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Key Sociologists : Marx and Marxism - Peter Worsley |
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Cover Price : Rs 170.00
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Imprint : T & F / Routledge ISBN : 0415285377 YOP : 2007
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Binding : Paperback Total Pages : 136 CD : No
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DESCRIPTION
Karl Marx probably had more influence on the political course of the last century than any other social thinker. There are many different kinds of Marxism, and the Twentieth Century saw two huge Marxist states in total opposition to one another. In the West, Marxism has never presented a revolutionary threat to the established order, though it has taken root as the major theoretical critique of capitalist society in intellectual circles, and new interpretations of Marx's thought appear each year.
Peter Worsley discusses all these major varieties of Marxism, distinguishing between those ideas which remain valid, those which are contestable, and those which should now be discarded. Rather than treating Marxism purely as a philosophy in the abstract, he concentrates upon the uses to which Marxism has been put and emphasises the connections between the theoretical debates and political struggles in the real world. |
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Global Sociology, 3rd Edn - Cohen & Kennedy |
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Robin Cohen Paul Kennedy
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Cover Price : £ 9.99
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Imprint : Palgrave / Macmillan ISBN : 9781137608154 YOP : 2016
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Binding : Paperback Total Pages : 488 CD : No
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DESCRIPTION
The first, pioneering edition of Global Sociology put global issues at the heart if the sociological discussion. A lot has changed in the world since then: recessions and revolutions, social media and new migration networks have developed as causes and symptoms of an increasingly global society.
This new edition is fully updated to explore just how these global issues can help us to understand sociology in our world today. Making clear connections between everyday experiences and global processes at each step, the third edition:
- carefully guides you through essential and cutting-edge topics in the discipline - from family and feminism to environment and economy
- introduces core theory and the great minds of the discipline with Global Thinkers biography boxes
- supports your learning with study-friendly features, including Pause to Reflect questions, Key Concept highlights and Definition glossary boxes
CONTENTS
ntroduction
PART I: INTERPRETATIONS
The Making of Global Sociology
Thinking Globally
Modernity and the Evolution of World Society
Work, Production and Finance
Political Sociology: Changing Nation States
PART II: DIVISIONS
Global Inequalities: The Victims
Class, Income and Wealth
Gender and Sexualities
Race, Ethnicity and Intersectionality
Corporate Power and Social Responsibility
Crime, Terrorism and Violence
PART III: EXPERIENCES
Population and Migration
Globalization, Families and Social Change
Consuming Culture
Lifestyle and Leisure
Media and the Digital Age
Global Religions
Urban Life
PART IV: DYNAMICS AND CHALLENGES
Global Civil Society and Political Activism
Towards an Environmentally Safe World
Identities and Belonging
Conclusion: Global Uncertainties and Ways Forward
ROBIN COHEN is Emeritus Professor of Development Studies and former director of the International Migration Institute at the University of Oxford, UK.
PAUL KENNEDY is Visiting Reader in Sociology and Global Studies at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. |
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Policing and Contemporary Governance - William Garriott |
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Cover Price : Rs 2,495.00
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Imprint : Palgrave / Macmillan ISBN : 9781137498168 YOP : 2015
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Binding : Hardback Total Pages : 304 CD : No
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What is it that police and policing actually do? What are the effects? And how are these effects mediated and experienced by different people at different times and in different contexts? Examining these questions, the contributors in this volume draw attention to the centrality of police and policing to the project of governance and the experience of being human in the contemporary world. They seek to make sense of and counteract the contemporary fetishization of police by problematizing their taken-for-granted existence and understanding their impact on contemporary human life. To this end, this volume provides a preliminary step in the establishment of an anthropology of police and policing.
Contents
Foreword; John Comaroff
Introduction: Police in Practice: Policing and the Project of Contemporary Governance; William Garriott
PART I: POLICING THE EVERYDAY
1. Invading the Favela: Echoes of Police Practices Among Brazil's Urban Poor; Benjamin Penglase
2. Policing Methamphetamine: Police Power and the War on Drugs in a Rural US Community; William Garriott
PART II: POLICE VIOLENCE
3. Adjusting La Police: the Use of Distance in the Calibration of Legitimate Violence Among the Police Nationale; Kevin Karpiak
4. The Paradox of Police Violence in Democratic Brazil; Teresa Caldeira
5. Dirty Anthropology: Epistemologies of Violence and Ethical Entanglements in Police Ethnography; Beatrice Jauregui
PART III: POLICE CULTURE
6. Police as Linking Principle: Rethinking Police Culture in Contemporary Taiwan; Jeffrey T. Martin
7. Thai Police in Refractive Cultural Practice; Eric J Haanstad
PART IV: POLICING FUTURES
8. Policing Private Property Against Poverty in Metropolitan Manila; Philip Parnell
9. Interpol and the Emergence of Global Policing; Meg Stalcup
Afterword; Joseph Masco
William Garriott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice Studies and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at James Madison University, USA.
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Introductory Sociology 4th Ed. - Tony Bilton |
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Tony Bilton Kevin Bonnett Pip Jones etc
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Cover Price : £ 11.99
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Imprint : Palgrave / Macmillan ISBN : 9781137605771 YOP : 2016
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Binding : Paperback Size : 7.25inx9.5in Total Pages : 630 CD : No
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About the Book
Introductory Sociology is one of the most ambitious, scholarly and popular textbooks in its field. This welcome new edition builds on the strengths of its predecessor in its thematic coherence, clarity of exposition and analytical depth. It is carefully structured to cover all the main substantive topics studied at an introductory level within a framework that engages with exciting contemporary debates about modernity, globalisation and social identity.
Key features of the new edition include:
- a completely new chapter on the media
- extended coverage of social divisions to include disability, youth and old age as well as class, gender and race
- clearer and more compact treatment of social theory, incorporating discussion of work by such contemporary theorists as Habermas, Giddens and Beck
- an even stronger blend of theoretical, empirical and illustrative material, consolidating the critical and applied approach that is one of the texts most well-liked defining features
With outstanding presentation and pedagogical support for the student and hard-pressed lecturer alike, the text includes:
- an Instructors Resource Pack, complete with powerpoint slides, available on the Palgrave website (or in hardcopy for adopters of the textbook, by written request)
- a detailed and extensive glossary - practically a mini dictionary of sociology in its own right and an ideal reference tool
- chapter-specific further reading lists, annotated for further guidance and support
- questions to think about, which can be used as the basis for essays, class discussion and further study
- pictures, figures, graphs and tables.
Table of Contents
PART 1 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS
Studying Society Today
Living in Modernity
Globalization and Modernity
PART 2 SOCIAL DIVISIONS AND POWER
Social Divisions
The Significance of Social Class
Gender Relations
Race and Ethnicity
Power, Politics and the State
PART 3 DIMENSIONS OF MODERN SOCIAL LIFE
Family Life
Education
Work and Employment
The Mass Media
Health, Illness and Medicine
Crime
Knowledge, Belief and Religion
PART 4 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND METHOD
Principles of Sociological Research
Foundations of Social Theory
Making Social Life: Theories of Action and Meaning
Modernity, Postmodernity and Social Theory
About the Authors
TONY BILTON was formerly Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Polytechnic University.
KEVIN BONNETT is Professor and Director of the School of Social Sciences and Law, Sheffield Hallam University.
PIP JONES is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Polytechnic University.
DAVID SKINNER is Head of Sociology and Politics at Anglia Polytechnic University.
MICHELLE STANWORTH was formerly Professor of Sociology and Womens Studies at Anglia Polytechnic University.
TONY LAWSON is Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Leicester.
ANDREW WEBSTER is Professor of Sociology at the University of York. |
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Urbanization in India - Issues and Challenges - Arun Kumar Sharma and Bhaskar Dutt Misra |
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Arun Kumar Sharma Bhaskar Dutt Misra
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Cover Price : Rs 1,995.00
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Imprint : Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN : 9789386761002 YOP : 2017
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Binding : Hardback Size : 6.25" X 9.50" Total Pages : 300 CD : No
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About the Book
This book is written from an interdisciplinary perspective combining material mainly from demography and sociology and reflects authors survey of literature from measurements and prediction to post-modern theory, along with planning issues in the country. Both the authors have studied the problem of population and urbanizations from diverse perspectives. Various theories of urbanization have also been discussed in the book. As far as possible, latest figures of world and national trends of urbanization have been included. Students may also use the detailed references given at the end of each chapter for going deeper into the subject and learn more about their research interests. In each chapter some important material is given in Boxes. Wherever needed, some lines are printed in bold to highlight a few major points.
Students of urban studies can use it for learning about concepts and measurements of urbanization, causes of urbanization, world trends, trend of urbanization in India, urban
problems and perspectives and key issues involved in urban planning.
Contents
1. An Introduction to the Study of Urbanization with Special Reference to India 2. Conceptualizing Urbanization 3. Techniques and Models in Urban Research 4. World Urbanization 5. Urbanization in India 6. Migration and Urbanization 7. Report of the National Commission on Urbanization: Summary and an Appraisal 8. Major Schools of Theoretical Expositions 9. Emerging Issues in the Study of Urbanization
About the Authors
Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma is P K Kelkar Chair, and Professor of Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He teaches courses in research methods, statistical inference, health, and social demography. He has been working in the areas of development and health for more than 35 years. His research interests include evaluation of rural development
programmes, situation analysis of HIV/AIDS, mapping of high risk groups, and maternal and child health. Dr. Sharma is associated with several professional associations, and is widely networked with research organizations and NGOs. He has a long fieldwork experience in several States of India. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and edited books in India and abroad. He has also guided a large number of doctoral and postdoctoral students and research and consultancy projects. He has authored eight books
including Gandhian Perspective on Population and Development, Population and Society and Gandhian Philosophy of Voluntarism.
Prof. Bhaskar Dutt Misra is a well known demographer. He holds Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago with specialization in demography and problems of population control.
Students of population studies in International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay and other universities in India are familiar with his book An Introduction to the Study of Population. He taught various courses at the University of Allahabad, Sagar University, Michigan and Texas at Austin in the United Sates, University of Wroclaw in Poland, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Bombay. He was the Director, Population Centre (now State Institute of Health and Family Welfare), Lucknow during 1987-1988. He has been General Secretary and later Vice- President of Indian Association for the Study of Population from 1988 till 1994. He is a member of International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Liege, Belgium. |
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National Conference on Gender and the Media - Challenges & Opportunities - Dr. Bandita Kumari Panda and Dr. A. Kannan |
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Bandita Kumari Panda A Kannan
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Cover Price : Rs 295.00
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Imprint : Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN : 9789386761590 YOP : 2018
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Binding : Paperback Size : 6.25" X 9.50" Total Pages : 182 CD : No
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About the Book
The National Conference on Gender & Media: Challenges and Opportunities, organized by the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University in association with the Network of Women in India was conducted from 4th to 6th January, 2018 at Anna University, Chennai. This conference aimed to bridge the gap in gender discourse and also focussed on the challenges that today’s media practitioners face. It also aimed to work towards a world, which is non-binary, fluid and more equitable, especially in the context of gender.
The conference received around 43 abstracts from around India on the thrust areas like Women and Peace Journalism, Cultural representation and power in media, Politics of media and media in politics and Ideologies in media, manipulation and propaganda, to name a few. After initial scrutiny, the conference received around 31 full papers. More than 60 presenters attended the conference to present their research papers. Around 120 women journalists from all over India participated in the discussion rounds which also emphasised on how media should portray gender issues. After the final scrutiny by the peer review team 21 papers were accepted for publication.
The National Conference on Gender & Media: Challenges and Opportunities served as an opportunity to build greater skills through short workshops and panel discussions on themes such as data visualization, science communication and digital media. Through linking up with leading personalities in the national media space, it provided a unique opportunity to engage on vibrant discourse on thought.
About the Authors
Dr. Bandita Kumari Panda, Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University, Chennai -25 has been working from 2005. She is awarded PhD degree from the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University. In 2009, she was offered the Royal Dutch Government fellowship to be a part of Educational Programme Production for Youth - an International Media Course at the Radio Nederland Training Centre, Hilversum, the Netherlands. Her areas of teaching and research interests are Video Production, Educational Video, Media Commercials and Television programme production. She has visited abroad like USA, Australia for attending conferences and paper presentations. She was awarded special prize for her project by CTDT on " Awareness about Child Sexual Abuse among School Students in Chennai".
Dr. A. Kannan has completed M.E and Ph.D degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University Chennai. Currently, he is working as a Professor in the Department of Information Science and Technology, College of Engineering Guindy Campus, Anna University Chennai. He is also working as the Head of the Department, in the Department of Media Sciences, College of Engineering Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai. His areas of interest include Databases, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Mobile Computing, Soft Computing and Security. He has published more than 325 papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings and authored 3 Books. He has more than 33 years of experience in teaching and research. He has guided 40 research scholars for their Doctoral Degree programme. |
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