Sociology

Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this d...

Public activism has grown significantly during the 21st century as a cornerstone of the democratic process. But activism, regardless of its ideolog...

Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities ...

We all grieve. From the moment we are born into this cold, loud, bright world, we experience change and loss that can often threaten to overwhelm u...

Released in 1984, Steven E. Rhoads' classic was considered by many to be among the best introductions to the economic way of thinking and its appli...

We humans are social animals, naturally driven to form close-knit groups. All too often, though, these groups become partisan. They start to compet...

Tens of millions of people poured onto the streets for Black Lives Matter, bringing with them a wholly new idea of public safety, common security, ...

At a time when policies are increasingly against it, international migration has become the subject of great public and academic attention. This bo...

From unemployment to Brexit to climate change, capitalism is in trouble and ill-prepared to cope with the challenges of the coming decades. How did...

Increasing attention has been paid to the agency of translators and interpreters, as well as to the social factors that permeate acts of translatio...

The history of English news discourse is characterised by intriguing multilevel developments, and the present cannot be separated from them. For ex...

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us - they show us what counts as right...

Nobody is a powerful and eye-opening examination of the deeper meaning behind the string of deaths of unarmed citizens like Michael Brown, Eric Gar...

During the eighteenth century, a time of almost constant international warfare, European states had to borrow money to finance their military opera...

Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank r...

W.E.B. Du Bois (18681963) was one of the leading public figures of his timean African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, autho...

This handbook presents in a comprehensive, concise and accessible overview, the emerging field of international political sociology. It summarizes ...

This new 4 volume collection will bring together the key literature on Islam and Society. In four broad themes the collection will cover Islam and ...

Sociologists have long noted that dynamism is an essential part of the urban way of life. However, walking as a significant social activity and cru...

Focused on mapping out contemporary and future domains in philosophy of technology, this volume serves as an excellent, forward-looking resource in...

Scholars have long recognized the media''s role in shaping and reflecting the way we see the world, ourselves, and others. In particular, they have...