Simon Bornschier & Martin Dolezal 
West European Politics in the Age of Globalization [PDF ebook] 

This book examines concepts of the border and translation within the context of social and cultural theory through the lens of southern Africa. Borders, Media Crossings and the Politics of Translatio …

The ‘Our Encounters with’ series collect together unnmediated, unsanitised narratives by service-users, past service-users and carers. These stories of direct experience will be of benefit to those i …

Can a better understanding of group dynamics raise individual and team athletic performance or improve the outcomes of exercise interventions? Much human behaviour in sport and exercise settings is e …

Human trafficking has moved from relative obscurity to a major area of research, policy and teaching over the past ten years. Research has sprung from criminology, public policy, women’s and gender s …

Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism asks whether societies caught in political or social transition provide new opportunities for women, or instead, create new burdens and obstacles for them. Using cont …

This work brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America”s leading African American economists, demonstrating that racial inequality has had an immen …

In 1996, powerful anti-immigrant forces in Newt Gingrich”s 104th Congress worked hard to pass the most restrictive immigration law in decades. The new law has changed virtually every aspect of immig …

Pressure to achieve work-life ‘balance’ has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged employees tout their ability to find bala …