This collection brings together leading sociologists to explore and build upon diverse aspects of Goffman's legacy and discuss key topics of his work. It reveals his contribution to sociology today.
Being and Worth extends recent depth-realist philosophy to the question of values. It argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves, whether we recognise it or not. This view is defended through and account of the human mind as essentially concerned with that of which it is independent. Conclusions follow both for environmental ethics - that natural beings should be valued for themselves, not just for their u...
This book addresses the rapid changes taking place in countryside management and their effect on the cultural landscape. Written by archaeologists and ecologists, it examines areas of cooperation and conflict between the two professions, considers current problems and their solutions, and speculates on the prospects for archaeology in the countryside in the 21st century. "Agri-environmentalism" has been a buzzword since the Rio Environment Sum...
This ethnographic study of a comprehensive school in the south of England explores the views of teachers, Asian parents and their children concerning education and schooling. Young people between the ages of 13 and 18 were studied to discover what parents expect from their children's school and how the teachers perceive their own role.
This ground-breaking study offers new challenges to those teaching, studying or developing strategies and policies in health and the environment.Bringing together a variety of approaches from different perspectives and different locations, the contributors examine the various dimensions of health ecology in a human ecology framework, examining how local, regional and global factors impinge upon the health and environment of individuals, commun...
Professor Milis challenges the accepted view of monasticism as a powerful social influence on medieval life, supporting his case with detailed arguments. 'A new assessment of the impact of monasticism on medieval society...a notable merit is that it obliges its readers to re-examine the assumptions which may have entered into their own consideration of the monastic role in society and led them to a different conclusion.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REV...
For more than a quarter century, Cotton and Wilkinson's Advanced Inorganic Chemistry has been the source that students and professional chemists have turned to for the background needed to understand current research literature in inorganic chemistry and aspects of organometallic chemistry. Like its predecessors, this updated Sixth Edition is organized around the periodic table of elements and provides a systematic treatment of the chemistry o...
Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis / Table of Contents -- Vorwort und Hinweise für die Benutzung / Kähler, Ruth / Kähler, Hermann -- Foreword and Instructions for Use / Kähler, Ruth / Kähler, Hermann -- Vorwort zur ersten Auflage / Foreword of the First Edition -- Quellenverzeichnis / Sources -- Monogrammteil / Monogram Section. A -- Monogrammteil / Monogram Section. B -- Monogrammteil / Monogram Section. C -- Monogrammteil / Monogram Section. ...
Dies ist die 2. Auflage eines herausragenden und äußerst erfolgreichen Softwaretitels, der auch von Amazon besonders empfohlen wird. Früher herausgegeben von VNR Computer Library, ist dieses Buch jetzt bei Wiley erhältlich. Zuverlässige Computer-Software ist der Schlüssel zum Erfolg aller IT-Unternehmen und -systeme. Jedoch ist es unmöglich erfolgreiche und zuverlässige Software herzustellen, ohne daß diese ein umfangreiches Testverfahren durc...
The Cold War examines the complex arguments which divided East and West following the end of the Second World War, and analyzes its eight major phases, including: * the emergence of the Cold War* Coexistence and Detente* Glasnost in the late 1980s. Combining factual overview and background discussion of the key issues such as the nuclear threat and who, if anyone, won the Cold War, with analysis of source material, students will find this a mu...
The latest developments in quantum and classical molecular dynamics, related techniques, and their applications to several fields of science and engineering. Molecular simulations include a broad range of methodologies such as Monte Carlo, Brownian dynamics, lattice dynamics, and molecular dynamics (MD).Features of this book: - Presents advances in methodologies, introduces quantum methods and lists new techniques for classical MD- Deals with ...
It is now widely agreed that learning is pivotal in the "knowledge societies" of today and, still more, of tomorrow. It is also widely agreed that schools have a key role to play in laying the foundations for lifelong learning for all of us. But, how well are these aims being met? How innovative are schools as institutions? And what are some of the most promising examples across OECD countries from which we can learn?This volume addresses thes...
Examines the social causes of the decline in life expectancy in Russia and Eastern Europe. Countries discussed include Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and East Germany.
This handy paperback in the Savas "Facts About" series covers all aspects of the famous campaign in surprising detail, with much hard-to-find information on the background of the participants, the Mex
..". intriguing collection... a recommended study for anyone interestedin the habits and personalities of great minds." -- ForeWordThiscompilation of reminiscences about Tchaikovsky the man is unprecedented in English.The memoirs, diary entries, and interviews written and conducted by hiscontemporaries show us both the public and the private figure: the law student, theprofessor, the philanthropist, the loving brother and uncle, the intrepid t...
This book addresses the rapid changes taking place in countryside management and their effect on the cultural landscape. Written by archaeologists and ecologists, it examines areas of cooperation and conflict between the two professions, considers current problems and their solutions, and speculates on the prospects for archaeology in the countryside in the 21st century. "Agri-environmentalism" has been a buzzword since the Rio Environment Sum...
1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender.Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around th...
General Practice and Ethics explores the ethical issues faced by general physicans in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes: the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities.
TV Living presents the findings of the BFI Audience Tracking Study in which 500 participants completed detailed questionnaire-diaries on their lives, their television watching, and the relationship between the two over a five year period.Gauntlett and Hill use this extensive data to explore some of the most fundamental questions in media and cultural studies, focusing on issues of gender, identity, the impact of new technologies, and life chan...
