Routledge International Handbooks
The Routledge International Handbook of Mental Health Disorders in the Caribbean and African Regions
1st Edition
Edited
By Monique Lynch-Jonah, Sheryl Garriques-Lloyd
July 21, 2026
The Routledge International Handbook of Mental Health Disorders in the Caribbean and African Regions addresses mental health in these locations as a critical public health priority. This comprehensive handbook emphasizes the collective societal responsibility to confront mental health challenges, ...
The Routledge Handbook of Southern Urbanism(s)
1st Edition
Edited
By Catalina Ortiz, Chandrima Mukhpadhyay
July 10, 2026
Cities are at the centre of a contemporary civilisational crisis, marked by displacement, climate breakdown, armed conflict, authoritarianism, and widening inequality. These conditions are not external shocks to urban life but constitutive forces through which cities are made, governed, inhabited, ...
The Routledge Handbook of Classical Liberalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard A. Epstein, Mario J. Rizzo, Liya Palagashvili
July 08, 2026
The Routledge Handbook of Classical Liberalism provides a comprehensive analysis of classical liberal theory including a survey of the theory’s central ideas and arguments, and the application of these ideas to contemporary issues. Chapters providing theoretical analyses are interweaved with ...
Routledge Handbook of African Borderlands
1st Edition
Edited
By Olivier Walther, Inocent Moyo, Isabella Soi
June 30, 2026
The Routledge Handbook of African Borderlands provides a comprehensive analysis of the factors shaping the past, present, and future of African borderlands, in all their complexity. Since precolonial times, African borderlands have served as sites of both prosperity and conflict. In the 21st ...
Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of American Presidency on a Global Stage: Sociopolitical Forces, Leadership, and Governance Volume II
1st Edition
Edited
By Adebowale Akande
June 29, 2026
The second volume of the Routledge Handbook of Sociological Perspectives on the American Presidency offers a bold and timely examination of the American presidency as a sociopolitical institution shaped by global currents, historical legacies, and evolving modes of leadership. This handbook, ...
Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Affect
1st Edition
Edited
By Susan Dewey, Brittany VandeBerg
June 26, 2026
This unprecedentedly expansive international collection of empirical and theoretical material explores the nascent field of criminology and affect. Affect theory first arose as an analytical framework to conceptualize and understand dynamic emotional relationships between individuals and the social...
Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Communities of Resistance
1st Edition
Edited
By Emiliana Mangone, Michele Sorice, Estrella Gualda
June 23, 2026
In an era defined by social upheaval and rapid digital transformation, this Handbook offers a compelling exploration of how communities are reshaping the cultural, economic, and political fabric of contemporary life. It argues that today’s social and digital spaces have evolved into a new kind of ...
The Routledge International Handbook of Research Security
1st Edition
Edited
By Brendan Walker-Munro, Tommy Shih
June 15, 2026
The Routledge International Handbook of Research Security examines research security – the act of protecting and securing university research and teaching in the name of national security – through a multidisciplinary and comparative lens. In this volume, contributors explore theoretical, domestic,...
Routledge Handbook of Physical Literacy
1st Edition
Edited
By Liz Durden-Myers
May 29, 2026
This handbook is a comprehensive, authoritative, and evidence-based guide to contemporary and global developments in the field of physical literacy. It brings together leading scholars and practitioners from around the world to examine the importance of physical literacy across the life course. ...
Routledge Handbook of Sociological Perspectives on the American Presidency: Sociopolitical Forces, Leadership, and Governance Volume I
1st Edition
Edited
By Adebowale Akande
May 29, 2026
This handbook, designed for sociologists, political scientists and historians, offers a compelling examination of the American presidency through the framework of sociological theory. Through a premiere collection of scholarly essays, this volume addresses the “crisis of democracy” in the United ...
Routledge International Handbook of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Yida Zhai, Cary Wu
May 29, 2026
The COVID-19 pandemic originated in China, yet the global community remains largely unaware of the challenges and experiences faced by its citizens during this unprecedented period. This limited understanding stems from various factors, including the complexities surrounding information ...
The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociologies of Food and Drink
1st Edition
Edited
By Anne Murcott, Mari Niva
May 29, 2026
This handbook presents a novel approach to updated, authoritative accounts of research on the sociologies of food and drink. Foregrounding the discipline of sociology in its various forms, it presents a range of theoretical approaches – including theories of practice, figurational sociology, ...