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By A.R. Disney

The studies brought together in this volume were published over the last thirty years and are concerned, directly or indirectly, with the Portuguese presence in India between about 1500 and 1650. They have been arranged into four groups of which the first, 'The Portuguese in India', includes pieces…

Paperback – 2018-12-19
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Variorum Collected Studies

Edited by Stefan Wolff

The study of ethnic conflict saw its heyday in the aftermath of the Cold War with a proliferation of theories about its causes and management. But its origins as a subject of academic inquiry not only predate the end of the Cold War but also its inception, with some of the earliest works of…

Hardback – 2018-10-25
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Critical Concepts in Political Science

Edited by Laura DeNardis

The editor of this new Routledge title argues that our economic and social lives are now utterly dependent upon the successful coordination of the Internet. Moreover, as the Internet expands from its current form to an ‘Internet of things’, she suggests that its stability and security will soon be…

Hardback – 2018-08-01
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Critical Concepts in Sociology

Edited by David Gillborn, Adrienne D. Dixson, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Laurence Parker, Nicola Rollock, Paul Warmington

Critical Race Theory (CRT) offers an account of society based on systemic, deep-rooted racist oppression that saturates our commonsensical judgements to such an extent that all but the most extreme racism appears normal and unexceptional, simply ‘business as usual’. CRT is one of the fastest…

Hardback – 2018-06-14
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Major Themes in Education

Edited by Agnes Van Zanten

The sociopolitical, and cultural, implications of the provision and consumption of elite education are dizzyingly complex and controversial.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, one of the most publicized and contested areas of research focuses on the education of elites, and the institutional…

Hardback – 2018-04-24
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Major Themes in Education

Edited by Susan McHugh, Garry Marvin

Human-Animal Studies is a burgeoning multidisciplinary enterprise. Human-Animal Studies places the relationships humans have with other animals, and the relations other animals have with humans, at the centre of scholarly enquiry, artistic practice, and political critique. It draws from, and…

Hardback – 2018-02-22
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Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

Edited by Thijl Sunier

This new 4 volume collection will bring together the key literature on Islam and Society. In four broad themes the collection will cover Islam and power; minorities and pluralism; everyday life, ethics and community building; subjectivation, discipline and piety. Fully indexed and including a newly…

Hardback – 2017-11-29
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Critical Concepts in Sociology

Edited by Heidi Campbell

Religion and the Internet will present a range of scholarly articles that offer a critical overview of the interdisciplinary study of new media, religion and digital culture. Scholars have documented individuals using computer networks for religious discussions and enagagment since the early 1980s.…

Hardback – 2017-10-12
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Critical Concepts in Religious Studies

Edited by Keith Hayward

Cultural Criminology is a theoretical, methodological, and interventionist approach to the study of crime and deviance that places criminality and its control in the context of culture; that is, it views crime and the agencies and institutions of crime control as cultural products—as creative…

Hardback – 2017-08-10
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Critical Concepts in Criminology

Edited by Katie Ellis, Mike Kent

Scholars have long recognized the media’s role in shaping and reflecting the way we see the world, ourselves, and others. In particular, they have understood that the media plays a vital part in the social and cultural construction of disability. Moreover, as new types of media proliferate, and…

Hardback – 2017-07-31
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Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

Edited by Anna Piela

This collection aims to bring together writings that trace and critically analyse Islamic aspects of many modern-day popular cultural practices and products. The concepts of 'Islam' and 'popular culture' are both contested and context-dependent, and as such, they are understood here on inclusive,…

Hardback – 2017-07-10
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Critical Concepts in Sociology

Edited by S. Brent Plate

The four volumes of 'Film and Religion' will present a range of scholarly articles, mainly since 1990, which offer a critical overview of the interdisciplinary field from a number of perspectives. It is an international collection that includes attention to popular Hollywood and 'arthouse' films…

Hardback – 2017-05-24
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Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies