Sociologi & antropologi

A young trainee anthropologist leaves her violent Mafia-run hometown-Youngstown, Ohio-to study an "exotic" group, the Paiute Indians of Nevada. This is 1964; she'll be "the …

How will the world's largest population approach its inequality challenges? This volume addresses this question by unraveling different strands of India's emerging health and …

These four volumes provide a collection  of key publications on categorical data analysis, carefully put together so that the reader can easily navigate, understand and put in …

The book "" A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels (Volume 15); Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By …

Language and National Identity in Asia is a comprehensive introduction to the role of language in the construction and development of nations and national identities in Asia. …

This book studies the circulation of social knowledge by focusing on the reception of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory in Hispanic America. It shows that theories need active …

Investigating minority and indigenous women's rights in Muslim-majority states, this book critically examines the human rights regime within international law.Based on extensive …

What is meant by the concept of civil society? Why do some equate it with liberal democracy, while others think it simply a guise for a market economy? Who benefits from …

Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to …

This report reviews a variety of partnership programs in the United States, and finds that partnerships constitute a vital positive element of public policy, helping to address …