Social Science category: 175800 books
The Global Enterprise
Social Scientists and Their Work around the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2018
There are approximately 200 nations on Earth and the social sciences are being practiced in each one, yet too little of this global enterprise is known to Western, particularly American, social scientists. Drawing upon five years of experience as editor-in-chief of a major international encyclopedia...
Legal Construct, Social Concept
A Macrosociological Perspective on Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Based on sophisticated demographic analysis, Legal Construct, Social Concept argues that legal doctrine on social issues is shaped by the needs and values of society rather than by individuals and interest groups and that it evolves in response to social change but has little impact on that change....
Fundraising
How to Raise Money for Your Library Using Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Fundraising: How to Raise Money for Your Library Using Social Media introduces the phenomena that many members, supporters and fundraisers are not using social media to fundraise for their libraries, and may not be aware of its strengths and pitfalls. The book discusses why social media should be...
Family Social Welfare
Helping Troubled Families
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Our changing cultural environment and societal attitudes are subtly but unmistakably altering the personality development of the individual and the functioning of the family. The increasing complexity of the emotional and social problems of their clients is requiring social workers to understand and...
Plant Medicines, Healing and Psychedelic Science
Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
This is a book about the intersections of three dimensions. The first is the way social scientists and historians treat the history of psychiatry and healing, especially as it intersects with psychedelics. The second encompasses a reflection on the substances themselves and their effects on bodies....
Finding Common Ground
Consensus in Research Ethics Across the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Over the past decade there has been growing national and international concern about the impact of systems for the management of research ethics in the social sciences. In particular these ‘procedural bureaucracies’ are seen as inappropriate to the ethical governance of social scientific research...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
This volume employs new empirical data to examine the internationalization of the social sciences and humanities (SSH). While the globalization dynamics that have transformed the shape of the world over the last decades has been the subject of a growing number of scientific studies, very few such...
Biology and Feminism
A Philosophical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
This book provides a unique introduction to the study of relationships between gender and biology, a core part of the feminist science research tradition which emerged nearly half a century ago. Lynn Hankinson Nelson presents an accessible and balanced discussion of research questions, background...
Problem Behavior Theory and the Social Context
The Collected Works of Richard Jessor, Volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
This third and final volume of Richard Jessor’s collected works explores the central role of the social context in the formulation and application of Problem Behavior Theory. It discusses the effect of the social environment, especially the social context of disadvantage and limited opportunity,...
Introduction to Data Science for Social and Policy Research
Collecting and Organizing Data with R and Python
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Real-world data sets are messy and complicated. Written for students in social science and public management, this authoritative but approachable guide describes all the tools needed to collect data and prepare it for analysis. Offering detailed, step-by-step instructions, it covers collection of...
Understanding Social Dynamics in South Asia
Essays in Memory of Ramkrishna Mukherjee
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
This volume includes fourteen essays by eminent sociologists in memory of Ramkrishna Mukherjee (1919–2017), the last of the founding architects of sociology in India. It also includes two interviews with Ramkrishna Mukherjee by senior sociologists. The essays cover a variety of themes and topics...
After the Protests Are Heard
Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
When the protests are over, a guide to creating long-lasting social change beyond the barricades
From the Women’s March in D.C. to #BlackLivesMatter rallies across the country, there has been a rising wave of protests and social activism. These events have been an important part of the battle...
Introduction to Linear Algebra
A Primer for Social Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
This is the first book on linear algebra written specifically for social scientists. It deals only with those aspects of the subject applicable in the social sciences and provides a thorough understanding of linear algebra for those who wish to use it as a tool in the design, execution, and interpretation...
Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2016)
Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
This book features papers addressing a broad range of topics including psychology, religious studies, natural heritage, accounting, business, communication, education and sustainable development. It serves as a platform for disseminating research findings by academicians of local, regional and global...