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In: Housing, planning and design series
An insightful study of spatial planning and housing strategy in London, focusing on the period 2000-2008 and the Mayoralty of Ken Livingstone. It presents an analysis of the development of Livingstone's policies and their consequences.
In: At the interface/probing the boundaries, v. 62
Environmental justice is the subtext of this collection of anxieties around the need for a sustainable future on Planet Earth. Thinkers and scholars from a diversity of backgrounds reflect on what it means and how cultures must change to greet this future. From Romania to Mexico, Bosnia to Canada, Sweden to California authors analyze and recount community experiences and expectations leading to justice for land, sea, air and wildlife. The kind of ethical weltanschauung for a society in which this kind of justice is achievable is suggested. The collection points to the myriad of single instance decisions that we must all make in living our daily lives whether in our homes, workplaces or leisure time. From good policies to sound management, governments, corporations and community-based organizations will find prudent praxis from cover to cover.
Democratic Governance examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. Mark Bevir shows how new ideas about governance have gradually displaced old-style notions of government in Britain and around the world. Policymakers cling to outdated concepts of representative government while at the same time placing ever more faith in expertise, markets, and networks. Democracy exhibits blurred lines of accountability and declining legitimacy. Bevir explores how new theories of governance undermined traditional government in the twentieth century.
In: Transport and society
The taxicab makes a significant contribution to the accessibility of a city, providing a wide range of services across many different socio-geographic groups. This study considers the different functions of the taxi, including its effect on contemporary urban life, and the analytical tools used for its licensing and control.
In: Social scientific studies in reform era China, v. 4
Thirty Years of Reform and Social Changes in China is translated from the original Chinese to provide a look into how scholars in China have been assessing their country's recent societal and political history. This volume and the others in the SSRC series, provide western scholars with an accessible English language look at the state of current scholarship in China on the interplay of the country's political and economic reforms with the society and daily life of its people.
In: Soziologie, v. 10
Die Zeitschrift "Soziologie" ist das offizielle Mitteilungsblatt der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS). Die Zeitschrift dient dem Informationsaustausch über die Arbeit in den Sektionen und Arbeitsgruppen innerhalb der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, fördert die Diskussion über die Entwicklung des Fachs und informiert über die Einbindung der deutschen Soziologie in ihren europäischen und weltweiten Kontext. Biographische InformationenHerausgeber im Auftrag der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie: Prof. Dr. Georg Vobruba. Redaktion: PD Dr. Sylke Nissen und Thilo Feh- mel, M.A.
In: Soziologie, v. 10
Soziologie Jg. 39 (2010) 2 Forum der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie ISSN 0340-918X.
In: At the interface/probing the boundaries, vol. 73
The essays collected in this interdisciplinary volume aim to break new ground by exploring the critical space between the apparently enduring political vitality of cultural representation and contestation today, on the one hand, and the possible limits of a 'cultural' politics, on the other. Combining concrete researches and theoretical reflection, and including a final chapter exploring the issues raised by the essays, this volume will be of interest to those in the disciplines of cultural studies, sociology, political philosophy and ethics.
In: British Social Attitudes survey series
This survey provides an indispensable guide to current political and social issues in contemporary Britain. It describes and reviews a broad range of current social attitudes derived from extensive nationwide interviews. This report summarises and interprets data from the most recent survey.
In: Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Speyer, Bd. 204
This honest and compelling book follows the fraught, exciting and painful process of getting to know 'others', in this case Australian Aborigines in the suburbs who are already 'known' through shocking images and worrying statistics. Gillian Cowlishaw has written a book about the intimacy of the encounter, the practical and ethical dilemmas of research and the fun of engagement in the city's outback
In: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century