Are human beings less violent than before? Why do we adopt certain moral and political judgements? Why is the gap between rich and poor getting bigger? How do we decide which criminal policies are effective? What is the Population Challenge for the 21st Century? What is social science? In Big Ideas in Social Science, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton put these and more of our society’s burning questions to 18 of the world’s leading social scientists including Steven Pinker, Ann Oakley, Lawrence Sherman, Kate Pickett, Robert J. Shiller and Doreen Massey. The result is a collection of thought-provoking discussions that span the fields of sociology, politics, economics, criminology, geography and many more. From the people who brought us the Philosophy Bites series, Big Ideas in Social Science is a fascinating and accessible introduction to the key ideas and findings of the social sciences. The interviews for this book are based on a series of podcasts, Social Science Bites, sponsored by SAGE. Social Science Bites was inspired by the popular Philosophy Bites podcast (www.philosophybites.com), which was founded by David and Nigel in 2007 and has so far had 26 million downloads. Philosophy Bites has spawned three books, Philosophy Bites, Philosophy Bites Back and Philosophy Bites Again.

TOBY MILLER ON CULTURAL STUDIES

TOBY MILLER ON CULTURAL STUDIES

TOBY MILLER ON CULTURAL STUDIES
Toby Miller

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Toby Miller is Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of California, Riverside; Sir Walter Murdoch Professor of Cultural Policy Studies, Murdoch University (40%); Professor Invitado, Escuela de Communicación Social, Universidad del Norte (25%); Professor of Journalism, Media, and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University/Prifysgol Caerdydd (20%); and Director of the Institute of Media, and Creative Industries, Loughborough University in London (20%). He can be contacted at tobym69@icloud.com and his adventures scrutinised at www.tobymiller.org.

Photo: Alys Tomlinson (http://www.alystomlinson.co.uk/

David Edmonds: Literature, physics, history, now these are proper areas of academic discipline. But cultural studies? Even compared to the other social sciences, cultural studies has attracted – from usually ignorant sources – particular derision. Toby Miller is a ...

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