Hermann L. Gukenbiehl 
Grundbegriffe der Soziologie [PDF ebook] 

For years, corruption has been dismissed as a cultural phenomenon prevalent in developing countries, mirroring low salaries, weak infrastructure, disorganized administration and unstable political co …

Since 1955 when Dr. Paul Kirk first presented a bloodstain evidence affidavit in State of Ohio v. Samuel Sheppard, expert testimony on bloodstain interpretation has gained wide acceptance in U.S. cou …

Social Research and Disability argues that the contemporary rules of sociological methods outlined in numerous research methods texts make a number of assumptions concerning the researcher including …

This book analyses India s middle class by recognising the diversity within the class, the people, their practices, and the production of spaces. It explores the economic and social lives of the new …

This book studies the Hahalis Welfare Society, a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid …

Embattled Reason constitutes an intellectual profile of one of America”s preeminent sociologists. This collection of essays, published over the course of thirty years, embodies a series of intellect …

Much of the literature on police corruption and police reforms is dominated by case studies of societies classified as developed. However, under the influence of globalization, developing societies h …

This book puts a finger on the nerve of culture by delving into the social life of touch, our most elusive yet most vital sense. From the tortures of the Inquisition to the corporeal comforts of mode …