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This revised paperback edition features a new prologue and updated citations. The book extends the theoretical approach of Black's classic "Behavior of Law" (Academic Press, 1976) to a dramatically larger universe: the handling of conflict...

Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9780029240304Author Talcott ParsonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 501g

This wide-ranging handbook presents in-depth discussions on the array of subspecialties that comprise the field of sociological theory. Prominent theorists working in a variety of traditions discuss methodologies and strategies; the cultural turn in...

Citizenship, Europe and Change is about the implications of the evolution of the European Union and the emergence of European supra-citizenship for the people of Europe. It addresses the way in which these implications are crucially mediated by...

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This book provides a critical perspective on the digitalisation of universities and precarisation of academic labour.While research and teaching become more virtual and digital at universities, academic labour is becoming more and more casualised and...

Asserting that a history of shopping was, until recently, a history of women, Rachel Bowlby trains her eye on the evolution of the modern shopper. She uses a compelling blend of history, literary analysis, and cultural criticism to explore the rise of...

For two decades after rock music emerged in the 1940s, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the oldest and largest labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada, refused to recognize rock 'n' roll as legitimate...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487578961Author Michael OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 676g

The Ethnographer’s Way guides researchers through the exciting process of turning an initial idea into an in-depth research project. Kristin Peterson and Valerie Olson introduce “multidimensioning,” a method for planning projects that invites scholars to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991392339Author Angie WallerFormat PaperbackPage Count 217Imprint Angie WallerPublisher Angie Waller

Money, jobs, careers, training_all are topics often overheard in the conversation of middle-class Americans. One of the nation's leading critics of education, the world of work, and the labor movement, Stanley Aronowitz shows how new technologies, labor,...

The Integral Ego is the first truly comprehensive account of psychic structure since the pioneering work of Freud and Jung nearly a century ago. This book reflects the culmination of their lives' work and is an integration made possible by the tenets of...

New technologies and medicines make it increasingly possible to enhance human functioning in new ways: to become smarter, more emotionally attuned, and perhaps even morally better. But just because we can use the latest science to improve ourselves,...

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718656691Author Ulrich HeyderFormat PaperbackImprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic PublishersWeight(grams) 454g

First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9782903928018Author Marie CartierFormat PaperbackPage Count 315Imprint Archives contemporainesPublisher Archives contemporainesWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596913080Author Arianne CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PlcPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955359842Author Thomas ChristopherFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint White Flag limitedPublisher White Flag limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789622097872Author Cecilia Lai-Wan ChanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University PressWeight(grams) 560g

In an era of increasing mobilities, places of residence are still vital. Unlike commuting, migrating or travelling, dwelling usually evokes - at least in modern Western thought - the idea of an immobile, private place to rest. This book explores the...

This book traces the dynamics of international rivalry from the late 1970s up through the present. Among the members of the dominant North political discord has become prominent recently in debates ranging from the Balkan Wars to the Second Gulf War. Yet...

American labor leaders are constantly developing new programs to revive the union movement. What happens when these plans collide with the daily lives of front-line union staff and members? This book examines the often conflicting interests of key...

This book is full of clear notes and exam-style practice questions covering every A2 Sociology topic for the AQA exams. The whole thing is designed to make revision straightforward - everything you need to know is explained simply and thoroughly,...

This book is full of clear revision notes for GCSE Citizenship students. It covers all of the topics in the current Citizenship Programme of Study, including politics, laws and social issues in a chatty, straightforward style, and it is suitable for the...

Symbols: A Universal Language looks at the story behind the world's most famous symbols, from the peace sign to the smiley. It shows just how much importance has been attached to the smallest and simplest of ideas and features over 40 of the most...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 Insightful, surprising and with ground-breaking revelations about our society, Everybody Lies exposes the secrets embedded in our internet searches, with a foreword by bestselling author...

Written by senior examiners and endorsed by WJEC, this book includes everything you need for success in your study and exams. The only study and revision guide available that precisely matches the WJEC A2 Sociology course you are studying - all you need...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954422103Author Geoff HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Bowland PressPublisher Bowland Press

Terrorism suffers the fate of many issues receiving wide media coverage: it is much discussed but little understood. First published in 1990, this book develops a clear conceptual framework which will enable the reader to come to a better assessment of...

Drawing on data from a cross-section of postcolonial nations across the world and on a detailed case-study of Nigeria, this book examines the experience of recreating law and justice in postcolonial societies. The author's definition of postcolonial...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780824076474Author Sonia CarreonFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint Garland Publishing IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams)...

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780815325130Author Marilyn D. McShaneFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint CRC Press IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams) 726g

In the alarming contemporary context of widespread corruption and fraudulence in the overseas labour recruitment system in India, this book attempts to understand the institution of emigration governance and recruitment practices in the country with a...

In the current environment, most political violence occurs between internal communities, such as ethnic and religious groups, rather than between states. Such inter-communal conflict threatens both internal political stability and interstate relations...

Social Change in Political Transformation is thorough examination of political transformation the book features contributors from western and eastern Europe, giving their views on how European society and institutions are changing. The themes of social...

How attorneys' work is deprofessionalized, downgraded, and controlled through part-time and temporary assignmentsBook InformationISBN 9781439902868Author Robert A. BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple...

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780815333340Author Arthur G. NealFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint CRC Press IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams) 454g