{"title":"Matthew David","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew David’s works offer insightful explorations into the field of sociology, blending academic rigour with accessible language. Readers can expect thoughtful discussions on social structures, human interactions, and the complexities of sharing within communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBelonging to the Education \u0026amp; Reference category, these books serve as valuable resources for both students and curious minds seeking to deepen their understanding of societal dynamics and social theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"discovering-sociology-by-matthew-david-9781352011449","title":"Discovering Sociology","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second edition of a major textbook uses lively prose and a series of carefully crafted pedagogical features to both introduce sociology as a discipline and to help students realise how deeply sociological issues impact on their own lives. Over the book’s 12 chapters, students discover what sociology is, alongside its historical development and emergent new concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey will be led through the theories that underpin the discipline and familiarised with what it takes to undertake good sociological research. Ultimately, students will be led and inspired to develop their own sociological imagination – learning to question their own assumptions about the society, the culture, and the world around them today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically, the majority of introductory sociology textbooks have run to many hundreds of pages, discouraging students from further reading. By contrast, \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e has been carefully designed and developed as a true introduction, covering the key ideas and topics that first-year undergraduate students need to engage with without sacrificing intellectual rigour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew to this Edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTwo new chapters adding coverage on crime, deviance, and political sociology\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUpdated examples, Vox Pops, and case studies keep this new edition feeling fresh and contemporary and ensure diverse coverage, including from beyond Western sociology\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThoughtfully updated and refreshed layout and visual features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanying online resources for this title can be found at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/bloomsburyonlineresources.com\/discovering-sociology-2e\"\u003ebloomsburyonlineresources.com\/discovering-sociology-2e\u003c\/a\u003e. 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The capitalist order requires the maintenance of an artificial scarcity in goods that have the potential for near-infinite and almost free replication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe sharing of informational goods through distributed global networks—digital libraries, file-sharing, live-streaming, free software, free-access publishing, the free-sharing of scientific knowledge, and open-source pharmaceuticals—not only challenges the dominance of a scarcity-based economic system, but also enables a more efficient, innovative, just, and free culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a series of seven explorations of contemporary sharing, Matthew David shows that in each case sharing surpasses markets, private ownership, and intellectual property rights in fostering motivation, creativity, innovation, production, distribution, and reward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn transforming the idea of an information economy into an information society, sharing connects struggles against inequality and poverty in developed and developing countries. Challenging taken-for-granted justifications of the status quo, \u003ci\u003eSharing\u003c\/i\u003e debunks the 'tragedy of the commons' and makes the case for digital network sharing as a viable mode of economic counterpower, prefiguring a post-capitalist society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464208466156,"sku":"9781509513239","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509513239-sharing.jpg?v=1775042342"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/matthew-david.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}