Social Cultural Studies category: 176761 books
Social and Cultural Perspectives on Health, Technology and Medicine
Old Concepts, New Problems
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Developments in health, science and technology have long provided fertile analytical ground for social science disciplines. This book focuses on the critical and enduring importance of core concepts in anthropology and sociology for interrogating and keeping pace with developments in the life sciences....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Industrialization has meant sweeping social transformations across Asia. Some political commentators have predicted that the expansion of civil society and the rapid development of liberal democracy will necessarily follow. The contributors to this volume dissect the extent of political opposition...
Social Policy Reform in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
As the richest cities in the world's most populous nation, Hong Kong and Shanghai have recently experienced dynamic growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. These cities also have social problems whose solutions will cost money. Their urban populations are aging. Health finance at the level...
Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism
Mediated Interventions in the Global Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
In recent years, celebrity philanthropy and activism has attracted much attention from the media, sparking a great deal of public interest. As exponents and endorsers of the marketisation and corporatisation of philanthropy and activism, globally renowned super-celebrities habitually lend their name,...
by Nadeem Malik
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has not only become an important concept for corporate organizations but also civil society, community, state and the multilateral and bilateral development agencies. It has acquired great significance in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008, not...
Reframing Randolph
Labor, Black Freedom, and the Legacies of A. Philip Randolph
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
At
one time, Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) was a household name. As president of
the all-black Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), he was an embodiment
of America’s multifaceted radical tradition, a leading spokesman for Black
America, and a potent symbol of trade unionism and civil rights...
The Making and Unmaking of the Haya Lived World
Consumption, Commoditization, and Everyday Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 1996
At the center of this subtle ethnographic account of the Haya communities of Northwest Tanzania is the idea of a lived world as both the product and the producer of everyday practices. Drawing on his experience living with the Haya, Brad Weiss explores Haya ways of constructing and inhabiting their...
Feminist Methodology
Challenges and Choices
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2002
`An accessible, clearly explained review of difficult concepts within this arena as well as relevant debates. Its strengths are in outlining possible considerations that need to be taken into account when making methodological choices. It also clearly explains how these choices impact knowledge production....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
In this latest edition of Key Thinkers on Space and Place, editors Phil Hubbard and Rob Kitchin provide us with a fully revised and updated text that highlights the work of over 65 key thinkers on space and place. Unique in its concept, the book is a comprehensive guide to the life and work of some...
Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong
A Longitudinal Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
This edited collection by leading Australian Aboriginal scholars uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) to explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are growing up in contemporary Australia. The authors provide an overview of the study, including the Indigenous...
Inventive Methods
The Happening of the Social
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Social and cultural research has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to changing conceptions of the empirical, an intensification of interest in interdisciplinary work, and the growing need to communicate with diverse users and audiences. Methods texts, however, have not kept pace...
Africana Social Stratification
An Interdisciplinary Study of Economics, Policy, and Labor
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This study seeks to critically examine the field and function of social stratification, with emphasis on Africana phenomena. Phrased another way, this edited volume attempts to study and focus on who gets what and why, with regard to resources and structural application of support. The John Henrik...
China on the Road to Democracy?
A Theoretical Investigation on China's Political Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: 1.5, University of Luzern (Politikwissenschaftliches Seminar), language: English, abstract: Democracy is a system of popular government, in which power is retained and exerted by citizens. The...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
This book focuses on a representative group of contemporary Chinese female celebrities including actors, directors, writers and reporters, notably personalities such as Liu Xiaoqing, Hong Huang, Chai Jing and the most sought after young generation actors, Yang Mi and Guan Xiaotong. It analyses the...