Product Description: Professor John Rex was one of Britain’s most eminent sociologists, and a teacher of a whole generation of sociology students. In this book he presents a stimulating introduction to the major issues of sociological theory and gives an account of the perspective which has informed his thinking and writing...read more

Product Description: Professor Rex’s controversial book concerns not only those who are professional sociologists but all thinking people who live in the modern world. One of the objects of sociology is to give ‘power to the people’, to make a contribution to the understanding of political problems...read more

Product Description: These essays, commissioned by John Rex, reflect the state of sociology in Britain today. Leading representatives of the diverse ‘schools’ provide lucid accounts of their own particular approaches to this complex discipline and in doing so demonstrate the techniques described...read more

John Rex is well known as one of Britain's leading sociologists and for his special interest in the sociology of race relations and the sociology of the city. In the present book these two related areas are brought together. Professor Rex discusses imperialistic social systems, and examines the position of black people at the colonial and metropolitan ends of thoses systems. This book was first published in 1973.

Product Description: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The second edition of The Ethnicity Reader offers acomprehensive and engaging selection of readings for students ofsociology, politics, international relations and race relations.Updated with a large proportion of new readings and extendededitorial summaries, the reader analyses the ethnic componentpresent in nationalism, multiculturalism and migration, making itindispensable to those seeking to understand the relevance ofethnicity as one of the most prominent forces in the modern world. Drawing on a wide range of examples, the selections includedexamine theories of nationalism and consider issues of ethnicintegration and conflict in the USA, Middle East, Northern Ireland,Scotland, Quebec and Catalonia among other countries and regions.The concept of ethnicity, however, is discussed not only inrelation to group rights in existing nation-states: many of theselections deal with the role of ethnicity in groups which are notnationalist at all but for which ethnicity is an important factorin the process of migration, extending the focus to transnationalcommunities in a globalized world.Contributors include Benedict Anderson, Etienne Balibar, JamesClifford, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Keating, Will Kymlicka, TariqModood, John Rex, Anthony D. Smith, Michel Wieviorka, and FrankeWilmer.

Product Description: Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century. For further information on this collection please email info.research@routledge.co.uk.

Product Description: In the last decade the study of multiculturalism has become an established field in political and social theory. This in-depth and engaging volume focuses on public policy and the dilemmas faced by the governments of increasingly diverse societies...read more

Product Description: The Ethnicity Reader offers a comprehensive and challenging selection of readings for students of sociology, politics, international relations and race relations. It presents a highly accessible introduction to the study of ethnicity by providing an original approach to nationalism, multiculturalism and migration...read more

Product Description: The author deals with the problem in political theory of how modern nation states must be structured in order to realise the two separate goals of equality of opportunity and the recognition of cultural diversity between groups. Subsequent chapters argue against a number of West European critics for a society of this type and the concept of multiculturalism is developed as it is applied in other contexts in Eastern Europe and North America...read more

Provides a comprehensive, non-academic treatment of the algorithms commonly used in advanced application development, shows how professional programmers actually use algorithms in their daily work, and requires no previous familiarity with the theory of algorithms. Original. (Advanced).

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