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Max Weber and Contemporary Capitalism - Bok av N. Gane - Inbunden

This book explores the uses and limits of Max Weber's work for thinking sociologically about capitalism today. The books argues that through Weber, a network of concepts can be developed that can frame a sociological analysis of the present.

SEK 810.00

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The Control of Work - Bok - Häftad

SEK 737.00

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Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism - Weber's Calling - Bok av Thomas Kemple - Inbunden

This book offers a unique and accessible way of conceptualizing the vocations of art, science, and politics in the capitalist world through an examination of some neglected features of the work of the scholar who first traced their origins and consequences in 'the West': Max Weber.

SEK 771.00

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Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism - Weber's Calling - Bok av Thomas Kemple - Häftad

This book offers a unique and accessible way of conceptualizing the vocations of art, science, and politics in the capitalist world through an examination of some neglected features of the work of the scholar who first traced their origins and consequences in 'the West': Max Weber.

SEK 810.00

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Dirty Work - Concepts and Identities - Bok - Inbunden

This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed.

SEK 810.00

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Dirty Work - Concepts and Identities - Bok - Häftad

This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed.

SEK 771.00

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The Sociology of Elite Distinction - From Theoretical to Comparative Perspectives - Bok av J. Daloz - Inbunden

This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that differences from one society to another, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction.

SEK 771.00

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Work and Life in the Global Economy - A Gendered Analysis of Service Work - Bok - Inbunden

This book aims to explore the social and cultural issues within the economic changes that have given rise to service work. Written by specialists in their respective fields, this book draws together authors from interdisciplinary areas that are carrying out significant research into gender and service work within an international context.

SEK 771.00

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The History of Work - Bok av R. Donkin - Häftad

This sweeping survey of the history of work, from hunter-gatherers to dotcom telecommuters, deftly compresses thousands of years of human evolution into an incisive volume It is a book about work, about the organization and management of work, but it is also a book about people.

SEK 1017.00

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Meaningful Work and Workplace Democracy - A Philosophy of Work and a Politics of Meaningfulness - Bok av R. Yeoman - Inbunden

This book is a timely revival of the social and political importance of meaningful work, which explores a philosophy of work based upon the value of meaningfulness and argues for the institution of a new politics of meaningfulness.

SEK 771.00

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The Postmodern Significance of Max Weber's Legacy: Disenchanting Disenchantment - Bok av B. Koshul - Häftad

One of Max Weber's contemporaries described him as 'a child of the Enlightenment born too late' whose work is a 'vitriolic attack on religion'. Subsequent Weber scholarship has largely affirmed this valuation of Weber and characterized his scholarship as a manifestation of the very disenchantment that Weber describes.

SEK 771.00

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Social Work for Sociologists - Theory and Practice - Bok - Inbunden

Social Work for Sociologists introduces important frameworks, concepts, models, and skills from social work that will help sociologists as they plan their human service careers and will prepare them to tackle social problems with practical solutions.

SEK 810.00

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Elite Statecraft and Election Administration - Bending the Rules of the Game? - Bok av T. James - Inbunden

The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have been introduced across the world. This book establishes why election administration might be used by political elites to win and maintain power. It identifies the role of elite interests in shaping election administration in USA, UK and Ireland.

SEK 810.00

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Modern Social Work Theory - A critical introduction - Bok av Malcolm Payne - Häftad

An examination of social work in both theory and practice. The authors present several models relevant to different aspects of social work.

SEK 650.00

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Making Cost Control Work - Bok av Trevor J. Bentley - Häftad

SEK 810.00

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Social Work and Community Care - Bok av Malcolm Payne - Häftad

Social Work and Community Care makes a powerful case for the effective involvement of social work skills, knowledge and values as part of the effective development of policy and multi-professional practice in community care.

SEK 727.00

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Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society - Bok - Häftad

Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, and Japan.

SEK 810.00

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Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society - Bok - Inbunden

Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, and Japan.

SEK 810.00

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Governing Risk - Care and Control in Contemporary Social Work - Bok av M. Hardy - Inbunden

Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary social work practice. Focusing on two 'domains' of practice - mental health social work and probation work - it analyses the ways in which risk thinking has affected social work's aims and objectives, methods and approaches.

SEK 771.00

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Governing Risk - Care and Control in Contemporary Social Work - Bok av M. Hardy - Häftad

Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary social work practice. Focusing on two 'domains' of practice - mental health social work and probation work - it analyses the ways in which risk thinking has affected social work's aims and objectives, methods and approaches.

SEK 771.00

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Quality of Life and Work in Europe - Theory, Practice and Policy - Bok - Inbunden

Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries.

SEK 771.00

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Welfare and Youth Work Practice - Bok av Mark Smith & Tony Jeffs - Häftad

This book brings together a series of specially commissioned essays which direct attention to both the realities of youth work and the structuring of youth policy. Welfare and Youth Work Practice is designed to fill a number of long-standing gaps in the literature and thinking about youth work and youth policy.

SEK 741.00

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High Mobility in Europe - Work and Personal Life - Bok - Inbunden

Travelling intensively to and for work helps but also challenges people to find ways of balancing work and personal life. Drawing on a large European longitudinal study, Mobile Europe explores the diversity and ambivalence of mobility situations and the implications for family and career development.

SEK 771.00

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Asylum Seekers, Social Work and Racism - Bok av S. Masocha - Inbunden

This book analyses social work through the concept of 'xenoracism' to challenge the outdated concepts of racism that still pervade social work. It illustrates how, through their discursive practices, social workers are able to counteract the dominant anti asylum seeking discourses.

SEK 771.00

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On the Decriminalization of Sex Work in China - HIV and Patients' Rights - Bok av Jinmei Meng - Häftad

The argument is supported by six key concepts: the universality of human rights, rights-based approaches to HIV, sex work as work, risk environment for HIV transmission, decriminalization of sex work as a preferred model for HIV prevention, and rights-based responses to HIV and sex work.

SEK 830.00

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Max Weber and Contemporary Capitalism - Bok av N. Gane - Inbunden

The Control of Work - Bok - Häftad

Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism - Weber's Calling - Bok av Thomas Kemple - Inbunden

Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism - Weber's Calling - Bok av Thomas Kemple - Häftad

Dirty Work - Concepts and Identities - Bok - Inbunden

Dirty Work - Concepts and Identities - Bok - Häftad

The Sociology of Elite Distinction - From Theoretical to Comparative Perspectives - Bok av J. Daloz - Inbunden

Work and Life in the Global Economy - A Gendered Analysis of Service Work - Bok - Inbunden

The History of Work - Bok av R. Donkin - Häftad

Meaningful Work and Workplace Democracy - A Philosophy of Work and a Politics of Meaningfulness - Bok av R. Yeoman - Inbunden

The Postmodern Significance of Max Weber's Legacy: Disenchanting Disenchantment - Bok av B. Koshul - Häftad

Social Work for Sociologists - Theory and Practice - Bok - Inbunden

Elite Statecraft and Election Administration - Bending the Rules of the Game? - Bok av T. James - Inbunden

Modern Social Work Theory - A critical introduction - Bok av Malcolm Payne - Häftad

Making Cost Control Work - Bok av Trevor J. Bentley - Häftad

Social Work and Community Care - Bok av Malcolm Payne - Häftad

Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society - Bok - Häftad

Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society - Bok - Inbunden

Governing Risk - Care and Control in Contemporary Social Work - Bok av M. Hardy - Inbunden

Governing Risk - Care and Control in Contemporary Social Work - Bok av M. Hardy - Häftad

Quality of Life and Work in Europe - Theory, Practice and Policy - Bok - Inbunden

Welfare and Youth Work Practice - Bok av Mark Smith & Tony Jeffs - Häftad

High Mobility in Europe - Work and Personal Life - Bok - Inbunden

Asylum Seekers, Social Work and Racism - Bok av S. Masocha - Inbunden

On the Decriminalization of Sex Work in China - HIV and Patients' Rights - Bok av Jinmei Meng - Häftad

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