Sociology & Social Policy

_x005F_x000D_ This book investigates the social conditions that underpin career choices based on a search for self-fulfilment rather than for material stability by focusing on the case of cultural managers. In the process, it proposes an innovative take on the analysis of social reproduction in cont..

Culture Divided..

Rather than considering thought as just an individual act, Culture in Mind considers it in a social and cultural context. Covering such diverse topics as the nature of evil, the process of storytelling and the defining mental illness, these essays offer fresh insights into the functioning of the min..

Being in the Zone shows how the experience of peak performance is one riddled with cultural and social factors. Covering a wide range of examples, from sport to music to work, and drawing on the most recent empirical and theoretical work, this is a book that will establish the new area of cultural a..

This title was first published in 2001. Given current movements in global culture, technology, mobility, economic integration and regime transformation, what is it that can or does hold a community or political entity together? From a variety of perspectives, this text examines the cultural politics..

This volume addresses the key question of the intersection of sociology and politics, and asks what a non-Marxist cultural perspective can offer the Left...

How does one achieve a sense of freedom and meaning in a confusing, over-bureaucratized, and unequal world? Scott McNall offers the compelling case that we do so by taking a stand to protect our identities and values, and by taking further steps to create a sense of community with like-minded people..

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

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This title was first published in 2011.After World War II, a systems approach to solving complex problems and managing complex systems came into vogue among engineers, scientists, and managers, fostered in part by the diffusion of digital computing power...

Cutting-Edge Social Policy Research is a careful selection of the finest papers from the 2004 Social Policy Conference held in Charleston, South Carolina. These presentations from respected experts spotlight the latest and best research on a wide variety of crucial social policy issues. Explanations..

We are living in a cyber society. Mobile devices, social media, the Internet, crime cameras, and other diverse sources can be pulled together to form massive datasets, known as big data, which make it possible to learn things we could not begin to comprehend otherwise...