Society & Social Sciences books

The purpose of this collection of readings is to aid the student taking a course in environmental economics to place...  Read More >>

The author considers the risks that the failure of Third World economies pose for highly exposed banks, whose collapse...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the main causes of deterioration in the Jamaican economy since 1972 and assesses the prospects...  Read More >>

Terrorism, by its very nature, is a dynamic and rapidly changing phenomenon. This is particularly true of Palestinian...  Read More >>

First published in 1984. Ethnic policy as we have come to think of it during the past twenty years is about to shift...  Read More >>

Export restrictions represent an economic phenomenon that has existed for millenia. This report is the result of...  Read More >>

This book is the outcome of a Development Studies Association Workshop on Technology that we convened in Queen Elizabeth...  Read More >>

Concern about the low U.S. saving rate and its negative impact on capital formation and economic growth prompted...  Read More >>

When the European Monetary System (EMS) was created in 1978, economists on both sides of the Atlantic predicted...  Read More >>

This book provides an extensive military and strategic analysis of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, assessing...  Read More >>

The debt crisis in Latin America has rekindled debate about the effects of the IMF's stabilization programs in the...  Read More >>

This book presents a blueprint for researchers in the area of nanotechnology for chemical defense, especially with...  Read More >>

Queer Studies is designed as an advanced undergraduate textbook in queer studies for this rapidly growing field....  Read More >>

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Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process, telling how a research project on caring and social support...  Read More >>

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Drawing on evidence from across Europe, Asia and the USA, this accessible book covers how social workers can engage...  Read More >>

Ann Oakley analysed the perceptions of 40 urban housewives around housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation,...  Read More >>

This reissued classic contains a selection of Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) most famous writing on social issues....  Read More >>

Ann Oakley interviewed 60 women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. She discusses whether and why...  Read More >>

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