Sociology & anthropology books

This book is a biographical history of Rottnest Island, a small carceral island offshore from Western Australia....  Read More >>

Using the lenses of realism, liberalism, the English School and constructivism, this book explains how the divisions...  Read More >>

This book sheds light on the status of tribal communities in Central India with respect to governance, human development,...  Read More >>

This book argues that a leading cause of the political instability in the Horn of Africa is a crisis of governance,...  Read More >>

Aquatopia documents Harmattan Theater’s ecological interventions and traces its engagements with water-bound landscapes,...  Read More >>

Through immersive ethnography, this book explores how fighters at a Muay Thai/Kickboxing gym in East London attempt...  Read More >>

This book investigates the concept of colonial globalization to show how knowledge, information, technology, capital,...  Read More >>

This book examines the relationships between theatrical representations and socio-political aspects of Rapa Nui...  Read More >>

This book examines the controversial 103rd Constitutional Amendment to the Indian Constitution that introduced an...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces and practices of activism that emerge...  Read More >>

Based on multispecies ethnographic fieldwork and interviews in the UK, this book explores the social world of the...  Read More >>

This book studies the internal framework of the Indo-Pacific region and examines the strategic issues faced by the...  Read More >>

This book brings together leading scholars from various disciplines to illuminate Weber’s thought in numerous areas,...  Read More >>

With a triadic perspective, this autoethnographic narrative explores the temporal, situated nature of interactions...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched...  Read More >>

This book unveils the concept of social love as a kind of ‘Karst River’ that flows through the history of sociology,...  Read More >>

This book examines diseases and disasters from the perspective of social and political theory, exploring the ways...  Read More >>

Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories contributes to the study of conspiracy culture by analysing the religious...  Read More >>

Canadian Multiculturalism and the Far Right examines a neglected aspect of the history of 20th century Canadian...  Read More >>

Critically assessing meanings of the term ‘public’, this book situates the emergence and expansion of ‘public services’...  Read More >>

Taking the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a case study, Tzanelli explores mega-event crisis and risk management...  Read More >>

This book explores a range of key issues connected to China’s relations with countries in the Middle East and South...  Read More >>

Using rich ethnographic data and first-hand experience, Ball presents a detailed account of Australia’s attempts...  Read More >>

This book traces the evolution of the welfare interests of the child principle over the centuries in England & Wales...  Read More >>

This is the first in-depth and analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist — Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal...  Read More >>