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Social Network Analysis in Sport Research

By: Marion E. Hambrick

From £30.99

Social network analysis is a methodological tool used to investigate collections of individuals and their shared relationships. The book provides an overview of the tool’s growing body of research in sport, and details practical guidance for its application.

The Crisis of Democracy? Chances, Risks and Challenges in Japan (Asia) and Germany (Europe)

Edited By: Ralf Kleinfeld, Carmen Schmidt

From £43.99

Is democracy in crisis? Amidst a loss of trust in institutions, this volume brings together experts to shed light on the future of our democracies. By focusing on Japan and Germany, it determines transnational tendencies and country-specific consequences.

Understanding the Refugee Experience in the Canadian Context

Edited By: Bharati Sethi, Sepali Guruge, Rick Csiernik

From £19.99

This volume unites research on the resilience and survival of refugees, exploring their complex settlement experiences and advocating for their rights. It is a vital resource for those envisioning a Canada where all newcomers feel rooted and safe.

Literature and Ethics

From the Green Knight to the Dark Knight

Edited By: Steve Brie, William T. Rossiter

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This volume examines the crucial relationship between literature and ethics from the late medieval period to the present day. It focuses on instruction, judgement, and justice across a range of periods, texts, and genres to illustrate this relationship.

Deconstructing Gender Stereotypes in Western Tradition

No More Miss Perfect

Edited By: María Dolores García Ramos, María José Ramos Rovi

From £36.99

Western art has often portrayed women as objects of desire or inspirational muses. This multidisciplinary volume challenges these roles, presenting womanhood from new perspectives and highlighting characters who have been neglected, misrepresented, or reduced to the margins.

Using the Greek Goddesses to Create a Well-Lived Life for Women

By: Martha Beck

From £47.99

Beck brings to life the meaning of the stories of the seven goddesses of Greek mythology. Her retellings will allow readers to recognize themselves in these stories, giving them the chance to use the wisdom represented in Greek mythology to create meaningful and complete lives.

Seductive Screens

Children's Media—Past, Present, and Future

By: Michael Brody

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This book describes the development of children's media from radio to Facebook, explaining the perfect storm—a collision of economics, psychology, and technology—behind its growth. It explores the influence of Disney, Sesame Street, and Batman in this context.

This book describes the development of children’s media from radio to Facebook, explaining the perfect storm—a collision of economics, psychology, and technology—behind its growth. It explores the influence of Disney, Sesame Street, and Batman in this context.

Cross-Cultural Influences between Japanese and American Pop Cultures

Powers of Pop

Edited By: Kendra N. Sheehan

From £41.99

This collection examines Japanese popular culture, including manga, music, and film. Multidisciplinary scholars offer fresh perspectives on the cross-cultural influences between Japan and the West, considering how each has, in turn, influenced the other.

Forests for Public Health

Edited By: Christos Gallis, Won Sop Shin

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As modern life creates new health challenges, scientific research reveals the benefits of forests. This collection highlights up-to-date findings on the beneficial effects of forests on human health, providing evidence that can be implemented in practice and policy.

After the Flight

The Dynamics of Refugee Settlement and Integration

Edited By: Shiva Nourpanah, Morgan Poteet

From £39.99

This title critically addresses a range of topics and employs a variety of qualitative approaches to gain a better understanding of the lived experience of integration for refugees, including the attendant challenges and opportunities encountered during the integration process.

Media and Journalism in an Age of Terrorism

Edited By: Renaud de la Brosse, Kristoffer Holt

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Media researchers and journalists consider what happens in the wake of a terrorist attack: how the people affected communicate and how terrorists use social media. This collection will appeal to academic readers and anyone interested in this contemporary global problem.

Of Mice and Men

Animals in Human Culture

Edited By: Nandita Batra, Vartan P. Messier

From £24.99

This collection of essays by international scholars examines human views of animals. Addressing topics from animal rights and ecology to feminism and domestication, the book considers global issues from ancient to contemporary times.

Sustainable Consumption, Promise or Myth? Case Studies from the Field

Edited By: Jean Léon Boucher, Jukka Heinonen

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This text evaluates the promises, myths, and critiques of sustainable consumption from a wide range of perspectives, covering individual consumptive choices and the carbon footprint of cities, as well as resource sharing and environmental entrepreneurism.

Perspectives on Waste from the Social Sciences and Humanities

Opening the Bin

Edited By: Richard Ek

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Our growing waste problem is typically viewed through a technocratic lens. This book offers vital new perspectives from social scientists and humanists, showing how waste is constituted through relationships, politics, and culture—a necessary step to building a circular economy.

Narrating the Storm

Sociological Stories of Hurricane Katrina

Edited By: Kristen Barber, Danielle A. Hidalgo

From £24.99

This volume of sixteen narratives from Hurricane Katrina shows how “personal” experiences with disaster are not so personal. These stories reveal how inequality and injustice related to race, class, and gender are unveiled and exacerbated by disaster.

Formations of Terror

By: Simon Bell

From £49.99

Bell methodically assesses fear as an emergent property and explores the main principles which lie behind the manifestation of fear. He shows how fear can be contained, how new social forms can arise and how new behaviours and social qualities can mitigate Formations of Terror.

International Symposium on East Anatolia—South Caucasus Cultures

Proceedings I & II

Edited By: Janette Tripp Bailey, Birol Can, Mehmet Işikli

£83.99

The Southern Caucasus is a region of great historical and cultural importance, yet it remains an under-researched field. This publication presents 75 selected articles from an international symposium on the region's cultures from earliest times to the Middle Ages.

The Southern Caucasus is a region of great historical and cultural importance, yet it remains an under-researched field. This publication presents 75 selected articles from an international symposium on the region’s cultures from earliest times to the Middle Ages.

An Integrated Investigation of Family Violence

By: Joseph H. Michalski

From £43.99

This book offers an integrated framework to analyze four types of family violence. Drawing from psychology and sociology, it reveals both the shared risk factors common to all and the unique mechanisms specific to particular relationships, based on state-of-the-art research.

Big Data Analysis Using Machine Learning for Social Scientists and Criminologists

By: Juyoung Song

From £32.99

This book is a practical guide to developing a crime-prediction model by gathering and analysing big data. It covers text mining, opinion mining, and machine learning to predict rapidly-changing social phenomena and draw creative conclusions.

Experiences of Academics from a Working-Class Heritage

Ghosts of Childhood Habitus

By: Carole Binns

From £38.99

While higher education welcomes diverse students, it predominantly employs middle-class academics. Based on candid interviews, this book explores the experiences of academics from working-class backgrounds, as both students and staff, from their early careers to the present day.