Maurice Roche 
Megaevents and Modernity [PDF ebook] 
Olympics and Expos in the Growth of Global Culture

Crisis Management Strategy, first published in 1993, is an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of crisis management in modern enterprises. Simon Booth examines the conventional approach …

The book»s central focus explores several ‘myths’ associated with American entrepreneurship: the idea that small business owners are ‘job creators’; that entrepreneurs are the ‘backbone’ or ‘engine’ …

The emergence of the World Wide Web, smartphones, and computers has transformed the world and enabled individuals to engage in crimes in a multitude of new ways. Criminological scholarship on these i …

What are the challenges to the prevention of transnational bribery by multinational corporations in international business transactions? This book examines two particular constraints operating on the …

This volume of cutting-edge research comparatively analyzes violent protest and rioting, furthering our understanding of this increasingly prevalent form of claim making. Hank Johnston and Seraphim S …

What are the consequences of staying in or moving out of a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhood? In European urban sociology, research has mostly focused either on lower class ethnic minorit …

Targeting Terrorists: A License to Kill? examines the political history and ethics of targeted killing. Avery Plaw»s analysis addresses the questions of moral, political and legal justification in t …

The recent turbulence in the stock market has brought into question the way, and prices at which, shares are traded, and how the market effectively values companies. It has also raised public concern …

Social Problems and Inequality explores integrated and root-cause-based explanations of complex social problems. Written in clear and understandable language, allowing it to be used for classroom pur …

First published in 1972, this book on Weber»s methodological writings is today regarded as a modern classic in its field. In this new expanded edition, the author has revised and updated the origina …