Sociology & Social Policy

Through rich interviews conducted over a period of two years, this book shows the processes of change and adjustment at work.. The findings will be of interest to students of wider issues of migration and to those who study the family under pressure...

This title was first published in 2000:  This text deals with two intertwined dimensions of multicultural citizenship of the European Union. It studies the theoretical debate over how best to reconcile multiculturalism, citizenship and the need for collective identity at the European Union (EU) leve..

Introducing the concept of ‘multicultural intimacies’, this book offers a new form of critical engagement with the cultural politics of multiculturalism, one that attends to ideals of mixing, loving thy neighbour and feelings for the nation. In the first study of its kind, Fortier considers the anxi..

Introducing the concept of ‘multicultural intimacies’, this book offers a new form of critical engagement with the cultural politics of multiculturalism, one that attends to ideals of mixing, loving thy neighbour and feelings for the nation. In the first study of its kind, Fortier considers the anxi..

This title was first published in 2003. Combining a critique of existing multilevel approaches with the development of a new theory and a broad range of case studies, the author of this text aims to provide new insights into contemporary foreign policy decision-making which should be of particular i..

Multiple correspondence analysis is a statistical technique that is strongly associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002). In seven chapters, this volume will provide the reader with a comprehensive introduction and the needed knowledge to do analyses on his/her own: CA, MCA, Specific MCA..

This book is the literary legacy of a national music festival in St. Louis, organized to identify as clearly as possible the specifically native character of music originating in the United States of America. The festival sponsored more than 250 performances and workshops between Flag Day and Indepe..

This title was first published in 2003. The UK branch of the International Association of Music Libraries was founded in 1953. This volume of specially commissioned essays celebrates the golden jubilee of branch's foundation and surveys the achievements of the last 50 years. With an emphasis on prac..

Music on Demand..

Introduces the sociology of music to those who may not be familiar with it and provides a historical perspective on popular music...

Musical Mobilities analyses how a musical tradition moves, literally and metaphorically: the ways in which people, objects and information travel across geographical locations, just as practices as recognisable entities circulate along with meanings, competencies and embodied dispositions...

With Islamophobia on the rise in the US since 9/11, Muslims remain the most misunderstood people in American society. Taking as its point of departure the question of the compatibility of Islam and democracy, this book examines Muslims’ sense of belonging in American society. Based on extensive inte..