Drugs and Money

Managing the Drug Trade and Crime Money in Europe

By Michael Levi, Petrus C. van Duyne

The phenomenon of psycho-active drugs, and our reactions to them, is one of the most fascinating topics of the social history of mankind. Starting with...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35475-2 (Routledge)

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Constructing Autism

Unravelling the 'Truth' and Understanding the Social

By Majia Holmer Nadesan

Autism is now considered to be one of the most common developmental disorders today, yet 100 years ago the term did not exist. This book examines the...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32181-5 (Routledge)

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The Culture of Exception

Sociology Facing the Camp

By Bulent Diken, Carsten B. Laustsen

We live in an ever-fragmenting society, in which distinctions between culture and nature, biology and politics, law and transgression, mobility and immobility, reality and representation,...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35122-5 (Routledge)

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Compassionate Cities

By Allan Kellehear

Once it was difficult to see end of life care beyond conventional medical intervention, but hospice and palliative care introduced a more holistic approach, providing...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36773-8 (Routledge)

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Emotions and Social Movements

By Helena Flam, Debra King

Most research on social movements has ignored the significance of emotions. This edited volume seeks to redress this oversight and introduces new research themes and...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48187-8 (Routledge)

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National-Cultural Autonomy and its Contemporary Critics

Edited by Ephraim Nimni

In his seminal essay 'Staat und Nation' ('State and Nation') Karl Renner presents his model for national-cultural autonomy, with a two-tier system of government that...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-24964-5 (Routledge)

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Governance and Civil Society in Myanmar

Education, Health and Environment

By Helen James

Most international attention on Myanmar has focused on the political situation, where the military, in power since 1962, continues to refuse to acknowledge the results...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35558-2 (Routledge)

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Genetic Governance

Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era

Edited by Robin Bunton, Alan Petersen

Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35407-3 (Routledge)

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Human Rights

By Anthony Woodiwiss

Are human rights part of the problem or part of the solution in the current 'clash of civilizations'? Drawing on a hitherto neglected body of...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36069-2 (Routledge)

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Heroin Addiction and The British System

Volume I Origins and Evolution

Edited by Michael Gossop, John Strang

The British system of dealing with drug addiction is notable for its flexibility and its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances. Because of this it...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-29815-5 (Routledge)

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