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Politics of Intersectionality Social Change and Intersectional Activism: The Spirit of Social Movement (Hardcover)

Reading texts in relation to feminist queer and race theory and Buddhist philosophy this book argues that an understanding of spirit is critical to explaining the power that social movements have to change hearts minds and social structures. more

Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy: The Politics of Nihilism (Hardcover)

Contemporary politics is faced on the one hand with political stagnation and lack of a progressive vision on the side of formal institutional politics and on the other with various social movements that venture to challenge modern understandings of... more

Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy: The Politics of Nihilism (Paperback)

Contemporary politics is faced on the one hand with political stagnation and lack of a progressive vision on the side of formal institutional politics and on the other with various social movements that venture to challenge modern understandings of... more

Pre-Owned Understanding Social Movements: Theories from the Classical Era to the Present Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in good condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help. ISBN-10: 1594519161 ISBN-13:... more

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies The Unfinished Revolution: Social Movement Theory and the Gay and Lesbian Movement (Paperback)

The Unfinished Revolution compares the post-Second World War histories of the American and British gay and lesbian movements with an eye toward understanding how distinct political institutional environments affect the development strategies goals... more

American Fascism and the New Deal : The Associated Farmers of California and the Pro-Industrial Movement (Hardcover)

Social movement theory identifies factors that can predict the success or failure of social movements; however they have left out the influence of corporate elites. American Fascism and the New Deal makes a strong case for factoring in the strength... more

The Sociology of Philosophies (Paperback)

Randall Collins traces the movement of philosophical thought in ancient Greece China Japan India the medieval Islamic and Jewish world medieval Christendom and modern Europe. What emerges from this history is a social theory of intellectual change... more

Pre-Owned Art Of The Postmodern Era: From The Late 1960s To The Early 1990s (Icon Editions) Paperback

Sandler discusses the major and minor artists and their works; movements ideas attitudes and styles; and the social and cultural context of the period. He covers post-modernist art theory the art market and consumer society. American and European... more

Inviting Understanding: A Portrait of Invitational Rhetoric (Paperback)

This authoritative collection provides a comprehensive overview of the theory of invitational rhetoric developed twenty-five years ago by the volume editors. The book provides a wide range of resources on community organizing social justice activism... more

Crazy for Democracy : Women in Grassroots Movements 9780415916639 Used / Pre-owned

Through a mosaic of personal accounts newspaper articles feminist theory and critiques of social and legal philosophy Temma Kaplan aims to show the faces behind grassroots democracy who are changing the notion of human rights. CONDITION – USED:... more

The Modern and Perfecting Rite of Symbolic Masonry : A Freemasonic Reformation To the Glory of the Enlightened Humanity and a Movement for a Humanistic World Order (Hardcover)

This book provides: (i) a scientifically and philosophically rigorous system of esoteric training and social action; (ii) a method of understanding the reality of the world and the reality of consciousness; (iii) a philosophical approach to... more

What Motivates Cultural Progressives?: Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right (Paperback)

Public activism has grown significantly during the 21st century as a cornerstone of the democratic process. But activism regardless of its ideological roots is often interpreted through the lens of the culture wars―pitting social movements with... more

Language and Social Minds: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Intersubjectivity (Hardcover)

Combining theory from cognitive semantics and pragmatics this book offers both a new model and a new usage-based method for the understanding of intersubjectivity and how social cognition is expressed linguistically at different levels of... more

Contemporary Food Studies: Economy Culture and Politics: Veganism: Politics Practice and Theory (Hardcover)

What exactly do vegans believe? Why has veganism become such a critical and criticized social movement and how does veganism correspond to wider debates about sustainability animal studies and the media? Eva Haifa Giraud offers an accessible route... more

What Motivates Cultural Progressives?: Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right (Hardcover)

Public activism has grown significantly during the 21st century as a cornerstone of the democratic process. But activism regardless of its ideological roots is often interpreted through the lens of the culture wars―pitting social movements with... more

Pre-Owned The Arts of Ministry : Feminist-Womanist Approaches 9780664255930 Used

Feminist and womanist theology has reoriented an entire way of understanding our relationships to one another to creation and to God. Feminist social theory has reshaped education psychotherapy leadership decision-making collaborative work and... more

The Representational Theory of Capital (Paperback)

This book surveys the history of the idea of capital and offers a tool to its understanding. It uses philosophy social ontology legal theory and economic reasoning particularly macroeconomic concepts from financial theory to create an integrated... more

Studies in Social History: The Poetry of the Chartist Movement (Hardcover)

This book is a comprehensive analysis of a neglected aspect of Chartism its poetry. Here the Chartists are documented as poet-politicians. In order to show how much this poetry can contribute to a deeper understanding of the movement the poems are... more

Frontiers in System Research: Systems Methodology in Social Science Research: Recent Developments (Paperback)

From the beginning the systems research movement has shown a high potential for offering a conceptual framework for the understanding of social systems. Much of this potential has been realized but a major gap remains with regard to operational... more

Pre-Owned Concepts and Issues in Comparative Politics : An Introduction to Comparative Analysis 9780131565067

Thematic text focusing on major issues and theories of comparative politics rather than specific countries. The emphasis is on comparison as a tool for social science research for use in understanding broader trends in world politics. CONDITION –... more

Pre-Owned Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment (Hardcover) 0495603740 9780495603740

Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman s UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 10th Edition looks at the lifespan through the lens of social work theory and practice covering human development and behavior theories within the context of family... more

Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Theory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism: Social Movements Solidarity Economy and Global South (Paperback)

In the past decades social enterprise has been an emerging field of research. Its main frameworks have been provided by Occidental approaches. Mainly based on an organizational vision they give little or no room to questions such as gender race... more

Ritual as a Missing Link: Sociology Structural Ritualization Theory and Research (Paperback)

Up to now ritual has been under-utilised for studying human behaviour. This book narrows the gap in our understanding of the social causes and consequences of our actions by focusing on the ritualised behaviours that define much of our daily lives.... more

Lost Unicorns of the Velvet Revolutions: Heterotopias of the Seminar (Paperback)

This book examines the eastern European seminar of the late 1980s and early 1990s--an ongoing academic meeting place outside the formal rubric of the university--tracing its evolution into a social movement on the street and identifying the... more

Understanding Children s Worlds: Children and Social Exclusion: Morality Prejudice and Group Identity (Paperback)

Children and Social Exclusion: Morality Prejudice and Group Identity explores the origins of prejudice and the emergence of morality to explain why children include some and exclude others. Formulates an original theory about children s experiences... more

Pre-Owned Organization Practice: A Social Worker s Guide to Understanding Human Services (Paperback) 0205317596 9780205317592

This text gives social work students a background in organizational theory and shows how to apply different practice approaches when managing in multicultural organizational settings. The text is theoretically driven and focuses on historical and... more

Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations Collective Theorization (Paperback)

What is the relationship of radical theory to movements for social change? In a world where more and more global struggles are refusing vanguard parties and authoritarian practices does the idea of the detached intellectual observing events from on... more

The Moral Commonwealth : Social Theory and the Promise of Community (Edition 1) (Paperback)

Philip Selznick s study of moral and social theory establishes the intellectual foundations of an important new movement in American thought: communitarianism. Emerging in part as a response to the excesses of American individualism - particularly... more

Contemporary Systems Thinking: Critical Systemic PRAXIS for Social and Environmental Justice: Participatory Policy Design and Governance for a Global Age (Paperback)

The book develops a practical approach to public policy issues that have continued to be intractable because of a lack of emphasis on transcultural understanding. Sustained examples help to increase the readability and the accessibility of theory... more

Rethinking Critical Theory: Emancipation in the Age of Global Social Movements (Paperback)

In this broad-ranging text Ray assesses Critical Theory particularly that of J[um]urgen Habermas. Developing an analysis of such ideas as the public sphere communicative action and the colonization of the lifeworld he examines the insights that... more

Theories in Social Psychology (Paperback)

THEORIES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Theories in Social Psychology develops a deeper more robust understanding of the theoretical framework underlying the field. Providing rich insights into the central theories and perspectives that continue to shape the... more

Social Movements and the Collective Identity of the Star Trek Fandom : Boldly Going Where No Fans Have Gone Before (Hardcover)

David G. LoConto explores the development of the Star Trek fandom through a social psychological approach using symbolic interaction theory and strategic ritualization theory as well as ideas from Habermas and Foucault to track the fandom’s... more

Badass Feminist Politics : Exploring Radical Edges of Feminist Theory Communication and Activism (Paperback)

Badass Feminist Politics explores gender difference feminist methods stigma social movements mediated communication intersectional feminist theory and pedagogy. It is a testament to resilience resistance and forward thinking about what these themes... more

Labor Union Theories in America: Background and Development (Hardcover)

Five basic theories of unionism are examined: Protestant Christian Socialist and Roman Catholic Christian social movements the Marxian socialist movements the environmental psychology discipline and the jurisprudential history discipline. more

Darwinian Social Evolution and Social Change: The Evolution of Nationalisms (Paperback)

This book introduces the value of a Darwinian social evolutionary approach to understanding social change. The chapters discuss several different perspectives on social evolutionary theory and go on to link these with comparative and historical... more

Pre-Owned Encyclopedia of Social Theory (Two Volume Set) 9780761926115 Hardcover 1 edition

The Encyclopedia of Social Theory is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in understanding contemporary social theory. It examines the global landscape of all the key theories and theorists and presents them in the context needed to... more

Social Conservatives and Party Politics in Canada and the United States (Paperback)

This book will be indispensable for understanding why a movement so powerful amongst American conservativeshas been distinctively less important in Canada and how the character of Canadian conservatism means it will likely remain so. more

Culture Development and Social Theory : Towards an Integrated Social Development (Hardcover)

This important book places culture back at the centre of debates in development studies. It introduces new ways of conceptualizing culture in relation to development by linking development studies to cultural studies studies of social movements... more