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Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Billig, Mick / Billig, Michael, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), From Thomas Hobbes' fear ong>ofong> the power ong>ofong> laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" ong>ofong> the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour ong>ofong> the strange world ong>ofong> humour. Both a significant work ong>ofong> scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding ong>ofong> the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University ong>ofong> Aberdeen This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good. In developing a critique ong>ofong> humour the author proposes a ong>socialong> theory that places humour - in the form ong>ofong> ridicule - as central to ong>socialong> life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms ong>ofong> conduct and conventions ong>ofong> meaning. Historically, theories ong>ofong> humour reflect wider visions ong>ofong> politics, morality and aesthetics. For example, Bergson argued that humour contains an element ong>ofong> cruelty while Freud suggested that we deceive ourselves about the true nature ong>ofong> our laughter. Billig discusses these and other theories, while using the topic ong>ofong> humour to throw light on the perennial ong>socialong> problems ong>ofong> regulation, control and emancipation.

Canada's Rights Revolution: Social Movements and Social

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clement, Dominique, PUBLISHER: UBC Press, In the first major study ong>ofong> postwar ong>socialong> movement organizations in Canada, Dominique Cl?ment provides a history ong>ofong> the human rights movement as seen through the eyes ong>ofong> two generations ong>ofong> activists. Drawing on newly acquired archival sources, extensive interviews, and materials released through access to information applications, Cl?ment explores the history ong>ofong> four organizations that emerged in the sixties and evolved into powerful lobbies for human rights despite bitter internal disputes and intense rivalries. This book ong>ofong>fers a unique perspective on infamous human rights controversies and argues that the idea ong>ofong> human rights has historically been highly statist while grassroots activism has been at the heart ong>ofong> the most prong>ofong>ound human rights advances. Acquista Ora

Human Differences

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aiken, Lewis R. / Aiken, PUBLISHER: Psychology Press, This text reviews the mass ong>ofong> information concerning the ways in which individuals and groups differ from each other. Reviews ong>ofong> research findings and interpretations are provided on: physical appearance, performance and health; cognitive abilities; personality; and development across the life span. Extensive treatment ong>ofong> foundations (historical, measurement, research methods, biological, ong>socialong>, and cultural) is also provided. Both normal and abnormal ong>behaviorong>s are considered. The book provides an interdisciplinary focus, including material from all the ong>behaviorong> and natural sciences, not just psychology, sociology, or biology.

Contemporary German Youth and Their Elders: A Generational

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Watts, Meredith W. / Fischer, Arthur / Fuchs, Werner, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Systematic research on the changing experience and ong>socialong> and political characteristics ong>ofong> German youth has been carried out in the Federal Republic ong>ofong> Germany on an ongoing basis since the early s. Until now, however, the results ong>ofong> these long-term studies have not been made available in English. Six volumes ong>ofong> this research--including new ong>analysesong> prepared especially for this book--are distilled in the present work, which ong>ofong>fers a comprehensive and focused portrait ong>ofong> German youth ong>ofong> succeeding postwar generations from to the present. Following an introductory survey ong>ofong> the scope and themes addressed in the study, the authors highlight the contrasting experiences ong>ofong> youth ong>ofong> the s and those who came ong>ofong> age soon after the end ong>ofong> World War II. They examine the fundamental constituents ong>ofong> youth as a developmental period, with particular reference to changes in the recent era. Attitudinal scales are developed and applied to assessments ong>ofong> variations in ong>socialong> and political orientation among generations and between distinct subgroups ong>ofong> contemporary youth. Differences between young women in the early postwar period and the "alternative era" ong>ofong> the s and s are explored. Focusing on "views ong>ofong> the future," the final chapter looks at the diversity ong>ofong> lifestyles that has become characteristic ong>ofong> youth over the last decade and at the increasing differentiation between generations. Providng a wealth ong>ofong> new material on an important body ong>ofong> research, this book makes a substantial contribution to the study ong>ofong> youth in advanced industrialized nations. An appropriate resource for courses or studies in various disciplines in sociology, geography, political science, and ong>socialong>history.

Social Measurement

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Donald T. / Russo, M. Jean / Campbell, Dave, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), This book provides researchers, evaluators, and graduate students with a user-friendly presentation ong>ofong> Campbell's essential work (including his latest thoughts on some ong>ofong> his classic works) in ong>socialong> measurement. The book includes Campbell's arguments as to why qualitative approaches belong with quantitative ones as the assumptive background to relevant quantitative measures, his debate with deconstructionists and ong>socialong> constructionists on measurement validity, and an expansion and further explanation ong>ofong> his multitrait-multimethod matrix. By including overviews for each part and article as well as provide ong>socialong> scientists with useful insights into Campbell's papers in a format accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling: The Only

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wing, Charlie, PUBLISHER: Rodale Press, A treasure ong>ofong> indispensable information for anyone in home improvement, ong>buildingong>, remodelling, or design When it was first published in , The Visual Handbook ong>ofong> ong>Buildingong> and Remodeling won acclaim from both prong>ofong>essionals and amateurs. Now, completely revised and expanded with more than detailed illustrations, this edition provides all the tools a builder needs, such as: -- Explicit checklists for meeting ong>buildingong> codes and standards -- The latest information on making a home handicapped accessible -- Special estimating formulas for ordering supplies This valuable time and money-saver is a must-have.

Social Relationships Cognitive, Affective and Motivational

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Joseph P Forgas Julie Fitness, PUBLISHER: Taylor & amp amp amp amp Francis Group, NA

Marx and Mill: Two Views of Social Conflict and Social

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duncan / Duncan, Graeme, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, First published in , this was the first detailed comparative analysis ong>ofong> the writings ong>ofong> Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill. it contains a full, careful and sympathetic account ong>ofong> their respective ong>socialong> doctrines, and concludes with a critical comparative evaluation ong>ofong> the two thinkers.

Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Repeated Measures: A

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hand, Hand J. / Hand, David J. / Taylor, C. C., PUBLISHER: CRC Press, This book describes a practical aproach to univariate and multivariate analysis ong>ofong> variance. It starts with a general non-mathematical account ong>ofong> the fundamental theories and this is followed by a discussion ong>ofong> a series ong>ofong> examples using real data sets from the authors' own work in clinical trials, psychology and industry. Included are discussions ong>ofong> factorial and nested designs, structures on the multiple dependent variables measured on each subject, repeated measures ong>analysesong>, covariates, choice ong>ofong> text statistic and simultaneous test procedures.

Modern Science and Human Values

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lowrance, William W., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Engaging in spirited debate and making reference to a broad range ong>ofong> issues in the physical and biological sciences, the ong>socialong> sciences, engineering, and medicine, this perceptive study analyzes how technical progress influences ong>socialong> thought and public policy, and how technical people play their complex roles as prong>ofong>essional practitioners, advisors, and leaders. A major contribution to the debate over public policy and technology, this work will generate much discussion among engineers, physicians, academic and institutional researchers, and concerned politicians. For anyone concerned about the effects ong>ofong> technology on culture, it ong>ofong>fers a lively, readable portrait ong>ofong> the modern scientific community and an insightful discussion ong>ofong> the influence ong>ofong> technology on ong>socialong> philosophy and individual belief.

Design and Launch an Online Social Networking Business in a

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sharp, Julien, PUBLISHER: Entrepreneur Press, WWW.(Your ong>Socialong> Network).COM Are you a virtual ong>socialong> butterfly? Captivated by the buzz ong>ofong> new media? Interested in setting the online ong>socialong> scene for others? And making a prong>ofong>it doing so? Tap into the millions ong>ofong> MySpace users and Facebook friends to create your own specialized ong>socialong> site In just seven days, identify your network niche; develop an inviting, interactive website; drive traffic and membership; build prong>ofong>itable online advertising relationships; and more Design an attractive, interactive ong>socialong> networking website using inexpensive, turnkey solutions that require no programming knowledge Define your community and set the tone ong>Ofong>fer interactive features including prong>ofong>ile pages, member search options, media add-ons, and more Generate traffic and membership using search engine optimization, viral and ong>socialong> marketing, and other techniques Cash in on your site with proven, revenue-generating solutions Use included resources to stay on the cutting-edge Sign on for ong>socialong> networking success

Contemporary Issues in Educational Policy and School

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoy, Wayne K. / Miskel, Cecil, PUBLISHER: Information Age Publishing, This book is the fifth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding ong>ofong> schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Scholars, both young and established, are invited to publish original ong>analysesong>, but we especially encourage young scholars to contribute to this series. The current volume is similar to its predecessors in that it provides a mix ong>ofong> beginning and established scholars and a broad range ong>ofong> theoretical perspectives; in all 14 authors contributed to 9 separate but related ong>analysesong>, which were selected for publication this year. These chapters underscore the significance ong>ofong> educational policy in contemporary public education and in particular the impact ong>ofong> accountability policy on school outcomes. Public schools are increasingly being held accountable for students achieving at higher levels in both basic skills and higher-level learning outcomes. ong>Ofong> course, all policy is enacted by teachers in classroom and sometimes changed or distorted in the process. The challenge is to improve student outcomes without permitting accountability testing to extinguish innovation and creativity in schools. This book series on Theory and Research in Educational Administration is about understanding schools. We welcome articles and ong>analysesong> that explain school organizations and administration. We are interested in the "why" questions about schools. To that end, case ong>analysesong>, surveys, large data base ong>analysesong>, experimental studies, and theoretical ong>analysesong> are all welcome. We provide the space for authors to do comprehensive ong>analysesong> where that is appropriate and useful. We believe that the Theory and Research in Educational Administration Series has the potential to make an important contribution to our field, but we will be successful only if our colleagues continue to join us in this mission.

Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Foltz, Richard C. / Denny, Frederick Mathewson / Baharuddin, Azizan, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Islam is the religion ong>ofong> over one billion people and is practiced in virtually every country on earth. The articulation ong>ofong> an Islamic environmental ethic in contemporary terms is all the more urgent because Western-style conservation efforts do not fit all cultural and philosophical traditions. This volume outlines the Islamic view ong>ofong> the cosmic order and reviews the ways an Islamic world view can be interpreted, reassessed, and applied to such environmental problems as pollution and water scarcity. Sections on ong>socialong> justice and on issues ong>ofong> sustainability and development look at the history and roots ong>ofong> the current environmental crisis; at the broader context ong>ofong> women's rights ong>ofong> equal access to both natural and ong>socialong> resources; and at the interconnectedness ong>ofong> environmental protection and the alleviation ong>ofong> human poverty.

Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Anandarajan, Murugan / Simmers, Claire A., PUBLISHER: IRM Press, The nature ong>ofong> the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations and individuals alike acquire and distribute information. Unfortunately the problem ong>ofong> Web abuse has developed in kind. This interesting new book includes chapters that embrace a wide array ong>ofong> Internet abuse issues such as, the impact ong>ofong> Web abuse on individuals, groups, organizations, and societies, and the problem ong>ofong> Web abuse within other cultures and countries. Geared toward business prong>ofong>essionals, academicians and students from a variety ong>ofong> disciplines, Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A ong>Socialong>, Ethical and Legal Perspective focuses on the phenomenon ong>ofong> Internet abuse and its consequences.

Your Defiant Child: 8 Steps to Better Behavior

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barkley, Russell A. / Benton, Christine M., PUBLISHER: Guilford Publications, Every child has "ornery" moments, but more than 1 in 20 American children exhibit ong>behaviorong>al problems that are out ong>ofong> control. For readers struggling with an unyielding or combative child, Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better ong>Behaviorong> ong>ofong>fers the understanding and guidance they need. Drawing on Dr. Russell A. Barkley's many years ong>ofong> work with parents and children, the book clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes a problem, and how it can be resolved. The book's comprehensive eight-step program stresses consistency and cooperation, promoting changes through a system ong>ofong> praise, rewards, and mild punishment. Readers learn tools and strategies for establishing clear patterns ong>ofong> discipline, communicating with children on a level they can understand, and reducing family stress overall. Filled with helpful charts, questionnaires, and checklists, Your Defiant Child helps parents get their child's ong>behaviorong> back on track and restore harmony in the home Acquista Ora

Scientific Growth: Essays on the Social Organization and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ben-David, Joseph, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> California Press, A pioneer and major thinker in the sociology ong>ofong> science, Joseph Ben-David wrote with refreshing directness on questions central to the history and sociology ong>ofong> science. As they are combined here, Ben-David's essays reveal the richness and synthetic power ong>ofong> his intellect in a way his separate publications never did. Two themes form the heart ong>ofong> Ben-David's ground-breaking work: the emergence, existence, and growth ong>ofong> science as a distinctive activity within society, governed by a specific "scientific ethos"; and the ong>socialong> construction both ong>ofong> new objects ong>ofong> scientific study and ong>ofong> new scientific disciplines. Ben-David argues that only where the scientist's ong>socialong> role is institutionalized (i.e., recognized as legitimate by society at large), can science as a sustained and continuous activity exist and thrive. By the same token, new scientific objects and disciplines emerge where ong>socialong> circumstances encourage and sustain new ("hybridized") ong>socialong> roles. Ben-David's is a distinctly historical sociology ong>ofong> science, providing a theoretical framework capable ong>ofong> integrating both the historical and the synchronic approaches; it is also complementary to the perspective ong>ofong> the sociology ong>ofong> scientific knowledge.

Primal Scenes of Communication: Communication, Consumerism,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Angus, Ian, PUBLISHER: State University ong>ofong> New York Press, Primal Scenes ong>ofong> Communication argues that the materiality ong>ofong> communication media constitute ong>socialong> relations and that ong>socialong> relations should be understood as "technology-identity complexes". This theory is employed to characterize consumer society, and the ong>socialong> movements that criticize consumer society, as a unique epoch ong>ofong> communication.

Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Diary of a Tour in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mary Georgina Emma Dawson Damer, Hon, PUBLISHER: Primary Sources, Historical Collections, This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books ong>ofong> the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions ong>ofong> academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas ong>ofong> study and research on the subject. From ong>analysesong> ong>ofong> the varied geography that encompasses the Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the book was made in an effort to preserve the work ong>ofong> previous generations.

Liberalism After Communism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Szacki, Jerzy / Kisiel, Chester A. / Szacki, J., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This work is the first comprehensive presentation ong>ofong> liberal thought in Central Europe, especially in Poland, before and after . The book contains a critical analysis ong>ofong> the proto-liberal anti-communist democratic opposition, in particular its ideas ong>ofong> the autonomy ong>ofong> the individual and civil society, and a description ong>ofong> economic liberalism as an alternative liberal orientation. The author's main theme, however, is the dilemma ong>ofong> liberalism in a post-communist society in which it is faced with historically unprecedented challenges. In countries which have no liberal tradition or the ong>socialong> or economic conditions which encouraged the emergence ong>ofong> liberalism in the past, the classic tenets ong>ofong> liberalism are undergoing essential modifications. Liberalism inescapably is becoming "constructivist" and serves primarily as the justification for a remarkable kind ong>ofong> ong>socialong> engineering whose objective is the rapid ong>buildingong> ong>ofong> capitalism. This book is both an important contribution to our knowledge ong>ofong> the post-communist world and a voice in thh discussion on the nature and future ong>ofong> liberalism.

The Discretionary Economy: A Normative Theory of Political

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tool, Marc R., PUBLISHER: Westview Press, The Discretionary Economy argues that we do in fact control our own political and economic destinies. As a community, we have discretion over policies that determine whether an economic process adequately provides for the necessities ong>ofong> life. We also determine who participates in normative public judgments and whether decisions distinguish between what is and what ought to be. Tool argues that we must continuously organize the institutional structures through which economic and political functions in the ong>socialong> process are carried on. We must exercise discretion by creating and modifying institutions that coordinate our ong>behaviorong>. To exercise discretion effectively requires that we employ distinctively American economic, political, and philosophical theory. In this volume, the pivotal twentieth-century contributors to this encompassing theory ong>ofong> political economy are Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Clarence Ayres, and R. Fagg Foster. This volume presents, in detail, their analytical and philosophical perspective on ong>socialong> change. A major purpose ong>ofong> this volume is to compare and contrast the American tradition with the traditions ong>ofong> capitalism, Marxism, and fascism, demonstrating that the former can resolve compelling economic and political problems and the latter two cannot. This book explains how to identify and analyze ong>socialong>, economic, and political problems confronted in all communities, and how to go about framing and implementing structural adjustments in the political economy. It will be ong>ofong> interest to students in non-traditional courses in political economy including institutional economics, contemporary ong>socialong> problems, economics and ong>socialong> policy, methodology, andcontemporary economic thought.

Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Steele, Claude M., PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, Claude M. Steele, who has been called one ong>ofong> the few great ong>socialong> psychologists, ong>ofong>fers a vivid first-person account ong>ofong> the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. He sheds new light on American ong>socialong> phenomena from racial and gender gaps in test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess ong>ofong> black men, and lays out a plan for mitigating these stereotype threats and reshaping American identities.

Fatigue Life Analyses of Welded Structures: Flaws

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lassen, Tom / Recho, Naman, PUBLISHER: Iste Publishing Company, Practical problems in structural design and service inspection are addressed in this handbook to dealing with fatigue design ong>ofong> welded structures. Details ong>ofong> how to use calculation tools on an Excel spreadsheet are included for application in realistic industrial cases.

Islam, Politics, and Social Movements

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burke, Edmund, III / Lapidus, Ira M. / Abrahamian, Ervand, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> California Press, Taken together the essays in this work not only provide new research essential to the study ong>ofong> Islamic societies and Muslim peoples, but also set a new standard for the concrete study ong>ofong> local situations and illuminate the forces shaping the history ong>ofong> modern Muslim societies. This collection is unique in its sophisticated interpretation ong>ofong> the ong>socialong> protest and political resistance movements in Muslim countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors take two principal approaches to the study ong>ofong> their subject. Utilizing "new cultural history," they explore how particular movements have deployed the cultural and religious resources ong>ofong> Islam to mobilize and legitimize insurgent political action. Others rely on "new ong>socialong> history" to study the economic, political, and ong>socialong> contexts in which movements ong>ofong> anti-colonial resistance and revolution have developed. This work brings together contributions from specialists on Islamic North Africa, Egypt, the Arab fertile crescent, Iran and India.

Research on Social Work and Disasters

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Streeter, Calvin / Murty, Susan A., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Over the past decade, several major natural disasters have had devastating impacts throughout the United States and the world. Since larger populations now live and work on land vulnerable to various hazards, natural disasters can be expected to affect more people each year. As a result, the ong>socialong> work prong>ofong>ession soon will be stretched to its limits as it attempts to respond to growing human needs in the wake ong>ofong> hurricanes, tornadoes, storms, floods, earthquakes, and human-made technological disasters. Research on ong>Socialong> Work and Disasters provides the essential strategies ong>socialong> work researchers, other ong>socialong> scientists in the area ong>ofong> disaster research, and emergency management personnel need to prepare for and recover from all forms ong>ofong> disaster.Focusing on hazard, risk, and disaster research, this book presents conceptual approaches and empirical findings in this emerging and important area ong>ofong> ong>socialong> work. It includes research on natural and technological disasters as they impact both rural and urban environments. Research on ong>Socialong> Work and Disasters ong>ofong>fers conceptual and methodological guidelines for ong>socialong> work researchers and provides insight into the range ong>ofong> opportunities and issues relevant for disaster research. Specific topics you will learn about include: research design, methodology, and measurement community awareness and activism traumatic stress and stress debriefing funding and ethical issues vulnerable populations hazard education action researchResearch on ong>Socialong> Work and Disasters not only addresses effective strategies for responding in the aftermath ong>ofong> particular disasters, but also suggests significant ways in which the ong>socialong> work prong>ofong>ession can become involved in prevention, mitigation, and preparedness activities. The book features examples ong>ofong> recent research on disasters chosen to illustrate a variety ong>ofong> types ong>ofong> disasters, theoretical approaches, methodologies, and levels ong>ofong> analysis. The implications drawn from this book are consistent in suggesting the responsibility ong>ofong> society to care for vulnerable populations and to share the burdens caused by catastrophic events.

Silver in London: The Parker and Wakelin Partnership,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clifford, Helen, PUBLISHER: Bard Center, The firm ong>ofong> Parker and Wakelin was the foremost silversmith in London for much ong>ofong> the eighteenth century, supplying royalty, aristocracy, and gentry with both domestic and ceremonial plate. This fascinating book draws on the firm's records for this period to provide a remarkable account ong>ofong> patrons and their purchases and to investigate the ong>socialong> and economic structures on which the firm depended, revealing new information about the complex web ong>ofong> out-workers with specialist skills and raising questions ong>ofong> authorship. Beautifully illustrated, the book is both a ong>socialong> history ong>ofong> consumption in Georgian London and an investigation into the world ong>ofong> working men and women at that time. Acquista Ora

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