Sociology & Social Policy

Includes wide-ranging interviews with leaders of the New Left: Tom Hayden, Bob Moses, Mark Rudd, Cleveland Sellers, Frances Beal, Casey Hayden, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and more...

Sketching Theoretical Biology..

Sketching Theoretical Biology..

Beginning with the new worlds of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this book traces the growth of liberal doctrine through the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relationship of liberalism to the emerging economic system of capitalism, and the impact of this relationship upon science, ..

This dissertation examines the cultural and educational history of central Missouri between 1820 and 1860, and in particular, the issue of master-slave relationships and how they affected education (broadly defined as the transmission of Southern culture). Although Missouri had one of the lowest sla..

Slipping Through the Cracks..

This title was first published in 2000:  Since 1998, there have been many diagnoses, studies and theories attempting to explain the East Asian economic crisis and the impact on major economic and financial sectors...

This title was first published in 2003. Since the late 1970s there has been considerable interest in the role of small firms in economic development in general and employment generation in particular. Throughout the developed world, governments have introduced a range of measures to encourage small ..

Examining key questions about social change in contemporary Russia, this book explores issues such as how people survive when they are not paid for months on end, 'the New Poor', the falling birth rate, why so many Russian men die in middle age, whether regional identities are becoming stronger, and..

Examining key questions about social change in contemporary Russia, this book explores issues such as how people survive when they are not paid for months on end, 'the New Poor', the falling birth rate, why so many Russian men die in middle age, whether regional identities are becoming stronger, and..

Smartphone Cultures explores questions about the ways in which mobile technology has been appropriated and incorporated into everyday social practices, focusing on questions of how the smartphone has affected contemporary social relations. Presenting the latest research from the UK, Europe, the US a..

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