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  • The Science of Society (RLE Social Theory)

    An Introduction to Sociology

    by Stephen Frederick Cotgrove ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    Two main criteria have guided the selection and presentation of the material for this text-book. Firstly, there is the claim that sociology is a science. Throughout, the emphasis has been on presenting sociological perspectives rather than conveying a mass of factual information. Science is essentially analytical. And sociology, if it is to justify its claim to be a science, must be more than ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

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  • Critical Perspectives On Educational Leadership

    Edited by John Smyth ...
    This book is an edited collection of original papers which challenge in a very direct manner the dominant behviourist and functionalist views that have come to entrap those who live, work and conduct research in the areas of educational leadership, and focusing instead on the structures and processes within schools as organisations that frustrate, distort and ultimately stifle educative ... Read more

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  • Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

    Sociological Perspectives

    by Peter Jarvis ...
    Series series Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society
    This book critically assesses the learning that is required and provided within a learning society and gives a detailed sociological analysis of the emerging role of lifelong learning with examples from around the globe. Divided into three clear parts the book:looks at the development of the knowledge economyprovides a critique of lifelong learning and the learning societyfocuses on the changing ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Governing the Present

    Administering Economic, Social and Personal Life

    by Nikolas Rose, Peter Miller ...
    The literature on governmentality has had a major impact across the social sciences over the past decade, and much of this has drawn upon the pioneering work by Peter Miller and Nikolas Rose. This volume will bring together key papers from their work for the first time, including those that set out the basic frameworks, concepts and ethos of this approach to the analysis of political power and the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

    Active Citizenship in a Late Modern Age

    by Peter Jarvis ...
    Series series Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society
    This is a book with a difference: it produces a completely new perspective on lifelong learning and the learning society and locates them within humanity itself. Five themes run through this book:Humankind has always been aware of the imperfections of human society: as a consequence, it has looked back to a mythological past and forward to a utopian future that might be religious, political, ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • International Political Economy

    Debating the Past, Present and Future

    Edited by Nicola Phillips, Catherine Weaver ...
    The book gathers together a set of lively, provocative essays by leading voices in International Political Economy to debate the evolution of the field, its current state and its future directions.Prompted by recent commentaries on the existence of a ‘transatlantic divide’ in IPE between an ‘American school’ and a ‘British school’, the essays provide a wide-ranging discussion of whether it is ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Power

    by John Scott ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    This far-reaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of the debates surrounding the analysis of social power. The concept of power is outlined, and its main dimensions are explored through consideration of various facets – command, pressure, constraint, discipline, protest, and interpersonal power. The book examines both the theoretical debates that have arisen and the kinds of empirical ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Care and Capitalism

    by Kathleen Lynch ...
    The logics and ethics of neoliberal capitalism dominate public discourses and politics in the early twenty-first century. They morally endorse and institutionalize forms of competitive self-interest that jettison social justice values, and are deeply antithetical to love, care and solidarity.But capitalism is neither invincible nor inevitable. While people are self-interested, they are not purely ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Welfare

    by Mary Daly ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    Welfare is an important concept in the social sciences. It is also challenged and contested not only by alternative concepts but also as a political goal in itself. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this book takes a fresh look at the continuing relevance of welfare in the context of public policy, recent scholarly developments and changes in popular attitudes and behaviour.The book connects ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Welfare Words

    Critical Social Work & Social Policy

    by Paul Michael Garrett ...
    ‘Systematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies’ - Niels Rosendal Jensen′A call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion.′ - Lel Meleyal‘An impassioned dissection of the highly coded lexicon of so-called welfare reform…get reading, get angry, get ready’. - Gargi BhattacharyyaWelfare Words analyses the keywords and phrases commonly used by policy-makers, news-outlets ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Education, Globalisation and New Times

    21 Years of the Journal of Education Policy

    Edited by Stephen J. Ball, Ivor F. Goodson, Meg Maguire ...
    Series series Education Heritage
    Education, Globalisation and New Times comprises a selection of the most influential papers published over the twenty-one years of the Journal of Education Policy. Written by many of the leading scholars in the field, these seminal papers cover a variety of subjects, sectors and levels of education, focused around the following major themes:education, globalisation and new timespolicy theory and ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Class and Stratification

    by Rosemary Crompton ...
    Inequality in its many forms is becoming an ever greater problem in modern society. The revised edition of this popular book explains why it is so important to understand class and stratification, and how the tools used to analyse these divisions can help us to understand and confront problems of inequality.This third edition of Class and Stratification has been extensively revised, expanded and ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD