Charles T. Clotfelter 
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Social media applications can be weaponized with very little skill. Social media warfare has become a burden that nation states, government agencies, and corporations need to face. To address the soc …

In this book, Margaret Magat explores both the traditional and popular culture contexts of eating balut. Balut-fertilized duck or chicken eggs that have developed into fully formed embryos with feath …

This is Volume II of a bibliography of works on the homelessness and is dedicated to the many homeless people who discussed their situation during the author”s research across the United States. …

While international security has radically changed since 1989, nuclear weapons remain a subject of debate and contention. This paper provides an analytical framework for understanding post-Cold War E …

This book defines and describes the meaning of social rage by examining the influence of social forces such as economic conditions, population diversity and power shifts. The role of media, in partic …

First published in 1998. Part of the International library of Sociology, volume XVI of twenty-two on Social theory and methodology, focuses on giving the reader a systematic introduction to Sociology …

Underlying current controversies about environmental regulation are shared concerns, divided interests and different ways of thinking about the earth and our proper relationship to it. This book brin …

Drawn from in-depth qualitative research, Queer Company provides the first extended, academic analysis of gay men”s workplace friendships, offering theoretical and empirical insights into a subject …

It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the practical need for mobility. This book marks the first attempt to contribute to road safety, considering, in …

Fragility is a condition that inhabits the foundations of social life. It remains mostly unnoticed until something breaks and dislocates the sense of completion. In such moments of rupture, the socia …