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Applied Ethics: An Introduction Robin Attfield (Cardiff University) 9781509547388
RRP: $35.08$31.28Philosophy has provided us with a wealth of moral and ethical theories. Applied ethics is the study of practical moral issues and our best philosophical theories, and how each can inform the other. Acclaimed philosopher and textbook author Robin Attfield... -
The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics Eleonora Gea Piccardi 9781529215663
RRP: $52.63$40.64The gloomy prospect of climate change and ecosystems' collapse calls for an urgent rethinking of all aspects of our life: how we work, produce, eat, spend, take care of each other, relate to nature, and organize our societies. Prefigurative initiatives... -
Apocalypse Culture by Adam Parfray
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780922915057Author Adam ParfrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 487g -
Towards a Sociology of Pedagogy: The Contribution of Basil Bernstein to Research by Basil Bernstein 9780820455853
RRP: $56.94$50.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820455853Author Basil BernsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 397Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 590g -
Love Letters Bound in Gold Handcuffs by Lee Miller
RRP: $136.50$100.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914298059Author Lee MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint Lee Miller Archives PublishingPublisher Lee Miller Archives Publishing -
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber 9781621380931
$23.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621380931Author Max WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm -
Generation Locked-Out by Rory Hearne
RRP: $29.23$18.92The book that has been waiting to be written - how Ireland's housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it. "Clear, cogent and persuasive" - Fintan O'Toole ... -
The Uncertainty Mindset: Innovation Insights from the Frontiers of Food by Vaughn Tan
RRP: $39.00$30.99Innovation is how businesses stay ahead of the competition and adapt to market conditions that change in unpredictable and uncertain ways. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, high-end cuisine underwent a profound transformation. Once an... -
Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism by Melinda Cooper
RRP: $35.08$28.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935408345Author Melinda CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone Books -
The Return of the Sun: Suicide and Reclamation Among Inuit of Arctic Canada by Michael J. Kral 9780190269333
$110.60Inuit have among the highest suicide rates in the world - ten times the national average. Inuit narratives of suicide provide clues as to what can and in some cases has been done to combat the problem, but until recently they have not circulated far... -
The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation: How to Succeed in a Society That Blames You for Everything Gone Wrong by Caitlin Fisher 9781633538849
RRP: $25.33$16.83Millennial Generation vs. All Others"Millennials are killing it. It's time we stopped blaming them, and started thanking them. Caitlin Fisher explains why in this insightful, relatable book." L.S. Quinn, Founder, Reading Room CLE#1 New Release in... -
Nationalism and War by John A. Hall 9781107034754
RRP: $109.20$98.77Has the emergence of nationalism made warfare more brutal? Does strong nationalist identification increase efficiency in fighting? Is nationalism the cause or the consequence of the breakdown of imperialism? What is the role of victories and defeats in... -
Late Modernity in Crisis by Andreas Reckwitz
RRP: $35.08$31.28In times of entrenched social upheaval and multiple crises, we need the kind of social theory that is prepared to look at the big picture, analyze the broad developmental features of modern societies, their structural conditions and dynamics, and point... -
On the Pragmatics of Social Interaction Jurgen Habermas (Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt) 9780745632193
RRP: $37.03$32.90The core of this book is a set of five lectures delivered by Habermas at Princeton in 1971 under the title 'Reflections on the Linguistic Foundation of Sociology'. These lectures offer a preliminary view of what would become The Theory of Communicative... -
Basic Bioscience Laboratory Techniques: A Pocket Guide Philip L.R. Bonner (Nottingham Trent University) 9781119663355
RRP: $60.35$53.53A portable and pocket-sized guide to foundational bioscience and biomedical science laboratory skills The newly revised Second Edition of Basic Bioscience Laboratory Techniques: A Pocket Guide delivers a foundational and intuitive pocket reference text... -
The New Bauman Reader: Thinking Sociologically in Liquid Modern Times by Tony Blackshaw 9781784994037
RRP: $48.73$35.70Zygmunt Bauman has written more than seventy books over five decades, most taking a single subject and finding doors to open it in all directions. His work is an essential reference point in sociology, but it is time that everyone caught up with him. In... -
Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind by Nikolas Rose
RRP: $54.60$42.51The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that... -
Precarious Rhapsody Franco 'Bifo' Berardi 9781570272073
RRP: $31.20$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570272073Author Franco 'Bifo' BerardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Minor CompositionsPublisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 244g -
Transformational Leadership: A Comprehensive Review of Theory and Research Ronald E. Riggio 9780805847628
$87.71Transformational Leadership, Second Edition is intended for both the scholars and serious students of leadership. It is a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research that can serve as a reference and starting point for additional research... -
An Introduction to Japanese Society by Yoshio Sugimoto
RRP: $58.48$52.79An Introduction to Japanese Society provides a highly readable introduction to Japanese society by internationally renowned scholar Yoshio Sugimoto. Taking a sociological approach, the text examines the multifaceted nature of contemporary Japanese... -
Striking Women: Struggles & Strategies of South Asian Women Workers from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet by Anitha Sundari 9781912064861
RRP: $35.10$33.21Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, their work and their trade unions. Striking Women is centred on two industrial disputes, the famous... -
Simply Institutional Ethnography: Creating a Sociology for People by Dorothy E. Smith
RRP: $37.03$32.60Institutional ethnography (IE) originated as a feminist alternative to sociologies defining people as the objects of study. Instead, IE explores the social relations that dominate the life of the particular subject in focus. Simply Institutional... -
The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution by Jeffrey G. Karam
RRP: $50.68$44.09In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became known as the "thawra." These were the largest mass protests seen in the country's modern history. The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 puts... -
The Right to Useful Unemployment by Ivan Illich 9780714526638
RRP: $25.25$21.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714526638Author Ivan IllichFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers LtdWeight(grams) 136g -
Census and Social Structure Richard Lawton 9780714629650
RRP: $263.25$229.48First Published in 1978. The census of population is a key source for any study of nineteenth-century England. In association with parish registers and, from 1837, the civil registers recording births, deaths and marriages, population numbers and trends,... -
Arise: Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence by Jane Holgate
RRP: $38.98$26.03'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker' - Jane McAlevey In Arise, Jane Holgate argues that unions must revisit their understanding of power in order to regain influence and confront capital. Drawing on two decades of research and organising experience,... -
The Well-Connected Community: A Networking Approach to Community Development Alison Gilchrist 9781447347798
RRP: $46.78$36.39There is a growing recognition of the importance of networking for the vitality and cohesion of community life. The Well-Connected Community provides theoretical insights and practical guidance for people working with and for communities. This new... -
Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity by Loic Wacquant
RRP: $46.78$41.42The punitive turn of penal policy in the United States after the acme of the Civil Rights movement responds not to rising criminal insecurity but to the social insecurity spawned by the fragmentation of wage labor and the shakeup of the ethnoracial... -
Bourdieu: The Next Generation: The Development of Bourdieu's Intellectual Heritage in Contemporary UK Sociology Jenny Thatcher 9781138596351
RRP: $85.78$74.96This book will give unique insight into how a new generation of Bourdieusian researchers apply Bourdieu to contemporary issues. It will provide a discussion of the working mechanisms of thinking through and/or with Bourdieu when analysing data. In each... -
Discourse Theory and Practice: A Reader by Margaret Wetherell 9780761971566
RRP: $95.53$78.27`A highly effective introduction to the range of approaches found in discourse analysis... a lively and intellectually stimulating Reader' - David Silverman, Goldsmith College, University of London Discourse Theory and Practice is much more than a... -
Rotten Days in Late Summer by Ralf Webb
RRP: $19.48$13.86A TELEGRAPH AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN POLLARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 'Impressive . . . tender,... -
Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before it Kills Us David Whyte 9781526146984
RRP: $19.48$14.10We have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. Yet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor... -
The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
RRP: $35.08$23.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523094738Author Laura Van Dernoot LipskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers -
Telling About Society by Howard Saul Becker
RRP: $29.25$29.00One of French writer Georges Perec's most famous pieces, "I Remember", consists of 480 numbered paragraphs - each just a few short lines recalling a memory from his childhood. The work has neither a beginning nor an end, nor does it contain any analysis... -
Landscapes of the National Trust by Ben Cowell
RRP: $58.50$55.15A hymn to the British landscape. From the dramatic hills of the Lake District to the beaches and covers of Cornwall, this richly illustrated book brings together new perspectives on the places that have inspired artists, writers and film-makers and... -
Welcome to the Woke Trials: How #Identity Killed Progressive Politics by Julie Burchill 9781680532340
RRP: $55.58$41.93In 2013, Julie Burchill wrote a mischievous piece in the Observer to defend her friend Suzanne Moore. Burchill had not anticipated the vitriolic reaction that her words would provoke. She was pursued by the outrage mob, and there were even calls in the... -
Racism and the Tory Party: From Disraeli to Johnson by Mike Cole
RRP: $70.18$61.80Racism is an endemic feature of the Tory Party. Tracing the history of that racism, Racism and the Tory Party investigates the changing forms of racism in the party from the days of Empire, including the championing of imperialism at the turn of the 20th... -
Troubled Families-Problem Children: Working with Parents: A Collaborative Process Carolyn Webster-Stratton 9780471944485
RRP: $183.20$159.65Approximately two-thirds of all children referred to mental health agencies are labeled conduct-disordered. Typically such children exhibit antisocial behavior -- lying, cheating, stealing, firesetting, fighting, oppositional behavior and noncompliance... -
Psychedelic Prayers by Timothy Leary 9780914171843
RRP: $19.48$14.78Written while Leary was visiting India in 1965 and finished the following year, Psychedelic Prayers is an adaptation of Book 1 of the Tao Te Ching. With a new Introduction by Ralph Metzner, Leary's Harvard colleague, this book of poetry and meditations... -
The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa by Ching Kwan Lee
RRP: $50.70$48.46China has recently emerged as one of Africa's top business partners, aggressively pursuing its raw materials and establishing a mighty presence in the continent's booming construction market. Even though Africa has become a popular destination of foreign...