Routledge Advances in Sociology
About the Book Series
This series presents cutting-edge developments and debates within the field of sociology. It provides a broad range of case studies and the latest theoretical perspectives, while covering a variety of topics, theories and issues from around the world. It is not confined to any particular school of thought.
The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre
1st Edition
Edited
By Nik Taylor, Richard Twine
September 29, 2015
As the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of human/animal relations becomes crucial to the urgent questions of our time, notably in relation to environmental crisis, this collection explores the inner tensions within the relatively new and broad field of animal studies. This provides a platform ...
Children in Crisis: Ethnographic Studies in International Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Manata Hashemi, Martín Sánchez-Jankowski
September 16, 2015
This volume brings together ethnographers conducting research on children living in crisis situations in both developing and developed regions, taking a cross-cultural approach that spans different cities in the global North and South to provide insight and analyses into the lifeworlds of their ...
Consuming Families: Buying, Making, Producing Family Life in the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Jo Lindsay, JaneMaree Maher
September 16, 2015
This book explores contemporary families as sites of consumption, examining the changing contexts of family life, where new forms of family are altering how family life is practised and produced, and addressing key social issues – childhood obesity, alchohol and drug addiction, social ...
Generation, Discourse, and Social Change
1st Edition
By Karen R. Foster
September 16, 2015
Just what is a generation? And why, if at all, does it matter? This book asks what generation means to ordinary people, arguing that generation is real and it matters, but not in the ways that we think. Generations are not groups of people who can be categorized and attributed with static, ...
Migrant Marginality: A Transnational Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Philip Kretsedemas, Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, Glenn Jacobs
September 16, 2015
This edited book uses migrant marginality to problematize several different aspects of global migration. It examines how many different societies have defined their national identities, cultural values and terms of political membership through (and in opposition to) constructions of migrants and ...
Social Sustainability: A Multilevel Approach to Social Inclusion
1st Edition
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By Veronica Dujon, Jesse Dillard, Eileen M. Brennan
September 08, 2015
How can we raise the standard of living of the world’s poor and maintain high levels of social health and well-being in the developed world, while simultaneously reducing the environmental damage wrought by human activity? The social dimension of sustainability is becoming recognized as a necessary...
The Longings and Limits of Global Citizenship Education: The Moral Pedagogy of Schooling in a Cosmopolitan Age
1st Edition
By Jeffrey S. Dill
September 08, 2015
As the world seemingly gets smaller and smaller, schools around the globe are focusing their attention on expanding the consciousness and competencies of their students to prepare them for the conditions of globalization. Global citizenship education is rapidly growing in popularity because it ...
The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective
1st Edition
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By Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn W. Muschert
September 03, 2015
This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines ‘the digital divide’ as the unequal access and utility of internet ...
Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia
1st Edition
By Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
July 16, 2015
This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations, it examines the ...
Speaking for Animals: Animal Autobiographical Writing
1st Edition
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By Margo DeMello
July 16, 2015
For thousands of years, in the myths and folktales of people around the world, animals have spoken in human tongues. Western and non-Western literary and folkloric traditions are filled with both speaking animals, some of whom even narrate or write their own autobiographies. Animals speak, famously...
Bourdieu's Theory of Social Fields: Concepts and Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Mathieu Hilgers, Eric Mangez
June 23, 2015
Bourdieu’s theory of social fields is one of his key contributions to social sciences and humanities. However, it has never been subjected to genuine critical examination. This book fills that gap and offers a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the theory. It includes a critical discussion of ...
From Corporate to Social Media: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in Media and Communication Industries
1st Edition
By Marisol Sandoval
May 21, 2015
The corporate and the social are crucial themes of our times. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, both individual lives and society were shaped by capitalist crisis and the rise of social media. But what marks the distinctively social character of "social media"? And how does it relate...