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.
Understanding European Movements: New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest
1st Edition
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By Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Laurence Cox
December 11, 2013
European social movements have been central to European history, politics, society and culture, and have had a global reach and impact. Yet they have rarely been taken on their own terms in the English-language literature, considered rather as counterpoints to the US experience. This has been ...
Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory: From Individualization to Globalization in Japan Today
1st Edition
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By Anthony Elliott, Masataka Katagiri, Atsushi Sawai
November 08, 2013
The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory breaks new ground in providing a detailed, systematic appraisal of the major traditions of social theory prominent in Japan today – from theories of identity and individualization to globalization studies. The volume introduces readers ...
Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency: A Study of the United States, China and Taiwan
1st Edition
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By Nan Lin, Yang-chih Fu, Chih-jou Jay Chen
October 23, 2013
This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how ...
Media Bias in Reporting Social Research?: The Case of Reviewing Ethnic Inequalities in Education
1st Edition
By Martyn Hammersley
September 25, 2013
In recent years, the importance of disseminating the findings of social research has been given increased emphasis. The most effective way in which this can be done is via the mass media. However, there are frequent complaints that media coverage of social and educational research is very limited ...
Festivals and the Cultural Public Sphere
1st Edition
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By Gerard Delanty, Liana Giorgi, Monica Sassatelli
September 20, 2013
Festivals and the Cultural Public Sphere provides the first major social scientific study of these festivals in the wake of their explosion in popularity over the past decade. It explores the cultural significance of contemporary arts festivals from their location within the cultural public sphere,...
The Marketing of War in the Age of Neo-Militarism
1st Edition
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By Kostas Gouliamos, Christos Kassimeris
August 06, 2013
The post-9/11 era and the overall impact of international terrorism have generated much debate regarding the role of military apparatus in modern society. This book assesses the inherent meaning of the militarization from a critical, interdisciplinary perspective. Against the background of ...
Online Gaming in Context: The social and cultural significance of online games
1st Edition
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By Garry Crawford, Victoria K Gosling, Ben Light
July 26, 2013
There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure industry and pastime. The significance of video games within our everyday lives has certainly been increased and ...
Undocumented Workers' Transitions: Legal Status, Migration, and Work in Europe
1st Edition
By Sonia McKay, Eugenia Markova, Anna Paraskevopoulou
June 24, 2013
This book explores how immigration laws, while aimed at discouraging undocumented migration, actually sustain it. It documents the circumstances that have caused previously documented migrants to become undocumented and explores the impact of their changing status on their families and on their own...
Play, Creativity, and Social Movements: If I Can't Dance, It’s Not My Revolution
1st Edition
By Benjamin Shepard
May 23, 2013
As we play, we step away from stark reality to conjure up new possibilities for the present and our common future. Today, a new cohort of social activists are using it to create social change and reinvent democratic social relations. In contrast to work or routine, play must be free. To the extent ...
Globalization and Transformations of Local Socioeconomic Practices
1st Edition
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By Ulrike Schuerkens
March 21, 2013
This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation of socio-economic practices in the global economy. The contributors offer analytical and comparative insights at the world level, with regard to the current socio-economic practices as well as an assessment of the ...
The Institutionalization of Social Welfare: A Study of Medicalizing Management
1st Edition
By Mikael Holmqvist
March 21, 2013
Today most countries rely on formally organized welfare programs - in some cases to the extent that they are labeled "welfare states". These programs, which have been constructed over the last decades, make up a larger national and international system of good intentions. Overall, it appears ...
Eastern European Immigrant Families
1st Edition
By Mihaela Robila
January 11, 2013
Immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States has grown significantly in the last few decades. While Asian and Latin American immigrations have been central to the discourse of migration to the US, the rapid growth of Eastern European immigrants has received insufficient attention. Robila ...