Criminology: The Key Concepts

By Martin O'Brien, Majid Yar

Criminology: the Key Concepts is an authoritative and comprehensive study guide and reference resource that will take you through all the concepts, approaches, issues and...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42794-4 (Routledge)

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Social Identity

By Richard Jenkins

This third edition builds on the international success of previous editions, offering an easy access critical introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44849-9 (Routledge)

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Social Movements

A Reader

Edited by VINCENZO RUGGIERO, Nicola Montagna

This timely Reader plays an important role in the field of social movements. It fills a significant gap by covering a number of connected areas...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44582-5 (Routledge)

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Hate is the Sin

Putting Faces on the Debate over Human Sexuality

By John S. Munday

Arguments based in doctrine and scripture over the inclusion of homosexual people within Christian congregations and sacraments have done little to persuade the faithful on...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-3639-1 (Routledge)

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On Waiting

By Harold Schweizer

'This is a quite remarkable book, a pleasure to read. Not only is it clear and informative but also by turns witty, melancholic and insightful....

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77507-6 (Routledge)

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Women, Science, and Technology

A Reader in Feminist Science Studies

Edited by Mary Wyer, Mary Barbercheck, Donna Giesman Cookmeyer, Hatice Ozturk, Marta Wayne

Women, Science, and Technology is an ideal reader for courses in feminist science studies, science studies more generally, women’s studies, and studies in gender and education. This second edition fully updates its...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96040-3 (Routledge)

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Political Justice and Religious Values

By Charles F. Andrain

Why do individuals and groups hold distinctive theological views? Why do these beliefs change? In what ways do theological interpretations influence concepts of spiritual and...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98965-7 (Routledge)

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Families in Today's World

A Comparative Approach

By David Cheal

An international textbook designed as a quick introduction for students from around the world studying sociology of family, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the major...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35930-6 (Routledge)

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Intimate Fatherhood

A Sociological Analysis

By Esther Dermott

Fatherhood is gaining ever more public and political attention, stimulated by the increasing prominence of fathers’ rights groups and the introduction of social policies, such...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42262-8 (Routledge)

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The Media and Social Theory

Edited by David Hesmondhalgh, Jason Toynbee

Media studies needs richer and livelier intellectual resources. This book brings together major and emerging international media analysts to consider key processes of media change,...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44800-0 (Routledge)

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