Mathias Albert 
Theory of World Politics [PDF ebook] 

This volume examines the shift toward positive and more accurate portrayals of mental illness in entertainment media, asking where these succeed and considering where more needs to be done. With stud …

First published in 1991. Over the last twenty-five years or so, the debate on abortion has not moved any closer to resolution in either the United States or Canada. The courts, the legislatures, the …

This book addresses some of the controversies and uncertainties associated with reducing the extensive exploitation of fossil fuels due to their role in global warming. Elisabeth Marta Tómmerbakk exp …

Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems—birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, …

First published in 1997, this book revolves around a textual analysis of the Weberian thesis that ”classes”, ”status groups” and ”parties’ are phenomena of the distribution of power within a ”c …

Building on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality of propositions about human nature, by questioning the boundaries between predomi …

Subcultures: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to subcultures in a global context. This fully revised new edition adds new case studies and an additional chapter on the digital li …

Dive into the captivating world of Jane Austen’s novels from a fresh and innovative perspective in ‘Sense, Sensibility, and Social Stratification’. This work explores the intricate connections betwee …

This book is a manual and a rallying call to enable individuals, groups, organisations, communities and institutions to develop and to grow in the face of a rolling global crisis. …

Essays reflecting on our understanding and moral judgement of violence. The essays argue that even serious violence is not a simple fact, but a category of thought and practice rooted in history, cul …