Essays in Sociological Theory Book

EBook Description: Talcott Parsons needs little introduction to anyone acquainted with the literature of sociology. Few men have dominated their fields so much as Dr. Parsons does his.

This report addresses challenges in assessing the social outcomes of learning by providing a synthesis of the existing evidence, original data analyses and policy discussions. The report finds that education has the potential to promote health as well as civic and social engagement.

Lords and Communities in Early Medieval East Anglia Book

East Anglian warriors, monks and peasants toiled, fought and prayed during the tenth and eleventh centuries in order to establish the medieval landscape of East Anglia constructed around great abbeys, castles and manor houses. This book discusses the contexts which led to the creation of the medieval built environment from a regional and comparative perspective, following through the lives and initiatives of English, Scandinavian, Norman and Breton lords and their families. It analyses themes such as alliance and unification strategies, social mobility, ethnicity, the formation of lineages, and draws upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics and prosopography in order to further historical knowledge. Perhaps somewhat unusually it highlights the differences and similarities between the experiences of these lords and communities with aristocracies and social groupings in regions of Europe shaped by the feudal transformation.

Individualization: Instituitionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences Book

Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two processes: globalization and individualization. The book demonstrates that individualization is a structural characteristic of highly differentiated societies, and does not imperil social cohesion, but actually makes it possible. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that it is vital to distinguish between the neo-liberal idea of the free-market individual and the concept of individualization.

The Art and Science of Social Media and Community Relations Book

An ebook by Brian Solis of PR 2.0 and Co-Author of Now is Gone that examines one company�s foray into Social Media.

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A City at the End of the World Book

In the communications network of the twenty-first century, urban cultures will form the matrix of social and intellectual evolution. Nearly half the world's people now live in cities. 1 And though excessive urbanization is a chief factor in the global environmental crisis, the growth of cities is the dominant demographic trend of the future.2 It is from cities, large and small, that ideas and values will emerge which could well determine the fate of both humankind and the natural environment as we know it.

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