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«Исследование о природе и причинах богатства народов» – труд, принесший всемирную известность шотландскому ученому Адаму Смиту (1723–1790) и заложивши…

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…

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

We are all modern today. But modernity today is not what it used to be. Over the past few decades, modernity has been radically changed by globalizati…

This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global business, na…

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

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

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology is a milestone collection of new essays by renowned sociologists, covering both the traditions and strengths of t…

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…

This thoughtful and engaging text challenges the widely held notion of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that technology proceeds au…

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…

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society is an authoritative study of the relationship between law and social interaction. Thirty-two original essay…

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…

This is an innovative book that addresses the question of how consumers make decisions about what is good and what is bad in popular culture. An enter…

Drawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic pr…

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

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

Built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought, this volume offers not only a…

This book provides a critical assessment of contemporary social theory for students in the social sciences. Delanty examines the writings of a number …

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

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

This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets i…

Built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought, this volume offers not only a…

What will be the fate of childhood in the twenty-first century? Will children increasingly be living 'media childhoods', dominated by the electronic s…

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…

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

Symbolic interactionism is one of the most enduring – and certainly the most sociological – of all social psychologies. In this landmark work, Norman …

In this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships. Draw…

Over the last two decades «poverty» has moved centrestage as an issue within the social sciences. This volume, edited by one of Europe's foremost soci…

This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Ind…

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

The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is a comprehensive collection of twenty-six original essays by leading medical sociologists from all over…

The work of Erving Goffman has had an enormous impact throughout the social sciences. Yet his writings have not received the detailed scrutiny which t…

In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociolog…

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

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

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

The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the r…

In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociolog…

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 1: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international re…

The Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists provides a comprehensive review of classical social theory. Containing original essays esp…

In this important book, Ulrich Beck – one of the leading social thinkers in Europe today – examines how work has become unstable in the modern world a…

This book establishes whether contemporary social theory can help us understand the structural origins of environmental degradation and environmental …