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The social science approach to risk has seen distinct paradigms developing in disciplines such as anthropology, economics, and psychology. This book traces the intellectual origins and histories of 12 of the established and emerging paradigms from the perspective of their principal proponents.

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The social science approach to risk has seen distinct paradigms developing in disciplines such as anthropology, economics, and psychology. This book traces the intellectual origins and histories of 12 of the established and emerging paradigms from the perspective of their principal proponents.

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A reader on the theory and research developments advanced by James S. Coleman. Essays focus on his contributions to social theory (emphasising formulations which have policy implications) and applications of sociology in public affairs.

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Illuminating key themes of classical sociological texts, this book shows how the ideas of Marx, Durkheim or Weber can be explored by listening to music, reading about celebrities, or watching award-winning films. Providing a fresh way to explore social theory, the text clearly shows the continued relevance of classic ideas in the modern world.

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This work examines the basic social-psychological problems that generate the need for social trust and other acculturation strategies. They look at the relation between social trust and risk communication, specifically how social trust might be used to transform public participation;

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These three essays on social science terminology examine commonly used words whose meanings, on closer examination, are not clear. The second essay, Models in Educational Theories, examines 15 usages of the term models, including the vogue expression paradigm, and finds little of use for the science of education in the concepts.

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This title analyses one of the core concerns of both classical and contemporary social theory: the concept of social structure. It does so through an analysis of the language of social theory.

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An analysis of rapidly increasing societal complexity. The 18 contributors propose elements of a methodology based on sociocybernetic principles aimed at describing and explaining the growth of societal complexity, and the contribution of "autopoiesis".

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In this book, leading sociologists expand the scope of their discipline by revealing the sociological aspects of the works of great philosophers, scientists, and writers.

Sociologists have long recognized that sociological insight can be gleaned from creative thinkers outside their formal discipline.

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This book provides insight into the lives and contributions of eigth master sociologists as perceived by their outstanding students.

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This book provides insight into the lives and contributions of eigth master sociologists as perceived by their outstanding students.

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In this unique collection, more than 20 sociologists assembled from across Central and Eastern Europe chronicle the impact political transformation has had upon sociology during the last decade of the 20th century.

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The author contends that sociology, the science of social reform, is tied to the modern project of creating normalcy. This project is not viable in post-normal times brought on by Covid-19 and climate change. Thorpe argues that sociology must be left behind in order to create a new global humanity.

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This book presents a sociological analysis of death and bereavement practices of American Indians with oral histories from select tribes describing their practices.

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A monograph that brings together a range of areas in the sociology of knowledge and education (epistemological, aesthetic, curricular, the world of work, educational policy) that are analysed in isolation from one another.

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This third edition introduces students to key principles in the sociology of religionfrom history and theory to contemporary debates. This edition features new material on the relationships of religion to race and ethnicity, and to gender and sexuality, the perceived rise of both fundamentalism and secularism, global religion, and more.

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In Sociology of Waiting, Paul Christopher Price investigates how people wait and analyzes what individuals do while waiting. Shining the light on waiting permits a far superior understanding of order, first come-first serve, and how society organizes itself around taking turns. Waiting gets at our ability or inability to pause and consider others.

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An ethnography of contemporary Java. It analyzes how language operates to organize and to order an Indonesian people. It exposes the ways a culture reconstitutes itself. It leads to insights into the 'accidents' that precede the formulations of culture as such.