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Moving the Goalpostsby Martin Polley
Routledge 1998; US$ 34.95Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport. more...
Social Relations and Social Exclusionby Peter Somerville
Routledge 2000; US$ 193.00Taking the rational individual as its primary social unit, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations. more...
Heritage, Museums and Galleriesby Gerard Corsane
Routledge 2004; US$ 49.95This reader provides a starting point and introductory resource for anyone wishing to engage with certain key issues relating to the heritage, museums and galleries sector. more...
Conflict and Cooperationby A. Allan Schmid
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 116.95Allan Schmid’s innovative text, Conflict and Cooperation: Institutional and Behavioral Economics ,investigates "the rules of the game," how institutions--both formal and informal--affect these rules, and how these rules are changed to serve competing interests. This text addresses both formal and informal institutions and the impact of alternative institutions, as well as institutional change and evolution. With its broad applications and numerous practice and discussion questions, this book will be appealing not only to students of economics, but also to those studying sociology, law, and political science. Addresses formal and informal institutions, the impact of alternative institutions, and institutional change and evolution.... more...
Key Concepts in Medical Sociologyby J. Gabe; M. Bury; M.A. Elston
Sage Publications Ltd. 2004; US$ 60.00Part of a new 'Key Concepts' series published by Sage more...
Institutions, Globalization and Empowermentby K.C. Roy; J. Sideras
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00Examining aspects of social and economic institutions, and exploring their operation as a result of globalisation, this book approaches the issue of globalisation from a perspective of how the forces of globalisation are transforming domestic, social and economic institutions to create greater opportunities for empowerment in individual countries. more...
The Impact of Information Policyby Kirsti Nilsen
Greenwood Publishing Group 2000; US$ 132.00This volume focuses on the effects of information policy. It examines the impact of government-wide information policies on a specific government agency in terms of its dissemination policies. It also studies the effects of the ensuing agency information policies on social science research. more...
Evolution and Design of Institutionsby Christian Schubert
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 170.00This book comprises nine papers approaching designed institutions and their interplay with spontaneous institutions from various angles. more...
Forced Passagesby Dylan Rodríguez
University of Minnesota Press 2006; US$ 60.00In Forced Passages, Dylan Rodríguez argues that the cultural production of such imprisoned intellectuals as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Angela Davis, and Leonard Peltier should be understood as a unique social movement. Dylan Rodríguez traces the lineage of radical prison thought since the 1970s, one formed by the logic of state violence and by the endemic racism of the criminal justice system. more...
Information as the currency of democracyby Eleanor Wynn
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2003; US$ 199.00