Sociology & Social Policy

Using a historical approach, puts the case for major reform of US national security institutions to make them more democratically accountable...

This book addresses the question of how it is possible for opposite emotional experiences such as love and depression to appear simultaneously, empirically documenting the phenomenon of depressive love and its implications through studies of art and the experiences of everyday life. Engaging with a ..

Although some regard popular culture as shallow, this book reveals that it is often complex, deep and subject to the style changes we associate with high art...

Development in Crisis is a collection of real-world case studies on two crises of development in the Global South and North: the undercutting of state capacity and the disempowerment of women. Edited by two of America’s top development sociologists, the volume shows the profound human impact of thes..

This title was first published in 2000:  As in many other LDCs, in Indonesia small-scale industries (SSIs) are important, particularly with respect to the creation of employment opportunities. SSIs are expected to absorb many millions of workers who have been displaced by current economic crisis. Th..

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...

Deviance..

This highly successful reader presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance, examining deviance as a phenomenon that is constituted through social interpretations and the reactions of persons caught up in this social process. This book focuses on issues such as how individuals interp..

Deviance is by definition a social problem. Since deviant behavior violates the normative expectations of a given group, deviance must be regarded as a problem for that group, since all groups of people want their norms to be enforced. Many modern societies place considerable value on personal liber..

The book explores the vital role played by the financial service industries in enabling the poor to consume over the last hundred and fifty years. Spending requires means, but these industries offered something else as well – they offered practical marketing devices that captured, captivated and ent..

First Published in 1943. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...