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  • The Civil Sphere

    A Concise Introduction

    by Peter Kivisto, Giuseppe Sciortino ...
    This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Civil Sphere Theory (CST). It reconstructs the development and key features of this theory and explains why it offers an original and compelling way of thinking about civil society.The book reveals the ways in which the various components of CST come together to offer an illuminating framework for making sense of the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Incorporating Diversity

    Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age

    by Peter Kivisto ...
    As the best single-source collection of classic and contemporary readings on the subject, this anthology will be a valuable reference to scholars of immigration, race and ethnicity, national identity, and the history of ideas, and indispensable for courses in history and the social sciences dealing with these topics.' Ruben G. Rumbaut, co-author of Immigrant America: A Portrait and Legacies: The ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Religion and Immigration

    Migrant Faiths in North America and Western Europe

    by Peter Kivisto ...
    Series series Immigration and Society
    This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of research relating to immigration and religion that have been produced during the past two decades.Religion, once a neglected topic in migration studies, is today seen as a crucially important aspect of the immigrant experience. For some - particularly those focusing on ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Citizenship

    Discourse, Theory, and Transnational Prospects

    by Peter Kivisto, Thomas Faist ...
    Series series Key Themes in Sociology
    A significant addition to the growing body of literature on citizenship, this wide-ranging overview focuses on the importance, and changing nature, of citizenship. It introduces the varied discourses and theories that have arisen in recent years, and looks toward future scholarship in the field.Offers an analytical assessment of the various thematic discourses and provides guidance in pulling ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Anthem Companion to David Riesman

    Edited by Peter Kivisto ...
    Series Book 1 - Anthem Companions to Sociology
    The purpose of this proposed addition to the Anthem Companions series is to add another title to a growing list of well-received publications (including the author’s prior contribution on Robert E. Park). In so doing, the goal is to reconnect some scholars to Riesman’s legacy and to introduce him to others. Specifically, the book consists of an editor’s introduction and seven contributed chapters. ... Read more

    $82.49 CAD

  • Race and Ethnicity: The Basics

    by Peter Kivisto, Paul R. Croll ...
    Series series The Basics
    Race and ethnicity have shaped the social, cultural and political character of much of the world, and remain an important influence on contemporary life in the 21st Century. Race and Ethnicity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to these potent forces. Topics covered include:The forms and dynamics of racial and ethnic relationsThe dynamics of inequalityThe relationship between prejudice and ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Beyond a Border

    The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration

    by Peter Kivisto, Thomas Faist ...
    Series series Sociology for a New Century Series
    The most up-to-date analysis of today’s immigration issuesAs the authors state in Chapter 1, "the movement of people across national borders represents one of the most vivid dramas of social reality in the contemporary world." This comparative text examines contemporary immigration across the globe, focusing on 20 major nations. Noted scholars Peter Kivisto and Thomas Faist introduce students to ... Read more

    $87.19 CAD

  • The Anthem Companion to Robert Park

    Edited by Peter Kivisto ...
    Series series Anthem Companions to Sociology
    The collection attempts to come to term with Robert Park’s legacy. As will become evident, the focus is largely though not entirely on the work rather than the man. Mary Jo Deegan makes use of aspects of Park’s biography to illustrate what she sees as his disavowal of developing sociology as a moral science in the interest of objectivity. The article by Martin Bulmer addresses how Park came to ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sociology of Religion

    Contemporary Developments

    by Kevin J. Christiano, Peter Kivisto, William H. Swatos, Jr. ...
    Sociology of Religion, Fourth Edition introduces students to the nature and function of religious institutions and practices while asking sociological questions about the changing role of religion in today's “post-traditional” world. Broken into three parts, the book opens with the basics of religious history and a review of key theories for its study. Part II, “Religion and Social Differentiation ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

  • National Identity in an Age of Migration

    The US experience

    Edited by Peter Kivisto ...
    This collection explores, from a variety of angles, the beliefs of citizens and noncitizens about the impact that contemporary migration to the USA is having on American culture and on national solidarity. As in other liberal democracies that have experienced mass migration during the past several decades, there is considerable fear and anxiety in the USA about what newcomers are doing to the ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Populism in the Civil Sphere

    Edited by Peter Kivisto, Giuseppe Sciortino, Jeffrey C. Alexander ...
    Even as the specter of populism haunts contemporary societies, scholars have not been able to agree about what it is. Except for one thing: a deviation from democracy, the source, it seems, of the precarious position in which so many societies find themselves today. This volume aims to break the Gordian knot of “populism” by bringing a new social theory to bear and, in so doing so, suggesting that ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory: Volume 1, A Contested Canon

    Edited by Peter Kivisto ...
    This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring such topics as the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more. Both volumes reflect a mixture of what ... Read more

    $244.99 CAD