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Cash Transfers in Context: An Anthropological Perspective, Hardcover/Jean-Pierre Olivier Sardan
Description Marginal in status a decade ago, cash transfer programs have become the preferred channel for delivering emergency aid or tackling poverty in low-and middle-income countries. While these programs have…Catre Magazin -
Intercultural City Identity & Human Intercultural Cities (H.I.C.). A Conceptual Ontological Model for the Social Co-Existence & Social Cohesion of Modern & Post-Modern Cities, Hardback/Eugenia P Bitsani
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Author(s): Eugenia P Bitsani Number of pages: 132 Publication date: 2014 Dimensions: 237 x 156 x 15 Cover type: Hardback Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti…Catre Magazin -
Meat Makes People Powerful: A Global History of the Modern Era/Wilson J. Warren
From large-scale cattle farming to water pollution, meat-- more than any other food--has had an enormous impact on our environment. Historically, Americans have been among the most avid meat-eaters in…Catre Magazin -
American Evangelicals. Conflicted on Islam, Hardback/Ashlee Quosigk
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Social Policy for Child and Family Development: A Systems/Dialectical Perspective, Paperback/Thomas W. Roberts
Description Social Policy for Child and Family Development: A Systems/Dialectical Perspective is designed to help students think critically and dialectically about social policies that affect children and families. Based on…Catre Magazin -
Going to Pentecost: An Experimental Approach to Studies in Pentecostalism, Hardcover/Annelin Eriksen
Description Co-authored by three anthropologists with long-term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in…Catre Magazin -
Capturing Quicksilver: The Position, Power, and Plasticity of Chinese Medicine in Singapore, Hardcover/Arielle A. Smith
Contributor(s): Author: Arielle A. Smith Since the turn of the century Singapore has sustained a reputation for both austere governance and cutting-edge biomedical facilities and research. Seeking to emphasize Singapore's…Catre Magazin -
At Home on the Waves: Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today, Hardcover/Tanya J. King
Description Contemporary public discourses about the ocean are routinely characterized by scientific and environmentalist narratives that imagine and idealize marine spaces in which humans are absent. In contrast, this collection…Catre Magazin -
Handbook of Arts-Based Research, Hardcover/Patricia Leavy
Contributor(s): Editor: Patricia Leavy Bringing together interdisciplinary leaders in methodology and arts-based research (ABR), this comprehensive handbook explores the synergies between artistic and research practices and addresses issues in designing,…Catre Magazin -
Policing Welfare. Punitive Adversarialism in Public Assistance, Hardback/Spencer Headworth
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Bound by Creativity. How Contemporary Art Is Created and Judged, Hardback/Hannah Wohl
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Momentous Mobilities: Anthropological Musings on the Meanings of Travel, Hardcover/Noel B. Salazar
Description Grounded in scholarly analysis and personal reflection, and drawing on a multi-sited and multi-method research design, Momentous Mobilities disentangles the meanings attached to temporary travels and stays abroad and…Catre Magazin -
Teach for Arabia: American Universities, Liberalism, and Transnational Qatar/Neha Vora
Description Teach for Arabia offers an ethnographic account of the experiences of students, faculty, and administrators in Education City, Qatar. Education City, home to the branch campuses of six elite…Catre Magazin -
Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction, Hardcover/Kosuke Imai
Contributor(s): Author: Kosuke Imai An introductory textbook on data analysis and statistics written especially for students in the social sciences and allied fields Quantitative analysis is an increasingly essential skill…Catre Magazin -
Sweetwater. Black Women and Narratives of Resilience, Hardback/Robin M. Boylorn
Presents a multi-generational story of growing up black and female in the rural South. This book captures the artistry, strength, hope, sound, language, and creativity shared by first-hand accounts of…Catre Magazin -
Radicalism of Ethnomethodology. An Assessment of Sources and Principles, Hardback/Martyn Hammersley
This book offers a well-informed and timely appraisal of the rationale for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. It examines some of the influences that have shaped work of this kind, and…Catre Magazin -
The calling of social thought: Rediscovering the work of Edward Shils, Hardcover/Christopher Adair-Toteff
Description Edward Shils was a central figure in twentieth-century social thought, as well as a pioneer in the social study of science and the academic study of universities themselves. He…Catre Magazin -
Individualism, Holism and the Central Dilemma of Sociological Theory/Jiri Subrt
Description Individualism and holism, the concepts embedded in the title of this book, represent two key theoretical perspectives that have for many decades steered and shaped sociological thought. For over…Catre Magazin -
Lives in Transit: Violence and Intimacy on the Migrant Journey, Hardcover/Wendy A. Vogt
Description Lives in Transit chronicles the dangerous journeys of Central American migrants in transit through Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork in humanitarian aid shelters and other key sites, Wendy A. Vogt…Catre Magazin -
Multicultural Psychology, Paperback/Jeffery Scott Mio
Description Multicultural Psychology combines research with actual real narratives to examine multicultural issues and capture the richness of diverse cultures. The text covers compelling topics such as differences in world…Catre Magazin -
Conceptual Aphasia in Black. Displacing Racial Formation, Hardback/***
This book presents a metacritique of racial formation theory. Across a diversity of approaches and objects of analysis, the contributors assess the 'conceptual aphasia' gripping racial theorizing in our multicultural…Catre Magazin -
A Guide for Sustaining Conversations on Racism, Identity, and Our Mutual Humanity, Paperback/Steve Burghardt
A Guide for Sustaining Conversations on Racism, Identity, and our Mutual Humanity is a hands-on guide for teachers, students, and agency professionals seeking to respond skillfully and sensitively to the…Catre Magazin -
Modern Spatial Econometrics in Practice: A Guide to Geoda, Geodaspace and Pysal, Paperback/Luc Anselin
Contributor(s): Author: Luc Anselin Author: Sergio J. Rey This book is the definitive user's guide to the spatial regression functionality in the software packages GeoDa and GeoDaSpace, as well as…Catre Magazin -
Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals, Paperback (6th Ed.)/Lawrence F. Locke
Contributor(s): Author: Lawrence F. Locke Author: Waneen W. Spirduso Author: Stephen Silverman Previous editions of this book have helped well over 100,000 students and professionals write effective proposals for dissertations…Catre Magazin -
Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Brief Second Edition, Paperback/Tanya Maria Golash-Boza
Description Ideal for instructors who want the flexibility to assign additional readings, Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Brief Second Edition, is a topical text that engages students in significant…Catre Magazin -
The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society, Paperback/James R. Beniger
Description Why do we find ourselves living in an Information Society? How did the collection, processing, and communication of information come to play an increasingly important role in advanced industrial…Catre Magazin -
Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film, Paperback/Jean-Anne Sutherland
Description The only text of its kind to explore central topics in sociology through feature films This one-of-a-kind text takes readers beyond watching movies; it helps them "see" films sociologically…Catre Magazin -
Sport Policy and Development, Paperback/Daniel Bloyce
Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely examining…Catre Magazin -
The Body. A Reader, Paperback/***
This broad consideration of the body presents an engagement with a range of social concerns, from the processes of racialisation to the vagaries of fashion and body piercing. Publisher: Taylor…Catre Magazin -
Understanding Children’s Development, Paperback/Peter K. Smith
Understanding Children's Development is the UK's best-selling developmental psychology textbook and has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and rigorous research-based approach. This dynamic text emphasizes the practical and…Catre Magazin -
Privilege: A Reader, Paperback/Michael S. Kimmel
Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male--as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a range of contributors make clear in this timely anthology. In an era when "diversity"…Catre Magazin -
Raising Parents, Paperback/Patricia Crittenden
Helping troubled parents to raise their children adequately is of crucial importance for parents, their children and society at large. Distressed parents have themselves often been endangered and, as a…Catre Magazin -
Classical Social Theory, Paperback/Ian Craib
Providing an account of the key ideas of classical social theory, this book establishes the relevance of classic thinkers such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel, their enduring significance, and…Catre Magazin -
Motivational Interviewing in Groups, Hardcover/Christopher C. Wagner
A unique clinical resource, this book shows how to infuse the methods and spirit of motivational interviewing (MI) into group-based interventions. The authors demonstrate how the four processes of MI…Catre Magazin -
Ethnographic Fieldwork 2e, Paperback/Antonius C. G. M. Robben
Description Newly revised, Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader Second Edition provides readers with a picture of the breadth, variation, and complexity of fieldwork. The updated selections offer insight into the…Catre Magazin -
On Justification: Economies of Worth/Luc Boltanski
Description A vital and underappreciated dimension of social interaction is the way individuals justify their actions to others, instinctively drawing on their experience to appeal to principles they hope will…Catre Magazin -
Cengage Advantage Books: Introduction to Sociology. 11 ed, Paperback/***
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc Author(s): Henry (Framingham State College) Tischler Number of pages: 544 Publication date: 2013 Dimensions: 277 x 217 x 21 Cover type: Paperback / softback Redescopera farmecul…Catre Magazin -
Borderline Citizens: The United States, Puerto Rico, and the Politics of Colonial Migration, Hardcover/Robert C. McGreevey
Description Borderline Citizens explores the intersection of U.S. colonial power and Puerto Rican migration. Robert C. McGreevey examines a series of confrontations in the early decades of the twentieth century…Catre Magazin -
United States Immigration Policy and Immigrants’ Responses. Past and Present, Hardback/***
The contributions in this book focus on U.S. migration policies, receiving society, ethnic communities and return migration. The authors analyze various aspects of migratory history ranging from the nineteenth to…Catre Magazin -
Understanding Art Education. Engaging Reflexively with Practice, Paperback/Jane Trowell
What is distinctive about art and design as a subject in secondary schools? What contribution does it make to the wider curriculum? How can art and design develop the agency…Catre Magazin -
Jewish Cuisine in Hungary: A Cultural History with 79 Authentic Recipes/Andras Koerner
Description Andr s Koerner refuses to accept that the vanished world of preShoah Hungarian Jewry and its cuisine should disappear virtually without a trace and feels compelled to reconstruct its…Catre Magazin -
Cities in a World Economy, Paperback/Saskia Sassen
Description Cities in a World Economy , Fifth Edition examines the emergence of global cities as a new social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas…Catre Magazin -
The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research, Paperback/Barney G. Glaser
Most writing on sociological method has been concerned with how accurate facts can be obtained and how theory can thereby be more rigorously tested. In The Discovery of Grounded Theory,…Catre Magazin -
Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape, Paperback/Josee Johnston
Description This important cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as democratic. Foodies frequent 'hole in the wall' ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in…Catre Magazin -
The Formations of Modernity. Understanding Modern Societies an Introduction Book 1, Paperback/***
Formations of Modernity is a major introductory textbook offering an account of the important historical processes, institutions and ideas that have shaped the development of modern societies. Publisher: Polity Press…Catre Magazin -
Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism, Paperback/Reginald Horsman
American myths about national character tend to overshadow the historical realities. Mr. Horsman's book is the first study to examine the origins of racialism in America and to show that…Catre Magazin -
Everyday Life in the Balkans, Paperback/David Montgomery
Everyday Life in the Balkans gathers the work of leading scholars across disciplines to provide a broad overview of the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo,…Catre Magazin -
Savoir-Vivre in the 21st Century, Hardcover/Nadine Rothschild
In the original French, this book is a practical guide to social living, good manners and etiquette in France and for the French. But this book on the art of…Catre Magazin -
PHILOSOPHIES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, Paperback/Piet Strydom
A collection of over sixty extracts from classic works on the philosophy of social science. It highlights the work of some of the influential authors who have shaped social science.Catre Magazin -
Hide, Wood, and Willow: Cradles of the Great Plains Indians, Hardcover/Deanna Tidwell Broughton
For centuries indigenous communities of North America have used carriers to keep their babies safe. Among the Indians of the Great Plains, rigid cradles are both practical and symbolic, and…Catre Magazin -
Clinical Diary of S ndor Ferenczi (Revised), Paperback/Sandor Ferenczi
In the half-century since his death, the Hungarian analyst S ndor Ferenczi has amassed an influential following within the psychoanalytic community. During his lifetime Ferenczi, a respected associate and intimate…Catre Magazin -
News 2.0. Journalists, Audiences and News on Social Media, Paperback/Ahmed Al-Rawi
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What Is a Case?. Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry, Paperback/***
The contributors to this volume probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and the results of research.Catre Magazin -
Contentious Politics, Paperback/Charles Tilly
Description Revolutions, social movements, religious and ethnic conflict, nationalism and civil rights, and transnational movements: these forms of contentious politics combine in Charles Tilly's and Sidney Tarrow's Contentious Politics .…Catre Magazin -
Global Sociology, Third Edition, Paperback (3rd Ed.)/Robin Cohen
Contributor(s): Author: Robin Cohen Author: Paul Kennedy "This new edition is an outstanding update of what I believe to be the best textbook for introducing undergraduates to global sociology. With…Catre Magazin -
Interpreting Interviews, Paperback/Mats Alvesson
This text offers a critique of traditional interviewing practices and provides a framework for thinking about issues such as trustworthiness, identity, and language in a conceptual rather than technical context,…Catre Magazin -
Tracking Anthropological Engagements/Regna Darnell
Description Histories of Anthropology Annual series presents diverse perspectives on the discipline's history within a global context, with a goal of increasing awareness and use of historical approaches in teaching,…Catre Magazin -
Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice: Relational Principles and Techniques, Paperback/Eda Goldstein
Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice traces the development of relational ideas from their origin in object relations and self psychology to their evolution in current relational, intersubjectivity, and attachment theory.…Catre Magazin -
AQA Sociology for A-level Book 2, Paperback/David Bown
Exam Board: AQA Level: AS/A-level Subject: Sociology First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2017 Build students' understanding with this concept-driven approach to the 2015 AQA A-level Sociology specification, written…Catre Magazin -
AQA Sociology for A-level Book 1, Paperback/David Bown
Written by a team of leading sociology authors, this Year 1 textbook is approved by AQA for the 2015 AS and A-level Sociology specification. - Feel confident that the content…Catre Magazin -
Managing Turbulent Hearts: A Balinese Formula for Living/Unni Wikan
Description How do Balinese manage to present to the world the clear, bright face, the grace and poise, that they regard as crucial to self-respect and social esteem? How can…Catre Magazin -
Social Science Research Design and Statistics: A Practitioner’s Guide to Research Methods and IBM SPSS Analysis, Paperback/Alfred P. Rovai
This book integrates social science research methods and the descriptions of over 40 univariate, bivariate, and multivariate tests to include a description of the purpose, key assumptions and requirements, example…Catre Magazin -
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present, Paperback/Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Are the ``culture wars`` over? When did they begin? What is their relationship to gender struggle and the dynamics of class? In her first full treatment of postcolonial studies, a…Catre Magazin -
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Theater in a Crowded Fire: Ritual and Spirituality at Burning Man [With DVD], Paperback/Lee Gilmore
Description Every summer, thousands gather from around the world in the blistering heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the seven-day celebration of art, community, and fire known as Burning…Catre Magazin -
Narrative Sociology, Paperback/Leslie J. Irvine
Description Narrative Sociology defines classics, identifies exemplars of narrative analysis, and delineates a field in the making. Table of Contents Part I: Varieties of Narrative - The Sociology of Storytelling…Catre Magazin -
Regimes of Language: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities, Paperback/Paul V. Kroskrity
In Regimes of Language , ten leading linguistic anthropologists integrate two often segregated domains: politics (without language) and language (without politics). Their essays contribute to an understanding of the role…Catre Magazin -
Cohabitation Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships, Paperback/Sharon Sassler
Contributor(s): Author: Sharon Sassler Author: Amanda Miller "We have fun and we enjoy each other's company, so why shouldn't we just move in together?"--Lauren, from Cohabitation Nation Living together is…Catre Magazin -
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands Before European Contact, Revised and Expanded Edition, Paperback/Patrick Vinton Kirch
The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, which are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are…Catre Magazin -
Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru, Paperback/Hillary S. Webb
Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World is an eloquently written autoethnography in which researcher Hillary S. Webb seeks to understand the indigenous Andean concept of yanantin or "complementary opposites."…Catre Magazin -
How to Think Like an Anthropologist, Hardcover/Matthew Engelke
What is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter? For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua…Catre Magazin -
Concepts and Categories: Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis, Hardcover/Michael T. Hannan
Description Why do people like books, music, or movies that adhere consistently to genre conventions? Why is it hard for politicians to take positions that cross ideological boundaries? Why do…Catre Magazin -
Working with Spoken Discourse, Paperback/Deborah Cameron
Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. It discusses current approaches, concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse and…Catre Magazin -
Ulrich Beck. A Critical Introduction to the Risk Society, Paperback/Gabe Mythen
A critical introduction to the theory of risk, reviewing the contribution of leading sociologist, Ulrich Beck .Catre Magazin -
Automating Humanity, Hardcover/Joe Toscano
Description Automating Humanity is the shocking and eye-opening new manifesto from international award-winning designer Joe Toscano that unravels and lays bare the power agendas of the world's greatest tech titans…Catre Magazin -
The Last Pictures, Hardcover/Trevor Paglen
Human civilizations' longest lasting artifacts are not the great Pyramids of Giza, nor the cave paintings at Lascaux, but the communications satellites that circle our planet. In a stationary orbit…Catre Magazin -
Knowledge Justice. Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory, Paperback/Jorge R. Lopez-Mcknight
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Owning the Street. The Everyday Life of Property, Paperback/Amelia Thorpe
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Florentine Codex: Book 12: Book 12: The Conquest of Mexico, Paperback/Bernardino De Sahagun
Two of the world’s leading scholars of the Aztec language and culture have translated Sahagún’s monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish…Catre Magazin -
Frank Little and the Iww: The Blood That Stained an American Family, Paperback/Jane Little Botkin
Franklin Henry Little (1878-1917), an organizer for the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), fought in some of the early twentieth century's most contentious…Catre Magazin -
Becoming Buddhist. Experiences of Socialization and Self-Transformation in Two Australian Buddhist Centres, Paperback/Glenys Eddy
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