Sociology: Products

Edited by Nestor Davidson, Geeta Tewari

The New Urban Agenda (NUA), adopted in 2016 at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, represents a globally shared understanding of the vital link between urbanization and a sustainable future. At the heart of this new vision…

Hardback – 2020-06-01 
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Juris Diversitas

Edited by Dave J. Hickson, Richard J. Butler, David C. Wilson

This title was first published in 2001. This volume brings together the 25-year output of the longest running programme of research into the making of decisions by top management. It describes and explains the processes of arriving at major decisions and how they are affected by the issue under…

Paperback – 2020-06-01 
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Routledge Revivals

Edited by Sallie Westwood, John M Williams

First published in 1997, Imagining Cities gives students access to the most exciting recent work on the city from within sociology, cultural studies and cultural geography. Contributions are grouped around four major themes: The theoretical imagination Ethnic diversity and the politics of…

Paperback – 2020-05-31 
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Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association

Edited by Robert Burgess

Key Variables in Social Investigation encourages sociologists and other social scientists to think about the conceptual and empirical problems of using and evaluating key variables in social research. The book contains reviews of ten major variables: age; gender; race and ethnicity; health and…

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Edited by Nick Jewson, Susanne Macgregor

Transforming Cities examines the profound changes that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the twentieth century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and co-operation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms…

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Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association

Edited by Malcolm Cross, Geoff Payne

Work and Enterprise Culture examines the world of work in the light of the major changes that have occurred over the last decade. In particular, the book focuses on what is understood by the term the ‘enterprise culture’ and considers what impact, if any, this concept has on traditional work…

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Edited by Chris Rootes, Howard Davis

Social Change in Political Transformation is thorough examination of political transformation the book features contributors from western and eastern Europe, giving their views on how European society and institutions are changing. The themes of social change, new movements and the development of…

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Edited by Stephen Platt, Hilary Thomas, Sue Scott, Gareth Williams

Private Risk and Public Dangers is comprised of a collection of chapters which were originally papers presented in the 1991 British Sociological Association Conference on Health and Society, and they address a range of private risks and public dangers. Issues covered vary from the response to HIV…

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Edited by Stephen Platt, Hilary Thomas, Sue Scott, Gareth Williams

Originally presented as papers in the 1991 British Sociological Association Conference on Health and Society, Locating Health represents a valuable addition to the ‘health inequalities’ debate by extending our gaze beyond the traditional locations to include place, consumption and lifestyle. It…

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Edited by Pamela Abbott, Geoff Payne

New Directions in the Sociology of Health links a number of contemporary issues to a broader sociological framework. It discusses health policy and programmes aimed at public concerns like AIDS, drug use, tranquilizer dependency and alcohol abuse. The work of a para-medical and lay workers – not…

Paperback – 2020-05-31 
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Edited by Phillip J Brown, Rosemary Crompton

Economic Restructuring and Social Exclusion provides a timely reminder of persisting inequalities of class, race and gender as a consequence of the changes which have engulfed Europe in less than a decade. The contributors consider key debates including democracy, social justice and…

Paperback – 2020-05-31 
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By Anjalee Cohen

Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand examines how young people in urban Chiang Mai construct an identity at the intersection of global capitalism, state ideologies and local culture. Drawing on over 15 years of ethnographic research, the book explores the impact of rapid urbanisation…

Hardback – 2020-05-31 
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Routledge Studies in Anthropology