Sociology

Many foreign-born students show weak performances in Europe, educational hurdles for them seem virtually insurmountable. It is frequently claimed t...

At a time when gender diversity is gaining increasing public attention, this book presents a poignant account of the current policy approaches to s...

Kevin C. Dunn and Iver B. Neumann offer a concise, accessible introduction to discourse analysis in the social sciences. A vital resource for stude...

The concept of “Waithood” was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and f...

Where does 'the self' in 'myself' begin and end? And what do ideas of 'spirit' tell us about the nature of human selfhood? To investigate these poo...

This book explores the influences for ethnopolitical groups to act internationally in advancement of their group interests. Yu-Wen Chen proposes an...

Jazz has never been simply music. From its very inception, jazz has been imbued with social meaning. This is what makes this kind of music an inter...

This book provides the first systematic description of the linguistic accommodation of Moravian migrants in Bohemia. By analyzing the linguistic be...

The subject of this book are migration journeys of highly skilled workers. By focusing on migration as a journey, the research considers all stages...

In den von politischer Wissenschaft und Publizistik mit großer Leidenschaft bestrittenen Debatten darüber, ob die Welt es mit einem American Empire...

'full of wisdom and entertaining anecdotes' The Economist'fascinating' Financial Times Social Chemistry will utterly transform the way you think ab...

Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen das politische Potential von Jugend- und Populärkulturen an konkreten Beispielen aus Europa, Russland und Af...

Definitions of citizenship often lack a solid grounding in the lived realities of ordinary citizens. They tend instead to focus on the debates of e...

Migration und Mehrsprachigkeit stellen die Schulen in vielen Ländern vor eine bedeutende Herausforderung: Wie sollen sie mit der sprachlichen Versc...

Why are Australians anxious and pessimistic?Who or what has caused our loss of trust in Australia?Why has a feeling of powerlessness crept in for s...

This book is the first major study of industrialists and social policy in Latin America. Barbara Weinstein examines the vast array of programs spon...

Technology in the world today has contributed to promote organisational competitiveness and national development. But most developing countries hav...

During the 1920s a new generation of American sociologists tried to make their discipline more objective by adopting the methodology of the natural...