Sociology & Social Policy

Dateline Havana..

Daydreams and Nightmares..

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

'An easily accessible account of the development of martyrdom ... a masterful account of how religion, death and sacrifice developed into the cult of martyrdom of today.' Mia Bloom..

Death, Bereavement, and Mourning..

Debating Human Genetics examines contemporary public debate on emerging developments in medical genetics, including cloning, gene therapy, gene patenting, biobanks, genetic testing and screening, and pharmacogenomics...

Published in 1999, this text is based on original research carried out during 13 months fieldwork in Jamaica. The study presents data and case studies which are characteristic of many "third world" countries, and links Jamaica's heavy external indebtedness to its deteriorating social environment and..

Studies how sugar plantation workers cope with worsening conditions bought about by neoliberal reforms and low sugar prices...

Challenging the ’classical’ conception of Goffman’s sociology, this book offers a new, ’pluralist’ interpretation of his work, acknowledging the important but overlooked influences of both Simmel and pragmatism and thus rooting Goffman’s thought in symbolic interactionism. ..

Employing ethnographies from the United States to continental Europe, Asia, and South America, Deciphering the Global exemplifies the next wave of globalization studies and lays the groundwork for a new school of global sociology...

Employing ethnographies from the United States to continental Europe, Asia, and South America, Deciphering the Global exemplifies the next wave of globalization studies and lays the groundwork for a new school of global sociology...