Sociology & Social Policy

This book provides the best readable introduction for all who wish to understand the complex issues related to the Middle East from a perspective dedicated to peace and justice...

This book offers a comprehensive sociological study of the nature and dynamics of the modern world, through the use of a series of anthropological concepts, including the trickster, schismogenesis, imitation and liminality. _x005F_x000D_..

Personal History and Health..

Reports the results of a pioneering study conducted in Decatur, Illinois, validating Paul Lazarsfeld's serendipitous discovery that messages from the media may be further mediated by informal "opinion leaders" who intercept, interpret, and diffuse what they see and hear to the personal networks in w..

Robin Goodwin draws together research from across the world to explore how fundamental differences in cultural values influence the ways in which we form romantic relationships, raise our children, and communicate with our wider social networks...

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

A collection of work by leading researchers that considers different contexts affecting personality and identity development in adolescence. Three main contexts are considered: cultural, family and life-span development...

Represents a fruitful integration of the many approaches that have been taken by investigators of individual behavior within the social milieu in which it occurs. This book offers coverage of speculations about the influence of the individual on the various groups of which he is a part as they have ..

From its first edition in 1979, this informative book has provided undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This sixth edition has been fully revised and updated, providing new tools to help students understand the relevance of sociology, from..

This title was first published in 2001. This text is an exercise in learning from the voices of the communities living in Indian villages near urban areas...

This title was first published in 2000:  The papers in this volume are concerned with the prevention of crime...

First published in 1997, this volume examines the issue that, throughout Britain, studies of social, health and housing services have found discrimination, insensitive practices and lack of awareness of the needs of a multi-racial population...