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The Son's Secret: From Oedipus to the Prodigal Son Massimo Recalcati 9781509531769
RRP: £12.99£8.60This new book by Massimo Recalcati focuses on the psycho-social life of the son. Comparing and contrasting the tragic story of Oedipus by Sophocles and the parable of the prodigal son, Recalcati argues that all common parenting strategies, whether... -
Core Sociological Dichotomies by Chris Jenks 9780803979796
RRP: £63.00£55.26Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Elementary Structures of Kinship by Claude Levi-Strauss 9780807046692
£40.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807046692Author Claude Levi-StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 584Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 794g -
Research Methods in the Social Sciences by Chava Frankfort Nachmias
RRP: £63.99£63.50With its clear presentation and integration of detailed real-world examples, this acclaimed core textbook accessibly illustrates the relevance of social sciences research without sacrificing key content. The eighth edition includes engaging new studies... -
Higher Education and Social Class: Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion by Louise Archer
RRP: £59.99£51.93Working class groups have historically been excluded from participation in higher education. Past decades have seen an expansion of the system towards a more inclusive higher education, but participation among people from working class groups has... -
Slavery In Africa: Historical & Anthropological Perspectives by Suzanne Miers 9780299073343
RRP: £26.95£26.35This is the prequel book to The End of Slavery in Africa, both very well-respected examinations of this subject.Book InformationISBN 9780299073343Author Suzanne MiersFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint University of Wisconsin PressPublisher University... -
London: The Privatised City by Mike Raco
RRP: £24.99£23.26As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, London has become a mass generator of employment and a magnet for inward migration. Yet London is also a divided city, whose expansion has generated many planning challenges. This book explores the... -
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
RRP: £18.00£10.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591842941Author Geoff ColvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 140mm *... -
Welfare State and Welfare Society: Illusion and Reality William Robson 9781138311701
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1976, Welfare State and Welfare Society breaks away from the prevailing notion that the welfare state is mainly concerned with the well-being of the entire nation. The book distinguishes the welfare state from the welfare society,... -
Crime, Justice and the Media Ian Marsh 9781138362253
RRP: £36.99£32.53Crime, Justice and the Media examines and analyses the relationship between the media and crime, criminals and the criminal justice system. This expanded and fully updated third edition considers how crime and criminals have been portrayed by the media... -
Black Middle-Class Britannia: Identities, Repertoires, Cultural Consumption by Ali Meghji 9781526156082
RRP: £25.00£17.92This book analyses how racism and anti-racism affects Black British middle-class cultural consumption. In doing so, it challenges the dominant understanding of British middle-class identity and culture as being 'beyond race'.Paying attention to the... -
The Clamour of Nationalism: Race and Nation in Twenty-First-Century Britain by Sivamohan Valluvan 9781526126146
RRP: £25.00£17.62Nationalism has reasserted itself today as the political force of our times, remaking European politics wherever one looks. Britain is no exception, and in the midst of Brexit, it has even become a vanguard of nationalism's confident return to the... -
The Concussion Crisis in Sport by Dominic Malcolm
RRP: £37.99£33.38Concussion has become one of the most significant issues in contemporary sport. The life-changing impact of head injury and the possible threat that chronic traumatic encephalopathy poses to children and young athletes in particular is calling into... -
The Entrepreneurial Self: Fabricating a New Type of Subject by Ulrich Brockling
RRP: £39.99£32.66"This is a book about who we are today, and how we have become who we are. It is about the engineers of the modern soul, the entrepreneurial self. It is essential reading for all those who care about the incessant demands placed on us to become more than... -
Passing: An Alternative History of Identity by Lipika Pelham
RRP: £27.50£24.12A slave woman in 1840s America dresses as a white, disabled man to escape to freedom, while a twenty-first-century black rights activist is 'cancelled' for denying her whiteness. A Victorian explorer disguises himself as a Muslim in Arabia's forbidden... -
Hypermodern Times Gilles Lipovetsky 9780745634210
RRP: £15.99£14.41The term 'postmodernity' has been used to describe that historical transformation of the late 20th century when the institutional breaks holding back individual emancipation disintegrated, thereby giving rise to the full expression of individual desires... -
Professions and Patriarchy by Anne Witz
RRP: £47.99£41.81This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power.This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh... -
Postmodern Sexualities by William Simon
RRP: £45.99£40.13William Simon argues that we can only make sense of our sexuality within the larger project of understanding our humanity. This book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in sexuality.Book InformationISBN 9780415106276Author William... -
Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics and Power Kate Nash (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK) 9781444330755
RRP: £30.95£27.45This fully revised and updated introduction to political sociology incorporates the burgeoning literature on globalization and shows how contemporary politics is linked to cultural issues, social structure and democratizing social action. New material... -
Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America by Esther Newton
RRP: £24.00£23.03For two years Ester Newton did field research in the world of drag queens-homosexual men who make a living impersonating women. Newton spent time in the noisy bars, the chaotic dressing rooms, and the cheap apartments and hotels that make up the lives of... -
Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay by Professor Charles Perrow 9781626549029
RRP: £21.95£21.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626549029Author Professor Charles PerrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)... -
Men and Masculinity: The Basics by Nigel Edley
RRP: £19.99£17.69Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the academic study of masculinity which outlines the key ideas and most pressing issues concerning the field today. Providing readers with a framework for understanding these issues, it... -
Single by Chance Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family by Rosanna Hertz
RRP: £22.49£17.02A remarkable number of women today are taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage. In Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice , Rosanna Hertz offers the first full-scale account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why these middle... -
On Social Structure and Science by Robert K. Merton 9780226520711
RRP: £36.00£34.83Robert K. Merton is unarguably one of the most influential sociologists of his time. A figure whose wide-ranging theoretical and methodological contributions have become fundamental to the field, Merton is best known for introducing such concepts and... -
Muslim Piety as Economy: Markets, Meaning and Morality in Southeast Asia Johan Fischer (Roskilde University, Denmark) 9781032087207
RRP: £39.99£35.06The first volume to explore Muslim piety as a form of economy, this book examines specific forms of production, trade, regulation, consumption, entrepreneurship and science that condition - and are themselves conditioned by - Islamic values, logics and... -
The Relational Subject by Pierpaolo Donati
RRP: £30.99£23.80Many social theorists now call themselves 'relational sociologists', but mean entirely different things by it. The majority endorse a 'flat ontology', dealing exclusively with dyadic relations. Consequently, they cannot explain the context in which... -
A Foot in Both Camps by Arrabella Williams
RRP: £7.99£5.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398431461Author Arrabella WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Empires: The Logic of World Domination from Ancient Rome to the United States by Herfried Munkler 9780745638720
£19.04"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the past. But suddenly, in the wake of 9/11, the global war on terror and the invasion of Iraq, the question of imperial power... -
Refuge beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers by David Scott FitzGerald
£31.89Refuge beyond Reach shows how rich democracies deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety. Media pundits, politicians, and the public are often skeptical or ambivalent about granting asylum. They fear that asylum-seekers... -
Policy Analysis as Problem Solving: A Flexible and Evidence-Based Framework Rachel Meltzer 9781138630178
RRP: £49.99£43.50Drawing extensively from real-life cases, Policy Analysis as Problem Solving helps students develop the analytic skills necessary to advise government officials and nonprofit executives on a wide range of policy issues. Unlike other texts, Policy... -
Solved: How other countries cracked the world's biggest problems (and we can too) by Andrew Wear
RRP: £16.99£12.94Denmark is set to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030.Iceland has topped the gender equality rankings for a decade and counting.South Korea's average life expectancy will soon reach ninety. How have these places achieved such remarkable... -
Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge by Ted Conover 9780525563280
RRP: £19.00£12.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525563280Author Ted ConoverFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 237g -
Violence: a Reflection on the National Epidemic by James Gilligan
RRP: £20.00£13.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679779124Author James GilliganFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pantheon Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 243gDimensions(mm)... -
Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa by Adriaan van Klinken
RRP: £20.00£17.84Religion is often seen as a conservative force in contemporary Africa. In particular, Christian beliefs and actors are usually depicted as driving the opposition to homosexuality and LGBTI rights in African societies. This book nuances that picture, by... -
Explaining Life through Evolution by Prosanta Chakrabarty 9780262546256
RRP: £21.00£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546256Author Prosanta ChakrabartyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Chaos of Disciplines by Andrew Abbott
RRP: £28.00£27.39In this new study, Andrew Abbott presents a fresh and daring analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. "Chaos of Disciplines" reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social... -
Disrupting White Mindfulness: Race and Racism in the Wellbeing Industry by Cathy-Mae Karelse 9781526162069
RRP: £85.00£75.05Disrupting White Mindfulness offers a timely commentary on the dominant narratives that shape the mindfulness industry - whiteness, postracialism and neoliberalism. Its positioning as 'apolitical' forges institutions that fit comfortably into... -
A Beginner's Guide to Social Theory by Shaun Best
RRP: £60.00£52.30`This book is accessible, as a beginner's guide should be, but without an over-simplification of the arguments. It should prove an immensely durable text for generations of students to come' - John Hughes, Lancaster University At last, a book that... -
No Commercial Potential: The Saga Of Frank Zappa by David Walley 9780306807107
£14.20For nearly thirty years Frank Zappa (1940-1993) pursued an idiosyncratic but influential course in music,rock, jazz, and classical composer (releasing over fifty albums) founder of the Mothers of Invention guitarist, conductor, and producer as well as... -
Profit and Gift in the Digital Economy by Dave Elder-Vass 9781316509388
RRP: £34.99£30.09Our economy is neither overwhelmingly capitalist, as Marxist political economists argue, nor overwhelmingly a market economy, as mainstream economists assume. Both approaches ignore vast swathes of the economy, including the gift, collaborative and...