Ursula Adler Falk & Thomas S. (SUNY Buffalo State, USA) Weinberg 
The American Drug Culture [EPUB ebook] 

Recent years have seen an explosive growth in the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular novels, films or television series. Places of the Imagination presents a timely and insightful a …

What challenges do pedestrians and cyclists face in cities of the developing world? What opportunities do these cities have to provide for walking and cycling? Based on in-depth research conducted in …

Examining the historical, economic and political context for the current prohibition of particular drugs, this study investigates the problem of drug control and provides a systematic analysis of the …

So far there has been only praise for globalization. However, the export wave of China’s manufacturing machine and, more recently, the Global financial crisis show that globalization has limits. Glob …

Exploring the performance by immigrants of domestic and care work in European households, this book places the employer centre-stage, examining the role of the employer and his or her agents in secur …

Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or “problematic“. Bodybuilding, for example, has been explained in …

This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the tropes employed in the categorization of international students living and studying in Australia. Establishing the position of migrant st …

What is the role of memories for the expansion of international society? By drawing on the English School approach to International Relations this edited volume argues that the memories of empire and …

Globalisation influences every aspect of post-modern social reality. However, little empirical research has considered how globalisation affects people’s perception of their national attachments. Thi …

Worlding brings ideas about ‚virtual‘ places and societies together with perceptions about the ‚real‘ world in an era of mounting global uncertainty. As mass media and the Internet consume ever-incre …