Sociology & Social Policy

This wide-ranging introductory text looks at the virtual community of cyberspace and analyses its relationship to real communities. Clearly written with a range of international examples, it is an essential overview of the sociology of the internet...

This wide-ranging introductory text looks at the virtual community of cyberspace and analyses its relationship to real communities. Clearly written with a range of international examples, it is an essential overview of the sociology of the internet...

First Published in 1998, this study explores ethnic community political participation in local politics in the North West British town...

Grounded in a wide-ranging review of empirical research, this textbook provides an overview of sociological debates surrounding the idea of community, and relates them to the part community plays in people's everyday conceptions of identity...

Initially published in 1974, this is a work of applied social and political philosophy which relates the philsophical analysis to various forms of community work theory and practice. Raymond Plant emphasizes that 'community' has a wide range of both descriptive meanings and evaluative connotations, ..

Initially published in 1974, this is a work of applied social and political philosophy which relates the philsophical analysis to various forms of community work theory and practice. Raymond Plant emphasizes that 'community' has a wide range of both descriptive meanings and evaluative connotations, ..

First published in 1998, this book aims to create a discourse on community care, differences in of care management...

A work summarizing the pioneering approach of the author to public-interest decision-taking in the field of urban & regional planning. This book is aimed at students, researchers and professionals in planning...

Examines the conflicts and tensions that permeate day-to-day interactions of a people in the eastern Indonesian province of Malku...

This edited collection brings together some leading exponents of CI around the world and critically evaluates their experiences...

Community of Citizens..

Cocaine has had a long and prominent position in the history of American substance abuse. As far back as the late 1800s cocaine was commonly found hi patent medicines, elixirs, and, astonishingly, in the earliest versions of Coca-Cola. Eventually, the potency of cocaine was recognized and its purvey..