Robin J Cohen

Conceiving Cosmopolitanism: Theory, Context, and Practice

Conceiving Cosmopolitanism: Theory, Context, and Practice

Global Diasporas: An Introduction

Global Diasporas: An Introduction

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

My Little Golden Mother Goose

The Cambridge Survey of World Migration

The New Helots: Migrants in the International Division of Labour

The Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book

For most non-designers, especially beginning desktop publishers, the scanning, prepress, and printing process isn't an intuitive one. Trial and error is often the only way to learn the technical basics of producing professional-looking documents. If you're tired of learning the hard way, The Non-De...

Global Diasporas: An Introduction

In a perceptive and arresting analysis, Robin Cohen introduces his distinctive approach to the study of the world’s diasporas. This book investigates the changing meanings of the concept and the contemporary diasporic condition, including case studies of Jewish, Armenian, African, Chinese, British, ...

Global Sociology, Third Edition

“This new edition is an outstanding update of what I believe to be the best textbook for introducing undergraduates to global sociology. With a rich array of new examples, clear definitions of concepts and crisp theoretical summaries, it offers students a vision for participating as engaged citizens...

Global Sociology

Global Sociology is the authority on global issues in contemporary society, introducing key sociological topics, themes and debates from a consistently global point of view. Deep connections are made between the "everyday" and globalization processes, with focus on how individuals perceive, react to...

Searching for Chanukah in Frankfurt, Germany

Join Gramps, Gran, and Uncle Steve as they wander through the Frankfurt Christmas Fair, called the Weihnachtsmarkt in German, mingling with the people who have come to celebrate Christmas in Frankfurt, Germany. While Gramps and Uncle Steve savor tasty treats, Gran's thoughts turn to Chanukah, and sh...

Encountering Difference

In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is hardly a more urgent task than understanding how humans can learn to live alongside one another. This fascinating book shows how people from various societ...

The Creolization Reader: Studies in Mixed Identities and Cultures (Routledge Student Readers)

Increasingly, ‘creolization’ is used to analyse ‘cultural complexity’, 'cosmopolitanism’,‘hybridity’, ‘syncretism’ and ‘mixture’, prominent and growing characteristics of the global age. The Creolization Reader captures all these meanings. Attention to the ‘creolizing world’ has enormous potential a...

Global Sociology: Second Edition

The second edition of this pioneering text, Global Sociology, offers an innovative approach to sociology that takes the global dimensions of the contemporary world as its overarching framework. Fully revised and updated with a new Introduction and three new chapters, Global Sociology is written in a...

Robin Cohen

Robin Cohen (born 1944) is a sociologist working in the fields of international development and migration. He is Professor of Development Studies and Director of the ...