Социология

Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the way…

This book reassesses theories of agency and gender identity against the backdrop of changing relations between men and women in contemporary societies…

Making Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective offers the most accessible introduction to the tools and concepts of CMM – Coordinated Management of…

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archa…

This volume offers lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world, including North America, Latin Am…

John Storey, a leading figure in the field of Cultural Studies, offers an illuminating and vibrant account of the development of popular culture. Addr…

Feminists have long differed in their view of prostitution. While some regard it as a classic form of exploitation and degradation, others offer a mor…

Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press,…

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

This book explores the multiple ways in which archaeologists give meaning to the past, highlighting debates over the ontological and epistemological s…

Cities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European cities.…

Jeffrey Weeks has established an international reputation as one of the most original and influential writers on the social history of sexuality.

Media, Communication, Culture offers a bold and comprehensive analysis of developments in the field amidst the effects of postmodernism and globalizat…

Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. Explores…

This book systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and res…

Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe examines intra-European Union migration in the cities of Amsterdam, Lond…

This volume presents a systematic discussion of the leading theoretical approaches to social stratification. It is both an accessible overview and a d…

Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People is a groundbreaking collection that explores the “visual” in defining the kaleidoscope…

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture …

Part analysis of contemporary change and part vision of the future, post-Fordism lends its name to a set of challenging, essential and controversial d…

This is a lucid study of Walter Benjamin's lifelong fascination with the city and forms of metropolitan experience, highlighting the relevance of Benj…

Masculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective. Serves …

This groundbreaking collection of original essays provides new perspectives in Asian media studies. The volume covers a diverse range of topics from m…

This book is concerned with the government of “illegal” immigration since the passage of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965, exploring how certain menta…

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

This distinctive anthology contains classic and first-rate contemporary writings that have had a major impact on the field of urban studies. The exper…

Gothic novels tell terrifying stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. Donna Hei…

International Media Studies is a bold introduction to the field that focuses on a de-centering of media epistemology to represent a more thorough worl…

Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and conte…

This unique volume gathers Weber's writings on a broad array of themes, from the nature of work, to the political culture of democracy, to the uniquen…

Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse…

In this lively and accessible study, David Lyon explores the relationship between religion and postmodernity, through the central metaphor of 'Jesus i…

Understanding Media Users: From Theory to Practice focuses on the blurred concept of the “active audience” at the core of media studies. examines the …

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

The production of ‘human waste’ – or more precisely, wasted lives, the ‘superfluous’ populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts – is an inev…

Feminism Confronts Technology provides a lively and engaging exploration of the impact of technology on women's lives from word processors to food pro…

This insightful and provocative journey through spiritual landscapes explores the ways in which spiritualities of life have been experienced and under…

Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, Talking About Health explores th…

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

Does it make sense to speak of a European society, above and beyond its component states and regions? In this major new book William Outhwaite argues …

Women's awareness of the threat and reality of sexual violence is now perhaps more than ever publicly acknowledged. Yet this fact continues to be almo…

This highly original, thought-provoking book – written by a pioneer of communication studies – is the first to analyze the post 9/11 world in terms of…

In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and pra…

This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture i…

Bob Dylan’s contribution to popular music is immeasurable. Venerated as rock’s one true genius, Dylan is considered responsible for introducing a new …