Sociology and Anthropology

• Author(s): Mya Guarnieri Jaradat • Publisher: Pluto Press • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press • BISAC: HistoryDrawing on a decade of pioneering reporting, Mya Guarnieri Jaradat brings us an unprecedented and compelling look at the lives of asylum ...

• Author(s): Tom Hall • Publisher: Pluto Press • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press • BISAC: Social ScienceFootwork offers an original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city. It shows ho...

• Author(s): Susan Scheckel • Publisher: Princeton UP • Publisher Imprint: Prince UP • BISAC: HistoryThis text argues that the "Indian question" in 19th-century America provided a crucial site of reflection upon national identity, and yet, by bei...

• Author(s): George Ritzer • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac • BISAC: Social ScienceEssentials of Globalization is a highly useful compact edition of the author's full-scale textbook, Globalization: A Basic Text. The Essentials i...

• Author(s): Shamash Alidina • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons • BISAC: Self HelpHow to reduce stress, anxiety, high blood pressure, and even chronic pain-by refocusing your mind A cutting-edge meditati...

• Author(s): Craig Calhoun • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac • BISAC: Social ScienceThis comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings ...

• Author(s): Judy L. Krysik | Jerry Finn • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social ScienceVery often research texts for social work students are dry, boring, and hard to relate to. Not this book. Nor do auth...

• Author(s): Seung-kyung Kim | Seung-kyung Kim • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social ScienceThe third edition of the Feminist Theory Reader anthologizes the important classical and contemporary works of ...

• Author(s): Tony J. Watson • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social ScienceIn the fourth edition of this successful and popular text, Tony Watson explains how the discipline of sociology contributes to our...

• Author(s): Rob Shields • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Technology And EngineeringThis book looks at the origins and the many contemporary meanings of the virtual. Rob Shields shows how the construction ...

• Author(s): Andrea Cornwall | Nancy Lindisfarne • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social ScienceThis book draws upon anthropology, feminism and postmodernism to offer a penetrating and challenging study of...

• Author(s): Sitara Thobani • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: Social ScienceIndian Classical Dance and the Making of Postcolonial National Identities explores what happens when a national...

• Author(s): Anand Teltumbde • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Rout India • BISAC: Social ScienceIt also discusses ideology, implicit strategy and tactics of the Dalit movement, touches upon one of the most contentious issues...

• Author(s): Emile Durkheim • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac

• Author(s): Robin Cohen | Paul Kennedy • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgr MacOffering a global approach to sociology, this textbook is written in a style that is relevant and fresh for the undergraduate reader whether they have st...

• Author(s): Rob Stones • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgr MacThis text offers an introduction to the theorists who have made a key contribution to the discipline of sociology. Its structure places the writers in their social and i...

• Author(s): W.T. Debary • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: History

• Author(s): Malcolm Payne • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac • BISAC: Social SciencePART I: THINKING ABOUT SOCIAL WORK THEORY.- 1. The Social Construction of Social Work Theory.- 2. Evaluating Social Work Theory.- 3. Connectin...

• Author(s): C. J. Nirmal • Publisher: OUP India • Publisher Imprint: OUP India • BISAC: Political ScienceThe essays in this volume tackle the complex issue of human rights from many different perspectives, and cover such diverse issues as the ri...

• Author(s): Dr. Prashant Ratilal Mehar • Publisher: Khel Sahitya Kendra • Publisher Imprint: Khel SK

• Author(s): Uwe Skoda • Publisher: Ratna Sagar • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook • BISAC: HistoryThis volume inverts the othering characteristic of most studies of Odisha by drawing attention to the highlands in the west and south. Based on fieldw...

• Author(s): Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui Siddiqui • Publisher: Ratna Sagar • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook • BISAC: HistoryVery little has been written on the cultural orientation of the sultanate of Delhi. The architects of the sultanate introduced ...

• Author(s): Sibaji Pratim Basu • Publisher: Frontpage Pub. • Publisher Imprint: Frontpage • BISAC: Social ScienceForced Migration & Media-Mirrors looks at the relationship between media and forced migration from all aspects and more in the c...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage PublicationsThis book, for the first time, presents an authentic assessment and presentation of the human development and security challenges faced by...

• Author(s): Amita Baviskar • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGEYODAPress • BISAC: Social ScienceAs cities become habitat for most of humanity, the question of their ecological capacity to sustain lives worth living becomes ev...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGEBhashaBridging the Social Gap: Perspectives on Dalit Empowerment addresses four interrelated issues. It conceptualises exclusion-linked deprivation of ...

• Author(s): Omita Goyal • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceLooking at gender through multiple lenses, this volume seeks to understand what empowerment really means to women today. It examines th...

• Author(s): B. S. Baviskar • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social SciencePoverty in rural India: Is this a permanent condition? Are villagers immobilized by a rigid caste system, limited resources and econ...

• Author(s): Manohar Pawar • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Political ScienceSocial and Community Development Practice makes a persuasive case for employing a social development approach to community develop...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis volume includes 15 articles and highlights the challenges faced by the present-day sociologists in the context of de...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceAbout the Book: Studies in Indian Sociology: Themes in Sociology of Education: Volume 5 This volume contains 12 articles ...

• Author(s): Jacob John Kattakayam • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis volume is included as a part of the Studies in Indian Sociology series, yet it stands apart from the other volumes in te...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThe 11 essays in this volume explore different aspects of marginalisation among the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribe...

• Author(s): Meenakshi Thapan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: EducationThe influence of popular culture, media and aggressive marketing of consumer goods all enter the school arena to compete with the more ...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThe volume is a collection of articles on both conventional and new social movements of India and the subcontinent publis...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThe articles in this volume compose a panoramic view of the kinds of changes that have been taking place in agrarian stru...

• Author(s): Meeta Deka • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceWomen's Agency and Social Change: Assam and Beyond focuses on varied oppression, power relations and ideologies embedded in the complex ...

• Author(s): Azra Khanam • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis book presents the sociological perspectives on Muslim OBCs as a category determined by the Indian State. Although Muslims constitu...

• Author(s): Vandana Vasudevan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: ScienceUrban Villager is a superbly etched and finely detailed representation of the life of an 'urban villager' in a modern satellite town of ...

• Author(s): Pradip N. Thomas • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Business And EconomicsCommunication Rights is a key issue in contemporary societies, especially in a country like India, which faces major commu...

• Author(s): Nandana Dutta • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceQuestions of Identity in Assam: Location, Migration, Hybridity addresses the identity problem in Assam, keenly affected as it is, by ...

• Author(s): Maya Ranganathan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Language Arts And DisciplinesThis book explores the transformation of Indian media in the context of two major developments: globalisation (whic...

• Author(s): Helena Miguélez-Carballeira • Publisher: Tamesis Books • Publisher Imprint: Tamesis Books • BISAC: Literary CriticismThe first in-depth yet accessible introduction to Galician history and culture for both lay and specialized readers....

• Author(s): Monica McGoldrick • Publisher: Guilford Publications • Publisher Imprint: Guilford Publications • BISAC: PsychologyThis widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with fami...

• Author(s): Lily Pebbles • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division • Publisher Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton General Division • BISAC: Family And RelationshipsA personal celebration of female friendships - the good, the bad and the ...

• Author(s): Andrew Carswell • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications • BISAC: Political ScienceSince publication of the groundbreaking Encyclopedia of Housing in 1998, many issues have assumed special prominence with...

• Author(s): S. Irudaya Rajan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: Political ScienceIndia Migration Report 2014 is one of the first systematic studies on contribution of diasporas in develop...

• Author(s): Indira J Parikh | Pulin K Garg • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis book explores the issues surrounding the role and identity of Indian women and is based on the experiences and ...

• Author(s): Irving Horowitz • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Inc • BISAC: Social ScienceIn one of his final works, Stephen Jay Gould spoke of the human race "as a wildly improbable evolutionary even...

• Author(s): Zoya Hasan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Political ScienceDemocracy in Muslim Societies: The Asian Experience explores the character of the political transformation and democratic transition ...

• Author(s): Pariyaram M. Chacko • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceIn this volume, renowned scholars examine a diverse range of tribal groups including: the Bhils, Gonds, Khasis and Koyas in Ind...

• Author(s): Farah Faizal • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis book explores women's perspectives on matters of security and related policy, focusing on women in South Asia who are battling so...

• Author(s): Pablo Alonso Gonzalez • Publisher: Pluto Press • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press • BISAC: Social ScienceHeritage research is often based on the assumption that heritage is something "given" to us in what is being handed down from the ...

• Author(s): Morgan Ndlovu • Publisher: Pluto Press • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press • BISAC: Social ScienceColonised subjects can play roles that sustain the power structure of coloniality. In this book, Morgan Ndlovu asks why people help suppor...

• Author(s): Thomas Hylland Eriksen • Publisher: Pluto Press • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press • BISAC: Social ScienceWe live in a fast-changing world, where the extraction of natural resources is both the key to development and at the same times ...

• Author(s): Vered Amit • Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press (UK) • BISAC: Social ScienceIn this follow up to their widely read earlier volume, The Trouble with Community, Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport ask: 'Do notions of...

• Author(s): Jin Haritaworn • Publisher: Pluto Press • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press • BISAC: Social ScienceBerlin is once more capital of queer arts and tourism. Queerness is more visible today than it has been for decades, but at what cost? In...

• Publisher: Leicester UP • Publisher Imprint: Leicester UP • BISAC: Social ScienceA comprehensive study of the experiences of Irish women migrants, covering both mass and individual migrations from the 16th to the 20th century. Stresses the eco...