Social Interaction

A rare study that transforms our understanding of why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how to stop them Youth suicide ...

A fortuitous urban miracle, Tommy Thompson Park is an oasis of accidental wilderness on Torontos lakeshore. Initially created as a landfill site on...

Travelling through theories of emotion and affect, this book addresses the key ways in which media studies can be brought to bear upon everyday enc...

The question of ignorance occupies a central place in anthropological theory and practice. This volume argues that the concept of ignorance has lar...

This volume draws on disciplines as different as Psychology, Anthropology, History and Biology to explain when and why individuals act to promote t...

A playdate is an organized meeting where parents come together with their children at a public or private location to interact socially or play. Ch...

Émile Durkheim remains one of the most controversial, and one of the most deeply misunderstood, classics of social theory. His work differs from th...

The understanding of deviant behavior is rapidly evolving in the 21st century. For this reason, a global perspective on emerging forms of deviant b...

Communication in its most basic form-the sending of signals and exchange of messages within and between organisms-is the heart of evolution. From t...

In How Humans Cooperate, Richard E. Blanton and Lane F. Fargher take a new approach to investigating human cooperation, developed from the vantage ...

Good communication is central to all relationships, yet the unpredictability of interpersonal exchanges can cause significant anxiety for autistic ...

A study of how the city of Port Said was created, and its spaces mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the s...

Culture of honor is what social scientists call a society that organizes social life around maintaining and defending reputation. In an honor cultu...

While current scholarly interest has assured Marshall McLuhan's (1911-80) foundational status as a media theorist, much room still exists for furth...

Since the time of Adam Smith, scholars have tried to understand the role moral sentiments play in modern life, an issue that became especially urge...

The official British Army book on what makes its leadership so successful, and how to become a better leader yourself - whatever your field. ______...

Epinets presents a new way to think about social networks, which focuses on the knowledge that underlies our social interactions. Guiding readers t...

Reputable scholars have long charged that symbolic interactionism, which is based on the principle of sociality, discounts the importance that subo...

Joining Together introduces readers to the theory and research needed to understand how to make groups effective and, through exercises and thoroug...

In White Kids, Mary Bucholtz investigates how white teenagers use language to display identities based on race and youth culture. Focusing on three...

Could there be a more relevant book for our times? Vengoechea implores us to truly hear other people (maybe for the first time) and is the perfect ...

Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, ...

This book explores the controversial social media practices engaged in by girls and young women, including sexual self-representations on social ne...

The definitive guide to kindness - a book full of inspirational ideas, quotes and famous acts of kindness, at a time when we need it most.If you se...

Edited by François Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Applying Relational Sociology: Networks, Relations, addresses f...

This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low p...

Rebel Friendships considers the interplay between individuals and their friendships with social movements. The intersections between individual and...

This volume provides a novel and relational sociological approach to the study of EU civil society. It focuses on the interactions and interrelatio...

Collective remittances, that is to say development initiatives carried out by immigrant groups for the benefit of their place of origin, have been ...

Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how...

This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understa...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 FT / McKinsey BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDOne of the world's most influential economists sets out the basis for a new so...

'Brilliant observations on the anthropology of power. You will laugh aloud and you won't put it down' Daniel Kahneman In this eye-opening explorati...

'Brilliant observations on the anthropology of power. You will laugh aloud and you won't put it down' Daniel Kahneman In this eye-opening explorati...

At the heart of the dramatic arts lies a single phenomenon: human social interaction. The crux of the practitioners work involves knowing how inter...

At the heart of the dramatic arts lies a single phenomenon: human social interaction. The crux of the practitioners work involves knowing how inter...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offere...

It's no secret that tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by American parents and that Western aid organizations have invested in...

It's no secret that tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by American parents and that Western aid organizations have invested in...

This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'la...

This collection focuses on the multi-layered links between international events and identity discourses. With a unique line-up of international sch...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. It is increasingly recognized that ethnonational frameworks are inadequate when examini...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. It is increasingly recognized that ethnonational frameworks are inadequate when examini...

Look around you. Is your workplace as diverse and accepting as it should be? From accusations of racism in high political office, award-winning act...