Yoga, Bhoga and Ardhanariswara

Individuality, Wellbeing and Gender in Tantra

By Prem Saran

This book is a social–scientific interpretation of the 15 centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions of tantra. It is a self-reflexive study, informed by an insider’s...

July 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48001-7 (Routledge India)

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The Vernacularisation of Democracy

Politics, Caste and Religion in India

By Lucia Michelutti

The book is an ethnographic exploration of how ‘democracy’ takes social and cultural roots in India and in the process shapes the nature of popular...

June 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46732-2 (Routledge India)

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Social Networks

An Introduction

By Jeroen Bruggeman

Social Networks: An introduction is the first textbook that combines new with still-valuable older methods and theories.

Designed to be a core text for graduate...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45803-0 (Routledge)

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Principles of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy

Edited by Uwe P. Gielen, Juris G. Draguns, Jefferson M. Fish

In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals face a unique challenge: how does...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-6204-1 (Routledge)

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Medicine and Evolution

Current Applications, Future Prospects

Edited by Sarah Elton, Paul O'Higgins

Can an evolutionary perspective be integrated in day-to-day practice and is it of value in medical education and training? If so, when and how? Highlighting...

June 2008 | Hardback: 978-1-4200-5134-6 (CRC Press)

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The Logic of Care

Health and the Problem of Patient Choice

By Annemarie Mol

What is good care? In this innovative and compelling book, Annemarie Mol argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore,...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45343-1 (Routledge)

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Children, Structure and Agency

Realities Across the Developing World

By G.K. Lieten

The child labour debate, the Child Rights Convention and the target of universal primary education in the Millennium Development Goals have drawn increasing attention to...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-98973-2 (Routledge)

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Democracy Building and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Armenia

By Armine Ishkanian

This volume considers the challenges of democracy building in post-Soviet Armenia, and the role of civil society in that process.

It argues that, contrary to...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43601-4 (Routledge)

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The City in South Asia

By James Heitzman

The macro-region of South Asia – including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka – today supports one of the world’s greatest concentrations of cities,...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34355-8 (Routledge)

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Global and Local Football

Politics and Europeanization on the fringes of the EU

By Gary Armstrong, Jon P. MitchellJennifer HargreavesIan McDonald

What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35017-4 (Routledge)

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