Society & Social Sciences books

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Tackles the challenge of translating global sustainability goals into local action. Through concepts of myth, metaphor...  Read More >>

Uncovering the intertwined histories of the Nicaragua Canal and the Mosquito Coast, this book will appeal to readers...  Read More >>

Instead of blaming users for technology addiction and offering self-help measures, Unwired shifts responsibility...  Read More >>

In Queer Forms and Pronouns, author Lena Mattheis explores gender nonconformity (GNC) pronouns in Anglophone literature...  Read More >>

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Moving beyond binary nationalist and unionist narratives, this study explores political thought through ideological...  Read More >>

In a region known for its export of oil, this study explores how the Gulf states are also defined by the importation...  Read More >>

This book investigates how word meanings are represented and processed in our brains, linking perception, action,...  Read More >>

This Element interrogates the complex role of gender in shaping the sociolinguistic variable of UPTALK within Hong...  Read More >>

Moving between intellectual traditions, this study offers a historically grounded social theoretical account of...  Read More >>

This inter-disciplinary work re-examines the role that criminal accusation plays in the creation and maintenance...  Read More >>

Trials of Sovereignty offers the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century...  Read More >>

The first multi-disciplinary exploration of citizenship and residence by investment on a global scale with an informative...  Read More >>

This book is a comprehensive legal inquiry into children's rights and business, situating children and their rights...  Read More >>

A detailed study of three key aspects that have come to define the UN's presence in Haiti – the use of force, sexual...  Read More >>

Hostage-taking and the violence used against hostages are on the rise. This book examines the taking of hostages...  Read More >>

This book will appeal to academics and students studying law, transitional justice, political science and international...  Read More >>

As the processes of globalization deepen, the nature and scale of the challenges resulting from hate speech have...  Read More >>

Explores how scientific meaning and decision-making are filtered through the stories we tell about science and through...  Read More >>

Research demonstrates that women's participation in peace processes impacts the adoption of gendered peace provisions....  Read More >>

The established idea that people learn about politics and relevant societal issues via the news media can be put...  Read More >>

Sovereign Heritage Crime: Security, Autocracy, and the Material Past explores why autocracies intentionally exacerbate...  Read More >>