Understanding Judith Butler is not an easy task, but this perfectly judged exploration of all Butler's works succeeds where many competing texts fail.

A multi-disciplinary overview of key contemporary issues surrounding the excitement, contradictions, conflicts, and tensions arising from the social experience of the city and the emergent trends linked to resolving its problems. A student-focused text, it reviews the theoretical literature, examines policy implications and provides comparative case study material throughout.

Reading African cities into contemporary theory - reprint of a richly illustrated reference work.

In their internationally acclaimed publication 'Kinshasa: Tales of the Invisible City', anthropologist Filip De Boeck and photographer Marie-Françoise Plissart provide a history not only of the physical and visible urban reality that Kinshasa presents today, but also of a second, invisible city as it exists in the mind and imagination of its inhabitants. They bring to light a mirroring reality l...

Stedelingen veranderen de stad gaat in op kleinschalige initiatieven waarmee bewoners, activisten, kunstenaars, architecten en andere burgers, naar eigen inzicht ingrijpen in de publieke ruimte. Zij variëren van ruimtelijke interventies - het bouwen van een paviljoen of het aanleggen van een buurtmoestuin - tot programma's die de publieke ruimte aantrekkelijk maken voor gebruik en verblijf. Mariska van den Berg onderzocht zo'n dertig voorbeelden in Nederland en daarbuiten en ondervroeg de in...

Brings together over 90 recent readings on gender, sexuality, and intimate relationships from Contexts, the award-winning magazine published by the American Sociological Association.

An anthology of both original and reprinted articles on sexuality from a sociological perspective. The readings in this collection focus on the diverse and multi-layered meanings of sexuality, sexual behaviors and sexual identities, while essays explore sexuality as a social process.

Provides social workers with a comprehensive understanding of working with lesbians and gay men to ensure a fully inclusive and effective practice.