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Art is a major political weapon of our times. Today, peoples around the world use art to boost their own identity and to attack the ways others represent them. At a time of increasing intercultural e …

A comprehensive analysis of stratification in rural Sri Lanka, taking into account the hierarchies of class, status and power. …

From TV to smartphone apps to movies to newspapers, mass media are nearly omnipresent in contemporary life and act as a powerful social institution. In this introduction to media sociology, Lindner a …

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently …

First published in 1997, this book revolves around a textual analysis of the Weberian thesis that ”classes”, ”status groups” and ”parties’ are phenomena of the distribution of power within a ”c …

An ethnographic exploration of the rise of new forms of leadership at community and national levels with islanders are synthesising traditional and Western models. …

This book explores the use of tort laws in Bangladesh, outlining critical studies and cases on key concepts such as nuisance, international torts, negligence, and liability. Drawing from case studies …

Contemporary law and government are increasingly characterized by a focus on risk. Fields such as health, psychiatry, criminal justice, vehicle safety, urban design and environmental governance all p …

First published in 1989, The Dialectics of Friendship explores the ideals and paradoxes of friendship against the backdrop of other relationships. The book begins with an introduction to the subject …

Personal and yet utterly universal, inevitable and yet unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures, since earliest times. Different societies address death and the act of dying in cul …