Sociology and anthropology

Work Matters brings together a strong collection of narratives from the ethnographic field to discover the reality of pressure and change in the modern workplace.

"e;This is a well-written book; the complex ideas are clearly expressed and the arguments well stated.

Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur-the village "e;behind mud walls"e; made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser-as a graduate student in 1967.

The Statistical Analysis of Quasi-Experiments by Christopher H.

This book focuses on the challenges of parenting in the digital age, providing a counter-narrative to, and critique of, risk and cyber safety narratives, as well as some suggestions for a way forward.

A comprehensive presentation of cross-cultural crisis negotiation principles and strategies, this book relates established communication models to the practical knowledge and experience of crisis negotiators across international organisations and contexts.

Making Something of Ourselves: On Culture and Politics in the United States by Richard M.

Making Something of Ourselves: On Culture and Politics in the United States by Richard M.

Quantitative Social Science Research in Practice: Generating Novel and Parsimonious Explanatory Models for Social Sciences examines quantitative Behavioral Science Research (BSR) by focusing on four key areas:Developing Novel, Parsimonious, and Actionable Causal Models: Researchers often face challenges in creating new, parsimonious causal models supported by empirical evaluation.

The Statistical Analysis of Quasi-Experiments by Christopher H.

Police leaders possess a plethora of rich experiences and practical and theoretical knowledge that provides fascinating insights into the current state of policing around the world.

Labor Immigration under Capitalism: Asian Workers in the United States Before World War II delves into the experiences of Asian immigrants in the United States and Hawaii before World War II, focusing on their roles as laborers in low-paying, physically demanding jobs and the systemic discrimination they faced.

Labor Immigration under Capitalism: Asian Workers in the United States Before World War II delves into the experiences of Asian immigrants in the United States and Hawaii before World War II, focusing on their roles as laborers in low-paying, physically demanding jobs and the systemic discrimination they faced.

Oleg Kharkhordin has constructed a compelling, subtle, and complex genealogy of the Soviet individual that is as much about Michel Foucault as it is about Russia.

Marc Blecher presents a seminal analysis of the development of the urban working class in China.

American-Spanish Semantics examines how Spanish language in the New World evolved from its sixteenth-century roots in Spain, adapting to diverse social and environmental changes.

Kinship and Urbanization: White Collar Migrants in North India delves into the social dynamics of rural-to-urban migration within India's burgeoning white-collar middle class.

Kinship and Urbanization: White Collar Migrants in North India delves into the social dynamics of rural-to-urban migration within India's burgeoning white-collar middle class.

What does it mean to be human?

At heart, suicide is a subversive act: the assertion of individual will against public authority.

Intellectuals, Universities, and the State in Western Modern Societies explores the evolving role of intellectuals within the frameworks of universities and states in contemporary Western societies.

Intellectuals, Universities, and the State in Western Modern Societies explores the evolving role of intellectuals within the frameworks of universities and states in contemporary Western societies.

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The Drugging of the Americas examines the stark differences in how multinational pharmaceutical companies present their products to physicians in the United States versus Latin America.

Punishing Places applies a unique spatial analysis to mass incarceration in the United States.

After decades of debate about global warming, the fact of the climate crisis is finally widely accepted.

Did America really learn to "e;stop worrying and love the bomb,"e; as the title of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film, Dr.

Epigenetics, the study of heritable changes in gene expression, has been heralded as one of the most promising new fields of scientific inquiry.

What is it like to be an isolated old widow, living alone on the bare old-age pension?

Golden Ages, Dark Ages: Imagining the Past in Anthropology and History explores how anthropologists and historians construct narratives of the past, often framing cultural differences in terms of temporal distance.

The culinary landscape of Poland is significantly changing, reshaped by a new generation of food producers, chefs, and media personalities.

The culinary landscape of Poland is significantly changing, reshaped by a new generation of food producers, chefs, and media personalities.

Oleg Kharkhordin has constructed a compelling, subtle, and complex genealogy of the Soviet individual that is as much about Michel Foucault as it is about Russia.

A Black feminist take on exploitation and care in Americas favorite game.

The shift from orality to literacy that began with the invention of the phonetic alphabet, and which went into high-gear with Gutenberg's printing press more than 500 years ago, helped make the modern world.

Naked holy men denying sexuality and feeling; elderly people basking in the warmth and security provided by devoted and attentive family members; fastidious priests concerned solely with rules of purity and the minutiae of ritual practice; puritanical moralists concealing women and sexuality behind purdah's veils-these are familiar Western stereotypes of India.

The book provides a comprehensive theoretical exploration of LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools drawing on critical insights from across the disciplines of sociology, psychology, history, and queer theory to present a robust theoretical foundation for school-wide approaches to LGBTQ+ inclusion.

This book uncovers the processes at play in the development of cultural policies, projects and networks in spaces at the edge of their countries, marked by their proximity with a borderline.

The care of elderly people, particularly those who are frail, is a major task facing society.

In the 1980s, corporate America experienced massive cutbacks and organizational decline after decades of economic growth and dominance.

Covering Western history from the ancient world to the current era of globalization, The Modernization of the Western World describes the forces of social change and what they have meant to the lives of the people caught up in them.

Exploring Cross-Cultural Psychology: Exercises for Instructors and Students is an accessible text that provides material for generating interactive discussion of a broad sampling of topics in cross-cultural psychology.

A Psychoanalysis Influenced by Dissidence, Decoloniality, and Feminism analyzes the intersection of psychoanalysis with feminisms, decolonial theories, philosophy and queer theory.

Max Weber believed that discipline underpins modern rationalized society.

A UK edition of the just-released four-step Paleo diet program that offers optimal nutrition for a lifetime of health.

The second edition of this seminal work includes the original text, first published in 1974, alongside two major new chapters.

Modern Japanese share a myth to the effect that they harbor in their midst an inferior race less "e;human"e; than the stock that fathered their nation as a whole.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AHRC'S ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS MEDALS AND AWARDSThe first decade of the twenty-first century has seen a sharp decline in respect for human rights and the international rule of law.