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Sociology As Applied To Medicine (PDF)
by Graham ScamblerThe 4th edition of this firmly established text gives a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of health, illness and health policy. Presents the principles of medical sociology and emphasizes practical issues. The text is concise, and designed in two colors with highlight boxes for easy use.
Sugar: A Bittersweet History
by Elizabeth AbbottMuch like oil today, sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influencing the economic policies of nations, driving international trade and wreaking environmental havoc. The Western world's addiction to sugar came at a terrible human cost: the near extinction of the New World indigenous peoples gave rise to a new form of slavery, as millions of captured Africans were crammed into ships to make the dangerous voyage to Caribbean cane plantations.
The auto/biographical I (PDF): Theory and Practice of Feminist Auto-biography
by Liz StanleyThis feminist literary study discusses postmodern ideas about the self, particularly about the way in which selves are constructed by biography and autobiography. The author particularly examines the manner in which women write about themselves.
Females And Harry Potter: Not All That Empowering (Reverberations: Contemporary Curriculum And Pedagogy Ser.)
by Ruthann Mayes-Elma
Heritage Of Our Times (PDF)
by Ernst. BlochHeritage of Our Times is a brilliant examination of modern culture and its legacy by one of the most important and deeply influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Bloch argues that the key elements of a genuine cultural tradition are not just to be found in the conveniently closed and neatly labelled ages of the past, but also in the open and experimental cultural process of our time. One of the most compelling aspects of this work is a contemporary analysis of the rise of Nazism. It probes its bogus roots in German history and mythology at the very moment when the ideologies of Blood and Soil and the Blond Beast were actually taking hold of the German people. The breadth and depth of Bloch′s vision, together with the rich diversity of his interest, ensure this work a place as one of the key books of the twentieth century.
Order Of Books: Readers, Authors And Libraries In Europe Between The 14th And 18th Centuries
by Roger Chartier Lydia CochraneOriginally published in French as: L'ordre des livres. Editions Alinea, ©1992
Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order
by Ulrich Beck Anthony Giddens Scott LashIn this book Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash discuss the implications of "reflexive modernization" for social and cultural theory today.
Political Theory And Ecological Values
by Tim HaywardThis book shows why political theorists must take account of ecological concerns as part of their core enterprise, and how they can do so. It mounts a challenge to the received wisdom, of political theorists and their ecological critics alike, that specifically ecological values go against human interests. In Part I, Hayward criticizes those accounts of ecological values which appeal to nature's 'intrinsic value' or advocate a 'non-anthropolocentric' ethic. Such appeals are bound to fail, he argues, not because their moral impulse is too demanding but because 'values' unrelated to human interests are conceptually incoherent. Insisting on them is politically counterproductive. Part II reveals how it is actually in humans' interests to integrate ecological concern into political institutions and policies. Following a nuanced discussion of 'self-interest', Hayward goes on to show how some ecological problems can be solved by harnessing humans' rational self-interest to market-based and fiscal policies, and others by using more enlightened interests in the provision of social goods. The argument regarding ecological problems that affect non-humans more directly than humans is that humans have an interest in self-respect and integrity which provides reasons to respect non-human beings and their environmental interests. The concluding chapter indicates how the articulation of ecological values in terms of interests makes it possible to integrate them into a political theory of basic social institutions. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in political theory and environmental studies.
The End Of Food: the coming crisis in the world food industry
by Paul RobertsThe emergence of large-scale food production gave us unprecedented abundance - but at a steep and ultimately unsustainable price. Relentless cost-cutting has made our food systems vulnerable to contamination and disease. More than a billion people are overweight or obese, yet roughly the same number are still malnourished. Over-crowded countries like China are already planning for tightened global food supplies. As the world veers back to a time of hunger and uncertainty, Paul Roberts explores the vulnerable miracle of our modern food economy and pinpoints the decisions we must make to avoid the coming meltdown.
Different Bodies: Essays On Disability In Film And Television
by Marja Evelyn MogkThis is a collection of 19 new essays by 21 different authors. It focuses on contemporary film and television (1989 to the present). The essays are divided into three sections. The book as a whole is designed to be accessible to readers new to disability studies, while also contributing significantly to the field
Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel (Hermeneia)
by John J. Collins Adela Y. Collins Frank Moore Cross
The Liberal Ideal And The Demons Of Empire: Theories Of Imperialism From Adam Smith To Lenin
by Bernard SemmelAs Great Britain and other Western nations built empires - both formal and informal - writers on economic and social questions developed theories to explain why and how advanced industrial states exercised control over colonial regions. Different schools of thought emerged: some anticipated the growth of a cosmopolitan economic order, others believed in a brutal imperialism necessary for an expanding capitalism, still others saw evil pre-capitalist forces at work. In this book, Semmel traces the evolution of the ideas about imperialism and discusses four major schools of thought: the classical economists; the social theorists; the national economists; and the Marxists.;From Adam Smith to Lenin, the subject of colonialism - and then imperialism - has remained controversial. Although classical economists offered visions of a prosperous world economy based on free trade, and liberal idealists argued that rational self-interest would eliminate aggressive mercantilism and wars of conquest, such "utopian" ideals proved elusive. Even defenders of capitalism noted contradictions between the harsh realities of the emerging industrial system and the optimistic economic theories that attempted to describe it. In the end, the critics - including liberal sociologists, national economists and Marxists - would win the day by defining imperialism in terms of historic demons: feudal aristocrats, medieval usurers and evil empires. These ideas, Semmel concludes, became props of the liberal, socialist and fascist ideologies of our time.
Women, Science and Society: The Crucial Union (Athene Ser.)
by Sue V. RosserThis work calls for women to come together to shape the research agenda for biotechnologies and reproductive technologies to guide their implementation in ways to benefit all.
Influences Upon Calvin And Discussion Of The 1559 Institutes (Articles On Calvin And Calvinism Ser. (PDF) #Vol. 4)
by Richard GambleInfluences Upon Calvin and Discussion of the 1559 Institutes - Articles on Calvin and Calvinism
Word and Image In Arthurian Literature (PDF)
by Keith BusbyFirst published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Gendering The Middle East: Emerging Perspectives (PDF) (Gender, Culture, And Politics In The Middle East Ser.)
by Deniz KandivotiThis book is a pioneering attempt to evaluate the extent to which gender analysis has succeeded in both informing and challenging established views of culture, society and literary production in the Middle East.
Microfinance And Its Discontents: Women In Debt In Bangladesh (PDF)
by Lamia KarimIn 2006 the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for its innovative microfinancing operations. This path-breaking study of gender, grassroots globalization, and neoliberalism in Bangladesh looks critically at the Grameen Bank and three of the leading NGOs in the country. Amid euphoria over the benefits of microfinance, Lamia Karim offers a timely and sobering perspective on the practical, and possibly detrimental, realities for poor women inducted into microfinance operations. In a series of ethnographic cases, Karim shows how NGOs use social codes of honor and shame to shape the conduct of women and to further an agenda of capitalist expansion. These unwritten policies subordinate poor women to multiple levels of debt that often lead to increased violence at the household and community levels, thereby weakening women's ability to resist the onslaught of market forces. A compelling critique of the relationship between powerful NGOs and the financially strapped women beholden to them for capital, this book cautions us to be vigilant about the social realities within which women and loans circulate-realities that often have adverse effects on the lives of the very women these operations are meant to help.
