Sociology

First published in 1992, this wide-ranging volume features 44 articles from 89 contributors on issues of and solutions to modelling of coastal waters around the world in response to an increasing interest in the development and application of numerical hydraulic models as design and management tools.

Ordering Power draws on theoretical insights to develop a unified framework for explaining the tremendous variation in state capacity and authoritarian durability in Southeast Asia.

White evangelicals have struggled to understand or enter into modern conversations on race and racism, because their inherited and imagined world has not prepared them for this moment.

This book examines the primary biblical themes in the lyrical theology of Charles Wesley, the master hymn writer and cofounder of the Methodist movement.

Recent epidemics have prompted large-scale international interventions, aimed at mitigating the spread of disease in a globalized world.

From 9/11 to the Snowden leaks, stories about surveillance increasingly dominate the headlines.

In his newest book, Stehr builds on his classic book Knowledge Societies (1994) to expand the concept toward one of knowledge capitalism for a now, much-changed era.

Drawing on current theoretical debates in journalism studies, and grounded in empirical research, Heinrich here analyzes the interplay between journalistic practice and processes of globalization and digitalization.

On 15th February 2003, two million people marched in the streets of London to call on the British government not to go to war with Iraq.

Revolutionary Learning explores the Marxist and feminist theorisation of dialectics, praxis and consciousness in education and learning.

This book takes readers on a journey into the future of work.

Despite the significant importance of the non-profit Sector, there is a relative limitation of possible modelling related to the management of the Non-Profit Institutions (NPIs).

This book explores the complex relationships between sport and video games, two of the largest entertainment sectors globally.

First published in 1998.

What does consumption in the global south signify, and how are its complexities communicated in media discourses?

Is theology a dead corpse or living organism?

Gerald N.

Agent-Based Computational Demography (ABCD) aims at starting a new stream of research among social scientists whose interests lie in understanding demographic behaviour.

Liberalizing, Feminizing and Popularizing Health Communications in Asia provides insights into the manner in which biomedical discourses are communicated and portrayed in Asia in light of the rapidly evolving socio-cultural, technological and epidemiological undercurrents.

The word "e;jihad"e; is everywhere in the global media.

What is it about crime that makes it `men's work'?

Composicion social dominicana (Social Composition of the Dominican Republic), first published in 1970 in Spanish, and translated into English here for the first time, discusses the changing structure of social classes and groups in Dominican society from the first encounter between Europeans and Natives until the mid-twentieth century.

Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Organizational Paradox is a two-part volume exploring how paradox theory benefits from interdisciplinary theorizing and how we might go about undertaking such research.

What is Global Studies, and how does it relate to globalization?

Mobile Communication covers a wide range of topics.

Rechtsextremismus, Rassismus und Gewalt sind nicht nur ein Problem der Jugend, auch wenn das Phänomen vor allem bei jungen Männern besonders spektakulär in Erscheinung tritt und sich die Aufmerksamkeit seit geraumer Zeit sehr stark darauf konzentriert.

As the global economy seeks to recover from the financial crisis and warnings about the consequences of climate change abound, it is clear that we need a fundamentally new approach to tackle these issues.

Women in the thraldom of man has led sometimes, in one form or another, to the most horrible abuses.

Patrick Barr-Melej here illuminates modern Chilean history with an unprecedented chronicle and reassessment of the sixties and seventies.

Before about 1840, there was little prestige attached to the writing of novels, and most English novelists were women.

This book explores why democratization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa have made so little progress despite more than two decades of multi-party politics on the subcontinent.

This book explores LGBQTNB people''s relationships with animals, examining a complex menagerie of human-animal relationships.

This is Volume III of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology.

This book examines how social cleavage lines shape issue voting and party competition.

Don Miguel Ruiz ist ein renommierter spiritueller Lehrer und ein internationaler Bestsellerautor.

In The Geometry of Genocide, Bradley Campbell argues that genocide is best understood not as deviant behavior but as social control-a response to perceived deviant behavior on the part of victims.

This book highlights various dimensions of human habitats in 21st Century India.

How to foster happier employees for a healthier bottom line Managers could learn a lot from a message echoed by generations of dairy farmers: "e;Contented cows give better milk.

Classical liberal democratic theory has provided crucial ideas for a still dominant and hegemonic discourse that rests on ideological conceptions of freedom, equality, peacefulness, inclusive democratic participation, and tolerance.

Modern statistical software provides the ability to compute statistics in a timely, orderly fashion.

Phenomenologies of the City: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Architecture brings architecture and urbanism into dialogue with phenomenology.

This book offers a practical, methodological guide to conducting arts-based research with children by drawing on five years of the authors' experience carrying out arts-based research with children in Australia and the UK.

Social Work: Voices from the Inside offers unique insight into social work from the perspectives of those 'on the inside', that is, service users, carers and practitioners.