{"product_id":"global-sociology-and-the-struggles-for-a-better-world-towards-the-futures-we-want-paperback","title":"Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World: Towards the Futures We Want - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarkus S. Schulz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contemporary world has reached a pivotal moment of escalating injustices and apocalyptic risks, but also of unprecedented opportunities. Mounting pressures of social and ecological problems are met by a confluence of intellectual trends that allow the questioning of entrenched assumptions and the unleashing of a forward-oriented sociological imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGlobal Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World, \u003c\/em\u003e a diverse collection of international experts explore contemporary trends, alternative visions, and new directions for sociological research, raising issues that reflect the complexity of challenges facing future projects on a shared planet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Topics include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobal Inequality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMultipolar Globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClimate Change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContentious Politics and Social Movements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeminist and Indigenous Perspectives in Latin America \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn African-centred approach to Knowledge Production \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePost-Islamist Democracy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on the revised papers of the Opening and Closing Plenaries of the Third ISA Forum of Sociology in Vienna, Austria, July 2016, which Markus Schulz organized on the theme \"The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarkus S. Schulz is Vice-President for Research of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and serves as President of the 2016 ISA Forum of Sociology in Vienna. Professor Schulz is Past-President of the ISA Research Committee on Futures Research (RC07), and previous Program Committee member for the ISA World Congress in Yokohama. Professor Schulz's research focuses on democracy, globalization, media, movements, and the social imagination of possible futures. He is currently working at the New School for Social Research on the intellectual history of future concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429433786546,"sku":"9781526463982","price":49.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/EpDWDj1Qp89781526463982.webp?v=1783264456","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/global-sociology-and-the-struggles-for-a-better-world-towards-the-futures-we-want-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}