Sociology & Social Policy

This revised edition of Carolyn Merchant’s classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword._x000D_ Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest inca..

Dissatisfaction with a human services system that is unresponsive, stigmatizing, and ineffective has led to a ferment of experimentation in recent years...

In this concise but wide-ranging overview, Anthony Elliott appraises ‘reinvention’ as a key buzzword of our times. He explores contemporary reinvention practices, including super-fast weight loss diets, celebrity makeovers, body augmentations, speed dating, online relationship therapies, organizatio..

This title was first published in 2000. This volume examines the extent to which digital technology, such as the World Wide Web, e-mail and developing database software, are being used within the political institutions and organization. The focus is on the UK political system with some reference to ..

From decade to decade, significant changes occur in the choice of first names for children. One-time favorites are perceived as old fashioned and replaced by new choices. In The Name Game, Jurgen Gerhards shows that shifts in the choice of names are based on more than arbitrary trends of fashion. In..

Relations in Public..

This title was first published in 2002: What is the relationship between religion and politics? How are they associated in the developing world? When does the interface between them result in violence? This volume attempts to answer these questions. In particular, the objective is to understand the ..

Religion and the Law..

Religion and the Law..

Religion from Tolstoy to Camus..

Religion in Europe at the End of the Second Millenium..

Religion in Society..