Niklas Luhmann 
Soziologische Aufklärung 2 [PDF ebook] 
Aufsatze zur Theorie der Gesellschaft

This title was first published in 2001. An important analysis of the links between the Indian Diaspora and the state and how this Diaspora can influence economic and foreign policy making in their co …

What can a focus on “food projects” in Europe tell us about contemporary social processes and cultural debates? Valeria Siniscalchi and Krista Harper show how food becomes a marker of identity and re …

This book is a one-stop comprehensive guide to geographical inquiry. The volume:

• traces the step-by-step account of the whys and the hows of research methodology;
• introduces complex …

Covering a wide variety of subjects and points of inquiry on women”s sexuality, from genital anxieties about pubic hair to constructions of the body in the therapy room, this book offers a ground-br …

Common Sense in Environmental Management examines common sense not in theory, but in practice. Jonathan Woolley argues that common sense as a concept is rooted in English experiences of landscape and …

This book is the first piece of extensive research in studying employment relations in ethnic Chinese small businesses in Britain. It contributes to existing knowledge in three respects. Empirically, …

State Violence, Torture, and Political Prisoners discusses the activities of Amnesty International during the period of Brazil’s dictatorship (1964–1985). During the dictatorship, Amnesty assisted po …

To understand the profound changes in the modes of public political debate over the past decade, this volume develops a new conception of public spheres as spaces of resonance emerging from the power …

This book focuses on class and gender and on a state farm. It offers a partial analysis of some of the social processes underway on a Nicaraguan state farm. The book argues that women”s family roles …

Human trafficking is a crime that undermines fundamental human rights and a broader sense of global order. It is an atrocity that transcends borders with some regions known as exporters of traffickin …