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In Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry, David Hess examines how social movements and other forms of activism affect innovation in science, technology, and industry. Synthesizing and extending work in social studies of science and technology, social movements, and globalization, Hess explores the interaction of grassroots environmental action and mainstream industry and offers a conceptual framework for understanding it. Hess proposes a theory of scientific and technological change that considers the roles that both industry and grassroots consumers play in setting the research agenda in science and technology, and he identifies "alternative pathways" by which social movements can influence scientific and technological innovation. He analyzes four of these pathways: industrial opposition movements, organized against targeted technologies (as in the campaign against nuclear energy); technology- and product-oriented movements, which press for alternatives (as does the organic food movement); localism, which promotes local ownership (as in "buy-local" campaigns); and access pathways, which support a more equitable distribution of resources. Within each pathway, Hess examines reforms in five different areas: agriculture, energy, waste and manufacturing, infrastructure, and finance. The book's theoretical argument and empirical evidence demonstrate the complex pattern of incorporation (of grassroots innovations) and transformation (of alternative ownership structures and the alternative products themselves) that has characterized the relationship of industry and activism. Hess's analysis of alternative pathways to change suggests ways economic organizations could shift to a more just and sustainable course in the twenty-first century.

This book offers the concept of rhetorical citizenship as a meeting ground for the burgeoning community of scholars interested in rhetoric's place in society. It brings together contributions from several disciplinary traditions in communication studies and neighbouring fields. The concept of rhetorical citizenship highlights the discursive, processual, and participatory aspects of civic life. It builds on the ancient idea that rhetoric is what makes civilized society possible; citizenship is in large part discursively based. Legal rights, privileges and material conditions are not the only constituents of citizenship; discourse between citizens is arguably the basis of what it means to be a citizen.0

Social identity theory is a diffuse but interrelated group of social psychological theories concerned with when and why individuals identify with, and behave as part of social groups, and adopt shared attitudes. Social identity theory is thus concerned both with the psychological and sociological aspects of group behavior. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of social identity, including the elderly and social identity; sexual identity in relation to developmental and social considerations; ethnic identity in Baikalian Siberia and the role of Russian colonisation; Latinas and Black women negotiating multiple marginalised social identities; social identity implications for individuals with physical disabilities and social identity and self-image. -- Book Description

"This thoroughly revised and expanded new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary social policy and addresses its historical, theoretical and contextual foundations as well as contemporary policy issues relating to health, education and welfare as well as the impact of Brexit. Divided into four sections, it opens with a survey of the socio-economic, political and governmental contexts within which social policy operates, before moving on to look at the historical development of the subject. The third section examines contemporary aspects of providing welfare, whilst the final part covers European and wider international developments."

The term social infrastructure is increasingly being discussed in academic literature, policy reports and public forums. We might even go so far as to say it is the latest buzzword. Feminist economists understand social infrastructures as encompassing all aspects of social reproduction,
but these ideas are routinely sidelined in wider debates. This article provides a critical reading of key trends in the ways the term social infrastructure is currently being defined and deployed: namely, as being equivalent to social spaces and spaces of sociability, such as community centres,
parks and libraries, rather than being understood in terms of labour, gender and social reproduction. Part of the reason for this is the association between social reproduction and the home, which leads to a dismissal of reproductive work in communities at large. In writing about infrastructures
more generally, it is not uncommon for gendered labour, care and reproduction to go completely ignored, or at least to only be discussed in relation to physical infrastructure. This simultaneous erasure and co-optation of feminist ideas has the effect of diminishing, diluting and marginalising
the role of social reproduction as the foundation of our economy and society. It is therefore also a form of depoliticisation. In the article's conclusion, the case is made for recognising and reclaiming social reproduction as social infrastructure: an infra-structural approach could help
alleviate long-standing tensions in definitions of social reproduction as both process and practice, and as operating on multiple scales.

Crime and Social Policy provides an invaluable examination of the relationship between social policy and crime. It draws on recent empirical research to offer important insights into the impact of current social policy trends on the lives of offenders. Provides an invaluable examination of the critical relationship between social policy and crime managementIncludes illuminating case studies on the impact of social policies on offendersReviewscurrent social policy trends and their influence on crime causation, crime rates, and crime management>

Information game: the fountainhead -- Governing information: the communicative dialectics -- Information society as/versus informed society: the gateway -- Informational capitalism: strategising the 'Reality Creation' -- Game-in-game: networked information and programmed democracy -- Informational spin: 'Mass' media and mediatised democracy -- To conclude.

1. Researching embodied sport : an introduction / Ian Wellard -- 2. Poststructuralism and embodiment in sport / Hakan Larsson -- 3. Bodies in the zone / Kath Woodward -- 4. 200 years of physical education teacher education : an overview of movement practices / Suzanne Lundvall and Peter Schantz -- 5. The loneliness of the fell runner / Michael Atkinson -- 6. Body as aesthetic project / Angela Pickard -- 7. Isolated, embodied (guilty) pleasures at the gym / Ian Wellard -- 8. Embodied practices in korfball / Laura Gubby -- 9. Basketball, embodiment and the everyday / Jim Cherrington -- 10. Surfing friendships and encounters in the field / Georgina Roy -- 11. Being nosey : the body as an effective but flawed tool for research / Christopher R. Matthews -- 12. Researching action sport with a GoPro[superscript TM] camera : an embodied and emotional mobile video tale of the sea, masculinity and men-who-surf / Clifton Evers -- 13. Researching diabled sporting bodies : reflections from an 'able'-bodied ethnographer / James Brighton -- 14. Her life in movement : reflections on embodiment as a methodology / Adesola Akinleye -- 15. Embodied approaches to sport and movement cultures : an overview and final thoughts / Ian Wellard.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Thinking about Citizenship and Law in an Era of Change -- 2 Exile on Main Street: Popular Discourse and Legal Manoeuvres around Citizenship -- 3 Home and Away: The Construction of Citizenship in an Emigration Context -- 4 Multinational Citizenship: Practical Implications of a Theoretical Model -- 5 The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Demise of Social Citizenship? A Sociolegal Perspective -- 6 Dis-citizenship -- 7 Connecting Economy, Gender, and Citizenship -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

The Polyphony of Food explores food as a multiple discourse in the context of Abraham Maslow's theory of the hierarchy of human needs and motivations. In Maslow's theory, food as a basic psychological need belongs to the tier of D (deficit) needs. However

This book examines the concept of power. It begins by pointing to its multi-dimensional definition and points to different sociological interpretations of its conception and social practice. The book explores power in two contexts: firstly, micro. It explores professional relations with older people to illuminate how power changes, shifts in emphasis and stabilizes in everyday encounters. Secondly, the book explores the macro features of power. In particular, the book explores the power of aging populations and the macro impact it has on individuals, nation states and the globe. Thus, highligh