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Written in an accessible and clear manner, Sexualities in Context presents focused overviews and explorations of some of......more
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Colorblind Nation examines how colorblindness is discussed, debated and deployed in a host of social, political and econ......more
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Middle East Conflicts: The Basics is an accessible and balanced introduction to the various conflicts which have plagued......more
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For much of the twentieth century, education was powerfully if never decisively shaped by the activities of social and p......more
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Explore an ecological strength-based framework for the treatment of gender-variant clients This comprehensive book provi......more
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With growing popular and academic interest in the development and importance of three-dimensional modelling and technolo......more
In Understanding Sleep: An Introduction to the Sociology of Sleep, Eric L. Hsu provides a clear and critical analysis of......more
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Trial by Media is a form of interactive, mediatised justice in which individuals and institutions are accused, tried, ju......more
The Fashion Book is an exciting, readable and comprehensive, all-in-one resource for students of fashion across the Engl......more
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As more and more people spend longer periods of their lives outside conventional families and couples, radical transform......more
This new and musicologically informed version presents for the first time an accurate translation of a key text within M......more
Prevention curtails freedom: cancer prevention entails not smoking; accident prevention entails putting pills in childpr......more
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As China s leading economic metropolis and most western city Shanghai in the last twenty years has used culture as a m......more
This edited collection explores the dramatic transformations in intimate life that have taken place in Ireland in recent......more
This book is concerned with the practical, ethical and political realities of critical research around state punishment.......more
Joseph Maguire is a Professor in the School of Sport & Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University. Currently, he is Pr......more
This textbook provides an ambitious overview of Asia from the perspective of the comparative sociology of culture and so......more
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Social Justice is the first book that comprehensively covers various conceptions of justice, both distributive and retri......more
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Considering evidence from a range of contemporary societies this book explores themes such as whether there is an emerge......more
This book offers timely and novel insights on the development of what may be the most important medical technology of th......more
This book starts with a description of the development of Chinese sociology since its re-establishment in 1979, and link......more
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