Author : Teodor Shanin
Publisher : Oxford : Clarendon Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Historical study of the political sociology of peasantry (the self employed rural worker class) in Russia from 1910 to 1925 - examines the major problems, strains and alternatives facing Russia and the position of the peasantry in Russian society, and covers rural area social structures, the socio-economic differentiation and the social mobility of the peasant family, peasant movements, etc. Bibliography pp. 228 to2238, references and statistical tables.
Author : Adam Kotsko
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,63 MB
Release : 2010-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1846946042
Argues that the awkwardness of our age is a key to understanding human experience.
Author : Hermann Giliomee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135297169
Democracies derive their resilience and vitality from the fact that the rule of a particular majority is usually only of a temporary nature. By looking at four case-studies, The Awkward Embrace studies democracies of a different kind; rule by a dominant party which is virtually immune from defeat. Such systems have been called Regnant or or Uncommon Democracies. They are characterized by distinctive features: the staging of unfree or corrupt elections; the blurring of the lines between government, the ruling party and the state; the introduction of a national project which is seen to be above politics; and the erosion of civil society. This book addresses major issues such as why one such democracy, namely Taiwan, has been moving in the direction of a more competitive system; how economic crises such as the present one in Mexico can transform the system; how government-business relations in Malaysia are affecting the base of the dominant party; and whether South Africa will become a one-party dominant system.
Author : Aryelle Jacobsen
Publisher : Chiron Publications
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 29,77 MB
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1630514446
Author : SVETLANA CHMAKOVA
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 14,45 MB
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316381349
Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids. Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them. On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she's already broken the first rule, and the mean kids start calling her the "nerder girlfriend." How does she handle this crisis? By shoving poor Jaime and running away! Falling back on rule two and surrounding herself with new friends in the art club, Peppi still can't help feeling ashamed about the way she treated Jaime. Things are already awkward enough between the two, but to make matters worse, he's a member of her own club's archrivals--the science club! And when the two clubs go to war, Peppi realizes that sometimes you have to break the rules to survive middle school!
Author : Melissa Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0735211639
Examines the ways that embracing socially awkward situations, even when they lead to embarrassment and self-conciousness, also provide the opportunity to test oneself and to recognize how people are connected to each other.
Author : Teodor Shanin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1583678085
Explores Marx’s attitude to “developing” societies. Includes translations of Marx’s notes from the 1880s, among the most important finds of the last century.
Author : bell hooks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 40,11 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1135956642
Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them.
Author : Paul Embery
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 39,1 MB
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1509540008
The typical contemporary Labour MP is almost certain to be a university-educated Europhile who is more comfortable in the leafy enclaves of north London than the party’s historic heartlands. As a result, Labour has become radically out of step with the culture and values of working-class Britain. Drawing on his background as a firefighter and trade unionist from Dagenham, Paul Embery argues that this disconnect has been inevitable since the Left political establishment swallowed a poisonous brew of economic and social liberalism. They have come to despise traditional working-class values of patriotism, family and faith and instead embraced globalisation, rapid demographic change and a toxic, divisive brand of identity politics. Embery contends that the Left can only revive if it speaks once again to the priorities of working-class people by combining socialist economics with the cultural politics of belonging, place and community. No one who wants to really understand why our politics has become so dysfunctional and what the Left can do to fix it can afford to miss this authentic, insightful and passionate book.
Author : Paul Fussell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 32,39 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0671792253
This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.
