Sociology & anthropology books

This book analyses the conceptual and concrete relationships between rhythm and law.  Read More >>

Violence against Women in and beyond Conflict explores the processes and structures that underlie sexual violence...  Read More >>

Departing from both the ordinary defences and criticisms that surround the practice of Jewish ritual of circumcision,...  Read More >>

With contributions from six leading scientific countries of the Global North and from the general European Higher...  Read More >>

This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights...  Read More >>

Drawing on rich interview material, this book examines marginalized knowledges as a field of epistemic struggle,...  Read More >>

Originating in the popular Sociología en Cuarantena blog, this volume provides a detailed and multifaceted analysis...  Read More >>

This book introduces the notion of culinary capital to investigate socialisation and school mealtime experiences...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which sport for development and peace (SDP) offers an opportunity for entrepreneurship...  Read More >>

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens the power to deliberate...  Read More >>

This book explores the discourses, attitudes, and behaviours of professional politicians and ordinary citizens alike...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the relationship between trust and social capital in contemporary Chinese society. It attempts...  Read More >>

This book applies the general theory of critical rationalism in order to develop a sociology of the transition from...  Read More >>

This book examines the paved road as a liminal space and legal frontier for enlivened, everyday struggles over property,...  Read More >>

This book examines official understandings of Chinese identity in Mainland China and Hong Kong, exploring how the...  Read More >>

Drawing on research from Ghana, this book examines the experiences of women liberated from indigenous ritual servitude...  Read More >>

This book delves into the notion of intimacy as a defining feature of podcasting, examining the concept of intimacy...  Read More >>

This book presents the findings of a ten-year longitudinal study on the experience of Chinese immigrants from Wenzhou...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which ghosts haunt and shape cultural identities and memory, considering the manner...  Read More >>

Oral health is integral to well-being and quality of life. This important edited volume brings together leading...  Read More >>

The Pacific Islands have some of the highest rates of family violence in the world. Addressing the contemporary...  Read More >>

This book provides the definitive account of the making of the 1942 Beveridge Report and its influence on wartime...  Read More >>

How did a random batch of chimpanzees come to populate a small island in Tanzania where apes had never lived before?...  Read More >>

This book deals with a wide range of issues related to rural-urban migration in the context of neoliberal economic...  Read More >>

India Migration Report 2022 is one of the first volumes to focus comprehensively on Indian health professionals’...  Read More >>