How differences in national financial regulatory systems emerged from divergent beliefs about economic order and prosperityThe global financial crisis of the late 2000s was marked by the failure of regulators to rein in risk-taking by banks. And yet regulatory issues va... Lees meer.

In recent years sport has attracted considerable attention as an effective means of combating such local and global issues as war and conflict poverty ethnic reconciliation and gender conflicts. Sport has been shown to be an effective tool or triggering device compa... Lees meer.

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For the first time in human history more people inhabit urban than rural areas. Investigating the experience of hunger and malnutrition in urban spaces Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies confronts the persistence of social inequalities constant waves of econ... Lees meer.

This international seminar provides research results and literature regarding the topic of sustainable development concept the dynamics of sustainable development and social change and environmental sustainability. The international seminar listed speakers from severa... Lees meer.

The Development of Sociology in the Soviet Union 1974 examines the institutionalisation of sociology in the Soviet Union. Of primary concern are the obstacles to and mechanisms for the acceptance of sociological inquiry. The study shows how sociology was advanced as a... Lees meer.

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Bringing the study of international inequality back into the core of sociological theory this book offers a user-friendly introduction to development and underdevelopment. In doing so it places various approaches to the definition measurement and understanding of d... Lees meer.

Reproduced here in facsimile this volume was originally published in 1974 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes or as a complete collection. Tavistock Press was established as a... Lees meer.

Whether a student an instructor a researcher or just someone interested in understanding the roots of sociology and our social world The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology Volume 1 is for you. This first volume of the Handbook focuses on core areas of sociology such... Lees meer.

Reproduced here in facsimile this volume was originally published in 1974 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes or as a complete collection. Tavistock Press was established as a... Lees meer.

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Published in 1998 India s Changing Villages is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology Social Policy. Published in 1998 India s Changing Villages is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology Social Policy.... Lees meer.

Puberty has long been recognised as a difficult and upsetting process for individuals and families but it is now also being widely described as in crisis. Reportedly occurring earlier and earlier as each decade of the twenty-first century passes sexual development no... Lees meer.

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor Francis an informa company.... Lees meer.