Sociology – Page 5 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The Refugee and Immigration Phenomenon in Lesvos (Greece) and the Attitudes of the Local Community

By: Nikolaos Nagopoulos, Nikolaos Panagos, Kostas Rontos

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This study highlights the attitudes of the residents of Mytilene, Lesvos, regarding the recent massive migration flow towards Europe and how it has affected the island. It will act as a useful tool for better policy implementation and is of great contemporary relevance.

Entertainment, Leisure and Identities

Edited By: Alyson Brown

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Beyond mere diversion, entertainment is how we forge our identities. This collection of essays reveals this vital process from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The Cultural Politics of Heiner Müller

Edited By: Dan Friedman

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Heiner Müller, one of Europe’s most provocative playwrights, was a communist banned by his own government. Infuriating both East and West, his work defied theater itself. In this collection, leading scholars grapple with his artistic and political legacy.

Colonial Visions, Postcolonial Revisions

Images of the Indian Diaspora in Malaysia

By: Shanthini Pillai

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This book traces the Malaysian Indian diaspora from colonial subordination to postcolonial identity. It uncovers the suppressed story of coolie resistance and reveals how pioneer immigrants choreographed the diasporic identity they left as a legacy for today.

Framing Globalization

Visual Perspectives

Edited By: Patrizia Faccioli, Jacqueline A. Gibbons

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This collection of readings explores the intersection of the global and local through visual sociology. It examines how images in various contexts reflect and generate sociological concepts, shaping our understanding of identity, culture, and belonging worldwide.

New Social Movements, Class, and the Environment

A Case Study of Greenpeace Canada

By: John-Henry Harter

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This history of Greenpeace Canada explores its troubled relationship with the working class. Through its actions against sealing, forestry, and its own workers, it illustrates the historic obstacles to a common labour and environmental agenda.

Travellers, Gypsies, Roma

The Demonisation of Difference

Edited By: Jean Ryan Hakizimana

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This volume explores new areas of enquiry in Irish, Traveller, Romani and Migration Studies. In a rapidly changing Ireland, increased acknowledgement of diversity makes dialogue between mainstream society, older minorities and newer immigrant communities necessary.

Platonism for the Iron Age

An Essay on the Literary Universal

By: Frederic Will

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The present book is a study of Platonic idealism as it can play out in daily life. It buttresses its defense of the Platonic through reference both to Classical Greek and eighteenth-century thought, and to language in the pressure cooker of the American street.

Trends in Contemporary Italian Narrative 1980-2007

Edited By: Gillian Ania, Ann Hallamore Caesar

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This volume's eight essays examine Italian narrative from the 1980s to the present, focusing on genres and trends rather than authors. It covers a wide range of themes, from detective stories to lesbian and gay writing, immigration literature, and dystopia.

This volume’s eight essays examine Italian narrative from the 1980s to the present, focusing on genres and trends rather than authors. It covers a wide range of themes, from detective stories to lesbian and gay writing, immigration literature, and dystopia.

China and the Global Media Landscape

Remapping and Remapped

Edited By: Gabriele Balbi, Jiang Fei, Giuseppe Richeri

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This book explores how Chinese media became a global force, remapping the world's media landscape. It examines how China’s system is shaped by others, while its own “going out” strategy influences film, broadcasting, the press, and the Internet worldwide.

This book explores how Chinese media became a global force, remapping the world’s media landscape. It examines how China’s system is shaped by others, while its own “going out” strategy influences film, broadcasting, the press, and the Internet worldwide.

Dispersion of Meaning

The Fading Out of the Doctrinaire World?

By: Matko Meštrović

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In a fractured world, how do we find shared meaning? This book breaks disciplinary barriers to connect art, technology, and economics, showing how a collective learning process becomes the heart of productivity in a new era of cognitive capitalism.

The Globalisation of Modern Architecture

The Impact of Politics, Economics and Social Change on Architecture and Urban Design since 1990

By: Robert Adam

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Since 1990, globalisation has driven shifts in global power. As design follows social, political and economic change, this book casts a new light on recent architecture, exploring the tension between universal iconic buildings and the need for local identity.

Women, Social and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Ireland

Dissenting Voices?

Edited By: Sarah O’Connor, Christopher C. Shepard

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This book explores women, social and cultural change in twentieth-century Ireland. The interdisciplinary work gathered here challenges monolithic representations of Irish female identity, exposing women’s disparate backgrounds and varied experiences.

One Paradigm, Many Worlds

Conflict Resolution across the Disciplines

Edited By: Mitchell Rosenwald

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One Paradigm, Many Worlds surveys collaborative, "win-win" conflict resolution across disciplines. It challenges traditional "win-lose" paradigms, documenting the merits of this approach in fields from education and human services to international relations.

One Paradigm, Many Worlds surveys collaborative, “win-win” conflict resolution across disciplines. It challenges traditional “win-lose” paradigms, documenting the merits of this approach in fields from education and human services to international relations.

Human Development IV

Edited By: Miguel Sancho

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Authored by a group of experts, these essays provide fresh research on key topics such as leadership, arts, education, psychology, and sports. The contributors consider social issues and challenges pertinent to contemporary life, for both students and the public.

The Social Economy

Poverty Alleviation and Social Wellbeing

Edited By: Masudu Alam Choudhury, Uzir Abdul Malik

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This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

Sexing Code

Subversion, Theory and Representation

By: Claudia Herbst

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Sexing Code proposes that the representation of technical ability perpetuates the association of the male with intellect and the female with the body. Challenging this, it highlights women’s contributions and demonstrates how gendering is a salient factor in culture.

21st-Century Gay Culture

Edited By: David A. Powell

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This collection of essays on 21st-century queer culture features authors from a variety of fields investigating the ever-fluid nature of labels and definitions. Topics include queer African-Americans, same-sex marriage, and French gay culture.

Signs of Hope

Deafhearing Family Life

By: Donna West

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Three deafhearing families challenge the view of deafness as loss, celebrating deaf culture and sign language as vital for family life. Winner of the 2013 Outstanding Qualitative Book Award by the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry.

Rethinking Diasporas

Hidden Narratives and Imagined Borders

Edited By: Kevin Howard, Aoileann Ní Éigeartaigh

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This book rethinks diaspora for the 21st century. It explores hidden narratives of the displaced to interrogate contemporary notions of place and identity, challenging traditional assumptions about migration, assimilation, and belonging.