Routledge Readings

The Routledge Readings series brings together a cluster of key readings into a single volume which capture important research directions, policy suggestions, current trends and aspects of history and future trajectories in the humanities and social sciences. The volumes in the series feature the diversity of scholarship by presenting a selection of articles by experts in their fields organized around key themes in academic disciplines and professional fields, including law, politics, international relations, regional studies, sociology and development studies. These will provide a useful resource for a range of subjects in the social sciences and humanities by offering a selection of readings on a variety of issues related to theoretical and applied research. These multidisciplinary readers include important contributions to the respective disciplines, focusing on the key topics encountered by undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars in social sciences and humanities. Each reader contains a detailed general introduction and sections prepared by the volume editor to place the selections in context, illustrate relations among topics, indicate developments, and point readers towards related bibliographic material.

• Accessible, reader-friendly volumes containing 12-15 selections on contemporary and classic themes divided into sections.

• A new comprehensive Introduction with relevant sections describing the nature and purpose of the reader while placing the readings in context designed to aid understanding.

• Topical studies that bring together expert analyses and emerging research in the discipline, combining a rich diversity of theoretical approaches and perspectives, analytical strategies, case studies, empirical data and policy suggestions.

• Comprehensive subject guides that will prove invaluable for scholars, researchers, and policymakers.