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 Challenges of Being a Rural Gay Man: Coping with Stigma
1st Edition
By Deborah Bray Preston, Anthony R. D'Augelli
July 03, 2014
Gay men often face struggles in the conservative world of rural life, due to the pervasive social stigmas associated with homosexuality and the lack of anonymity in a small-town setting. In this book, Preston and D’Augelli present the results of in-depth interviews and surveys with rural gay men, ...
The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies: A Theory of Sociotechnical Change
1st Edition
By Ulrich Dolata
July 03, 2014
Scientific concepts on the co-evolution of technology and society, as well as recent sociotechnical system approaches, focus on the general interrelations between technology, socioeconomic structures, and institutions. Their aim is to study and explain processes and modes of technological change. ...
Cultural Capital, Identity, and Social Mobility: The Life Course of Working-Class University Graduates
1st Edition
By Mick Matthys
June 19, 2014
This qualitative study explores the meaning of working-class origin in the life and career of university graduates. Social transition from a working-class background to a middle-class milieu results in loyalty conflicts and communication barriers. The lack of social and cultural capital and the ...
Capitalism: A Companion to Marx’s Economy Critique
1st Edition
By Johan Fornäs
April 24, 2014
In the most complete, accurate and accessible presentation of Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism to date, Johan Fornäs presents a guide for anyone who wants to understand how today’s crisis-ridden society has emerged and is able to sustain and intensify its own deep inner contradictions. Capitalism ...
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Czarniawska, Orvar Löfgren
April 09, 2014
“It is simply too much” is a common complaint of the modern age. This book looks at how people and institutions deal with overflow - of information, consumption or choices. The essays explore the ways in which notions of overflow – framed in terms of excess and abundance or their implicit ...
A Companion to Life Course Studies: The Social and Historical Context of the British Birth Cohort Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael E.J. Wadsworth, John Bynner
March 13, 2014
Since the end of the Second World War, society has been characterised by rapid and extensive political, economic, scientific, and technological change. Opportunities for education, employment, human relations, and good health, have all been greatly affected by those changes, as have all aspects of ...
Refugee Women: Beyond Gender versus Culture
1st Edition
By Leah Bassel
March 13, 2014
Debates over the headscarf and niqab, so-called ‘sharia-tribunals’, Female Genital Operations and forced marriages have raged in Europe and North America in recent years, raising the question – does accommodating Islam violate women’s rights? The book takes issue with the terms of this debate. It ...
The Neighborhood in the Internet: Design Research Projects in Community Informatics
1st Edition
By John M. Carroll
March 13, 2014
Today, "community" seems to be everywhere. At home, at work, and online, the vague but comforting idea of the community pervades every area of life. But have we lost the ability truly to understand what it means? The Neighborhood in the Internet investigates social and civic effects of community ...
Understanding Russianness
1st Edition
Edited
By Risto Alapuro, Arto Mustajoki, Pekka Pesonen
March 13, 2014
In today’s world where other cultures are being tapped to a greater extent than ever before, the processes of mixing and matching are especially relevant in making sense of Russia. Not only do borrowing and assimilation, interaction between the familiar and the alien, constitute a venerable ...
Islamophobia in the West: Measuring and Explaining Individual Attitudes
1st Edition
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By Marc Helbling
February 14, 2014
Since the late 1980s, growing migration from countries with a Muslim cultural background, and increasing Islamic fundamentalism related to terrorist attacks in Western Europe and the US, have created a new research field investigating the way states and ordinary citizens react to these new ...
Neoliberalism and the Global Restructuring of Knowledge and Education
1st Edition
By Steven C. Ward
February 14, 2014
This book examines the influence of neoliberal ideas and practices on the way knowledge has been conceptualized, produced, and disseminated over the last few decades at different levels of public education and in various national contexts around the world....
Agency without Actors?: New Approaches to Collective Action
1st Edition
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By Jan-Hendrik Passoth, Birgit Peuker, Michael Schillmeier
January 03, 2014
The question of agency is a key issue in social theory and research. The discourse of human agency as an effect of social relations is deeply intertwined with the history of sociological thought. However, in most recent discussions the role of non-humans gains a substantial impact concerning agency...