The Essential Left

The Essential Left
Author: David McLellan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1986
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780043350560

The Sociology and Politics of Development

The Sociology and Politics of Development
Author: Baidya Nath Varma
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2010-11-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113685567X

Originally published in 1980, this work answers the crucial question of how social change should be guided in the developing countries. Professor Varma begins by posing the problems of the general scope of modernization and the general criteria used in the modernization process. He examines carefully some of the models that have been used for this purpose in the past, providing extensive summaries of the views on modernization of theorists in various social science disciplines, including sociology, politics, economics, and anthropology, and stresses the importance of these views in guiding policy decisions. The book concludes with a comparison of the development processes of the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan and India.

Politics: The Basics

Politics: The Basics
Author: Stephen D Tansey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317624998

Now in its fifth edition, Politics: The Basics explores the systems, movements and issues at the cutting edge of modern politics. A highly successful introduction to the world of politics, it offers clear and concise coverage of a range of issues and addresses fundamental questions such as: • Why does politics matter? • Why obey the state? • What are the key approaches to power? • How are political decisions made? • What are the current issues affecting governments worldwide? Accessible in style and topical in content, the fifth edition has been fully restructured to reflect core issues, systems and movements that are at the centre of modern politics and international relations. Assuming no prior knowledge in politics, it is ideal reading for anyone approaching the study of politics for the first time.

A Clash of Ideologies

A Clash of Ideologies
Author: Randall Reed
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1630878073

Marxism is one of the revolutionary social-scientific theories that has come to have a prominent place in New Testament studies in the United States. It is often combined with liberation theology and applied to apocalyptic texts. This book argues that the basic presuppositions of these three ideological systems are ultimately at odds with one another. The study then traces the kinds of moves scholars in New Testament studies have made to overcome this problem.

Out of the Burning House

Out of the Burning House
Author: Sandy Hobbs
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2011-05-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 144383047X

This unique collaboration, between a Marxist historian and behaviourist psychologist, is a vivid picture of the cultural milieu they experienced at Aberdeen University, and of social forces often overlooked in histories of the time: Scientific Humanism, The New Left, and precursors of the Women’s Liberation Movement. As students together in the MacMillan Era, they shared an attachment to socialist, secular and scientific values. Like Brecht, they saw those unwilling to commit to revolutionary socialism as like people in a burning house asking if it is raining outside before they agree to escape. They followed different paths in their subsequent lives: one became an historian and long-time member of the Communist Party; the other, although a radical behaviourist, unusually focussed on contemporary folklore and child labour.

Revolutionary Thought after the Paris Commune, 1871-1885

Revolutionary Thought after the Paris Commune, 1871-1885
Author: Julia Nicholls
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2019-07-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108499260

The first comprehensive account of revolutionary and socialist thought after the 1871 Paris Commune, France's last nineteenth-century revolution.

Routledge Library Editions: Development Mini-Set M: Theories of Development

Routledge Library Editions: Development Mini-Set M: Theories of Development
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 3471
Release: 2021-11-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136854347

Routledge Library Editions: Development will re-issue works which address economic, political and social aspects of development. Published over more than four decades these books trace the emergence of development as one of the most important contemporary issues and one of the key areas of study for modern social science. The books cover the most important themes within development and include studies of Latin America, Africa and Asia. Authors include Sir Alexander Cairncross, W. Arthur Lewis, Lord Peter Bauer and Cristobal Kay. An extensive collection of previously hard to access or out of print books, this set presents an unrivalled opportunity to build up a wealth of material in the field of development studies, with a particular focus upon economic and political concerns. The volumes in the collection offer both a global overview of the history of development in the twentieth century, and a huge variety of case studies on the development of individual nations. For institutional purchases for e-book sets please contact [email protected] (customers in the UK, Europe and Rest of World)

The Disobedient Generation

The Disobedient Generation
Author: Alan Sica
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2005-12-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0226756254

The Disobedient Generation collects newly written autobiographies by an international cross-section of well-known sociologists, all of them "children of the '60s". It illuminates the human experience of living through that decade as apprentice scholars and activists, encountering the issues of class, race, the Establishment, the decline of traditional religion, feminism, war, and the sexual revolution. In each case the interlinked crises of young adulthood, rapid change, and nascent professional careers shaped this generation's private and public selves.