Sociology & Psychology

Examines the contemporary discourse on happiness through the lens of governmentality theory. Recent decades have seen an explosion of interest in the phenomenon of happiness, as evidenced by self-help books, talk shows, spiritual mentoring, business management, and relationship counseling. At the center ...

A suprising, behind-the-scenes look at the lives of Mexican migrants.

Generation NGO: a generation of young professionals who are actively engaged in global issues, who venture overseas to work in international development. What happens when they leave their comfortable homes to journey to refugee camps or war zones in the name of "development," and then return home? These ...

"How do social class, race-ethnic, and gender differences promote social inequality in our everyday lives? Life of the Party begins with a family birthday celebration as a prelude to examining several other party contexts -- tailgates of college footballand race car fans, home sales gatherings of tool-buying ...

Combining rich personal accounts from twelve veteran anthropologists with reflexive analyses of the state of anthropology today, this book is a treatise on theory and method offering fresh insights into the production of anthropological knowledge, from the creation of key concepts to major paradigm shifts.

This book makes an original contribution to the study of the psychoanalytic process from a relational point of view, and at the same time serves as a textbook on the theory of technique. It provides a general exposition of the theory of psychoanalytic practice from a process perspective that emphasizes ...

The book aims to show that, in the 21st century, it is possible to live, love, form a family without sex, without children, without a shared home, without a partner, without a working husband, without a heterosexual orientation or without a "biological" sexual body.

In examining how our identity shapes the knowledge we produce, Mental health service users in research considers ways of 'doing research' which bring multiple understandings together effectively, and explains the sociological use of autobiography and its relevance.

Based on the acclaimed film that debuted at Sundance, leading experts make a case for summoning the will to eliminate food insecurity and hunger in America.

Offers an overview of neuroscience findings on spontaneous thought processes or snaps, describing how everyone can learn to improve the likelihood of their own Eureka moment by adopting certain rewarding attitudes and habits.

Our planet is busy dealing with continuous wave-like flows of hordes of empty-headed, culturally fooled, crowds of humans destroying everything in their path while senselessly wasting natural resources, including their own lifetimes. They do so while mostly unconsciously respecting packages of cultural/social ...

This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context.

Outlines the dreams of liberal economics and political scientists. This book shows how an earlier generation of liberal economists turned ideas into action.

In the bestselling They F*** You Up, leading clinical child psychologist Oliver James showed that it is the way we were cared for in the first six years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are and how we behave. Now, James is ready to offer practical strategies and techniques to ensure, as parents, ...

Though the composition of the populace of industrial nations has changed dramatically since the 1950s, public discourse and scholarship, however, often remain welded to traditional concepts of national cultures, ignoring the multicultural realities of most of today's western societies. Through detailed ...

Many nations affirm the principle of gender equality. As women continue to advance in most walks of life, the impression that equality has been reached and that gender issues no longer pose real problems has naturally gained ground. Yet, many cultural, economic, and social barriers remain.