Sociology

The book brings together rural scholars from the Global North and the Global South, who have contributed chapters based on their own contexts.

In the transformative journey toward modernizing grassroots governance in China, this book stands as a pioneering text that reshapes our understanding and approach to social governance at the grassroots level.

The focus of the volume is on ethnographically oriented research practice.

This book explores the intricacies of the post-pandemic world, delving into diverse themes such as international politics, diplomacy, democracy, migration, climate justice, mental well-being, education, human rights and the marginalised.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the Wise Steps programme, part of the Building Better Opportunities (BBO) initiative aimed at tackling social exclusion in the North East of England.

This book incorporates the in-depth discussion on Open Access (OA) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set up by the United Nations and how OA expedites the progress toward the United Nations SDGs.

This pioneering volume presents a comprehensive assessment of generative artificial intelligence's impact on African journalism, bringing together insights from academics, technologists, and practicing journalists across the continent.

This book incorporates the in-depth discussion on Open Access (OA) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set up by the United Nations and how OA expedites the progress toward the United Nations SDGs.

This third edition of the highly successful handbook is presented for the first time in two volumes, covering the field of social psychology more comprehensively than earlier, including applying social psychology to different areas in sociology.

This book is an extensive guide that covers topics related to building sustainable and resilient urban environments.

This edited book examines the cultural construction of the “public child” and its impact on children’s rights in Australia.

This third edition of the highly successful handbook is presented for the first time in two volumes, covering the field of social psychology more comprehensively than earlier, including applying social psychology to different areas in sociology.

This book explores how minoritized languages and identities are impacted by “deglobalization” - marked by increased state control, declining global market power, and growing repression of civil liberties.

This book is an extensive guide that covers topics related to building sustainable and resilient urban environments.

This third edition of the highly successful handbook is presented for the first time in two volumes, covering the field of social psychology more comprehensively than earlier, including applying social psychology to different areas in sociology.

This pioneering volume presents a comprehensive assessment of generative artificial intelligence's impact on African journalism, bringing together insights from academics, technologists, and practicing journalists across the continent.

This book offers innovative insights from across disciplines to explore the soulful survival of migrants, refugees, and displaced individuals and communities amidst stalemates, crises and compromises in human rights.

This volume focuses on select contributions made to the Nepali periodical Chandrika, published in Kurseong, Darjeeling, India, from 1918 to 1919.

This volume focuses on select contributions made to the Nepali periodical Chandrika, published in Kurseong, Darjeeling, India, from 1918 to 1919.

This book introduces a comprehensive model for evaluating the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law and an innovative framework that merges Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) practices with AI-focused algorithmic impact assessment approaches.

A global approach to developing a theory of radicalism, drawing on a series of striking case studies by leading scholars.

The public sphere can undermine liberal democracy, law, and morality.

A fresh response to the problem of illegal immigration in the United States through the context of Christian theology.

Putting Children''s Interests First in US Family Law and Policy details the rise of federal ''sexual expressionism'' policy.

This thought-provoking study examines the backstory and enduring contemporary effects of Australia''s claim to an absolute right to exclude foreigners.

A fresh descriptive and normative perspective on law and religion supported by comparative case studies of Greater China.

This book offers innovative insights from across disciplines to explore the soulful survival of migrants, refugees, and displaced individuals and communities amidst stalemates, crises and compromises in human rights.

Examines Nazi legal theory, the normative ideas driving the Führer state and the legal subtext to the regime''s escalating atrocities.

Biography of the Abortion Act, exploring how it was shaped by and shaped a changing UK.

Presents a shift from the accepted IR standard of theorizing, by analyzing policy decisions made in non-ideal conditions within a broader framework of practical choices.

LGBT, faith, and academic thought-leaders explore prospects for laws protecting each community''s core interests and possible resolutions for culture-war conflicts.

Makes a significant contribution to substantive representation, and examines the various political identities of justices in the American political system.

Examines a range of contemporary social and cultural conflicts in East Asia and the echoes they have throughout the world.

Discusses the nature of corporate groups and networks, and provides arguments for rules extending liability beyond insolvent entities.

Using a global array of case studies, this collection explores the consequences of political involvement on an individual''s life.

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Provides a study of the language of mediation, using excerpts from real-life mediation sessions to illustrate how mediation works.

Investigates the tensions caused by the CRDP as grassroots disability associations attempt to address their local members'' needs.

A historical and comparative analysis investigating two hundred years of migration and citizenship laws in South America.

Eastern Eurpoe in the Cold War enjoyed its sexual liberation.

Presents the first ethnographic study of al-Muhajiroun, an outlawed activist network that survived British counter-terrorism efforts and sent fighters to the Islamic State.

Illuminates hot button issues in contemporary Latin America from an intellectually radical perspective: a sociological theory of democracy as civil sphere.

Explores ways to make democracy work better, with particular focus on the integral role of local institutions.

Develops a new theory of how politicians campaign and deploy electoral clientelism in weak party systems.

Analyzes the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their labor force participation and success.

This book summarizes theoretical and empirical advancements in research on uncertainty in close relationships, and recommends practical applications and extensions.

This book examines how justice and reconciliation in world politics should be conceived in response to the injustice and alienation of modern colonialism?

Through a comparative study of Morocco and Tunisia, Feuer proposes a compelling theory accounting for complexities in religion-state relations across the Arab world.

Using extensive research, this book argues that successful African leaders consolidate their rule by developing strategic rural coalitions.