Specific focus on the interrelation of Social Movements and Mass Media Historical focus on the 1960s when new forms of interaction between social movements and mass media emerged Combines historical and systematic perspectives Special focus on framing theory
This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of... Læs mere
This book demonstrates that the school division allows for different visions of what it means to belong to... Læs mere
Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient? How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty?
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in New York & Dakar, this book explores the Senegalese dance-rhythms Sabar from the... Læs mere
Introduces the discussion about youth bulge into social anthropology Offers a social anthropological approach to demographic and political dynamics Suggests a new way of thinking about social change in youth bulge societies
Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta.
Offers a multi-disciplinary approach Examines the political and social contexts of the economic transformation of Central and... Læs mere
Addresses a major theme in anthropological theory. Has a full circumpolar range of examples. Is an interdisciplinary collection. Addresses the complexity of northern indigenous architectural design.
A systematic and rich account of how Albanians and Georgians view Europe, this book offers a fresh perspective on the vast East/West literature and, more broadly, on European intellectual, cultural, and political history.
The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to... Læs mere
Focuses on young Israeli combat soldiers during the Al-Aqsa intifada Demonstrates the need to look at misbehaviour of soldiers from a structural viewpoint Describes how processes of numbing at different levels influence their moral behaviour