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How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century by Hahrie Han 9780199336777
£51.18Why are some civic associations better than others at getting--and keeping--people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Association, Health Care for America Now to the Sierra Club, membership-based civic associations constantly... -
Bruno Latour by Gerard de Vries
RRP: £17.99£16.04Bruno Latour is among the most important figures in contemporary philosophy and social science. His ethnographic studies have revolutionized our understanding of areas as diverse as science, law, politics and religion. To facilitate a more realistic... -
Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism by Lorraine Daston 9780231130394
RRP: £28.00£24.96Is anthropomorphism a scientific sin? Scientists and animal researchers routinely warn against "animal stories," and contrast rigorous explanations and observation to facile and even fanciful projections about animals. Yet many of us, scientists and... -
Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities by David M. Ortmann 9781442217362
RRP: £25.00£22.43Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities delves into the unique experiences of individuals in BDSM communities. While misunderstandings surrounding these communities prevail, BDSM sexuality cuts across race, gender, nationality,... -
We Need to Talk About Africa: The harm we have done, and how we should help by Tom Young
RRP: £10.99£7.77If you boil a kettle twice today, you will have used five times more electricity than a person in Mali uses in a whole year. How can that be possible? Decades after the colonial powers withdrew Africa is still struggling to catch up with the rest of... -
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg
RRP: £8.99£6.13In 1950, only 22% of adults were single. Today, more than 50% of adults are. Though conventional wisdom tells us that living by oneself leads to loneliness and isolation, most solo dwellers, compared with their married counterparts, are more likely to... -
Geographical Indication and Global Agri-Food: Development and Democratization by Alessandro Bonanno 9780367727116
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book addresses the relevance of geographical indication (GI) as a tool for local and socio-economic development and democratization of agri-food, with case studies from Asia, Europe and the Americas.A geographical indication is a sign used on... -
Bronze Age Worlds: A Social Prehistory of Britain and Ireland by Robert Johnston 9781138037885
RRP: £37.99£33.78Bronze Age Worlds brings a new way of thinking about kinship to the task of explaining the formation of social life in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland.Britain and Ireland's diverse landscapes and societies experienced varied and profound transformations... -
Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh 9781803994598
RRP: £22.99£16.75'Refreshingly clear-eyed ... Faking It is an insightful and intelligent book that's a must for those looking for facts about AI hype.' - Books+Publishing'AI will be as big a game-changer as the smart phone and the personal computer - or bigger! This book... -
Critical Reflections on Public Private Partnerships by Jasmine Gideon 9780367678067
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book argues that despite the hype within many policy circles, there is actually very little evidence to support the presumed benefits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in reducing poverty and addressing inequalities in the provision of and... -
I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World by Milan Kordestani
RRP: £12.99£8.60A straightforward look at the history and the art of maintaining courteous communication in an increasingly divided world.Have you ever been in a conversation that, after volleying back and forth, ended with the words, "I'm just saying . . ."? Usually,... -
unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation by Brooks Jackson
RRP: £13.99£10.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400065660Author Brooks JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)... -
Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change by William R. Catton
RRP: £25.99£22.04Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that there must be limits to our tremendous appetite for energy, natural resources, and consumer goods. Even utility and oil companies now promote conservation in the face of demands for... -
Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From The Culture Of Hyper-Parenting by Carl Honore
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Engagingly written and filled with interesting detail' SUNDAY TIMESA revealing portrait of how families are struggling to cope with the changing world of parenting and childhood, plus new solutionsThe parent screaming from the touchline at an... -
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
RRP: £33.95£27.29Are the "culture wars" over? When did they begin? What is their relationship to gender struggle and the dynamics of class? In her first full treatment of postcolonial studies, a field that she helped define, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, one of the world's... -
Bite Club: Real-life attacks by sharks and other killer predators by Douglas Wight
RRP: £9.99£6.80It's a trauma like no other. Being perceived as a threat or, worse, hunted as food makes an animal attack a unique ordeal. Suddenly you're helpless, at its mercy. When an animal strikes it is lightning fast, determined and can't be reasoned with... -
Africa in Transformation: Economic Development in the Age of Doubt by Carlos Lopes 9783030012908
RRP: £24.99£20.36"Lopes brings his rigour, insight, and experience to this timely new book, presenting a compelling rethink of traditional development models in Africa and the need to seize on transformational change to build a sustainable future for the continent."-Kofi... -
Law, Sex and Christian Society in Mediaeval Europe by James A. Brundage
RRP: £65.00£62.81This monumental study of medieval law and sexual conduct explores the origin and develpment of the Christian church's sex law and the systems of belief upon which that law rested. Focusing on the Church's own legal system of canon law, James A. Brundage... -
After Method: Mess in Social Science Research by John Law
RRP: £53.99£46.87John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what... -
The Age of Disruption: Technology and Madness in Computational Capitalism by Bernard Stiegler 9781509529278
RRP: £24.99£22.21Half a century ago Adorno and Horkheimer argued, with great prescience, that our increasingly rationalized world was witnessing the emergence of a new kind of barbarism, thanks in part to the stultifying effects of the culture industries. What they could... -
On Aggression by Konrad Lorenz
RRP: £16.99£15.22Konrad Lorenz was the author of some of the most popular books ever published about animals, including the best-selling Man Meets Dog and King Solomon's Ring. On Aggression is one of his finest works, as well as the most controversial. Through an... -
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen by Kwame Anthony Appiah
RRP: £12.99£11.46In this groundbreaking work, Kwame Anthony Appiah, hailed as "one of the most relevant philosophers today" (New York Times Book Review), changes the way we understand human behavior and the way social reform is brought about. In brilliantly arguing that... -
Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition by Steven F. Railsback 9780691190839
RRP: £58.00£44.77The essential textbook on agent-based modeling-now fully updated and expandedAgent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling has become the standard textbook on the subject for classroom use and self-instruction. Drawing on the latest version of NetLogo and... -
Myths and Legends of Japan by F.Hadland Davis 9780486270456
RRP: £20.99£14.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486270456Author F. Hadland DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Handbook of Petrochemicals and Processes by G. Margaret Wells 9781138331372
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1991, this volume responds to the major changes in the petrochemical industry over the previous decade due to increases in raw material costs, improvements in process efficiency and the increasing importance now being placed on... -
Belly Rubbins For Bubbins: The Story of a Rescue Dog by Jason Kraus 9780578469379
£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578469379Author Jason KrausFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Bubbins, LLCPublisher Bubbins, LLCWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 203mm * 3mm -
Social Identity and Intergroup Relations by Henri Tajfel
RRP: £41.99£29.75This study of intergroup relations remained for long on the periphery of mainstream social psychology. However, fresh research and thinking did much to overcome this neglect of one of the fundamental issues of our time, so that it became a clearly... -
Art as a Social System by Niklas Luhmann 9780804739078
RRP: £34.00£29.73This is the definitive analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century. It not only represents an important intellectual step in discussions of art-in its rigor and in its having... -
Introducing Derrida: A Graphic Guide by Jeff Collins
RRP: £8.99£6.70Brilliant illustrated guide to the best-known and most controversial continental philosopher of the latter 20th century. Jacques Derrida is the most famous philosopher of the late 20th century. Yet Derrida has undermined the rules of philosophy, rejected... -
Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity by Elizabeth Wilson
RRP: £19.99£17.61When "Adorned in Dreams" was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as 'the best I have read on the subject, bar none'. Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity... -
What's Mine Is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live by Rachel Botsman
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable. This new and important book shows how technological advances are driving forms of 'collaborative consumption' which will change forever the... -
The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration by David Goodhart
RRP: £24.00£16.96SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE PADDY POWER POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS 2014 In The British Dream, David Goodhart tells the story of post-war immigration and charts a course for its future. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with people... -
Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative by Michael Taussig
RRP: £29.99£25.99Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. It begins with the notion that such activity is attractive in its very repulsion, and that it creates something sacred even in the most secular of societies and circumstances. In... -
(Mis)recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice: Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu by Terry Lovell
RRP: £43.99£38.44Nancy Fraser's work provides a theory of justice from multiple perspectives which has created a powerful frame for the analysis of political, moral and pragmatic dilemmas in an era of global capitalism and cultural pluralism. It has been developed... -
Wasting More Police Time: Further Adventures in La-La Land by David Copperfield 9781906308193
RRP: £8.99£6.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308193Author David CopperfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 194g -
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg 9781400069286
RRP: £30.00£18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Books for a Better Life (Psychology) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781400069286Author Charles DuhiggFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House... -
Queer Attachments: The Cultural Politics of Shame by Professor Sally R. Munt
RRP: £43.99£38.44Why is shame so central to our identity and to our culture? What is its role in stigmatizing subcultures such as the Irish, the queer or the underclass? Can shame be understood as a productive force? In this lucid and passionately argued book, Sally R... -
Policing the Risk Society by Richard V. Ericson 9780198265771
RRP: £43.49£39.93In this provocative new book, Richard Ericson and Kevin Haggerty contend that the police have become information brokers to institutions such as insurance companies and health and welfare organizations that operate based on a knowledge of risk. In turn,... -
The Suicidal Mind by Edwin S. Shneidman
£38.60Suicide haunts our literature and our culture, claiming the lives of ordinary people and celebrities alike. It is now the third leading cause of death for fifteen- to twenty-four-year-olds in the United States, raising alarms across the nation about the... -
The Japanese Talmud: Antisemitism in East Asia by Christopher L. Schilling
RRP: £25.00£21.58The image of Jews in East Asia is a strange mixture of opposites, a paradoxical blend of admiration and mockery, identification and denial. This book explores what 'Jew' means to many East Asians, and whether it is anything that Jewish people themselves...