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Crunchy Cons
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 13.95When a National Review colleague teased writer Rod Dreher one day about his visit to the local food co-op to pick up a week?s supply of organic vegetables (?Ewww, that?s so lefty?), he started thinking about the ways he and his conservative family lived that put them outside the bounds of conventional Republican politics. Shortly thereafter Dreher... more...
Culture Wars in America
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 119.00Culture Wars in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide places the most hotly debated issues in American society in historical context. With this book in hand, the reader can more effectively evaluate the potential social and political significance of these important conflicts. ||Americans have never found it easy to reconcile their differences,... more...
Social Advantages in the Age of Globalization
ABD Publishers 2009; US$ 35.00"Globalization as a term and concept become popular but the end of the last century and beginning of the new millennium."Blobalization has several advantages on the economic, cultural, technological and social front and there are many issues raised in an age of globalization on employment, working conditions, income and social protection, culture and... more...
Werden Chinas Massenmedien demokratisiert?
Diplomica Verlag 2007; US$ 36.02Die aktuellen Ereignisse in China gehören zurzeit wohl zu den international am intensivsten diskutierten Themen überhaupt. Das rasante Wirtschaftswachstum und die enorm schnellen Veränderungen im Land dominieren dabei die meisten Debatten. Doch auch viele akute Probleme werden kontrovers diskutiert: Nichtregierungsorganisationen kritisieren die Missachtung... more...
The Making of the Slave Class
Algora Publishing 2010; US$ 23.95You can only be a king if you have many peasants. You can only have the super-rich if you have many who are poor. And this is the basis for class. A nationally recognized instructor in class, race, American culture, economic development and poverty issues, Jerry Carrier offers the personal story of a working class man's early life in poverty combined... more...
Deutungsmuster sozialer Ungleichheit
Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 36.95Hauptbeschreibung Patrick Sachweh fragt, wie soziale Ungleichheit von Menschen in privilegierten und benachteiligten Lagen wahrgenommen und gerechtfertigt wird. Welche Deutungsmuster liegen der Interpretation und der Verarbeitung eigener Ungleichheitserfahrungen zugrunde? Seine Interviews zeigen, dass Ungleichheit oft als unvermeidbar wahrgenommen... more...
Arbeiterklasse und Studiengebühren
Diplomica Verlag 2006; US$ 43.11Hauptbeschreibung Diese Diplomarbeit versucht, eine Antwort zu geben auf die Frage, ob sich Studiengebühren auf die Sozialstruktur der Studierenden, auf die soziale Zusammensetzung der Studierenden an den deutschen Hochschulen auswirken könnten und in welcher Weise. Insbesondere interessiert hierbei, welche Auswirkungen die Einführung einer allgemeinen... more...
Political Violence in South and Southeast Asia
United Nations University Press 2010; US$ 35.00This volume explores the sources and manifestations of political violence in South and Southeast Asia and the myriad roles that it plays in everyday life and as part of historical narrative. It considers and critiques the manner in which political violence is understood and constructed, and the common assumptions that prevail regarding the causes,... more...
From British to Bumiputera Rule
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2004; US$ 44.90Based on two years of intensive fieldwork, this detailed community study breaks new ground. Combining anthropological and historical disciplines, it deals with village politics amongst rural Malays growing oil-palm and rubber. This study traces the continuing influence of the colonial and post-colonial state policies on contemporary rural development.... more...









