Ciencias sociales

Published in 1998, Understanding Human Society is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Science. …

Offering a wide-ranging selection of case studies, this book evaluates women»s political, social and economic involvement in Third World countries. It explores both specific experiences of women as …

This is Volume XII of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Work and Organisation. First published in 1964, this study looks at one important aspect of professionalism, the way to professional sta …

This volume reviews the meaning of taxonomic statements and considers our present knowledge regarding the number and characteristics of species among living and extinct primates, including man and hi …

Public relations practitioners are often called upon to help chart their organization»s strategic development, thus functioning as managerial decision makers linking the organization to its larger e …

This volume scrutinizes the questions of conceptualization, method and history in the fields of kinship, social anthropology and structuralism. It puts forward a radical revision of the conventional …

This is Volume XIII of thirteen in the Urban and Regional Sociology series. First published in 1963, this study looks at the sociology of Westrigg, a cheviot parish, in the borders area of Scotland f …

Pain is felt by everyone, yet understanding its nature is fragmented across myriad modes of thought. In this compact, yet thoroughly integrative account uniting medical science, psychology, and the h …

Mother»s Milk examines why nursing a baby is an ideologically charged experience in contemporary culture. Drawing upon medical studies, feminist scholarship, anthropological literature, and an intim …

Parenting: What Really Counts? examines the scientific evidence on what really matters for children»s healthy psychological development. The first section considers whether it is necessary to have t …