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Getting China Wrong
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The West’s strategy of engagement with China has failed. More than three decades of trade and investment with the advanced democracies have left that country far richer and stronger than it would otherwise have been. But growth and development have n…
The West’s strategy of engagement with China has failed. More than three decades of trade and investment with the advanced democracies have left that country far richer and stronger than it would otherwise have been. But growth and development have n…
Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Causes, Consequences, and Socio-Legal Context
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This book explores the issue of development-induced resettlement, with a particular emphasis on the humanitarian, legal, and social aspects of this problem. Today, so-called development-induced displacement and resettlement' (DIDR) is one of the…
This book explores the issue of development-induced resettlement, with a particular emphasis on the humanitarian, legal, and social aspects of this problem. Today, so-called development-induced displacement and resettlement' (DIDR) is one of the…
Problem Spaces
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In this innovative book, Celia Lury argues that the time has come for us to explore the world not only with new methods, but with a new approach to methodology itself. Fundamental changes are taking place in how we produce knowledge, how we communica…
In this innovative book, Celia Lury argues that the time has come for us to explore the world not only with new methods, but with a new approach to methodology itself. Fundamental changes are taking place in how we produce knowledge, how we communica…
Are women in Kosova equal, safe and free yet?
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In 2009 I worked in person on the law on protection from domestic violence in Kosova (Albanian for Kosovo). That was a highlight and a very exhilarating experience for me. However, I am not happy at all with the implementation of the law. Around one …
In 2009 I worked in person on the law on protection from domestic violence in Kosova (Albanian for Kosovo). That was a highlight and a very exhilarating experience for me. However, I am not happy at all with the implementation of the law. Around one …
The Logic of Compressed Modernity
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Most theories of modernity are based, explicitly or implicitly, on the development of Western societies since the late medieval period, but these theories are of limited value for understanding the development of societies in Asia and other parts of …
Most theories of modernity are based, explicitly or implicitly, on the development of Western societies since the late medieval period, but these theories are of limited value for understanding the development of societies in Asia and other parts of …
Sociology of the Arts
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[b]Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully updated new edition of the classic textbook[/b]  [i]Sociology of the Arts[/i] is a comprehensive yet accessible review of sociological approaches to studying t…
[b]Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully updated new edition of the classic textbook[/b]  [i]Sociology of the Arts[/i] is a comprehensive yet accessible review of sociological approaches to studying t…
The Urban Planning Imagination
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Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination, with a stock of wisdom and an arra…
Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination, with a stock of wisdom and an arra…
Commodification and Its Discontents
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Should human organs be bought and sold? Is it right that richer people should be able to pay poorer people to wait in a queue for them? Should objects in museums ever be sold? The assumption underlying such questions is that there are things that sho…
Should human organs be bought and sold? Is it right that richer people should be able to pay poorer people to wait in a queue for them? Should objects in museums ever be sold? The assumption underlying such questions is that there are things that sho…
Pandemic Surveillance
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns, self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporations to monitor and surveil the spread of the virus and …
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns, self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporations to monitor and surveil the spread of the virus and …
Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities
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Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities by Russell H. Conwell. Contributions by Robert Shackleton <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known …
Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities by Russell H. Conwell. Contributions by Robert Shackleton <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known …
Mafia Politics
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This ground-breaking book offers a deep and original analysis of the Mafia – in particular Cosa Nostra – as a distinct form of politics. Marco Santoro breaks with criminal and economic approaches which see the Mafia as an industry of private protecti…
This ground-breaking book offers a deep and original analysis of the Mafia – in particular Cosa Nostra – as a distinct form of politics. Marco Santoro breaks with criminal and economic approaches which see the Mafia as an industry of private protecti…
Facebook
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Facebook has fundamentally changed how the world connects. No other company has played a greater role in the history of social networking online. Yet Facebook is no longer simply a social networking site or social media platform. Facebook is Facebook…
Facebook has fundamentally changed how the world connects. No other company has played a greater role in the history of social networking online. Yet Facebook is no longer simply a social networking site or social media platform. Facebook is Facebook…
Should schools be colorblind?
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Is being colorblind the most effective way to address overt and covert racism in schooling today? Should educators pretend that race doesn’t matter?  Award-winning sociologist Laurie Cooper Stoll argues that, as long as society is stratified along ra…
Is being colorblind the most effective way to address overt and covert racism in schooling today? Should educators pretend that race doesn’t matter?  Award-winning sociologist Laurie Cooper Stoll argues that, as long as society is stratified along ra…
Demographic Dynamics and Development
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One of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic change and development. &lt;i&gt;Demographic Dynamics and Development&lt;/i&gt; reviews the dominant demographic theory, demographic transition, and then presen…
One of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic change and development. &lt;i&gt;Demographic Dynamics and Development&lt;/i&gt; reviews the dominant demographic theory, demographic transition, and then presen…
Durkheim and After
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Émile Durkheim’s major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this book, Philip Smith examines not only Du…
Émile Durkheim’s major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this book, Philip Smith examines not only Du…
Ideology
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Over its long history, the concept of ideology has acquired a vast and at times incommensurable roster of meanings: positive and negative, analytic and critical, philosophical, psychological and scientific. But how precisely should we understand and …
Over its long history, the concept of ideology has acquired a vast and at times incommensurable roster of meanings: positive and negative, analytic and critical, philosophical, psychological and scientific. But how precisely should we understand and …
El meu primer llibre de Sant Jordi i el Drac
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Un drac voraç té terroritzat a tot un poble. Cada dia demana més i més menjar, però ha arribat el moment que un cavaller s&apos;enfronti a ell. Genial llibre de cartoné per a introduir als bebès a aquesta llegenda i a la tradició nascuda d&apos;ella.…
Un drac voraç té terroritzat a tot un poble. Cada dia demana més i més menjar, però ha arribat el moment que un cavaller s&apos;enfronti a ell. Genial llibre de cartoné per a introduir als bebès a aquesta llegenda i a la tradició nascuda d&apos;ella.…
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives
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Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives by United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known…
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives by United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known…
Decolonizing Sociology
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Sociology, as a discipline, was born at the height of global colonialism and imperialism. Over a century later, it is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This book explores why, and how, sociology needs to be decolonized. It…
Sociology, as a discipline, was born at the height of global colonialism and imperialism. Over a century later, it is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This book explores why, and how, sociology needs to be decolonized. It…
История привлекательности. История телесной красоты от Ренессанса до наших дней
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В книге Жоржа Вигарелло, профессора Университета Париж V, автора многих работ о репрезентации и культурной истории тела, прослеживается изменение концепции телесной красоты в Европе – от Ренессанса до наших дней. Какое тело считалось красивым, а како…
В книге Жоржа Вигарелло, профессора Университета Париж V, автора многих работ о репрезентации и культурной истории тела, прослеживается изменение концепции телесной красоты в Европе – от Ренессанса до наших дней. Какое тело считалось красивым, а како…

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