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The New Politics of Materialism: History, Philosophy, Science

The New Politics of Materialism: History, Philosophy,...

Author: Sarah Ellenzweig (Rice University, USA) ,  John Zammito (Rice University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138240742
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This collection, which includes an international roster of contributors from philosophy, history, literature, and...  Read More >>

Food, Nature and Society: Rural Life in Late Modernity

Food, Nature and Society: Rural Life in Late Modernity...

Author: Michel Blanc ,  Hilary Tovey
ISBN: 9781138729131
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This title was first published in 2001. Focusing on the distinctive ways in which rural social, economic and political...  Read More >>

Revival: Singapore (2001)

Revival: Singapore (2001)

Author: Garry Rodan
ISBN: 9781138722699
Format: Hardback
$378.00

This title was first published in 2001. A collection of valuable, previously published essays analyzing the major...  Read More >>

Exploring LGBT Spaces and Communities: Contrasting Identities, Belongings and Wellbeing

Exploring LGBT Spaces and Communities: Contrasting Identities,...

Author: Eleanor Formby (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138814004
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The phrase ‘LGBT community’ is often used by policy-makers, service providers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...  Read More >>

Social Structure

Social Structure

Author: Henry A. Mess
ISBN: 9781138191730
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1942, during the Second World War and a time of great social and economic upheaval, Henry...  Read More >>

Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments: The Selected Works of Alex. C. Michalos

Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments:...

Author: Alex C. Michalos
ISBN: 9783319511481
Format: Hardback
$145.17

The focus of this volume is on the further development of the Quality of Life Theory and the means to measure the...  Read More >>

Inequality in Capitalist Societies

Inequality in Capitalist Societies

Author: Surinder S. Jodhka (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) ,  Boike Rehbein (Humboldt University, Germany)
ISBN: 9781138683754
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The book argues that the inability to tackle inequality effectively is due to the lack of understanding the structures...  Read More >>

Relationship between the Central Government and Local Governments of Contemporary China

Relationship between the Central Government and Local...

Author: Feizhou Zhou ,  Mingzhi Tan
ISBN: 9789811043871
Format: Hardback
$145.17

The former system provided the incentive for local government to “set up a number of enterprises” and resulted in...  Read More >>

Interdisciplinarity and Wellbeing: A Critical Realist General Theory of Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity and Wellbeing: A Critical Realist...

Author: Roy Bhaskar ,  Berth Danermark (Orebro University, Sweden)
ISBN: 9780415403719
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to health. It considering what the authors call the 'seven enigmas'...  Read More >>

Intercorporeality: Emerging Socialities in Interaction

Intercorporeality: Emerging Socialities in Interaction...

Author: Christian Meyer (University of Constance) ,  Jürgen Streeck (University of Texas at Austin)
ISBN: 9780190210489
Format: Undefined
$216.48

This book draws inspiration from Maurice Merleau-Ponty's concept of intercorporeality to offer a new, multidisciplinary...  Read More >>

Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Management

Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster...

Author: Zhi Liu ,  Kaoru Ota
ISBN: 9781522525752
Format: Hardback
$594.00

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Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions

Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth...

Author: Umar Benna ,  Indo Benna
ISBN: 9781522526599
Format: Hardback
$514.80

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Civil Society in Liberal Democracy

Civil Society in Liberal Democracy

Author: Mark Jensen (Calvin College, USA)
ISBN: 9781138098794
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Writers and Social Thought in Africa

Writers and Social Thought in Africa

Author: Wale Adebanwi (University of California-Davis, USA)
ISBN: 9781138295636
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Social theory and social theorizing about Africa has largely ignored African literature. However, because writers...  Read More >>

Fiction and Social Reality: Literature and Narrative as Sociological Resources

Fiction and Social Reality: Literature and Narrative...

Author: Mariano Longo
ISBN: 9781138306448
Format: Paperback
$105.00

In spite of their differing rhetorics and cognitive strategies, sociology and literature are often concerned with...  Read More >>

C. Wright Mills and the Criminological Imagination: Prospects for Creative Inquiry

C. Wright Mills and the Criminological Imagination:...

Author: Jon Frauley
ISBN: 9781138306516
Format: Paperback
$105.00

In spite of its widespread use within criminology, the term ’criminological imagination’, as derived from C. Wright...  Read More >>

Demanding Justice and Security: Indigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin America

Demanding Justice and Security: Indigenous Women and...

Author: Rachel Sieder ,  Rachel Sieder
ISBN: 9780813587929
Format: Paperback
$93.50

Across Latin America, indigenous women are organizing to challenge racial, gender, and class discrimination through...  Read More >>

Social Capital and Institutional Constraints: A Comparative Analysis of China, Taiwan and the US

Social Capital and Institutional Constraints: A Comparative...

Author: Joonmo Son (National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9781138109711
Format: Paperback
$96.99

The sociological concept of social capital has grown in popularity in recent years and research programs in North...  Read More >>

Demanding Justice and Security: Indigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin America

Demanding Justice and Security: Indigenous Women and...

Author: Rachel Sieder ,  Rachel Sieder
ISBN: 9780813587936
Format: Hardback
$302.50

Across Latin America, indigenous women are organizing to challenge racial, gender, and class discrimination through...  Read More >>

Religion, Tradition, and Restorative Justice in Sierra Leone

Religion, Tradition, and Restorative Justice in Sierra...

Author: Lyn S. Graybill
ISBN: 9780268101893
Format: Hardback
$118.80

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Max Webers Rechtssoziologie - Eine Einladung Zur Lekture

Max Webers Rechtssoziologie - Eine Einladung Zur Lekture...

Author: Hubert Treiber
ISBN: 9783447108430
Format: Paperback
$184.80

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Development and Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality in India

Development and Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality in...

Author: Joel E. Oestreich (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, Drexel University)
ISBN: 9780190637347
Format: Hardback
$285.00

Development and Human Rights presents the first book-length study examining the promotion of human rights through...  Read More >>

Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States

Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States...

Author: Kjeld Hogsbro (Aalborg University, Denmark.) ,  Ian F Shaw (University of York, UK)
ISBN: 9781138242180
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The aim of this book is to exemplify the ways in which social work and research develop in ‘advanced’ welfare states...  Read More >>

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