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Jean Baudrillard by Richard J. Lane
RRP: €23.79€21.05Jean Baudrillard is one of the most controversial theorists of our time, famous for his claim that the Gulf War never happened and for his provocative writing on terrorism, specifically 9/11. This new and fully updated second edition includes: an... -
English Legal System Ryan Murphy 9781138783690
RRP: €44.02€39.19This book offers a modern, contemporary and innovative approach to the core curriculum, offering clear explanations to clarify the material without oversimplification. Carefully developed learning tools are used to help students to build their knowledge... -
Sex, Gender and Society Ann Oakley 9781472435620
RRP: €45.21€39.72What are the differences between the sexes? That is the question that Ann Oakley set out to answer in this pioneering study, now established as a classic in the field. To answer it she draws on the evidence of biology, anthropology, sociology and the... -
The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life by Elijah Anderson
RRP: €23.80€19.10Elijah Anderson, called "one of our best urban ethnographers" by the New York Times Book Review, introduces the concept of the "cosmopolitan canopy": the urban islands of civility amid segregated ghettos, suburbs, and ethnic enclaves.About the... -
The Autism Matrix Gil Eyal (Professor of Sociology, Columbia University) 9780745644004
RRP: €23.79€21.05Today autism has become highly visible. Once you begin to look for it, you realize it is everywhere. Why? We all know the answer or think we do: there is an autism epidemic. And if it is an epidemic, then we know what must be done: lots of money must be... -
The Formations of Modernity: Understanding Modern Societies an Introduction Book 1 by Bram Gieben 9780745609607
RRP: €39.26€38.62Formations of Modernity is a major introductory textbook offering an account of the important historical processes, institutions and ideas that have shaped the development of modern societies. This challenging and innovative book 'maps' the evolution of... -
The Sociology of Health and Medicine: A Critical Introduction by Ellen Annandale
RRP: €27.36€23.99Highly Commended - BMA Medical Awards 2015: Health and Social CareThe fully revised edition of this highly respected textbook addresses the most important theoretical and empirical debates in the sociology of health and medicine. Chapter by chapter the... -
Strategic Interaction by Erving Goffman
RRP: €23.79€20.87The two essays in this classic work by sociologist Erving Goffman deal with the calculative, gamelike aspects of human interaction. Goffman examines the strategy of words and deeds; he uses the term "strategic interaction" to describe gamelike events in... -
Science and the Media: Alternative Routes to Scientific Communications Massimiano Bucchi 9780415510516
RRP: €45.21€39.72In the days of global warming and BSE, science is increasingly a public issue. This book provides a theoretical framework which allows us to understand why and how scientists address the general public. The author develops the argument that turning to... -
Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity by Ron Eyerman 9780521004374
RRP: €32.12€25.60In this book, Ron Eyerman explores the formation of the African-American identity through the theory of cultural trauma. The trauma in question is slavery, not as an institution or as personal experience, but as collective memory: a pervasive remembrance... -
The Mythology of Work: How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself Peter Fleming 9780745334868
RRP: €29.74€23.07There was once a time when 'work' was inextricably linked to survival and self-preservation; where the farmer ploughed the land so their family could eat. But the sun has long since set on this idyllic tableau, and what was once an integral part of life... -
The Little Book of Acid by Ronin Publishing
RRP: €11.89€9.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914171881Author Ronin PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ronin PublishingPublisher Ronin PublishingWeight(grams) 155g -
Get Set for Sociology by Ian McIntosh
RRP: €22.60€20.85This volume assumes no prior knowledge of Sociology. For students who have never studied Sociology before, it will give an idea of what to expect. For students already studying Sociology at school or college, it will provide a concise but comprehensive... -
What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Future of Work? by Melanie Simms 9781526463463
RRP: €15.46€13.15"An excellent summary of why and how we work." People Management magazine What do we know about the current state of work and employment and what does the future of work look like? Professor Melanie Simms provides a far-reaching overview of paid... -
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by Nicholas A Christakis 9780316036146
€32.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Books for a Better Life (Psychology) 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780316036146Author Nicholas A ChristakisFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Little, Brown... -
Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur Derek Hyra 9780520401471
RRP: €29.75€23.31Exposing the roots of racial unrest that consistently harm Black communities In Slow and Sudden Violence, Derek Hyra links police violence to an ongoing cycle of racial and spatial urban redevelopment repression. By delving into the real estate... -
Green Parties, Green Future: From Local Groups to the International Stage Per Gahrton 9780745333397
RRP: €20.22€13.73Over the past four decades the world has seen a 'green awakening'. Green parties have been elected to parliaments and councils all over the world. A common set of environmental priorities have been promoted by green internationalisation and these parties... -
Families and Family Therapy by Salvador Minuchin
RRP: €61.87€53.78This special edition of the classic text includes a new introduction from Professor Arlene Vetere exploring its continuing influence on contemporary practice.One of family therapy's foundational texts, Families and Family Therapy is as relevant today as... -
Indian Roots, Ivy Admits:: 85 Essays that got Indian Students Into the Ivy League and Stanford by Mridula Maluste Viral Doshi
€28.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789391242718Author Mridula Maluste Viral DoshiFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Manjul Publishing House Pvt LtdPublisher Manjul Publishing House Pvt... -
The Practice of Social Research by Earl Babbie
€88.24Known as the gold standard for research methods, Babbie's THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH gives you a definitive guide to research as practiced by social scientists. Combining a straightforward approach with the author's renowned sense of humor, this... -
The Zizek Reader Elizabeth Wright (University of Cambridge) 9780631212010
RRP: €49.92€43.71The Zizek Reader - which includes a Foreword by Zizek and a new, previously unpublished essay on cyberspace - provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the flamboyant work of a figure who has been variously described as 'one of the most... -
Understanding Modern Sociology by Wes Sharrock 9780761957072
RRP: €60.69€53.10From the team that brought you the bestselling Understanding Classical Sociology (SAGE Publications, 1995), we now have a companion volume dealing with the modern period of social theory. An introductory chapter situates the reader in the main changes in... -
Care Work: Gender, Labor, and the Welfare State Madonna Harrington Meyer 9780415925426
RRP: €57.11€49.75Care Work is a collection of original essays on the complexities of providing care. These essays emphasize how social policies intersect with gender, race, and class to alternately compel women to perform care work and to constrain their ability to do so... -
Symbolic Construction of Community by Anthony P. Cohen
RRP: €44.02€38.71Anthony Cohen makes a distinct break with earlier approaches to the study of community, which treated the subject in largely structural terms. His view is interpretive and experiential, seeing the community as a cultural field with a complex of symbols... -
Sacred Ecology Fikret Berkes 9781138071490
RRP: €65.44€56.79Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing. Berkes explores the importance of local and indigenous knowledge as a complement... -
The View from the Train by Patrick Keiller 9781781687765
€25.98In his classic sequence of films, Patrick Keiller retraces the hidden story of the places where we live, the cities and landscapes of our everyday lives. This collection explores the surrealist perception of the city; the relationship of architecture to... -
What is Nature?: Culture, Politics and the Non-Human Kate Soper (University of North London) 9780631188919
RRP: €55.87€48.72'This is an excellent book. It addresses what, in both conceptual and political terms, is arguably the most important source of tension and confusion in current arguments about the environment, namely the concept of nature; and it does so in a way that... -
Commodification and Its Discontents by Nicholas Abercrombie
RRP: €65.45€56.80Should human organs be bought and sold? Is it right that richer people should be able to pay poorer people to wait in a queue for them? Should objects in museums ever be sold? The assumption underlying such questions is that there are things that should... -
Dogs: A Philosophical Guide to Our Best Friends Mark Alizart 9781509537280
RRP: €11.89€8.09Man's best friend, domesticated since prehistoric times, a travelling companion for explorers and artists, thinkers and walkers, equally happy curled up by the fire and bounding through the great outdoors-dogs matter to us because we love them. But is... -
Britain's New Towns: Garden Cities to Sustainable Communities by Anthony Alexander
RRP: €57.11€50.23The New Towns Programme of 1946 to 1970 was one of the most substantial periods of urban development in Britain. The New Towns have often been described as a social experiment; so what has this experiment proved?This book covers the story of how these... -
Time Matters: On Theory and Method by Andrew Abbott
RRP: €42.84€41.92What do variables really tell us? When exactly do inventions occur? Why do we always miss turning points as they transpire? When does what doesn't happen mean as much, if not more, than what does? Andrew Abbott considers these fascinating questions in... -
Modern Social Theory by Ian Craib 9780745010885
€61.83The revised edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a clear, accessible and comprehensive introduction to modern social theory.As with the first edition, the book is based around the themes of structure and action. After the introductory... -
Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia by Kristen Ghodsee 9781442208599
RRP: €29.75€25.93Professor Mommy is designed as a guide for women who want to combine the life of the mind with the joys of motherhood. The book provides practical suggestions from the authors' experiences together with those of other women who have successfully combined... -
Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews by Lynn Davidman 9780199380503
RRP: €38.66€37.45Leaving a religion is not merely a matter of losing or rejecting faith. For many, it involves dramatic changes of everyday routines and personal habits. Davidman bases her analysis on in-depth conversations with forty ex-Hasidic individuals. From these... -
Social Problems in the UK: An Introduction by Stuart Isaacs
RRP: €42.83€37.71Social Problems in the UK: An Introduction contextualises the most pressing social problems of our times drawing upon the disciplines of sociology, social policy, education studies and health studies. This much-needed textbook brings together a... -
The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex by Manon Garcia 9780674279131
RRP: €28.50€20.47"From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent' is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly reveals the hidden complexities of consent and proposes how to reconceptualize it as a tool... -
Spiderweb Capitalism: How Global Elites Exploit Frontier Markets by Kimberly Kay Hoang
RRP: €29.75€23.31A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richerIn 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing... -
The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course by Richard Layard 9780691177892
RRP: €41.65€33.49What makes people happy? Why should governments care about people's well-being? How would policy change if well-being was the main objective? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy... -
Rick Steves European Easter DVD by Rick Steves
RRP: €11.89€10.66Rick Steves, America's expert on Europe, explores the rich traditions, celebrations, and history behind some of Europe's most colourful and charming Easter celebrations. Discover Carnevale in Venice, Lent in Cantiano, Holy Week in Sevilla, Easter Sunday... -
An Invitation to Social Construction: Co-Creating the Future by Kenneth J. Gergen
RRP: €44.02€36.16This fully updated fourth edition of Gergen's An Invitation to Social Construction introduces you to a key theoretical movement in contemporary social science through a wide range of multidisciplinary examples. The fourth edition includes: wider...