Sociology and Anthropology

Language, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the wa...

Discourse and Power: An Introduction to Critical Narratology: Who Narrates Whom? is both an introduction to discourse research and an application o...

This thoroughly updated fourth edition of Critical Theory Today offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-dep...

Bertrand Russell’s recipe for good living - this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as it should be written.

This new edition provides a scholarly and readable introduction to all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods, ena...

About the Book: Qualitative Research: 3rd Edition This hugely successful textbook has been fully updated andrevised to make it even more accessible...

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How should case studies be selected? Is case study methodology fundamentally different to that of other methods? What, in fact, is a case? Case Stu...

A Critical Introduction to Social Research is the new, updated and improved edition of A Short Introduction to Social Research. This book introduce...

Resource extraction and conflicts over natural resources are a global phenomenon, including in India. Indigenous tribes, like the Ho community in J...

This book explores identity-mediated dynamics of food and nutrition entitlement in urban India analysing concerns around equity, access to food and...

The book covers syllabi of various Universities in Urban Sociology. With analytical method of presentation and holistic outlook, coupled with a lan...

The book has been designed for students appearing in UGC-NET/SLET in the subject of Sociology. It would also be useful for candidates preparing for...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) on various subjects every year, in June and December. There are thr...

The book deals with sociological theories in a very cryptic and precise way. It deals with all aspects of sociological theories in detail from Augu...

The thoroughly revised Women in Culture 2/e explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, gender identity, and spirituality from the persp...

Social movements play a central role in the scope and direction of social change. They were instrumental in the creation of the modern state and, t...

War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest huma...

The use of nonviolent action is on the rise. From the Occupy Movement to the Arab Spring and mass protests on the streets of Brazil, activists acro...

Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheava...

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlig...

Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significan...

Effective April 6th, 2012, this title is now published by Oxford University Press USA (OUP). Please click here to see the OUP web page for this tit...

The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the cruc...

Sarah Nettleton’s The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and...

Since the 1990s, in response to dramatic transformations in the worlds of technology and the economy, design – a once relatively definable discipli...

A comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory. Builds on the success of The Bl...

An authoritative, topical, and comprehensive reference to the key concepts and most important traditional and contemporary issues in medical sociol...

What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of...

This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology ...

This companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top schola...

Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the sub...

What can sport do to produce social change in our world today? It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknow...

As sociologists deepen their examinations of human rights in their teaching, research, and thinking, it is essential that such work is conducted in...

This revised second edition of Social Work: The Basics is an insightful introduction to the often misrepresented world of social work. This accessi...

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an unde...

How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And ...

How do academic social scientists and survey professionals use social measurement techniques? How are these techniques applied to specific concepts...

Sketches in the Theory of Culture is a remarkable work by all measures. Written by Zygmunt Bauman when he was still a professor in Poland, and orig...

Why is it so hard to talk about sex and sexuality? In this crisp and compelling book, Amin Ghaziani provides a pithy introduction to the field of s...

This collection of original chapters, written by prominent social scientists, elucidates the theory and practice of contemporary rural sociology. T...

In this book and companion website you will find: ■ A practice-oriented description of qualitative and quantitative research methods that engages r...

Urban areas in the Global South now house most of the world’s urban population and are projected to house almost all its increase between now and 2...

This exciting new book presents the field of social demography, animating the study of population with a vibrant sociological imagination. Gregg Le...

As an exile in America during the War, Theodor Adorno grew acquainted with the fundamentals of empirical social research, something which would sha...

At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam, immigration or social cohes...

This new edition of Mental Health Social Work in Context continues to be an authoritative, evidence-based introduction to a core area of the social...