Sociology and Anthropology

This second edition, of Allan G. Johnson's one-volume dictionary, includes 75 new entries, as well as an expanded biographical section, extensive r...

What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of...

An authoritative, topical, and comprehensive reference to the key concepts and most important traditional and contemporary issues in medical sociol...

A comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory. Builds on the success of The Bl...

Sarah Nettleton’s The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and...

The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the cruc...

Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significan...

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlig...

The use of nonviolent action is on the rise. From the Occupy Movement to the Arab Spring and mass protests on the streets of Brazil, activists acro...

War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest huma...

Social movements play a central role in the scope and direction of social change. They were instrumental in the creation of the modern state and, t...

The thoroughly revised Women in Culture 2/e explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, gender identity, and spirituality from the persp...