Sociology & Social Policy

Ageing, Gender and Sexuality presents ground-breaking research into the intersection of ageing, gender and sexuality, from an equalities perspective. Drawing upon recent empirical data, it offers new theoretical approaches for understanding ageing lives and experiences at the intersection...

First published in 1998. This volume (the second of a twin set grouping articles based on papers presented at seminars in Sigtuna, Sweden, during 1994 – 1996) deals with the largest spending programs of the welfare state – old age pensions and medical care, and their place within debates about the d..

This title was first published in 2001. This collection of essays on the the subject of ageism in work and employment arose out of the international conference held at Stirling University in July 1996...

Ageless Nation..

This title was first published in 27/11/2001: Humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) grew significantly in the last decades of the 20th century. The international NGO community today is a rich world of professional bodies, local organizations, mammoth multinationals, charities, advocacy g..

This book brings together complexity science, sociological theory and political economy and applies them to empirical areas of public policy. It shows how complexity science can illuminate the non-linear dynamics of the social world, but only if understood by reference to the unequal distribution of..

This book brings together complexity science, sociological theory and political economy and applies them to empirical areas of public policy. It shows how complexity science can illuminate the non-linear dynamics of the social world, but only if understood by reference to the unequal distribution of..

Assesses the legacy and contemporary relevance of the radical US historian and activist, Howard Zinn, with contributions from Noam Chomsky and others...

Presenting an account of political culture, this work shows how the variety of cultural preferences creates the foundations of communication theory. Using the work of Aaron Wildavsky, it shows how individualism, egalitarianism, collectivism, and fatalism form the basis of culture in complex societie..

This title was first published in 2000:  This volume provides a detailed examination of agri-environmental policy within ten European states. Individual chapters consider the agricultural and environmental policy contexts within each state and examine the range and significance of agri-environmental..

This title was first published in 2000:  This volume analyzes key issues of the process of integrating Central and Eastern European countries with the European Union related to agriculture...

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...