Larry Ray
Biographic Data
| ID | 3659585 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry Ray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Ray |
| SIGNATURE | RAY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Current issues and developments in race hate crime
This article considers the `hate agenda' as a model for interventions targeted at race hate crime. The authors consider current initiatives in different agencies and make some comparisons between the American and British experience
Social theory, communism and beyond
Social Theory and Postcommunism is a text that analyzes the implications of the fall of communism for social theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has ruled out alternative conceptions of social organization other than capitalism."--Jacket
Organizing Modernity
Fundamentalism', modernity and the new Jacobins
This paper offers an interpretation of 'Islamic fundamentalism', especially the Iranian Revolution, in the context of sociological debates about 'modernity'. The problematic nature of both these terms is acknowledged. It critizes explanations of 'fundamentalism' that begin from the assumption of a dichotomy between fundamentalism and modernity, arguing instead for a more nuanced understanding of both Islamic revivalism and the modern. The paper b…
On The Class Location Of Contract Farmers In The Kenyan Economy
The purpose of this paper is to address some contemporary issues in the debate about rural social transformation: the so called ‘peasantry debate’. In order to clarifty these issues, we discuss material collected in Kenya on tobacco contract farming. Our intention is to integrate theoretical and substantive analyses of the current Kenyan situation. Tobacco farming is, we argue, a particularly clear instance of a form of subsumption of petty commo…
Fundamentalism', modernity and the new Jacobins
This paper offers an interpretation of 'Islamic fundamentalism', especially the Iranian Revolution, in the context of sociological debates about 'modernity'. The problematic nature of both these terms is acknowledged. It critizes explanations of 'fundamentalism' that begin from the assumption of a dichotomy between fundamentalism and modernity, arguing instead for a more nuanced understanding of both Islamic revivalism and the modern. The paper b…
On The Class Location Of Contract Farmers In The Kenyan Economy
The purpose of this paper is to address some contemporary issues in the debate about rural social transformation: the so called ‘peasantry debate’. In order to clarifty these issues, we discuss material collected in Kenya on tobacco contract farming. Our intention is to integrate theoretical and substantive analyses of the current Kenyan situation. Tobacco farming is, we argue, a particularly clear instance of a form of subsumption of petty commo…
Current issues and developments in race hate crime
This article considers the `hate agenda' as a model for interventions targeted at race hate crime. The authors consider current initiatives in different agencies and make some comparisons between the American and British experience
On The Class Location Of Contract Farmers In The Kenyan Economy
The purpose of this paper is to address some contemporary issues in the debate about rural social transformation: the so called ‘peasantry debate’. In order to clarifty these issues, we discuss material collected in Kenya on tobacco contract farming. Our intention is to integrate theoretical and substantive analyses of the current Kenyan situation. Tobacco farming is, we argue, a particularly clear instance of a form of subsumption of petty commo…
Fundamentalism', modernity and the new Jacobins
This paper offers an interpretation of 'Islamic fundamentalism', especially the Iranian Revolution, in the context of sociological debates about 'modernity'. The problematic nature of both these terms is acknowledged. It critizes explanations of 'fundamentalism' that begin from the assumption of a dichotomy between fundamentalism and modernity, arguing instead for a more nuanced understanding of both Islamic revivalism and the modern. The paper b…
Organizing Modernity
Social theory, communism and beyond
Social Theory and Postcommunism is a text that analyzes the implications of the fall of communism for social theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has ruled out alternative conceptions of social organization other than capitalism."--Jacket
Current issues and developments in race hate crime
This article considers the `hate agenda' as a model for interventions targeted at race hate crime. The authors consider current initiatives in different agencies and make some comparisons between the American and British experience
Political science (3 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agriculture (1 work) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Business & Economics (1 work) · Capital (architecture (1 work) · Commodity (1 work) · Contract farming (1 work)