Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban
Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing …

A second edition of any book that has 'Rethinking'in its title is vulnerable to two potentially
disconcerting responses. The first of these is the expectation that it will offer a re-rethinking …

A critical analysis of the idea of Europe and the limits and possibilities of a European identity
in the broader perspective of history. This book argues that the crucial issue is the …

Ethnicity has been a key concept in anthropology and sociology for many years, yet many
people still seem uncertain as to its meaning, its relevance, and its relationship to other …

Fieldwork in Educational Settings is widely recognised as part of the essential reading for
the researcher in education. It instructs those new to qualitative educational research how to …

Dominant approaches to the transformation of Europe ignore contemporary social theory
interpretations of the nature and dynamics of social change. Here, Delanty and Rumford …

In the early years of modem social anthropology, anthropologists announced their most
important findings and theoretical advances to Section H of the British Association for the …

This chapter examines calls for multi-sited research which have urged us to expand the
possibilities and vistas of ethnography in order to deal with a complex world. It attempts to …

This is an accessible introduction to the philosophy of social research which relates
philosophical ideas to actual research practice. The book makes effective use of illustrations …

In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European
cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of …