Erving Goffman 
Behavior in Public Places [EPUB ebook] 

This volume features the leading contemporary articles that are part of, or related to, the »new masculinities» approach in this sphere. These comprise an impressive range of theoretical and empiri …

In Philip K. Dick’s short story Minority Report, the institution of Precrime punishes people with imprisonment for crimes they would have committed had they not been prevented. With Dick’s allegorica …

This title was first published in 2001. A systematic study of non-relative adoption in Hong Kong. It examines the changing profile of non-relative adoption between 1987 and 1993, from the author»s a …

Originally published in 1975, this volume reports a multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of the precursors of intelligence, as measured by Stanford-Binet IQ scores, of 4-year-old children. Over 26, …

The Disenfranchised: Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-Spouse Dies offers an unprecedented anthology of never-before-published, first-person life histories by ex-spouses whose grief has endured as …

Health systems have long been considered key determinants of well-being within modern societies, a valuable resource which have faced a series of reform initiatives throughout the past decades. These …

Based on a collaborative research project – an exciting fruit of the region»s peace process – this book provides an in-depth examination and comparison of women»s participation in agricultural prod …

The transformations seen in women»s active citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe mirror the social political and economic transformations in the region since the fall of communism at the end of …

The analysis of the impediments to political development is one of the most important discussions which has major theoretical and political consequences. This analysis has been controversial and many …

Bringing together leading European and North American experts, this timely volume answers questions about the implications and management of the new external borders of the European Union following a …