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Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization by Richard Sennett 9780393313918
RRP: €27.97€24.63Flesh and Stone is the story of the deepest parts of life-how women and men moved in public and private spaces, what they saw and heard, the smells that assailed them, where they ate, how they dressed, the mores of bathing and of making love-all in the... -
Russian Politics and Society by Richard Sakwa
RRP: €42.83€39.62Fully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last decade, the fifth edition of this classic text builds on the strengths of previous editions to provide a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of Russian politics... -
Anansi's Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Renaissance by Emily Zobel Marshall 9789766402617
RRP: €45.16€38.88This interdisciplinary study examines the cultural and historical significance of the Jamaican Anansi folktales.Anansi the spider is the trickster folk hero West African slaves transported to the Caribbean, who symbolises key aspects of Afro-Caribbean... -
Power and Illicit Drugs in the Global South by Maziyar Ghiabi 9780367585181
RRP: €47.59€41.72More than a hundred years have passed since the adoption of the first prohibitionist laws on drugs. Increasingly, the edifice of international drug control and laws is vacillating under pressures of reform. Scholarship on drugs history and policy has had... -
Beyond Civilization by Daniel Quinn 9780609805367
RRP: €17.84€13.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609805367Author Daniel QuinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 124g -
The Mammoth Book of Superstition: From Rabbits' Feet to Friday the 13th by Roy Bainton 9781472137487
RRP: €15.46€3.46Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from... -
Cattle Lords and Clansmen: The Social Structure of Early Ireland by Nerys T Patterson
RRP: €147.56€127.38In Cattle Lords and Clansmen, Nerys Patterson provides an analysis of the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining difficult, often fragmentary primary sources with sociological and anthropological methods,... -
Envisioning Democracy: New Essays after Sheldon Wolin's Political Thought by Terry Maley 9781487565602
RRP: €70.21€60.70Few terms elicit such strong and varied feelings and yet have so little clarity as "democracy." Leaders of large states use "democracy" to designate their nations' public character even as critics and rivals use the term to validate their own political... -
Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life by Farah Al-Nakib 9780804798525
RRP: €26.17€22.84As the first Gulf city to experience oil urbanization, Kuwait City's transformation in the mid-twentieth century inaugurated a now-familiar regional narrative: a small traditional town of mudbrick courtyard houses and plentiful foot traffic transformed... -
Respect: The Formation of Character in an Age of Inequality by Richard Sennett
RRP: €17.84€13.03Richard Sennett's Respect: The Formation of Character in an Age of Equality is a provocative and timely examination of the forces that erode respect in modern society. 'Unlike food, respect costs nothing. Why, then, should it be in short supply?' ... -
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet 9780141982342
RRP: €13.08€9.25'This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful. . . A landmark book' Brian Eno'Very funny, as satire should be, until you realise it's deadly... -
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen 9780198297581
RRP: €41.64€29.36In Development as Freedom Amartya Sen quotes the eighteenth century poet William Cowper on freedom: Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves howe'er contented, never know. Sen explains how in a world of unprecedented increase in... -
Bauman: A Biography Izabela Wagner 9781509526864
RRP: €29.75€20.68Global thinker, public intellectual and world-famous theorist of 'liquid modernity', Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was a scholar who, despite forced migration, built a very successful academic career and, after retirement, became a prolific and popular... -
Michael Young: Social Entrepreneur by A. Briggs 9780333750230
RRP: €142.79€129.69Michael Young is one of the key figures in British twentieth century history. Focusing on family, community and social change, he has cascaded ideas, in the process coining new words, like 'meritocracy'. He has also initiated or played a major role in... -
Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler 9780679764892
RRP: €20.17€14.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award (General Nonfiction) 1995.Book InformationISBN 9780679764892Author Lawrence WeschlerFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity by Lilliana Mason
RRP: €22.61€22.02Political polarization in America is at an all-time high, and the conflict has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. For the first time in more than twenty years, research has shown that members of both parties hold strongly unfavorable... -
Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids by Matthias Doepke
RRP: €29.75€23.79An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequalityParents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ambition varies enormously. For instance, American... -
The Affluent Worker: Political attitudes and behaviour by John H. Goldthorpe 9780521095266
RRP: €26.17€24.56This 1968 volume, the second of The Affluent Worker monographs, reports on the voting and political attitudes of highly paid manual workers. As in the first book, the affluent workers studied are employed in Luton, a town which benefited faster and more... -
Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool by Jennifer Jacquet 9780241961858
RRP: €15.46€10.82In Is Shame Necessary? rising star Jennifer Jacquet shows that we have to use shame if we want to bring about political change and hold the powerful to accountIn cultures that champion the individual, guilt is seen as the cornerstone of conscience yet it... -
The Village Against the World by Dan Hancox
RRP: €23.79€23.73One hundred kilometres from Seville lies the small village of Marinaleda, which for the last thirty-five years has been the centre of a tireless struggle to create a living utopia. This unique community drew British author Dan Hancox to Spain, and... -
The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social Steffen Mau 9781509530410
RRP: €19.03€17.15In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and... -
The Persistence of Critical Theory Gabriel R. Ricci 9781412864282
RRP: €59.49€51.77The latest volume of Culture and Civilization gathers contemporary exponents of critical theory, specifically those based in the Frankfurt School of social thinking. Collectively, this volume demonstrates the continuing intellectual viability of critical... -
The Quantified Worker: Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace by Ifeoma Ajunwa
RRP: €32.12€27.61The information revolution has ushered in a data-driven reorganization of the workplace. Big data and AI are used to surveil workers and shift risk. Workplace wellness programs appraise our health. Personality job tests calibrate our mental state. The... -
Social Inequality by Louise Warwick-Booth
€38.43To download an e-inspection copy click here or for more information contact your local sales representative. Now in an updated second edition, Social Inequality continues to be an essential guide to understanding social inequality and stratification,... -
Disability: A Life Course Approach by Mark Priestley 9780745625133
€21.53Disability: a Life Course Approach provides students and teachers with easy access to many of the most important current disability issues and debates. It provides a clearly focused account, and bridges some important gaps in the existing disability... -
The Philosophy of Civilization by Albert Schweitzer 9780879754037
RRP: €29.75€22.06Albert Schweitzer's social and ethical philosophy is best expressed in The Philosophy of Civilization. Not widely available in recent years, this edition will give contemporary readers the opportunity to discover his prophetic thought. In Book I, The... -
Fashion and Its Social Agendas: Class, Gender and Identity in Clothing by Diana Crane 9780226117997
RRP: €35.70€34.81It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of historical and contemporary materials, Diana Crane demonstrates how the... -
How Social Movements Can Save Democracy: Democratic Innovations from Below Donatella della Porta (European University Institute) 9781509541270
RRP: €21.41€19.09The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic institutions which do not deliver for the people - that a rigid democratic process has been imposed from... -
Brian Eno: His Music And The Vertical Color Of Sound by Eric Tamm 9780306806490
€17.46Musician, composer, producer: Brian Eno is unique in contemporary music. Best known in recent years for producing U2's sensational albums, Eno began his career as a synthesizer player for Roxy Music. He has since released many solo albums, both rock and... -
Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances: Finding a Home in the Ruins of Modernism by Owen Hatherley
RRP: €22.60€18.62From the grandiose histories of grand state building projects to the minutiae of street signs and corner pubs, from the rebuilding of capital cities to the provision of the humble public toilet, Clean Living in Difficult Circumstances argues for the city... -
Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back Andrew Zolli 9780755360369
RRP: €13.08€8.81All systems break down. Some bounce back, others do not. This is a book about why.RESILIENCE is a book about how the world works. It covers business, economic, geographic and social systems in a thrillingly readable narrative. A wealth of absorbing... -
Architectures of Emergency in Turkey: Heritage, Displacement and Catastrophe by Dr Eray Çayli 9780755645329
€34.93Challenging existing political analyses of the state of emergency in Turkey, this volume argues that such states are not merely predetermined by policy and legislation but are produced, regulated, distributed and contested through the built environment... -
Prague: Belonging in the Modern City by Chad Bryant
RRP: €29.69€24.15A poignant reflection on alienation and belonging, told through the lives of five remarkable people who struggled against nationalism and intolerance in one of Europe's most stunning cities.What does it mean to belong somewhere? For many of Prague's... -
History and Social Theory Peter Burke (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) 9780745634074
RRP: €21.41€19.09What is the use of social theory to historians, and of history to social theorists? In clear and energetic prose, a pre-eminent cultural historian here offers a far-reaching response to these deceptively simple questions. In this classic text, now... -
Texts, Facts and Femininity: Exploring the Relations of Ruling by Dorothy E. Smith
RRP: €57.11€49.75'A crucial book for feminists, for sociology and the new "political anthropological historical school". It informs us how we are differently "situated" in and through social relations, which texts and images mediate, organise and construct.' Philip... -
The Urban Planning Imagination: An International Survey by Nicholas A. Phelps
RRP: €21.41€19.09Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination, with a stock of wisdom and an array of... -
Small Farm Republic: Why Conservatives Must Embrace Local Agriculture, Reject Climate Alarmism, and Lead an Environmental Revival John Klar 9781645022190
RRP: €23.80€15.89From farmer, lawyer and political activist John Klar comes a bold, solutions-based plan for Conservatives that gets beyond the fatuous pipe dreams and social-justice platitudes of the dominant, Liberal "Green" agenda - offering a healthy way forward for... -
Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives by Sonia Livingstone
RRP: €30.93€22.66In the decades it takes to bring up a child, parents face challenges that are both helped and hindered by the fact that they are living through a period of unprecedented digital innovation. In Parenting for a Digital Future, Sonia Livingstone and Alicia... -
Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings by Emile Durkheim 9780521097123
RRP: €47.59€39.58This 1972 book is a collection of Durkheim's writings drawing upon the whole body of his work. Dr Giddens takes his selections from a wide variety of sources and includes a number of items from untranslated writings in the Revue Philosophique, Annee... -
Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right by Cynthia Miller-Idriss
RRP: €21.41€17.11A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young peopleHate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities...