Originally published in 1993, Unsettled Affinities was Reinhard Bendix’s final work. It has a unique place in his writin......more

This book takes a critical look at how leisure and sport intersect with crime and harm. Bringing together leading schola......more

Syrians living in refuge in Lebanon and Turkey during the war in Syria continued to reckon with the Syrian State as a di......more

This volume provides intimate anthropological accounts of Muslim men’s everyday lives in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, ......more

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Lords of Life is the fifth and last book of a multivolume p......more

Demobilising the Far Right focuses on dynamics of mobilisation, counter-mobilisation, and state coercion to offer a new ......more

Approaching the Middle East through the lens of Diaspora Studies, the 11 detailed case studies in this volume explore th......more

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Is it true that the trans-Atlantic slave trade, about which so much has been heard in recent years, would have been impo......more

New Religious Movements in Five Minutes answers all the questions usually posed about the many newer religions that have......more

New Religious Movements in Five Minutes answers all the questions usually posed about the many newer religions that have......more

Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa: Development, Democracy, and Dictatorship (10th Edition) off......more

This book delves into Scotland’s evolving food system, uncovering the challenges of change, tracing food policy progress......more

This book delves into Scotland’s evolving food system, uncovering the challenges of change, tracing food policy progress......more

The study of language variation from a geographical perspective has become the subject of renewed interest thanks to new......more

From streaming platforms to smartphone apps to the good old-fashioned newspaper, media are nearly omnipresent in contemp......more

From streaming platforms to smartphone apps to the good old-fashioned newspaper, media are nearly omnipresent in contemp......more

Psychology and Crime explores the role of psychological theories and methods in understanding and managing criminal beha......more

This book discusses police education in Brazil and other countries of Latin America, with a focus on finding ways for po......more

This book discusses police education in Brazil and other countries of Latin America, with a focus on finding ways for po......more

The COVID-19 pandemic originated in China, yet the global community remains largely unaware of the challenges and experi......more

Formulating Research Problems addresses one of the most critical yet often overlooked aspects of research: how to define......more

Formulating Research Problems addresses one of the most critical yet often overlooked aspects of research: how to define......more

Domestic Work in Postcolonial Tanzania examines the dynamics of learning domestic and care work within affluent expatria......more

Refugees have existed since ancient times, but it was in the early modern era that they were first recognized as a socia......more

On a per capita basis, the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the......more

Rebels and Regimes presents a global view of the nature of violent resistance throughout the nineteenth century. The vol......more

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This book bridges a critical gap between reading research and school-based practice, providing practitioners and student......more

This tried and tested book provides practical guidance with specific writing samples and guidelines for producing strong......more

This tried and tested book provides practical guidance with specific writing samples and guidelines for producing strong......more

This book addresses the tradition of Marxism that emerged in the 1920s followed by the work of the Frankfurt School, Sar......more

This book addresses the tradition of Marxism that emerged in the 1920s followed by the work of the Frankfurt School, Sar......more

This special issue of WSQ takes the contemporary phenomenon of long COVID as its point of departure to consider the soci......more

An ethnographic study of how self-improvement in China offers fleeting experiences of personal autonomy amid the capital......more

Winner of AAL Book Award 2020 Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2018 The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language ......more

What does it really mean to "decolonize" migration studies? Often the term is used as a slogan, without asking whether i......more

A provocative, authoritative reckoning with the past and future of marriage, explaining why it’s become more rewarding a......more

A key text in the American folk magic tradition, The Long Hidden Friend offers a glimpse into the everyday healing and p......more

Profound stories of third-trimester abortion care, told by an ob-gyn hailed as _x201C_a hero of the abortion field_x201D......more

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What if care was at the heart of how we organise our societie......more

This book exposes the strategies that make migrants’ lives unliveable and explores their resistance to this violence. Dr......more

What is life really like for LGBTQIA+ people behind bars? This book offers the most up-to-date global research on the ex......more

As more and more social scientists are turning to creative and participatory methods, this timely book explores how thes......more

This groundbreaking book offers a powerful sociological and criminological exploration of disability, autism and mental ......more

This book exposes the strategies that make migrants’ lives unliveable and explores their resistance to this violence. Dr......more

James Wright (1927-80) was considered one of the major poets of his era, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1972, even though......more

Magic pervades every inch of Wales, from Anglesey in the north to the Vale of Glamorgan in the south, from the Marches i......more

Football is the most popular sport in the world. It sometimes has its ugly side. But football also works its magic by in......more

Border enclaves examines the Spanish enclave of Melilla as a prism for understanding Europe’s contemporary dislocations.......more

Anxious Intersectionality offers an ethnographic exploration of feminist activism in Stockholm, Scandinavia’s largest ci......more

"An ambitious, important, and utterly captivating book."--Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Replaceable Y......more

In contrast to much of the current literature that treats Trump’s authoritarianism as new and singular, this book shows ......more

In contrast to much of the current literature that treats Trump’s authoritarianism as new and singular, this book shows ......more

The Routledge Handbook of Conversation Analysis offers a detailed overview of how everyday interaction shapes social lif......more

Why have mass public shootings in the U.S. become more frequent and lethal over the last two decades? This question cann......more

Schools across the US will continue to contend with the effects of students experiencing homelessness as families and co......more

Why have mass public shootings in the U.S. become more frequent and lethal over the last two decades? This question cann......more

What does it mean, three decades after the demise of the USSR, to inhabit cities built for a future that has never arriv......more

What does it mean, three decades after the demise of the USSR, to inhabit cities built for a future that has never arriv......more

Sacred Places in the Arctic and Beyond brings together indigenous and non-indigenous scholars, rightsholders, and practi......more

Dribbling Divides: Football, Islam, and Identity offers a compelling view of how global football intersects with Muslim ......more

What can sport do to produce positive social change in our world today? Now in a fully revised, updated and expanded fou......more

What can sport do to produce positive social change in our world today? Now in a fully revised, updated and expanded fou......more

A damning portrait of the dire realities of retirement in the United States--and how we can fix it. While the French wen......more

An urgent examination of the intergenerational imprisonment of Indigenous people in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. ......more

Reoccurrence or relapse happens with almost all types of behavior change--and too often is stigmatized. This compelling ......more

In an era of increasing religious diversity and fluid identities, this book challenges conventional understandings of fa......more

A poetic, darkly funny memoir of one woman’s trip across the national parks straight into life-threatening illness and t......more

From award-winning sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve comes the first account of mass wrongful conviction in America,......more

Esteemed presidential historian Stephen F. Knott takes readers on a sobering tour of the lowlights in the American presi......more

The rise of "heritage" foods--that is, the reinvention of traditional foods--has enjoyed a high profile thanks to the of......more

Argentina has been one the most important destinations for international labor migrants in the modern world. But while i......more