Социология
Различные книги в жанре СоциологияRevolution
Revolutionen gar igen. Bade som kulturel forestilling og som samfundsforandrende praksis. Fra Athen til Tunis, fra Madrid til Caracas og New York forenes almindelige mennesker i protest. De vil Aendre deres verden gennem fAelles diskussioner, vilje og handling. Deres engagement kan pavirke deres samfund og stater, men ogsa deres kultur, sprog, selvopfattelse og historiske forankring. Maske ogsa vores.Derfor er det blevet patrAengende nodvendigt at sporge, hvad revolutioner er, hvad de udspringer af, og hvad de gor ved menneskers liv, kultur og samfund. Denne bog giver elementer til svar ved at skildre revolution i et bredt, tvAerfagligt perspektiv. Den viser revolutioners vidt forskellige udtryk i statslige og samfundsmAessige forandringer, kunst, litteratur og menneskelige handlinger og tidsopfattelser. Den drofter revolutionens komplekse forhold til reform, evolution, kontrarevolution, vold og den moderne verdenshistorie som helhed. Revolutioners geografiske grAenser, deres begyndelser og afslutninger samt deres efterliv i historiske tilbageblik tages op til kritisk overvejelse: Er den franske og den russiske revolution nogensinde afsluttet helt, eller foles deres virkninger endnu? Hvad har moderne revolutioner betydet for den tilsyneladende ikkerevolutionAere danske historie?Historiske begivenheder og eksempler fra dagligdagen forbindes her med kultur- og samfundsteoretiske perspektiver. Derved vil bogen ikke blot kaste lys pa revolutionen som fAenomen, men ogsa lade lyset reflektere tilbage pa andre fAenomener og sammenhAenge, der umiddelbart kan synes at vAere uberort af revolution.
Mobilitetsmani
Mobilitet er nutidens mantra. Kloden er omspAendt af uendelige stromme af mennesker og gods, der transporteres rundt med stadig storre hastighed. I cyperspace hvirvler informationer af sted ved hjAelp af teknologier, som udvikles i rivende tempo. Mobilitet er forudsAetningen for at udnytte det moderne livs muligheder og leve op til dets krav.Denne bog stiller det grundlAeggende sporgsmal, hvordan den ogede mobilitet pavirker det sociale liv – og finder svarene i dybtgaende interviews med et bredt udsnit af befolkningen.Den lette adgang til fysiske og virtuelle rejser abner mulighed for fantastiske oplevelser og for at indga i netvAerk pa kryds og tvAers af kloden. Mobilitet er for mange en bade vAerdsat og uomgAengelig del af tilvAerelsen. Samtidig udvikler nogle en nAermest manisk afhAengighed af at have adgang til internettet og deres mobiltelefoner, mens andre klager over, at menneskelige relationer er blevet overfladiske, fordi alle altid er pa vej et andet sted hen. De fleste er ved nAermere eftertanke stAerkt bekymrede over, at den stigende rejseaktivitet er en voldsom miljobelastning, men konsekvenserne af at begrAense mobiliteten forekommer uoverskuelige.Bogen tegner et komplekst billede af, hvordan de mange former for mobilitet indvirker pa hinanden – og opridser dermed vilkarene for udvikling og forandring.
Interprofessional Collaboration and Service Users
This book brings together contributions from a range of social welfare settings, including child welfare, unemployment, mental health and substance abuse treatment, to examine how interprofessional collaboration and service user participation are realised or challenged in multi-agency meetings. It provides empirically grounded analyses of specific aspects of multi-agency work and offers a distinctive conceptual framework for understanding and analysing interaction during meetings in various social welfare settings. Based on audio and video recordings, the authors provide clear examples of actual practices of social welfare professionals and demonstrate how the realisation of collaborative and integrated welfare policy is contingent on effective interactional practices between professionals and service users.
Social Problems in the Age of COVID-19 Vol 2
The COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching political and social consequences across the globe. Published in collaboration with the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), this book addresses the greatest social challenges facing the world as a result of the pandemic. The authors propose public policy solutions to help refugees, migrant workers, victims of human trafficking, indigenous populations and the invisible poor of the Global South.
What Have Charities Ever Done for Us?
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold early in 2020, charities were among the first to respond to the resulting social and economic distress. But recent scandals and a more critical climate have overshadowed the vital role they play. What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? rebalances the debate, using case studies and interviews to illustrate how charities support people and communities, foster heritage and culture and pioneer responses to crucial social, ethical and environmental questions. It also sets the historical context, examines cases that have attracted criticisms, analyses the political response and considers how the governance, transparency and independence of charities could be improved. Charities at their best are the conscience of society and benefit most people at some point in their lives. This book brings to life the breadth and depth of their work and the contribution they make to social progress.
Social Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the world grapples with the complex impacts of COVID-19, this book provides an urgent critical exploration of how Social Work can and should respond to this global crisis. The book considers the ecological, epidemiological, ideological and political conditions which gave rise to the pandemic, before examining the ways that social work has responded in different nations across the Global North and Global South. This series of nation studies examine good practices and suggest new ways to renew and regenerate social work moving on from COVID-19. Contributors also reflect on the key themes that have emerged, including a rise in domestic violence and the ways that the pandemic has disproportionately affected those in working class and minority communities, exacerbating existing inequalities.
Is Technology Making Us Sick?
The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production Awards Modern technology has enhanced our lives in numerous ways we can now communicate in real time with friends and colleagues around the world, and do our shopping and banking without leaving home. But, as technology crowds further into our personal lives, is it doing us more harm than good? Are we becoming anxious, depressed and socially isolated, unaware of the manipulating influence of algorithms designed to keep us engaged and to filter the picture of the world we see? Has our online gaming or gambling unwittingly developed into a disturbing addiction? This rigorous and insightful volume assesses the impact of our increased screen time and daily interactions with personal technology on our individual choices, our relationships, and our mental and physical health, and suggests how best to mitigate any adverse effects.
Vermintes Gelände. Eine Streitschrift gegen den Mainstream der deutschen Integrationsdebatte
Das Thema der Integration von Einwanderern und deren Nachkommen ist in Deutschland wissenschaftlich-analytisch und politisch-normativ hoch umstritten.
Migrationsforscher Stefan Böckler gibt mit seinem vorliegenden Essay wichtige Impulse für diese Debatte, indem er wesentliche Annahmen des Mainstreams des deutschen Integrationsdiskurses einer kritischen Überprüfung unterzieht. Er gelangt zu dem Ergebnis, dass dieser Mainstream in zentralen Hinsichten auf unhinterfragten Prämissen, logischen Fehlschlüssen und widersprüchlichen Argumentationsmustern beruht und dabei selbst vor groben Verfälschungen empirischer Forschungsergebnisse nicht zurückschreckt.
Diese Defizite beruhen, so führt Böckler aus, darauf, dass der kritisierte Mainstream weniger von einem objektiven und sachorientierten Umgang mit dem Ist-Zustand von Integrationsprozessen geleitet wird als vielmehr von vorausgesetzten Annahmen darüber, woran sich solche Prozesse orientieren sollen – Annahmen, die ihrerseits Ausdruck einer zugrunde liegenden Ideologie sind.
Stefan Böckler plädiert eindringlich für ein ausschließlich an logischer Stimmigkeit und empirischer Triftigkeit orientiertes Vorgehen: So könnten nicht nur der wissenschaftlich-analytische Diskurs über Integrationsfragen und auch die politische Debatte über diese Fragen erheblich versachlicht werden, sondern es wären auch viel eher ausgewogene Perspektiven für notwendige praktische Schritte zur Integration in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft zu entwickeln.