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  • Artists, Cosmopolitanism, and the Civic Imagination

    Artists as Political Agents

    by Maria Rovisco ...
    Series series Global Connections
    Artists, Cosmopolitanism, and the Civic Imagination unpacks the political agency of artists by looking at artists as moral, reflexive, and political agents. Do artists play a role in civil society? Can artists “make a difference” in the world? In what ways do artists act politically? To address these questions, this book moves away from a focus on social organisation and the production of art, to ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Social Movements and Everyday Acts of Resistance

    Solidarity in a Changing World

    Edited by Stamatis Poulakidakos, Anastasia Veneti, Maria Rovisco ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Political Sociology
    This book focuses on small-scale mobilisation and everyday social movements that take the form of grassroots resistance and solidarity initiatives. Through a series of case studies drawn from the UK, Europe, India, and Latin America, it examines the dynamics and role of micro-acts of resistance, with attention to a range of themes including organisational issues, the construction of collective ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Visual Politics in the Global South

    Edited by Anastasia Veneti, Maria Rovisco ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The role of the visual in politics is gaining momentum in scholarly work concerned with the current social media landscape. It is widely acknowledged that the production, dissemination and consumption of visual products in the Global South is powerfully shaped by geo-politics and a power dynamics in which the Global North dominates the South (the cultural imperialism argument). However, scant ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Cosmopolitanism in Practice

    by Maria Rovisco ...
    What makes people cosmopolitan? How is cosmopolitanism shaping everyday life experiences and the practices of ordinary people? Making use of empirical research, Cosmopolitanism in Practice examines the concrete settings in which individuals display cosmopolitan sensibilities and dispositions, illustrating the ways in which cosmopolitan self-transformations can be used as an analytical tool to ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Taking the Square

    Mediated Dissent and Occupations of Public Space

    Edited by Maria Rovisco, Jonathan Corpus Ong ...
    Series series Radical Subjects in International Politics
    From the Arab uprisings to the indignados movement and the global Occupy sit-ins, recent protests and civil unrest have sparked new debates about political organisation, media representation and the nature of contemporary citizenship. But is there anything new about these occupations of public space? How are these protests legitimised or undermined by the intense mediation of streets and squares? ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Cosmopolitanism, Religion and the Public Sphere

    Edited by Maria Rovisco, Sebastian Kim ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
    Although emerging scholarship in the social sciences suggests that religion can be a potential catalyst of cosmopolitanism and global citizenship, few attempts have been made to bring to the fore new theoretical positions and empirical analyses of how cosmopolitanism -- as a philosophical notion, a practice and identity outlook -- can also shape and inform concrete religious affiliations. Key ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • The Ashgate Research Companion to Cosmopolitanism

    Edited by Maria Rovisco, Magdalena Nowicka ...
    The study of Cosmopolitanism has been transformed in the last 20 years and the subject itself has become highly discussed across the social sciences and the humanities. The Ashgate Research Companion to Cosmopolitanism pursues distinct theoretical orientations and empirical analyses, bringing together mainstream discussions with the newest thinking and developments on the main themes, debates and ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

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  • Mediation and Protest Movements

    Edited by Bart Cammaerts, Alice Mattoni, Patrick McCurdy ...
    Over the past year, international and national media have been full of stories about protest movements and tumultuous social upheaval from Tunisia to California. But scholars have not yet fully addressed the connection between these movements and the media and communication channels through which their messages spread. Correcting that imbalance, Mediation and Protest Movements explores the nature ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Globalization and Culture

    by John Tomlinson ...
    Globalization is now widely discussed but the debates often remain locked within particular disciplinary discourses. This book brings together for the first time a social theory and cultural studies approach to the understanding of globalization.The book starts with an analysis of the relationship between the globalization process and contemporary culture change and goes on to relate this to ... Read more

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  • Cultural Sociology

    An Introduction

    by Les Back, Andy Bennett, Laura Desfor Edles, Margaret Gibson, David Inglis, Ron Jacobs, Ian Woodward ...
    Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology.A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant field which provides ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Cosmopolitan Vision

    by Ciaran Cronin, Ulrich Beck ...
    In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization. Beck draws extensively on empirical and theoretical analyses of such phenomena as migration, war and terror, as well as a range of literary and historical works, to weave a rich ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy

    Edited by Victoria Durrer, Toby Miller, Dave O'Brien ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Cultural policy intersects with political, economic, and socio-cultural dynamics at all levels of society, placing high and often contradictory expectations on the capabilities and capacities of the media, the fine, performing, and folk arts, and cultural heritage. These expectations are articulated, mobilised and contested at – and across – a global scale. As a result, the study of cultural ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD