Sociology & anthropology (500)

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:The dominant cultural script is that the Baby Boomers have 'had it all', thereby depriving younger generations of the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Bristow provides a critical account of this discourse by locating the problematisation ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2011
description:Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining perso...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:This book consists of a fundamental deconstruction and reconstruction of the key concepts of Criminology and The Sociology of Law, providing a coherent expression of the relationships between these newly constructed concepts and thus a radically new ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:Aims to increase awareness about the specific circumstances of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) diversity. Based on a wide array of literature this volume provides a global vision of this reality, explaining the evolution of homosexuali...

publisher: Springer
year: 2007
description:Historians, anthropologists, political scientists and demographers explore the principal challenges and fears characterizing relations between Europe and the Mediterranean. The contributors suggest that the greatest challenge facing our political gen...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:Beyond Citizenship? Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging pushes debates about citizenship and feminist politics in new directions, challenging us to think 'beyond citizenship', and to engage in feminist re-theorizations of the experience and ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It argues that focusing on research-informed ideas usefully draws attentio...

publisher: Springer
year: 2007
description:Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits examines the post 9/11 security implications for life science research as well as the methodological issues associated with conducting social research. In doing so the book considers the place of biol...

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:This book provides an accessible introduction to bisexuality studies, set within the context of contemporary social theory and research. Drawing on interviews conducted in the UK and Colombia, it maps out the territory, providing a means of understan...

publisher: Edições Pedago
year: 2008
description:A amplitude, a qualidade incontestável e a diversidade da obra Boaventura de Sousa Santos permitem pensar em possibilidades múltiplas de se escrever tanto sobre seu conteúdo, como sobre o seu autor, em diferentes campos do conhecimento. Inês Barbosa ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:Border Shifts develops a more complex and multifaceted understanding of global borders, analysing internal and external EU borders from the Mediterranean region to the US-Mexico border, and exploring a range of issues including securitization, irregu...

publisher: Springer
year: 2014
description:This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers' Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Workers' Party has brought about and examines how successful these have been, as well as how continuity a...