Skip to main content

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Artículos no disponibles para compra.
Por favor revisa tu carrito. Puedes eliminar los artículos no disponibles ahora o los eliminaremos nosotros automáticamente al momento de pagar.
artículosartículo
artículosartículo

Recomendado para ti

Loading...
Descubre nuestras recomendaciones
Descubre nuestras recomendaciones
Descubre nuestras recomendaciones
  • Experts

    The Knowledge and Power of Expertise

    Series series Key Ideas
    In this book, Stehr and Grundmann outline the theoretical significance and practical importance of the growing stratum of experts, counsellors and advisors in contemporary society, and claim that the growing spectrum of knowledge-based occupations has led to the pluralisation of expertise.As decision makers in organizations and private citizens, for various reasons, increasingly seek advice from ... Leer más

    $1,423 MXN

La gente que leyó esto también disfrutó

  • World at Risk

    de Ulrich Beck ...
    Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the way we think about contemporary societies. During the last two decades, the dangers highlighted by Beck have taken on new forms and assumed ever greater significance. Terrorism has shifted to a global arena, financial crises have produced worldwide ... Leer más

    $312 MXN

  • The Marketplace of Ideas

    Reform and Resistance in the American University

    de Louis Menand ...
    "Crisp and illuminating . . . well worth reading."—Wall Street JournalThe publication of The Marketplace of Ideas has precipitated a lively debate about the future of the American university system: what makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects are required? Why are so many academics against the concept of interdisciplinary studies? From his position at the heart of academe, Harvard ... Leer más

    $222 MXN

  • State Theory

    Putting the Capitalist State in Its Place

    de Bob Jessop ...
    This volume develops a novel approach to state theory. It offers a comprehensive review of the existing literature on the state and sets a new agenda for state research.Four central themes define the scope of the book: an account of the bases of the operational autonomy of the state; the need to develop state theory as part of a more general social theory; the possibilities of explaining ... Leer más

    $563 MXN

  • Biopolitics

    An Advanced Introduction

    Series Libro 5 - Biopolitics
    The first systematic overview of the notion of biopolitics and its relevance in contemporary theoretical debateThe biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of “biopolitics” has been linked to everything from rational ... Leer más

    $407 MXN

  • Urban Theory

    A critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century

    What is Urban Theory? How can it be used to understand our urban experiences? Experiences typically defined by enormous inequalities, not just between cities but within cities, in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world. This book explains:Relations between urban theory and modernity in key ideas of the Chicago School, spatial analysis, humanistic urban geography, and ‘radical′ ... Leer más

    $1,263 MXN

  • Why Voice Matters

    Culture and Politics After Neoliberalism

    de Nick Couldry ...
    One of the best books I have read in years about what it means to engage neoliberalism through a critical framework that highlights those narratives and stories that affirm both our humanity and our longing for justice. It should be read by everyone concerned with what it might mean to not only dream about democracy but to engage it as a lived experience and political possibility.- Henry Giroux, ... Leer más

    $1,240 MXN

  • From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics

    The Shifting Boundaries between Economics and other Social Sciences

    Series series Economics as Social Theory
    Is or has economics ever been the imperial social science? Could or should it ever be so? These are the central concerns of this book. It involves a critical reflection on the process of how economics became the way it is, in terms of a narrow and intolerant orthodoxy, that has, nonetheless, increasingly directed its attention to appropriating the subject matter of other social sciences through ... Leer más

    $1,457 MXN

  • The Political Economy of Communication

    de Vincent Mosco ...
    "A masterpiece... the one single indispensable book that all media students and scholars need to read to understand this vital and growing area of research."- Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"A contemporary classic of media studies. Vincent Mosco, among the leading media scholars of our or any time, brings his searing insights and crystal prose to bear on the latest ... Leer más

    $1,533 MXN

  • State Power

    de Bob Jessop ...
    Bob Jessop presents an up-to-date account of his distinctive approach to the dialectics of structure and strategy in the exercise of state power. While his earlier work critically surveys other state theories, this book focuses on the development of his own strategic-relational approach. It introduces its main sources, outlines its development, applies this approach to four case studies, and ... Leer más

    $390 MXN

  • Introducing Social Theory

    This revised edition of Pip Jones's extremely popular introduction to social theory, now benefiting from the collaboration of Shaun Le Boutillier and Liz Bradbury, has been carefully and thoroughly updated with the latest developments in this continually changing field. Written in a refreshingly lucid and engaging style, Introducing Social Theory provides readers with a wide-ranging, well ... Leer más

    $327 MXN

  • Against Injustice

    The New Economics of Amartya Sen

    Edición de Reiko Gotoh, Paul Dumouchel ...
    Traditional theories of justice as formulated by political philosophers, jurists and economists have all tended to see injustice as simply a breach of justice, a breakdown of the normal order. Amartya Sen's work acts as a corrective to this tradition by arguing that we can recognise patent injustices, and come to a reasoned agreement about the need to remedy them, without reference to an explicit ... Leer más

    $844 MXN