Sociology & Social Policy

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...

Internet gambling is a rapidly growing phenomenon, which has profound social, psychological, economic, political, and policy implications. As jurisdictions around the world grapple to understand the best way to respond to Internet gambling from a commercial, regulatory, and social perspective, the H..

The Handbook of Memory Studies offers students and researchers oiriginal contributions that comprise the debates, intersections and future courses of the field. It is divided in six themed sections: 1) theories of memory, 2) social and cultural practices of memory, 3) memory in public discourse, 4) ..

Participatory Design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Embracing a diverse collection of principles and practices aimed at making technologies, tools, environments, businesses, and social institutions more responsive to human needs, this is a st..

The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Studies examines the transformation of rural societies in the developed world, taking an inter-disciplinary and problem-focused approach. Written by leading social scientists from many countries, it addresses emerging issues and challenges in innovative ..

This handbook defines the sociological analysis of art and culture, focusing on the visual arts, literature, music and digital culture. Leading international scholars consider the restructuring of highbrow and popular culture; aesthetic preferences; ethnicity, migration and cosmopolitanism; and the ..

Originally published in 1979, Ideology and Cultural Production examines the contribution to the debate surrounding ‘culture’, ‘ideology’ and ‘representation’ in this collection of essays...

Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research, originated in nineteenth-century debates about the relationship between the methods of history and natural science...

Originally published 1992 What's Wrong With Ethnography? provides a fresh look at the rationale for and distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology, education and related fields...

Using the accessible metaphor of a game, this book provides a readable introductory explanation of international relations...

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