Book Series
Contemporary Sociological Perspectives
New & Published Titles:
Watching TV Is Not Required
Thinking About Media and Thinking About Thinking
This book uses a social world -- today's undergraduate students' ubiquitous everyday experience of television -- as a vehicle for helping awaken students to the…
read moreOctober 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99487-3 (Routledge)
Violence Against Women
Vulnerable Populations
Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations investigates under-researched and underserved groups of women who are particularly vulnerable to violent victimization from an intimate male partner. In…
read moreJanuary 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99608-2 (Routledge)
Hoop Dreams on Wheels
Disability and the Competitive Wheelchair Athlete
Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program. The book, which grapples with the…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96509-5 (Routledge)
GIS and Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences
Coding, Mapping, and Modeling
This is the first book to provide sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, and other social scientists with the methodological logic and techniques for doing spatial analysis…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98962-6 (Routledge)
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Political Justice and Religious Values
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…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98965-7 (Routledge)
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Series Details:
This innovative series is for all readers interested in books that provide frameworks for making sense of the complexities of contemporary social life. Each of the books in this series uses a sociological lens to provide current critical and analytical perspectives on significant social issues, patterns and trends. The series consists of books that integrate the best ideas in sociological thought with an aim toward public education and engagement. These books are designed for use in the classroom as well as for scholars and socially curious general readers.
Forthcoming Titles:
The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland
By Barbara Brents, Crystal Jackson, Kathryn Hausbeck
To be published December 23rd 2009
The Internet and Social Inequalities
By James C. Witte, Susan E. Mannon
To be published December 28th 2009
Gender Circuits: Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age
By Eve Shapiro
To be published February 10th 2010
A Dictatorship: Visual and Social Representations
By Jacqueline Adams
To be published April 1st 2010
Transform Yourself, Transform the World: A Practical Guide to Women's and Gender Studies
By Michele T. Berger, Cheryl Radeloff
To be published July 20th 2010
Social Statistics: The Basics and Beyond
By Thomas J. Linneman
To be published August 1st 2010
Sociological Storytelling: Reflections on the Research Experience
By SARAH FENSTERMAKER, Nikki Jones
To be published September 1st 2010