Sociology & Social Policy

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

Inspiring Participatory Democracy..

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

As relevant to today's debates about law and order and punishment as when they were published, titles in this set put forward the central principle that it is impossible to think about contemporary problems without thinking about society. Covering topics such as youth crime, legal aid, youth detenti..

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Everett C Hughes had a great impact on the field of sociology as a whole and on an entire generation of sociologists. This book contains essays that address the main themes in his work over the years, and illustrates Hughes' impact on the contributors, many of whom are themselves senior figures in t..

Institutions--like education, family, medicine, culture, and law--are powerful social structures shaping how we live together. As members of society we daily express our adherence to norms and values of institutions as we consciously and unconsciously reject and challenge them. Our everyday experien..

This title was first published in 2003. The UK transport White Paper "A New Deal for Transport" and new Transport Acts for England, Wales and Scotland have indicated and defined the future direction and policy agenda of national governments. The need for integrated transport raises key policy issues..

This title was first published in 2003. Using a behaviourist and quantitative approach, this study examines the vexed questions surrounding the economic and cultural integration of immigrants into the Netherlands. The authors use the Dutch case as a specific example of a wider European problem. The ..

This title was first published in 2003. What does it take to be a person of integrity? Could those who commit morally horrendous acts be persons of integrity? Is personal integrity compatible with the kinds of ambivalence and self-doubt characteristic of fragile selves and ordinary lives? This text ..

Intellectual Property and Information Control..

This essay, first published in 1980, analyses the relationship between intellectuals’ social locations and their political orientations. Dr Brym provides a critical discussion of the various sociological views of intellectuals and specifies some of the social conditions which encourage intellectuals..