Sociology & Social Policy

Hong Kong and Shanghai have experienced growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. Health and social finance at the level these "First World" cities demand threatens to consume a large portion of the municipal budgets. This book provides an overview of the similarities and differences betwee..

Social Power and Political Influence..

Social Power and Political Influence..

This short book lays out a new definition for what constitutes a social problem: the violation of a group’s human rights, which are understood as commonly upheld standards about what people deserve and should be protected from in life. Evaluating U.S. society from an international human rights persp..

Social Problems in the UK is the first textbook on contemporary social issues to contextualise social problems within the disciplines of sociology, social policy, criminology and applied social science. With pedagogical features for ease of teaching and learning, this clear, accessible textbook guid..

Social Problems in the UK is the first textbook on contemporary social issues to contextualise social problems within the disciplines of sociology, social policy, criminology and applied social science. With pedagogical features for ease of teaching and learning, this clear, accessible textbook guid..

Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science..

Focussing on the four main phases of modernizing and modernized Japan beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to today’s postmodern society, this groundbreaking work uses quantitative and qualitative data to show that the processes of modernization brought a coexistence of generational va..

Focussing on the four main phases of modernizing and modernized Japan beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to today’s postmodern society, this groundbreaking work uses quantitative and qualitative data to show that the processes of modernization brought a coexistence of generational va..

This book defines and describes the meaning of social rage by examining the influence of social forces such as economic conditions, population diversity and power shifts. The role of media, in particular its encouragement of social rage through sensationalism, is also handled in this book. The autho..

Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle..

Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle..