Гуманитарные и общественные науки

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

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

A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies offers scholars and fans an accessible and engaging resource for understanding the rapidly expanding field…

This book combines geostatistics and global mapping systems to present an up-to-the-minute study of environmental data. Featuring numerous case studie…

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

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

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

What are the relations between feminism and history, feminist politics and historical practice? What are the connections between gender and class? Wha…

Multiculturalism in Global Society explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied eff…

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…

After WWII, the United States of America proposed their way of life, based on an unlimited consumption of land, goods, and energy, as a model for the …

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

This ABC introduces medicine in areas of conflict or natural disaster responding to the growing number of regions affected. Chapters deal with subject…

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

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…

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities is a first-rate collection of social science scholarship on inequalities, emphasizing race, ethnicity, …

Если ты любишь читать, думать, хочешь много знать, то эта книга для тебя. В ней 100 вопросов. И вопросы очень разные! За каждый правильный ответ прису…

This is one of the first systematic discussions of the nature of trust as a means of social cohesion, discussing the works of leading social theorists…

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…

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…

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

В настоящем издании рассматриваются современные тенденции в мировой финансовой архитектуре и выделяются наиболее важные проблемы, связанные с процесса…

Stretching across continents and centuries, The Origins of War: Violence in Prehistory provides a fascinating examination of executions, torture, ritu…

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…

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…

A Companion to Gender History surveys the history of women around the world, studies their interaction with men in gendered societies, and looks at th…

НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНО…

Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important English social philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and even more books, he has…

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

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

A thought-provoking examination of death, dying, and the afterlife Prominent scholars present their most recent work about mortuary rituals, grief and…

The Islamic Middle East is a rare, thought-provoking account of the origins, nature, and evolution of Islam that provides a historical perspective vit…

Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important English social philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and even more books, he has…

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…

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

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

A New History of Anthropology collects original writings from pre-eminent scholars to create a sophisticated but accessible guide to the development o…

This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, G…

This Companion offers an extensive examination of how new technologies are changing the nature of literary studies, from scholarly editing and literar…

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

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

In this book Jorge Larrain discusses three of the most important concepts in the social sciences: ideology, reason and cultural identity.

This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, G…