Sociology and Anthropology

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...

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...

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...

Fewer than 12 percent of U.S. workers belong to unions, and union membership rates are falling in much of the world. With tremendous growth in ineq...

The third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing asp...

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All social work students study theory and undertake practice placements. Integrating the two – so that each informs the other – is both essential a...

This new, fully updated edition of Global Migration provides students with a thorough and grounded understanding of multiple dimensions of migratio...

In an increasingly globalized world with new cross-border threats to public health and widening disparities between populations, civil society acto...

Practitioners and scholars discuss the range of ways in which the range of security challenges presented by cyberspace are gendered. A must-read fo...

This innovative and global best-seller helped establish food studies courses throughout the social sciences and humanities when it was first publis...

Why does hunger persist in a world of plenty? Ending Hunger Worldwide challenges the naive notion that everyone wants hunger to end, arguing that t...

Debating Social Problems emphasizes the process of debate as a means of addressing social problems and helps students engage in active learning. Th...

Intended to bridge the gap between the latest methodological developments and cross-cultural research, this interdisciplinary resource presents the...

Critical Sociology is a thoroughly revised, updated, and sophisticated introduction to the sociological perspective as a critical lens on society. ...

The increasing atomization of modern society has been accompanied by an enduring nostalgia for the idea of community as a source of security and be...

Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, this established textbook provides a penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the hist...

Now thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the highly acclaimed dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to modern id...

50 Great Myths of Human Sexuality seeks to dispel commonly accepted myths and misunderstandings surrounding human sexuality, providing an enlighten...

In stark contrast to undergraduates, new PhD students often find no framework for study, few deadlines and little peer support.Working for a Doctor...

'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states. This book surveys t...

The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angle...

Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day...

In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of...