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Why People Do What They Do - Bok av Saadi (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences Lahlou - Inbunden

Why People Do What They Do - Bok av Saadi (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences Lahlou - Inbunden

Why do people behave in the way they do and how can we get them to change? Drawing on a large body of empirical research, Lahlou shows that people's behaviour is predictable and shaped by 'installations' combining three sets of factors: what is technically possible (affordances of the environment), what people are able to do (embodied competences), and what monitors and controls behaviour (social regulation). These channel our behaviour and incline us to act one way or another in specific circumstances..

SEK 580.00
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Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It - Bok av Mark Coeckelbergh - Inbunden

Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It - Bok av Mark Coeckelbergh - Inbunden

Across the world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used as a tool for political manipulation and totalitarian repression. Stories about AI are often stories of polarization, discrimination, surveillance, and oppression. Is democracy in danger? And can we do anything about it? In this compelling book, Mark Coeckelbergh offers a guide to the key risks posed by AI for democracy. He argues that AI, as it is currently used and developed, not only aids totalitarian regimes but also undermines the..

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Social Control - Bok av James J. (Cleveland State University) Chriss - Inbunden

Social Control - Bok av James J. (Cleveland State University) Chriss - Inbunden

What is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities?In this third edition of his popular introduction, James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the debates about social control. The book provides a comprehensive guide to historical debates and more recent controversies,..

SEK 870.00
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This is Philosophy of Science - Bok av Franz-Peter Griesmaier - Häftad

This is Philosophy of Science - Bok av Franz-Peter Griesmaier - Häftad

A clear and engaging introduction to the philosophy of science, exploring the role of science within the broader framework of human knowledge and engagement with the worldWhat are the central features and advantages of a scientific worldview? Why do even reasonable scientists sometimes disagree with each other? How are scientific methods different than those of other disciplines? Can science provide an objective account of reality? This is Philosophy of Science introduces the most important philosophical..

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Stop Thief! - Bok av Catherine (University of Paris-X Nanterre) Malabou - Inbunden

Stop Thief! - Bok av Catherine (University of Paris-X Nanterre) Malabou - Inbunden

There's no shame in a continental philosopher saying they are a Marxist, but it's almost impossible to admit to being an anarchist. Silently, perhaps even unknowingly, philosophical anarchism \borrows\ its definition from political anarchism, but the two remain strangers to each other. What do Reiner Schürmann, Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben and Jacques Rancière have in common? Each of them ascribed a determining ontological, ethical, or political value to..

SEK 846.00
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Social Policy - Bok av Hartley (London School of Economics) Dean - Inbunden

Social Policy - Bok av Hartley (London School of Economics) Dean - Inbunden

How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And who should take responsibility for providing the support we need? These are some of the fundamental questions addressed by social policy today.In this introduction, Hartley Dean explains the extraordinary scope and importance of social policy. He explores its foundations and contemporary significance; the principal issues it addresses and their diverse..

SEK 560.00
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The Mysteries of Bilingualism - Unresolved Issues - Bok av Francois (University of Neuchatel Grosjean - Häftad

The Mysteries of Bilingualism - Unresolved Issues - Bok av Francois (University of Neuchatel Grosjean - Häftad

Eleven critical issues in the study of bilingualism: Insightful analyses by renowned expert François GrosjeanThe majority of people living around the world today are able to speak more than one language, yet many aspects of the nature and experience of bilingualism raise unresolved questions for researchers. Who exactly is bilingual? What is the extent of bilingualism? How do infant bilinguals who acquire two languages at the same time manage to separate them? Does language processing work differently..

SEK 556.00
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Mobile Media Methods - Bok av Larissa (RMIT University) Hjorth - Inbunden

Mobile Media Methods - Bok av Larissa (RMIT University) Hjorth - Inbunden

Mobile media such as smartphones, apps, and social media are an integral part of everyday life, used by billions of people around the world. For students and researchers, mobile media also offer a treasure trove of new concepts, methods, and techniques to do research - representing a new phase in digital methods. Across disciplines, researchers rely upon mobile media for quantitative and qualitative projects, to gather data and document sound and images, engage with participants, and disseminate..

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Climate Change and Political Theory - Bok av Catriona McKinnon - Inbunden

Climate Change and Political Theory - Bok av Catriona McKinnon - Inbunden

Climate change is an ethical failure. Floods, fires, droughts, and extreme weather caused by climate change are already killing people and ruining lives on a massive scale. These avoidable impacts hurt the most vulnerable among us first, and worst. Why have we failed to prevent climate change? How can we mobilise to do better politically, socially, and economically? Where does the greatest responsibility for action lie?In this book, Catriona McKinnon unravels the vital contributions made by engaged..

SEK 716.00
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A Brief Global History of the Left - Bok av Shlomo Sand - Inbunden

A Brief Global History of the Left - Bok av Shlomo Sand - Inbunden

What is happening to the Left? It seems to be dying a slow death. While many commentors have predicted its demise, the Left has always defied these bleak prognoses and risen from the ashes in the most unexpected ways. Nevertheless, we are witnessing today a global decline in organized movements on the Left, and while social struggles and rebellious citizens continue to challenge dominant political regimes, these efforts do not translate into support for traditional left parties or into the creation..

SEK 626.00
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What Is Sociolinguistics? - Bok av Gerard (Memorial University of Newfoundland Van Herk - Häftad

What Is Sociolinguistics? - Bok av Gerard (Memorial University of Newfoundland Van Herk - Häftad

How is our language affected by our ethnicity, gender, and region? How are our conversations and other interactions structured? How does society view and regulate language? How do we use language to present ourselves to others? In this revised and updated second edition of the popular What Is Sociolinguistics? Gerard Van Herk explores these and other intriguing questions about language, how we use it, and its relationships to society. Van Herk guides the reader on a tour through the major..

SEK 570.00
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Medieval Sensibilities - A History of Emotions in the Middle Ages - Bok av Damien Boquet - Inbunden

Medieval Sensibilities - A History of Emotions in the Middle Ages - Bok av Damien Boquet - Inbunden

What do we know of the emotional life of the Middle Ages? Though a long-neglected subject, a multitude of sources - spiritual and secular literature, iconography, chronicles, as well as theological and medical works - provide clues to the central role emotions played in medieval society.In this work, historians Damien Boquet and Piroska Nagy delve into a rich variety of texts and images to reveal the many and nuanced experiences of emotion during the Middle Ages - from the demonstrative shame of..

SEK 790.00
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The New Governance of Religious Diversity - Bok av Tariq (University of Bristol Modood - Inbunden

The New Governance of Religious Diversity - Bok av Tariq (University of Bristol Modood - Inbunden

Religious diversity is a key feature of countries across the world today, but it also presents governments with very real challenges. Controversies around religious free speech, symbols, social values and morals, and the role of faith leaders as critical voices, are just a few of the issues that have given rise to fierce social, political and scholarly debate. So how do states include and accommodate religious diversity and should this change? What are the key difficulties facing states when it comes..

SEK 776.00
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Another End of the World is Possible - Living the Collapse (and Not Merely Surviving It) - Bok av Pablo Servigne - Inbunden

Another End of the World is Possible - Living the Collapse (and Not Merely Surviving It) - Bok av Pablo Servigne - Inbunden

The critical situation in which our planet finds itself is no longer in doubt. Some things are already collapsing while others are beginning to do so, increasing the possibility of a global catastrophe that would mean the end of the world as we know it.As individuals, we are faced with a daily deluge of bad news about the worsening situation, preparing ourselves to live with years of deep uncertainty about the future of the planet and the species that inhabit it, including our own. How can we cope?..

SEK 636.00
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My Year with God - Bok av Svend Brinkmann - Inbunden

My Year with God - Bok av Svend Brinkmann - Inbunden

How are Christians capable of believing? Is it faith or delusion? Or is there something wrong with me? I do not believe in spirits, gods, miracles, resurrection or eternal life. But I will seek to cast off my prejudices and give God a chance. At least for a year.Danish writer Svend Brinkmann spent a year with God, exploring faith and religion through the eyes of a sceptic. Each month, from January to December, he grappled with questions that had nagged at him since he was a child: Why does God let..

SEK 576.00
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Beyond States - Bok av Anthony Pagden - Inbunden

Beyond States - Bok av Anthony Pagden - Inbunden

Today the majority of the peoples of the planet live in nation-states, based upon the idea, if never the reality, of a single people, a single culture, a single rule of law and a single source of sovereign authority.  But will they continue to do so in the future?  None of the major challenges that confront humanity today - from climate change to disease, from terrorism to mass migration - can be handled effectively by single nation-states, no matter how powerful. The world is no longer made up..

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