SAGE Publications

Psychology can be applied to understanding a range of current issues and topics in teaching and educational practice. Starting with the question, 'what is psychology?', and a topical overview of child and adolescent development, Stephen James Minton moves on to discuss seven areas of contemporary concern in education, showing how psychological...

"The SAGE Reference Series on Disability", from Gary L Albrecht - editor of "Handbook of Disability Studies" (2003) and "Encyclopedia of Disability" (2005) - is a cross-disciplinary and issues-based series which incorporates links from varied fields making up disability studies. Including eight volumes, each examines topics central to the lives of...

`The author should be commended for providing single volume source of vital statistical data and a scientific overview on population ageing in Asia. The book makes useful reading for anyone interested in the science and care of the aged' - Age and Ageingi The Greying of India analyses the size, age/sex composition, spatial distribution, and...

"Imagined Hinduism" explores the emergence and refinement of the idea of Hinduism as it developed among British Protestant missionaries in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Geoffrey A Oddie traces the growing use of the term 'Hinduism' as a category and label that has come to dominate the way Indian and Western scholars think about Indian religions...

Revealing that the honeymoon is more a product of a socially constructed view of romantic love than of the relationship of the individuals concerned, this book takes a multidisciplinary perspective, presenting a discussion of the cultural significance of the honeymoon....

The second edition of Nick Wilton's Introduction to Human Resource Management continues to provide an engaging and holistic overview of the role of HRM in its contemporary context. It reflects on the current trends in HRM, the labour market and the border economy while offering a critical, yet accessible discussion on both the theoretical and...