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Sociology
Giddens, Anthony Sutton, Philip W.
Polity Press (2021)
- EAN: 9781509539222
- Páginas: 1152
- Fecha de edición: 2021
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The indispensable guide to understanding the world we make and the lives we lead.
This thoroughly revised and updated ninth edition remains unrivalled in its vibrant, engaging and authoritative introduction to sociology. The authors ... -
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The pursuit of wealth has captivated peoples attention for centuries. Yet, as a topic of social research, the way in which wealth is accumulated and unequally distributed has largely been neglected, remaining hidden beneath data ...
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Seven Essays on Populism
Biglieri, Paula Cadahia, Luciana
Polity Press (2021)
- EAN: 9781509542215
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha de edición: 2021
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This important intervention interrogates keystone features of the dominant European theoretical landscape in the field of populism studies, advancing existing debates and introducing new avenues of thought, in conjunction with insights from the contemporary Latin ...
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Can Democracy Safeguard the Future?
Smith, Graham
Polity Press (2021)
- EAN: 9781509539253
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha de edición: 2021
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Our democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the future. From pensions to pandemics, health and social care through to climate, biodiversity and emerging technologies, democracies have been unable to deliver robust policies for the long term.
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Crisis and Inequality "The Political Economy of Advanced Capitalism"
Vermeiren, Mattias
Polity Press (2021)
- EAN: 9781509537693
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2021
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Spiralling inequality since the 1970s and the global financial crisis of 2008 have been the two most important challenges to democratic capitalism since the Great Depression. To understand the political economy of contemporary Europe and ...
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Consumption
Hudson, Ian Hudson, Mark
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509535385
- Páginas: 190
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.19,95 €
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Consumption used to be a disease. Now it is the dominant manner in which most people meet their most basic needs and - if they can afford the price - their wildest desires.
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Value
Pitts, Frederick Harry
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509535668
- Páginas: 190
- Fecha de edición: 2020
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'Value' seems like an elusive and abstract concept. Nonetheless, notions of value underpin how we understand our lives, from discussions about the economic contribution of different kinds of work and productive activity, to the prices ...
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Communicating the Future "Solutions for Environment, Economy and Democracy"
Bennett, W. Lance
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509540457
- Páginas: 201
- Fecha de edición: 2020
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We are facing an unprecedented environmental crisis. How can we communicate and act more effectively to make the political and economic changes required to survive and even thrive within the life-support capacities of our planet? ...
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The Meaning of Thought
Gabriel, Markus
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509538362
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.34,95 €
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From populist propaganda attacking knowledge as 'fake news to the latest advances in artificial intelligence, human thought is under unprecedented attack today. If computers can do what humans can do and they can do it ...
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Gold
Bloomfield, Michael John Maconachie, Roy
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509534111
- Páginas: 205
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.22,45 €
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Gold remains a highly prized and impactful resource within the global economy. From the insatiable demand for gold in the electronics that permeate our day-to-day lives to the environmental desolation driven by gold mining in ...
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Few political ideas are as divisive and controversial for some - and yet taken for granted by others - as the ownership of private property. For its defenders, private ownership is a fundamental right that ...
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Sustainability
Cohen, Maurie J.
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509540327
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.24,95 €
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Sustainability is one of the buzzwords of our times and a key imperative for economic growth, technological development, social equity, and environmental quality. But what does it really mean and how is it being implemented ...
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How to Fight Inequality "And Why That Fight Needs You"
Phillips, Ben
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509543090
- Páginas: 150
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.19,95 €
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Inequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the ...
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The Asset Economy
Adkins, Lisa Cooper, Melinda Konings, Martijn
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509543465
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.19,95 €
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Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lions share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society a middle-class existence is out of reach. What exactly ...
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The Myth of Economic Development
Furtado, Celso
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509540143
- Páginas: 90
- Fecha de edición: 2020
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This classic work remains one of the most incisive contributions to dependency theory in the Latin American context. While agreeing with other dependency theorists that underdevelopment on the Latin America periphery was structurally connected to ...
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Data Theory "Interpretive Sociology and Computational Methods"
Lindgren, Simon
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509539284
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.20,00 €
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The datafication of our world offers huge challenges and opportunities for social science. The 'data-drivenness of computational research can occur at the expense of theoretical reflection and interpretation. Additionally, it can be difficult to reconcile ...
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Democracy Against Liberalism "Its Rise and Fall"
Tucker, Aviezer
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509541218
- Páginas: 213
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.18,95 €
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It should not surprise anyone that democracies can become dangerously illiberal; indeed, it was one of the classical critiques of ancient democracies. Is the contemporary backlash against liberal democracy merely the same old story, or ...
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The COVID-19 Catastrophe "What's Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again"
Horton, Richard
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509546466
- Páginas: 140
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.18,95 €
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The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest science policy failure in a generation. We knew this was coming. Warnings about the threat of a new pandemic have been made repeatedly since the ...
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Pandemic! "COVID-19 Shakes the World"
Zizek, Slavoj
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509546114
- Páginas: 136
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.16,50 €
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As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its consequences?
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Enrichment "A Critique of Commodities"
Boltanski, Luc Esquerre, Arnaud
Polity Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781509528721
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha de edición: 2020
pvp.47,95 €
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This book offers a major new account of modern capitalism and of the ways in which value and wealth are created today. Boltanski and Esquerre argue that capitalism in the West has recently undergone a ...
