Handbooks and Companions 2012

Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures

3rd Edition

By Terri D. Fisher, Clive M. Davis, William L. Yarber, Sandra L. Davis

This classic and invaluable reference Handbook, written for sex researchers and their students, has now been completely revised in a new edition complete with its own companion website. It remains the only easy and efficient way for researchers to learn about, evaluate, and compare...

Published August 11th 2010 by Routledge

The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media

Edited by Katrin Doveling, Christian von Scheve, Elly A. Konijn

The impact of mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on human emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in understanding how media messages are processed as well as media’s impact on individual and social behavior and public social life. Adopting an interdisciplinary...

Published September 27th 2010 by Routledge

Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society

Edited by Constance Lever-Tracy

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

As the time-scales of natural change accelerate and converge with those of society, Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society takes the reader into largely uncharted territory in its exploration of anthropogenic climate change. Current material is used to highlight the global impact of this...

Published July 1st 2010 by Routledge

The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies

Edited by Bryan S. Turner

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies offers students clear and informed chapters on the history of globalization and key theories that have considered the causes and consequences of the globalization process. There are substantive sections looking at demographic,...

Published November 15th 2009 by Routledge

Handbook of Cultural Sociology

Edited by John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff, Ming-cheng Lo

The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by scholars from around the world, the book...

Published July 20th 2010 by Routledge

Handbook of Human Rights

Edited by Thomas Cushman

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking...

Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge

Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education

Edited by Caragh Brosnan, Bryan S. Turner

The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century....

Published July 27th 2009 by Routledge

Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood

New Perspectives and Agendas

Edited by Andy Furlong

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

The parameters within which young people live their lives have changed radically. Changes in education and the labour market have led to an increased complexity of the youth phase and to an overall protraction in dependency and transitions. Written by leading academics from several countries, this...

Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge

The Handbook of European Welfare Systems

Edited by Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich, Ursula Bazant

This book provides the first comprehensive information and detailed data on the welfare systems of all twenty-seven EU member states and offers the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative welfare research. The introductory chapter summarizes the actual debate about...

Published June 18th 2009 by Routledge

Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies

Edited by Anthony Elliott

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies offers an exceptionally clear overview of the analysis of identity in the social sciences, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for identity-studies in the twenty-first century. The key theories of identity, ranging from classical accounts to...

Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge

Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology

Edited by Massimiano Bucchi, Brian Trench

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

Comprehensive yet accessible, this key Handbook provides an up-to-date overview of the fast growing and increasingly important area of ‘public communication of science and technology’, from both research and practical perspectives. As well as introducing the main issues, arenas and professional...

Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge

The Handbook of Genetics & Society

Mapping the New Genomic Era

Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Margaret Lock

Series: Genetics and Society

An authoritative Handbook which offers a discussion of the social, political, ethical and economic consequences and implications of the new bio-sciences. The Handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach providing a synoptic overview of contemporary international social science research on genetics,...

Published July 6th 2009 by Routledge

Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory

Edited by Gerard Delanty, Stephen P. Turner

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

The triangular relationship between the social, the political and the cultural has opened up social and political theory to new challenges. The social can no longer be reduced to the category of society, and the political extends beyond the traditional concerns of the nature of the state and...

Published March 20th 2011 by Routledge