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Revival: Modern Science (1929) by J. Arthur Thomson 9781138567740
RRP: £49.99£43.50The aim of this book is to give a general idea of the way in which Modern Science looks out on the world. By selecting a few salient illustrations, it seeks to show how the various sciences are disclosing the Order of Nature. It is hoped that it may be... -
Barbed Wire: Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons by Patrick Brantlinger 9781138564374
RRP: £135.00£117.28A call to transform the way we think about property, this book examines how capitalism has from its origins sought to enclose or privatize the commons, or land and other forms of property that had been viewed as communally owned, and argues that... -
Entanglements of Modernity, Colonialism and Genocide: Burundi and Rwanda in Historical-Sociological Perspective by Jack Palmer 9781138564329
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book offers a novel sociological examination of the historical trajectories of Burundi and Rwanda. It challenges both the Eurocentric assumptions which have underpinned many sociological theorisations of modernity, and the notion that the processes... -
The Spectacle of Critique: From Philosophy to Cacophony by Tom Boland 9781138564299
RRP: £135.00£117.28Far from being the preserve of a few elite thinkers, critique increasingly dominates public life in modernity, leading to a cacophony of accusation and denunciation around all political issues. The technique of unmasking 'power' or 'hegemony' or... -
Contemporary European Cinema: Crisis Narratives and Narratives in Crisis by Betty Kaklamanidou 9781138564404
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book offers a range of accounts of the state of "European Cinema" in a specific sociopolitical era: that of the global economic crisis that began in 2008 and the more recent refugee and humanitarian crisis. With the recession having become... -
Korea's Retirement Predicament: The Ageing Tiger by Thomas R. Klassen 9781138562561
RRP: £45.99£40.13The distinguishing feature for many workers in South Korea is contractual - and often involuntary - retirement at a young age (mid-50s for most workers) followed by precarious and low-paying self-employment or contract work. In the past this practice,... -
Creation: Law and Probability by Revd. Dr. Fraser Watts 9781138612198
RRP: £32.99£29.16Published in 1999. How can we reconcile assumptions about the lawfulness of the universe with provision for chance events? Do the 'laws of nature' indicate what absolutely must happen, or just what is most likely to happen? These are important questions... -
Dreaming Global Change, Doing Local Feminisms: Visions of Feminism. Global North/Global South Encounters, Conversations and Disagreements by Lena Martinsson 9781138556010
RRP: £37.99£33.38In a world where frontiers are militarised and classifications systems defining rights and belonging are reinforced, transnational feminist agendas are fundamental. We use the concept of 'scholarships of hope' to analyse the diversity of feminist... -
Dreaming Global Change, Doing Local Feminisms: Visions of Feminism. Global North/Global South Encounters, Conversations and Disagreements by Lena Martinsson 9781138555990
RRP: £135.00£117.28In a world where frontiers are militarised and classifications systems defining rights and belonging are reinforced, transnational feminist agendas are fundamental. We use the concept of 'scholarships of hope' to analyse the diversity of feminist... -
Involving Men in Ending Violence against Women: Development, Gender and VAW in Times of Conflict by Joyce Wu 9781138553095
RRP: £135.00£117.28Involving men to stop violence against women is a global trend, with celebrity-endorsed campaigns such as HeforShe and White Ribbon being hailed as progress in changing male behaviour. But the question remains: Has men's involvement resulted in positive... -
Loneliness: A Social Problem by Keming Yang 9781138553026
RRP: £135.00£117.28In recent years its medical implications have brought loneliness to the centre of attention of mass media, government agents, and the general public. However, as this volume demonstrates, loneliness is not merely a psychological, individual, or health... -
Vegetation and Soils: A World Picture by S. R. Eyre 9781138540262
RRP: £135.00£117.68Vegetation and Soils is an introduction to the study of vegetation and soil distribution. In this accessible work, S. R. Eyre describes the distributions of these two important elements in the landscape. The book progresses regionally, and the land areas... -
Sex Work and Sex Workers by Roberto Refinetti 9781138532441
RRP: £135.00£117.28Sexuality & Culture serves as a compelling forum for the analysis of ethical, cultural, psychological, social, and political issues related to sexual relationships and sexual behavior. These issues include, but are not limited to: sexual consent and... -
Dilemmas of Social Reform: Poverty and Community Action in the United States by Peter Marris 9781138522329
RRP: £135.00£117.68This title is a classic work on social reform. It is an account of the origins and development of community action from its beginnings in the Ford Foundation Gray Area Programs and the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, through the rise and... -
Constructionist Controversies: Issues in Social Problems Theory by Gale Miller 9781138521131
RRP: £135.00£117.28"Constructionist Controversies" reviews the substantial contributions to social problems theory that have been made by social constructionist theorists and examines debates about the future of this perspective. Intended for the student, the... -
A Guide to Children's Reference Books and Multimedia Material by Susan Hancock 9781138610002
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1998 , A Guide to Children's Reference Books and Multi Material provides essential information on over 250 children's reference products for parents, teachers and librarians wishing to purchase the best books and multimedia material in... -
The Mask of Normalcy: Social Conformity and its Ambiguities by George Serban 9781138516304
RRP: £43.99£38.44Psychologists view well-adjusted behaviour as conformity the ability to navigate relationships and events within a framework of societal rules and regulations. George Serban argues that a better test is how well an individual is able to navigate adverse... -
Snow Job: The War Against International Cocaine Trafficking by Kevin Jack Riley 9781138514591
RRP: £28.99£25.09Cocaine has had a long and prominent position in the history of American substance abuse. As far back as the late 1800s cocaine was commonly found hi patent medicines, elixirs, and, astonishingly, in the earliest versions of Coca-Cola. Eventually, the... -
Knowledge-Based Systems for Multiple Environments by Ladislav J. Kohout 9781138386600
RRP: £84.99£74.25First published in 1992, this volume identifies the problems facing the designer of multi-environmental knowledge-based systems, and explains the principles that must be followed in order to obtain successful results. Systems called upon to function in... -
Prison Labour: Salvation or Slavery?: International Perspectives by Dirk Van Zyl Smit 9781138386280
RRP: £120.00£104.01First published in 1999, this collection of articles responds to the controversial debate on whether prison labour constitutes betterment or slave labour. The volume is a stock-taking exercise designed to elicit basic information as a foundation for... -
Crime and Social Control in Central-Eastern Europe: A Guide to Theory and Practice by Aleksandar Fatic 9781138611566
RRP: £61.99£53.61First published in 1997. This work provides a criminological introduction to the current situation of criminal justice systems in the politically changing Central-Eastern Europe after 1989. It explores concrete problems which the countries are facing,... -
Action at a Distance: Studies in the Practicalities of Executive Management by R.J. Anderson 9781138504141
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book examines the nature of work and management, centring on documents as a class of management objects which have been relatively understudied in ethnomethodological research. Treating documents and similar artefacts as ordering devices, the... -
Scholarly Crimes and Misdemeanors: Violations of Fairness and Trust in the Academic World by Mark Davis 9781138504127
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book explores the problem of scientific dishonesty and misconduct - a problem that affects all disciplines, yet whose extent remains largely unknown and for which established standards for reporting, prevention, and punishment are absent. Presenting... -
Framing the Nation and Collective Identities: Political Rituals and Cultural Memory of the Twentieth-Century Traumas in Croatia by Vjeran Pavlakovic 9781138504011
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book analyzes top-down and bottom-up strategies of framing the nation and collective identities through commemorative practices relating to events from the Second World War and the 1990s "Homeland War" in Croatia. With attention to media... -
From the Peaceable to the Barbaric: Thorstein Veblen and the Charro Cowboy by Beatriz Aldana Marquez 9781138498273
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book applies Thorstein Veblen's cultural theory to a qualitative study of the charro cowboy culture and community in Mexico. Drawing on Veblen's arguments regarding cultural lag, the peaceable and the barbaric, predatory culture, vested interest,... -
Emotions and Crime: Towards a Criminology of Emotions by Michael Hviid Jacobsen 9781138497887
RRP: £135.00£117.28In spite of the fact that crime is an emotive topic, the question of emotion has been largely overlooked in criminological research, which has tended instead to examine criminal conduct in terms of structural background variables or rational... -
Religious Education from a Critical Realist Perspective: Sensus Fidei and Critical Thinking by Johnny C. Go 9781138498242
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book examines the possibility and necessity of critical thinking in religious education through the lenses of critical realism and the Christian doctrine of sensus fidei ('sense of faith'). Drawing on Bhaskar's original critical realism and data... -
Progressive Violence: Theorizing the War on Terror by Michael Blain 9781138497726
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book examines the role of collective violence in the achievement of solidarity, shedding light on the difficulty faced by sociology in theorizing violence and warfare as a result of the discipline's tendency to idealize society in an attempt to... -
Crisis and Coloniality at Europe's Margins: Creating Exotic Iceland by Kristin Loftsdottir 9781138497603
RRP: £135.00£117.68Crisis and Coloniality at Europe's Margins: Creating Exotic Iceland provides a fresh look at the current politics of identity in Europe, using a crisis at the margins of Europe to shed light on the continued embeddedness of coloniality in everyday... -
The Portable Community: Place and Displacement in Bluegrass Festival Life by Robert Owen Gardner 9781138496378
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book explores the various ways in which individuals use music and culture to understand and respond to changes in their natural and built environments. Drawing on over 15 years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and participant observation, the... -
The European Union and Central and Eastern Europe: The Implications of Enlargement in Stages by Susan Senior Nello 9781138387294
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1998, this volume's approach is intended to be positive rather than normative and to identify criteria for evaluating which countries should join and the probable consequences of EU enlargement, along with the effects of temporary... -
Jammu and Kashmir, the Cold War and the West by D N Panigrahi 9781138382930
RRP: £46.99£40.97This book re-examines the multifaceted reality of the Kashmir problem. The state of Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to India soon after India's partition. Pakistan laid claim to it waged wars with India to wrest it. The various decisions taken by the USA... -
Children's Services in the Developing World by Najat M'Jid 9781138383562
RRP: £47.99£42.21Children's services in The Developing World brings together evidence relating to the health and development of children in the global South. It is essential reading for students, scientists, policy makers and practitioners in economically developing... -
The Digitized Imagination: Encounters with the Virtual World by Nalini Rajan 9781138380325
RRP: £46.99£40.97The work explores the complex and profound implications of digital technology for a stunning variety of spaces, ranging from science and cinema to citizenship and bazaars. It maps the multiple ways in which the 'new' media rewrites the 'old', and the... -
South Asia: The Spectre of Terrorism by P. R. Kumaraswamy 9781138376823
RRP: £31.99£28.33Since the partition of the subcontinent along communal lines, political violence has increased in South Asia. Terrorism is one such manifestation of this violence. This book witnesses serious assessment of various aspects of terrorism that are affecting... -
Heritage in the Digital Era: Cinematic Tourism and the Activist Cause by Rodanthi Tzanelli 9781138377127
RRP: £47.99£41.81What happens to traditional conceptions of heritage in the era of fluid media spaces? 'Heritage' usually involves intergenerational transmission of ideas, customs, ancestral lands, and artefacts, and so serves to reproduce national communities over time... -
India Migration Report 2010: Governance and Labour Migration by S. Irudaya Rajan 9781138376915
RRP: £46.99£41.37The first India Migration Report proposed by the Research Unit on International Migration set up by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is organised into articles... -
Compliance in the Enlarged European Union: Living Rights or Dead Letters? by Gerda Falkner 9781138376526
RRP: £46.99£40.97This book offers a rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis of an important dimension of European integration - the implementation of EU legislation and its effect in the wake of the accession of ten new member states to the EU in 2004. The authors... -
Research for Social Justice: Proceedings of the International Seminar on Research for Social Justice (ISRISJ 2018), October 30, 2018, Bandung, Indonesia by Elly Malihah 9781138369740
RRP: £125.00£108.26Individuals are equipped with a wide range of knowledge that enhances their employability, health, family life, and social engagement. On this basis, providing equality for all has been set to be achieved as one of the United Nations sustainable... -
Women and Trade Unions: A Comparative Perspective by Jennifer Curtin 9781138370524
RRP: £105.00£90.86First published in 1999, this volume aims to examine the extent to which such a partnership has been developed between women workers and trade unions, with a comparative emphasis. Jennifer Curtin analyses how women trade unionists have sought to make...