This book brings together a collection of work from emerging and established scholars who have put forth a vision of what critical sociology is and what it could be in the early decades of the 21st century. Pushing beyond the theoretical outlines of sociological critique, the authors demonstrate how critical sociology is practiced through conceptual innovation and empirical analyses interweavin…
Chapter 1. Launching a New Methodology for the Study of Contemporary China -- Chapter 2. Applying the One-dot Theory Again to the Study of Contemporary China -- Chapter 3. Finding Fault with the Non-One-Dot-Theory Study of Contemporary China -- Chapter 4. Challenging Other Theories and Models in General and Those Related to Contemporary China in Particular -- Chapter 5. Sharing Some Major Findi…
Prologue, Part 1. Requiem for Plato and the Gods -- Prologue, Part 2. The Postmodern Context -- Chapter 1. The Science of Society -- Chapter 2. What about the Gene and What about the Brain? -- Chapter 3. The Social Lives of Minds and Brains -- Chapter 4. Thinking Machines -- Chapter 5. God and Society -- Chapter 6. The Social Construction of Mathematics -- Chapter 7. What Can a Sociologist Say …
Introduction -- 1. Framing Hong Kong (as Method) -- 1.1 “Hong Kong Liminal: Everyday Situations as Method” -- 1.2 “Sex and Freedom in the Chatroom: The Hong Kong Golden Forum as Method” -- 1.3 “Hong Kong as Feminist Method: Gender, Sexuality, and Democracy in Two Documentaries by Tammy Cheung” -- 2. The Local, the Global and the National -- 2.1 “New Orleans, New Territories” -- …
1. Introduction -- 2.“A Shining City”? Perspectives on the American Exception -- 3. “A Sea of Faith”: The American Religious Exception -- 4.“Equal Justice under Law”: The American Legal Exception -- 5. “Almost an Island unto Itself”: The American Sports Exception.This book examines what makes the United States an exceptional society, what impact it has had abroad, and why these …
Introduction to the Handbook; Karl Spracklen, Brett Lashua, Erin Sharpe and Spencer Swain -- Part One: Traditional Theories of Leisure -- Section One Introduction; Erin Sharpe -- 1. Islam and Leisure; Kirsten Walseth and Mahfoud Amara -- 2. Centring Leisure: A Hindu View of Leisure; Veena Sharma -- 3. Listening to 19th Century Kanaka ʻŌiwi Voices; Re-Imagining the Possibilities for Leisure; K…
1. Introduction -- 2. The New Face of Food Insecurity -- 3. Consent and Exploitation -- 4. Obesity and Coercion -- 5. Moving Forward. .This book argues that the factors contributing to obesity as a product of food insecurity have risen largely from the exploitation of vulnerable communities. In the past, food insecurity has been understood as primarily a matter of famine, hunger, and undernutr…
Foreword. Gentrification and Retail Change -- Chapter 1. The 'Death' of the High Street -- Chapter 2. Going Out of Town -- Chapter 3. Reviving the High Street -- Chapter 4. 24-Hour Party People -- Chapter 5. Sexing it Up -- Chapter 6. Place Your Bets -- Chapter 7. Fast Food, Slow Food -- Chapter 8. Bohemia on the High Street -- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Vital and Viable?.This book analyses the soc…
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