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The literature on governmentality has had a major impact across the social sciences over the past decade, and much of this has drawn upon the pioneeri…

A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array …

Illustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolec…

Tackling issues relevant to family life today, this authoritative Companion shows why studying social change in families is fundamental for understand…

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 3: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international re…

In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropologi…

Featuring a collection of essays by leading experts, Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment is the first book to bring together cur…

Archaeologies of the Middle East provides an innovative introduction to the archaeology of this fascinating region and a window on both its past and p…

The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology brings together thirty-eight original essays covering the wide inter-disciplinary field of political so…

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 1: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international re…

The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic Ð at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are…

This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume. Contains over 800 entries from the whole …

This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. The most interdis…

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements is a compilation of original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars on an array o…

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 4: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international re…

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. Each chapter addre…

A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism offers a ground-breaking combined discussion of the concepts of diaspora and transnationalism. Newly comm…

The NAPA Bulletin series is dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. NAPA Bulletin…

This book is virtually required reading for biological anthropologists and will be a useful, up-to-date primer on osteological analyses for a wider au…

The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents examines the interventions made by professional workers from a range of different disciplines in fam…

Helga Nowotny's exploration of the forms and meaning of time in contemporary life is panoramic without in any way partaking of the blandness of a surv…

This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and pictographic forms of rock a…

How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides…

This book offers a fresh perspective on the controversial topic of criminal and antisocial behavior. It synthesizes findings from behavioral and popul…

This Companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropology’s unique contribution to the study of politics. Explores the key concepts and issues o…

Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes c…

‘Arguably the book for 2018’ Arifa Akbar, ObserverThe long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to ma…

This unique collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. First-rate sociologists from around the wor…

A Companion to Archaeology features essays from 27 of the world’s leading authorities on different types of archaeology that aim to define the field a…

This is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, proclamations rang out that gentrificatio…

An Anthropology of Biomedicine is an exciting new introduction to biomedicine and its global implications. Focusing on the ways in which the applicati…

An Indispensable Resource on Advanced Methods of Analysis of Human Skeletal and Dental Remains in Archaeological and Forensic Contexts Now in its thir…

This innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and…

Story Circle is the first collection ever devoted to a comprehensive international study of the digital storytelling movement, exploring subjects of c…

Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods This user-friendly textbook teaches students to understand and apply procedural steps in completing quan…

A reference guide for applications of SEM using Mplus Structural Equation Modeling: Applications Using Mplus is intended as both a teaching resource a…

Covers the latest methodologies and research on international comparative surveys with contributions from noted experts in the field Advances in Compa…

Critical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader brings together classic statements and contemporary views that illustrate how everyday culture is as much a…

This comprehensive volume ranges across the entire spectrum of contemporary sociological inquiry, as seen by Durkheim. It also includes secondary read…

A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field, exploring the social and cultural di…

Crime Scene Management is an accessible introduction to the common forms of evidence that may be encountered at a scene of crime and the techniques us…

The most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movements This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movement…

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 2: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international re…

Developed from presentations given at the Cerisy SVSI (Sciences de la vie, sciences de l’information) conference held in 2016, this book presents a br…