Sociology & Social Policy

MacLeod’s 1987 work, ground-breaking for the way it combines field research with theory, follows the lives of two groups of young men from a low-income housing project in the Boston area to show how poor people who aspire to live the American Dream face many more obstacles than their middle-class co..

This title was first published in 2002: A comprehensive examination of the characteristics of the experienced captain. Each chapter begins with an appropriate and relevant anecdote that is analogous to the chapter's main theme. It then progresses to the chapter's main objective and finishes with a s..

Alcohol and its consumption is a major topic for public policy-making. This innovative collection of new perspectives on this critically important issue is informed by a leading group of international social scientists._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of Contempora..

Alcohol and its consumption is a major topic for public policy-making. This innovative collection of new perspectives on this critically important issue is informed by a leading group of international social scientists._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of Contempora..

The contributions in this book analyze the emergence and subsequent ubiquity of algorithms in various realms of social life. The authors address the complex interrelations between groups and algorithms in the construction of meaning and social interaction, highlighting in particular their performati..

Alienation has objective, social causes, yet manifests as subjective, emotion-laden experience. Alienation, Adaptation and Affect analyses the ten kinds of alienation that are linked to specific primary, secondary, and tertiary emotions, synthesizing alienation theory and the sociology of emotions. ..

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This title was first published in 2001. This volume contains Allan Ramsay's "Enquiry into the Situation and Circumstances of Horace's Sabine Villa". It also features essays about Ramsay, Jacob More, Jacob Philipp Hackert, the garden and country house in 18th-century British thought, and the archaeol..

Traces the dynamics of international rivalry from the late 1970s to the present...

Almanac of African Peoples and Nations..

Alongside Community is a step-by-step guide that prepares social science students to be democratic citizens by examining the theory, method, and sociopolitical dynamics that impact helping those different from oneself. The first part of this book explores the more theoretical issues of helping other..

This title was first published in 2001.This text is based on participatory field research in selected urban and peri-urban villages in Varanasi and Faridabad districts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, respectively...