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041			_aeng
082			_a301 _bCRO
100			_aCrow, Graham
245			_aSocial Solidarities: Theories, Identities and Social Change _cGraham Crow
260			_aPhiladelphia _bOpen Univ Pr _c2001
300			_a152 p. _c23 cm.
504			_aindex
520			_aSocial solidarity is important in many areas of our lives, or at least in how we wish our lives to be. Family and kinship relationships, community life, trade union activity and the identity politics of new social movements are just some of the numerous ways in which social solidarity features in contemporary social arrangements. This book explores the ways in which people strive to come together and act as a coherent, unified force. It considers the arguments of those who claim that solidarity is increasingly fragile, and of those who are concerned to revitalize solidarities in our unsettled societies. The author shows how social change can be understood in the context of the limitations as well as the potential of the pursuit of solidarity, drawing on research findings on social relationships in families, communities, and the post-communist world. Written with undergraduate students and researchers in mind, Social Solidarities will be an invaluable text for those studying social theory, and family, community or comparative sociology.
650			_aSociology - Solidarity
942			_cENGLISH
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