Taylor & Francis

It's here and it's queer! Popular culture inhabits all of our lives in one form or another. This book brings together critics, writers and artists to discuss the possibilities of popular culture for lesbians and gay men...

Published in 1998, this book breaks new ground by drawing together eminent academics from a variety of disciplines including; anthropology, history, law, linguistics, politics, psychology and sociology, to examine the way in which issues of identity have impacted on society and the way in which chan..

Most books about knowledge assume philosophy as authority and are written from a single disciplinary perspective. A Question of Knowledge argues the case for the contribution of social scientific analyses from multiple perspectives in order to render this area of sociology more accessible to researc..

This text has been written for those who might wish to make social scientific inquiry into any form of knowledge. The central focus is on the major epistemological and methodolgical problems in the study of knowledge and how these may be tackled in research...

Business journalism is of critical importance to society, though it may appear to some that it concerns only big business and big investors. A Quick Guide to Writing Business Stories helps students acquire the marketable writing skills required to succeed in this competitive and vibrant segment of p..

This book presents a critique of dominant governance theories grounded in an understanding of existence as a static, discrete, mechanistic process, while also identifying the failures of theories that assume dynamic alternatives of either a radically collectivist or individualist nature. The authors..

A collection of eleven stories, a play and five poems. The authors featured were all influenced by "Akai Tori" (Red Bird), a Tokyo children's literary magazine and also wrote for adult audiences. The stories are striking in that they differ little in style and content from those written for adults...

Offers insight into the wit and intellect of the scientific mind through a blend of amusing and serious contributions written by and about scientists. This book mirrors the interactions of science with society. It covers Murphy's Law, the trial of Galileo, life on Earth, and Gulliver's computer...

The work of Aristotle has influenced writers from Marx and Menger to Amartya Sen. This book introduces us to Aristotle’s thought on "the economic" and on its influences on economists. The volume offers important new insights into the Aristotelian approach to the economy itself, as well as to the ide..

The work of Aristotle has influenced writers from Marx and Menger to Amartya Sen. This book introduces us to Aristotle’s thought on "the economic" and on its influences on economists. The volume offers important new insights into the Aristotelian approach to the economy itself, as well as to the ide..

This Reader presents a cross-section of ecclesiological statements from across the centuries of the church's existence. It builds on the foundations of early Christian writings, illustrates significant medieval, reformation and modern developments, providing a representative look at the robust atten..

Combining seminal papers on marketing communications with incisive commentary and overviews from the editors, case studies and student question and answer sections, this text provides a uniquely global perspective on this topical subject...