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Books by Alain Touraine
  | | Solidarity(Reprint) The Analysis of a Social Movement: Poland 1980-1981 (Msh) by Alain Touraine, Jan Strzelecki, Prof Michel Wieviorka, François Dubet, David Denby, Franã§Ois Dubet, Touraine J., David J. Denby Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1984 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-27595-8, ISBN: 0-521-27595-4 "This 1983 book records a fascinating analysis of the Solidarity movement in Poland. Alain Touraine here proposes an understanding of the place of social movements in contemporary society, and a fresh means of analysing them through 'sociological intervention'. In 1981 he and a team of researchers applied these research methods to the Solidarity movements. Groups of Solidarity activists were involved in a discourse over the nature and ai ..." |
 | | Thinking Differently by Alain Touraine, David Macey Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2009 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4574-2, ISBN: 0-7456-4574-7 "In his previous books Alain Touraine analysed the great changes that have transformed our personal and collective lives; in this new book he shows that we need to transform our ways of thinking about these changes. The very idea of society is in crisis: globalization and the liberation of desires from taboos have led to the collapse of the old social order. In our societies today, good and evil can no longer be defined by institutions; ..." |
 | | After the Crisis(1st Edition) by Alain Touraine, Helen Morrison Hardcover, 180 Pages, Published 2014 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-5384-6, ISBN: 0-7456-5384-7 "What effects will the current economic crisis have on the long-term development of our societies? What does the future hold in store when we emerge from the crisis? These two questions lie at the heart of this important new book by the leading French sociologist Alain Touraine. In an era dominated by the global economy and the triumph of individualism, our society has broken away from the old model of integration in place since the indu ..." |
 | | Beyond Neoliberalism(1st Edition) by Alain Touraine Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2001 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-2434-1, ISBN: 0-7456-2434-0 "Today neoliberals argue that we should let ourselves be guided by market forces and that there is little we can do to stem the flow of economic globalization. On the other hand, thinkers on the left continue to denounce domination and claim to speak in the name of victims who are powerless to change the circumstances of their lives. Despite the differences between these two political positions, they suffer from a common weakness: they u ..." |
 | | Can We Live Together?(1st Edition) Equality and Difference by Alain Touraine, David Macey Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2000 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-4043-2, ISBN: 0-8047-4043-7 "In this book, a leading French social thinker grapples with the gap between the tendency toward globalization of economic relations and mass culture and the increasingly sectarian nature of our social identities as members of ethnic, religious, or national groups. Though at first glance, it might seem as if the answer to the question “Can we live together?” is that we already do live together―watching the same television programs, buyin ..." |
 | | A New Paradigm for Understanding Today's World(1st Edition) by Dr Alain Touraine, Gregory Elliott Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2007 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-3672-6, ISBN: 0-7456-3672-1 "Touraine is one of the leading social thinkers in the world today and many of his books have been published in English.In this book Touraine presents a new theoretical framework for understanding the contemporary world. It is a broad theoretical work which seeks to make sense of everyday experience at the beginning of the 21st century.This is a major new theoretical work by one of the leading sociologists in the world today.A great refe ..." |
 | | After the Crisis(1st Edition) by Alain Touraine, Helen Morrison Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2014 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-5385-3, ISBN: 0-7456-5385-5 "What effects will the current economic crisis have on the long-term development of our societies? What does the future hold in store when we emerge from the crisis? These two questions lie at the heart of this important new book by the leading French sociologist Alain Touraine. In an era dominated by the global economy and the triumph of individualism, our society has broken away from the old model of integration in place since the indu ..." |
 | | The Academic System in American Society(1st Edition) (Foundations of Immunology Series) by Alain Touraine, Clark Kerr Paperback, 319 Pages, Published 1996 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-56000-921-4, ISBN: 1-56000-921-7 "Although the period of student protests of the 1960s and 1970s has long passed, Alain Touraine argues, in this wide-ranging and vigorous essay, that the period’s problems remain with us. Higher degrees have become less and less valuable on the labor market and the demand for academic reform has become more intense. Community colleges still try to provide equal educational opportunities for the poor and the minorities, without much succe ..." |
 | | What Is Democracy?(1st Edition) by Alain Touraine, David Macey Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1997 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-2707-5, ISBN: 0-8133-2707-5 "In this sequel to A Critique of Modernity, Alain Touraine questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. At a time when state power is being increasingly eroded by the economic might of transnational capital, what possible value can we ascribe to a democratic idea that is defined merely as a set of guarantees against the totalitarian state?If democracy is to survive in the postcommunist world, Touraine argues, it must acc ..." |
 | | What Is Democracy?(1st Edition) by Barbara E. Ainsworth, Caroline A. Macera, Alain Touraine, David Macey Hardcover, 239 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-31394-4, ISBN: 0-367-31394-4 "In this sequel to A Critique of Modernity, Alain Touraine questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. At a time when state power is being increasingly eroded by the economic might of transnational capital, what possible value can we ascribe to a democratic idea that is defined merely as a set of guarantees against the totalitarian" |
 | | The Academic System in American Society by Alain Touraine Hardcover, Published 2018 by Taylor & Francis Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-138-53405-6, ISBN: 1-138-53405-6 |
 | | The Academic System in American Society by Alain Touraine 319 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-351-30590-7, ISBN: 1-351-30590-5 "The State University of New York is a legal entity that gives charters and accreditation to all the public and private institutions, schools and colleges. ... the Educational Testing Service, the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program, and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. ... The proliferation of these organizations might seem a threat to the autonomy of the academic system itself, but James Perkins, ..." |
 | | Organized Crime, Prison and Post-Soviet Societies by Alain Touraine, Anton Oleinik 326 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-351-77754-4, ISBN: 1-351-77754-8 "analyse sociologique de la réforme pénitentiaire en Russie', Revue d'études comparatives Est - Ouest, Vol.30, n°1, pp. 165188. Oleinik Anton N. (2000a), Institutional'naja ekonomika. Infra M, Moskva. Oleinik Anton N. (2000b), Institutional'nye aspekty social'noekonomicheskih transformacij, TEIS, Moskva. Oleinik Anton N. (2001), 'Changes in the Organization of Everyday Life in the Wake of Financial Crisis', in Segbers Klaus (ed.), E ..." |
 | | Organized Crime, Prison and Post-Soviet Societies by Alain Touraine, Anton Oleinik Hardcover, 326 Pages, Published 2017 by Taylor & Francis Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-138-71096-2, ISBN: 1-138-71096-2 "This English edition includes a postscript on the Moscow terrorist crisis of 2002." |
 | | Thinking Differently (Hardback) by Alain Touraine, David Macey Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2009 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4573-5, ISBN: 0-7456-4573-9 "Mauss (Collectif), Une Théorie sociologique générale est-elle possible? Paris: La Découverte, 2004. Mead, George H. (1934), Mind, Self and Society: From the Viewpoint of a Social Behaviourist, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Meda, Dominique (1995), Le Travail: une valeur en voie de disparition, Paris: Aubier. Melucci, Alberto (1996), Challenging Codes: Collective Action ... Mongin, Olivier ( 2005), La Condition urbaine, Paris: ..." |
 | | A New Paradigm for Understanding Today's World by Alain Touraine, Gregory Elliott Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2007 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-3671-9, ISBN: 0-7456-3671-3 "Essai sur la modernité tardive. Paris: La Table Ronde, 2000. Dubet, François, Jeunes en survie. Paris: Fayard, 1987. Dubet, François, Sociologie de l' expérience. Paris: Seuil, 1994. Dubet, François, Le Déclin de l'institution. Paris: Seuil, 2002." |
 | | Can We Live Together(1st Edition) Equality and Difference by Alain Touraine, David Macey Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2000 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-4042-5, ISBN: 0-8047-4042-9 "In this book, a leading French social thinker grapples with the gap between the tendency toward globalization of economic relations and mass culture and the increasingly sectarian nature of our social identities as members of ethnic, religious, or national groups. Though at first glance, it might seem as if the answer to the question “Can we live together?” is that we already do live together―watching the same television programs, buyin ..." |
 | | Can We Live Together Equality and Difference by Alain Touraine Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2000 by Polity Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-2211-8, ISBN: 0-7456-2211-9 |
 | | Can We Live Together(1st Edition) Equality and Difference (Paperback) by Alain Touraine Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2000 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-2212-5, ISBN: 0-7456-2212-7 "In this provocative and timely new book, Alain Touraine explores the question of how we might live together in a truly globalized world society. Rejecting the seductive metaphor of a global melting pot, Touraine mounts a powerful attack on the idea that we now live together as equals, sharing the same social and cultural values. If anything, he argues, our differences are being heightened, as communities increasingly define their identi ..." |
 | | Return of the Actor Social Theory in Postindustrial Society by Alain Touraine, Myrna Godzich Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 1988 by Univ Of Minnesota Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1594-0, ISBN: 0-8166-1594-2 "Book by Touraine, Alain" |
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