Sociology

Loss is universal, and yet grief is personal.

Este libro acoge una polifonia de voces sobre el oficio sociologico en Colombia desde los anos sesenta hasta el presente, a partir de los relatos biograficos de 53 sociologos y sociologas.

Dieses Buch erzahlt die Geschichte von Massenbewegungen - von den vollen Platzen und Straen aufbegehrender Menschen bis hin zu den viralen Hashtags und Netz Kampagnen unserer Zeit.

Wir bewegen uns durch die dichtesten Metropolen der Welt, doch wir tun dies zunehmend in absoluter akustischer Isolation.

Este volumen plasma la afliccion como tropo multidimensional y ubicuo en el mundo hispanico, senalando ciertas consideraciones metafisicas que nos permiten explorar diferentes representaciones de estados afligidos.

Driven by a paralyzing fear of lawsuits and an obsession with absolute safety, city councils across the globe have systematically eradicated traditional playgrounds.

In einer Ara, in der unsere gesamte Existenz zunehmend in unsichtbare, leicht loschbare Cloud-Server ausgelagert wird, erleben wir eine unerwartete kulturelle Gegenbewegung.

Las parejas abiertas se han vuelto una de las experiencias sexoafectivas mas debatidas de nuestro tiempo y despiertan curiosidad, entusiasmo y polemica.

In the profound tapestry of human emotions, one thread weaves a complex narrative often shrouded in silence and misconception that thread is depression.

Obwohl Kreisverkehre nachweislich Staus reduzieren, schwere Unfalle minimieren und die Umwelt schonen, stoen sie bei Autofahrern weltweit auf wutende, fast schon irrationale Ablehnung.

The Moral Economy of Trade (1994) investigates the agents of trade during the process of transformation from an indigenous rural subsistence economy into a cash-crop-producing market economy and a more-or-less integrated market-system in Southeast Asia.

Grief counseling and therapy have been revolutionized by the recognition that adaptive grieving commonly involves retaining bonds with the deceased rather than relinquishing them, but guidelines for how to integrate this shift into professional practice have been scarce.

Dieses Buch erzahlt, was nach den groen Aufmarschen passiert, wenn die Straen allmahlich leer werden - manche Proteste scheinen zu gewinnen, andere verblassen im Schweigen.

Challenging how social scientists, policymakers, legal scholars, and the public examine household debts and wellbeing, Viral Debt traces how debt moves within and across households to communities and institutions, with devastating effects.

This book explores how ancient disability and its reception in Classics, Ancient Mediterranean Studies (AMS), and related disciplines are relevant to disabled people today.

People, Poverty and Shelter (1983) analyses the practical field experience of self-help as a solution to housing problems in the developing world.

Originally published in 1976, The Quest for Community is a wide comparative study of residential area development which discusses the key components in community formation and persistence.

Grief counseling and therapy have been revolutionized by the recognition that adaptive grieving commonly involves retaining bonds with the deceased rather than relinquishing them, but guidelines for how to integrate this shift into professional practice have been scarce.

Originally published in 1976, The Quest for Community is a wide comparative study of residential area development which discusses the key components in community formation and persistence.

The Moral Economy of Trade (1994) investigates the agents of trade during the process of transformation from an indigenous rural subsistence economy into a cash-crop-producing market economy and a more-or-less integrated market-system in Southeast Asia.

Warum entscheiden sich immer mehr Menschen im fortgeschrittenen Ruhestand dafur, ihr physisches Leben fur eine Existenz als machtiger Elfenmagier aufzugeben?

First published in 1966, Sociology in Social Work by Peter Leonard offers a groundbreaking exploration of the intersection between sociology and social work.

Every era believes its boom is new-until it bursts.

Stellen Sie sich vor, Ihre gesamte Stadt - die Schule, das Krankenhaus, der Supermarkt und die Polizeistation - befindet sich im selben Gebaude, in dem Sie schlafen.

Fruher zeigte man seinen Status mit einer S-Klasse und einer Rolex.

Dieses Buch erzahlt die Geschichte des gewaltfreien Widerstands als eigene politische Praxis zwischen Zivilcourage, Organisation und symbolischer Kraft.

People, Poverty and Shelter (1983) analyses the practical field experience of self-help as a solution to housing problems in the developing world.

The Political Economy of Alternative Media provides in-depth insights into media practices used by grassroots projects to organize, produce, and distribute the media that support and report on social movements.

Migration Surveys in Low Income Countries (1984) is an attempt to encourage the collection of analytically appropriate data that can be used to help in the design of migration-related policies.

This book compares the enlightenment thought of China and Japan amid 19th-century Western imperialism, offering a groundbreaking analysis of how two iconic thinkers shaped their nations' divergent paths to modernity.

This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.

This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.

First published in 1976, The Worker Directors: A Sociology of Participation offers an exploration of industrial democracy and the role of worker participation in corporate decision-making.

First published in 1976, The Worker Directors: A Sociology of Participation offers an exploration of industrial democracy and the role of worker participation in corporate decision-making.

Changemakers' Guide to Prison Arts Programming explores practical tips and stories from the field about developing arts programs for incarcerated individuals.

First published in 1949, The English Social Services provides a comprehensive account of the development of personal social services in the United Kingdom from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s.

First published in 1966, Sociology in Social Work by Peter Leonard offers a groundbreaking exploration of the intersection between sociology and social work.

Challenging how social scientists, policymakers, legal scholars, and the public examine household debts and wellbeing, Viral Debt traces how debt moves within and across households to communities and institutions, with devastating effects.

First published in 1949, The English Social Services provides a comprehensive account of the development of personal social services in the United Kingdom from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s.

Migration Surveys in Low Income Countries (1984) is an attempt to encourage the collection of analytically appropriate data that can be used to help in the design of migration-related policies.

This book compares the enlightenment thought of China and Japan amid 19th-century Western imperialism, offering a groundbreaking analysis of how two iconic thinkers shaped their nations' divergent paths to modernity.

Changemakers' Guide to Prison Arts Programming explores practical tips and stories from the field about developing arts programs for incarcerated individuals.

This book explores how ancient disability and its reception in Classics, Ancient Mediterranean Studies (AMS), and related disciplines are relevant to disabled people today.

This book demonstrates how tolerance and ethnocultural empathy can be taught in secondary school citizenship classrooms through the application of sociology and social psychology.

This manual provides expert knowledge on theory and practice for conducting a motivational brief intervention with adolescents after alcohol intoxication, with the aim of promoting low-risk use of alcohol.

This manual provides expert knowledge on theory and practice for conducting a motivational brief intervention with adolescents after alcohol intoxication, with the aim of promoting low-risk use of alcohol.

Funerary practices have long been a classic topic of anthropological inquiry, which has tended to focus on death rituals as expressions and reinforcers of community ties and values.

This book assesses the life and works of the leading Zimbabwean poet and novelist, Chenjerai Hove.

The subject of this book is discussing the income inequality of Chinese residents, its change and the factors that impact it.