Examining the historical, economic and political context for the current prohibition of particular drugs, this study investigates the problem of drug control and provides a systematic analysis of the …

Modern families are economic institutions of great productivity. They contribute as much to a society”s economic well-being as does worker productivity in formal markets. In Citizens, Families, and …

Control theories have dominated criminological theory and research since the 1969 publication of Hirschi”s seminal work on the social bond. Social control and self-control theorists are unique in su …

Health systems have long been considered key determinants of well-being within modern societies, a valuable resource which have faced a series of reform initiatives throughout the past decades. These …

The transformations seen in women”s active citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe mirror the social political and economic transformations in the region since the fall of communism at the end of …

Ireland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have experienced rapid urban-generated growth and new patterns of development in recent years. This inter-disciplinary book adopts an all …

The general assumption throughout history has been that a growing population is beneficial for societies. By the mid-1960s, however, the United States and other developed countries became convinced t …

Globalization and attendant modernization has increased both the supply and the demand for drugs around the world. Drug abuse is no longer the concern of only the developed world. Countries without h …

The expansion of the European Union in May 2004 through the entry of ten countries from Central and Eastern Europe, has generated considerable media interest – interest which was revived by further e …

The articles collected together in this volume are concerned with why and how people get involved in politics, whether through formal mechanisms such as voting, through some of the more informal mean …