Sociology & Social Policy

Just because there has been a crisis does not necessarily mean there is going to be a change. And yet why, exactly, did nothing change in the face of global resistances and movements which followed the financial meltdown of 2007/8? Based on ethnographic research with the Occupy movement in London – ..

Of Divine Warning..

This life-course analysis of family development focuses on the social dynamics among family members. It features parent-child relationships in a larger context, by examining the help exchange between kin and nonkin and the intergenerational transmission of family characteristics...

This title was first published in 2000:  This anthology of essays focuses on the human rights of children in the area of sexuality...

This ethnography explores the lives of people in each of Canada’s provinces and territories living off the grid. Vannini and Taggart raise important questions about our social future and whether off-grid living creates an environmentally and culturally sustainable lifestyle practice. These homes are..

This ethnography explores the lives of people in each of Canada’s provinces and territories living off the grid. Vannini and Taggart raise important questions about our social future and whether off-grid living creates an environmentally and culturally sustainable lifestyle practice. These homes are..

Offbeat..

Offending Women provides an interesting and useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy...

Recent decades have seen a fundamental change in the age structure of many Western societies. This book provides an overview of the key issues...

Recent decades have seen a fundamental change in the age structure of many Western societies. This book provides an overview of the key issues...

Offers a cross-cultural exposition of the health, family relationships, and social and economic status of the aged in 3 countries - the US, Britain, and Denmark. This book is useful for those involved in the study, treatment, and counseling of the aged, as well as for social research underlying the ..

This book considers how globalization is impacting contemporary Argentina-via regional trading blocs, through migrations across its borders, and through the emerging transnational border regions that it shares with other Latin American nations...