Социология

Gender and Peacebuilding offers a comprehensive and up to date analysis of how and why gender matters in contemporary peace operations. It draws on a …

A special edition of Child & Family Social Work focusing on the lives and circumstances of refugee and asylum seeking children and families in several…

Zygmunt Bauman's new book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the 'taboo' subject in modern societies: death and dying. …

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

Through a series of case studies this book brings to the fore the voices, lives, and capacities of people with mental health problems as well as the d…

Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. In this incisive accoun…

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

The second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter. New edition of a classic study by a leading social theor…

Psychologists, political scientists, and experts in election law present a multidisciplinary perspective on voting. Personality characteristics such a…

Utilizing research on networked struggles in both the 18th-century Atlantic world and our modern day, Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The …

This book examines the implications of new communication technologies in the light of the most recent work in social and cultural theory and argues th…

This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information ag…

Written by leading experts in the field, Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty is an introduction to mainstream theorizing on risk and uncertainty i…

This book is an unprecedented collection of 29 original essays by some of the world’s most distinguished scholars of Japan. Covers a broad range of is…

This much-enhanced new edition of the highly accessible guide to practical archaeology is a vital resource for students. It features the latest method…

Smartphone adoption has surpassed 50% of the population in more than 15 countries, and there are now more than one million mobile applications people …

Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and …

A comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory. Builds on the success of The Black…

Очередной выпуск информационно-библиографического бюллетеня под номером 14 продолжает серию публикаций Центра по изучению проблем народонаселения экон…

The Myth of Popular Culture from Dante to Dylan is a fascinating examination of the cultural traditions of the American novel, Hollywood, and British …

Social theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes. Fifty years after Berg…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

Asian American Studies After Critical Massis a dynamic collection that showcases the most exciting scholarship in the field from a critical and cultur…

In The Everyday Language of White Racism, Jane H. Hill provides an incisive analysis of everyday language to reveal the underlying racist stereotypes …

In ‘Helping Families with Troubled Children’ Carole Sutton stresses the importance of attempting to work with families before difficult behaviour beco…

How are “grey market” imports changing media industries? What is the role of piracy in developing new markets for movies and TV shows? How do jailbrok…

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

Africa’s Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences – congratulations to the aut…

The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the div…

Three to five per cent of children fail to thrive. Without early intervention this can lead to serious growth failure and delayed psychomotor developm…

This book critically interrogates the work of David Harvey, one of the world's most influential geographers, and one of its best known Marxists. Consi…

«Соционика для жизни: Как понимать себя и окружающих» — это ваш проводник в сложный мир человеческой психологии и взаимодействий. Облачив сухую теорию…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

This book focuses on children's journeys through the care system, from voluntary admission into care, through complicated and often long court proceed…

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

Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through th…

Modern social thought ranges widely from the social sciences to philosophy, political theories and doctrines, cultural ideas and movements, and the in…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

Featuring contributions by distinguished scholars from ten countries, The Wiley Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology provides student…

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

This book is an original interpretation of the professions and the role of the professional in Western industrial societies today.

The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists is a survey of contemporary social theory that focuses on the thinkers themselves. In o…

В сборнике рассматриваются сущность и содержание понятия «устойчивое развитие», анализируются концепции и модели устойчивого развития, объединяющие эк…

Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. This book assesses the possible c…

This is a new and revised edition of a book which has already established itself as a basic text in social theory. The first section of the work provi…