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Love Letters Bound in Gold Handcuffs by Lee Miller
RRP: €83.30€61.04Apologies 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 -
Irish Folk Ways by E. Estyn Evans 9780486414409
RRP: €24.98€18.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414409Author E.Estyn EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Using Gramsci: A New Approach by Michele Filippini
RRP: €27.36€21.35Thought of as one of the world's greatest political theorists, Antonio Gramsci's writings push readers to interpret and change the world. In Using Gramsci, Michele Filippini enlarges upon his seminal works, disentangling it from the prevailing orthodoxy... -
Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History by Franco Moretti 9781844671854
€16.04In this groundbreaking book, Franco Moretti argues that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping them instead. In place of the traditionally selective literary canon of a few hundred texts, Moretti offers... -
The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women by Sherry Ruth Anderson
RRP: €20.22€14.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553352665Author Sherry Ruth AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House... -
Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley by Carolyn Chen
RRP: €26.18€21.13How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivitySilicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. Work Pray Code explores how tech companies are bringing religion into the... -
Value Practices in the Life Sciences and Medicine by Isabelle Dussauge 9780199689583
RRP: €139.83€131.15Many deep concerns in the life sciences and medicine have to do with the enactment, ordering and displacement of a broad range of values. This volume articulates a pragmatist stance for the study of the making of values in society, exploring various... -
Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
RRP: €26.17€17.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399573323Author Barbara Bradley HagertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis: Elements of the Sociology of Corporate Life Gibson Burrell 9781857421149
RRP: €52.35€46.22The authors argue in this book that social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four broad paradigms, based upon different sets of meta-theoretical assumptions with regard to the nature of social science and the nature of society. The four... -
The Amish: A Concise Introduction by Steven M. Nolt 9781421419565
RRP: €19.04€17.23There seems to be no end to our fascination with the Amish, a religious minority that has both placed itself outside the mainstream of American culture and flourished within it. Yet most people know very little about the nuanced relationship the Amish... -
Applying Social Psychology: Implications for Research, Practice, and Training by Morton Deutsch
RRP: €52.35€46.22Originally published in 1975, these contributions surveyed the range of social intervention technology available to psychologists at the time, but they are more than a simple cataloguing of technology. The stress is on articulating certain... -
Why Does Inequality Matter? by T. M. Scanlon 9780198854883
€21.46Inequality is widely regarded as morally objectionable: T. M. Scanlon investigates why it matters to us. Demands for greater equality can seem puzzling, because it can be unclear what reason people have for objecting to the difference between what they... -
On Symbols and Society by Kenneth Burke
RRP: €32.13€31.50Kenneth Burke's innovative use of dramatism and dialectical method have made him a powerful critical force in an extraordinary variety of disciplines-education, philosophy, history, psychology, religion, and others. While most widely acclaimed as a... -
The Domestic, Moral and Political Economies of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: What Rough Beast? by Kieran Keohane 9780719084829
RRP: €101.15€71.60This book provides an analysis of neo-liberal political economics implemented in Ireland and the deleterious consequences of that model in terms of polarised social inequalities, impoverished public services and fiscal vulnerability as they appear in... -
Living on the Edge: When Hard Times Become a Way of Life Celine-Marie Pascale 9781509548248
RRP: €21.41€19.09For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the... -
Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure Sophie Yarker (The University of Manchester, UK) 9781839827396
RRP: €57.11€51.07Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local... -
Visions of Financial Order: National Institutions and the Development of Banking Regulation Kim Pernell 9780691255439
RRP: €33.32€25.94How differences in national financial regulatory systems emerged from divergent beliefs about economic order and prosperityThe global financial crisis of the late 2000s was marked by the failure of regulators to rein in risk-taking by banks. And yet... -
The Social Structures of the Economy Pierre Bourdieu (College de France) 9780745625409
RRP: €22.60€20.08Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions... -
Reimagining Sustainable Cities: Strategies for Designing Greener, Healthier, More Equitable Communities by Stephen M. Wheeler
RRP: €27.37€22.02A cutting-edge, solutions-oriented analysis of how we can reimagine cities around the world to build sustainable futures. What would it take to make urban places greener, more affordable, more equitable, and healthier for everyone? In recent years,... -
The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History by Leo Braudy 9780679776307
RRP: €29.75€24.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679776307Author Leo BraudyFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 735gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 131mm... -
Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures Bonnie Zimmerman 9780415763738
RRP: €54.73€50.61A rich heritage that needs to be documented Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area... -
Youth Studies: An Introduction by Andy Furlong
RRP: €53.54€46.74Youth Studies: an introduction is a clear, jargon-free and accessible textbook which will be invaluable in helping to explain concepts, theories and trends within youth studies. The concise summaries of key texts and the ideas of important theorists make... -
Doing Critical Social Work: Transformative Practices for Social Justice Sophie Goldingay 9781760110840
RRP: €44.02€39.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760110840Author Sophie GoldingayFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 660g -
The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems by Paulo Savaget 9781250827081
RRP: €22.60€15.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250827081Author Paulo SavagetFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 124mm *... -
Prisons, Punishment, and the Family: Towards a New Sociology of Punishment? by Rachel Condry 9780198810087
€113.99Every year millions of families are affected by the imprisonment of a family member. Children of imprisoned parents alone can be counted in millions in the USA and in Europe. It is a bewildering fact that while we have had prisons for centuries, and the... -
Post-Truth: Knowledge As A Power Game by Steve Fuller 9781783086948
RRP: €29.69€28.23'Post-truth' was Oxford Dictionaries 2016 word of the year. While the term was coined by its disparagers in the light of the Brexit and US presidential campaigns, the roots of post-truth lie deep in the history of Western social and political theory... -
Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others James Gilligan (New York University) 9780745649825
RRP: €15.46€14.21Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been "hiding in plain sight" for the past century - namely, that when America's... -
Law in Modern Society by Denis Galligan 9780199269785
RRP: €54.13€38.48Providing an introduction to law in modern society, D. J. Galligan considers how legal theory, and particularly H. L. A Hart's The Concept of Law, has developed the idea of law as a highly developed social system, which has a distinctive character and... -
Pu-erh Tea - Appreciating Chinese Tea series Wang Jidong 9787508517438
RRP: €30.88€29.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787508517438Author Wang JidongFormat PaperbackPage Count 157Imprint China Intercontinental PressPublisher China Intercontinental PressWeight(grams) 350g -
The Petite Bourgeoisie: Comparative Studies of the Uneasy Stratum by Frank Bechhofer 9780333237373
RRP: €107.09€106.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333237373Author Frank BechhoferFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 435g -
The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong by Jonathan Dimbleby 9781526701831
€22.551 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China. In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and... -
Key Concepts in Community Studies by Tony Blackshaw 9781412928441
RRP: €44.02€36.05"This book is both insightful and engaging, enriched with diverse and up-to-date readings. Tony Blackshaw lays bare debates surrounding the uses and abuses of key concepts of community studies and breathes new life into community as theory and community... -
Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation by William H. Sewell
RRP: €42.84€36.62While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from... -
A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley
€37.77Back in 1997, New Labour came to power amid much talk of regenerating the inner cities left to rot under successive Conservative governments. Over the next decade, British cities became the laboratories of the new enterprise economy: glowing monuments to... -
The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History by Dolores Hayden
€42.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner, 1995, category of Archeology and Anthropology, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American... -
The Affect Theory Reader 2: Worldings, Tensions, Futures by Gregory J. Seigworth 9781478024910
RRP: €32.12€27.75Building on the foundational Affect Theory Reader, this new volume gathers together contemporary scholarship that highlights and interrogates the contemporary state of affect inquiry. Unsettling what might be too readily taken-for-granted assumptions in... -
Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies S.N. Nyeck (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) 9781032082660
€53.53This handbook offers diverse perspectives on queer Africa, incorporating scholarly contributions on themes that reflect and inflect the trajectories of queer contributions to African studies within and outside academia.The Routledge Handbook of Queer... -
Filters against Folly by Garrett Hardin 9780140077292
RRP: €28.56€17.16Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Creating Vibrant Communities: How Individuals and Organizations from Diverse Sectors of Society Are Coming Together to Reduce Poverty in Canada by Paul Born 9780980923162
RRP: €15.41€11.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980923162Author Paul BornFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint BPS BooksPublisher BPS BooksWeight(grams) 606g -
Stay or Go: Dr. Ruth's Rules for Real Relationships by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer 9781542046718
RRP: €8.32€5.81Committing to a long-term relationship is a big deal-especially if you have doubts. With a focus on common sense over emotion, world-renowned sex and relationship therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer offers straight-up advice on whether you should stick it out...