Sociology & anthropology books

This book examines urban experience from the vantage point of the global South. Drawing upon narratives coming from...  Read More >>

This book explores Pierre Bourdieu's philosophy and sociology of science, which, though central to his thought,...  Read More >>

By means of a historical, legal and scientific approach, this book identifies the issues, progress and setbacks...  Read More >>

This innovative collection offers a pan-Southern rejoinder to hegemonies of Northern Sociolinguistics. It showcases...  Read More >>

Inside the Black Box of ‘White Backlash’ researches the contents of the letters of support sent to British politician...  Read More >>

The book examines contemporary food systems in Italy, paying particular attention to the landscape, innovative local...  Read More >>

This book explores the various ways in which participation in sport and physical activity might contribute to effective...  Read More >>

This book explores the remains of Christianity that lurk as portents in a progressively de-Christianised society,...  Read More >>

This book connects the work of US private foundations, the United States government, and Brazilian intellectuals...  Read More >>

This book offers a global angle to Disability History by exploring global locations as disparate as the Caribbean,...  Read More >>

Written for early-career scholars still in the planning stages of their research, this book explores some of the...  Read More >>

This book studies the importance of adopting Green Academia as a systemic long-term counter-intervention strategy...  Read More >>

This book explores the notion of cultural capital, offering insights into its evolution and definitions, as well...  Read More >>

Conversations on Empathy examines how empathy might be enacted and experienced either as a way to highlight forms...  Read More >>

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are amongst the world’s most vulnerable populations and their numbers are increasing....  Read More >>

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most rapidly developing technology in the current Digital Age, but it is also...  Read More >>

This book explores a spontaneous uprising that occurred in the Ecuadorian Amazon, in which workers confronted a...  Read More >>

This book attempts to document and analyse the complicated role new media play in the adaptation and integration...  Read More >>

Understanding the middle classes as a set of complex political relationships and examining continuities and changes...  Read More >>

This book studies the different models adopted by contemporary states in Central Europe in fighting SARS-CoV-2 virus....  Read More >>

Bringing together trust research, rhetoric, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis this book formulates an analytical...  Read More >>

The book examines a version of archival activism that is centred on various practices of documentation and commemoration...  Read More >>

This book is the first to offer a broad look at the evolution and current status of Portuguese funerary practice....  Read More >>

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Building on a major research project exploring victims’ access to justice over time and place, Victims' Access to...  Read More >>