социология
Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Mike Morris
Practical and accessible, this dictionary is designed to enlighten those newly engaged in anthropological study or seeking a quick guide to the field. Fills a need for a beginner’s pocket guide to the far-reaching and complex field of...
Desertification, Land Degradation and Sustainability
Anton Imeson
Desertification offers a comprehensive overview of the subject and clearly emphasizes the link between local and global desertification processes and how past and current policy has affected arid environments and their populations. This text...
A Companion to Biological Anthropology
Clark Larsen Spencer
An extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biological anthropology; chapters are written by leading scholars who have themselves played a major role in shaping the direction and scope of the discipline. Extensive overview of the...
A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment
Frances Mascia-Lees E.
A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body. In this ground-breaking work on the body and embodiment, the latest...
Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets
Manuel Aalbers B.
Utilizing research from the U.S., Italy, and the Netherlands, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets presents an in depth examination of the practice of redlining and the broader implications of contemporary urban exclusion processes. Covers...
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology
George Ritzer
Featuring a collection of original chapters by leading and emerging scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of the major topics and emerging trends in the discipline of sociology today....
A Companion to the Anthropology of India
Isabelle Clark-Deces
A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India’s globalization in the twenty-first century. Provides readers with an...
The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, eTextbook
Martin Davies
A comprehensive introduction to the field, with contributions from leading experts that illuminate the focus and purpose of social work. New edition of THE leading social work textbook for undergraduates Provides comprehensive coverage of all...
A Companion to Cultural Resource Management
Thomas King F.
A Companion to Cultural Resource Management is an essential guide to those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of CRM and heritage management. Expert contributors share their knowledge and illustrate CRM's practice and scope, as well as the...
Gender and International Relations
Jill Steans
The third edition of Jill Steans’ popular and highly respected text offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to gender in international relations today. Its nine chapters have been fully revised and expanded to cover key issues,...
Agent-Based Computational Sociology
Flaminio Squazzoni
Most of the intriguing social phenomena of our time, such as international terrorism, social inequality, and urban ethnic segregation, are consequences of complex forms of agent interaction that are difficult to observe methodically and...
A Companion to Paleopathology
Anne Grauer L.
A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology. Presents a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to...
The Posthuman
Rosi Braidotti
The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our...
Введение в изучение социологии
Николай Иванович Кареев
Книга выдающегося русского социолога Н. И. Кареева призвана дать лицам, интересующимся социологией, общее руководство, которое помогло бы им ориентироваться в данной области знания, познакомило бы их с важнейшими теоретическими вопросами, в ней...
Самопознание общества. Метод, средства, результаты
Пётр Иванович Смирнов
Монография содержит результаты применения авторской версии позитивизма к познанию общества. Рассмотрены основные понятия социологии: общество, социальное, потребности, ценности, нормы. Описаны важнейшие социальные явления: социальные институты,...
2016: социально-экономическое положение населения – продолжающийся кризис или новая реальность?
Коллектив авторов
«Экономические итоги 2016 г. имеют различную интерпретацию – от осторожного оптимизма правительства, заявляющего об окончании кризиса и о вхождении в новую экономическую фазу «новая экономическая реальность», до пессимизма экспертного...
Комплекс Чебурашки, или Общество послушания
Светлана Адоньева
В фокусе внимания настоящей книги – символические практики социального контроля: феномен страха сглаза, ожидание похвалы, готовность ради нее быть «хорошим» и послушным, соревнования за престижную роль Снегурочки в детских карнавалах, привычка к...
Символический порядок
Светлана Адоньева
Автор рассматривает полоскание белья как форму любви и признания, обращение с мусором – как форму доминирования, контроля и ответственности, воду – как категорию психологической трансформации, образ Хозяйки Медной горы – как форму границы...
Female Sexual Offenders. Theory, Assessment and Treatment
Cortoni Franca
Featuring a collection of essays by leading experts, Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment is the first book to bring together current research, clinical assessment, and treatment techniques of female sexual offenders into...
Anthropology and Management Consulting. Forging a New Alliance
Giovannini Maureen J.
NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. peer reviewed...
A Companion to Organizational Anthropology
Caulkins D. Douglas
The first comprehensive guide to anthropological studies of complex organizations Offers the first comprehensive reference to the anthropological study of complex organizations Details how organizational theory and research in business has...
A Companion to Border Studies
Wilson Thomas M.
A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies,...
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography
Agnew John A.
This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both historical and contemporary perspectives....
Social Work Fields of Practice. Historical Trends, Professional Issues, and Future Opportunities
Dulmus Catherine N.
A contemporary look at social work practice and the many career possibilities—with detailed coverage of important new and emerging trends As the practice of social work continues to diversify, students need a clear picture of the current state...
Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods. From Hypothesis to Results
Martin William E.
Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods This user-friendly textbook teaches students to understand and apply procedural steps in completing quantitative studies. It explains statistics while progressing through the steps of the...
A Companion to the Anthropology of Education
Pollock Mica
A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field, exploring the social and cultural dimension of educational processes in both formal and nonformal settings. Explores theoretical...
Africa's Information Revolution. Technical Regimes and Production Networks in South Africa and Tanzania
Murphy James T.
Africa’s Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences – congratulations to the authors James T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody! Africa’s Information Revolution presents an in-depth...
Democracy and Disenfranchisement
Hoyle Rick H.
Psychologists, political scientists, and experts in election law present a multidisciplinary perspective on voting. Personality characteristics such as motivation, values, and efficacy are considered, as are demographic variables such as...
Classical Archaeology
Osborne Robin
The fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and two new essays on Greek and Roman art. It retains its unique, paired essay format, as well as key...
The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology
Ryan J. Michael
This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume. Contains over 800 entries from the whole breadth of the discipline Distilled from the highly regarded Blackwell Encyclopedia of...
Biomolecular Archaeology. An Introduction
Brown T. A.
Illustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolecular evidence (DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) to address important archaeological...
A Companion to Medical Anthropology
Singer Merrill
A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today. Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the...
Investigating Culture. An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology
Kaspin Deborah
In its new Second Edition, the innovative and ever-popular Investigating Culture has been updated and revised to incorporate new teacher and student feedback. Carol Delaney and Deborah Kaspin provide an expanded introduction to cultural...
Archaeology in Practice. A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses
Paterson Alistair
This much-enhanced new edition of the highly accessible guide to practical archaeology is a vital resource for students. It features the latest methodologies, a wealth of case studies from around the world, and contributions from leading...
Archaeology in Practice. A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses
Paterson Alistair
Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses offers students in archaeology laboratory courses a detailed and invaluable how-to manual of archaeological methods and provides insight into the breadth of modern archaeology....
Commodity Chains and World Cities
Witlox Frank
Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. This book assesses the possible cross-fertilization between two of the most notable analytical frameworks – the world city...
A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism
Quayson Ato
A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism offers a ground-breaking combined discussion of the concepts of diaspora and transnationalism. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars provide interdisciplinary perspectives that link together...
The Sociology of Medical Screening. Critical Perspectives, New Directions
Armstrong Natalie
The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening. Features new research...
Modeling Urban Dynamics
Rosiers Fran?ois Des
The field of Urban Dynamics itself is based on the systems engineering concept that all complex systems (and cities and urban areas are no exception) are comprised of independent and often smaller, more understandable sub-components with...
Identities in Context. Individuals and Discourse in Action
McKinlay Andrew
Identities in Context is a comprehensive guide to contemporary discursive research on issues relating to identity across a variety of contexts. Provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary discursive research on identity Introduces themes and...
Liquid Surveillance. A Conversation
Zygmunt Bauman
‘Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From London and New York to New Delhi, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro,...
Geographical Information and Urban Transport Systems
Banos Arnaud
Urban transport systems need to be analyzed from various perspectives: the offer on one hand, the demand on the other hand, but also their negative externalities (risks of transport systems). These three dimensions are rarely apprehended in an...
Human Brain Evolution. The Influence of Freshwater and Marine Food Resources
Stewart Kathlyn
The evolution of the human brain and cognitive ability is one of the central themes of physical/biological anthropology. This book discusses the emergence of human cognition at a conceptual level, describing it as a process of long adaptive...
Moral Blindness. The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity
Zygmunt Bauman
Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and...
Experiments in Holism. Theory and Practice in Contemporary Anthropology
Otto Ton
Experiments in Holism: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Anthropologypresents a series of essays from leading anthropologists that critically reexamine the relevance of holism as a foundational tenet of anthropology, and its theoretical and...
Archaeologies of the Middle East. Critical Perspectives
Bernbeck Reinhard
Archaeologies of the Middle East provides an innovative introduction to the archaeology of this fascinating region and a window on both its past and present. Written by some of the top archaeologists of the Middle East: scholars from diverse...
A Companion to Latina/o Studies
Rosaldo Renato
A Companion to Latina/o Studies is a collection of 40 original essays written by leading scholars in the field, dedicated to exploring the question of what 'Latino/a' is. Brings together in one volume a diverse range of original essays by...
A God of One's Own. Religion's Capacity for Peace and Potential for Violence
Beck Ulrich
Religion posits one characteristic as an absolute: faith. Compared to faith, all other social distinctions and sources of conflict are insignificant. The New Testament says: ‘We are all equal in the sight of God'. To be sure, this equality...
The New Blackwell Companion to the City
Bridge Gary
This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. The most interdisciplinary collection of its kind Provides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds...
Fashioning Globalisation. New Zealand Design, Working Women and the Cultural Economy
Larner Wendy
Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems to exemplify the...
