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Energy and Society
This book deals with a pivotal issue often marginalized by sociological analysis: the relationship between energy and society, with different contributions from several European scholars. The articles cover a series of topics concerning energy policies, risk communication, and sustainable development. The increasingly complex social organization emerging from the energy shifts of the last two centuries, incorporates an increasing quantity of expert knowledge. Quite paradoxically, when the expert systems seem to be realizing the dream of total control on the uncertainty of the events, any occasional accident reveals to be a check for them contributes to undermining their credibility. Following the idea of a post-democratic turn, this kind of mistrust can be considered a different face of political elites and politics in general, in the frame of a radical change concerning political culture in the last several decades. This change is clear in areas such as risk communication, governance, and energy policies.
New Policies for New Residents
In recent decades, many countries have experienced both a rapid increase of in-migration of foreign nationals and a large-scale devolution of governance to the local level. The result has been new government policies to promote the social inclusion of recently arrived residents. In New Policies for New Residents, Deborah J. Milly focuses on the intersection of these trends in Japan. Despite the country's history of restrictive immigration policies, some Japanese favor a more accepting approach to immigrants. Policies supportive of foreign residents could help attract immigrants as the country adjusts to labor market conditions and a looming demographic crisis. As well, local citizen engageme...
Immigration and Settlement
Immigration and Settlement: Challenges, Experiences, and Opportunities draws on a selection of papers that were presented at the international Migration and the Global City conference at Ryerson University, Toronto, in October of 2010. Through the use of international and Canadian perspectives, this book examines the contemporary challenges, experiences, and opportunities of immigration and settlement in global, Canadian, and Torontonian contexts. In seventeen comprehensive chapters, this text approaches immigration and settlement from various thematic angles, including: rights, state, and citizenship; immigrants as labour; communities and identities; housing and residential contexts; and emerging opportunities. Immigration and Settlement will be of interest to academics, researchers and students, policy-makers, NGOs and settlement practitioners, and activists and community organizers.
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Migratory Stratifications. A New Perspective on Migration and Social Change through the Italian Lens
This groundbreaking edited book offers an innovative lens to explore how migration and social change are intertwined, moving beyond sensationalized media narratives and political agendas. It introduces the concept of "migratory stratification," challenging researchers to focus on the long-lasting effects of migration rather than fleeting, superficial headlines. By investigating immigrant labour dynamics, migration policies, and socio-historical contexts, the book delves into the structural forces that shape migration and the working-class struggles that emerge. Featuring in-depth case studies from Italy, it reveals migration's deep social impact on labour, politics, and urban spaces, providi...
Living on the Boundaries
From the first chapter to the last, this immensely insightful anthology richly details and informs us about the human condition, from multidisciplinary perspectives, about urban life in global contexts. It examines the complex, often controversial issues impacting those who live on the margins of society in our densely populated cities.
Enciclopedia Sociologica dei Luoghi vol. 6
L'Enciclopedia Sociologica dei Luoghi (ESL) si pone come occasione di ricerca e riflessione sul ruolo che i luoghi hanno avuto in passato e hanno tutt'ora nel dare forma alle città e segnare i destini dei suoi abitanti e fruitori. Il volume offre chiavi di lettura e coordinate teoriche, nonché presentazioni di casi utili a sviluppare ricerche situate, riducendo il livello di indifferenza nei confronti dei contesti spaziali che spesso caratterizza le ricerche sociologiche. Il termine enciclopedia sembra il più adatto a trasmettere l'idea di un lavoro in grado di toccare tanti luoghi: da quelli riguardanti i trasporti a quelli relativi il tempo libero, da quelli riferiti alla sicurezza pubblica a quelli inerenti il consumo, e via dicendo.
