Books in the Routledge International Handbooks series

Routledge Handbook of Irish Studies begins with the reversal in Irish fortunes after the 2008 global economic crash. The essays included address not only changes in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland but also changes in disciplinary approaches to Irish Studies that the last decade of political, economic, and cultural unrest have stimulated.

An authoritative reference overviewing the current scholarship in social neuroendocrinology, considering the relationships between hormones, the brain, and social behavior.

This fully revised and updated edition of Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory offers a remarkably clear overview of social and cultural research in the social sciences and humanities, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for social and cultural theory in the twenty-first century.

This comprehensive handbook provides a prestige reference volume for researchers interested in accounting and business ethics.

The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics presents a comprehensive overview of the contributions of feminist economics to the discipline of economics and beyond. Each chapter situates the topic within the history of the field, reflects upon current debates, and looks forward to identify cutting-edge research.

This book makes an important contribution to the international understanding of domestic violence and shares the latest knowledge of what causes and sustains domestic violence between intimate partners, as well as the effectiveness of responses in working with adult and child victims, and those who act abusively towards their partners.

The third edition of the Handbook brings the reviews up-to-date and deepens the analysis including four new chapters addressing enduring themes (science publics, science-media theories), recent trends (art-science interactions) and new proposed insights on science communication as culture and as the social conversation around science.

The International Handbook of Psychobiology provides authoritative, cutting-edge research across the range of areas that fall under the umbrella of psychobiology.

This unique and in-depth reference work offers comprehensive coverage of the opportunities, challenges and future trends of financial technology. It will appeal to students, established researchers seeking a single repository on the subject, as well as policy makers and market professionals seeking convenient access to a one-stop guide.

The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport is a reference work of chapters providing in-depth examination of the current issues and future developments facing public transport.

Bringing together a diverse body of work from across the globe and a wide range of fat studies topics and perspectives, this is the first major collection of its kind to explore the epistemology, ontology and methodology of fatness, with attention to issues such as gender and sexuality, disability and embodiment, health, and pedagogy.

With original contributions from more than 60 authors with expertise in a wide range of resource types and world regions, this handbook offers an essential guide to the study of resources and their role in socio-environmental change.

This handbook provides an evidence-based account of psychological perspectives on issues in music education and music in the community through the life-course, exploring our understanding of music learning and participation across contexts.

This handbook is a landmark volume providing students and teachers with a comprehensive and accessible guide to the major topics and trends of research in the social sciences of artificial intelligence.

This book demonstrates the diversity of the interactionist perspective in social science, providing an overview of the developments in interactionist theory, methods and research. Thematically organised, it explores the history, contemporary state and possible future of interactionist research.

This book covers crime, criminal justice and victimization in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, focusing on the issues, their effect on the country and the government's efforts to mitigate them. Authors are from the U.S., India, UK, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Singapore.

The Routledge Handbook of EU¿Russia Relations offers a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in relations between the EU and Russia provided by leading experts in the field.

Authoritative, multi-displinery and international, this handbook defines the new theoretical and empirical traditions of Critical Gang Studies, taking into account the gang as a socio-cultural formation, its various forms and stages of development, the role of race and political economy, and the contradictory impact of repressive policies.

This handbook explores prejudice primarily as phenomena embedded in the social organization of societies and connected to structural factors and larger societal systems. It offers a unique critical, and cross-disciplinary approach to the study of contemporary manifestations of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.

This comprehensive handbook examines relationships between religion, politics and ideology, with a focus on several world religions ¿ Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism ¿ in a variety of contexts, regions and countries.

With a focus on Egypt, Iran, Turkey and the Indian Subcontinent, this volume explores the development of Muslim socio-political thought, shedding light on the swing between right and left, the influence of socialism, nationalism and liberalism, the rise of Islamism and the conflict between military regimes and proponents of pan-Islamism.

The Routledge Handbook of Sport History is a new and innovative survey of the discipline of sport history.

This handbook presents a timely, broad-ranging and provocative overview of the essential nature of ecotourism. The chapters will both advance the existing central themes of ecotourism and provide challenging and divergent observations that will thrust ecotourism into new areas of research, policy and practice.

This book offers the reader a comprehensive understanding and the multitude of methods utilized in the research of urban mobilities with cities and `the urban¿ as its pivotal axis. It covers theories and concepts for scholars and researchers to understand, observe, and analyze the world of urban mobilities.

Featuring a stellar international cast-list of leading and cutting-edge scholars, this book presents the state of the art of the discipline that considers ecological issues and crises from a political economy perspective.

Leading experts from across the globe explore cutting-edge research on the role of emotion in selecting and processing media contents, the emotional consequences of media use, emotions in political communication and persuasion, as well as emotions in digital, interactive, and virtual encounters.