Sociology & Social Policy

This book provides detailed and direct guidance on various forms of data generation and analysis, presenting a model for the research process in which inductive detailed data analysis and generalisation through the development of concepts are central. Based on an inductive principle, which begins wi..

This title was first published in 2001. Universities in developing countries have followed their counterparts in developed countries and adopted quality assurance to improve the quality of their activities. This text examines the wisdom of such a move when many of the conditions necessary for its su..

This book looks at subjective and objective individual well-being and family, community and social life, relating quality of life to other contemporary concepts such as social capital, social inclusion and health inequality and sets them in an international and global perspective...

This book presents new scholarship from many countries that rigorously quantifies various sorts of neighbourhood effects through the use of cutting-edge social scientific techniques. It thereby advances science in several disciplines and contributes to contemporary policy discussions related to neig..

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

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

Queer in Africa forms an entry point for understanding the vulnerabilities of queer Africans as shaped by social, cultural and political processes, aiming to provide innovative insights about contentious disagreements over their lives..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Based in ethnographies of the everyday and intimate lives of a diverse population of same-sex desiring women (lala) in Beijing, this book explores how ideas and practices regarding gender, sexuality, family, and nation are constructed, and investigates new meanings of identity and modes of belonging..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This key volume provides an accessible exploration of identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and as a key concept in social science. Drawing on work from a range of disciplines and focusing on the key social divisions of gender, class and nation, it shows how new challenges and opportun..

This key volume provides an accessible exploration of identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and as a key concept in social science. Drawing on work from a range of disciplines and focusing on the key social divisions of gender, class and nation, it shows how new challenges and opportun..