Polity imprint: 1443 books
Moral Questions
An Introduction to Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
This new introduction to ethics is written for students who are approaching philosophy for the first time.
Public Diplomacy
Foundations for Global Engagement in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
New technologies have opened up fresh possibilities for public diplomacy, but this has not erased the importance of history. On the contrary, the lessons of the past seem more relevant than ever, in an age in which communications play an unprecedented role. Whether communications are electronic or...
Globalization and Technology
Interdependence, Innovation Systems and Industrial Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
In this book Rajneesh Narula examines the interdependence of globalization and technological innovation at two levels: first, between locations, by examining the role of cross-border initiatives in the innovation process; second, between corporate entities, by studying the dynamics of inter-firm R&D...
Media Sociology
A Reappraisal
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Where is sociology in contemporary media studies? How do sociological questions and arguments shape media analysis? These are the questions addressed in this timely collection on media sociology.
Sociology was fundamental in defining the analytical boundaries of early media studies, from the...
Elites
A General Model
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
At a time when significant social status, economic resources, and political opportunities seem to become ever more unequally distributed and only available to a few, this book represents the first systematic effort in recent years to develop a sociological model of elites and non-elites. In outlining...
Communities and Networks
Using Social Network Analysis to Rethink Urban and Community Studies
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
In Communities and Networks, Katherine Giuffre takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation?...
by Sheila Jasanoff
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite,...
by Darin Barney
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
In The Network Society, Darin Barney provides a compelling examination of the social, political and economic implications of network technologies and their application across a wide range of practices and institutions.
Are we in the midst of a digital revolution? Have new information and communication...
Health Inequality
An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
At a time when social inequalities are increasing at an alarming rate, this new edition of Mel Bartley's popular book is a vital resource for understanding the extent of health inequalities and why they are proving to be persistent despite decades of growing knowledge and policies on the issue.
As...
by Colin Hay, Anthony Payne
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society. In Civic Capitalism, Colin Hay and Anthony Payne build on their...
by Alexa Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Globalization and technological advances have had a dramatic impact on the relationship between media and politics. How can we understand the connection between the two in the present day? Alexa Robertson argues that we cannot understand the power of the one without taking the other into account....
Feminine Sentences
Essays on Women and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
This new book integrates material drawn from a variety of sources - feminist theory, cultural and literary analysis, sociology and art history - in an original discussion of women's relationship to modern and post-modern culture.
The essays in the book challenge the continuing separation of...
by Norberto Bobbio
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
This book by one of Italy's oldest and wisest intellectuals is a philosophical and personal meditation on ageing. The question of old age has preoccupied writers from Cicero to Améry, but in this volume Norberto Bobbio produces an account that is specific to our times. Born in 1909, Bobbio has lived...
Philosophy of Religion for OCR
The Complete Resource for Component 01 of the New AS and A Level Specification
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Philosophy of Religion for OCR is an ideal guide for students taking the Philosophy of Religion component of the OCR Religious Studies AS and A Level course. Drawing on insights gained from many years of teaching experience, Dennis Brown and Ann Greggs’ landmark book follows the OCR specification...