Social and ethical issues

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.

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.

For over half a century, Stanley Milgram's classic and controversial obedience experiments have been a touchstone in the social and behavioral sciences, introducing generations of students to the concept of destructive obedience to authority and the Holocaust.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

The era of technology in which we reside has ushered in a more globalized and connected world.

Transforming Trauma emerges from contemporary, overlapping social challenges: Global losses of life and connection amidst the COVID-19 pandemic; brutal US police murders of Black and brown people followed by uprisings against systemic racism; and organizing against pervasive gender-based and sexual violence.

With a preface by Michael Apple, this book challenges the dominant human-capital-centred model of education that prepares young people to adopt a consumption-led, individualistic approach to work, human relationships and everyday living.

All too often in situations of armed conflicts, rape and other acts of sexual violence are used as military tactics.

Philosophers have been preoccupied with the future from time immemorial.

The potential for climate change to cause vast human movement is a major global issue.

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

Demonstrating how stigmatization is perpetuated through the interconnection of institutions and popular culture, this book examines the consequences of states' usage of stigma to disenfranchise vulnerable groups in a systemic way across demographics and geographies.

The philosopher John Rawls once said that "e;the question of justice between generations.

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.

Demonstrating how stigmatization is perpetuated through the interconnection of institutions and popular culture, this book examines the consequences of states' usage of stigma to disenfranchise vulnerable groups in a systemic way across demographics and geographies.

Following the death in 1789 of Abbe de l'Epee, the first teacher of deaf pupils renowned in France and beyond, revolutionaries committed to founding national institutes for the education of deaf pupils.

Rulers and Raptors argues that by studying animal biographies we gain a new perspective on early modern court society.

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.

The introduction of the principle of women's reproductive liberty in France, tentatively by the family planning movement after 1960 and explicitly by the women's liberation movement after 1970, marked a deep shift, transforming public discourses.

The introduction of the principle of women's reproductive liberty in France, tentatively by the family planning movement after 1960 and explicitly by the women's liberation movement after 1970, marked a deep shift, transforming public discourses.

This edited book centres the experiences of groups and individuals who have historically received little attention in the broader framing of victimology, victims movements and wider society.

Constitutionalism-the idea that constitutions should limit and direct government power-has emerged as the global standard for the exercise of public authority.

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the wide range and depth of sociological theory and research on disability-brought together for the first time in one volume.

Becoming Digital Citizens explores the relationship between disability, citizenship, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Chinese context.

The philosopher John Rawls once said that "e;the question of justice between generations.

Richly illustrated with the author's exquisite drawings, this visual manual provides a concise and practical introduction to contemporary urban landscape architecture with trees and forest: Sylvan City Design.

In Social Movements: A Theoretical Approach, Dieter Rucht offers a theoretically and historically informed approach to social movements as a phenomenon of modern societies.

Disability through the Lens of Justice offers a contextual framework for considering the limitations that disability places on individuals.

In the summer of 2020, angry citizens took to the streets of Minneapolis after a recording of the murder of George Floyd went viral.

On July 9, 1883, twenty men stormed the jail in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, kidnapped Henderson Lee, a black man charged with larceny, and hanged him.

Disability through the Lens of Justice offers a contextual framework for considering the limitations that disability places on individuals.

Since the criminal law acquits a person who mistakenly believed that another person consented to the sex that they forced upon them: 'rape is not prohibited; it is regulated' (to borrow Mackinnon's phrase).

In Social Movements: A Theoretical Approach, Dieter Rucht offers a theoretically and historically informed approach to social movements as a phenomenon of modern societies.

Richly illustrated with the author's exquisite drawings, this visual manual provides a concise and practical introduction to contemporary urban landscape architecture with trees and forest: Sylvan City Design.

Following the death in 1789 of Abbe de l'Epee, the first teacher of deaf pupils renowned in France and beyond, revolutionaries committed to founding national institutes for the education of deaf pupils.

The potential for climate change to cause vast human movement is a major global issue.

On July 9, 1883, twenty men stormed the jail in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, kidnapped Henderson Lee, a black man charged with larceny, and hanged him.

Constitutionalism-the idea that constitutions should limit and direct government power-has emerged as the global standard for the exercise of public authority.

This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them.

This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them.

Stop smoking.