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(Sub)Urban Sexscapes presents a mix of geographical, sociological, urban planning and legal viewpoints of the commercial sex industry - sex shops, strip clubs, gentlemen's clubs, brothels and sex workers. The collection showcases contemporary and historical examples of the location, impacts and regulation of commercial sex industry activities in the USA, UK, Australia and Morocco.

This reader on the history of demography and historical perspectives on "population" in the twentieth century features a unique collection of primary sources from around the globe, written by scholars, politicians, journalists, and activists. Many of the sources are available in English for the first time. Background information is provided on each source. Together, the sources mirror the circumstances under which scientific knowledge about "population" was produced, how demography evolved as a discipline, and how demographic developments were interpreted and discussed in different political and cultural settings. Readers thereby gain insight into the historical precedents on debates on race, migration, reproduction, natural resources, development and urbanization, the role of statistics in the making of the nation state, and family structures and gender roles, among others. The reader is designed for undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars in the fields of demography and population studies as well as to anyone interested in the history of science and knowledge.

This book is a critical contribution to the understanding of the phenomena of migration and ethnicity, from a Swedish vantage point looking outwards towards a European context. It presents current academic debates and gives a theoretical overview of nine key concepts in the field of ethnic and migrations studies, but it also exemplifies how these concepts could be used in analysing specific empirical cases. It explores the following concepts: ethnicity; migration diaspora; citizenship; intersectionality; racism; right wing populism; social exclusion; and informalisation.

The book shows how the Roma are a mirror of Europe¿s open border policy and identity dilemmas. It combines historical and ethnographic methods with insights from migration studies, drawing on a unique multi-site collaborative project that for the first time gave Roma participants a voice in shaping research into their communities.

This book attends to the importance of 'the live' in contemporary social and political life. With case study examples, Lambert successfully demonstrates the diverse ways in which art can provide the aesthetic and affective conditions for social and political disruption.

This book examines how qualities of place and their sensuous reorganisation elucidate particular sociocultural expressions and practices in urban life. The collection illuminates how urban environments are distinguished, valued, or reconfigured with the senses as media for evaluating authentic spaces and places that endure and change over time.

Childhood, Literature and Science investigates how different child figures emerge or disappear in imaginative and social representations, in the memories of adult selves, and in expert knowledge.

This collection critically questions linear, transitional justice time and highlights the different temporalities that exist at local and institutional levels through original empirical research.

Towards A Sociology of Central Asian Youth seeks to critically broaden the discussion on youth transitions discourse by moving beyond the geographical terrain of North America, Britain, Australia and Western Europe. The work establishes an in-depth understanding of young Central Asian, with a special focus on those in Uzbekistan. This is accomplished through the explanatory powers of the various forms of sociological theory and, specifically, by pursuing an ambitious aim: to introduce the classic sociological debate about the relationship between structure and agency in social behaviour into the study of modern Central Asia.

This book critically considers how the DIY concept can be used to study contemporary underground music scenes examining themes such as local and trans-local connections, technological change, cultural policy, memory and heritage.

This groundbreaking collection is the first to focus specifically on LGBT* people and dementia. Multi-disciplinary and international in scope, it includes authors from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, social work, psychology, health care and socio-legal studies. Taking an intersectional approach, LGBT Individuals Living with Dementia addresses topics relating to concepts, practice and rights.