A central figure for anti-authoritarian Marxists and radicals who see the working class as an autonomous force, capable of acting independently and not simply reacting to the depredations of capitalism, Harry Cleaver brings this vision up to date, interpreting capitalisms latest crises and demonstrating how ordinary people can, and do, rupture the smooth functioning of the system that exploits them.
Diversity in Architecture: Intersectionality, Affective Politics, and Creating Change explores diversity in architecture through an intersectional lens.
An inspiring instructional handbook for transforming idealism into social change The pursuit of freedom and justice is a timeless one, but new activists may not know where to begin, while more experienced ones often become jaded or fatigued.
This volume examines the role of education in shaping rates and patterns of intergenerational social mobility among men and women during the twentieth century.
Wage Regulation under the Statute of Artificers (1938) is a study of the enforcement of the 1562 Statute of Artificers during the period of its operation, with particular reference to wage assessment and the contract of employment.
A wide-ranging cultural history centered around the concepts of real estate, the family home, and the American dream, and how they evolved over the years, Home Ownership in America: A Socio-Cultural History of Housing in the United States traces narratives around home ownership from the 1920s to today.
Contemporary bipartisan politics undermines socialist solidarity by ignoring class issues and pitting advocates of social justice against ethno-national chauvinists.
This textbook considers the critical relationship between gender, race, and class and the political economy of media, providing an accessible introduction for students.
This volume discusses the various challenges faced by children in India from different perspectives such as education, psychology, and sociology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Follow nine young people as they move from racially isolated elementary and middle schools to a diverse - yet internally segregated - neighborhood high school.
First published in 1944 (Sir Halley Stewart Lectures 1938), the original blurb reads: "e;In Rich Man, Poor Man, Professor John Hilton examines the facts as to the distribution of wealth in this country.
Cuando se piensa en la naturaleza de los territorios no centrales en una metrópoli, es necesario situar a las poblaciones y los espacios que no han recibido el foco principal de atención de las políticas y las inversiones urbanas.
How a new ';woke' elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and statuswithout helping the marginalized and disadvantagedSociety has never been more egalitarianin theory.
This work argues that a component part of US neoliberalism involves adaptive accumulation, a process in which capital seeks to enlarge public programs, as a means to reroute public revenues into private revenue streams.
The last three decades have witnessed a proliferation of nongovernmental organizations engaging in new campaigns to end the practice of female genital cutting across Africa.
This wide-ranging and accessible survey of poverty in America examines every important facet of the issue, from historical and socioeconomic contributors to poverty to programs, policies, and ideas crafted to reduce income inequality and poverty across the USA.
Walter Rodney claimed developing countries were heirs to uneven development and ethnic disequilibrium, including continued forms of oppression from the capitalist countries and their own leaders.
In Challenging Social Exclusion: Multi-sectoral Approaches to Realising Social Justice in East Africa contributing authors interrogate the question of social justice in East Africa, unravelling how people who live on the margins of society are cheated of their livelihoods.
Mientras se van moderando los ecos de la crisis sanitaria provocada por el covid-19, sus consecuencias económicas y sociales más profundas están todavía lejos de haberse revelado por completo.
Para un país que ha presumido desde hace mucho ser "de clase media"; donde ciertas expresiones públicas son caracterizadas como "clase media"; y, aún más, la "clase media" es objeto de invocación frecuente, su estudio sistemático a través de diferentes disciplinas se ha tornado crucial si se espera trascender tanto el sentido común como los discursos más evaluativos y normativos.
El proyecto liberal argentino dotó a la escuela de un papel igualador e integrador, y el siglo XX la hizo garante de un ideal de comunidad y de movilidad social.
Cities and countries around the world are focused on enhancing their living conditions through ways that go beyond the brick and mortar of urban planning.
This book provides a comprehensive portrait of class structure, dynamics, and orientations in Singapore - understood as a new nation, a capitalist and emerging knowledge economy, a largely middle-class society, and a polity with a strong state - at the turn of the new millennium.
Class and Class Conflict in Post-Socialist China traces the origins and the profound changes of the patterns of class conflict in post-socialist China since 1978.
Contesting stereotypical and deterministic accounts of British South Asian Muslims (BrAsians), which have largely contributed towards the perpetuation of Islamophobia, this book analyses how the influence of parents, extended family, and community support and constrain the lives of a younger generation of amateur and professional boxers.
Es importante resaltar que las obras escritas hasta ahora son la resultante de rumiar arduamente las problemáticas de las comunidades, racionalizarlas y entregarlas con una alta dosis de socialización, lo que las convierte en un aporte de alta significación para que desde las propuestas planteadas se puedan construir escenarios para unos mejores niveles de vida.
"Este trabajo explora las formas en que la desigualdad social se proyecta en las intimidades del servicio doméstico, y analiza las experiencias y trayectorias de vida de tres mujeres que trabajan como empleadas domésticas en Bogotá, en torno a las tensiones que implican las diferencias sociales entre patrones y empleadas.
Las diversas perspectivas expuestas en este libro tienen un hilo conductor: una visión del mundo contemporáneo como un sistema internacional en transformación, con un poder hegemónico en declinación, nuevos actores y nuevas configuraciones de alianzas y rivalidades, así como nuevas agendas y desafíos.
