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Articles, News, Promotions and Updates from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.
Articles, News, Promotions and Updates from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.

Conducting Research in Conservation is the first textbook on social science research methods written specifically for use in the expanding and increasingly multidisciplinary field of environmental conservation.

The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion has been named a 2010 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title! Read on for details...

We'd like to extend our congratulations to Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopolous from the University of Westminster, who was awarded the prestigious UKCLE Law Teacher of the Year prize at January's Learning in Law Annual Conference.

'At last a truly comprehensive, accessible yet authoritative introductory textbook for students of criminology in the UK and beyond, written by one of our leading criminologists.'
- Professor Gordon Hughes, Cardiff University, UK
'Criminology is a remarkable achievement. Written by one of the most renowned experts in the field, it is the very first sole-authored, comprehensive, truly student-friendly text in the field. In short, this text is set to become an indispensable guide for those who study and teach criminology.'
- Professor Yvonne Jewkes, Leicester University, UK

Linda S. Levstik’s and Keith C. Barton’s vision of humanistic history education geared toward preparing students for participatory democracy grows out of an extensive scholarship on children’s historical thinking. The roots of their interest in learning and teaching history trace back to experiences as students of history, as teachers enacting history curriculums and as teacher educators. In investigating the variety and complexity of historical learning in different national settings, they call attention to the possibilities as well as potential pitfalls faced by history teachers in pluralist democracies.
Growing concerns about climate change, pollution and environmental degradation have put the environment at the top of the agenda in the early decades of the 21st Century. This collection includes books from 18 disciplines in an attempt to offer the broadest possible understanding of environmental issues.

Jack Zipes, author of notable Routledge books, Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, Relentless Progress and most recently, The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films adds commentary to a USAToday.com article on the recent surge of fairy tales on the big screen. The full article can be viewed here.

Susan Behrens, author of Grammar: A Pocket Guide, has been getting much attention recently – this time she is featured on The Learning Network blog. She introduces grammar exercises to use with The Times. The article can be found in its entirety here.

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The ‘cultural turn’ in social theory led to the emergence of a body of work that has had a profound influence across the humanities and social sciences.This collection offers unique insight into social and cultural theory in the early 21st Century.