American democracy is at an inflection point. Will we stride toward the 22nd century with evidence and will? Or will we ......more

Increasingly, faculty with intersectional perspectives are challenging many aspects of higher education and urging a rad......more

American democracy is at an inflection point. Will we stride toward the 22nd century with evidence and will? Or will we ......more

The former border enclaves of Bangladesh and India existed as extra-territorial spaces since 1947. They were finally exc......more

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a unique region, with a sharply changing political and ideological orientation ......more

Experiments have gained prominence in sociology in recent years. Increased interest in testing causal theories through e......more

A book that fills a niche in academic analysis of the Tour de France. The Tour de France is an event known worldwide by ......more

Originally published in 1990, Gendered Jobs and Social Change is a systematic exploration of the changing structure of w......more

During the 1980s a notable development in mainstream social policy in the United Kingdom was the emergence of a feminist......more

This book examines how the Treaty of Peace with Japan, a momentous agreement that delineated postwar order in the Pacifi......more

Globalization has quickened the process of communication across the world, creating changes in material and non-material......more

From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Ea......more

The book is divided into two sections: one focusing on the phenomenon of television and the other on audiences. It argue......more

This book describes the worldwide evolution of land-based visual time signals that were used by mariners in the nineteen......more

Originally published in 1925, according to the preface, Instinct: A Study in Social Psychology is the result of many yea......more

The book explores the stakes for the social sciences around four central problems: the challenges of context; modes of i......more

The book explores the stakes for the social sciences around four central problems: the challenges of context; modes of i......more

Mohamad examines the day-to-day experience of virtual and non-tangible mobilities of young Bruneian Malay Muslim and Mal......more

Asynchronicity is a study of the information stress and its genesis in the accelerative dynamics of computation and auto......more

Housing has always had a close association with the lives refugees lead in exile and the settlement of refugees is, at i......more

This book lays the groundwork for a relational theory of the firm as a network of stakeholder resources and interests. D......more

This edited volume serves as an overview and introduction to the conceptual apparatus of Norbert Elias for newcomers, wh......more

This is a book about the dai, or traditional birth practitioner, and her place in the emerging therapeutic domain in col......more

This book is a socio-historical analysis of rationalism as a worldview -- that guides many of our actions in concrete ev......more

Originally published in 1933, this volume From Chaos to Control represents the expansion of notes used in the delivery o......more

This volume provides a literary-cum-historiographical analysis of epidemics and pandemics. It looks at folklore, tribal ......more

This volume provides a literary-cum-historiographical analysis of epidemics and pandemics. It looks at folklore, tribal ......more

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This book is a socio-historical analysis of rationalism as a worldview -- that guides many of our actions in concrete ev......more

This book showcases the potential of computational approaches for research questions at the heart of migration and integ......more

This volume explores intergenerational trauma among refugee communities displaced throughout the world....more

For the first time in the modern era, Asia is not dominated by an outside power. Is this the Asian Century? Will interna......more

"For the first time in the modern era, Asia is not dominated by an outside power and contains within it three nations of......more

This volume presents a comparative study on the pivotal role of religion in social transformation of Central and Eastern......more

Uncover the surprising story of Poland’s post-communist transformation. Using unique longitudinal data from the Polish P......more

World-renowned scholar of human geography, development, and environmental change Antonio Ioris presents an original reco......more

Buddhist-Muslim relations are usually seen as inherently confrontational. This book challenges the view of Buddhism and ......more

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of the Sociology of Emotions, incorporating sociological, feminis......more

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of the Sociology of Emotions, incorporating sociological, feminis......more

Aging Out of the Foster System: Youth’s Perspectives provides a crucial and important narrative of the lived experiences......more

Latin America has been a major focal point for analysis of the global class war over land and labor. Taking the region a......more

This edited volume provides an overview of inequality and stratification in contemporary China. A rare and timely resour......more

Offering readers an insightful exploration of the challenges faced by leaders in higher education as they navigate the c......more

This book explores later-in-life cannabis use among those born between 1954 and 1965. By examining the resurgence of can......more

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This book examines key concerns in South Asian security through a fine-grained history of the accidental firing of a mis......more

This book examines key concerns in South Asian security through a fine-grained history of the accidental firing of a mis......more

This handbook provides an extensive overview of the links between quality of life and social change as pursued in not on......more

This book explores the role of "home" in the lives of displaced people, including voluntary and forced migrants, refugee......more

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Care and Pandemic captures an up-to-the-moment account of COVID-19 and its aftermath by an interdisciplinary network of ......more

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This open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering ......more

What do we owe to each other simply out of respect, or concern, for our common humanity? What can we claim? The United N......more

Phenomenal waste has surfaced as the social form and substance of value. In capital’s totalizing process, which commodif......more

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Meredith Emigh-Guy combines criminological theories and FBI homicide data to examine recent trends in the homicide rate ......more

This book offers unique insights into institutional and social processes that lead to silence in the face of corruption.......more

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Biodiversity should not be understood in biological terms only and as a thing apart from society, but rather as biocultu......more

A sprawling collection of essays about the subcultures of the 1960s by Tom Wolfe, the revolutionary journalist and novel......more

Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. They are eager to learn local languages. Immigration is not a burden on soc......more

In recent years, the plight of immigrant children has been in the national spotlight. A primary issue of concern is the ......more

In recent years, the plight of immigrant children has been in the national spotlight. A primary issue of concern is the ......more

Scotland’s quest for statehood is a paradigmatic case of democratic nationalism. Philipp Rückheim highlights the crucial......more

This contemporary text--the first in over a decade on the region--presents the geography of the Middle East and North Af......more

This book aims to expand and enrich understandings of violences by focusing on gendered continuities, interconnections a......more

This book aims to expand and enrich understandings of violences by focusing on gendered continuities, interconnections a......more

Turning Points: Challenges for Western Democracies in the 21st Century centers around the strikingly under-researched co......more

Between 1978 and 2006, most Latin American countries joined the "third wave of democracy". However, as elected governmen......more

The rise of far-right communities on digital platforms is a global crisis. Digital Islamophobia tracks far-right groups ......more