Sociology & Social Policy

This book provides the historical framework for the shift in Native American literary studies away from cultural analyses toward more politically inflected and motivated perspectives, and examines the key moments in this turn...

This title was first published in 2001. Older people have been characterized by two mutually contradictory stereotypes. One the one hand they have been portrayed as a powerful lobby, growing demographically and able to demand large redistributions of the nation's income in their direction. On the ot..

What explains the electoral success of Republicans, particularly of the ascendant neoconservatives who now dominate the Party? Based on an examination of the New Right, this work proposes some answers, including globalization, different technologies, and a network of right-wing think tanks and found..

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

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

Politics of Possibility..

When political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect reforms of social protection. Featuring a historical comparison of Italy and Germany post-1945, the book shows how a hig..

First published in 1969, this book addresses itself to the question of the behavior appropriate for social scientists conducting research sponsored by or otherwise involving government agencies. It contains a survey of the problems encountered by research social scientists in each of the major areas..

Politics with a Human Face presents a holistic understanding of political identity formation in post-Soviet Europe, drawing on the thought of Dilthey and Gadamer to employ empathy as a method, together with visual and historical analysis, in an analysis the role of human experience and non-rationali..

Argues that human feelings and identities are constitutive of both personal and political life. This book introduces different theories of collective emotion and group identity...

Madame Germaine de Stael is often regarded as the "mistress to an age". This book contains selections from Germain de Stael's major works, including "Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution" and "Literature Considered in its Relation to Social Institutions"...

Africa is now in a much-improved position to support its poor and vulnerable people. It has more money, more policy commitment and abundant intervention programmes. Yet the number of citizens living lives of desperation, or at risk of destitution, is at an all-time high, and still rising. What is tu..