Routledge Sociology - Books, News and Conferences http://www.routledge.com/blurbs/ RSS feed of recently featured books, news, conferences and more. en-us en orders@taylorandfrancis.com Copyright (c) 2013, Routledge 2013-02-03T08:24:25+00:00 2013-02-03T08:24:25+00:00 2013-02-04T08:31:26+00:00 http://www.routledge.com/info/help/rss/ Routledge Major Works WINTER BACKLIST OFFER! http://www.routledge.com/articles/routledge_major_works_winter_backlist_offer/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.12784 2012-12-11T09:18:00Q Routledge Major Works are pleased to announce a great Winter Warmer 20% discount offer on some of our backlist titles. For the next 3 months you will be able to purchase a number of multivolume collections spanning both the Humanities and Social Sciences at a reduced rate.

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With new case studies, a full new chapter on Green Criminology, and a brand-new companion website, this is the essential introductory textbook to the field of criminology!

]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Sociology 2012-11-29T10:53:30+00:00 Routledge Revivals reissue the work of E. Cashmore http://www.routledge.com/articles/routledge_revivals_reissue_the_work_of_e._cashmore/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.12534 2012-11-08T13:33:06Q The collection of eight titles from E. Cashmore are all previously published works from across the last thirty five years.

Titles in the collection span a broad range of topics, appealing to those particularly interested in subjects involving race relations, crime, sociology and media.

]]> Homepage, Books, General Interest, Reference, Routledge Revivals, Social Sciences, Sociology 2012-11-08T13:33:06+00:00 Have you seen our Visual Studies Journal? http://www.routledge.com/articles/have_you_seen_our_visual_studies_journal/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.12040 2012-09-19T07:33:55Q Visual Studies is published on behalf of the International Visual Sociology Association. The journal publishes visually-oriented articles across a range of disciplines, and represents a long-standing commitment to empirical visual research, studies of visual and material culture, the development of visual research methods and the exploration of visual means of communication about social and cultural worlds. Find out more at www.tandfonline.com/rvst

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]]> Homepage, Books, General Interest, Social Sciences, Sociology 2012-07-30T16:25:31+00:00 The International Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui 2012 Conference http://www.routledge.com/articles/the_international_contemporary_ethnography_across_the_disciplines_hui_2012_/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.11497 2012-07-18T11:29:30Q Routledge are proud sponsors of the The International Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui 2012 conference on 20 - 23 November, University of Waikato, New Zealand

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]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Sociology 2012-07-12T09:47:20+00:00 New Shortcuts Titles http://www.routledge.com/articles/new_shortcuts_titles/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.11300 2012-07-12T08:04:21Q We've added several exciting new titles to our innovative Shortcuts series, and will publish several more before the year is out!

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]]> Homepage, Books, Research & Reference, Social Sciences, Sociology 2012-07-10T14:25:58+00:00 Review of Ferry Tales in Big Pacific http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415883078/ tag:,2012:/blurbs/21.11117 2012-07-09T19:26:53Q Homepage, Books, News, Social Sciences, Sociology 2012-07-09T19:26:53+00:00 Forthcoming Reissues: Women, Crime and Criminology and The Ties That Bind http://www.routledge.com/articles/forthcoming_reissues_women_crime_and_criminology_and_the_ties_that_bind/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.11007 2012-07-03T13:42:27Q Routledge Reference are delighted to announce the reissue of two new titles on their Routledge Revivals programme. Women, Crime and Criminology and The Ties That Bind, both authored by Carol Smart - Professor at the University of Manchester, and co-director of the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life - will publish in August and September of this year.

]]> Homepage, Books, General Interest, Reference, Routledge Revivals, Law, Sociology 2012-07-03T13:42:27+00:00 Wellesley College Appoints Layli Maparyan New Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415886833/ tag:,2012:/blurbs/21.8426 2012-04-24T15:35:35Q Homepage, Books, News, Sociology, Women's and Gender Studies 2012-04-24T15:35:35+00:00