Sociology

Abuse in dating relationships is common among adolescents. Dating abuse has a plethora of negative associated conditions or consequences. Despite t...

This book explores the significant increase in non-marital births in the United States, the possible reasons behind the change, and things that can...

Social Psychology is the scientific study of how people''''s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied ...

This book examines the concept of aging. It interrogates how it has been co-opted and absorbed by bio-medical approaches to gerontology. The book e...

In recent years, dedicated revenues to the Highway Trust Fund have been eroding, resulting in fewer resources to fund surface transportation projec...

Worldwide labor migration has transformed and reshaped various fields of government policy and professional practices. Labor migration is associate...

Social policy primarily refers to guidelines and interventions for promoting human welfare. This book links the findings from developmental psychop...

Affirmative action is one of the most controversial policies of our time. This book provides a succinct but comprehensive account of the historical...

This book examines issues around violence against women in relation to contemporary experiences, theories and interventions. It provides insight fr...

What issues, challenges and problems do young people face in 21st century society? How do they make sense of their lifeworlds? Are they proactive o...

Volunteering is one of the phenomena which, despite the limited amount of volunteers, is seen as highly important for the appropriate functioning o...

This book explores public perceptions, often reinforced by public service advertising campaigns, of stereotypes tied to violencewhich frequently po...

In this book, the authors begin by discussing research on the digitalization of cultural heritage, illuminating the centralization and specific con...

This book focuses sexism research, particularly on the latest contributions to this study. The authors of the first chapter focus on female represe...

Volume 28 focuses on the tension that runs throughout the history of humanist philosophy and science from the Renaissance to the present. A practic...

This handbook is written for transgender people, their families and friends; for professionals who in their day-to-day job may encounter transgende...

The assessment and measurement of the level of well-being in a society have been on the radar of researchers and institutions for many years. The c...