Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
In the past twenty years there has been a growing interest in the issues surrounding men and masculinity. Driven primarily by the second-wave feminist critique of the legitimacy or hegemony of masculine practice and culture, the hegemony of men in social spheres such as the family, law, and the...
Published September 21st 2005 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
This key book is at the cutting edge of academic research within this sphere of sociology. How discourse develops in children is a critical concept for discourse learning (the development of basic premises of knowledge). This important work takes this idea and applies it to social groups and...
Published June 21st 2005 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Most research on social movements has ignored the significance of emotions. This edited volume seeks to redress this oversight and introduces new research themes and tools to the field of emotions and social movements. Sociologists and political activists around the world will find this volume to...
Published May 24th 2005 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Heterosexuality is a largely ‘silent’ set of practices and identities – it is assumed to be everywhere and yet often remains unnamed and unexplored. Despite recent changes in the theoretical understanding and representation of sexuality, heterosexuality continues to be socially normative. Forging...
Published April 21st 2005 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Since the publication of the Coleman report in the US many decades ago, it has been widely accepted that the evidence that schools are marginal in the grand scheme of academic achievement is conclusive. Despite this, educational policy across the world remains focused almost exclusively on...
Published January 28th 2004 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
The idea of a social capital research program has become increasingly significant within the social sciences. This collection of essays contributes to a theoretical integration as well as standardization of measurement instruments and co-ordination of empirical research on the significance of...
Published November 19th 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
This book examines the widespread cultural and political consequences of the proliferation of popular health advice. It provides a key theoretical contribution to the sociological study of health and embodiment by illuminating the processes of social change that have transformed how individuals...
Published November 19th 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Immigrant Life in the U.S. brings together scholars from across the disciplines to examine diverse examples of immigration to the paradigmatic 'nation of immigrants'. The volume covers a wide range of time periods, ethnic and national groups, and places of immigration. Contemporary Chinese children...
Published October 29th 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations, it examines the...
Published September 3rd 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Modern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where technologies and their risk are debated and handled by individuals, groups or organizations. With...
Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
