Sociology & Social Policy

First published in 1992, This guide, one of a series looking at library automation systems, will not only help prospective users in their systems choice, but will also give current a better appreciation of the potential of their own system...

First published in 1998, this book exsplores the dilemma in Western policy towards Russia in recent years is whether to admit into NATO and the EU all those countries who wish to join, or whether to respect Russian sensitivities and be more selective...

Borderland Religion narrates, presents and interprets the fascinating and significant practices when borders, migrants and religion intersect. This collection of original essays combines theology, philosophy and sociology to examine diverse religious issues surrounding external national borders and ..

Boredom Studies is an increasingly rich and vital area of contemporary research that examines the experience of boredom as an importan – even quintessential – condition of modern life. This anthology of newly commissioned essays focuses on the historical and theoretical potential of this modern cond..

Boundaries of Competence..

Bourdieu’s theory of social fields is one of his key contributions to social sciences and humanities. However, it has never been subjected to genuine critical examination. This book fills that gap and offers a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the theory. It includes a critical discussion of it..

Bringing together a group of Bourdieuian early career researchers this book aims to showcase the development and future direction of Bourdieuian research within UK sociology...

Bringing together a group of Bourdieuian early career researchers this book aims to showcase the development and future direction of Bourdieuian research within UK sociology...

Bourdieusian Prospects contributes to scholarship on Bourdieusian sociology, bringing it face to face with other theoretical developments in a changing empirical world. Contributors ask what the contours of future Bourdieusian social theory might look like and begin to map this out, both travelling ..

Winner of the 2009 Robert Park Book Award for best Community and Urban Sociology book!_x000D_ Branding New York traces the rise of New York City as a brand and the resultant transformation of urban politics and public life. Greenberg addresses the role of "image" in urban history, showing who produc..

Breaking the Thread of Life..

The discovery of the two ‘inherited susceptibility’ genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe. This collection br..