AC - Sociology 1

This book examines how caseworkers are governed in today’s street-level bureaucracies. It redefines our understanding of public sector governance by highlighting the subtle, informal, and everyday f……続きを見る

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This open access book takes the biographical case of German feminist Käthe Schirmacher (1865–1930), a multilingual translator, widely travelled writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a disputatious ……続きを見る

“Everything is sad,” wrote the Ancient poets. But is this sadness merely a human experience, projected onto the world, or is there a gloom attributable to the world itself? Could the universe be for……続きを見る

Here is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structuresーour human networksーshape how we think and behave, and inform o……続きを見る

This interdisciplinary book constitutes the first major and comparative study of resilience focused on victims-/survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Locating resilience in the relat……続きを見る

First published in 1903, "The People of the Abyss" tells Jack London’s descent into London’s east end in the 1900s. Sent to cover Edward VII’s coronation, he went in search of the real story – the s……続きを見る

Interactive adaptive systems increasingly become part of our everyday life. Which factors could shape this development and under which conditions will interactions with technical systems be deemed s……続きを見る

Examining language support practices in both formal and nonformal education, ranging from public night school to community-based language classes, this volume encourages the development of systems i……続きを見る

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Why do people like books, music, or movies that adhere consistently to genre conventions? Why is it hard for politicians to take positions that cross ideological boundaries? Why do we have dramatica……続きを見る

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies, Gender and the Violen……続きを見る

Le harcèlement sexuel est un problème grave pour les femmes à tous les niveaux des milieux universitaires des sciences, de l'ingénierie et de la médecine. Les environnements qui le favorisent ou l’i……続きを見る

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This book foc……続きを見る

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003108436, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 ……続きを見る

It has been over twenty years since the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland voted for devolution. Over that time, the devolved legislatures have established themselves and matured their a……続きを見る

“Very wise . . . Give this book to every single girlfriend [you] have.”ーMarie Claire If you’re looking to get married and you’re not, there’s most likely a very good reason: you. Hey, you’re certai……続きを見る

Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control presents a new empirical and conceptual framework for understanding trends of genetic surveillance in different countries in Europe and in other jurisdictions ……続きを見る

Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combine……続きを見る

An antidote to nearsightedness. Ari Wallach won’t just leave you planning months or years aheadーhe challenges you to look generations ahead. Get ready to think and think again." ー Adam Grant, #1 N……続きを見る

The global financial crisis has challenged many of our most authoritative economic ideologies and policies. After thirty years of reshaping the world to conform to the market, governments and societ……続きを見る

Social isolation has serious repercussions for people and communities across the globe, yet knowledge about this phenomenon has remained rather limited – until now. The first multidisciplinary study……続きを見る

This textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the theoretical perspectives and methods of doing conversation analysis, an approach to the study of talk in interaction which grew out of the work……続きを見る

White Parents, Black Children looks at the difficult issue of race in transracial adoptionsーparticularly the adoption by white parents of children from different racial and ethnic groups. Despite t……続きを見る

This new edition of bestselling textbook Introducing Property Valuation provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and methods of valuing real estate, helping them to progre……続きを見る

Statistical Power Analysis is a nontechnical guide to power analysis in research planning that provides users of applied statistics with the tools they need for more effective analysis. The Second E……続きを見る

How social status shapes our dreams of the future and inhibits the lives we envision for ourselves Most of us understand that a person’s place in society can close doors to opportunity, but we also ……続きを見る

Recognizing rapidly ageing population is one key concern faced by cities and the challenge it would present to healthcare system, this book looks at ageing in China’s population as well as the deliv……続きを見る

The attack on welfare was, and is, an attack on our class autonomy, structured to maintain a patriarchal and racist order, drive divisions, and disrupt our ability to collectively refuse capital’s e……続きを見る

How can we prevent intimate partner violence (IPV)? And how do we define and measure “success” in preventing it? This book brings together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of fields t……続きを見る