European Integration as an Elite Process

The Failure of a Dream?

By Max Haller

Max Haller's impressive book presents an analysis of the process of European integration which keeps the relation between elites and citizens at the forefront. It is shown on...

Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge.

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Culture, Politics and Sport

Blowing the Whistle, Revisited

By Garry Whannel

'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. …For 20 years his writing has set a high standard …and it...

Published January 14th 2008 by Routledge.

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Codifying Cyberspace

Communications self-regulation in the age of Internet convergence

By Damian Tambini, Danilo Leonardi, Chris Marsden

Can the Internet regulate itself? Faced with a range of 'harms' and conflicts associated with the new media – from gambling to pornography – many governments have resisted...

Published December 20th 2007 by Routledge.

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Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law

By William E. Scheuerman

Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law makes use of the work of first-generation Frankfurt School theorist Franz L. Neumann, in conjunction with...

Published December 13th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Politics of Antisocial Behaviour

Amoral Panics

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Antisocial behaviour is becoming a universally accepted problem and one that dominates the political and popular imagination. By providing a new criminological framework for understanding...

Published November 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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Jean Baudrillard

Against Banality

By William Pawlett

This uniquely engaging introduction to Jean Baudrillard’s controversial writings covers his entire career focusing on Baudrillard’s central, but little understood, notion of symbolic exchange. Through...

Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge.

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Cosmopolitanism

By Robert Fine

The idea of cosmopolitanism has informed some of the most important developments in current sociology. It has changed the way in which we think about...

Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge.

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Global Empowerment of Women

Responses to Globalization and Politicized Religions

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The empowerment of women is a broadly endorsed strategy for solving a host of difficult problems, from child poverty to gender violence to international development....

Published November 13th 2007 by Routledge.

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Gambling, Freedom and Democracy

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As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial gambling in Western-style democracies, governments and communities are encountering a complex array of economic, social and...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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The Netherlands

Globalization and National Identity

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The Netherlands is the first concise, authored introduction available on the topic. The Netherlands has been a key entrepot in the world capitalist system for centuries,...

Published September 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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