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Mit analytischer Schärfe zeichnen Craig Calhoun, Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar und Charles Taylor in diesem Buch aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven die Aushöhlung unserer Demokratie nach. Sie beleuchten, wie die herrschenden Eliten versuchen, ihre Privilegien zu sichern, und wie individuelle Freiheit zum Feind von Gleichheit und Solidarität wurde. Aber sie zeigen auch Wege einer möglichen demokratischen Erneuerung auf: Zum einen gilt es, die Idee ...

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This book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. They examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption-building a world that is sustainable both economically and ecologically.

This book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. They examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption-building a world that is sustainable both economically and ecologically.

Featuring 1, 500 concise definitions of key terms, this authoritative, single-volume dictionary of the social sciences covers the vocabularies of anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism in an itegrated, easy-to-use, A-to-Z reference tool.

Craig Calhoun, Dilip Gaonkar, and Charles Taylor argue that democracies have embraced individual freedom at the expense of equality and solidarity, economic growth at the expense of democracy. Rebuilding local communities and large-scale institutions is now crucial, with attention to the public good beyond private advantage or ingroup loyalty.

A world-class introduction to the historical and continuing impact of classical theory on sociological debate The latest edition of Classical Sociological Theory offers students a definitive guide to the theoretical foundations of sociology and the continuing impact of the ideas explored by early theorists, including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton. The prestigious editors have integra...

Questions the social bases of cosmopolitanism and the continuing importance of nationalism. This book addresses the ways in which cosmopolitan theories may be biased from the standpoint of European and American elites. It is useful for students, and social scientists researching in the disciplines of sociology, politics and cultural studies.

The new edition of the definitive undergraduate guide to contemporary sociological theory, with updated reading selections throughout The fourth edition of Contemporary Sociological Theory offers a thorough introduction to current perspectives and approaches in sociology and social science. Covering a broad range of essential topics, this comprehensive volume provides students with the foundation necessary for understanding the theoretical un...

Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which we would like to experience but seem to miss.

Practicing Culture revitalizes the field of cultural sociology with an emphasis not on abstract theoretical debates but on showing how to put theoretical sources to work in empirical research. Each of the chapters in this book offer a provocative empirical case study of how culture works in practice and how practice makes and remakes culture. It is an essential tool for students and researchers of cultural theory, contemporary social theory an...

∗ This volume is an outstanding collection of critical essays on Bourdieu′s work, it provides the best critical appraisal of Bourdieu which is currently available. ∗ The contributors are well known and well established authors. ∗ The volume also includes a new essay by Bourdieu in which he replies to his critics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs.

Nationalism is one of the most pressing of global problems. Drawing on examples from around the world, Craig Calhoun considers nationalism's diverse manifestations, its history, and its relationship to imperialism and colonialism. He also challenges attempts to "debunk" nationalism that fail to grasp why it still has such power and centrality in modern life.

In this outstanding reinterpretation - and extension - of the Critical Theory tradition, Craig Calhoun surveys the origins, fortunes and prospects of this most influential of theoretical approaches. Moving with ease from the early Frankfurt School to Habermas, to contemporary debates over postmodernism, feminism and nationalism, Calhoun breathes new life into Critical Social Theory, showing how it can learn from the past and contribute to the ...

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Explores the repercussions and the possible economic futures following the global financial crisis

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