Books in the Routledge International Handbooks series

The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work reflects on and dissects the challenging issues confronting social work practice and education globally in the post-colonial era.

This handbook presents a thorough examination of the intricate interplay of race, ethnicity, and culture in mental health ¿ historical origins, subsequent transformations, and the discourses generated from past and present mental health and wellness practices.

This book critically reviews state-religion models and the ways in which different countries manage religious diversity, illuminating different responses to the challenges encountered in accommodating both majorities and minorities.

Global, historical and interdisciplinary in approach, this Handbook studies the new relevance of freedom of religion worldwide and develops suitable categories to analyze and understand the role that freedom of religion can play in managing religious and cultural diversity in our societies.

The Handbook introduces, contextualises, critiques, and discusses a range of perspectives associated with the concept of the circular economy, including economics, environmental policymaking, sociology, environmental science, environmental and industrial engineering, management, international development, and human geography.

This handbook comprehensively defines and shapes the field of Critical European Union Studies, sets the research agenda and highlights emerging areas of study. Bringing together critical analyses of European Union politics, policies and processes with an expert range of contributors, it overcomes disciplinary borders and paradigms.

This book emphasizes the current understanding of the underlying metabolic, cellular, genetic and cell signalling mechanisms associated with physical activity, exercise, and athletic performance as they relate to, interact with and regulate cellular and muscular adaptations and effects on human health, nutrition and human performance.

This volume covers a wide spectrum of governance issues relating to small states in a global context. What emerges from the book is that the societies of small states are being re-shaped by various forces outside their control, including the globalization process and climate change, rendering their governance ever more complex.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive, international and cutting-edge overview of Sustainable Development. It integrates the key dimensions of sustainable development, (institutional, environmental, social and economic), with calls for greater participation, social cohesion, justice and democracy. Each chapter underlines the need for discursive interdisciplinarity, which is key to the book's theorization of the concept. The book is also unusual in including indigenous perspectives and alternative worldviews.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change. A key focus is the examination of how urbanization influences global environmental change, and how global environmental change in turn influences urbanization processes. It has four thematic foci: Theme 1 addresses the pathways through which urbanization drives global environmental change. Theme 2 addresses the pathways through which global environmental change affects the urban system. Theme 3 addresses the interactions and responses within the urban system in response to global environmental change. Theme 4 centers on critical emerging research.

The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities offers a comprehensive overview of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic criticism in the social sciences and humanities.

Rural Criminology is increasingly becoming a major subfield of Criminology. This book brings together leading international scholars to discuss major topics on Rural Criminology and offers a detailed synthesis of the literature on rural crime.

This is a comprehensive and authoritative reference for all those studying or working in sports injury therapy and rehabilitation. It starts with in-depth explanations of principles which form the foundation of the profession and then presents, in close detail, key body areas, the injuries that affect them, and evidence-based treatment methods.

Energy consumption and production influence the economy, environment and society, but are also influenced by how the economy is structured, how the social institutions work, and how the society deals with environmental degradation. This handbook offers an in-depth review of the four pillars of the energy-economy-environment-society nexus.

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in the relationship between the African continent and the EU provided by leading experts in the field.

The field of sports history is no longer a fledgling area of study. This book guides readers through the development of the field across a range of thematic and geographical contexts and are introduced to various approaches within the field.