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Solidarnosc - eine persönliche Geschichte
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 17.52Hauptbeschreibung Anna Walentynowicz war eine der legendären Oppositionellen in der Volksrepublik Polen. Ihre Entlassung aus der Gdansker Werft am 14. August 1980 war Auslöser jener Streiks, die zur Gründung der Gewerkschaft Solidarnosc führten. Erstmals in die deutsche Sprache übersetzt und sorgfältig ediert, vermitteln Walentynowicz' autobiographische... more...
Conceptualising Community
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 110.00Community is the dark shadow of sociology - an issue around which sociologists always duck and dive. This book examines the reasons for this reticence through an exegesis of contemporary debates. Additionally it utilizes the work of Hannah Arendt to propose an alternative anti-mechanistic and anti-essentialist approach to community and sociality; an... more...
Against the Romance of Community
University of Minnesota Press 2002; US$ 60.00Miranda Joseph explores sites where the ideal of community relentlessly recurs, from debates over art and culture in the popular media, to the discourses and practices of nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations. She shows how community legitimates the social hierarchies of gender, race, nation, and sexuality that capitalism implicitly requires.... more...
The Troublemaker's Teaparty
New Society Publishers 2003; US$ 17.95A wholesome manual for raising hell! more...
In the Neighborhood
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 13.95Read Peter Lovenheim's posts on the Penguin Blog. Based on a popular New York Times Op-Ed piece, this is the quirky, heartfelt account of one man's quest to meet his neighbors-and find a sense of community. Journalist and author Peter Lovenheim has lived on the same street in suburban Rochester, NY, most of his life. But it was... more...
Building Powerful Community Organizations
Long Haul Press 2007; US$ 15.95Intended for individuals who want to start, strengthen, or revitalize a group to address a community issue, this indispensable guide includes a series of practical steps that help build a successful community orgranization and offers sample cases that more clearly illustrate each step. In addition to addressing common problems that are often encountered,... more...
From Command to Community
Tufts University Press 2011; US$ 19.99Diverse essays create a new definition of leadership education based in colleges and universities more...
Realizing Community
Routledge 2002; US$ 41.95Contributes various new analyses and approaches to the issue of community - such as destabilization in the global context, cultural absoluteness, separation of community and culture, compartmentalized communities. more...
Community, Solidarity and Belonging
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 38.00Communities can be of different kinds, and exist at different levels in society. This book systematically explores the relationship between the state, and communities existing at local, national and global levels. It will be of interest to students of political theory, philosophy and international relations. more...
Community and Everyday Life
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 45.95'Community' continues to be a persistent theme in political, philosophical and policy debates. The idea of community poses fundamental questions about social inclusion and exclusion, particular versus general interests, identity and belonging. As well as extensive theoretical literature in the social sciences, there is a rich body of social research... more...









