Social groups, communities and identities

Western political theory typically incorporates certain assumptions about sex and gender as natural, unvarying and pre-political.

Colin Heywood's classic account of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the First World War combines a long-run historical perspective with a broad geographical spread.

How can we hope to understand social inequality without considering race, class, and gender in tandem?

In this short and provocative book, cultural studies scholar Angela McRobbie develops a much-needed feminist account of neoliberalism.

Feminist Media Studies is a cutting-edge introduction to the core and emerging theories, methods, and approaches in a field that has blossomed over the past twenty-five years.

How can colorblindness the idea that race does not matter be racist?

The story of gay rights has long been told as one of single-minded focus on the fight for sexual freedom.

The poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit.

Life for too many African American men is a battle with extreme disadvantage, a fight for survival, and a struggle for dignity in a society which labels them a "e;problem.

Within the so-called seduction community, the ability to meet and attract women is understood as a skill which heterosexual men can cultivate through practical training and personal development.

Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people s lives.

Amid a devastating economic crisis, two tragic events coming from the outside the wave of immigration and Islamic terrorism have radically changed the profile and significance of the space we call Europe.

The third edition of Race: A Philosophical Introduction continues to provide the definitive guide to a topic of major contemporary importance.

The history of humanity has only just begun.

This book by one of Italy's oldest and wisest intellectuals is a philosophical and personal meditation on ageing.

What does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast?

Who are Latinos?

Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time.

Climate change, natural disasters, and loss of biodiversity are all considered major environmental concerns for the international community both now and into the future.

Adonis' influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T.

Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities.

Teresa Forcades, Spanish Benedictine nun, theologian, physician and political activist, is one of Europe s leading radical thinkers.

In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is hardly a more urgent task than understanding how humans can learn to live alongside one another.

This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad.

Chinese childhood is undergoing a major transformation.

This is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series.

During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations.

We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society.

The gap between rich and poor, included and excluded, advantaged and disadvantaged is steadily growing as inequality becomes one of the most pressing issues of our times.

Philosophers have long struggled to reconcile Martin Heidegger's involvement in Nazism with his status as one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century.

The idea that gender equality in education has been achieved is now a staple of public debate.

New York, Washington, Madrid, London and now Paris the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow.

Community is a central idea in urban studies but remains conceptually vague and empirically difficult to work with.

In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: libert , galit , fraternit .

Studies of race and media are dominated by textual approaches that explore the politics of representation.

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Ein Buch, das Fragen stellt, die wir uns kaum noch zu stellen wagen: Warum scheint das Denken in einer Zeit, die von Wissen und Technologie dominiert wird, in einen Stillstand zu verfallen?

Las memorias tan esperadas y tremendamente entretenidas de la leyenda del escenario Chita Rivera, tres veces ganadora del premio Tony, homenajeada en los Centros Kennedy y ganadora de la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad.

For those who have been disappointed when the "e;good life"e; let them down or discouraged by life's struggles, the goodness of God is trustworthy, life-giving, and everlasting.

"e;Reveals the Oprah story no other dares to tell-and with a two-edged sword that rightly divides the truth from the lies.

'A hugely informative and quietly furious call to arms.

Throughout WWII, thousands of Allied prisoners dreamed of outwitting their captors and returning to war against the Axis.

Learn about the elements that make up our world and the science that defines them.

A romantic social novel written by the writer Julia James, dealing with the story of a wealthy Italian young man, Ibn Malayer, who does not think about marriage, but he is satisfied with his romantic relationships with women, and emphasizes the management of his father's company.

After being forgotten for nearly 130 years, the ';Mother of Suffrage in Missouri' and her husband are finally taking their rightful place in history.

*Updated with a new introduction* Journalist Rebecca Traister's New York Times bestselling exploration of the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement is ';a hopeful, maddening compendium of righteous feminine anger, and the good it can do when wielded efficientlyand collectively' (Vanity Fair).

A ';beautifully written' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have take to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system.

';Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authorityA riveting read' (Donald L.

Newly divorced and determined to reclaim her life, Leslie Morgan, bestselling author of Crazy Love and Mommy Wars, decided to spend a year searching for five new lovers in this ';highly stimulating story of a midlife education' and ';steamy, liberating tale of self-exploration and self-love' (Kirkus Reviews).

This ';historical page-turner of the highest order' (The Wall Street Journal) tells the chilling, little-known story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project during World War II, perfect for fans of The Americans and nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.