Sociology & Social Policy

Identity and Social Change..

Identity Conflicts..

Identity Conflicts..

This title was first published in 2001. In seeking to better understand post-communist identity change, this book presents an analysis based on the study of everyday life in two villages in northern Albania. The author describes the villages from the perspective of community, economic activity and r..

How have new social media altered how individuals present themselves? What dilemmas have they introduced? In the age of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of instant communication, individuals are losing (or relinquishing) control over their personal information! Trottier provides a trenchant analysi..

How have new social media altered how individuals present themselves? What dilemmas have they introduced? In the age of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of instant communication, individuals are losing (or relinquishing) control over their personal information! Trottier provides a trenchant analysi..

Identity Troubles: An Introduction provides a wide-ranging, accessible and critical introduction to theories of identity in the social sciences and humanities. Written by a world authority, the book offers the first reasonably comprehensive overview of identity studies in the interdisciplinary field..

Identity Troubles: An Introduction provides a wide-ranging, accessible and critical introduction to theories of identity in the social sciences and humanities. Written by a world authority, the book offers the first reasonably comprehensive overview of identity studies in the interdisciplinary field..

This book explores the connection between British and German officer cadets’ perceptions of the past and their motivations for enlisting for the professional, military forces in the United Kingdom and Germany. Drawing on qualitative interviews and survey data conducted at officers’ academies in the ..

Ideology and Social Knowledge..

A revised and rewritten version of the best-selling textbook, described by Sociological Review as 'essential reading for every student of social policy.'..

Human trafficking has become one of the most spoken-of problems of our day, and fighting it has grown into a multi-million-dollar project sector. This book is about how we all come to name various exploitative migratory experiences "human trafficking," and how we build a consensus on how to counter ..