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Conjectures and Confrontations
Science, Evolution, Social Concern
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This is the third in the series of volumes of essays that Robin Fox began with Reproduction and Succession and continued with The Challenge of Anthropology. Fox who has been described as "the conscience of anthropology" continues to have the same aim: to expose readers in the social sciences...
Democratic Problem-Solving
Dialogues in Social Epistemology
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
To what extent is neoliberalism undermining democracy and distorting the values of science? Can and should science be treated as an exemplar for a more dialogic democracy? Are universities and public intellectuals able to develop a more dialogically engaged public? What role should there be for ‘experts’...
by Aled Griffiths, John Williams, Gwyneth Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Social work law is at the foundation of all social work practice, from shaping professional boundaries to determining the level of intervention. Every case is complex and unique and therefore requires different legal treatment; this means it is absolutely vital that social workers not only understand...
Social Workers as Game Changers
Confronting Complex Social Issues Through Cases
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Designed to promote active, hands-on learning, Social Workers as Game Changers: Confronting Complex Social Issues Through Casesby Laura Lewis is composed of 11 chapter-length case studies that prepare students to address the types of challenging social issues they will encounter as practicing social...
Comedy and Social Science
Towards a Methodology of Funny
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
While there have been many sociological and psychological studies of humor, few can claim to be funny. Humor may be regarded as a legitimate topic for social scientists, but in general, they present their research rather seriously. In academia, humor tends to be trivialized and dismissed. This is...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
As the time-scales of natural change accelerate and converge with those of society, Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society takes the reader into largely uncharted territory in its exploration of anthropogenic climate change. Current material is used to highlight the global impact of this...
Uberveillance and the Social Implications of Microchip Implants
Emerging Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
In addition to common forms of spatial units such as satellite imagery and street views, emerging automatic identification technologies are exploring the use of microchip implants in order to further track an individual’s personal data, identity, location, and condition in real time. Uberveillance...
by David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
How is knowledge produced and used in cyberspace? David Hakken - a key figure in the anthropology of science and technology studies - approaches the study of cyberculture through the venue of knowledge production, drawing on critical theory from anthropology, philosophy and informatics (computer science)...
Societies, Social Inequalities and Marginalization
Marginal Regions in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
This book provides an overview of marginality or marginalization, as a concept, characterizing a situation of impediments – social, political, economic, physical, and environmental – that impact the abilities of many people and societies to improve their human condition. It examines a wide range...
Living with Environmental Change
Social Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Vietnam and the neighbouring countries of Southeast Asia face diverse challenges created by the rapid evolution of their social, economic and environmental systems and resources. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the Vietnamese situation, identifying...
Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy
Resistance and Destabilization of Racist Regulatory Policies and B/Ordering mechanisms
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
This book offers a unique contribution, exploring how the intersections among migrants and radical squatter’s movements have evolved over past decades. The complexity and importance of squatting practices are analyzed from a bottom-up perspective, to demonstrate how the spaces of squatting can be...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006
New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and...
by Edward J. Mullen
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
Social Measurement through Social Surveys
An Applied Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
How do academic social scientists and survey professionals use social measurement techniques? How are these techniques applied to specific concepts in empirical research? This book is an important resource for students, academic and professional researchers, offering an overview of both new and practiced...