ａｓａ - Social & Cultural Studies 100

In the past five years, Russia, China, and others have accelerated their development of hypersonic missiles to threaten U.S. forces in the homeland and abroad. The current Ballistic Missile Defense ……続きを見る

This book presents a conceptual and methodological framework to understand South Asia by engaging with the practices of sociology and social anthropology in India and Nepal. It provides a new imagin……続きを見る

Desde hace 200.000 años, los humanos poblamos la Tierra. Ahora, en el s. XXI, nos encontramos ante el mayor desafío. «Breve historia de la especie humana» ofrece un interesante repaso de la evolució……続きを見る

Sarah Parker Remond (1826–1894) left the free black community of Salem, Massachusetts, where she was born, to become one of the first women to travel on extensive lecture tours across the United Kin……続きを見る

This unique critical sociolinguistic ethnography explores alternative migrant-regulated institutions of resistance and subversive communication technology: the locutorios or ethnic call shops. These……続きを見る

This book examines water remunicipalization in Cochabamba since the Water War, offering innovative methodological and theoretical conceptualizations of what it means to be "public," helping to move ……続きを見る

Bringing together some of the world’s leading family law scholars, as well as bright and emerging minds in the field of global family law, this book explores the differences and commonalities in the……続きを見る

This edited collection engages with Marx’s General Law of Capitalist Accumulation, examining the relevance and actuality of Marx’s propositions for the analysis of contemporary capitalism in Latin A……続きを見る

Sexual and Reproductive Justice: From the Margins to the Centre offers new insights and perspectives on sexual and reproductive justice. The thought-provoking and diverse contributions in this volum……続きを見る

Quando admiramos grandes obras como as pirâmides do Egito, a Grande Muralha Chinesa ou Empire State Building nunca paramos para pensar na dor, no sofrimento e até mesmo na morte dos trabalhadores qu……続きを見る

Mexico has become notorious for crime-related violence, and the efforts of governments and national and international NGOs to counter this violence have proven largely futile. Citizens against Crime……続きを見る

Uncanny Histories in Film and Media brings together a stellar lineup of established and emergent scholars who explore the uncanny twists and turns that are often occluded in larger accounts of film ……続きを見る

In this affecting and innovative global historyーstarting with the European children who fled the perils of World War II and ending with the Central American children who arrive every day at the U.S……続きを見る

In the twenty-first century, gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) has emerged as a development tool that explores if and how gender equality goals and targets are being effectively supported through go……続きを見る

In Zeiten, die sich durch eine "postfeministische" Konstellation und zunehmenden Antifeminismus auszeichnen, verweist der Band auf vielfältige Räume und Praxen feministischer (Dauer-)Kämpfe. Die Aut……続きを見る

"En este texto fundamental de Lucía Salinas y de Lourdes Marchese se develan los más asombrosos vericuetos, a veces tenebrosos, que determinan la dirección de la distribución de justicia. Cada nombr……続きを見る

Para ampliar a compreensão do desenvolvimento de pessoas com Síndrome de Down, ou T21, o livro apresenta a história de quatro famílias de pessoas que têm a Síndrome em diferentes fases do ciclo vita……続きを見る

Los Angeles is a global crossroads of migrating communities that presents a case study of migration, transnationalism, and interfaith engagement with significant implications for thinking and practi……続きを見る

From Dubai to Amsterdam, Memphis to South Korea, a new phenomenon is reshaping the way we live and transforming the way we do business: the aerotropolis. A combination of giant airport, planned city……続きを見る

Oman is one of the world’s most secretive countries,ruled with absolute authority by the Sultan. All information is strictly controlled by the State: British Prime Minister Edward Heath once said th……続きを見る

Introducing the new ‘How To…’ series from #Merky Books: unlock your potential with our short, practical pocket-sized guides. _______________________________________________________ How to Change It:……続きを見る

O livro Pedagogia feminista negra: primeiras aproximações é composto das vozes de doze autoras, com pertencimentos ativistas e profissionais diversos. São militantes de diferentes movimentos sociais……続きを見る

Este libro propone problematizar la politicidad de lo popular en el cuestionamiento del actual momento de los procesos de modernización latinoamericanos. En este desafío insertamos buscamos encontra……続きを見る

Democratic societies run on opinion, and so reputation matters to their functioning. Issues pertaining to reptuation emerge in discussions ranging from the character of political candidates to the i……続きを見る

Japan and Nepal have emerged as nations of considerable importance in the politics of Asia. Nepal being a buffer state is playing a crucial role in foreign policy of both the neighbours India and Ch……続きを見る

Rural life is the principal pivot around which whole Indian social life revolves. India is a land of agriculture. Its history, customs and traditions, complex social organization and unity in divers……続きを見る

The revival of interest in Gandhi's studies in recent years is phenomenon. This revival centers on Gandhi's life and his thoughts which is not only unique in the history but also useful for the gene……続きを見る

Over one-sixth of India’s population, some 170 million people, live a precarious existence, shunned by much of Indian society because of their rank as -untouchables- or Dalits literally meaning -bro……続きを見る

Dalit women are mostly deprived, socially excluded, less literate, absentee of property rights, and less empowerment socially and economically. They are ignorance about women entrepreneurship. They ……続きを見る

Think about the major questions that we ask about our social world. Are men and women really that different? Why do we have problems such as racism? What motivates people to have social status and r……続きを見る