Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Ivanova, Mirela / Thaa, Helene / Nachtwey, O. (Hrsg.), Kapitalismus und Kapitalismuskritik. 400 S. 2022:11 (Campus, GW) <678-739>
ISBN 978-3-593-51623-3 paper ¥9,480.- (税込) EUR 39.00 *

Adloff, Frank, Politics of the Gift: Towards a Convivial Society. (Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century) 192 pp. 2022:10 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <678-726>
ISBN 978-1-5292-2622-5 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *

At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of 'homo economicus': an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which arguably leads societies to economic prosperity. Drawing on French sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of 'the gift', Frank Adloff shatters this fallacy to show mutual trust is the only glue that holds societies together; people are giving beings and they can cooperate for the benefit of all when the logic of maximizing personal gain in capitalism is broken. Acknowledging the role of women, nature, and workers in the Global South in transforming society, this book proposes a politics of conviviality, (from the Latin con-vivere: living together) for global and environmental justice as an alternative to the pursuit of profit, growth, and consumption.

Chaney, Paul / Jones, Ian Rees (eds.), Civil Society in an Age of Uncertainty: Institutions, Governance and Existential Challenges. (Civil Society and Social Change) 200 pp. 2022 (Policy Pr., UK) <678-729>
ISBN 978-1-4473-5341-6 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *

This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. These include changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit), austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust and democratic confidence, welfare delivery and the COVID-19 pandemic and the contemporary threat to minority languages and cultures. Presenting original empirical findings, this book brings together core strands of social theory to provide a new way of understanding existential challenges to the form and function of civil society. It highlights pressing social issues and transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in today's age of uncertainty.

Doerre, Klaus / Holzschuh, M. / Koester, J. u. a. (Hrsg.), Abschied von Kohle und Auto?: Sozial-oekologische Transformationskonflikte um Energie und Mobilitaet. 2., akt. Aufl. (International Labor Studies - International Arbietsstudien 26) 340 S. 2022:6 (Campus, GW) <678-330>
ISBN 978-3-593-51636-3 paper ¥7,049.- (税込) EUR 29.00 *

Die oekologischen Herausforderungen zwingen vor allem die fruehindustrialisierten Laender zu einer Nachhaltigkeitsrevolution. Dabei verwandelt sich der alte industrielle Klassenkonflikt in einen sozialoekologischen Transformationskonflikt. Dieser erfasst, so die zentrale These des Bandes, mehr und mehr die Kernbereiche des deutschen Industrie- und Wirtschaftsmodells. Anhand des Braunkohleausstiegs in der Lausitz und den Umbruechen im Wertschoepfungssystem Automobil wird gezeigt, wie sich oekologische und soziale Konfliktachsen gegeneinander verselbstaendigen. Soziale Unsicherheit und das Bemuehen um Statuserhalt koennen zu einer subjektiven Quelle rechtspopulistischer Orientierungen werden.

Barla, Josef / Kluzik, V. / Lemke, T. (Hrsg.), Biokapital: Beitraege zur Kritik der politischen Oekonomie des Lebens. 360 S. 2022:6 (Campus, GW) <678-200>
ISBN 978-3-593-51516-8 paper ¥7,293.- (税込) EUR 30.00 *

Howaldt, Juergen / Kreibich, Miriam u. a. (Hrsg.), Zukunft gestalten mit Sozialen Innovationen: Neue Herausforderungen fuer Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft. 320 S. 2022:11 (Campus, GW) <678-206>
ISBN 978-3-593-51590-8 paper ¥8,265.- (税込) EUR 34.00 *

複雑系理論と社会科学　第2版
Byrne, David / Callaghan, Gillian, Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art. 2nd ed. 272 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) <678-17>
ISBN 978-1-03-210085-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-210086-9 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art revisits the use of complexity theory across the social sciences and demonstrates how complexity informs approaches to various contemporary issues in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, widening social inequality, and impending social and ecological catastrophe wrought by global warming.The book reviews complexity theory in the practice of the social sciences and at their interface with ecological science. It outlines how social theory can be reconciled with complexity thinking and presents a review of the way research can be done using complexity theory. The book suggests how complexity theory can be used to understand and evaluate governance processes, particularly with regard to social inequality and the climate crisis. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is also examined through a complexity lens, reviewing how complexity thinking has been employed in relation to the pandemic and how implementing a complexity framework can transform health and social care. The book concludes with a call to action and the use of complexity theory to inform critical thinking in the education system.This textbook will be immensely useful to students and researchers interested in social research methods, social theory, business and organization studies, health, education, urban studies, and development studies.

Altstaedt, Soeren / Fladvad, Benno / Hasenfratz, M. (Hrsg.), Praxis und Ungewissheit: Zur Alltaeglichkeit sozial-oekologischer Krisen. (Zukuenfte der Nachhaltigkeit) 220 S. 2022:8 (Campus, GW) <678-1056>
ISBN 978-3-593-51521-2 paper ¥7,293.- (税込) EUR 30.00 *

Leal Filho, Walter (Hrsg.), Nachhaltigkeit in den Natur- und Sozialwissenschaften. 402 S. 2022:3 (P. Lang, SZ) <678-1071>
ISBN 978-3-631-87149-2 paper ¥18,480.- (税込) SFR 75.00 *

Der Band praesentiert Ideen, Konzepte, Best Practices und Beispiele von Initiativen, die den Beitrag der Ingenieur- und Sozialwissenschaften zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung aufzeigen. Die Publikation traegt dazu bei, den Beitrag dieser beiden Schluesselbereiche fuer Studierende der Ingenieur- und Sozialwissenschaften in einer bisher nicht dagewesenen Weise zu verdeutlichen.

Bradbury, Aaron / Swalies, Ruth (eds.), Early Childhood Theories Today. 176 pp. 2022:7 (Learning Matters, UK) <678-1107>
ISBN 978-1-5297-9122-8 hard ¥22,479.- (税込) GB￡ 78.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5297-9121-1 paper ¥6,625.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99 *

If you work in the early years, you have probably heard of Montessori and Bronfenbrenner - but have you heard of Bavolek or Fisher? Contemporary theorists and theories of early childhood learning have much to teach us. It is often forgotten that this learning is still evolving and that new voices are joining the discussion every year. This book introduces early years practitioners to some contemporary theorists and explores their work alongside more well-known thinkers. It demonstrates how these theories relate to everyday practice in the early years and that discussion of them can support ongoing professional learning.

Bueno, Arthur / Teixeira, Mariana / Strecker, David (eds.), De-Centering Global Sociology: The Peripheral Turn in Social Theory and Research. (Critical Global Citizenship Education) 228 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) <678-1108>
ISBN 978-0-367-51481-5 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This volume explores the challenges posed to sociological theory and social science research by a growing need to foreground perspectives stemming from, and accounting for, subaltern groups, marginal categories, the Global South, and other politically peripheral regions. De-Centering Global Sociology radically questions some of the most enduring assumptions within sociological thought and social science research and illustrates the impacts of de-centering critical concepts in public policy and education. It proposes new places to build social theory, beyond Europe and the United States, offering debates on the present and future of the social sciences. This peripheral turn also has impacts on the development of pedagogical practices, curricula, and educational research that are more inclusive, and in a position to promote global citizenship. This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and academics with an interest in global social theory, decolonial and postcolonial studies, political theory, feminism, critical race theory, economic sociology, inequality studies, urban sociology, and the sociology of work, religion, and education. It will be of particular interest to those with a focus on citizenship, social policy, conviviality, social integration and solidarity, and new perspectives on multicultural education.

Cataldi, Silvia / Iorio, Gennaro (eds.), Social Love and the Critical Potential of People: When the Social Reality Challenges the Sociological Imagination. (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Emotions) 368 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) <678-1110>
ISBN 978-1-03-210782-0 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book unveils the concept of social love as a kind of "Karst River" that flows through the history of sociology, reassessing it as a form criticism by people in everyday life. Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, this book offers both theoretical and empirical reflections on social love. It shows that love is not only central to the human experience, but that it can also help to interpret and intervene in social problems such as climate change, poverty, xenophobia, and the (post-)Covid crisis, recognizing people as actors in social change. It explores the idea of love as a key element in the promotion of solidarity and recognition in today's plural and unequal societies. Based on empirical research on social love conducted through both qualitative and quantitative methods, especially in Europe and Latin America, this book explores the social dimension of love. Providing overviews on key questions and studies on current issues, the book is essential reference and resource for researchers, students, social workers, and professionals in social sciences, social philosophy, anthropology, social psychology, sociology of emotions and postmodern literature.

Muench, Richard, Die Herrschaft der Inzidenzen und Evidenzen: Regieren in den Fallstricken des Szientismus. 220 S. 2022:7 (Campus, GW) <678-1117>
ISBN 978-3-593-51603-5 paper ¥9,480.- (税込) EUR 39.00 *

Schotanus, M. Susanne (ed.), Interdisciplinary Essays on Monsters and the Monstrous: Imagining Monsters to Understand our Socio-Political and Psycho-Emotional Realities. (Emerald Interdisciplinary Connexions) 268 pp. 2022:10 (Emerald, UK) <678-1118>
ISBN 978-1-80117-028-4 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

Monsters show us our deepest fears and anxieties, our discomfort with difference, and our simultaneous repulsion with and fascination for the other. Understanding that the concept of the monster can be a political tool used to dehumanize opponents and a psychological tool that can help us reconsider our beliefs, Interdisciplinary Essays on Monsters and the Monstrous analyses and explores the enduring influence and imagery of monsters and the monstrous on human societies. Introducing the innovative practice of "imagining monsters" as a way to rethink the key organizing principles in our society that we have traditionally taken for granted, the authors explore not only what monsters are but, most importantly, what monsters reveal about us. This cutting-edge collection of chapters challenges us to contradict worldviews, such as the binary of gender, that have organized our thinking for millennia. Showcasing discussions loaded with ontological, ideological, socio-political, and aesthetic implications, the monstrous is rendered uncannily familiar as our own public and domestic socio-political and psycho-emotional realities are subjected to scrutiny. Launching a critical question: when faced with an existential threat, what can we do? The authors show us how the study of monsters and monstrosity is perfectly positioned to answer. Tackling this question from a unique interdisciplinary scope, the research presented in the chapters are interesting reading for a variety of researchers interested in monsters and the monstrous from across sub-disciplines.

Willis, Evan / Aarons, Haydn, The Sociological Quest: An Introduction to the Study of Social Life. 6th ed. 210 pp. 2022:10 (Routledge, UK) <678-1119>
ISBN 978-1-03-232708-2 hard ¥25,070.- (税込) GB￡ 86.99 *
ISBN 978-1-03-232709-9 paper ¥7,489.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99 *

Starting Sociology can be daunting. This user-friendly introduction takes the reader on a quest towards a sociological understanding of the world we live in. Using contemporary examples, The Sociological Quest asks what is distinctive about the way Sociologists view society. Haydn Aarons and Evan Willis show that they are concerned with the relationships between the individual and society, and that a sociological analysis involves an approach which is historical, cultural, structural, and critical.This sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes new material on identities, social change, social movements, populism, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, digital interaction, and social media. Also included in the sixth edition is an expanded chapter on empirical research in Sociology and the research process, as well as a new chapter on careers in Sociology.

Mueller, Sebastian, Die Grenzen des Konsums: Eine Verantwortungstheorie der Konsumentenrolle. 420 S. 2022:7 (Campus, GW) <678-113>
ISBN 978-3-593-51624-0 paper ¥9,480.- (税込) EUR 39.00 *