Social Issues & Processes

In the decades following World War II, factories in many countries not only provided secure employment and a range of economic entitlements, but al...

The different ways that social change happens, from unleashing to nudging to social cascades. Sunstein''s book is illuminating because it puts ...

How does social regulation shape who is deviant and who is normal? Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada is an i...

George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental HistoryVSNY Book Award, New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in Am...

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon''s CamperForce programme in Texas, American employers have discover...

In Broke but Unbroken, journalist Augusta Dwyer takes us on an inspiring journey through the slums and villages of Brazil, Indonesia, India and A...

Cities and countries around the world are focused on enhancing their living conditions through ways that go beyond the brick and mortar of urban pl...

A powerful manifesto for CEOs and employees alike, this book reveals how organizations can make huge changes with surprisingly small steps. In an a...

For anyone wishing to understand the next, post-9/11 generation of al-Qaeda planning, leadership, and tactics, there is only one place to begin: So...

Called the world's conscience and one of the 100 most influential people of our time by Time magazine, Jan Egeland has been the public face of the ...

To most Americans, Texas has been that love-it-or-hate it slice of the country that has sparked controversy, bred presidents, and fomented turmoil ...

This book will address the need for gender issues and the discourses of power to be explored within resilience frameworks to achieve successful out...

Changes in family structures, demographics, social attitudes and economic policies over the last sixty years have had a large impact on family live...

Ireland is the first country in the world to extend civil marriage to same sex couples through a public vote. The marriage equality referendum saw ...

This book re-visits and re-thinks some recent defining events in Irish society. Each chapter focuses on an event that has occurred since the start ...

Despite social and economic advances around the world, poverty and disease persist, exacerbated by the mounting challenges of climate change, natur...

Developed by progressive social scientists in the early 20th century, the juvenile justice system in the U.S. consisted of courts and correction...