Sociology & Social Policy

First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The Problem with Survey Research..

This book is an analysis of in-depth interviews with seventy-three Hispanic immigrants in Central Virginia; looking at the new migration trend, the immigrants' living and working conditions, their family life, and their plans for the future...

Do instruments such as performance indicators, valuation formulas, consumer tests, stock prices or financial contracts represent an external reality? Or do they rather constitute, in a performative fashion, what they refer to? The Provoked Economy tackles this question from a pragmatist angle, consi..

This book explores the manner in which psychology has increasingly crept into everyday life. Showing that Norway, like the United States and Great Britain, is currently subjected to a psychological worldview or ‘therapeutic ethos’, the author examines an array of spheres such as media, law, religion..

This is one of the first books to thoroughly critique the rise of Trumpism and its potential impact, nationally and globally. One of the world’s leading social critics, Giroux offers new critiques of Trump and his early Cabinet choices in the context of longer term trends, including the rise of rig..

The Public-private Health Care State..

The Public-private Health Care State..

The Publishing Industry in China..

The Publishing Industry in China..

The Punishment Response..

The Pursuit of Pleasure..