Society & Social Sciences

China’s New 21st-Century Realities: Social Equity in a Time of Change examines the new social justice realities in China. Often when people think o...

This revised and enlarged edition brings the successful original volume of 1984 right up to date, taking into account the most recent development...

Although Roosevelt had no single plan to alter Congress's role, the incremental changes adopted during the New Deal transformed Congress. Examining...

The essays in this collection examine the public construction of languages, the linguistic construction of publics, and the relationship between th...

Both Ignatius of Loyola and Jonathan Edwards wrote about the theme of Christian discernment. Evan B. Howard clarifies patterns of Christian discern...

First published in 1982. The intent of this book is to build an understanding of the people who create humor and are expert at making people laugh....

How homosexuality was viewed a hundred years ago and how it is seen today are undoubtedly very different. John Malone looks back on this section of...

Effective Education for All deals with cultural-linguistic diversity and how to work in classrooms with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD)...

The role of the state in capitalist societies has been a bone of considerable contention among scholars. The two founding fathers of sociology he...

Originally published in 1971, Psychology and Everyday Life was intended to bridge the gap between the expert and lay use of the word ‘psychology’ a...

The study of elections and voting patterns has been one of the fastest growing fields of political science in the past few decades. It has produced...

Defending "la patria," or "homeland," is the historical mission claimed by Latin American armed forces. For la Patria is a comprehensive narrative ...

As the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of the federal government becomes increasingly hostile, more Americans are wonde...

The Phenomenology of Pain is the first book-length investigation of its topic to appear in English. Groundbreaking, systematic, and illuminating, i...

For those who teach students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, the Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Ps...

This bibliography is now under the editorial direction and authority of the British Library of Political and Economic Science, at the London School...

For the first time, readers will experience America's gravest crisis through the eyes of the five former presidents who lived it. Author and histor...

Globalization is generally covered in graduate courses which focus primarily on critical perspectives. This book fills the gap in the study of glob...