![The Sociology of Privatized Security]( "The Sociology of Privatized Security")
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Swed, O. (Ed), Crosbie, T. (Ed) (2019)
The first book dedicated to the sociology of privatized security, this collection studies the important global trend of shifting security from public to private hands and the …
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![Bringing War to Book]( "Bringing War to Book")
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Woodward, R., Jenkings, K. N. (2018)
This book explores how military memoirs come to be written and published. Looking at the journeys through which soldiers and other military personnel become writers, the authors …
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![Nanotechnology and Scientific Communication]( "Nanotechnology and Scientific Communication")
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Bassett, D. R. (2017)
This study examines findings from a 4-year-long ethnography of communication among a research university’s community of scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and …
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![Alternative Discourses on Modernization and Development]( "Alternative Discourses on Modernization and Development")
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Kyong-Dong, K. (2017)
This cutting edge work offers an alternative perspective on existing paradigms of modernization and development that originated in the West from the vantage point of non-western, …
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![The Sociology of Fun]( "The Sociology of Fun")
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Fincham, B. (2016)
hat is fun? How is it distinct from happiness or pleasure? How do we know when we are having it? This book is the first to provide a comprehensive sociological account of this …
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![The Palgrave Handbook of Society, Culture and Outer Space]( "The Palgrave Handbook of Society, Culture and Outer Space")
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Ormrod, J. S. (Ed), Dickens, P. (Ed) (2016)
Societies have always been formed in a relationship with the rest of the universe. With rapid developments in satellite communications and imaging, space exploration and tourism, …
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![Phases of Terrorism in the Age of Globalization]( "Phases of Terrorism in the Age of Globalization")
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Jalata, A. (2016)
Phases of Terrorism in the Age of Globalization considers terrorism as an aspect of the capitalist world system for almost five centuries. Jalata's research reveals that terrorism …
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![Elites, Race and Nationhood]( "Elites, Race and Nationhood")
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Smith, D., R. Smith, D. (2016)
This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the …
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![Global Magic]( "Global Magic")
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Hornborg, A. (2016)
Modern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world views of non-modern peoples. This book reveals how our ideas about growth and progress ignore how …
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![The Sacred and Modernity in Urban Spain]( "The Sacred and Modernity in Urban Spain")
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Cordoba, A. (Ed), García-Donoso, D. (Ed) (2016)
This book explores how modernity, the urban, and the sacred overlap in fundamental ways in contemporary Spain. Urban spaces have traditionally been seen as the original sites of …
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![The Sociology of Space]( "The Sociology of Space")
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Löw, M. (2016)
In this book, the author develops a relational concept of space that encompasses social structure, the material world of objects and bodies, and the symbolic dimension of the …
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![Sociology in South Africa]( "Sociology in South Africa")
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Sooryamoorthy, R. (2016)
This book is the first comprehensive account of the history and current state of South African sociology. Providing a holistic picture of the subject both as it is taught in …
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![Space, Place and Global Digital Work]( "Space, Place and Global Digital Work")
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Flecker, J. (Ed) (2016)
This edited volume seeks to enhance our understanding of the concepts of space and place in the study of digital work. It argues that while digital work is often presented as …
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![Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe]( "Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe")
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Gullikstad, B. (Ed), Kristensen, G. K. (Ed), Ringrose, P. (Ed) (2016)
This book analyses the changing face of work, gender equality and citizenship in Europe. Drawing on in-depth research conducted in nine different countries, it focuses on the …
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![Sociology in Poland]( "Sociology in Poland")
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Bucholc, M. (2016)
This ground-breaking book provides a compelling account of the social sciences in post-war Central and Eastern Europe. The first English-language monograph to analyse the history …
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![The Future of Human Space Exploration]( "The Future of Human Space Exploration")
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Bignami, G., Sommariva, A. (2016)
For several decades it has been widely accepted that human space exploration is the exclusive domain of government agencies. The cost of performing such missions, estimated in …
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![Welfare Markets in Europe]( "Welfare Markets in Europe")
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Crespy, A. (2016)
This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization. The author argues that the …
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![Critical Event Studies]( "Critical Event Studies")
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R Lamond, I. (Ed), Platt, L. (Ed) (2016)
Critical Event Studies is a growing field, not just within event management and event studies, but across the traditional and digital social sciences. This volume -with …
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![Social Change and Creative Activism in the 21st Century]( "Social Change and Creative Activism in the 21st Century")
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Harrebye, S. (2016)
This book is a large-scale study of global creative activism. It explores how activists facilitate the cultivation of societal alternatives. Harrebye shows that social activism …
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![The Montenegrin Warrior Tradition]( "The Montenegrin Warrior Tradition")
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Banovi?, B. (2016)
Montenegro has been a much neglected part of former Yugoslavia. The Montenegrin Warrior Tradition aims to scrutinize the identity debates in Montenegrin public opinion over the …
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