Edited by Teresa L. Scheid

Mental health and illness is one of the most fascinating and contested interdisciplinary areas of research, theory, and study. Scholars from fields such as psychology,...

October 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44950-2 (Routledge)

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By Joe Kotarba, Phillip Vannini

The purpose of this book is to use music as a tool to help students understand the structure and process of social life. Sociologically, music is...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95409-9 (Routledge)

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Local Cells, Global Science

The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India

By Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner

One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of...

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39609-7 (Routledge)

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Alcohol and Drug Misuse

A Handbook for Students and Health Professionals

By G. Hussein Rassool

During recent years, the misuse of nicotine, alcohol, prescribed medications, over-the-counter drugs and illicit psychoactive substances have increased dramatically, resulting in health and socio-economic problems...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40967-4 (Routledge)

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Fatal Theories

Edited by David B. Clarke, Marcus Doel, William Merrin, Richard G. Smith

Jean Baudrillard was one of the most influential, radical, and visionary thinkers of our age. His ideas have had a profound bearing on countless fields,...

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46442-0 (Routledge)

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By Frédéric Vandenberghe

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47362-0 (Routledge)

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Statistical Modelling for Social Researchers

Principles and Practice

By Roger Tarling

This book explains the principles and theory of statistical modelling in an intelligible way for the non-mathematical social scientist looking to apply statistical modelling techniques...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44840-6 (Routledge)

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Families in Asia

Home and Kin

By Stella R. Quah

This new, and fully updated 2nd edition of Families in Asia provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on the most...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45570-1 (Routledge)

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Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age

Following On

Edited by Stephen Wagg

Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries. Exploring...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48489-3 (Routledge)

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Geographic Thought

A Praxis Perspective

Edited by George Henderson, Marvin Waterstone

Without social movements and wider struggles for progressive social change, the field of Geography would lack much of its contemporary relevance and vibrancy. Moreover, these...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47170-1 (Routledge)

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