Sociology books

This book introduces the notion of culinary capital to investigate socialisation and school mealtime experiences...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which sport for development and peace (SDP) offers an opportunity for entrepreneurship...  Read More >>

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens the power to deliberate...  Read More >>

This book looks at the trajectories of reproduction and abortion rights in diverse socio-cultural contexts in various...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the relationship between trust and social capital in contemporary Chinese society. It attempts...  Read More >>

This book applies the general theory of critical rationalism in order to develop a sociology of the transition from...  Read More >>

This book examines the paved road as a liminal space and legal frontier for enlivened, everyday struggles over property,...  Read More >>

This book delves into the notion of intimacy as a defining feature of podcasting, examining the concept of intimacy...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which ghosts haunt and shape cultural identities and memory, considering the manner...  Read More >>

This book explores two public sector scandals in the UK, drawing on Max Weber’s thought on ‘the iron cage’ to understand...  Read More >>

Oral health is integral to well-being and quality of life. This important edited volume brings together leading...  Read More >>

The Pacific Islands have some of the highest rates of family violence in the world. Addressing the contemporary...  Read More >>

This book provides the definitive account of the making of the 1942 Beveridge Report and its influence on wartime...  Read More >>

This book deals with a wide range of issues related to rural-urban migration in the context of neoliberal economic...  Read More >>

India Migration Report 2022 is one of the first volumes to focus comprehensively on Indian health professionals’...  Read More >>

This anthropological study explores the beliefs and practices that emerged around masking in the United States during...  Read More >>

This book explores and examines human trafficking in Eastern Mindanao in the Philippines, and the social conditions...  Read More >>

This book examines the phenomenon of ‘digital guru media’ (DGM), the self-styled online influencers, life coaches,...  Read More >>

This book examines the intersection of caste and politics in North India and highlights its contribution to the...  Read More >>

Although sport participation decreases on average for women once they become mothers, athletes have demonstrated...  Read More >>

Drawing on research from sociology, psychology, anthropology and cultural and media studies, this volume analyses...  Read More >>

This book focuses on issues of family, work, and gender, with a focus on gender inequality. Women are disadvantaged...  Read More >>

This book is about older women’s strength, freedom, tenacity, determination, resilience, independence, social and...  Read More >>

This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine the relationship between the quality of domestic life and...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of International Critical Social Work is a companion volume to the Routledge Handbook of...  Read More >>