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Browse Sociology books by subject from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.

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Recently Published Books

1. The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe

   Edited by Zsolt Enyedi, Kevin Deegan-Krause

   Series: WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS

   Is European party politics hovering above society? Why do voters pick one party over others? Is it a question of class? Of religion? Of attitudes about taxes or immigration or global warming? Or is it something else entirely? The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe takes a detailed...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
2. Key Themes in Health and Social Care

   A Companion to Learning

   Edited by Adam Barnard

   Key Themes in Health and Social Care is a learning resource for students in health and social care. It provides an overview of foundational issues and core themes in the field and introduces key areas of debate, moving from an introductory level to in-depth discussion as the book progresses....

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
3. Unhealthy Cities

   Poverty, Race, and Place in America

   By Kevin Fitzpatrick, Mark LaGory

   The purpose of this book is to show the important role that space and place plays in the health of urban residents, particularly those living in high poverty ghettos. The book brings together research and writing from a variety of disciplines to demonstrate the health costs of being poor in America...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
4. Participation in Sport

   International Policy Perspectives

   Edited by Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye, Barrie Houlihan

   Although there is growing interest from governments in participation levels in sport, the extent to which governments actively promote ‘sport for all’ and their motives for doing so vary greatly. This is the first book to examine the sport participation policies of national governments across the...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
5. Regulating Sexuality

   Legal Consciousness in Lesbian and Gay Lives

   By Rosie Harding

   Series: Social Justice

   Regulating Sexuality: Legal Consciousness in Lesbian and Gay Lives explores the impact that recent seismic shifts in the legal landscape have had for lesbians and gay men. The last decade has been a time of extensive change in the legal regulation of lesbian and gay lives in Britain, Canada and the...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
6. Interrogating Trauma

   Collective Suffering in Global Arts and Media

   Edited by Mick Broderick, Antonio Traverso

   Throughout the past century, traumatic experiences have been re-enacted frequently by evolving media and art forms. Now there is a significant body of theory across academic disciplines focused on the representation of cataclysmic European and US historical events. However, less critical attention...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
7. Social Psychology of Modern Japan

   By Munesuke Mita

   Series: Routledge Library Editions

   This study reveals the complex combination of cultural particularity and modern universality that underlies the reality of contemporary Japan. The work uses sources such as popular works of art, song, best-selling books and the advice columns of newspapers to draw a striking portrait of the...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
8. Language and Popular Culture in Japan

   By Brian Moeran

   Series: Routledge Library Editions

   When this book was originally published it was the first work of its kind to examine the way in which language is used to express the ‘myth’ of advertising slogans and other popular cultural forms. By making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, media studies...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
9. Difference and Modernity

   Social Theory and Contemporary Japanese Society

   By John Clammer

   Series: Routledge Library Editions

   The question of ‘postmodernity’ that has swept Western academic and intellectual circles raises critical comparative questions. Do societies that have not experienced the same historical development as the West pass inevitably through modernity into postmodernity, or can they skip such stages...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
10. The Japanese Population Problem

    The Coming Crisis

    By W Crocker

    Series: Routledge Library Editions

    This volume analyzes what the pressure of population growth in Japan in the early twentieth century consisted of and attempts to indicate what form it would take in the future. It examines not only the relationship between the number of inhabitants and the economic resources of the country but also...

    Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge