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Originally published in 1987, Colin Campbell's classic treatise on the sociology of consumption has become one of the most widely cited texts in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and the history of ideas. In the thirty years since its publication, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism has lost none of its impact. If anything, the growing commodification of society, the increased attention to consumer studies and marketing, and the ever-proliferating range of purchasable goods and services have made Campbell's rereading of Weber more urgent still. As Campbell uncovers how and why a consumer-oriented society emerged from a Europe that once embodied Weber's Protestant ethic, he delivers a rich theorization of the modern logics and values structuring consumer behavior. This new edition, featuring an extended Introduction from the author and an Afterword from researcher Karin M. Ekström, makes clear how this foundational work aligns with contemporary theory in cultural sociology, while also serving as major influence on consumer studies

Der Transplantationsskandal in Deutschland Das Buch untersucht und erklärt die Verstöße gegen Richtlinien und Gesetze im Feld der Transplantationsmedizin. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Falschangaben, durch welche die Patienten auf der Warteliste für ein Organ nach ganz vorne gerückt wurden. Markus Pohlmann sieht hinter die Kulissen der deutschen Transplantationsmedizin und kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass wir es nicht nur mit einzelnen schwarzen Schafen, sondern mit systematischen Hintergründen in der Organisation der Transplantationsmedizin zu tun haben. Der Inhalt • Die Patienten, die Ärzte, die Richtlinienverstöße und ihre Folgen • Methode und Forschungsdesign der Untersuchung • Die Richtlinienverstöße in der Transplantationsmedizin: Die Ergebnisse der Inhaltsanalysen • Die Sichtweisen der Transplantationsexperten und die Ergebnisse der Interviewanalyse • Systematische Gründe für die Falschangaben? - Diskussion der Befunde Die Zielgruppen • Dozierende und Studierende der Fachgebiete Soziologie, Medizin, Kriminologie, Jurisprudenz sowie Gesundheitswissenschaften • Mediziner und Medizinerinnen, Juristen und Juristinnen, Krankenhausmanager und -managerinnen, in der Compliance Beschäftigte Der Autor Markus Pohlmann hat eine Professur zur Soziologie der Organisation an der Universität Heidelberg inne. Er beschäftigt sich insbesondere mit den Themen Organisation und Management und steht seit einiger Zeit einer interdisziplinären Forschergruppe vor, die sich mit brauchbarer Illegalität, organisationaler Devianz und Unternehmenskriminalität beschäftigt

This open access book offers new insights into the ageing-migration nexus and the nature of home. Documenting the hidden world of France's migrant worker hostels, it explores why older North and West African men continue to live past retirement age in this sub-standard housing. Conventional wisdom holds that at retirement labour migrants ought to instead return to their families in home countries, where their French pensions would have far greater purchasing power. This paradox is the point of departure for a book which transports readers from the banlieues of Paris to the banks of the Senegal River and the villages of the Anti-Atlas. In intimate ethnographic detail, the author brings to life the experiences of these older labour migrants by sharing in the life of the hostels as a resident, by observing at close quarters the men's family life on the other side of the Mediterranean as a guest in their homes, and even by accompanying them in their travels by bus, sea, and air. The monograph evaluates several theories of migration against rich qualitative data gathered from multiple methods: biographical narrative and semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and archival research. In the process, it offers a thoughtful contribution to broader debates on what it means for migrants to belong and achieve inclusion in society. "This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of transnationalism and integration. It also offers an unusually nuanced view of the strains that migration places on families" Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh "A fascinating read which poignantly shows that the ageing-migration nexus is a theoretically profuse source of information about return migration, retirement and the meaning of home "Based on a prize-winning PhD thesis, and enriched by unique field research in migrant-worker hostels in France, this book engages in truly innovative fashion with the linked themes of migration, ageing and 'home'." Russell King, University of Sussex

"Safety Risk Management for Medical Devices demystifies risk management, providing clarity of thought and confidence to the practitioners of risk management as they do their work. Written with practicing engineers, safety management professionals, and students in mind, this book will help readers tackle the difficult questions, such as how to define risk acceptance criteria and how to determine when to stop risk reduction. This book delivers not only theory, but also practical guidance for applying the theory in daily risk management work. The reader is familiarized with the vocabulary of risk management and guided through a process to ensure compliance with the international standard ISO 14971--a requirement for all medical devices. This book outlines sensible, easily comprehensible, and state-of the-art methodologies that are rooted in current industry best practices. Opening chapters introduce the concept of risk, the legal basis for risk management, and the requirements for a compliant risk-management process. The next group of chapters discusses the connection between risk management and quality systems, usability engineering and biocompatibility. This book delves into the techniques of risk management, such as fault tree analysis and failure modes and effects analysis, and continues with risk estimation, risk control, and risk evaluation. Special topics such as software risk management, clinical investigations, and security are also discussed. The latter chapters address benefit-risk analysis, and production and postproduction monitoring. This book concludes with advice and wisdom for sensible, efficient, and successful safety risk management of medical devices.Teaches industry best practices on medical-device risk management in compliance with ISO 14971Provides practical, easy-to-understand, and step-by-step instructions on how to perform hazard analysis and manage the risks of medical devicesOffers a worked-out example applying the risk management process on a hypothetical device"--

Work in progress -- List of Contents -- Introduction. Frank Trentmann, Anna Barbara Sum and Manuel Rivera -- The authority of experts - and its dialectic -- The rise and consolidation of experts: state power and 'public service' -- Globalisation and contestation -- Experts vs. experts: scientific disciplines, ideologies, and local contexts -- 'Above politics'? Knowledge and communication in an age of uncertainty -- References -- Learning to Scale: The Case of Victorian Britain. Fredrik Albritton Jonsson -- References -- The Social Life of Energy Futures: Experts, Consumers and Demand in the Golden Age of Modernisation, c. 1900-73. Rebecca Wright and Frank Trentmann -- Pragmatics of forecasting -- Social actors and communities of expertise -- Political ideologies and democratic futures -- Fragmented policy fields -- Users, lifestyles and social values -- Exhibiting futures -- Conclusions -- References -- From American South to Global South: The TVA's Experts and Expertise, 1933-98. Vincent Lagendijk -- Introduction -- Expertise and the TVA -- Transferring ideas and expertise -- TVA expertise and the UN -- TVA expertise and the World Bank -- Conclusion: Cracks in the concrete -- References -- What Makes an Expert? The View from UNRRA, 1943-47. Jessica Reinisch -- Experts and international organisations -- UNRRA's experts -- Expert vs. expert -- Experts and 'technical assistance' -- Conclusion -- References -- Contesting the Official Concept of Progress. John Toye -- Introduction -- Herbert Frankel on the official concept of progress -- C. P. Snow on rich and poor and Leavis's counterblast -- Fritz Schumacher, renegade economist -- The attack on science and experts once again -- The gospel of sustainability -- References -- The Strategy of Expertise: Albert O. Hirschman, Economics and 'Development' in the 1950s. Anna Barbara Sum.

In his philosophical classic Insight, Catholic philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan introduced the concept of self-appropriation – the personal search for knowledge of the self, and through that of the world – as the basis for systematic philosophical investigation.In Lonergan in the World, James L. Marsh argues, clearly and passionately, that self-appropriation can serve as the basis for philosophical, ethical, and even political and economic thought. Comparing and applying Lonergan's principles to major trends in contemporary philosophy, including phenomenology, hermeneutics, postmodernism, analytic philosophy, and Marxism, Marsh uncovers the philosophical and the socio-political implications of Lonergan's work and its value as the basis for a search for justice and self-understanding.Drawing on Marsh's more than forty years of studying and teaching Lonergan's thought, Lonergan in the World is a book that should be read not just by philosophers and theologians, but by anyone interested in the philosophical foundations of a just and authentic life

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Material and Moral Progress -- 2. A Profusion of Pathways -- 3. From Amelioration to Perfection -- 4. Moral Crusades and Ultraist Alternatives -- 5. Coalitions and Confrontations -- 6. Union or Liberty -- 7. Never Another Season of Silence -- Tables -- Index

Intro -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- I. Einleitung -- II. Zur Geschichte der Sozialdemokratie in Bayern -- 1. Zur Industrialisierung als Grundbedingung der Entstehung der bayerischen Sozialdemokratie -- 2. Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs -- 3. Von der Revolution 1918/19 bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs 1945 -- 4. Von der Besatzungszeit bis zum Ende der Viererkoalition 1957 -- 5. Vom Beginn der Alleinherrschaft der CSU bis in die 1990er Jahre -- III. Die SPD in den Landtagswahlen in Bayern (seit 1946) -- 1. Zum bayerischen Landtagswahlrecht -- 2. Die Landtagswahlen von 1946 bis 1994 -- 3. Die Landtagswahlen von 1998 bis 2013 -- 3.1 Die Wahlergebnisse -- 3.2 Die Wahlbeteiligung -- 3.3 Zur regionalen Verteilung der Wahlergebnisse -- 3.4 Zum Einfluss von Berufsgruppen und Konfession auf die Wahlentscheidung: Stammwählerschaften -- 3.4.1 Berufsgruppen -- 3.4.2 Konfession -- 3.5 Weitere Indikatoren zum Wahlverhalten: Geschlecht, Alter und Bildung -- 1.6 Zur Rolle der Spitzenkandidaten bei den Landtagswahlen -- 3.7 Parteien und Lösungskompetenzen -- 3.8 Exkurs: Zum Vergleich der Landtags- und Bundestagswahlen in Bayern -- 3.9 Bestimmungsfaktoren der Wahlergebnisse der bayerischen Sozialdemokratie seit den 1990er Jahren -- IV. Fazit: Erklärungsansätze zum Verständnis der Schwäche der bayerischen Sozialdemokratie -- V. Conclusio: Folgerungen für sozialdemokratische Politik in Bayern -- Tabellen- und Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis -- Namensregister.