Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

都市、小売り、消費必携
Paiva, Daniel / Guimaraes, Pedro (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the City, Retail, and Consumption. (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography) 656 pp. 2026:2 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <760-692>
ISBN 978-1-394-27862-6 hard ¥41,310.- (税込) US$ 185.00

A comprehensive analysis of urban retail and consumption transformations across diverse global and under-represented contexts In an era defined by rapid urbanization, technological innovation, and shifting consumption patterns, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the City, Retail and Consumption is an essential reference for scholars and practitioners alike. Thirty-four chapters by an international panel of experts address the critical need for a comprehensive, global perspective on the evolving relationship between urban life, retail formats, and consumption practices. The contributing authors trace the transformative impact of post-industrial and post-pandemic contexts on consumption districts, shopping malls, and public squares while highlighting the social, cultural, and environmental factors that underpin contemporary retail landscapes. Moving beyond descriptive analysis, the Companion delves into the digitalization of urban retail and its ramifications for consumer behavior and placemaking. It examines omnichannel strategies, platform economies, and emerging phygital experiences that redefine how city dwellers shop, as well as the governance models shaping the future of shopping districts worldwide. The volume incorporates under represented regions from Asia, Latin America, and beyond-ensuring readers gain a truly inclusive understanding of urban retail dynamics. A foundational text that illuminates current debates and charts promising avenues for future research, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the City, Retail and Consumption: Presents an interdisciplinary framework combining geography, architecture, sociology, marketing, and urban planning perspectivesAnalyzes the digitalization of retail, including omnichannel strategies, platform economies, and phygital experiencesExplores evolving consumption practices through the lenses of class, gender, ethnicity, and sensory experienceInvestigates novel governance models for urban shopping districts and their policy implicationsIntegrates cutting-edge methods and detailed case studies to inform both scholarship and practice Balancing theoretical rigor with practical insights, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the City, Retail and Consumption is indispensable for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in geography, architecture, urbanism, marketing, management, and sociology. It is an ideal textbook for Urban Geography, Retail Geography, Sociology of Consumption, and Sustainable Urban Design courses and serves as an invaluable reference for urban planners, retail consultants, and policy advisors.

Bordoni, Carlo, The Society of Dividuals: Virtualization of Existence. 210 pp. 2026:1 (Polity Pr., UK) <760-705>
ISBN 978-1-5095-7278-6 hard ¥14,502.- (税込) US$ 64.95
ISBN 978-1-5095-7279-3 paper ¥5,123.- (税込) US$ 22.95

Human history is a history of individuals - of kings and queens, of leaders and thinkers and of the many individuals who struggle, work hard and find their paths in life. It is also the history of individuation, understood as a continuous search for autonomy, self-affirmation and the achievement of personal goals. But today, this process of individuation is coming to an end and morphing into its opposite - disindividuation. The individual is giving way to the progressive loss of individuality and social life is turning into the society of "dividuals" -that is, beings who are becoming unaware of their uniqueness and who are losing their sense of self. The main driver of this process is technology. The more that individuals rely on technological devices to fill the social void and mitigate loneliness, the more they are recognized not so much for themselves but as the bearers of the devices that contain all the information necessary for their identity: images, texts and the digital traces of earlier exchanges. Individuals increasingly renounce their privacy, sharing it with a device that becomes an integral part of themselves. Deprived of uniqueness, the dividual is a lonely being who no longer has the ability to relate effectively to others and to external reality. We move towards a future without hope, immersed in the ever-innovative flow of information on screens, content to survive the present, as if nothing mattered.

Brown, Chris / Luzmore, Ruth, Being Human: How to Thrive in an Ideas-Informed Future. (SocietyNow) 200 pp. 2026:3 (Emerald, UK) <760-706>
ISBN 978-1-83549-385-4 paper ¥5,579.- (税込) US$ 24.99

Ideas always have and always will change the world, whether this be via incremental shifts in understanding or behaviour, or from the introduction of revolutionary new ways of knowing and being. Being Human presents the concept of an ideas-informed society, in which new thinking and innovation drive decision-making and citizens are encouraged to engage in and actively participate in this process. Chris Brown and Ruth Luzmore present a practice-orientated manifesto that details what is needed to actualise an ideas-informed world, and the role of education systems and policymakers in facilitating an increasingly happier, healthier, smarter and more fulfilled society.

グローバルな社会的課題を問う
Gillan, Kevin / May, Vanessa (eds.), Interrogating the Global Social Challenges: The Age of Crisis. 224 pp. 2026:3 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <760-708>
ISBN 978-1-5292-5272-9 hard ¥25,245.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00
ISBN 978-1-5292-5273-6 paper ¥8,609.- (税込) GB￡ 28.99

How can sociological thinking help us make sense of today's biggest global challenges? In what is understood as 'an age of crisis', headlines are dominated by topic such as climate change, migration, radicalisation and inequality. These topics are core to sociology, yet sociological insights are drowned out in public debate frequently dominated by technological optimism, economic rhetoric or polarising politics. This accessibly written textbook centres the sociological voice. It demonstrates how evidence-based, critical perspectives can illuminate the causes, interconnections and possible solutions to some of the most urgent issues of our time. Each chapter is crafted to support students new to sociology, guiding them to think critically and make connections between complex global problems. Key pedagogical features include: *Clear statements of key messages at the start of each chapter; *Bold-highlighted definitions of sociological terms with minimal jargon; *'Focus point' boxes with data, case studies or visual insights; *Suggested sources for further exploration, including videos and online media. Essential reading for undergraduate students and anyone working in policy, advocacy or social change-offering the tools to think critically, act thoughtfully and engage with today's most pressing global challenges.

アダルティズム－子どもに対する差別の批判的入門
Liebel, Manfred / Meade, Philip, Adultism: A Critical Introduction to Discrimination Against Children. 352 pp. 2026:3 (Policy Pr., UK) <760-709>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7812-9 hard ¥28,215.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00
ISBN 978-1-4473-7813-6 paper ¥10,391.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Despite global advances in children's rights, young people are routinely disregarded, overpowered and excluded. This persistent discrimination - known as adultism - permeates family life, education, urban design, legal systems and political discourse. In this groundbreaking book, the authors provide a comprehensive introduction to adultism from an academic perspective while also emphasising its practical implications. Drawing on rich, real-world examples and research, they analyse it as a systemic form of discrimination, exploring how it evolved and is reproduced through language, institutions and everyday practices. Timely, accessible and urgent, this book offers a vision for resistance and transformation, outlining how adultism can be challenged - by both adults and young people - to co-create a more equitable future.

Moore, Lisa Jean, The Unknowable Body. 230 pp. 2026:3 (Polity Pr., UK) <760-712>
ISBN 978-1-5095-7074-4 hard ¥5,582.- (税込) US$ 25.00

In The Unknowable Body, leading medical sociologist Lisa Jean Moore explores the profound disconnect between how we experience our bodies and how medical science interprets them. Drawing from her own journey through DCIS diagnosis, mastectomy, and reconstruction-alongside her family's simultaneous navigation of her ex-partner's brain tumor-Moore investigates four dimensions of bodily uncertainty that emerge when illness enters our lives. As medical imaging revealed secrets that human perception failed to, and while navigating a queer family system that defied institutional categories, Moore found herself in territory few roadmaps could chart. This book weaves transparent and poetic personal narrative with sociological analysis to examine how bodies resist complete knowing-medically, emotionally, temporally, and through gender and identity. It offers new ways of thinking about embodiment in an age of increasing medical surveillance, technological intervention, and profitable uncertainty. What began as an investigation into cancer treatment evolved into a deeper exploration of how bodies exceed our frameworks for understanding. Whether through technological scans that simultaneously reveal and obscure, emotional reverberations that transform family systems, temporal disruptions that fracture our sense of before and after, or gender expectations that both shape and complicate medical encounters, our bodies remain fundamentally mysterious even as we attempt to make them knowable. This thought-provoking, enriching book isn't just about illness, but about how all bodies exist in states of becoming that resist final categorization.

Restivo, Sal, Sociological Realism: Society as the Walls of Our Imprisonment. 256 pp. 2026:1 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <760-714>
ISBN 978-1-394-36256-1 paper ¥9,589.- (税込) US$ 42.95

Martin, Aaron, The Trust Gap: Where Distrust Is a Problem, Where It's Not, and Why That Matters. 208 pp. 2026:5 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <760-493>
ISBN 978-1-5292-5559-1 hard ¥25,245.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00
ISBN 978-1-5292-5560-7 paper ¥5,936.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

The idea that a wave of distrust has swept over established democracies in recent years is commonly accepted. This book presents a contrary view. Drawing on various datasets, it reveals a disconnect between the popular commentary and the empirical reality. The Trust Gap suggests that the most extreme cases - such as the US and the UK - distort our thinking about trust. It looks beyond trust in government to examine trust in a range of institutions, including courts, universities and the media. In doing so, it suggests that while countries such as the US do face a crisis of trust, many established democracies demonstrate resilience rather than vulnerability. Using the framework of trust gaps, this book offers a stocktake on the state of trust in the 21st century, contributing a more nuanced and hopeful account than the headlines suggest.

Mau, Steffen / Lux, Thomas / Westheuser, Linus, Trigger Points: Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society. 272 pp. 2026:5 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <760-494>
ISBN 978-1-5292-5403-7 paper ¥7,421.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Today's political debates are fiercely polarized. But looking beyond the headlines, this book shows that ordinary citizens hold much more nuanced, less divided views. Drawing on rich survey data and group discussions, this work maps four major areas of conflict: migration, climate change, diversity and economic justice. Across these conflicts, most citizens take positions that are middle-of-the-road, contradictory or undecided. It is only certain "trigger points" - like gendered pronouns or refugee admissions - that predictably ignite tensions and deep disagreement. Political entrepreneurs know this and weaponize trigger points for their agenda. Yet the real key to contemporary conflicts, the book argues, lies in social inequality. This is a vital work that maps today's political landscape without sensationalism, offering a fresh lens on public debate.

Eng, Natalie / Heales, Kylie / Shantz, A. S. et al. (eds.), Putting Institutional Theory to Work During Times of Crisis. (Research in the Sociology of Organizations) 312 pp. 2026:3 (Emerald, UK) <760-316>
ISBN 978-1-83708-349-7 hard ¥31,262.- (税込) US$ 140.00

Putting Institutional Theory to Work During Times of Crisis addresses a persistent challenge in management research: bridging the gap between rigorous theory and practical application. Despite the perceived complexity of institutional theory, this collection shows how it offers valuable insights for practitioners navigating organizational and societal crises. Revisiting James D. Thompson's (1956) vision of administrative science as an applied field, the editors assert that institutional theory can guide decision-makers in understanding and responding to challenges from eroding democratic institutions to climate change. With papers divided into two sections, Section A foregrounds institutions themselves, examining the practical implications of institutional dynamics; and Section B focuses on activities within and around institutions, exploring the implications of extended institutional forces. Contributing authors identify relevant stakeholders, specify actionable strategies, and delineate appropriate contexts for application. By synthesizing seemingly disparate studies, the papers present a cohesive narrative about the practical value of institutional theory in addressing contemporary crises. Illuminating the complex interplay between actors, practices, and institutional contexts, Putting Institutional Theory to Work During Times of Crisis provides a nuanced understanding of how change can be affected within structural constraints. This work demonstrates how institutional theory can fulfil its potential as both a rigorous academic pursuit and a valuable guide for real-world decision-making.