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Society Culture Politics - HOME Society Culture Politics Culture and Politics: A Reader by Lane Crothers, Political culture is one of the central, but most difficult, concepts in political science. "Culture and Politics: A Reader explores this concept by compiling previously-published works that focus on the core themes of political culture research: Concepts and Applications, Culture and Globalization, Popular Culture, Civil Society and Social Capital, Social Movements and Collective Identity, Culture and Political Change, and Culture and Rationality. Each section includes general and article introductions as well as a "suggested reading" list. Taken together, these features ...

Culture Society Activism - HOME Culture Society Activism Culture Moves: Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values by Thomas R. Rochon, Some periods in history are marked by stability in cultural values; at other times, values undergo rapid change. How and why do cultural transformations, such as those affecting race and gender relations, take place? How does one value win acceptance in society when there are conflicting values competing for attention? In "Culture Moves, Thomas Rochon addresses this complex process and develops a theory to explain both how values originate and how they spread. In particular, he analyzes the crucial role that small communities of critical thinkers play ...

French Politics Culture and Society - HOME French Politics Culture and Society Can We Live Together?: Equality and Difference by Alain Touraine, In this book, a leading French social thinker grapples with the gap between the tendency toward globalization of economic relations and mass culture and the increasingly sectarian nature of our social identities as members of ethnic, religious, or national groups. Though at first glance, it might seem as if the answer to the question "Can we live together?" is that we already do live together -- watching the same television programs, buying the same clothes, and even using ...

Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa - HOME Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa by Naomi Chazan, X Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa The European Family by Jack Goody, This is a concise, yet wide-ranging, history of the family in Europe from antiquity to the present day. It examines the effects on domestic life of key social, political, and economic developments in European history, including the coming of Christianity, feudalism, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and most significantly, the Industrial Revolution. Drawing examples from across the continent, the text provides a broad comparative ...

Disabled Europe Favicon.Ico Regional Society - HOME Disabled Europe Favicon.Ico Regional Society Civil Society in Central Asia by M. Holt Ruffin, Central Asia, home of Tamerlane and the Silk Road, is a crossroads of great cultures and civilizations. In 1991 five nations at the heart of the region -- Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- suddenly became independent from the USSR. Today they sit strategically between Russia, China, and Iran, holding some of the world's largest deposits of oil and natural gas. Long-suppressed ethnic identities are finding new expression in language, religion, the arts, international alignments -- and ...

Society Activism - HOME Society Activism Psychology of Physical Activity: Determinants, Well-Being and Interventions by Stuart Biddle, What motivates people to be physically active? What is the 'feel-good' effect in exercise? We live in a technologically advanced society in which physical activity is becoming an ever more peripheral part of our daily lives. Although we recognise the importance of physical activity for our health, and understand the major health problems that lack of exercise can cause, there is still a widely-held view that exercise is time consuming and too hard. Psychology of Physical ...

Disabled Europe Regional Society - HOME Disabled Europe Regional Society Eastern Europe, 1939-2000 This book examines the post-war history of Eastern Europe from the perspective of social history. It examines the nature and impact of socialist dictatorships on life in the region, and reveals the extent to which phenomena that emerged during the dictatorships are shaping society in the region today. It also integrates research conducted in the archives opened in the last eleven years into a general history of the region. Europe by Mike Graf, Discover the diversity of the world's continents through this beautiful new collection of books. Young ...

Comparing Political Communication: Theories, Cases, And Challenges (Communication, Society, And Politics) (Paperback) : Author: Esser, Frank (EDT)/ Pfetsch, Barbara (EDT). Number of Pages: 418. Published On: 2004/09/30. Language...

Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship In Twentieth-Century America (Politics And Society In Twentieth-century America) (Hardcover) : Author: Jacobs, Meg. Number of Pages: 349. Published On: 2004/11/19. Language: ENGLISH

The Anarchical Society: A Study Of Order In World Politics (Paperback) : Author: Bull, Hedley/ Hurrell, Andrew (FRW)/ Hoffmann, Stanley (FRW). Number of Pages: 368. Published On: 20...

Liberty In Troubled Times: A Libertarian Guide To Laws, Politics And Society In A Terrorized World (Paperback) : Author: Walsh, James. Number of Pages: 368. Published On: 2004/06/01. Language: ENGLISH

Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, And The Internet Worldwide (Communication, Society And Politics) (Paperback) : Author: Norris, Pippa. Number of Pages: 303. Published On: 2001/09/01. Language: ENGLISH

The Seventies: The Great Shift In American Culture, Society, And Politics (Paperback) : Arguing that the 1970s were a formative decade in American history, the author probes the period between 196...

Max Weber S Politics Of Civil Society (Hardcover) : Author: Kim, Sung Ho. Number of Pages: 214. Published On: 2004/06/30. Language: ENGLISH

Years Of Discord: American Politics And Society, 1961-1974 (Paperback) : Focuses on the political history of the United States during the years 1961 to 1974. Author: Blum, John Mort...

Debating Deliberative Democracy (Philosophy, Politics And Society; 7) (Paperback) : Author: Fishkin, James S. (EDT)/ Laslett, Peter (EDT). Number of Pages: 320. Published On: 2003/02/01. Langu...