Sociology and Sociological Theory

Exploring the Tomato

Mark Harvey, Stephen Quilley, Huw Beynon

Exploring the Tomato engages with an apparently simple fruit in order to reveal major changes to society and economy. It treats the tomato as an object of fascination and as a probe into major historical changes in twentieth century capi...

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Beyond Rules in Society and Business

Verner C. Petersen

This provocative book challenges traditional tenets about behavioral regulation in society as well as in business. Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourag...

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Negotiating Environmental Change

Edited by Frans Berkhout, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones

This book by leading researchers presents a critical review of debates in environmental social science over the past decade. Three broad areas are covered in ten chapters: the problems of scientific uncertainty and its role in shaping en...

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The Economics of Sin

Samuel Cameron

The Economics of Sin examines the definition and evolution of sin from the perspective of rational choice economics, yet is conscious of the limitations of such an approach. The author argues that because engaging in activities deemed to...

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Making Ends Meet in Contemporary Russia

Simon Clarke

This book reviews the available data to analyse the forms, scale and incidence of these phenomena. The author finds that so-called ‘survival strategies’ merely represent a continuation of traditional soviet practices. He demonstrates tha...

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The End of Marriage?

Jane Lewis

The modern day sees fewer marriages than before, and cohabitation is a major driver of family change. Jane Lewis questions whether this is – as many commentators argue and fear – a sign of ever-increasing individualism. Just as the or...

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Competing Capitalisms: Institutions and Economies

Edited by Richard Whitley

This authoritative collection brings together the leading contributions to the comparative study of forms of capitalism. An introductory essay presents the context in which these contributions developed, discusses the major issues raised...

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The Social Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis

Edited by Yun-Peng Chu, Hal Hill

This volume presents a scholarly insider’s perspective on the Asian economic crisis, examining the social, economic and political consequences of the crisis in six influential Asian economies: Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines,...

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Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management

Edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Vaughan Higgins, Stewart Lockie

As greater significance is placed on the relationship between people and their environment it is increasingly acknowledged that few environmental problems can be solved without considering the social context in which they arise. But what...

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Regulation Theory and the Crisis of Capitalism

Edited by Bob Jessop

This five-volume collection (with individual volumes available separately) provides a comprehensive overview of the regulation approach to capitalism and its crisis-tendencies. Edited by a major British contributor to the approach, the c...

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Capitalism, Socialism, and Radical Political Economy

Edited by Robert Pollin

This book demonstrates the continued vibrancy and relevance of radical political economy as a mode of social scientific analysis. Scholars and students in economics, sociology, history, philosophy and political science will find the ess...

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