Edited by Tak Wing Chan

Leading scholars from the UK, the USA, Chile, France, Hungary and the Netherlands systematically examine the social stratification of arts and culture. They evaluate the ‘class–culture homology argument' of Pierre Bourdieu and Herbert Gans; the ‘individualisation arguments' of Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Zygmunt Bauman; and the ‘omnivore–univore argument' of Richard Peterson.

Pranee Liamputtong

This text provides an in-depth discussion on how to perform qualitative research in cross-cultural contexts with an emphasis on a more ethical, sensible and responsible approach.

An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness

Daniel P. Mears

American Criminal Justice Policy examines many of the most prominent criminal justice policies on the American landscape and finds that they fall well short of achieving the accountability and effectiveness that policymakers have advocated and that the public expects.

An Introduction to Demography

Dudley L. Poston, Leon F. Bouvier

Population and Society is ideal for undergraduate, as well as graduate, students taking their first course in demography. Although the emphasis is on demography, the book recognizes that, at the individual level, population change is related to private decisions, especially in relation to fertility, but also to mortality and migration.

An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness

Daniel P. Mears

American Criminal Justice Policy examines many of the most prominent criminal justice policies on the American landscape and finds that they fall well short of achieving the accountability and effectiveness that policymakers have advocated and that the public expects but argues that this situation can be changed through systematic incorporation of evaluation research into policy development, monitoring, and assessment.

A Follow-Up of the Children of Highly Delinquent Girls and Boys

Peggy C. Giordano

Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys who were followed over a twenty-year period as they navigated the transition to adulthood. In-depth interviews with these women and men and their children depict the adults’ economic and social disadvantages and continued criminal involvement, and in turn the unique vulnerabilities of their children.

The Renewal of Critical Social Theory

Gerard Delanty

Gerard Delanty provides a comprehensive assessment of the idea of cosmopolitanism in social and political thought which links cosmopolitan theory with critical social theory.