Sociology & Social Policy

This title was first published in 2000:  Policing is associated more with "doing" than with "thinking", so how can policing be "intelligent"?..

This title was first published in 2003. This multi-disciplinary reading focuses on the latent meaningful and contextual strategies that are often implied and included in bordering processes. It demonstrates that the border as a concept is not so much an object, but rather an ongoing process. The boo..

This book ranges in a detailed, systematic fashion across the major traditions of social theory prominent in Japan today – from theories of identity and individualization to systems theory and globalization studies. The volume introduces readers to the rich diversity of social-theoretical critique i..

The Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies offers a clear, comprehensive and critical analysis of celebrity in the social sciences and humanities, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for celebrity studies in the twenty-first century. Throughout this volume, there is a strong emphasis on i..

The Routledge Handbook of Chicana/o Studies is a unique interdisciplinary resource for students, libraries, and researchers interested in the largest and most rapidly growing racial-ethnic community in the United States and elsewhere which can either be identified as Chicano, Latino, Hispanic, or Me..

Old age is changing, and so are the ways we study it. This exciting new publication brings new aspects of later life into view, such as consumption, embodiment, identity; and draws in new methodologies – visual, literary, spatial. Based on specially commissioned chapters by leading international au..

In this exciting and authoritative collection over 40 scholars from many countries have explored the evolving use of the concept of diaspora, its possibilities as well as its limitations. This Handbook will be indispensable for students undertaking essays, debates and dissertations in the field...

An authoritative and groundbreaking handbook that provides an essential resource at the interface of Genomics, Health and Society, and forms a crucial research tool for both new students and established scholars across biomedicine and social sciences...

The Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art integrates and reviews current scholarship in the field of graffiti and street art. 43 original contributions are organized around five sections: Definitions, History, And Types; Theoretical Explanations of Graffiti and Street Art; Municipal Variatio..

The Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking will provide an interdisciplinary introduction to trafficking in human beings (THB). 50 original essays will guide the reader into the full interdisciplinary range of trafficking in human beings (THB), providing the necessary understanding of the scope of ..

_x000D_ The Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Studies presents a collection of original essays from artists and scholars who have established themselves internationally on the basis of specific and significant new contributions to human-animal studies. It offers a broad interpretive account of the ..

The Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies offers a unique overview of international migration and asylum issues in the 21st century. Providing the most current information and concise analysis on the management of legal migration the Handbook includes contemporary analysis in immigra..