Search results for “[Subject: social]”

• Author(s): John Kremer • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralAs an applied science, social psychology has tremendous potential to provide insight into so many aspects of our social w...

• Author(s): Hans Van Ewijk • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social WorkBeing socially competent is essential in late modern society. We expect people to find their own accommodation, partner, job, community and life...

• Author(s): Jerry Tew • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Red Globe • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Social WorkFrom the Back CoverOver-reliance on biological models in mental health practice has resulted in growing discont...

• Author(s): Veronica Dujon • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social WorkHow can we raise the standard of living of the world's poor and maintain high levels of social health and well-being in the developed...

• Author(s): Anonym • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralStudienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 2,0, Universität Stuttgart (Sozialwissen...

• Author(s): Neal Thomas • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesThis book examines the semiotic effects of protocols and algorithms at work in popular social media systems, bridging philosophical co...

• Author(s): Malcolm Spector • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareThere is no adequate definition of social problems within sociology, and there is not and never ha...

• Author(s): Craig McGarty • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralIn this book twenty-five of the world's most eminent social psychologists address what they see as the principal lessons to b...

• Author(s): Serena Romano | Gabriella Punziano • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis volume presents a new perspective for discussing the European social contract and its main challenges, bringing...

• Author(s): Devan Rosen • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesThis accessible, student-friendly book provides a concise overview of the primary debates surrounding the impact and effects of social...

• Author(s): Dennis Peck • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareThis unique collection of case studies introduces readers to many of the common yet extraordina...

• Author(s): David Inglis • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Sociology - Social TheorySocial theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act and...

• Author(s): Roberta Garner • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Parabola Books • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralRethinking Contemporary Social Theory outlines a new theoretical paradigm emerging from out of social construction theor...

• Author(s): Carsten Bagge Laustsen • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis textbook offers a new approach to understanding social theory. Framed around paired theoretical perspectives on ...

• Author(s): David A. Snow • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movements This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Com...

• Author(s): Stine Lomborg • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesInternet-based applications such as blogs, social network sites, online chat forums, text messages, microblogs, and location-based c...

• Author(s): Beth Fisher-Yoshida | Joan Camilo Lopez • Publisher: Information Science Reference • Publisher Imprint: Information Science Reference • BISAC: Sociology - Social TheoryThe application of theory to practice in addressing social transf...

• Author(s): Jeroen Bruggeman • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSocial Networks: An Introduction is the first textbook that combines new with still-valuable older methods and theories. Designed to b...

• Author(s): Aminkeng A. Alemanji • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis book looks into different forms of social exclusion in different societies or contexts. It is impo...

• Author(s): Kaori Kawai • Publisher: Trans Pacific Press • Publisher Imprint: Trans Pacific Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialAs the sequel to Groups (2013) and Institutions (2017), Others is the third work produced by a collabo...

• Author(s): Jeanne Kohl | Jane Reisman • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: ResearchExplorations in Social Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Applications offers real-life research exampl...

• Author(s): Robert W. Habenstein • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - General"It is much better," observed C. Wright Mills in an essay on intellectual craftsmanship, "to have one account by a working student...

• Author(s): Lisa S. Nelson • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Media StudiesIs social media changing who we are? We assume social media is only a tool for our modern day communications...

• Author(s): Trevor Noble • Publisher: Palgrave • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralUnderstanding and explaining the causes and consequences of social change has been an important concern of social theorists throughout the h...

• Author(s): Brij Mohan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Social WorkSocial media and the digital revolution have fundamentally changed the meaning of “social” and “work....

• Author(s): John Scott • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis book introduces the non-specialist reader to the principal ideas, nature and purpose of social network analysis. So...

• Author(s): Hans Zetterberg • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSocial Theory and Social Practice is a unique effort at applied social theory. Hans L. Zetterberg believes that social resea...

• Author(s): Theodore R. Schatzki • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis book addresses key topics in social theory such as the basic structures of social life, the...

• Author(s): Susie Scott • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralNothing really matters. All the things that we do not do, have or become in our lives can be important in shaping self-identity....

• Author(s): Hans Joas | Wolfgang Knobl | Wolfgang Kn Bl • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSocial theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly dis...

• Author(s): Eva Etzioni-Halevy • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - Social TheoryFirst published in 1981, Social Change offers a critical review of the main classical and modern theories of social change, an...

• Author(s): Eltje Bos • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Human ServicesSocial arts are manifold and are initiated by multiple actors, spaces, and direction from many directions and intentions, but generally...

• Author(s): Theodore R. Sarbin | John I. Kitsuse | Theodore R. Sarbin • Publisher: Sage Publications UK • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications UK • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis comprehensive volume explores the concrete implications of social ...

• Author(s): Zetterberg, Hans Lennart • Publisher: Literary Licensing • Publisher Imprint: Literary Licensing • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - General"Social Theory and Social Practice" is a unique effort at applied soci...

• Author(s): Naomi Barnes • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Sociology - Social TheoryFrom the Back CoverThis book demonstrates how pop culture examples can be used to demystify complex social theory. It provides tangibl...

• Author(s): Anthony Elliott • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralNow in its third edition, Anthony Elliott's comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction continues to be the indispens...