Javier Auyero 
Routine Politics and Violence in Argentina [PDF ebook] 
The Gray Zone of State Power

Despite rapidly decreasing rates of population growth caused by reduced fertility in the majority of world regions, demographers are predicting that the world”s population will still double by the y …

A collection of essays, framed with original introductions, Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings helps students to think critically about reproduction as a social phenomenon. Divided …

Popular movies can be surprisingly smart about politics – from the portentous politics of state or war, to the grassroots, everyday politics of family, romance, business, church and school. Politics …

Drawing from the work of internationally renowned scholars from the Research Network on Gender, Politics and the State (RNGS), this study offers in-depth analysis of the relationship between state fe …

Grounded in theoretical principle, Media Effects and Society help students make the connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole. The text also explores how the relations …

This volume draws together leading experts from academia, think-tanks and donor agencies, to examine the impact of transnational knowledge networks in the formulation of local, national and global po …

This book situates the evolution of capitalist economies along Asia”s Pacific Rim after the Second World War within broader global, political and economic changes. Specifically, it charts their grow …

Since The Mid-1980s The Notion Of ’Genre’ Has Been Dramatically Redefined. This redefinition has prompted theorists and scholars alike to analyze the shaping power of language and culture, and the in …

Professor Bandman presents a philosophical argument in answer to the question, How do we justifiably bring up our children? Bandman suggests that the status of children”s rights in collusion with th …

Examining the on-going dilemma of the management of diversity in Turkey from a historical and legal perspective, this book argues that the state’s failure to accommodate ethno-religious diversity is …