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The Games Outside the Games
Edited by David Karen, Robert E. Washington

Sociological Perspectives on Sport: The Games Outside the Games seeks not only to inform students about the sports world but also to offer them analytical skills and the application of theoretical perspectives that deepen their awareness and understanding of social processes linking sports to the larger social world... Read more...

Edited by Marcel Maussen, Ralph Grillo

This book focuses on the way in which public debate and legal practice intersect when it comes to the value of free speech and the need to regulate "offensive", "blasphemous" or "hate" speech, especially, though not exclusively where such speech is thought to be offensive to members of ethnic and religious minorities... Read more...

Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond
Edited by Stephen Hilgartner, Clark Miller, Rob Hagendijk

In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems but also constitutes new forms of expertise and contributes to the emergence of new modes of living and new forms of exchange... Read more...

By Michele Tracy Berger and Cheryl L Radeloff

"Berger and Radeloff have revised their ground-breaking 2011 practical guidebook to women's and gender studies by expanding on the field's applications for study, research, and career development… The references offer practical as well as scholarly materials for further research, making this guide a unique reference source for career shelves as well as a useful supplementary classroom text."— G. M. Herrmann, SUNY College at Cortland, CHOICE Reviews    Order your copy today!

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Click here to read a fascinating interview with Lorri J. Santamaría, lead author of 'Cross Cultural Women Scholars in Academe'. She reveals the reasons why she decided to write this book, what she found surprising when researching the book and her thoughts on how this field is evolving today.

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Comedy and Distinction by Sam Friedman has been shortlisted for the prestigous BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize... Read more...

Anthony Elliot, author of Reinvention, recently featured on the ABC Radio Australia show 'Big Ideas' to discuss our cultural obsession with the 'makeover'... Read more...