Sociology

Serving African American Children was initiated to present an African American perspective on child welfare issues affecting African American children.

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.

First published in 1998.

Using facet theory and Hackett's pioneering development of the declarative mapping sentence (DMS) as a qualitative methodology, this volume explains the process of formulating and applying the DMS to critically assess female representation in science fiction.

Babies are not simply born they are made through cultural and social practices.

This book is a study detailing what happens to people and what life is like in a rehabilitation program.

Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks.

This book seeks to investigate not only the causes of radicalization but also how radicalization has unfolded since 2009 based on an exhaustive review of the relevant literature and two stints of fieldwork in Bangladesh involving 71 in depth interviews of highly credentialed individuals.

Full of research backed advice, examples, and reflection questions throughout, this book is for fathers seeking to build their parenting identity while effectively supporting their child from conception to adulthood.

This book introduces and applies Foucault's key concepts and procedures, specifically for a psychology readership.

This book gives an account of how the U.

How everyday forms of surveillance threaten undocumented immigrantsbut also offer them hope for societal inclusionSome eleven million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, carving out lives amid a growing web of surveillance that threatens their and their families' societal presence.

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are amongst the world's most vulnerable populations, and their numbers are increasing.

The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog- ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environment.

Disrupting, questioning and altering the taken-for-granted 'cosmos' of everyday life, the experiences of illness challenge the different ways in which social normalcy is remembered, maintained and expected.

In Border Lives, Sergio Chvez moves past Tijuana's notorious image as a hub of sex, drugs, and crime to tell the story of the diverse group of individuals who use both sides of the U.

This book aims to capture the fading traditional knowledge systems of local and indigenous communities in the Himalayas.

Prostitution is strongly embedded in local cultural practices in Cambodia.

First published in 2001.

This book analyses how certain types of social systems generate violent conflict and discusses how these systems can be transformed in order to create the conditions for positive peace.

Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism.

In the last decade, with the success of review sites and online commentaries and the increased accessibility of travel information online, the job of a traditional travel journalist is being challenged.

Die Theorie Pierre Bourdieus wird häufig als eine Synthese klassischer Ansätze bezeichnet, wobei typischerweise Weber, Durkheim und Marx als zentrale Referenzfiguren benannt werden.

A trailblazing approach to choosing executives who both match the needs and fit the cultures of the organizations they will lead Leadership failures damage or even destroy companies every day.

The book provides empirically-rich case studies of the lives and livelihoods of marginalised ethnic minorities in colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe, with a specific focus on diverse rural areas.

This book provides theoretical and empirical discussion of migration, identity and Europeanisation.

This title was first published in 2003.

This book explores how culture and tradition have impacted the tendency for African women to opt for entrepreneurship.

This book discusses the reunification of Germany and the negative impacts that this had on East German intellectuals.

This edited collection explores family relations in two types of  'migrant families' in Europe: mixed families and transnational families.

In recent years, interest in the large group of skilled immigrants coming from India to the United States has soared.

First published in 1999, this volume was the third in a trilogy on the 'problem' of Northern Ireland.

This book addresses pertinent issues relating to microplastic pollution including its sources and sink of the microplastics and their environmental fate.

The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions.

Are children today growing up too soon?

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management sector.

The analysis of gender and political inequality, and the women's movements that have contested it, has concentrated on the West.

Prostitution bears the unique title of being both the "e;world's oldest profession"e; and one of the least understood occupations.

Global food security is a challenging issue.

This book reminds us teachers about all the little things we can do to be more student-centric.

Die Studie ist im Zusammenhang mit dem von den Professoren Dr.

Incorporating Science, Body, and Yoga in Nutrition-Based Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery is a valuable, innovative guide that demonstrates how clients and clinicians can untangle, discern, and learn from the complex world of eating disorders.

Draws on the thought of Thomas Aquinas to provide an innovative approach to the ethics of lying and truthfulness.

When Barack Obama praised the writings of philosopher theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the run up to the 2008 US Presidential Elections, he joined a long line of top politicians who closely engaged with Niebuhr's ideas, including Tony Benn, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King Jr.