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Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008. The post-Cold War world came to an abrupt end. This was the result of two conjoined…

Europe’s Uncertain Path is an introduction to Europe’s turbulent history from 1814 to 1914. It presents a clear narrative of the major political event…

In this volume Axel Honneth deepens and develops his highly influential theory of recognition, showing how it enables us both to rethink the concept o…

An innovative look at design solutions for building lifelong neighborhoods Livable Communities for Aging Populations provides architects and designers…

Throughout human history people have moved across national borders. With the advent of globalization, they are now moving in record numbers in search …

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

This accessible cultural history explores 400 years of British imperial adventure in India, developing a coherent narrative through a wide range of co…

In 1944 Horkheimer and Adorno warned that industrial society turns reason into rationalization, and Polanyi warned of the dangers of the self-regulati…

The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiogr…

Is the internet really transforming children and young people’s lives? Is the so-called ‘digital generation’ genuinely benefiting from exciting new op…

It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to …

Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation is generally acclaimed as being among the most influential works of economic history in the twentieth century,…

Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of America's f…

Globalization is not new, nor is it a policy, it’s a process that has existed as long as man looked over the horizon, travelled and traded. It can’t b…

Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible …

Media power in the global era has to do with how people understand the world, their place in it, and their relation to the others who populate it. Mak…

Women and Poverty analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women's poverty. In doing so, the …

Global climate change creates new challenges in particular for cities and regions. As centres of human activity they are especially vulnerable to clim…

Emerging markets are big news. But after the financial crisis, what does the future really hold for them? And what does this future mean for global bu…

Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continen…

Designed specifically for introductory globalization courses, Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informed opinions about globalizatio…

Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and s…

Combining carefully chosen primary quotes with extensive discussion and everyday illustrative examples, this book provides an in-depth introduction to…

This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. A r…

When beer starts to flow, philosophical discussions naturally follow. Philosophy on Tap takes pub philosophy to the next level, pairing 48 of life's g…

Adieu to God examines atheism from a psychological perspective and reveals how religious phenomena and beliefs are psychological rather than supernatu…

Written in an engaging and jargon-free style by a team of international and interdisciplinary experts, Modern Environments and Human Health demonstrat…

One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and com…

This is a compact but comprehensive guide to writing clearly and effectively in APA style. Demonstrates how to write objective scientific research pap…

The 2nd Edition of Who Owns You, David Koepsell’s widely acclaimed exploration of the philosophical and legal problems of patenting human genes, is up…

Designing and Conducting Your First Interview Project Using a clear, easily followed approach, Designing and Conducting Your First Interview Project h…

In the fifth edition Contested Knowledge, social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift o…

Subcultural phenomena continue to draw attention from many areas of contemporary society, including the news media, the marketing and fashion industri…

Capitalism is the only complex system known to us that can provide an efficient and innovative economy, but the financial crisis has brought out the p…

Authored by ESO senior advisor Claus Madsen, the present book comprises 576 action-packed pages of ESO history and dramatic stories about the people b…

This liquid modern world of ours, like all liquids, cannot stand still and keep its shape for long. Everything keeps changing – the fashions we follow…

The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffr…

Пособие дает возможность изучить основы социологии. В ясном и четко структурированном виде изложены сведения, необходимые каждому студенту в процессе …

In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy Black unpacks the concept of culture as a descriptive and analytical approach to the …

After Enlightenment: Hamann as Post-Secular Visionary is a comprehensive introduction to the life and works of eighteenth-century German philosopher, …

This book gives a radically new reading of Russia’s cultural history. Alexander Etkind traces how the Russian Empire conquered foreign territories and…

NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011! This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transf…

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity’s first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional …

Alternative and Activist New Media provides a rich and accessible overview of the ways in which activists, artists, and citizen groups around the worl…

Worldwide, human lives are rapidly improving. Education, health-care, technology, and political participation are becoming ever more universal, empowe…