Sociology & Social Policy

Inequality..

For courses in Inequality, Social Stratification, and Social Problems. A thoughtful compilation of readings on inequality in the United States. The main objective of this text is to introduce students to the subject of social stratification as it has developed in sociology. The central focus is on d..

A study of recent advances in theory and research on the relationship between social inequality and the control of criminal behaviour. The contributors explore the ways in which social class, race, gender and age shape societal and organizational responses to crime...

Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community..

Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community..

Field studies of a variety of mammalian species revealed a surprisingly high frequency of infanticide - the killing of unweaned or otherwise maternally dependent offspring. The authors draw together work on animal and human infanticide and place these studies in a broad evolutionary and comparative ..

This title was first published in 2002. Since the 1990s Turkey has experienced a number of disasters, both physical and economic. The result has been a decrease in economic performance compared to other European states. This study addresses the country's ongoing economic struggles...

This title was first published in 2002: This volume explores conceptual debates and provides contemporary research in the field of informal criminal justice, including chapters on paramilitary "punishment" and post-cease-fire restorative justice schemes in Northern Ireland, post-apartheid vigilantis..

Bringing together studies of everyday local practices in workplaces within information society, this book has a special focus on social space and the agency of actors. it includes both theoretical reviews and qualitative research...

According to Carl J. Couch, the history of human society is one of successive, sometimes overlapping, information technologies used to process the various symbolic representations that inform social contexts...

Information technologies have become both a means and an end, transforming the workplace and how work is performed. This volume specifically examines the institutional and social environment of the workplaces that information technologies have created...

This title was first published in 2001. A discussion of information technology (IT) in developing countries. The contributors can be considered to share the following set of broad premises: information and communication technologies, and related systems, have significant potential to aid the economi..