Sociology – Page 23 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

South Asian Women’s Narratives

Literatures of Their Own

Edited By: Somjeeta Pandey, Bidhu Chand Murmu

From £33.99

This collection explores works by South Asian women authors, discussing themes of gender, identity, diaspora, trauma, and the new ‘self.’ Their writings critically engage with social discrimination, empowerment, and the political issues of their times.

Media and Politics

Discourses, Cultures, and Practices

Edited By: Bettina Mottura, Letizia Osti, Giorgia Riboni

£87.99

This publication explores the relations between politics and various types of media as expressed in different areas of the world, namely Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East.

The Historical Enigma of the Snake Woman from Antiquity to the 21st Century

By: Angela Giallongo

£61.99

This book uncovers the disturbing link between snakes, Medusa’s gaze, and symbols of female fear. It traces a lineage of reptilian hybrids—from goddesses to monsters—to explore the powerful things that never happened but have always been.

Translation, Ideology and Gender

Edited By: Carmen Camus Camus, Julia T. Williams Camus, Cristina Gómez Castro

£58.99

Since the “cultural turn” in the 1990s, increasing attention has been paid to ideological concerns and gender issues in translation studies. This volume is a further illustration of this trend, offering insights into various cross-cultural, geographical and historical contexts.

Evaluation as a Tool for Research, Learning and Making Things Better

Edited By: Satu Kalliola

£49.99

Leading international experts share multidisciplinary perspectives on evaluation, illustrating its potential to demonstrate the impact of social interventions. This guide offers practical examples of contrasting methods and helpful advice with a human-centred focus.

Francophone Women Coming of Age

Memoirs of Childhood and Adolescence from France, Africa, Quebec and the Caribbean

Edited By: Debra Popkin

£29.99

These essays explore growing up female in male-dominated Francophone cultures. Spanning Africa, Europe, and North America, the works analyze conflicts of culture and family, sharing a common search for identity and liberation through writing.

Gender and Work

Exploring Intersectionality, Resistance, and Identity

Edited By: Carrie Prentice, Miglena Sternadori

£47.99

Given growing scholarly interest in efforts to advance women’s work, this collection explores current research on gendered work environments and all the nuanced meanings of “work” in the context of feminism and gender equality.

Children and Childhoods 2

Images of Childhood

Edited By: Peter Whiteman

£39.99

Decisions about children's lives depend on images of childhood, yet these are rarely critiqued. Images of Childhood examines public images against research findings, analysing how they are formed and how evidence is used, distorted, or minimised.

Decisions about children’s lives depend on images of childhood, yet these are rarely critiqued. Images of Childhood examines public images against research findings, analysing how they are formed and how evidence is used, distorted, or minimised.

The Airport Economist Flies Again!

By: Tim Harcourt

From £24.99

How does an economist meet Borat and Tony Blair? The Airport Economist travels the globe to find out what makes the world tick. This witty book demystifies the global economy, making international trade accessible, entertaining, and packed with practical business tips.

The True Secret of Evolution

From Competition to Collaboration

By: Carlo V. Bellieni, Lourdes Velázquez

From £29.99

The concept of evolution has evolved. We have moved from an evolution based on competition to one that admits collaboration between species and their environment. The old scheme, used to justify the prevalence of one people over another, now shows its limits.

Wilde’s Wiles

Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Annette M. Magid

£44.99

This unique collection of essays by international experts celebrates Oscar Wilde’s genius. It explores his enduring influence on culture—from aesthetics to queer theory—and examines the influence of his family and friends on him.

Towards a Complex Model of Interpretation of Recognition

The Sense of Belonging

By: Isabella Corvino

From £33.99

Recognizing an Other is how we create belonging. When people are perceived as a radical Other, the risk is exclusion, if not aggression. Through case studies of migrants, this book clarifies misrecognition and its subsequent dehumanization to help build a shared, fairer society.

Writing about Latin American Sovereignty

The Latin American Board

Edited By: Pablo Baisotti

From £32.99

This book explores the relationship between Latin America and China, and how it affects Latin American states in regard to other international actors. It investigates how Latin America and China influence each other, and discusses their respective roles in the world.

Cuisine and Symbolic Capital

Food in Film and Literature

Edited By: Cheleen Mahar

£39.99

This collection of essays examines food in international film and literature, exploring how making, eating, and thinking about food reveals culture, mediates social relationships, and shapes cultural identity.

Realising Critical HRD

Stories of Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting Critical Practice

Edited By: Jamie L. Callahan, Clare Rigg, Sally Sambrook

£52.99

Critical Human Resource Development has stalled, focusing on theory over action. This book moves the project from problem recognition to meaningful change, offering practical interventions to challenge power structures through Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting.

Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire

The Theatre of Shadows

Edited By: Clara Sarmento

£39.99

Across the vast Portuguese colonial empire, women were silenced, mystified, and erased from history. This collection of essays questions these historical gaps, uncovering the real roles of those whose voices were systematically written out of the record.

The Game Culture Reader

Edited By: Jason Thompson

£44.99

Has Game Studies reached an unproductive stasis, mired in reductive debates? This volume's contributors move beyond commonplaces like violence and sexism, arguing that digital games must be understood on their own terms as complex cultural forms.

Has Game Studies reached an unproductive stasis, mired in reductive debates? This volume’s contributors move beyond commonplaces like violence and sexism, arguing that digital games must be understood on their own terms as complex cultural forms.

Assessing Organizational Diversity with the McIntosh Index

By: Salomón Alcocer Guajardo

From £35.99

This book offers HR practitioners and researchers a hands-on guide to measuring workplace diversity using the McIntosh index. With examples and regression methods, it shows how to assess the organizational factors that influence age, ethnic, gender, and organizational diversity.

A Literary, Philosophical and Religious Journey into Well-Being

Fulfilled Lives

Edited By: Nili Alon Amit

From £32.99

This volume traces the concept of happiness through the history of thought, from early Greek philosophy to contemporary psychology. As the volume shows, happiness appears in many forms, all connected with the human sense of approaching oneness with the world or with the divine.

Antiziganism

What’s in a Word?

Edited By: Markus End, Hristo Kyuchukov, Pia Laskar

£47.99

This volume explores the discrimination and persecution of Romanies, focusing on the theoretical understanding of ‘antiziganism.’ Essays analyze the historical continuity of stereotypes and the counter-discourse of Romanies, providing necessary readings.