Sociology & Social Policy

This is a major study that draws directly on the experiences of prisoners and staff, tracing the recent history of the problem and providing a theoretical discussion of the nature and causes of suicide in prison...

Develops a fresh approach to religion and its role in human history. This work looks across a range of religious phenomena - from ancestor worship to totemism, shamanism, and worldwide modern religions - to offer an explanation of the evolutionary success of religious behaviors...

Surplus American..

Through an analysis of surveillance controversies across Europe, this book not only examines the troublesome relationship between surveillance and democracy; but also highlights the vested interests which maintain the status quo...

Surveillance in Europe is an accessible, definitive and comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing multi-disciplinary field of surveillance studies in Europe. Written by experts in the field, including leading scholars, the Companion’s clear and up to date style will appeal to a wide range of sch..

Today, public space has become the venue for surveillance of many kinds. This book problematizes the notion and definition of ‘public space’ in order to develop current privacy theory and frame future scholarly debate on the regulation of surveillance in public spaces...

Survey Research in the United States..

David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social research. This sixth edition has been completel..

By examining the fiction of three women modernists--Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein, and Nella Larsen--this book complicates binary paradigms of national, gender, and ethnic identities in the interwar period. In place of essentializing categories of identity, Jessica Rabin explores the liberating and d..

Surviving the New Economy..

Instead of providing a shopping list of textbook definitions of sustainability, the book will be a highly readable critical evaluation of the concept’s evolution and use in politics, business and society...

This title was first published in 2002. The concept of sustainable development has increasingly gained currency as a policy determination tool, yet its interpretation and application is widely contested, especially with respect to the role of economics in the facilitation of environmentally and soci..