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Defending Qualitative Research: Design, Analysis, and Textualization by Mario Cardano 9781032173528
RRP: £39.99£35.06Focussing on the phases of qualitative research which precede and follow fieldwork - design, analysis, and textualization - this book offers new theoretical tools to tackle one of the most common criticisms advanced against qualitative research: its... -
Post-Sixties Narratives as Cultural Criticism: Seeking Radical Change in America by Lin Xiang 9781032173412
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines the cultural criticism led by New York intellectuals from the 1960s onwards, considering the influence of such critique on American collective memory and contemporary public culture. With a focus on essays that appeared in Dissent... -
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements by James DeFronzo 9780367609481
RRP: £49.99£43.90With crucial insights and indispensable information concerning modern-day political upheavals, the sixth edition of Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements provides a representative cross-section of many of the most significant revolutions of the modern... -
The Condition of Democracy: Volume 3: Postcolonial and Settler Colonial Contexts by Jurgen Mackert 9780367745394
RRP: £37.99£33.38Classical liberal democratic theory has provided crucial ideas for a still dominant and hegemonic discourse that rests on ideological conceptions of freedom, equality, peacefulness, inclusive democratic participation, and tolerance. While this may have... -
Transnational Civil Society in Asia: The Potential of Grassroots Regionalization by Simon Avenell 9780367627126
RRP: £37.99£33.38This edited volume addresses how transnational interactions among civil society actors in Asia and its sub-regions are helping to strengthen common democratic values and transform dominant processes of policymaking and corporate capitalism in the region... -
The Humanitarian Fix: Navigating Civilian Protection in Contemporary Wars by Joe Cropp 9780367621971
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book investigates how humanitarians balance the laws and principles of civilian protection with the realities of contemporary warzones, where non-state armed actors assert cultural, political and religious traditions that are often at odds with... -
Gonzo Governance: The Media Logic of Donald Trump by David Altheide 9781032362212
RRP: £125.00£108.26Drawing on social science and communications theory, Gonzo Governance offers a new interpretation of Presidential power that shifts focus to the media dynamics that surrounded Donald Trump. The former President's unhinged behavior and skilled media and... -
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan by Hiroko Takeda 9780367542665
RRP: £41.99£36.75The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan presents a synthesized, interdisciplinary study of contemporary Japan based on up-to-date theoretical models designed to provide readers with a comprehensive and full understanding of the dynamics of... -
Asian Women, Identity and Migration: Experiences of Transnational Women of Indian Origin/Heritage by Nish Belford 9780367537289
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book explores the influence which education and migration experiences have on women of Indian origin in Australia and the United Kingdom when (re)negotiating their identities. The intersections of migration and transnationalism are critically... -
The Condition of Democracy: Volume 1: Neoliberal Politics and Sociological Perspectives by Jurgen Mackert 9780367745356
RRP: £37.99£33.38Recent years have seen contestations of democracy all around the globe. Democracy is challenged as a political as well as a normative term, and as a form of governance. Against the background of neoliberal transformation, populist mobilization, and... -
Facial Recognition by Mark Andrejevic 9781509547326
RRP: £45.00£39.29Facial recognition is set to fundamentally change our experience and understanding of monitoring, surveillance, and privacy. Backed by powerful industry interests, this technology is being integrated into many areas of society - from airports to shopping... -
Embodied Social Justice by Rae Johnson 9781032139395
RRP: £125.00£107.86Embodied Social Justice introduces an embodied approach to working with oppression. Grounded in current research, the book integrates key findings from education, psychology, sociology, and somatic studies while addressing critical gaps in how these... -
Gonzo Governance: The Media Logic of Donald Trump by David Altheide 9781032360034
RRP: £35.99£32.09Drawing on social science and communications theory, Gonzo Governance offers a new interpretation of Presidential power that shifts focus to the media dynamics that surrounded Donald Trump. The former President's unhinged behavior and skilled media and... -
Reinforcement of the Halal Industry for Global Integration Revival: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Halal Development (ICHaD 2021), Malang, Indonesia, 5 October 2021 by Heri Pratikto 9781032349275
RRP: £81.99£71.30The emergence of a Halal industry in the past decade in the fields of food, beverages, and services, emphasizes the importance of providing a more complete understanding of Halal products, current Halal developments and other topics of Halal development... -
Out Law by Lisa Keen 9780807079669
RRP: £15.00£10.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807079669Author Lisa KeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm by Rowland Atkinson 9780367685881
RRP: £125.00£107.86Shades of Deviance is a turbo-driven guide to crime and deviance. It offers politically engaged, thought-provoking and accessibly written accounts of a wide range of socially and legally prohibited acts. This updated and revised edition is designed to be... -
The Sociological Quest: An Introduction to the Study of Social Life by Evan Willis 9781032327082
RRP: £86.99£75.54Starting sociology can be daunting. This user-friendly introduction takes the reader on a quest towards a sociological understanding of the world we live in. Using contemporary examples, The Sociological Quest asks what is distinctive about the way... -
Anti-Neoliberal Populisms in Comparative Perspective: A Latinamericanisation of Southern Europe? by Enrico Padoan 9780367620806
RRP: £39.99£32.77In this book, Enrico Padoan proposes an original middle-range theory to explain the emergence and the internal organisation of anti-neoliberal populist parties in Latin America and Southern Europe, and the relationships between these parties and the... -
Housing and Domestic Abuse: Policy into Practice by Yoric Irving-Clarke 9780367615437
RRP: £39.99£35.06Housing and Domestic Abuse provides an analysis of how housing policy has been historically utilised in responding to domestic abuse. The authors trace the history of policy from the feminist roots of the refuge movement, to the use of 'anti-social... -
Indigenous Invisibility in the City: Successful Resurgence and Community Development Hidden in Plain Sight by Deirdre Howard-Wagner 9780367672003
RRP: £39.99£35.06Indigenous Invisibility in the City contextualises the significant social change in Indigenous life circumstances and resurgence that came out of social movements in cities. It is about Indigenous resurgence and community development by First Nations... -
Wisconsin: A Geography by Ingolf Vogeler 9780367216504
RRP: £39.99£35.46Originally published in 1980, Wisconsin: A Geography is a thematic study of the physical, cultural, and economic geography of the state. It is illustrated with Black and White photos, maps, architectural drawings, and economic charts. The book is a... -
Undermining Rural Development With Cheap Credit by Dale W Adams 9780367215491
RRP: £39.99£35.06Originally published in 1985, twenty-three chapters are brought together in 4 parts dealing with, respectively, problems in rural finance, interest rate policies, politics and finance, and new directions for rural financial markets. In an introduction it... -
Gays and the Future of Anglicanism: Responses to the Windsor Report by Andrew Linzey 9781905047383
RRP: £17.99£15.39The Anglican Communion stands at a crossroads. Some want Anglicanism to be exclusive of gays, especially gay priests and bishops. The Windsor Report is seen as the means of achieving this by centralising the Anglican Communion, and bringing wayward... -
The Neoliberal Imagination: Politics, Aesthetics, and Economics in the Evolution of Hyper-Industrial Capitalism by Ross Abbinnett 9780367611231
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book presents a polemical account of the historical development of the neoliberal imagination. Inspired by the thought of Frederic Jameson, Bernard Stiegler, and Timothy Morton, it argues that the evolution of virtual and information technologies... -
Emotions, Embodied Cognition and the Adaptive Unconscious: A Complex Topography of the Social Making of Things by John A. Smith 9780367568382
RRP: £39.99£35.06Emotions, Embodied Cognition and the Adaptive Unconscious argues for the need to consider many other factors, drawn from disciplines such as socio-biology, evolutionary psychology, the study of the emotions, the adaptive unconscious, the senses and... -
Development Prospects for North Korea by Tae Yong Jung 9780367569440
RRP: £39.99£35.06The contributors to this book explore the current situation of North Korea in various aspects and provide policy suggestions for North Korea to become part of the international community and achieve sustainable development. Focusing on three key areas... -
Police on Camera: Surveillance, Privacy, and Accountability by Bryce Clayton Newell 9780367562137
RRP: £39.99£35.06Police body-worn cameras (BWCs) are at the cutting edge of policing. They have sparked important conversations about the proper role and extent of police in society and about balancing security, oversight, accountability, privacy, and surveillance in our... -
Power and Protest at an American University: No Confidence, No Fear by Ellen Carnaghan 9780367610999
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines the successful no-confidence movement led by faculty at Saint Louis University in 2013 in an effort to unseat the university president, considering the reasons for success when similar movements often fail. Through a series of chapters... -
Eating Fandom: Intersections Between Fans and Food Cultures by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard 9780367608798
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book considers the practices and techniques fans utilize to interact with different aspects and elements of food cultures. With attention to food cultures across nations, societies, cultures, and historical periods, the collected essays consider the... -
Media Freedom by Damian Tambini 9781509544684
RRP: £55.00£47.73The contentious role of social media in recent elections and referendums has brought to the fore once again the fundamental question of media freedom and the extent to which, and the way in which, the media should be regulated in a modern democratic... -
Towards a Southern Approach to Sex Work: Lived Experience and Resilience in a Bangladeshi Brothel by Habiba Sultana 9780367695026
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book delves into this almost unchartered territory, documenting the lived experiences of sex workers in Bangladesh, considering the complex realities of their day-to-day lives and the ways they negotiate their working conditions and relationships... -
Scratching the Surface: Posties, Privatisation and Strikes in the Royal Mail by Phil Chadwick 9781782795247
RRP: £14.99£13.03Since 2000, there has been an ideologically driven experiment carried out in the UK to change the postal service provided by Royal Mail, to one beholden to the mantra of competition, profit and privatisation. This is the story of those in the frontline... -
Being with Data: The Dashboarding of Everyday Life by Nathaniel Tkacz 9781509545315
RRP: £55.00£47.73Once the rarified stuff of scientists and statisticians, data are now at the heart of our global digital economy, transforming everything from how we perceive the value of a professional athlete to the intelligence gathering activities of governments. We... -
Media Localism: The Policies of Place by Christopher Ali 9780252040726
RRP: £91.00£78.92We live in a boosterish era that exhorts us to play local and buy local. But what does it mean to support local media? How should we define local media in the first place? Christopher Ali delves into our ideas about localism and their far-reaching... -
Immigrant Women Workers in the Neoliberal Age by Nilda Flores-Gonzalez 9780252079115
RRP: £23.99£20.84To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the... -
Participatory Case Study Work: Approaches, Authenticity and Application in Ageing Studies by Sion Williams 9780367615123
RRP: £39.99£35.06Participatory Case Study Work shows academic co-researchers how to adapt and implement their methods so that data collection and analysis is authentically participatory. At the heart of this text is advocating a participatory approach to case study work,... -
Young Refugees and Forced Displacement: Navigating Everyday Life in Beirut by Liliana Riga 9780367696146
RRP: £39.99£35.06Young Refugees and Forced Displacement is about young Syrian and Iraqi refugees navigating the complex realities of forced displacement in Beirut. It is based on a British Academy funded two-year project with 51 displaced youths aged 8 to 17 and under... -
Multiple Gender Cultures, Sociology, and Plural Modernities: Re-reading Social Constructions of Gender across the Globe in a Decolonial Perspective by Heidemarie Winkel 9780367696078
RRP: £39.99£35.06Until today, Western, European sociology contributes to the social reality of colonial modernity, and gender knowledge is a paradigmatic example of it. Multiple Gender Cultures, Sociology, and Plural Modernities critically engages with these 'Western... -
Blogging Wildlife: The Perception of Animals by Hikers on the Appalachian Trail by Kate Marx 9780367695392
RRP: £39.99£35.06This volume reports on the encounters between hikers and wildlife on the Appalachian Trail. Based on narratives provided by trail hikers, it explores the ways in which humans relate to the animals with whom they temporarily share a home. With attention... -
Religion, Family, and Chinese Youth Development: An Empirical View by Jerf W. K. Yeung 9780367694784
RRP: £39.99£35.06Religion is a fundamental cultural factor profoundly influential on human mental health and behavioural choices, and, in addition, family is the most proximal and intimate socialization agent contributive to youth development. Religion, Family, and...