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Reclaiming Chinese Society
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 45.95Reclaiming Chinese Society analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasizes economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, this volume argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chinese development.... more...
Living With the Dragon
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95The book consists of a short introduction to the significance of unintended consequences and four chapters. The first chapter develops a typology of unintended consequences and distinguishes them from historical contingencies. The second chapter analyzes three types of causes of such consequences: worldly, practical and psychological causes. The third... more...
Conundrums of Humanity
BRILL 2007; US$ 210.00Poses eleven questions for our progress, ranging from "Can we diminish War?" to "How far and fast can we push forward the frontiers of Human Rights?" to "Will China dominate the century?" more...
Reservation and Affirmative Action
SAGE India 2005; US$ 64.95This book examines the principles underlining the policies of reservation and affirmative action adopted by two non-homogeneous and multi-ethnic societiesIndia and the USA. Despite the fact that the governments of both countries have, for over fifty years now, applied these measures to overcome discrimination based on caste and race respectively,... more...
Making People Behave
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.50'Anti-social behaviour' has become a label attached to a huge range of nuisance and petty crime, and rarely out of the headlines as tackling this problem has become a central part of the British government's crime control policy. At the same time 'anti-social behaviour' has provided the lever for control mechanisms ranging from the draconian to the... more...
Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Social Skills
Springer 2009; US$ 69.99Approaches social skills from a social learning perspective, combining conceptual background with practical considerations. This book covers developmental and diversity issues, and includes suggestions for a range of assessment methods. It describes empirically-based assessment across the lifespan. more...
Transnational Social Justice
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 100.00Critically examines theories of cosmopolitan justice grounded in the major traditions of moral philosophy. Drawing upon the international ethics tradition, this book presents an argument for the validity of obligations of social justice between countries. more...
Children and Social Exclusion
Wiley 2011; US$ 104.95Children and Social Exclusion: Morality, Prejudice, and Group Identity explores the origins of prejudice and the emergence of morality to explain why children include some and exclude others. Formulates an original theory about children’s experiences with exclusion and how they understand the world of discrimination based on group membership... more...
Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 114.95Presenting the latest empirical research from Australia and engaging with contemporary global debates on questions of identity, citizenship, intercultural relations and social inclusion, this book unsettles fixed assumptions about who is included as a valued citizen and explores the possibilities for engendering inclusive visions of citizenship in... more...
Arbeiten an der Geschichte
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 70.08Hauptbeschreibung Die Geschichtswissenschaft hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten grundlegend verändert. Die Aufsätze Jürgen Kockas aus vierzig Jahren spiegeln diese Veränderungen wider. Vom kontrovers diskutierten Aufstieg der Sozialgeschichte in den 1960er Jahren über die konstruktivistisch-kulturhistorische Wende der 1980er Jahre bis zum Interesse... more...









