Society & social sciences

In "The Black Widower", award-winning journalist Charles Lavery examines the life and crimes of Malcolm Webster, the nurse who killed for money and attempted to cover his tracks with drugs and fire. Webster drugged his first wife and staged a car crash before setting the vehicle alight with her body still inside, obtaining a GBP200,000 insurance payout as a result. The fatal crash in 1994 was treated as an accident until a second incident in New Zealand in 1999, involving Webster and his new wif. ..More

Education is acknowledged as the most effective instrument for empowerment of women. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) Women are specially disadvantaged due to their low level of educational attainment. With proactive government policies, literacy and primary level enrollment of SC and ST students including girls, have considerably improved over the years. However the same is not true for higher levels of education.. ..More

This book is an outcome of the cross-sectional and empirical study carried out among about 1200 elderly persons belonging to four Community Development Blocks of a highly industrialized district (Coimbatore) in Tamil Nadu. The major focus of this research work is on diverse issues related to rural elderly' socio-economic differentials among men and women, living arrangements, socio-familial interactions as well as intergenerational contacts of the elderly, in addition to their health status, dis. ..More

Population anthropology is an important area of anthropology as this is not only significant to the concerned disciplines which come into play but it is also relevant and beneficial to the well being of the community of the study. The biosocial interrelations of human reproduction entail a careful and systematic investigations, analysis and interpretation of biological and social variables. The various biosocial factors responsible for reproductive behaviour of a population are important to unde. ..More

Statistics in Psychology Using R and SPSS. ..More

The bias in the epistemological and philosophical issues involved in social science research has attracted the attention of social scientists only recently. There is a growing literature on these issues. These problems are confronted by every researcher in social sciences- The problem is more acute for the writers, thinkers and researchers from the so called Third World because social research methodology and scientific paradigms used by them are dominated by the concepts, analytical tools, inst. ..More

The world is facing enormous environmental challenges and me climate change is looming large over the humanity. The rapid environmental degradation is likely to exacerbate the existing gaps between different groups like rich and poor, between rural and urban areas and also between slum and non-slum areas in the city. Access to basic amenities like safe drinking water, toilet facility, sewers and sanitation leading the clean household environment are very critical components that are likely to me. ..More

An engaging and anecdotal examination of how and why as individuals and as a society we choose to turn a blind eye to the uncomfortable truth. ..More

Fashion and Celebrity Culture. ..More

Understanding Social Networks. ..More

Industrial psychology handbook is designed for graduate level studies adhering to the specified syllabus of industrial and organizational psychology. It contributes to individuals, organizations, and contextual or situational forces keeping globalization in mind.. ..More

Modern Makeovers examines the conditions, limitations, and possibilities of modernity in contemporary contexts of politics, culture, and the arts in the South Asian context.. ..More