Books written by Ben Agger

Sixties at 40: Leaders and Activists Remember and Look Forward

... a small plane conveying his wife, Carolyn Bessette, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, to Martha's Vineyard for a wedding. ... These remarks were given on July 23, 1999, at the Church of St. Thomas More in New York City, at John Jr.'s ...
Public Sociology: From Social Facts to Literary Acts

The search for dependence effects dominated development studies in sociology during the 1980s and into the 1990s ( Bornschier and Chase - Dunn 1985 ; Boswell and Dixon 1990 ; Evans and Timberlake 1980 ; Jaffee 1985 ; London 1987 ...
Reading Science: A Literary, Political, and Sociological Analysis

Let me give a telling example of this : The nonsignificant effect of total foreign investment contradicts previous studies ( Kentor 1981 ; Timberlake and Kentor 1983 ; Bradshaw 1985b ) which show a positive relationship between foreign ...
Fast Families, Virtual Children: A Critical Sociology of Families and Schooling

New York: Simon and Schuster. Blumstein, Philip, and Pepper Schwartz. 1983. American Couples: Money, Work, Sex. ... Coleman, James S. 1990. Foundations of SocialTheory. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Collins, Randall. 1979.
Postponing the Postmodern: Sociological Practices, Selves, and Theories

Oxford : Blackwell . Willis , P. 1977. Learning to Labour . Farnborough , England : Saxon House . 1978. Profane Culture . London : Routledge and Kegan Paul . Wilson , W. 1978. The Declining Significance of Race .
The Virtual Self: A Contemporary Sociology

First published 2004 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Agger, Ben. The virtual self / by Ben Agger. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-631-21648-0 (hb.) ...
The Decline of Discourse: Reading, Writing, and Resistance in Postmodern Capitalism

( 1985a ) Consciousness and the Urban Experience , Oxford , Basil Blackwell . ( 1985b ) The Urbanization of Capital , Oxford , Basil Blackwell . Hassan , I. ( 1987 ) The Postmodern Turn : Essays in Postmodern Theory and Culture ...
Gun Violence and Public Life

This would help explain, for example, Milwaukee county sheriff David Clarke's statement that civilians should buy firearms and undergo firearms training because “we're partners now.” Under a logic of shared policing, the contradictory ...
Speeding Up Fast Capitalism: Cultures, Jobs, Families, Schools, Bodies

Where the earlier book was largely theoretical, Speeding Up applies critical theory to specific topics such as Internet culture, work, families, childhood, schooling, food, the body and fitness.
Texting Toward Utopia: Kids, Writing, and Resistance

This book examines the contemporary era where parents complain that children today don't do their homework because they are distracted by the Internet, texting, and video games.
Gun Violence and Public Life

Today, public life is risky. Citizens are on edge, either calling for gun control or purchasing personal weapons of self-defense. In this timely book, prominent US and international authors examine gun violence in public life.
Cultural Studies As Critical Theory

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age

With this second edition, Agger adds a new chapter on whether privacy is possible that addresses selfies, job loss due to oversharing, the surveillance state, and examples of when the private should go public.
Cultural Studies As Critical Theory

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Fast Families, Virtual Children: A Critical Sociology of Families and Schooling

If adults cannot usually resist, how can children? One of the key issues in understanding and then transforming the family/school/society nexus is the use of time and its compression. Adults are harried, having too much to do and too ...
Public Sociology: From Social Facts to Literary Acts

Public Sociology examines the 'discourse' of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of mainstream sociology.
There is a Gunman on Campus: Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech

Bush and his wife Laura were interviewed for the major news networks that night and it was clear that he was not even going to consider stricter gun control laws and by the weekend the buzz word for his administration was " mental ...
Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age

I argued that people overshare when communicating electronically in ways that they wouldn't if face-to-face. Embarrassment prevents them from saying things that they might text or tweet. This is good; we need to keep some of our private ...
A Critical Theory Of Public Life: Knowledge, Discourse And Politics In An Age Of Decline

Sociology is an authorless text; better, it is secret Writing, the source of its hegemonizing power over readers who do not realize that they are participating dumbly in a scripted everyday life. Critical theory, of which this version ...
Texting Toward Utopia: Kids, Writing, and Resistance

This book examines the contemporary era where parents complain that children today don't do their homework because they are distracted by the Internet, texting, and video games.