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Cover of Helen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Kopnina & Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet: Routledge Handbook of Environmental Anthropology

Helen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Kopnina & Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet: Routledge Handbook of Environmental Anthropology

Environmental Anthropology studies historic and present human-environment interactions. This volume illustrates the ways in which today”s environmental anthropologists are constructing new paradigms …

Cover of Joanna (Central Institute for Labour Protection, National Research Institute, Poland) Bugajska & Tomasz (Medical University of Lodz, Poland) Kostka: Individual and Occupational Determinants

Joanna (Central Institute for Labour Protection, National Research Institute, Poland) Bugajska & Tomasz (Medical University of Lodz, Poland) Kostka: Individual and Occupational Determinants

There are individual and professional factors that have the greatest impact on the preservation of work ability for people of advanced age, and people with chronic health issues and disabilities. Thi …

Cover of Andres Mejia-Acosta & Louise Tillin: Negotiating Universalism in India and Latin America

Andres Mejia-Acosta & Louise Tillin: Negotiating Universalism in India and Latin America

This book explores how vertical inter-governmental political and fiscal bargains and horizontal variation in political, social and economic conditions across regions contribute to or undermine the pr …

Cover of Kakali (Kansas State University, USA) Bhattacharya & Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt: Civility, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom in Higher Education

Kakali (Kansas State University, USA) Bhattacharya & Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt: Civility, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom in Higher Education

Civility, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom in Higher Education: Faculty on the Margins represents a multidisciplinary approach, deploying different theoretical, methodological, sociological, politic …

Cover of Alejandro (University of Notre Dame, USA) Castrillon & A. James (University of Notre Dame, USA) McAdams: Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy

Alejandro (University of Notre Dame, USA) Castrillon & A. James (University of Notre Dame, USA) McAdams: Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy

This book is the first systematic analysis of the efforts of a broad range of contemporary far-right thinkers to popularize their critiques of liberal-democratic norms and institutions and make their …

Cover of Dinur Blum & Christian Jaworski: Critical Mass

Dinur Blum & Christian Jaworski: Critical Mass

This book examines social patterns in 2, 000 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 through 2020. While mass shootings are often described as psychological, the authors show that there are …

Cover of Robert Costello & Colleen Eren: The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on US Institutions

Robert Costello & Colleen Eren: The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on US Institutions

This book bridges the disciplines of legal studies and sociology in its engaging introduction to the history, purpose, function, and influence of the Supreme Court, demonstrating through ten landmark …

Cover of Faye Horsley: New Perspectives on Arson and Firesetting

Faye Horsley: New Perspectives on Arson and Firesetting

New Perspectives on Arson and Firesetting: The Human-Fire Relationship is the first forensic text to move away from a sole focus on anti-social firesetting. The author presents a broader investigatio …

Cover of Becky Beal & Tyler Dupont: Lifestyle Sports and Identities

Becky Beal & Tyler Dupont: Lifestyle Sports and Identities

This book examines how different stages of adult life affect participation in lifestyle sports and in the construction of identity. Drawing on multi-disciplinary perspectives, it explores how gender, …

Cover of Richard Tacon: Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Richard Tacon: Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, this text focuses on the micro-processes of social …