Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world’s stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? Given its association with wealth, one might imagine …

The landscape of social theory has changed significantly over the three decades since the publication of Anthony Giddens and Jonathan Turner’s seminal Social Theory Today. Sociologists in the twenty- …

The Perfect Fit shows us how globalization works through the many people and places involved in making women’s shoes.We know a lot about how clothing and shoes are made cheaply, but very little about …