Cities have always been diverse: with respect to function, to housing and to population
groups. Economic activities and employment opportunities can be found concentrated in …

Information is regarded as a distinguishing feature of our world. Where once economies
were built on industry and conquest, we are now part of a global information economy …

Social capital, which offers the broader theoretical construct to which networks and
networking relate, is now recognized as an important influence in entrepreneurship. Broadly …

Crime rates have moved in parallel in Western societies since the late Middle Ages.
Homicide rates declined from 20 to 100 per 100,000 population in western Europe to one …

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy. In this
meticulously revised and updated new edition of his groundbreaking study, Sport and Social …

The current article examines changes over time in a commonly used measure of adult
attachment style. A cross-temporal meta-analysis was conducted on 94 samples of …

Preparing to Teach Writing, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive survey of theories, research,
and methods associated with teaching composition successfully at the middle, secondary …

Social capital has as its key element the value of social relationships to generate positive
outcomes, both for the key parties involved and for wider society. Some authors have noted …

In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian
values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to “the …

Extensively revised and updated, this popular text presents an accessible yet rigorous
treatment of environmental and natural resources economics, including climate change and …