Routledge Advances in Sociology
About the Book Series
This series presents cutting-edge developments and debates within the field of sociology. It provides a broad range of case studies and the latest theoretical perspectives, while covering a variety of topics, theories and issues from around the world. It is not confined to any particular school of thought.
Social Sustainability: A Multilevel Approach to Social Inclusion
1st Edition
Edited
By Veronica Dujon, Jesse Dillard, Eileen M. Brennan
September 08, 2015
How can we raise the standard of living of the world’s poor and maintain high levels of social health and well-being in the developed world, while simultaneously reducing the environmental damage wrought by human activity? The social dimension of sustainability is becoming recognized as a necessary...
The Longings and Limits of Global Citizenship Education: The Moral Pedagogy of Schooling in a Cosmopolitan Age
1st Edition
By Jeffrey S. Dill
September 08, 2015
As the world seemingly gets smaller and smaller, schools around the globe are focusing their attention on expanding the consciousness and competencies of their students to prepare them for the conditions of globalization. Global citizenship education is rapidly growing in popularity because it ...
The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn W. Muschert
September 03, 2015
This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines ‘the digital divide’ as the unequal access and utility of internet ...
Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia
1st Edition
By Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
July 16, 2015
This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations, it examines the ...
Speaking for Animals: Animal Autobiographical Writing
1st Edition
Edited
By Margo DeMello
July 16, 2015
For thousands of years, in the myths and folktales of people around the world, animals have spoken in human tongues. Western and non-Western literary and folkloric traditions are filled with both speaking animals, some of whom even narrate or write their own autobiographies. Animals speak, famously...
Bourdieu's Theory of Social Fields: Concepts and Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Mathieu Hilgers, Eric Mangez
June 23, 2015
Bourdieu’s theory of social fields is one of his key contributions to social sciences and humanities. However, it has never been subjected to genuine critical examination. This book fills that gap and offers a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the theory. It includes a critical discussion of ...
From Corporate to Social Media: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in Media and Communication Industries
1st Edition
By Marisol Sandoval
May 21, 2015
The corporate and the social are crucial themes of our times. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, both individual lives and society were shaped by capitalist crisis and the rise of social media. But what marks the distinctively social character of "social media"? And how does it relate...
Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context
1st Edition
Edited
By Frane Adam, Hans Westlund
May 21, 2015
Innovation - the process of obtaining, understanding, applying, transforming, managing and transferring knowledge - is a result of human collaboration, but it has become an increasingly complex process, with a growing number of interacting parties involved. Lack of innovation is not necessarily ...
Life Course Perspectives on Military Service
1st Edition
Edited
By Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London
May 21, 2015
This edited volume provides a comprehensive and critical review of what we know about military service and the life course, what we don’t know, and what we need to do to better understand the role of military service in shaping people's lives. It demonstrates that the military, like colleges and ...
Sociology of the Visual Sphere
1st Edition
Edited
By Regev Nathansohn, Dennis Zuev
May 21, 2015
This collection of original articles deals with two intertwined general questions: what is the visual sphere, and what are the means by which we can study it sociologically? These questions serve as the logic for dividing the book into two sections, the first ("Visualizing the Social, Sociologizing...
The Capitalist Personality: Face-to-Face Sociality and Economic Change in the Post-Communist World
1st Edition
By Christopher S. Swader
May 21, 2015
Modern capitalism favors values that undermine our face-to-face bonds with friends and family members. Focusing on the post-communist world, and comparing it to more "developed" societies, this book reveals the mixed effects of capitalist culture on interpersonal relationships. While most observers...
The Culture of Enterprise in Neoliberalism: Specters of Entrepreneurship
1st Edition
By Tomas Marttila
May 21, 2015
This book provides an empirical study of the increasing importance of the concept of the entrepreneur in the context of the neoliberal cultural paradigm. Using the theoretical framework of the post-structural discourse theory and methods of qualitative discourse analysis, the book describes the ...