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The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license Through a variety of empirical studies, this volume offers fresh insights into the manner in which different forms of communicative action transform urban space. With attention to the methodological questions that arise from the attempt to study such changes empirically, it offers new theoretical foundations for understanding the social construction and reconstruction of spaces through communicative action. Seeing communicative action as the basic element in the social construction of reality and conceptualizing communication not only in terms of the use of language and texts, but as involving any kind of objectification, such as technologies, bodies and non-verbal signs, it considers the roles of both direct and mediatized (or digitized) communication. An examination of the conceptualization of the communicative (re-)construction of spaces and the means by which this change might be empirically investigated, this book demonstrates the fruitfulness of the notion of refiguration as a means by which to understand the transformation of contemporary societies. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, social theorists, and geographers with interests in social construction and urban space.

Communication --- Mass media --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects.

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The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license Through a variety of empirical studies, this volume offers fresh insights into the manner in which different forms of communicative action transform urban space. With attention to the methodological questions that arise from the attempt to study such changes empirically, it offers new theoretical foundations for understanding the social construction and reconstruction of spaces through communicative action. Seeing communicative action as the basic element in the social construction of reality and conceptualizing communication not only in terms of the use of language and texts, but as involving any kind of objectification, such as technologies, bodies and non-verbal signs, it considers the roles of both direct and mediatized (or digitized) communication. An examination of the conceptualization of the communicative (re-)construction of spaces and the means by which this change might be empirically investigated, this book demonstrates the fruitfulness of the notion of refiguration as a means by which to understand the transformation of contemporary societies. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, social theorists, and geographers with interests in social construction and urban space.

Communication --- Mass media --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects.

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"A deeply researched account of musical culture in five early modern German cities (Augsburg, Erfurt, Gotha, Leipzig, and Munich) offering a new narrative of Baroque music, one that defines the era in terms of social dynamics rather than style and genre development. As Kevorkian demonstrates, musicians were much more closely integrated into urban society in the course of their educations, performances, and careers than has since become the case"--

Music --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects --- History --- Germany.

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Jennifer Lynn Kelly explores the significance of contemporary solidarity tourism in Palestine/Israel, showing how such tourism functions both as political strategy and emergent industry.

Tourism --- Tourism --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects

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Pratique sociale très répandue dont la définition reste pourtant délicate, la corruption est devenue tardivement un objet d'étude pour les sociologues, les anthropologues, les économistes et les juristes. Quels sont les effets, positifs ou négatifs, de cet échange inégal entre des protagonistes privés et/ou publics ? Et peut-on déterminer les causes socioculturelles ou institutionnelles à l'origine de ces comportements ? Quels sont les avantages recherchés par les acteurs ? Comment le public réagit-il face à la médiatisation des affaires de corruption ? Enfin, quels sont les instruments déployés à l'échelle internationale pour lutter contre ces agissements ? Les réponses théoriques et empiriques des sciences sociales à ces interrogations éclairent un sujet auquel les citoyens à la recherche d'informations fiables portent une attention croissante

Political corruption - Social aspects