Shyamali Haldar Naskar, a Dalit author renowned for portraying marginalized Sundarbans women, vividly captures the struggles, survival strategies, and harsh realities of life in the Sundarbans.
Drawing on empirical research that examines how processes of victim identification unfold in relation to cases of child criminal exploitation in the UK, the book explores four different qualities of the concept 'victim'.
WINNER - 2025 Outreach Resource of the Year for Social IssuesDiscover how to move from fear and frustration to hope and confidence as you support your children in developing a healthy, God-honoring sexuality.
This research methodology book advances the concept of 'Critical Realist Grounded Theory' (CRGT), building upon Glaser and Strauss' classic grounded theory whilst incorporating critical realism as its philosophical foundation.
The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth.
When we are in painfully difficult or confusing life situations, especially amidst ever-uncertain times, our minds grapple for structure: a funeral ceremony definitively lays the dead to rest; the exaggerated choreography of a surgical room confirms its sterility; and a daily schedule gives prisoners a sense of normalcy.
This illuminating bookexamines how the public funerals of major figures fromthe Civil War erashaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities.
Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches provides a comprehensive and updated guide to the search, recovery, documentation, and excavation of human remains in forensic contexts.
444 pages, 174 images, 64 contributorsThe Third Edition of Child Abuse Quick Reference is completely revised and expanded, with new and emerging science for the multidisciplinary response to child abuse.
Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches provides a comprehensive and updated guide to the search, recovery, documentation, and excavation of human remains in forensic contexts.
The book examines the multifaceted dimensions of the picturebook as a format and explains its specific ontological status between fiction and reality based on its semiotic structure which relies on two divided and interrelated discourses, verbal and visual.
This book explains how Food Policy Councils solve critical food systems problems by creating just and resilient ways of producing, harvesting, manufacturing, distributing, and consuming food and managing food waste, using methods that encourage civic engagement and strengthen democratic processes.
This book presents visual ethnography as a transformative approach to understanding, documenting, and representing the layered realities of marginalized communities and often-overlooked institutional contexts.
This book presents visual ethnography as a transformative approach to understanding, documenting, and representing the layered realities of marginalized communities and often-overlooked institutional contexts.
The book examines the multifaceted dimensions of the picturebook as a format and explains its specific ontological status between fiction and reality based on its semiotic structure which relies on two divided and interrelated discourses, verbal and visual.
Automation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence draws on historical and contemporary debates to examine the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence.
This book examines the heritagization of food in France, revealing how these processes reflect broader societal tensions around national identity and social inclusion.
More than 20 percent of Americans are Catholic, and overall membership in the Catholic Church has remained relatively steady even as increasing numbers of people claim no religious affiliation.
At a time when the integration of the European Union's peoples through the rule of law is faltering, this book develops a critical theory of postnational constitutionalism.
At a time when the integration of the European Union's peoples through the rule of law is faltering, this book develops a critical theory of postnational constitutionalism.
Marking fifty years since the democratic transitions in Greece, Portugal, and Spain, this book traces how three countries that broke free from authoritarian rule in the mid-1970s have navigated consolidation, crisis, and the enduring tension between structural constraints and political agency to become, and remain, democracies.
Kits for Digital Methods: Doing Sociotechnical Research is a guide to innovating research methods for a world where digital technologies permeate everyday life and research.
The International Encyclopaedia of Social Science contains entries varying from definition of key terms and biography of key theorists to surveys of Ieading concepts, debates, themes and schools.
The scramble for distant riches has featured centrally in the history of the Global South-from the first forays of European imperialists to the recent fascination with emerging markets.
Smart Stardom explores how contemporary celebrities are digitally replicated and re-circulated through advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer-generated imagery, real-time rendering, and virtual and augmented media.
