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European Societiesby Thomas Boje; Bart Van Steenbergen; Sylvia Walby
Routledge 1999; US$ 43.95This book brings together many of the leading experts in the field to ask whether recent developments in Europe have brought about a higher level of integration or are causing increased divergence and differences between countries. more...
Civil Societyby Chris Hann; Elizabeth Dunn
Routledge 1996; US$ 46.95Civil Society argues that civil society should not be studied as a separate, private realm in opposition to the state. To gain a better understanding, everyday social practices, power relations and shared moralities are examined. more...
Tönnies: Community and Civil Societyby Ferdinand Tönnies; Jose Harris; Margaret Hollis; Raymond Geuss; Quentin Skinner
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 28.00Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (Community and Civil Society) is a classic of social and political theory, exploring the tension between close-knit 'communities' and an emerging global market 'society'. This new translation and introduction make this seminal work accessible to students of social and political theory and the history of European ideas. more...
Self, Social Structure, and Beliefsby Gary T. Marx; Christine L. Williams
University of California Press 2004; US$ 15.95Teacher, scholar, and leader, Neil Smelser stands as an iconic figure in sociology in the second half of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, written by prominent scholars from all walks of the social sciences, reveal the range and depth of Smelser's influence - and his substantial contributions to diverse fields such as British history, social change, collective behavior, higher education, the economy, and psychoanalysis. more...
The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structureby Brian Skyrms
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 23.00This new book by Brian Skyrms is a study of ideas of cooperation and collective action. Written with all Skyrms's characteristic clarity and verve, this intriguing book will be eagerly sought out by students and professionals in philosophy, political science, economics, sociology and evolutionary biology. more...
Complexity and Co-evolutionby E. Garnsey; J. McGlade
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00Applies ideas and methods from the complexity perspective to key concerns in the social sciences, exploring co-evolutionary processes. more...
Constructal Theory of Social Dynamicsby Adrian Bejan; Gil Merkx
Springer 2007; US$ 189.00Constructal theory was developed first for heat flow, with application to the cooling of heat-generating volumes. This work brings together social scientists and engineers who present predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily (people, goods, money, and information). more...
Social Structure and Emotionby Jody Clay-Warner; Dawn T. Robinson
Elsevier 2008; US$ 80.95As a reference that contains original and innovative research on the sociology of emotion, this book will not only appeal to sociologists but also to scholars of psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, history, social work, and business/management. With contributions from experts in the field, this text examines the role and influence of emotion in everyday social circumstances. It poses clear questions and presents the contemporary theoretical developments and empirical research linking social structure and emotion. Comparable books are narrowly focused and less comprehensive, the breadth and depth of this new work is unmatched. *Explores the roles played by emotion in social arrangements (i.e., the power of emotions in psychology, finance,... more...
Servants of the Dynastyby Anne Walthall
University of California Press 2008; US$ 19.96Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history. Written by leading historians, anthropologists, and archeologists, these lively essays take us from Mayan states to twentieth-century Benin in Nigeria, to the palace of Japanese Shoguns, the Chinese Imperial courts, eighteenth-century Versailles, Mughal India, and beyond. Together they investigate how women's roles differed, how their roles changed over time, and how their histories can illuminate the structures of power and societies in which they lived.... more...
Mentoring Dilemmasby Audrey J. Murrell; Faye J. Crosby; Robin J. Ely
Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 52.50The world is continually changing. As organizations become more diverse, the need to recognize and develop talent within others becomes more critical and more complex. Herein lies the fundamental dilemma that parties to these important relationships face. more...