Pamela L Oliver

Riding your bike for the first time with no training wheels is exciting, but also a little scary. This monkey and his Big Red Bike are going to go on the first adventure with no training wheels and then many other adventures in the first day of riding, including riding faster than a race car, stoppi...

Montar tu bici por primera vez sin los ruedines es muy emocionante pero también asusta un poco. Este mono y su Gran Bici Roja van a realizar su primera aventura sin ruedines y muchas más durante su primera experiencia montando en bicicleta. Ir mas rápido que un coche, hacer una parada en el parque p...

The problem of collective action is that each member of a group wants other members to make necessary sacrifices while he or she "free rides," reaping the benefits of collective action without doing the work. Inevitably the end result is that no one does the work and the common interest is not reali...

Frames of Protest brings together important empirical research and theoretical essays by leading sociologists, political scientists, and media specialists that focus on social movement frames and framing practices. Frames are new ways of understanding political and social relations that emphasize in...

Public sociology—an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences—has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years. The Handbook of Public Sociology presents a comprehensive look at every facet of public sociology in theory ...

Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theo...

Globalization and Resistance brings together cutting-edge theory and research about how global economics and politics alter the way ordinary people engage in contentious political action. The cases range from nineteenth-century Irish immigrant networks, to protests against World Bank projects in the...