Sociology

The book highlights the significance of a distinct category of underdeveloped areas, known as the inner periphery, in understanding contemporary spatial disparities in socio-economic development and the challenges posed to future cohesion policy.

Judaism is fundamental to Israel’s self-conception, but Israelis disagree about whether this is a religious, ethnic, or cultural claim.

This book focuses on the liminality and experiences of Filipino migrant musicians in Australia in relation to their identities and positionalities as migrants, professionals, labour force, musicians, and members of the multicultural community.

Cross-cultural comparison is gaining increasing importance in the context of globalization and the internationalization of many areas of lifeThe aim of this volume is to provide a concise and practical introduction to the methods of cross-cultural research.

Cross-cultural comparison is gaining increasing importance in the context of globalization and the internationalization of many areas of lifeThe aim of this volume is to provide a concise and practical introduction to the methods of cross-cultural research.

This book dives into in depth case studies across Thailand’s low-lying coastal regions and its rapidly changing urban centers.

This book uses gender and the history of migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa to highlight a marginal area of research in the Global South.

This book highlights how social inequality shapes parent engagement, from resources available to parents and parenting logics to school responses to families and their engagement.

This book posits that during Australia’s colonial period (1788–1900), all sport, including the hegemonic football codes (rugby union and Australian rules football), was closely tied to British nationalism.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of institutional elderly care in China, with a special focus on resource allocation, spatial optimization, and the temporal-spatial perspective of elderly care provision.

This book approaches the field of mindfulness research from the perspective of self-determination theory (SDT).

This contributed volume examines the intersection of social work, environmental justice, and disaster risk reduction (DRR).

This book dives into in depth case studies across Thailand’s low-lying coastal regions and its rapidly changing urban centers.

This book fills a void in the existing literature on regime erosion and democratic backsliding by proposing a multidimensional and sequential explanation for the emergence of crisis of democracy using one of the most populous democracies in the world as a case study: Brazil.

The integration of cutting-edge technologies – such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) – combined with a growing emphasis on sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is profoundly transforming the business landscape in general, and the fields of Accounting and Finance in particular.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of institutional elderly care in China, with a special focus on resource allocation, spatial optimization, and the temporal-spatial perspective of elderly care provision.

Der Sammelband vermittelt unterschiedliche Ansatze und Perspektiven hinsichtlich der Analyse der Prasentation von Sport im Film.

This book offers a first step towards getting machines to understand history in terms of analysing historical narratives.

Welches ist die wichtigste Eigenschaft, die eine Fuhrungskraft heute braucht?

Object Spirituality critically examines the implications of the emerging philosophical movement of Speculative Realism for the study of spirituality and theology.

This book offers a first step towards getting machines to understand history in terms of analysing historical narratives.

This book presents the results of a Hong Kong study that focused on refugees’ contributions, and potential, to support green urban development.

This book offers a critical, reflective and contextual analysis on human capital and how it was managed globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welches ist die wichtigste Eigenschaft, die eine Fuhrungskraft heute braucht?

Der Sammelband vermittelt unterschiedliche Ansatze und Perspektiven hinsichtlich der Analyse der Prasentation von Sport im Film.

This book offers a critical, reflective and contextual analysis on human capital and how it was managed globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book brings together original insights from diverse researchers across BRICS nations, offering a multidimensional analysis of recurring socio-economic, cultural, and political challenges.

Object Spirituality critically examines the implications of the emerging philosophical movement of Speculative Realism for the study of spirituality and theology.

This book examines the critical intersection of religion, democracy, and political leadership in three prominent Muslim-majority states—Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey.

This book posits that during Australia’s colonial period (1788–1900), all sport, including the hegemonic football codes (rugby union and Australian rules football), was closely tied to British nationalism.

This book explores research around reciprocal participation in care activities across a variety of everyday settings from the perspective of HCI researchers.

This book challenges the image-centred orthodoxy in photography studies, shifting attention to the tactile, sonic and material interactions that unfold in darkrooms, commercial labs and manufacturing sites through which photographs emerge.

This book considers the ramifications of the term 'cultural democracy' from a variety of perspectives.

This edited volume contains contributions from scholars from all over the world that outline their version of relational sociology, situate it within the relational landscape and indicate how it might contribute to the development of a relational paradigm.

This is the first book to address theory and practice in Applied Bioarchaeology—a term used to describe bioarchaeological research which addresses matters of relevance today, and which actively engages people in the research process in ways that are respectful and relevant to the studied population, their communities, and their descendants.

This book centers on the stories and histories of buen vivir (“good living”) in education in Ecuador, focusing on how Indigenous and Afrodiasporic Peoples have strategically engaged with state educational initiatives to advance their own epistemic and political projects.

This upper level textbook offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the complex entanglements between identity formation and political life in the 21st century.

This book examines the complexities of OVCs in Zimbabwe, situated within the broader context of the Global South and the Southern African region.

Written by scholars and past community college presidents, this book provides unique perspectives and tools for facing some of the most vexing problems for community college leaders.

Drawing on interviews with over 50 women in rural villages in Ghana, this book analyzes the poverty of older, rural, and illiterate women in Ghana within the framework of the feminization of poverty.

The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first coined in 1956 by John McCarthy who is considered to be the father of AI.

There is much scientific literature on multimodal social interaction between human and/or virtual agents, and related multimodal synchrony analysis and behavioural adaptivity within the interaction such as affiliation and bonding.

This book approaches the field of mindfulness research from the perspective of self-determination theory (SDT).

This is the first book to address theory and practice in Applied Bioarchaeology—a term used to describe bioarchaeological research which addresses matters of relevance today, and which actively engages people in the research process in ways that are respectful and relevant to the studied population, their communities, and their descendants.

This edited volume investigates the complexities of child refugees and migrants from a global perspective.

This book explores human biomonitoring (HBM) as a method to evaluate chemical exposure and its related health effects, with a specific focus on environmental and industrial chemicals.

There is much scientific literature on multimodal social interaction between human and/or virtual agents, and related multimodal synchrony analysis and behavioural adaptivity within the interaction such as affiliation and bonding.

A Biblical, Historic, and Hope-Filled Vision of Reformed Theology for TodayGenerously Reformed offers a fresh, centrist vision of the Reformed tradition--moving beyond slogans and caricatures to reveal a theology that is historically grounded, globally engaged, and full of hope.