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The Politics of War Memory and Commemoration
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 196.00War memory and commemoration have had increasingly high profiles in public and academic debates in recent years. This volume examines some of the social changes which have led to this development, among them the passing of the two World Wars from survivor into cultural memory. Focusing on the politics of war memory and commemoration, the book illuminates... more...
Thorstein Veblen
Anthem Press 2012; US$ 99.00The book presents state-of-the-art scholarship on Thorstein Veblen, one of the world's most influential social scientists. It explores hitherto neglected aspects of his life, works and historical relevance. more...
Economy and State
Wiley 2013; US$ 22.95Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers offer a uniquely sociological perspective to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. From defining property rights and regulating commodification of labor to setting corporate... more...
The Culture of Markets
Wiley 2013; US$ 22.95What are the logics of pricing, and why do some pricing schemes defy standard economic expectations? What explains the different labor market outcomes of people who receive the same training from the same place and who have similar grades? Why do national governments issue statements about the country’s history and personality when developing... more...
Realism and Sociology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95In recent years, methodological debates in the social sciences have increasingly focused on issues relating to epistemology. Realism and Sociology makes an original contribution to the debate, charting a middle ground between postmodernism and positivism. Critics often hold that realism tries to assume some definitive account of reality. Against... more...
Researching Life Stories
RoutledgeFalmer 2004; US$ 55.95It has long been argued that 'an age of biography is upon us'; certainly the life-story now has a well-recognised role as a key resource in social research. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive and practical guide to carrying out more...
Agency Uncovered: Archaeological Perspectives on Social Agency Power and Being Human
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 54.00This book questions the value of the concept of 'agency', a term used in sociological and philosophical literature to refer to individual free will in archaeology. On the one hand it has been argued that previous generations of archaeologists, in explaining social change in terms of structural or environmental conditions, have lost sight of the 'real... more...
Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 32.00This book consists of original review articles by leading methodologists, all commissioned exclusively for this volume. The book will complement the classic text by Wasserman and Faust, Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications (also available from Cambridge University Press). more...
30 Years Of IJSE
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00During its period of high-speed economic growth, Japan suffered from ?distortion of economic growth?, as witnessed by various kinds of industrial pollution. This problem, however, was, for the most part, successfully remedied by means of abatement measures from the early 1970s onwards. more...
Economy and Society
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95This volume is designed as a contribution to the synthesis of theory ineconomics and sociology. We believe that the degree of separationbetween these two disciplines separation emphasized by intellectualtraditions and present institutional arrangements arbitrarily concealsa degree of intrinsic intimacy between them which must be brought tothe attention... more...









