Sociology & Social Policy

Social Life and Moral Judgment..

Social Life and Moral Judgment..

This book explores the ways in which social media has given new political importance to social life. In seizing certain economic and political functions and turning them into social practices through the various devices and technologies of digital copying and sharing, social media has enabled new fo..

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book presents critical analyses of routes into social mobility, the experience of social mobility, and the political and social implications of social mobility’s ‘panacea’ status. Drawing on the work of established scholars and more recent entrants, the chapters will offer a fresh look at socia..

Social Mobility in Industrial Society..

This book explores the transformation of Brazil and Argentina into two of the world’s largest producers of genetically modified (GM) crops.The author reveals that this transformation cannot be explained by superiority of biotechnology. Rather, it is the result of political struggles whereby social m..

Social Movements..

This books explores social movements and political activism in contemporary Japan, arguing that the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident marks a decisive moment, which has led to an unprecedented resurgence in social and protest movements and inaugurated a new era of civic engagement. With attention to t..

At a particularly urgent world-historical moment, this volume brings together some of the leading researchers of social movements and global social change and other emerging scholars and practitioners to advance new thinking about social movements and global transformation. Social movements around t..

At a particularly urgent world-historical moment, this volume brings together some of the leading researchers of social movements and global social change and other emerging scholars and practitioners to advance new thinking about social movements and global transformation. Social movements around t..