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British Travel Writers in Europe 1750-1800: Authorship, Gender, and National Identity by Katherine Turner
RRP: £110.00£95.11This title was first published in 2001: Hundreds of European travelogues produced by British travellers between 1750 and 1800 remain out of sight in most libraries and have generally been out of print since the 18th century. While many people with a... -
Rape, Victims, and Investigations: Experiences and Perceptions of Law Enforcement Officers Responding to Reported Rapes Shana Maier 9781138666092
RRP: £36.99£32.53Despite changes to laws and attitudes, rape continues at epidemic levels worldwide. As gatekeepers to the criminal justice system, law enforcement officers are important to the processing of rape cases and their interactions with victims can potentially... -
Histories of State Surveillance in Europe and Beyond Kees Boersma 9781138665866
RRP: £43.99£38.44Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the level of surveillance used by central government? Is the growth in surveillance merely a reaction to terrorism, or a solution to crime control? Are there more structural roots for the... -
Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World by Lena Dominelli
RRP: £19.99£12.77Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World explores the opportunities and constraints that the dynamics of globalisation present for human development in a range of different countries and situations. Arguing that globalisation is currently a system... -
Dynamic Asia: Business, Trade and Economic Development in Pacific Asia by Ian G. Cook
RRP: £32.99£29.16Published in 1998, this book examines the challenges and opportunities for international business and trade in the Asia-Pacific region, highlighting the dynamic and complexities of the region.Book InformationISBN 9781138618381Author Ian G. CookFormat... -
Common Law and Colonised Peoples: Studies in Trinidad and Western Australia by Jeannine M. Purdy
RRP: £120.00£104.01Published in 1997. It is well known in Australia that Aboriginal people are currently massively over-represented amongst the prison population. Although it is not officially acknowledged to the same degree in Trinidad, it is also well-known that... -
Crisis Services and Hospital Crises: Mental Health at a Turning Point by Dylan Tomlinson
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1999. This text examines the impasse in the development of alternatives to hospitals, drawing on the experience of both crisis service users and providers, and evidence of the effectiveness of such services. The book concludes that... -
Sharing Lives: Adult Children and Parents by Marc Szydlik
RRP: £43.99£38.44Sharing Lives explores the most important human relationships which last for the longest period of our lives: those between adult children and their parents. Offering a new reference point for studies on the sociology of family, the book focuses on the... -
Researching Far-Right Movements: Ethics, Methodologies, and Qualitative Inquiries Emanuele Toscano 9781138589179
RRP: £135.00£117.28As extreme and far right movements become increasingly widespread in many countries, the sociology of social movements is called to confront them. This book addresses the specific challenges entailed by the empirical study of such movements, presenting... -
God, Politics, Economy: Social Theory and the Paradoxes of Religion by Bulent Diken
RRP: £43.99£38.44The book intervenes into the contemporary debate on religion, politics, and economy, focusing on the field of formation which emerges as these seemingly autonomous spheres encounter one another. Empirically, it concentrates on examples from... -
The Known Economy: Romantics, Rationalists, and the Making of a World Scale by Colin Danby
RRP: £43.99£38.44Why do critics and celebrants of globalization concur that international trade and finance represent an inexorable globe-bestriding force with a single logic? The Known Economy shows that both camps rest on the same ideas about how the world is scaled... -
Tourism and African Development: Change and Challenge of Tourism in Kenya by Isaac Sindiga
RRP: £22.99£20.16First published in 1999, this book is a contribution to the debate on tourism and Third World development. The general goal of the study is to assess whether tourism is a viable development strategy for Africa, using the example of Kenya. More... -
Social Work and Poverty: Attitudes and Actions by Monica Dowling
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1999, this much-needed volume powerfully re-evaluates attitudes to the 'deserving and 'undeserving' poor and aims to investigate social workers' attitudes and actions towards poverty issues, social service users who have needed... -
The ABC of Child Protection by Jean Moore
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1992, this volume, a completely new work and companion to the best seller The ABC of Child Abuse Work, keeps alive the theme of the child's perspective. This new book examines four faces of abuse in detail: physical abuse, children... -
Youth Justice: Contemporary Policy and Practice by Barry Goldson
RRP: £32.99£29.16Published in 1999, the aim of this text is to offer a critical analysis of contemporary policy and practice in relation to children and crime. It provides an integrated edited text combining a critical commentary of contemporary social/criminal justice... -
Energy, Economy and Equity Interactions in a CGE Model for Pakistan by Farzana Naqvi
RRP: £33.99£30.00First Published in 1997, Naqvi provides a sophisticate model of Pakistan's economy and study of energy pricing issues. For researching these areas , this book focuses on substitution possibilities between different energy products and between energy... -
Irrational Action: A Philosophical Analysis by T.A Wilkerson
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1997, this volume originated from an article published in Ratio and reapproaches Aristotle in an attempt to define what counts as an irrational action, along with a general account of irrationality based on a large number of specific... -
Mothers Bereaved by Stillbirth, Neonatal Death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Patterns of Distress and Recovery by Frances M. Boyle
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1997, this volume studied families bereaved by perinatal or infant death, including factors both preceding and following the experience and its effect on areas such as marriage, mental health and future conception, based on interviews... -
Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector by Katrina R Moss
RRP: £15.99£14.41First published in 1998, this volume assesses issues of privatisation and mental health provision in the Medium Secure Psychiatric Care sector, including case studies on two regional secure units and Stockton Hall Psychiatric Hospital between 1989 and... -
Medicine and Charity in Georgian Bath: A Social History of the General Infirmary, c.1739-1830 Anne Borsay 9781138326019
RRP: £45.99£40.13First published in 1999, this rewarding volume offers a close and systematic analysis of the General Infirmary at Bath, which was founded in 1739 to grant 'lepers and cripples, and other indigent strangers' access to the spa waters. Four main themes are... -
Mysteries of the Cold War by Stephen J. Cimbala
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1999, this edited volume draws together contributors to discuss the end, management, technology and strategy of the Cold War with a focus on the USA and the Soviet Union. Mysteries of the Cold War enhances our view of decision-making... -
A Nation Apart: The African-American Experience and White Nationalism by Arnold Birenbaum
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book examines the ongoing struggle for social justice by and for African Americans. Examining the persistent rolling back of civil and voting rights for this population and other minorities since the end of Reconstruction, the author discusses the... -
Paying for Sex in a Digital Age: US and UK Perspectives Teela Sanders (University of Leicester, UK) 9781138318731
RRP: £37.99£33.38Providing one of the first comprehensive, cross-cultural examinations of the dynamic market for sexual services, this book presents an evidence-based look at the multiple factors related to purchasing patterns and demand among clients who have used the... -
Education, Culture and Critical Thinking by Ken Brown
RRP: £32.99£29.16Published in 1998. Interest in the subject of "critical thinking" has mounted, seeking ways to transcend rote learning and to remedy a widely perceived lack of critical, analytical abilities amongst school students. A growing literature on... -
Engraved on Steel: History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates: History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates by Basil Hunnisett
RRP: £120.00£104.61First published in 1998, Engraved on Steel focuses on engraving and engravers, exploring the use of steel engraving in both the decorative arts and in printing, Basil Hunnisett also describes the context of the steel engraver's work. The processes by... -
The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration by Sharon Pickering
RRP: £49.99£43.90The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration is concerned with the various relationships between migration, crime and victimization that have informed a wide criminological scholarship often driven by some of the original lines of inquiry... -
Islamist Foreign Policy in Sudan: Between Radicalism and the Search for Survival by Mohammed H. Sharfi
RRP: £135.00£117.28Examining the role played by ideology, internal politics and key figures within Sudan after the 1989 coup, this book analyses policymaking in the Sudanese administration in-depth and studies its effect on international and domestic politics and foreign... -
Borderland Religion: Ambiguous practices of difference, hope and beyond Daisy L. Machado (Union Theological Seminary, USA) 9781138482722
RRP: £135.00£117.28Borderland Religion narrates, presents and interprets the fascinating and significant practices when borders, migrants and religion intersect. This collection of original essays combines theology, philosophy and sociology to examine diverse religious... -
Youth and Policy: Contexts and Consequences by Howard Williamson
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1997, this volume is concerned primarily, though not exclusively, with one particular vulnerable group: unqualified young men on the margins. These young men, whose cultures of machismo, manualism and anti-mentalism previously served... -
Complexities of Researching with Young People by Paulina Billett
RRP: £115.00£99.76Currently, most books on youth research available on the market focus on 'how to' conduct youth research or the research process itself. This edited collection proposes to take this process a step further and discuss the complexities of youth research... -
Gender, Space and City Bankers by Helen Longlands
RRP: £135.00£117.28Gendered processes of globalisation, transnationalisation and urbanisation are increasing local and global inequalities and widening the gap between the rich and the poor. The global finance industry plays a key role in these processes, directing its... -
Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society, International Student Edition by Elgin F. Hunt
RRP: £50.99£49.76Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society 16e approaches social science from a common-sense perspective, rather than from a conventional social science angle. Readers will see how seemingly diverse disciplines intermingle - anthropology and... -
Living in the Shadows of China's HIV/AIDS Epidemics: Sex, Drugs and Bad Blood by Shelley Torcetti
RRP: £39.99£35.06Identifying the existing challenges and shortfalls of China's current HIV/AIDS programming, this book provides an understanding of the history of HIV/AIDS in China, comparing government responses to global best practice in prevention and treatment. ... -
Democracy, Diaspora, Territory: Europe and Cross-Border Politics by Olga Oleinikova
RRP: £39.99£35.06This volume offers a profoundly new interpretation of the impact of modern diasporas on democracy, challenging the orthodox understanding that ties these two concepts to a bounded form of territory. Considering democracy and diaspora through a... -
Human-Canine Collaboration in Care: Doing Diabetes by Fenella Eason
RRP: £39.99£35.06Adopting an anthrozoological perspective to study the participation of non-human animals in regimes of care, this book examines the use of canine scent detection to alert 'hypo-unaware' individuals to symptoms of human chronic illness. Based on... -
Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region Rebecca W. B. Lund 9781032086446
RRP: £39.99£35.06Developed in response to the theoretically driven mainstream sociology, institutional ethnography starts from people's everyday experiences, and works from there to discover how the social is organized. Starting from experience is a central step in... -
American Indian Medicine Dream Book by Brad Steiger
RRP: £18.99£12.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780924608148Author Brad SteigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Whitford Press,U.S.Publisher Whitford Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 550g -
Eye Witness Sam Smiles 9781138737099
RRP: £32.99£29.16This title was first published in 2000: This study examines the ways in which very different visual fields might be said to have shared certain working assumptions concerning the truth of representation. It concentrates particularly on prints.Book... -
Dialogical Planning in a Fragmented Society: Critically Liberal, Pragmatic, Incremental by Thomas L. Harper
RRP: £27.99£24.28The culmination of a critical study of neo-pragmatism philosophy and its application to planning, Dialogical Planning in a Fragmented Society begins with philosopher Stanley M. Stein's examination of neo-pragmatism and his thoughts on how it can be... -
Consumption Intensified: The Politics of Middle-Class Daily Life in Brazil by Maureen O'Dougherty
RRP: £21.99£19.19Consumption Intensified examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994. With inflation soaring to an astounding 2700 percent, their consumption practices intensified,...