632638
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eBookWritings on Germany
by Jürgen Habermas
<p><em>A Berlin Republic</em> brings together writings on the new, united Germany by one of their most original and trenchant commentators, J&uumlrgen Habermas. Among other topics, he addresses the consequences of German history, the ...
ISBN: 9780745694320
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eBookA Brief Introduction to Social Work Theory
by David Howe
<p>This textbook offers the perfect introduction to the complex world of social work theory, giving a concise yet comprehensive overview of how practice is influenced by each theoretical approach described. The book begins by outlining the ...
ISBN: 9780230365230
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eBookHow the Food and Birth Movements Resist Industrialization
by Barbara Katz Rothman
<p>There are people dedicated to improving the way we eat, and people dedicated to improving the way we give birth. <em>A Bun in the Oven</em> is the first comparison of these two social movements. The food movement has seemingly exploded, ...
ISBN: 9781479817801
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eBookCommon Sense for Our Time
by Gregory H. Grzybowski
<p>A Call to Action Common Sense for Our Time is a book for all of us.It serves as a guide to better understand why we have such difficult problems in our country today and why these problems never seem to go away.This book gives us the tools to
ISBN: 9781452061627
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eBookby Joe R. Feagin, Anthony M. Orum & Gideon Sjoberg
<p>Since the end of World War II, social science research has become increasingly quantitative in nature. A Case for the Case Study *provides a rationale for an alternative to quantitative reserach: the close investigation of single instances of
ISBN: 9781469621401
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eBookChildren's Experiences and the Sociology of Childhood
by Ian Butler & Ian F Shaw
<p>Published in 1996, this book advocates and persuasively exemplifies a qualitative sociology of childhood, spoken repeatedly through children’s voices.</p> <p>After a long period of dormancy, interest in the sociology of childhood became a ...
ISBN: 9781351168663
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eBookA Century of Portuguese Fertility
by Livi Bacci, Massimo
<p>This book treats aspects of the social and demographic history of Portugal in the last century, giving particular attention to the transition from a situation of very high fertility to the moderate pattern prevailing in recent ...
ISBN: 9781400870110
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eBookA Changing Climate for Science
by Sophie C. Lewis
<p>This book offers a critical exploration of first-hand experiences of practicing climate science. It tackles the pivotal question of what, precisely, constitutes contemporary scientific practice. The author offers an insider’s account of the ...
ISBN: 9783319542652
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eBookSurviving Sexual Abuse
by Claire Silva
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ISBN: 9781467817769
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eBookby F. Emery & M. Emery
<p>Exploration of the nature of human communication and the media is a pre requisite to any assessment of the likely future role of communications . . We cannot assume that the nature of these things is transparently obvious to everyone and ...
ISBN: 9781468469486
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