This book provides current information about the many recent contributions of social systems theory. While some sociologists feel that the systems age ended with functionalism, in reality a number...więcej »
Sociology as Everyday Life: Voices from the Field features carefully selected readings that provide students with unique insight into the challenges faced by practicing sociologist...więcej »
In order to have a better understanding and solution of individual or group problems the social worker must look at sociology. The book contains five units having with aspects of Sociology and Soci...więcej »
Sociology in Practice: Our Prescription for Living provides students with a sociological framework within which to identify and examine how their lives are impacted by cultural and...więcej »
Examines emerging theoretical and methodological approaches to the field of sociology of education. These perspectives draw on notions of social justice, diversity, multiculturalism, and detrack...więcej »
Sociology of Health and Wellness: An Applied Approach takes the study of sociology of health and illness to the next level by inspiring students to connect the dots between theory,...więcej »
Sociology of Law: A Reader provides students with engaging literature that addresses law as both dependent and independent variables of the social conditions in which it operates. ...więcej »
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordabl...więcej »
Revision with unchanged content. In the discipline of International Relations, "power" has long been equated with military or economic strength. In this book I argue that we need a somewhat broader...więcej »
'Soren Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing fell into my hands when I was twenty years old. I was traveling alone, seeing Europe for the first time, and being without ...więcej »
The concept of solastalgia comes from the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, who describes it as "the homesickness we feel while still at home." It's the pain and longing we feel as we reali...więcej »
Song of Solomon 1:4 says, "Come, let us run away together." That's what we what to encourage you to do as you go through this material--run away together and ...więcej »
The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party (PNPR) understood that to successfully establish an independent nation it needed to generate solidarity across the Americas with its struggle against US colonial ...więcej »
An independent analysis of the events of September 11, 2001. Includes historical and geo-political background and examines the motivation of the people who played key roles in the destruction of t...więcej »
Solving the Big Questions As If Thinking Matters - Third Edition Revised-Simplified-UpdatedWhere did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The only ...więcej »