Social classes

This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does.

This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does.

Based on a carefully contextualized and critical study, this book tells how France's dominant social and political ideology and prevailing cultural conventions abate the effects of race and anxiety within school choice, here focused on public-school middle-class parents living among immigrants in the diverse Paris suburbs.

Based on a carefully contextualized and critical study, this book tells how France's dominant social and political ideology and prevailing cultural conventions abate the effects of race and anxiety within school choice, here focused on public-school middle-class parents living among immigrants in the diverse Paris suburbs.

Recognizing the need for increased social justice in the fields of TESOL and English language teaching (ELT) globally, this volume presents a range of international case studies and empirical research to demonstrate how English language instruction can promote social and linguistic justice through advocacy-oriented pedagogies and curricula.

Recognizing the need for increased social justice in the fields of TESOL and English language teaching (ELT) globally, this volume presents a range of international case studies and empirical research to demonstrate how English language instruction can promote social and linguistic justice through advocacy-oriented pedagogies and curricula.

The second volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies maps the distribution of social powers and associated properties and lifestyles in unparalleled detail by examining the results of a brand-new survey delivered in Sweden, Germany and the US.

The second volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies maps the distribution of social powers and associated properties and lifestyles in unparalleled detail by examining the results of a brand-new survey delivered in Sweden, Germany and the US.

The 8th edition, already significantly updated, has now been further updated in 2023 to include the likely impact of the post-pandemic cutbacks, the overturning of Roe v Wade, and the Trump indictments on the 2024 national elections.

The 8th edition, already significantly updated, has now been further updated in 2023 to include the likely impact of the post-pandemic cutbacks, the overturning of Roe v Wade, and the Trump indictments on the 2024 national elections.

Few concepts are as central to sociology as institutions.

Few concepts are as central to sociology as institutions.

This book is the first of its kind: a historical inquiry into the family life of British diplomats between 1945 and 1990.

This book is the first of its kind: a historical inquiry into the family life of British diplomats between 1945 and 1990.

This book examines social patterns in 2,000 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 through 2020.

This book examines social patterns in 2,000 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 through 2020.

To what extent do urban dwellers relate to their lived and imagined environment through aesthetic perceptions, and aspirations?

To what extent do urban dwellers relate to their lived and imagined environment through aesthetic perceptions, and aspirations?

Originally published in 1979, this was the first text to be concerned explicitly with the analysis of forms of kin and non-kin sociability.

Originally published in 1972, this book aimed to provide the student with a basic understanding of the main theories of social stratification and to acquaint them with current methods of research, with the results from modern research (with emphasis on British research), and with current issues in this field.

Originally published in 1979, this was the first text to be concerned explicitly with the analysis of forms of kin and non-kin sociability.

Originally published in 1972, this book aimed to provide the student with a basic understanding of the main theories of social stratification and to acquaint them with current methods of research, with the results from modern research (with emphasis on British research), and with current issues in this field.

This book explores the dominant constructions of childhood as perceived by children and adults in contemporary Indian society.

This book explores the dominant constructions of childhood as perceived by children and adults in contemporary Indian society.

This book critically examines the larger world of astrology in India, its ubiquity and relationship with religion, caste, gender, class and aspirations.

This book critically examines the larger world of astrology in India, its ubiquity and relationship with religion, caste, gender, class and aspirations.

This book interrogates the idea of equity in the context of India's Northeast region.

This book interrogates the idea of equity in the context of India's Northeast region.

Museums and the Working Class is the first book to take an intersectional and international approach to the issues of economic diversity and class within the field of museum studies.

This book analyses India's middle class by recognising the diversity within the class, the people, their practices, and the production of spaces.

This book analyses India's middle class by recognising the diversity within the class, the people, their practices, and the production of spaces.

Museums and the Working Class is the first book to take an intersectional and international approach to the issues of economic diversity and class within the field of museum studies.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, commonly referred to as COVID-19, is perhaps the greatest threat to life, and lifestyles, around the world in more than a century.

For decades, Charles Lemert has been the leading voice in social theory.

For decades, Charles Lemert has been the leading voice in social theory.

This book explores the effects of the gradual liberalisation of capital markets and the expansion of consumer credit on poorer households in the United Kingdom, with particular attention to the precariousness caused by a lack of savings and a reliance on debt.

This book explores the effects of the gradual liberalisation of capital markets and the expansion of consumer credit on poorer households in the United Kingdom, with particular attention to the precariousness caused by a lack of savings and a reliance on debt.

This book explores the relationship between race and class among middle-class Christians in South Africa.

This book explores the relationship between race and class among middle-class Christians in South Africa.

This book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is little known to English-speaking historians.

This book, first published in 1977, looks at the two peasant revolts that occurred in 1549, in the troubled period following the death of Henry VIII.

This book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is little known to English-speaking historians.

This book, first published in 1977, looks at the two peasant revolts that occurred in 1549, in the troubled period following the death of Henry VIII.

This book, first published in 1976, re-examines many aspects of the German Peasant War of 1525, important as the first national peasant revolt in Germany and because of the influence of Engels' work on the subject.

This book, first published in 1979, presents a series of important investigations into the German Peasant War of 1525 - the last great peasant revolt and the first modern revolution.

This book, first published in 1976, re-examines many aspects of the German Peasant War of 1525, important as the first national peasant revolt in Germany and because of the influence of Engels' work on the subject.

This book, first published in 1979, presents a series of important investigations into the German Peasant War of 1525 - the last great peasant revolt and the first modern revolution.

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the Bangladeshi diaspora in USA.

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the Bangladeshi diaspora in USA.

The Agrarian Question and its resolution in the global context of capitalist development has a protracted scholarship developed over last one century and more.