Resenha de: ALEXANDER, Jeffrey. The Drama of Social Life. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2017. 180 p.

In the Rwenzori region of Uganda, radio drives “bureaucratisation world.” By encouraging creation “listeners’ forums,” it produces pernickety technocrats and watchful citizens. Old patterns leadership, based on patronage endorsement a pedagogic mission to enlighten masses, are renewed through spirit neoliberalism. These shows breathe new life into State bring back in centre development. However...

It has long been a central tenant of Tokugawa history that samurai fiefs "effectively" became defunct during the 17th century. This typically is understood (in the English-language literature) as reflecting a tightening of "central control" over divisive tendencies throughout the Tokugawa polity and an important step in achieving political stability. While it is undeniable that samurai fiefs un...

Note: Contribution to ‘Augustine and Manichaean Christianity’, the First South African Symposium on Augustine of Hippo, University of Pretoria, 24−26 April 2012. Dr Jacob van den Berg is participating as research fellow of Prof. Dr Hans van Oort, Professor Extraordinarius in the Department of Church History and Polity of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Afr...

Arvio teoksesta: Lindgren, Simon. 2020. Data Theory: Interpretive Sociology and Computational Methods. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 198 s.

Abstract Urban and Cultural transition refers to several levels, with the environmental one occupying minds. This raises question of a new politicization culture, which cities are theater. We will illustrate this point in first part. In second part, we discuss by posing hypothesis that culture is not cyclical but structural phenomenon, it includes certain peculiarities must be taken into accoun...