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How has the Labour party handled the issue of race? Caroline Knowles argues that the commonwealth of socialism is founded upon a well-concealed history of brutality and repression.

Hollywood screening of tourist destinations has generated tourist industries globally, transforming conventional tourist marketing and experience. This book provides a look at the phenomenon of 'cinematic tourism', exploring audiences' perceptions of film and their covert relationship with tourist advertising campaigns.

A Tale of Two Cities is a study of two major cities, Manchester and Sheffield. Drawing on the work of major theorists, the authors explore the everyday life, making contributions to our understanding of the defining activities of life.

Celia Lury describes the body's ability to act outside itself both mechanically and perceptually. She draws on a wide range of examples including phototherapy, accounts of false memory syndrome, family albums and Benetton adverts.

In this study, the author examines how the "new middle class" of the late 20th century goes about constructing and defending its social identity. Residents of a housing estate, with its own private leisure and sports facilities, formed the basis of the study.

Dominant theorists of globalization take on the assumptions of a 'Washington Consensus' which presumes the centrality of neo-liberal American individualism. This book analyzes China as a 'risk culture', embracing the boundless opportunity and adventure of Beijing's Olympic architecture.

Teratologies is a distinctly female look at how cancer is imagined and experienced in contemporary society.

This controversial new book traces the journey from public confidence in nuclear technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route.

Demonstrates how colonial exploitation of the Caribbean led directly to contemporary forms of consumption of the region and its products, aiming to trouble innocent indulgence in the pleasures of thoughtless consumption.

Explores various forms of individual cross-border interactions and mobility which have expanded across physical space. This title investigates whether, and to what degree, increases in the volume of transnational interactions weaken the individual citizen's bond to the nation-state.

Argues that social worlds comprise networks of interaction and relations. This book demonstrates how networks comprise multiple dyadic relations which are mutually transformed through their combination. It covers many of the key concepts and concerns of contemporary sociology, including identity, power, exchange and meaning.

Why did the 1989 Chinese student movement end in violent confrontation at Tiananmen Square, despite the fact that both the Chinese government and the students very much wanted to avoid violence? This title addresses this question and offers insights into these dramatic events.

Unpacks Adorno's critique of popular culture in an engagingly, looking at the development of theories of authority, commodification and negative dialectics. Goes on to consider Adorno's writing on specific aspects of popular culture.

In this new work van Loon demonstrates how new technologies are transforming the character of risk and examines the relationship between technological culture and society through chapters on ecology, crime and communication.