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First published in 1971, The Process of Becoming Ill is concerned with how people become ill: not with how people contract diseases but how people come to occupy the social status of ‘sick person’. I …

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the world is in love with all things Japanese, not least Japanese design, cuisine, lifestyle and culture. There is something wondrous – and at the same time a lit …

Writing a book about recess could be a very questionable endeavor for a serious academic psychologist. At first blush it seems to be a pretty trivial topic. It”s the time during the school day where …

Drawing from many disciplinary areas, this edited volume illustrates the many ways that popular culture can be used to teach peace and justice. Chapters address such topics as teaching about racism, …

Sponsored by the Brazil-U.S.Colloquium on Communication Studies of the Brazilian Society for Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication and the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Soci …

Advance Praise for Forensic Cardiovascular Medicine’Using his vast experience in the medical-legal theater, Dr. Ru Dusky addresses a very complicated field in a simple and concise manner. Stressing t …

Is our understanding of social capital consistent with development interventions and the digital world? Social Capital: Evolution, Contestation, Application and Digitization delves into the intricaci …

US and global banking regulators have enforced compliance laws to minimise money laundering, terrorist funding, human trafficking, fraudulent banking activities, and bad mortgage loans that expose ba …

In many modern economies, creativity, the essential prerequisite for innovation, tends to be assumed or neglected while the catchphrase ‘innovation’ dominates the field of business as the key to nati …

Profiling is a hot topic today. The post-9/11 ‘War on Terrorism’ has engendered political, ethical, and scientific controversy over its use. The proliferation of recent films, television programs, an …