Social and ethical issues

In an era of remarkable wealth idolatry, Tom Malleson investigates the ethical justifications of wealth inequality, taking the radical position that we should abolish the billionaires.

Public venues are vital to information access across the globe, yet few formal studies exist of the complex ways people in developing countries use information technologies in public access places.

Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world, including up to 1.

An engaging and beautifully illustrated introduction to some of the world's most interesting and charismatic marine creaturesDive deep into the fascinating world of cephalopodsoctopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and the mysterious nautilusto discover the astonishing diversity of this unique group of intelligent invertebrates and their many roles in the marine ecosystem.

Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world, including up to 1.

In Africa, conflicts between protected areas for fauna and flora and space for their surrounding human populations continue despite years spent trying to find an accommodation between the needs of both parties.

In the wake of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant networks such as al-Qaeda or as backers of national political parties and resistance groups in Palestine, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

In 1977, Johnson's best selling How Long Will South Africa Survive?

In the wake of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant networks such as al-Qaeda or as backers of national political parties and resistance groups in Palestine, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

The science of making the most of in-person work whether it s one day a week or fiveFor the first time in history, millions of workers can do their jobs from anywhere and the result is the most contentious workplace debate in generations.

Brazil has developed a distinctive response to the injustices inflicted by the country's race relations regime.

Contracts for the Sale of Goods delivers detailed analysis and in-depth comparison of the substantive law for the sale of goods in domestic and international transactions.

Disability is not always central to claims about diversity and inclusion in higher education, but should be.

Brazil has developed a distinctive response to the injustices inflicted by the country's race relations regime.

The Precision Medicine Initiative, Apple's HealthKit, the FitBit-the booming digital health industry asserts that digital networks, tools, and the scientific endeavors they support will usher in a new era of medicine centered around "e;the voice of the patient.

Contracts for the Sale of Goods delivers detailed analysis and in-depth comparison of the substantive law for the sale of goods in domestic and international transactions.

Perhaps nowhere in India is contemporary politics and visions of 'the political' as diverse, animated, uncontainable, and poorly understood as in Northeast India.

Perhaps nowhere in India is contemporary politics and visions of 'the political' as diverse, animated, uncontainable, and poorly understood as in Northeast India.

Truth and Social Reality: A Metaphysical Inquiry presents a new theory of social truth and social construction.

What does it mean to be a Pakistani?

What does it mean to be a Pakistani?

Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them.

Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them.

The introduction of pediatric cochlear implants more than 30 years ago has changed the lives of deaf children and their families and the field of deaf education, early intervention, and research.

According to a common narrative, identity politics derives from leftist postmodernism, and is antithetical to both liberalism and Enlightenment universalism.

Statistics show that deportation rates in the European Union remain strikingly low and are decreasing.

While much of the political science literature on populism focuses on key political actors within the party system, a good deal less attention has been paid to forms of populist contention that feature ordinary citizens protesting against elite rule and championing the cause of 'the People' around the world.

The introduction of pediatric cochlear implants more than 30 years ago has changed the lives of deaf children and their families and the field of deaf education, early intervention, and research.

Statistics show that deportation rates in the European Union remain strikingly low and are decreasing.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringChina is a country of huge economic influence, with ambitions to alter the balance of power between East and West.

Waste as a Critique reveals how waste in its manifold variety provides an innovative starting point for interrogating 21st century society.

Waste as a Critique reveals how waste in its manifold variety provides an innovative starting point for interrogating 21st century society.

Truth and Social Reality: A Metaphysical Inquiry presents a new theory of social truth and social construction.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringChina is a country of huge economic influence, with ambitions to alter the balance of power between East and West.

Despite the focus on urbanization as an important theme, the suburbanization of India has received relatively less attention.

According to a common narrative, identity politics derives from leftist postmodernism, and is antithetical to both liberalism and Enlightenment universalism.

Is the Christian church in Europe doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western secularism, and a flood of Muslim immigrants?

Disability is not always central to claims about diversity and inclusion in higher education, but should be.

Russian Theatre at the Margins of High Putinism traces the development of fringe theatre in Russia over the course of the second decade of the twenty-first century.

What does it mean to be an American?

While much of the political science literature on populism focuses on key political actors within the party system, a good deal less attention has been paid to forms of populist contention that feature ordinary citizens protesting against elite rule and championing the cause of 'the People' around the world.

Police psychology has become an integral part of present-day police agencies, providing support in the areas of personnel assessment, individual and organizational intervention, consultation, and operational assistance.

In the last several decades, there has been a surge of interest in expertise in the social scientific, philosophical, and legal literatures.

Global politics has transformed in recent years due to a rise in nationalist ideology, the breakdown of multiple societies, and even nation-state legitimacy.

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century--why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations?

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century--why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations?

Teenage pregnancy is a public health concern that is growing more prevalent in both developed and developing countries.

Mass shootings continue to occur today and affect the public's sense of safety and security.

Worldwide conflict continues to force the migration of citizens seeking safety, shelter, and stability.

Since the re-democratization of much of Latin America in the 1980s and a regional wave of anti-austerity protests in the 1990s, social movement studies has become an important part of sociological, political, and anthropological scholarship on the region.