Sociology & Social Policy

Scientific Controversies..

Scientific Imperialism examines interdisciplinary relations emerging from the incursion of one scientific discipline into one or more other disciplines. The contributors also explore ways of distinguishing imperialistic from non-imperialistic interactions between disciplines and research fields...

Scientific Irrationalism..

In this book, scientists' views about science and its relationship to knowledge, ethics and religion are subjected to critical scrutiny...

Searchers, Seers, and Shakers..

Searchers, Seers, and Shakers..

Nuclear power plants, new vaccines and drugs, pesticides designed to improve agricultural production, and a plethora of other technological advances hold great promise of improving the quality of human life, but also pose great risks to human well-being...

Rich new insights into the particular contours of today's American political culture, based on Max Weber's insights...

An indictment of America's failure to keep up with other advanced nations and to achieve its own most cherished goals. The chapters of the book focus on: the media, the economy and corporations, foreign assistance and military affairs, health and health care, education, crime and punishment, the env..

The authors use a major empirical study of children in secure accommodation as a basis for a theoretical analysis of relations between the state, the family and the 'difficult' child...

This title was first published in 2002: This collection of essays marks the formal launch of the Centre for Instalment Credit Law at the University of Wales, Swansea. Divided into three sections, it examines the concept of security within domestic law; considers the choice of law rules; and ponders ..

Harold Garfinklel's earliest, and previously unpublished, attempt to bridge the growing gap in American sociology...