Sociology & Social Policy

The Handbook tackles the theoretical and practical challenges of developing interdisciplinary methods. Drawing on their own experience, fifty researchers showcase some of the wide-range of the methods that are being created to innovate across disciplines, providing an essential companion for interdi..

This handbook has proven to be indispensable to science communication professionals seeking a deeper understanding, to researchers needing a comprehensive commentary on recent research, and to students seeking summaries of developments in particular topics in this field. The revised edition will off..

A unique and timely volume in a burgeoning field, it is ideal for policy-makers, researchers and professionals to develop their risk expertise. Gathering together the leading risk scholars across the full range of disciplines and approaches – from social to scientific – it will stand as the definiti..

The Routledge Handbook of Science, Technology and Society seeks to capture the dynamism and breadth of the STS field by presenting work which pushes the reader to think about science and technology and their intersections with social life in new ways. The interdisciplinary contributions by internati..

This pioneering handbook examines sociological issues and debates about educational institutions as status-conferring organizations, with myriad positional characteristics, experiences, and outcomes. This handbook puts these issues and debates in focus in ways that will be of interest to a variety o..

The second edtion of this authoratitive handbook draws on the work of leading academics from four continents in order to introduce up-to-date perspectives on a wide range of issues that affect and shape youth and young adulthood. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview of a dynamic field of study ..

Consumption research is burgeoning across a wide range of disciplines. The Routledge Handbook on Consumption gathers experts from around the world to provide a nuanced overview of the latest scholarship in this expanding field. At once ambitious and timely, the volume provides an ideal map for those..

This book examines the proliferation of mental health claims, based on the premise that the business of mental health is a social, economic, political and cultural project which cannot be adequately theorised without considering wider societal issues such as power, labelling, social control and cons..

‘Diversity’ refers to patterns of social difference in terms of key categories such as ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality and age. The Routledge Handbook of Diversity Studies will examine, through historical and contemporary cases, a range of such concepts with contributions by experts spannin..

Introduced by the editor and including original articles by over thirty leading food scholars from around the world, the Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies offers students, scholars and all those interested in food-related research a one-stop, easy-to-use reference guide. Each article ..

The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology has contributions from leading international green criminologists and scholars in related fields, examining a wide range of issues including climate change, environmental justice, media representations and wildlife trafficking. The chapters e..

Academic and general interest in the politics and nature of ignorance has grown steeply in recent years. The Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies is the first comprehensive volume on the legal, social, economic and scientific uses of ignorance to date...