Examines how small firms, like large ones, are mobilizing to compete in a global economy.

Recounts and evaluates the worldwide effort to ban landmines.

Argues that clean air policy is driven by locally oriented economic elites.

Uses personal narratives to highlight the development of feminist sport studies.

Argues that universities can help revitalize poor neighborhoods.

Looks at the daily lives of poor people to demonstrate that the poor pay more than others, by both monetary and other measures, to meet basic needs.

Challenges existing views of crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Explores personal and professional issues in the study of race, gender, and culture.

Argues that recent initiatives by industrial management were directed more toward short-term gains than improving efficiency.

Articles and essays on the construction of male sexuality by a pioneer in the field of masculinity studies.

A collection of historical articles and essays by a pioneer in the field of masculinity studies.

Brings the insights of postmodernism to the concerns of criminology and includes examples of how social theory can function in the real-world realm of criminal law. Winner of the 2005 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems

A son’s coming to terms with his mother’s decision to abandon her career as a concert pianist in order to raise her children.

Examines the relationship between gay male athletes, sport, and American masculinity.

Explores the larger social, political, and philosophical contexts in which the current vitriolic science vs. anti-science debates occur.

Essays on the experience of lesbians in contemporary Israeli society.

Using a life history approach, looks at what influences citizens to participate in the voluntary associations that comprise and promote civil society.

Offers a broad, multidisciplinary, and progressive look at school choice.

An in-depth biography of the philosopher who brought phenomenology to the social sciences.

Documents the economic, educational, and existential struggles that single mothers in poverty confront in the current welfare climate.

A critical look at the perceived increase in girls' violence from a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives.

A critical look at the relationship between law and psychology.

Chronicles the growing impact of job uncertainty on workers in Europe.

Explores the political and economic causes and consequences of homelessness.

Portrays the diverse experiences and identities of mixed race college students.