Society & Social Sciences books

A Failed Marriage Doesn’t Make You a Failure in God’s Eyes.  Read More >>

Why did the nonviolent mutiny of Indian soldiers at Meerut in 1857 lead to a war that threatened to destroy the...  Read More >>

By exploring the distinct accounts of the state of nature in the writing of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, this book...  Read More >>

Porchlight Business Book Award nominee, Leadership & Strategy A timely and incisive resource for business leaders...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. It centers...  Read More >>

Using economics and developmental science, this book helps us understand the profound influence fathers have on...  Read More >>

A sweeping natural history of the most valuable trees on earth that have quietly transformed our economies, cultural...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of how the presidency, through history, law, and politics, has outgrown in power from...  Read More >>

This is the first in-depth study of constitutional law and politics in Cambodia, based on ethnographic insights...  Read More >>

Examines the growing role of corporations in shaping public policy through advocacy and corporate action. Explores...  Read More >>

Why do citizens support authoritarian leaders and martial law in a democratic country? What draws these citizens...  Read More >>

The very first book-length study of theatre censorship in France between the end of the Ancien Régime and the Restoration....  Read More >>

In 1992, Dianne Feinstein, noting the number of women in the Senate, declared that, ""two percent may be good enough...  Read More >>

Founded in 1478 and not permanently abolished until 1834, the Spanish Inquisition has always been a notorious institution...  Read More >>

This Element introduces the study of forensic linguistics in southern Africa. The topic is defined along with the...  Read More >>

What role did the Iraqi diaspora play in Iraq's state-building process post-2003, and what has been the legacy of...  Read More >>

Linda Qian introduces xiangchou - homesickness and rural nostalgia – to English-language scholarship, using it as...  Read More >>

Legal books on torture have failed to ask fundamental questions as to its practice and research – particularly on...  Read More >>

This Element examines clientelism and analyzes its systemic impact on democratic institutions and markets. Clientelism...  Read More >>

Beginning with the chance discovery of an interrogation document smuggled to England in a basket of cheese, this...  Read More >>

Historically, infant–parent synchrony has been measured using methods that provide a global assessment of interpersonal...  Read More >>

Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, health and care have become central claims. Transnational campaigns addressing...  Read More >>

Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to...  Read More >>

This book provides an account of how Traveller, Roma and other minoritized women understand, assess and experience...  Read More >>

An insider's guide to university finances, for non-insiders. The finances of higher education have never been...  Read More >>