Wiley: All Sociology Titles

The Posthuman

Rosi Braidotti — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our globally linked and technologically mediated societies. This has blurred the traditional distinction between the human and its others, exposing the non-naturalistic structure of the human.

Can Democracy Be Saved?: Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements

Donatella Della Porta — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new opportunities are emerging that propose alternative visions for the future of democracy.

In this highly articulate book, Donatella della Porta analyses diverse conceptions and practices of participatory and deliberative democracy, building upon recent reflections

The Sociology of Health and Illness, 3rd Edition

Sarah Nettleton — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Sarah Nettleton’s The Sociology of Health and Illnesshas become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the field. Building on these strengths, the third edition integrates fresh insights from the current literature with the core tenets of traditional medical sociology, providing students with a thorough grounding in the sociology of health and illness.

The text covers a diversity of

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Can Democracy Be Saved?: Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements

Donatella Della Porta — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In this highly articulate book, Donatella della Porta analyses diverse conceptions and practices of participatory and deliberative democracy, building upon recent reflections

The Politics of Volunteering

Nina Eliasoph — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Many of us may have participated in grassroots groups, changing the world in small and big ways, from building playgrounds and feeding the homeless, to protesting wars and ending legal segregation. Beyond the obvious fruits of these activities, what are the broader consequences of volunteering for the participants, recipients of aid, and society as a whole?

In this engaging new book, Nina Eliasoph encourages readers to reflect on their own experiences

The Politics of Volunteering

Nina Eliasoph — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In this engaging new book, Nina Eliasoph encourages readers to reflect on their own experiences

Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others

James Gilligan — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been "hiding in plain sight" for the past century - namely, that when America's conservative party, the Republicans, have gained the presidency, the country has repeatedly suffered from epidemics of violent death. Rates of both suicide and homicide have sky-rocketed. The reasons are all too obvious

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

Max More (Editor), Natasha Vita-More (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking

The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

Max More (Editor), Natasha Vita-More (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking

Politics in the Age of Austerity

Wolfgang Streeck, Armin Schafer — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In a world of increasing austerity measures, democratic politics comes under pressure. With the need to consolidate budgets and to accommodate financial markets, the responsiveness of governments to voters declines. However, democracy depends on choice. Citizens must be able to influence the course of government through elections and if a change in government cannot translate into different policies, democracy is incapacitated.

Many mature democracies

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Politics in the Age of Austerity

Wolfgang Streeck, Armin Schafer — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Sociology for AS AQA, 4th Edition

Ken Browne — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The fourth edition of Ken Browne’s widely used textbook has been extensively revised to satisfy fully the AQA’s AS sociology specification. The book combines sociological rigour and accessibility in a way unrivalled by any other book at this level.

Drawing on insights from recent examiners’ reports and mark schemes, and restructuring the materials to follow more closely the AS specification and the AQA’s recommended scheme of work, the new edition

Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction, 3rd Edition

Alan Aldridge — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies. Almost all societies seek to cultivate religions and faith communities as sources of social stability and engines of social progress. They also try to combat real and imagined abuses and excess, regulating

Ageing

Christopher Phillipson — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes to cultural, economic and social life. This book interrogates various understandings of ageing, and provides a critical assessment of attitudes and responses to the development of ageing societies, placing these in the context of a variety of historical and sociological debates.

Written in a highly accessible

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Urban China

Xuefei Ren — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - governance, migration, landscape, inequality, and cultural economy.

Based

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Urban China

Xuefei Ren — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Ageing

Christopher Phillipson — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The Sociology of Health and Illness, 3rd Edition

Sarah Nettleton — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Moral Blindness: The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity

Zygmunt Bauman, Leonidas Donskis — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one’s ethical gaze. Evil and moral blindness lurk in what we take as normality and in the triviality and banality of everyday life, and not just in the abnormal and exceptional

Towards an Economic Sociology of Law

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Reflecting a developing trend towards interdisciplinary research in economics and law, this agenda-setting volume makes the case for economic sociology of law – an emerging field that draws on empirical, analytical and normative insights from sociology to investigate relationships between legal and economic phenomena. It locates this novel subject in a wider socio-legal tradition and identifies common ground between Polanyian and Weberian approaches