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Young People in the Labour Market: Past, Present, Future by Andy Furlong
RRP: £135.00£117.28Levels of suffering among young people have always been much higher than governments suggest. Indeed, policies aimed at young workers have often been framed in ways that help secure conformity to a new employment landscape in which traditional securities... -
Crime in England 1815-1880: Experiencing the criminal justice system by Helen Johnston
RRP: £47.99£41.81Crime in England, 1815-1880 provides a unique insight into views on crime and criminality and the operation of the criminal justice system in England from the early to the late nineteenth century.This book examines the perceived problem and causes of... -
Methods of Exploring Emotions by Helena Flam
RRP: £39.99£35.06Gathering scholars from different disciplines, this book is the first on how to study emotions using sociological, historical, linguistic, anthropological, psychological, cultural, and mixed approaches. Bringing together the emerging lines of inquiry, it... -
What's Happened To The University?: A sociological exploration of its infantilisation by Frank Furedi
RRP: £37.99£33.38The radical transformation that universities are undergoing today is no less far-reaching than the upheavals that it experienced in the 1960s. However today, when almost 50 per cent of young people participate in higher education, what occurs in... -
In the Shadow of Enoch Powell: Race, Locality and Resistance by Shirin Hirsch
RRP: £19.99£17.44Fifty years ago Enoch Powell made national headlines with his 'Rivers of Blood' speech, warning of an immigrant invasion in the once respectable streets of Wolverhampton. This local fixation brought the Black Country town into the national spotlight, yet... -
Dumping In Dixie: Race, Class, And Environmental Quality, Third Edition by Robert Bullard
RRP: £42.99£38.44To be poor, working-class, or a person of colour in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country's environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, ... -
The Foundations of the Welfare State by Pat Thane 9780582279520
RRP: £61.99£60.00A fully revised and rewritten second edition of a book which is now regarded as a classic. Takes full advantage of new research and places strong emphasis on voluntary action and the role of women in the shaping of social policy.It retains the excellent... -
Digital Timescapes – Technology, Temporality and Society by R Kitchin
RRP: £17.99£16.04Digital technologies are having a profound effect on the temporalities of individuals, households and organisations. We now expect to be able to instantly source a vast array of information at any time and from anywhere, as well as buy goods with the... -
The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas by Diana Taylor
RRP: £25.99£22.04In The Archive and the Repertoire preeminent performance studies scholar Diana Taylor provides a new understanding of the vital role of performance in the Americas. From plays to official events to grassroots protests, performance, she argues, must be... -
Exceptionalism by Lars Jensen
RRP: £36.99£32.53This volume crucially provides an analytical and comparative approach, investigating the meaning and uses of the concept of exceptionalism, while demonstrating the ways in which it manifests itself in different historical and geographical settings... -
The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion - Our Social Skin by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
RRP: £27.00£26.47In this work, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann examines public opinion as a form of social control in which individuals, almost instinctively sensing the opinions of those around them, shape their behaviour to prevailing attitudes about what is acceptable. For... -
West Indian Women at War: British Racism in World War II by Ben Bousquet 9780853157434
RRP: £16.00£15.25This study documents the hitherto unrecorded contribution made by West Indian women in the British armed forces during the World War II and highlights the racism of government recruitment policies. Based on original research and interviews, the book... -
Infrastructures and Social Complexity: A Companion by Penelope Harvey 9780367875350
RRP: £39.99£35.06Contemporary forms of infrastructural development herald alternative futures through their incorporation of digital technologies, mobile capital, international politics and the promises and fears of enhanced connectivity. In tandem with increasing... -
Barrack Buddies and Soldier Lovers: Dialogues With Gay Young Men in the U.S. Military by Steven Zeeland
RRP: £39.99£35.46Among all the literature published on gays in the military, Steven Zeeland's first book remains one of a kind. Barrack Buddies and Soldier Lovers is a raw, unsanitized personal record of conversations the author had with young soldiers and airmen... -
Street Corner Society: Social Structure of an Italian Slum by William Foote Whyte 9780226895451
RRP: £27.00£26.47Street Corner Society is one of a handful of works that can justifiably be called classics of sociological research. William Foote Whyte's account of the Italian American slum he called "Cornerville"-Boston's North End-has been the model for urban... -
Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination by Nicole Seymour
RRP: £22.99£19.60In Strange Natures, Nicole Seymour investigates the ways in which contemporary queer fictions offer insight on environmental issues through their performance of a specifically queer understanding of nature, the nonhuman, and environmental degradation. By... -
Public, Private, Secret: On Photography & the Configuration of Self by Charlotte Cotton
RRP: £19.95£13.94Public, Private, Secret explores the roles that photography and video play in the crafting of identity, and the reconfiguration of social conventions that define our public and private selves. Consciously framed by our present era, this collection of... -
Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History by Peter Turchin 9780996139540
RRP: £35.00£28.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996139540Author Peter TurchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Beresta BooksPublisher Beresta BooksWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda by Peter Bergen 9780857208828
RRP: £8.99£5.82In The Longest WarPeter Bergen offers a comprehensive history of the war on terror and its evolution, from the strategies devised in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to the fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond. Unlike any other book on this subject,... -
Group Dynamics by Donelson R. Forsyth 9781337408851
£71.92Learn how group dynamics theory applies in the real world with the help of this best seller. GROUP DYNAMICS, 7th Edition, covers all major theories and topics pertaining to group and team processes. Focus on what's most important with clearly organized... -
Key Topics in Public Health: Essential Briefings on Prevention and Health Promotion by Linda Ewles 9780443100260
RRP: £25.99£23.86Key Topics is a short, easy-to-read text that provides basic information about twelve key topics in public health, such as diabetes, cancer, smoking and teenage pregnancy, and how prevention and health promotion should be tackled at community and... -
The scientific economic paper: from writing to publishing by Mihai Mutascu 9781533377494
RRP: £6.00£5.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533377494Author Mihai MutascuFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Sheela-na-gigs: Unravelling an Enigma by Barbara Freitag
RRP: £39.99£35.06Here Barbara Freitag examines all the literature on the subject since their discovery 160 years ago, highlighting the inconsistencies of the various interpretations in regard to origin, function and name. By considering the Sheela-na-gigs in their... -
Global Health Watch 2: An Alternative World Health Report by People's Health Movement
£38.44In an increasingly integrated, globalised world with new cross-border threats to health, widening disparities in both health and access to health care, and an unacceptable level of human suffering and premature mortality in developing countries, civil... -
Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Harms Our Health and the Environment by Grant Ennis 9781990263484
RRP: £19.99£13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990263484Author Grant EnnisFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Daraja PressPublisher Daraja PressWeight(grams) 820g -
Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage by Sowande M. Mustakeem
RRP: £21.99£18.79Most times left solely within the confine of plantation narratives, slavery was far from a land-based phenomenon. This book reveals for the first time how it took critical shape at sea. Expanding the gaze even more deeply, the book centers how the... -
Dialogues on Power and Space by Carl Schmitt 9780745688695
RRP: £14.99£13.58Written in the early stages of the Cold War by one of the most controversial political and legal thinkers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt s two short dialogues on power and space bring together several dimensions of his work in new ways. The... -
Public Spheres of Resonance: Constellations of Affect and Language by Anne Fleig
RRP: £39.99£35.06To understand the profound changes in the modes of public political debate over the past decade, this volume develops a new conception of public spheres as spaces of resonance emerging from the power of language to affect and to ascribe and instill... -
Countering Hate by Bob Pearson 9780999662304
RRP: £30.99£19.41"We all start out the same. Whether born in Damascus or Detroit, human beings begin life with similar DNA, common instincts for survival and a basic desire to learn and explore. We dont all end up the same. Every day we hear of people who try to disrupt... -
Key Concepts in Ethnography by Karen O'Reilly
RRP: £36.99£32.65"An accessible and entertaining read, useful to anybody interested in the ethnographic method." - Paul Miller, University of Cumbria "A very good introduction to ethnographic research, particularly useful for first time researchers... -
Stuart Hall by James Procter 9780415262675
RRP: £19.99£17.69James Procter's introduction places Hall's work within its historical contexts, providing a clear guide to his key ideas and influences, as well as to his critics and his intellectual legacy.Stuart Hall has been pivotal to the development of cultural... -
The Ultimate Politics and History Quiz by Tim Bourke 9780954562052
RRP: £10.95£8.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954562052Author Tim BourkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Tara PressPublisher Tara PressDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 10mm -
The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Story of Jerome Caminada by Angela Buckley
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399013529Author Angela BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Pen and Sword Social HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword Social HistoryWeight(grams) 152g -
Working for the Clampdown: The Clash, the Dawn of Neoliberalism and the Political Promise of Punk by Colin Coulter
RRP: £25.00£21.58This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music. The essays... -
Prostitution: Sex Work, Policy and Politics by Jane Pitcher 9781473989351
RRP: £42.99£40.14The field of sex work has undergone a massive expansion in the past ten years. In this new edition, three leading researchers come together to provide an interdisciplinary outline of sex work. This book provides comprehensive coverage of key areas common... -
Growing Up Muslim in Europe and the United States by Medhi Bozorgmehr
RRP: £39.99£35.06This volume brings together scholarship from two different, and until now, largely separate literatures-the study of the children of immigrants and the study of Muslim minority communities-in order to explore the changing nature of ethnic identity,... -
On Institutional Analysis by Emile Durkheim
RRP: £28.00£27.39Ranging from Durkheim's original lecture in sociology to an excerpt from the work incomplete at his death, these selections illuminate his multiple approaches to the crucial concept of social solidarity and the study of institutions as diverse as the... -
Privilege: A Reader by Michael S. Kimmel
RRP: £43.99£38.44Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male, as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a range of contributors make clear in this timely anthology. In an era when 'diversity' is too often shorthand for 'of color' and/or 'female' the personal... -
Rural Education In Urbanized Nations: Issues And Innovations by Jonathan P Sher
RRP: £39.99£35.46A reversal in rural-to-urban migration patterns is creating increasing interest in the quality of education in rural areas and in techniques for meeting educational needs in sparsely populated regions. Wholesale urbanization of rural schools generally is... -
Deadly Peril: And How to Avoid it by Tracey Turner 9780747597940
RRP: £6.99£5.37From the author of 101 Things You Need to Know comes THE must-have Christmas gift of 2009. An enlightening and utterly compelling index of the world's deadliest Perils, how they might kill you, and how to evade them. Each Peril has its own 'report' -...