2018, ISBN: 9788131525234

Hardcover

Ann Arbor:: The University of Michigan Press, 2003. 6" wide by 9" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, tight copy. Cover has just a touch of rubbing at the corners. The spine is squ… More...

Ann Arbor:: The University of Michigan Press, 2003. 6" wide by 9" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, tight copy. Cover has just a touch of rubbing at the corners. The spine is square and flat with NO creases -- apparently never read. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Text pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Among this volume's contributors are Lennard J. Davis, Matthew Diller, Harlan Hahn, Linda Hamilton Krieger, Vicki A. Laden, Stephen L. Percy, Marta Russell, and Gregory Schwartz. List of chapter notes/sources/bibliographical references after each chapter. Index. Bound in the original pictorial wrappers. From the rear cover: "For civil rights lawyers who had toiled through the 1980s in the increasingly barren fields of race and sex discrimination law, the seemingly charmed passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 by a nearly through the U.S. House and Senate and across a Republican president's desk seemed almost fantastical. Not long after the act's effective date, however, members of the disability community began to voice fears of an unfolding assault on the ADA by federal judges, the media, and other national opinion-makers. After the Supreme Court issued decisions sharply limiting the ADA's reach, followed by a decision the following summer invalidating an entire title of the act as it applied to the states, disability activists and disability rights lawyers were speaking openly of a backlash against the ADA. What happened, why did it happen, and what can we learn from the patterns of public, media, and judicial response to the ADA that emerged in the past decade? In this book, a distinguished group of disability activists, disability rights lawyers, and scholars from political science, history, law, sociology, psychology, and English literature whose work centers on disability grapple with these questions. Taken together, these essays construct and illustrate a powerful new model of socio-legal change and retrenchment that can inform both scholarship and activism. This book will interest disability rights activists, lawyers, law students and legal scholars interested in social justice and social change movements, and students and scholars in disability studies, political science, media studies, American studies, social movement theory, and legal history... Linda Hamilton Krieger is Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.". First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. (viii), 408pp.., The University of Michigan Press, 2003, 4, New York, NY: MacMillan: the Free Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine DJ: The Book shows a slight cock to the binding, which remains perfectly secure; else flawless; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a minor unobtrusive imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows a tick of wear at the upper front corner tip; else flawless; unclipped; mylar-protected. Attractive and intact. Virtulally "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large 8vo. (9.55 x 6.5 x 1.35 inches). Index. Language: English. Weight: 27ounces. First Edition (1983) , second printing. Hardback with DJ. A sympathetic, yet objective biography of a very controversial academic. Mills was a towering, even legendary figure in American academic sociology at mid-century, and just about everything he did was provocative, trend setting, and often downright outrageous. This iconoclastic motorcycle-riding monster of a man (he was well over six feet and quite imposing physically) refused to be typecast, constrained, or politically correct even in the depths of the straight-laced '50s. There is an amusing story about him most graduate students have heard various versions of regarding Columbia University's vain attempts to get him into line. Mills love to teach sans tie or suit coat in an open white collared shirt and slacks. Evidently someone complained he was not meeting professional dress standards, and the Dean told him he must henceforth always wear a coat and tie in classroom. Sure enough the next day Mills showed up to teach class attired in a suit with tie dutifully tied around his neck, sans shirt! Mills' prolific published work was also very controversial, from "White Collar", a well documented description of the nature of the emerging affluent American middle class, to "The Power Elite", a hard-hitting critique of the nature of wealth, status and power in the United States, to "The Sociological Imagination", an articulate and approachable appeal to a return to classic sociological perspectives and avoiding the twin horns of what he termed to be a foolish and pointless excessive focus on either "high theory" or "research methods" rather than on important and cogent sociological analysis. No one can deny the sheer laser power of his piercing intellect, or his willingness to take on the establishment and tell things the way he saw them, often to the great detriment of his academic career. This is a worthwhile, carefully researched, and absolutely entertaining biography and overview of a man and his work. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; x, 341 pages ., MacMillan: the Free Press, 1983, 4, Oxford University Press, 2012. Soft cover. Fine. 25-20-4. Very Good Condition No Highlighting Or Writing. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos In 15 Chapters And Approximately 500 Pages, Clarke Has Presented A Well-Written And Student Friendly Overview Of The Main Issues Surrounding The Sociology Of Health And Illness And The Sociology Of Medicine In Our Country. The First Section Opens With A Discussion Of The Basic Sociological Perspectives, And Ways Of Thinking About Health, Illness, And Medicine. Chapter One Addresses All Of The Major Sociological Approaches: Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, Feminist Theory, And Conflict Theory. Part Two Addresses Critical Issues In The Sociology Of Health And Illness: Disease And Death In Canada; Environmental And Occupational Health And Illness; Social Inequity, Disease, And Death (Including Age And Gender Factors As Well As Class, Race, And Ethnicity Factors); The Experience Of Being Ill Including An Inside View Of How Illness Is Experienced And A Unique Case Study On Women And Cancer. The Third Part Is Devoted To The Sociology Of Medicine. This Is Very Significant; It Allows The Book To Branch Out Of Sociology Courses And Into Nursing Courses. Eight Out Of The Book's Total 16 Chapters Are In This Section. This Section Is Particularly Strong. Chapters Here Investigate The Social Construction Of Scientific And Medical Knowledge And Medical Practice; Medicalization: The Medical-Moral Mix; Medical Practitioners, Medicare, And The State; The Medical Profession; A Critical Assessment Of The Medical Care System In Canada; Nurses And Midwives In A Changing Health-Care System; Complementary And Alternative Medicine; And The Medical-Industrial Complex., Oxford University Press, 2012, 5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". x, 262pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, and edges of cloth over boards. Gentle bumps to corners of boards. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Relying on a series of empirical workplace studies as well as an extensive review of psychological, sociological and educational literature, the authors develop a framework for examining human competence as a process of networked expertise. Networked expertise refers to competencies that arise from social interaction, knowledge sharing, and collective problem solving. These are embedded in communities and organized groups of experts and professionals. Cognition and intelligent activity are not only individual and mental processes but ones which rely on socio-culturally developed cognitive tools. These include physical and conceptual artifacts as well as socially distributed and shared processes of intelligent activity embedded in complex social and cultural environments. Networked expertise is relational in nature. It is constituted in interaction between individuals, communities, and larger networks supported by cognitive artifacts, and it coevolves with continuously transforming innovative knowledge communities. The focus of the book is on analyzing the socio-cognitive foundations of human intelligent activity. The authors examine theories and models that help to understand individual and social aspects of processes of learning, development of expertise, knowledge creation, and innovation. These processes are studied both in the contexts of education and work, and are illuminated with numerous examples, and interview data. The main topics covered are the development of expertise, distributed cognition and shared expertise, collaborative and cultural learning, and inquiry-based and computer-supported learning processes. The basic tenet of the book is that knowledge sharing should be a core value in all organizations. This is the first step of answering to the challenges of emerging knowledge society.(Publisher)., Elsevier, 2004, 2.5, New York:: Columbia University Press, 1962.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with black and silver on the spine; underlining found on one page, otherwise a Good book with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Index. Description: The publisher's blurb reads: ''Dr. Dressler's point of view emerges, supported by a wealth of case material -- first, that criminals are individuals and can be treated only as such; that probation and parole officers can most efficiently perform their work when they have been schooled in social work and have the tools of psychology, sociology, practical experience in interviewing and in evaluating personality. He has much to say about the role and capacity of probation and parole officers which will be useful to those in correctional work. Of special interest is his proposal for a prison community in which prisoners will live with their families, govern themselves largely, support themselves by productive work, and pay rent for their own homes. He believes this solution will do away with the evil effects of imprisonment, particularly the deprivation of family and community life and responsibility for making decisions.'' Originally published in 1959,this is the second printing., Columbia University Press, 1962., 2.5, The aim of this book is to justify the need for, and to carry out, a reconstruction of historical materialism. In advocating that historical materialism be viewed as a theory of practice, the author argues against the determinism of "orthodox" Marxism, but is nevertheless sensitive to the cleavages and disjunctures that are present in the works of Marx and Engels, and the need to resolve them. Traditionally, reconstruction has been presented in two different ways. First, as the introduction of rigour and scientificity into Marxism in order to show that structural factors which can be precisely defined are able fully to determine and explain social change and historical developments. Second, as an attempt to rescue Marxism from the rigidities of orthodox Soviet Marxism, in order to show that, although social change and history are structurally conditionsed, the result from human practices and class struggles that are not fully pre-ordained. After identifying some areas of tension in Marx's and Engels' thought, Jorge Larrain shows how the orthodox interpretation emerged, and how it has subsequently been defended. He then offers and extensive critique of its tenets and proposes an alternative solution which alters some of the emphases and proportions laid down by Marx and Engels themselves. Scholars and students in sociology, politics and philosophy should find this book a clear discussion of the most relevant issues concerning historical materialism, and a cogent presentation of arguments in favour of reconstructing it as a theory of practice., Unwin Hyman, 3, Raj Publications, 2018. New., Raj Publications, 2018, 6<

2018, ISBN: 9788131525234

New York:: Columbia University Press, 1962.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with black and silver on the spine; underlining found on one page, otherwise a Good … More...

New York:: Columbia University Press, 1962.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with black and silver on the spine; underlining found on one page, otherwise a Good book with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Index. Description: The publisher's blurb reads: ''Dr. Dressler's point of view emerges, supported by a wealth of case material -- first, that criminals are individuals and can be treated only as such; that probation and parole officers can most efficiently perform their work when they have been schooled in social work and have the tools of psychology, sociology, practical experience in interviewing and in evaluating personality. He has much to say about the role and capacity of probation and parole officers which will be useful to those in correctional work. Of special interest is his proposal for a prison community in which prisoners will live with their families, govern themselves largely, support themselves by productive work, and pay rent for their own homes. He believes this solution will do away with the evil effects of imprisonment, particularly the deprivation of family and community life and responsibility for making decisions.'' Originally published in 1959,this is the second printing., Columbia University Press, 1962., 2.5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". x, 262pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, and edges of cloth over boards. Gentle bumps to corners of boards. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Relying on a series of empirical workplace studies as well as an extensive review of psychological, sociological and educational literature, the authors develop a framework for examining human competence as a process of networked expertise. Networked expertise refers to competencies that arise from social interaction, knowledge sharing, and collective problem solving. These are embedded in communities and organized groups of experts and professionals. Cognition and intelligent activity are not only individual and mental processes but ones which rely on socio-culturally developed cognitive tools. These include physical and conceptual artifacts as well as socially distributed and shared processes of intelligent activity embedded in complex social and cultural environments. Networked expertise is relational in nature. It is constituted in interaction between individuals, communities, and larger networks supported by cognitive artifacts, and it coevolves with continuously transforming innovative knowledge communities. The focus of the book is on analyzing the socio-cognitive foundations of human intelligent activity. The authors examine theories and models that help to understand individual and social aspects of processes of learning, development of expertise, knowledge creation, and innovation. These processes are studied both in the contexts of education and work, and are illuminated with numerous examples, and interview data. The main topics covered are the development of expertise, distributed cognition and shared expertise, collaborative and cultural learning, and inquiry-based and computer-supported learning processes. The basic tenet of the book is that knowledge sharing should be a core value in all organizations. This is the first step of answering to the challenges of emerging knowledge society.(Publisher)., Elsevier, 2004, 2.5, The aim of this book is to justify the need for, and to carry out, a reconstruction of historical materialism. In advocating that historical materialism be viewed as a theory of practice, the author argues against the determinism of "orthodox" Marxism, but is nevertheless sensitive to the cleavages and disjunctures that are present in the works of Marx and Engels, and the need to resolve them. Traditionally, reconstruction has been presented in two different ways. First, as the introduction of rigour and scientificity into Marxism in order to show that structural factors which can be precisely defined are able fully to determine and explain social change and historical developments. Second, as an attempt to rescue Marxism from the rigidities of orthodox Soviet Marxism, in order to show that, although social change and history are structurally conditionsed, the result from human practices and class struggles that are not fully pre-ordained. After identifying some areas of tension in Marx's and Engels' thought, Jorge Larrain shows how the orthodox interpretation emerged, and how it has subsequently been defended. He then offers and extensive critique of its tenets and proposes an alternative solution which alters some of the emphases and proportions laid down by Marx and Engels themselves. Scholars and students in sociology, politics and philosophy should find this book a clear discussion of the most relevant issues concerning historical materialism, and a cogent presentation of arguments in favour of reconstructing it as a theory of practice., Unwin Hyman, 3, Raj Publications, 2018. New., Raj Publications, 2018, 6<

2015, ISBN: 9788131525234

Paperback / softback. New. Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today… More...

Paperback / softback. New. Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combines precision in theory-construction with the careful selection of appropriate methodologies to address ongoing debates across a range of subfields., 6, Rawat Publications, 2015. 6th. Paperback. New., Rawat Publications, 2015, 6<

2018, ISBN: 9788131525234

Raj Publications, 2018. New., Raj Publications, 2018, 6

ISBN: 9788131525234

SR-ECOMMERCE. New., SR-ECOMMERCE, 6