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Does it make sense to speak of a European society, above and beyond its component states and regions? In this major new book William Outhwaite argues that it does. He goes beyond the study of individual states and specific regions of Europe to examine the changing contours of the continent as a whole, at a time when Europe is beginning to look and act more like a single entity. In what we have come to call Europe there developed distinctive forms of political, economic, and more broadly social organisation - many of course building on elements drawn from more advanced civilisations elsewhere in the world. During the centuries of European dominance these forms were often exported to other world regions, where the export versions often surpassed the original ones. In the present century many features of European life remain distinctive: the European welfare or social model, a substantially secularised culture, and particular forms of democratic politics and of the relations between politics and the economy. This book provides a concise overview and analysis of these features which continue to make Europe a relatively distinctive region of global modernity. The book will become a key text for students taking courses on contemporary Europe, whether these are in departments of politics, sociology, literature or European Studies. It will also be of great interest to anyone living in, or concerned with, Europe today.

Introduction -- Methodological approach for Tibetan sociology of education -- Applicability of the structuration theory to Tibetan society -- Introducing Je Tsongkhapa to the field of sociology -- Interdisciplinary perspectives on Tibetan social structuration -- The social structuration of Tibetan society -- Setting Giddens and Je Tsongkhapa in dialogue: structuration in spiritual society -- The relation of education to Tibetan society -- Conclusion.

Introduction PART I - THINKING ABOUT JUSTICE Chapter 1 - Justice and Injustice: Stories about Society Chapter 2 - Space, Place and Time: Stories about Ourselves Chapter 3 - Class, Race and Sex: Stories about Difference PART 2 - JUSTICE AND THE SELF Chapter 4 - Poverty, Power and Justice Chapter 5 - Women, Difference and Justice Chapter 6 - Transgender People, Binaries and Justice Chapter 7 - Indigenous Australians, Othering and Justice Chapter 8 - Sexuality, Normalisation and Justice Chapter 9 - Disabilities, Diverse Embodiment and Justice Chapter 10 - Young People, Responsibility and Justice PART 3 - RESPONDING TO INJUSTICE Chapter 11 - Criminal Law, Equality and Justice Chapter 12 - Punishment, Treatment and Justice Chapter 13 - Human Rights, Citizenship and Justice Conclusion

Living in society has always presented a variety of challenges to its members. These challenges need to be addressed if there is to be an improvement in the quality of life in society. However, to what extent can philosophical thinking facilitate the task? This book pursues and answers this question. It offers an analysis of fundamental issues and provides philosophical considerations of the challenges arising from living in society. The topics discussed here include philosophy and the social...

The broadband society and its citizens / Julian Gebhardt [and others] -- Identification of community practices and co-creation by pre-adolescents : the case of Ketnet Kick / Tim Van Lier and Jo Pierson -- Design and communication for local development : technologial decisions in collaborative scenarios / Beatriz Galán, Maidana Andrés Lega, D.I. Pedro Senar -- Social sciences information user behaviour and searching strategies in multifarious environment / Marina Borovik and Ludmilla Shemberko -- Teenagers on the net : generational divide, autonomy, liberty and responsibility / Sarah Gallez [and others] -- Non-users in the information society : learning from the older generation / Maria Sourbati -- Households' ICT use in an energy perspective / Inge Røpke, Kirsten Gram-Hanssen and Jesper Ole Jensen -- Attitudes toward mobile phone communication technology / Kerstin Wüstner -- Communication wear : user feedback as part of a co-design process / Sharon Baurley [and others] -- Beyond the frame : the pace of mobile and immobile media / Larissa Hjorth

"Police & Society offers an in-depth and analytical look at policing, from police behavior and organization to operations and historical perspectives. Focusing on the relationship between the police and the community and how it has changed throughout the years, the authors explore the most important theoretical foundations and incisive research on contemporary policing and show how that research is put into practice.The text is enhanced by expanded discussion of field operations (now two chapters), extensive pedagogy including a unique blog for student participation in real-time discussions, and a unique chapter on higher education and policing"--

Contents -- Introduction -- Complexity and Its Implications in Dealing with Indicators -- The Volume -- Part I: Conceptual Issues -- Chapter 1: Complexity: Between Rhetoric and Science -- Premise -- Two Razors -- Back to Origins -- An Analogy with Category Theory -- Bypassing the Dual Language -- Some Doubts -- The Complexity of Science and the Range of Compositionality -- From Cluster to Tree -- Emergence -- Local/Global Micro/Macro -- Multidimensionality + Unpredictability = ? -- Against Vagueness and Rhetoric -- If the Lack of Epistemology Does Not Pay, Ready-Made Epistemology Does Not Pay Either -- The Future -- References -- Chapter 2: Building Knowledge. Between Measure and Meaning: A Phenomenological Approach -- A Methodological Premise -- Synthesis and Concreteness -- The Need for a Synthesis -- Synthesis and Representation -- Abstraction vs. Abstractedness -- Measurement of Subjective Values -- Value as a Subjective Relation -- Measure: Between Abstraction and Abstractedness -- Measure and Meaning: From Abstraction to Concreteness -- The Anthropological-Semantic Synthesis -- The Original Synthesis -- References -- Part II: Methodological Issues -- Chapter 3: Socio-economic Statistics for a Complex World: Perspectives and Challenges in the Big Data Era -- Introduction -- Some Challenges for Socio-economic Statistics in Complex Socio-economic Systems -- Big Data: More Than Large Databases -- Methodological Issues in Big Data Analysis -- Big Data, Poor Quality? -- Technological Issues -- Data Visualization -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Developing Indicators and Managing the Complexity -- Developing Indicators -- A Normative Exercise -- Between Objectivity and Subjectivity -- The Hierarchical Design -- The Components of the Hierarchical Design -- Conceptual Model -- Latent Variables and their Dimensions -- Basic Indicators

"The latest advances and discoveries in science have made, and continue to make, a huge impact on our lives. This book is a history of the social impact of science and technology from the beginnings of civilization up to the present. The book explains how the key inventions: agriculture, writing and printing with movable type, initiated an explosive growth of knowledge and human power over the environment. It also shows how the Industrial Revolution changed the relationship between humans and nature, and initiated a massive use of fossil fuels. Problems related to nuclear power, nuclear weapons, genetic engineering, information technology, exhaustion of non-renewable resources, use of fossil fuels and climate change are examined in the later chapters of the book. Finally, the need for ethical maturity to match our scientific progress is discussed."--Publisher's website