For several decades, wealthy states, international development agencies and multinational corporations have encouraged labour migration from the Global South to the Global North. As well as providing essential workers to support the...

This book is a radical plea for the centrality of experience in the social and human sciences. Lash argues that a large part of the output of the social sciences today is still shaped by assumptions stemming from positivism, in contrast...

The question of how to lead a happy and meaningful life has been at the heart of philosophical debate since time immemorial. Today, however, these questions seem to be addressed not by philosophers but self-help gurus, who frantically...

The idea of socialism is making a comeback, particularly among rising generations. Their interest is likely to prove transitory, however, if socialism ignores their yearning for individual autonomy. Why should "soloists" embrace...

Culture, cultural difference, and cultural conflict always surround us. Cultural sociologists aim to understand their role across all aspects of social life by examining processes of meaning-making. In this crisp and accessible book, Lyn...

„What is the History of the Book?“ von James Raven bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die Disziplin der Buchgeschichte. Das Buch untersucht die Entwicklung und Bedeutung von Büchern als physische Objekte und kulturelle Artefakte im...

When the Treasury lost control of interest rates to the Bank of England in 1997, its status looked under threat. However, it quickly reasserted its power by dominating policymaking across Whitehall and diminishing other ministries in the...

"Acts of Resistance: Against the New Myths of Our Time" von Pierre Bourdieu ist eine Sammlung von Essays, die sich mit der zunehmenden Globalisierung und ihren Auswirkungen auf Gesellschaft und Kultur auseinandersetzen. Bourdieu...

"Security and Migration in the 21st Century" von Prof. Elspeth Guild untersucht die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen und Migrationspolitik im modernen Kontext. Das Buch analysiert, wie Regierungen weltweit zunehmend...

This unique book explains the central role that research paradigms play in the design and conduct of social research. The authors argue that social research should not just describe or confirm a social problem but should seek to find an...

This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicated by the wide variety of texts that inhabit our increasingly visual world. But, rather...

It had never been attempted before, and might never be done again. One man watching another man write a novel from beginning to end. On September 1, 2014, in an 11th floor apartment in New York, Lee Child embarked on the twentieth book...