Sociology

The downsides of monogamy are felt by most people engaged in long-term relationships, including restrictions on self-discovery, limits on friendshi...

Drawing on an ethnographic study on young Moroccan immigrants in Europe (France and Italy), this book analyses the hegemonic power of heteronormati...

The downsides of monogamy are felt by most people engaged in long-term relationships, including restrictions on self-discovery, limits on friendshi...

Through a series of case studies, this book provides an understanding of the practice of ethnographic fieldwork in a variety of contexts, from ever...

This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept, theories, an...

This book focuses on the migration of undocumented minors arriving recently to the United States and the European Union, flows that are often label...

This book stands as the full body of scholarly work on western theories of social sciences. The book contents three chapters. The first part gives ...

Now in its second edition, Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides an accessible overview of an important and transformational struggle fo...

Social science and social reform flourished in Imperial Germany, and the historical economist Gustav Schmoller made fundamental contributions to bo...

Childhood, Identity and Masculinity: The Boarding School Boys examines the lives of ten Iranian men who were sent to boarding schools in England du...

This engaging text introduces readers to the sociology of cults. Covering the history and current state of cult studies, this book includes topics ...

This book proposes a reconstruction of contemporary social theory, focusing on thematic issues rather than on authors or schools of thought. In so ...

This insightful book offers contemporary psychologists and other social theorists an understanding of the comprehensive system of thought developed...

This is the first book to examine football (soccer) through the lens of diaspora studies. Presenting case studies from across four continents, it c...

Advances in medical technology and the rapidly increasing population of older Americans are causing people to question the ethical limits of life-e...

Nationally and internationally, we are being driven to reflect on how to respond to a changing world. Globally, the UN has presented its Sustainabl...

Still the Age of Populism? investigates current conceptions of populism and its relevance across the globe. Using contextualized case studies, cros...

Immigration in Post-War France (1987) presents a collection of articles, illustrations and other data, covering everything from politics and educat...

This book explores the phenomenon of familyhood across borders, examining the experience of translocal familyhood and the manner in which lifelines...

This book investigates the ways in which the war on terror has transformed the postcolonial state in Africa. Taking American intervention in Islami...

How can biography and reflexivity become integral processes of an inquiry? How do we apply these processes to our research and to our accounts of o...

This volume examines the rise and decline of racial science and its relationship to the political and social imposition of Jim Crow in the American...

Societies are defined at their margins. In the ancient Greek world bastards were often marginal, their affinities being with the female, the alien,...

First published in 1941, Marxism: Is it Science? was written to present the author’s criticisms of Marxism and, in doing so, to further exemplify h...

Originally published in 1982 and now reissued with a new Preface by Stephen Wood the contributors of this book discuss the issues surrounding the o...

Approaches to Qualitative Research couples theoretical articles with practical research examples in order to help students of varying degrees devel...

Bringing together over forty original short essays, some academic, others more creative in nature, this collection responds to the political, histo...

Courage lies at the heart of leadership. Leaders need courage to make wise decisions, not self-interested ones. They need to be able to set aside t...

Consent: Legacies, Representations, and Frameworks for the Future examines the conceptualisation of ‘consent’ across various historical periods, cu...

This volume critically examines ’subculture’ in a variety of Australian contexts, exploring the ways in which the terrain of youth cultures and sub...

Ugandan Asians in Great Britain (1975) examines the impact of the 1972 immigration of 28,000 Asians expelled from Uganda, looking at the impact on ...

Generation Z (Gen Z) is the young generation born between the mid-1990s and 2010s. They are now entering the market and starting their first jobs. ...

Academics often direct their research 'across' in order to examine issues that grip members of the middle classes, or 'down' in order to understand...

Mohan, Chindaliya, and Thomas offer an ethnographic critique of modern, neoliberal India from the perspective of studying the daily lives-livelihoo...

Migration Literature in Translation explores the unique case of Latinx literature translated into Spanish, drawing from Latinx studies, sociology, ...

Bourdieu once commented that what was needed was a ‘new gaze’ on the social world – a metanoia. This book describes this view and how to do it. Bas...

This book analyses the factors and processes behind radicalisation of both native and self-identified Muslim youths. It argues that European youth ...

American Swastika provides an up-to-date perspective on the white power movement in America. The book takes readers through hidden enclaves of hate...

This volume explores existing and emerging sexual cultures of contemporary India and the predicaments faced by abjected and sexual marginalities. I...

This monograph explores and investigates narratives of physical, psychological, and emotional dislocation that take place within the Arab world, ap...

If today students of social theory read Jurgen Habermas, Michael Foucault and Anthony Giddens, then proper regard to the question of culture means ...

First published in 1999, this volume is a collection of essays focused on the theme of partnership with parents in social work practice with childr...

This book offers a historical perspective on the changing Hindu–Muslim relationship in India through a study of syncretic traditions in Kurundwad, ...

Genes and the Bioimaginary examines the dramatic rise and contemporary cultural apotheosis of 'the gene'. The book traces not only the genetificati...

Based on a three-year life story study of students from working-class backgrounds at four elite universities in China, this book offers a new way t...

The Politics of Replacement explores current demographic conspiracy theories and their entanglement with different forms of racism and exclusionary...