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Do societies still exist? How should sociology adapt after globalization? This book extends the recent debate about globalisation from the sociological perspective.

Sociology --- Philosophy.

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'Contested Natures' explores the changing significance of nature in daily life, with the aim of demonstrating that nature is irreducibly contested and embedded in highly diverse and ambivalent social practices.

Environmental protection. --- Human ecology. --- Nature --- Effect of human beings on. --- Social aspects. --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Social aspects --- Environmental protection --- Human ecology --- #SBIB:316.334.5U34 --- 316.42 --- 316.42 Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- Anthropogenic soils --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Effect of human beings on --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: milieuproblematiek --- Effect of environment on --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Pragmatics

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This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an evaluation of different conceptions of the nature of science with an examination of important sociological theorists and frameworks. This second edition of the work was originally published in 1982.

Social sciences --- Philosophy.

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John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places, he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the nature of 'locality', the significance of 'economic restructuring', and the concept of the 'rural', are examined in relationship to place. The book then considers how places have been transformed by the development of service occupations and industries. Concepts of the service class and pos

Consumption (Economics) --- Consumer behavior --- Tourism --- Social aspects --- Consumer behavior. --- Social aspects. --- Behavior, Consumer --- Buyer behavior --- Decision making, Consumer --- Human behavior --- Consumer profiling --- Market surveys --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- #SBIB:316.334.5U13 --- #SBIB:316.7C120 --- 316.4 --- 316.4 Sociale processen --- Sociale processen --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: sociale aspecten van de ruimte, sociale ecologie --- Cultuursociologie: algemene en theoretische werken --- Sociology of environment --- Economic geography --- Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects --- Tourism - Social aspects

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In the course of economic and cultural globalization, most large cities have been transformed via increasing commercialisation of urban space, and consequent intense processes of theming. Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book examines links

Sociology, Urban. --- Cities and towns. --- City and town life. --- Urbanization. --- City planning. --- sosiologi --- byplanlegging --- urbane lokalsamfunn --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban systems --- City life --- Town life --- Urban life --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban sociology --- Planning --- Government policy --- Management --- Land use --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Rural-urban migration --- Human settlements --- City and town life --- Urbanization --- Sociologie urbaine --- Urbanisation --- Vie urbaine