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Bridging Political Divides
  • A Collaborative–Developmental Approach
  • Michael F. Mascolo
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    October 2026
    Print publication:
    31 October 2026
  • We are living in an increasingly polarized political world. Partisans routinely view members of opposing political parties as out-of-touch, stupid, crazy, or even evil. This book calls for the creation of a more collaborative democracy to bridge these divides. It does so by noting that modern democracy is based primarily on adversarial practices – we seek to solve political problems through debating, campaigning, and voting. Drawing on an 18-month study, Michael F. Mascolo shows how individuals with opposing beliefs were able to use the principles and practices of conflict resolution to address three contentious socio-political issues: school dress codes, capital punishment, and race relations involving the police. Their success illustrates how collaborative problem-solving can generate genuine, shared solutions to seemingly intractable problems, offering insights for scholars and practitioners seeking to reduce polarization and strengthen democratic life. An essential read for researchers, politicians, and policy makers interested in resolving political polarization.

The Practice of Multi-Method Research
  • Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
  • J. Seawright, Kendra L. Koivu
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    September 2026
    Print publication:
    30 September 2026
  • Can interviews or a focus group improve the causal inferences drawn from experiments? Can quantitative text analysis help develop workflows as a qualitative scholar? Can we learn from a single case in a way that helps us with a statistical model? There is much to learn from the careful use of all these methodological combinations. The Practice of Multi-Method Research is aimed at practical researchers: from undergraduates preparing for an honors thesis, to graduate students designing a dissertation, through to seasoned scholars considering a new approach for their next set of studies. It offers a hands-on, practical guide to combining research across various methodological traditions: qualitative, machine learning, and quantitative approaches to concepts and measurement, adding quantitative and data-science components to process-tracing designs and to qualitative case studies in general, how qualitative research can strengthen regression-type designs, and how to mix qualitative elements with experiments..

Dissentiments

Empire and Peripheries
  • Tribalism, Resistance and British Colonialism in Balochistan
  • Jahanzeb Baloch
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    August 2026
    Print publication:
    31 March 2026

Sexually Liminal Lives
  • Chiyawali Koti Identities in Eastern India
  • Banhishikha Ghosh
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    August 2026
    Print publication:
    01 September 2027

Entangled Sovereignties

Protection at the Margins
  • How the Catholic Church Shielded Communities from Populist Violence in the Philippine Drug War
  • David T. Buckley, Steven Brooke
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    August 2026
    Print publication:
    31 August 2026
  • Protection at the Margins is a ground-breaking account of how and why religious actors protect local communities from state-driven populist violence. Focusing on Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's notorious 'Drug War,' the book provides an intricate view of how religion, populism, and political violence interact on the ground. Drawing on original surveys of Catholic clergy, experiments with members of the Philippine National Police, spatial data on thousands of drug killings, and dozens of field interviews in these neighborhoods, the book shows how Catholic elites used moral commitment and institutional capacity to influence street-level bureaucrats with discretion over violence, work with secular partners, and challenge populist dehumanization. It also highlights obstacles to protection, in the Philippines as well as Brazil and the United States. Amidst rising global concern about populism and violence, Protection at the Margins generates new insights into how religious actors shielded communities in one of the world's largest mega-cities.

Destabilized
  • Why White Americans Accept Racist Political Rhetoric
  • Leah Christiani
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    August 2026
    Print publication:
    31 August 2026
  • In recent years, the United States has witnessed a resurgence in mainstream acceptance of overt, racist rhetoric from politicians. This increased tolerance arises despite previous evidence suggesting that white Americans reject racist appeals when they are explicit. Destabilized examines this shift and points to a perception of threat to white dominance as the root cause. The book finds that when white Americans feel their dominance in the racial hierarchy is unstable, their prejudice activates, and they seek to 'restabilize' the racial hierarchy by accepting negative, explicit racial appeals. Analyses of survey experiments, observational survey data, and political media demonstrate this phenomenon. Finding that this link exists among both white Republicans and white Democrats, Destabilized speaks broadly to the nature of whiteness as a racial identity rooted in the desire for dominance.

The Social Underpinnings of Political Discontent in Latin America
  • Edited by Gabriel Kessler, Maria Victoria Murillo
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    August 2026
    Print publication:
    31 August 2026
  • Why are Latin Americans increasingly disillusioned with democracy, even as the region has made social progress? This book examines the paradox of widespread political discontent amid improvements in poverty reduction, education, and expanded rights. It shows how rising expectations and broken promises have generated social frustration and political reactions, which take two different forms: they can target all political elites (vertical discontent) or focus on opposing political coalitions (horizontal discontent). Each form poses unique challenges for democracy. Bringing together leading scholars in sociology and political science from Latin America and the United States, the volume offers a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective on the drivers of democratic erosion. Drawing on empirical case studies and a shared analytical framework, the book sheds light on the tensions between democratic aspirations and lived experiences, making it a valuable resource for understanding the forces reshaping Latin America's political landscape and the broader erosion of democracy.

Faith and Friendship
  • How Religiously Homogeneous Friendships Shape Exclusionary Attitudes in the Muslim World
  • Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    August 2026
    Print publication:
    31 August 2026
  • Why do some societies embrace religious diversity while others struggle with exclusion? Faith and Friendship reveals how the friendships we form—and those we avoid—shape interfaith attitudes across the Muslim world. Drawing on large-scale surveys from Indonesia and beyond, the book shows that religiously homogeneous friendships can unintentionally nurture stereotypes and social divides. Introducing the Boundaries, Opportunities, and Willingness (BOW) Framework, the book explains how state policies, civic spaces, and personal choices combine to determine whether people connect across faith lines. Blending rigorous research with vivid human stories, Faith and Friendship offers a new way to understand the roles of religion and social networks in everyday life and provides insights for anyone seeking to bridge interfaith divides.

Hot Spots of Crime
  • Social Structure and Social Context at the Micro Geographic Level
  • David Weisburd, Clair V. Uding, Beidi Dong, Kiseong Kuen
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    July 2026
    Print publication:
    31 July 2026
  • While hot spots of crime have become an important focus of study in criminology and an important focus of crime prevention in programs like hot spots policing, to date we know little about these places. Who lives in hot spots of crime? What factors lead to these places becoming crime hot spots? What other social and health problems are found in these places? The book draws on more than 7,000 surveys of people living on crime hot spot and non-hot spot streets, systematic physical and social observations, and structured qualitative data collection. The results of this study illustrate that hot spots of crime are not just hot spots for crime, but also many other social ills. By shedding light on the social features of hot spots of crime, the book recognizes the importance of informal social controls in understanding and preventing crime at crime hot spots. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Black Activism in the Red Party
  • Race, Discrimination, and the Cuban Communist Party, 1925-1962
  • Kaitlyn D. Henderson
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    July 2026
    Print publication:
    31 July 2026
  • From the 1920s to the 1960s in Cuba, against the backdrop of revolutions, new constitutions, and rampant inequality, the Cuban Communist Party stood out as an unparalleled space for Black political leadership, activism, and advocacy. This party, led by Black political actors, including labor leaders, members of Black fraternal organizations and the Black intelligentsia, fought for an end to racial discrimination and used their voices to advocate for true equality. Analyzing US government surveillance records, Cuban newspapers, government records, party pamphlets, and more, Kaitlyn D. Henderson illustrates how the Cuban Communist Party created a unique space for an expression of Cuban Black nationalism and how communist parties in the western hemisphere strayed from traditional Marxist ideology. An important corrective, this book sheds light on the overlooked history of Black Communist leaders who fought for equality before the Revolution changed everything.

Twenty-First Century Media Aesthetics and the Political
  • Edited by Ravi Sundaram
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    July 2026
    Print publication:
    01 September 2027

Becoming Agarwal
  • The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste
  • Ujithra Ponniah
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    July 2026
    Print publication:
    01 September 2027

Contesting Populism
  • Mamata and Bengal in Indian Politics
  • Edited by Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    July 2026
    Print publication:
    01 September 2027

An Introduction to Japanese Society
  • 6th edition
  • Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    July 2026
    Print publication:
    31 July 2026
  • An Introduction to Japanese Society provides an engaging introduction to Japanese society by internationally renowned scholar Yoshio Sugimoto. The text examines the diverse nature of contemporary Japanese society with chapters covering class, work, education, gender, ethnicity, religion, popular culture, and the establishment. This edition discusses the shifting landscape of the 'Cool Japan' project; the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic; the significance of Okinawa as the land of ethnic identity; the escalation of foreign workers and residents; the casualization of the labor force; intersectionality in Japanese class culture; the continuous aging of Japanese society; geopolitical shifts in East Asia; and the outcomes of recent national elections. Each chapter contains case examples, providing contemporary perspectives on each topic, as well as research questions, further readings, and online resources to consolidate student understanding and guide further exploration. Lively and highly readable, this text is essential reading for all students of Japanese society.

Race, Power, and Practice
  • A Critical Race Framework for Social Work
  • Edited by Susan Lares Nakaoka, Stacey Chimimba Ault, Larry Ortiz, Nicole Vazquez
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    June 2026
    Print publication:
    30 June 2026
  • This textbook establishes Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a central framework for social work education and praxis. Addressing and ultimately moving beyond models of cultural competence and diversity, it offers a comprehensive framework for integrating CRT into pedagogy, research, and practice. It introduces analytical tools to address issues such as systemic racism, the social construction of race, critiques of liberalism, interest convergence, intersectionality, and counternarratives. Chapters contributed by renowned social work researchers highlight how social work has been entangled with white supremacy, neoliberalism, and colonialism, while also presenting a road map for a change in the future. With case examples, narratives, and reflective questions, this book is designed for all levels of social work study, as well as for committed practitioners of anti-racism. Although grounded in the US context, global perspectives are included, making it relevant for international audiences facing systematic racism or colonial legacies.

Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment
  • Why Many Never Immigrate
  • Jacob Richard Thomas
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    June 2026
    Print publication:
    30 June 2026
  • This book complements abundant research about immigrants by contributing novel data, knowledge, and theories about potential immigrants-those who might have immigrated but did not despite the benefits of migration to immigrants and origin and destination societies. The text examines three mechanisms that reduce or restrict immigration-governments denying visas, policies and social forces deterring many from applying for visas, and potential immigrants becoming disenchanted with immigration. Jacob expands the Push-Pull Model to a Push-Retain-Pull-Repel Model that accounts for why many remain ambivalently immobile. Narratives of might-have-been-immigrants reveal an (im)mobility paradox: factors facilitating migration-socio-economic resources and social ties-also hinder it. The book analyses denial, deterrence, and disenchantment from the perspective of countless people who do not immigrate due to one of these processes, revealing how they are socio-economically stratified with respect to each other and immigrants. This provokes a deeper, more global understanding of inequalities in migratory opportunities.

Demobilising the Far Right
  • Patterns and Processes from Demonstration Campaigns in Germany, England, and Austria
  • Michael C. Zeller
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    June 2026
    Print publication:
    30 June 2026
  • Demobilising the Far Right focuses on dynamics of mobilisation, counter-mobilisation, and state coercion to offer a new comparative study of far-right demonstration campaigns across Austria, England, and Germany from 1990–2020. With rigorous qualitative comparative analysis and process-tracing case studies, the book explores what factors drive the demobilisation of far-right movements and the critical role of state and societal responses. By examining key far-right groups like the British National Party and the German People's Union, it sheds light on a crucial yet underexplored area of social movement theory. Combining innovative methodology with rich empirical analysis, Demobilising the Far Right provides vital insights for understanding political violence, extremism, and protest movements as well as how states and social actors respond, and the implications for democratic societies.

Qualitative Causal Inference and Explanation
  • David Waldner
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    June 2026
    Print publication:
    30 June 2026
  • While existing qualitative, case-study methods deliver specific explanations, quantitative approaches to causal inference emphasize valid inferences at the expense of explanations. In this book, David Waldner presents a hybrid method drawing on both approaches to ensure that explanations are based on validly inferred causes and to avoid making valid inferences that have limited explanatory power. Qualitative Causal Inference and Explanation integrates a qualitative identification strategy based on graph-theoretic analysis into traditional process-tracing methods by introducing three novel methodological concepts: hypothetical interventions, invariant causal mechanisms, and event-history maps. This new approach provides clear and feasible standards for making valid, unit-level causal inferences. The result is a groundbreaking approach to explaining complex social and political phenomena, one that better avoids false positives while providing explanations that satisfy the criteria of explanatory depth, density, relevance, and unification.

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