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Mind, Self, and Society: The Definitive Edition by George Herbert Mead
RRP: €30.94€30.05George Herbert Mead is widely recognized as one of the most brilliantly original American pragmatists. Although he had a profound influence on the development of social philosophy, he published no books in his lifetime. This makes the lectures collected... -
Race And Culture: A World View by Thomas Sowell
RRP: €17.84€11.66Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization.About the AuthorThomas... -
Understanding Privacy by Daniel J. Solove
RRP: €30.88€24.06Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time, yet it is also one of the most elusive. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, scholars, activists, and policymakers have struggled to define privacy, with many... -
The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change by David Harvey
RRP: €34.45€29.83In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience.About the AuthorDavid Harvey is Professor of Geography at the... -
Poles Apart: Why People Turn Against Each Other, and How to Bring Them Together by Alison Goldsworthy
RRP: €13.08€9.25Why do people become divided?What steps can we all take to reduce hostility and bring about understanding?Poles Apart has the answers.In Poles Apart, an expert on polarisation, a behavioural scientist and a professional communicator explain why we are so... -
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case
RRP: €26.18€20.69A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New Statesman Book to ReadFrom... -
Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich
RRP: €15.41€12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842300114Author Ivan IllichFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd -
Genre In The New Rhetoric by Aviva Freedman
RRP: €57.11€49.75Since The Mid-1980s The Notion Of "Genre" Has Been Dramatically Redefined. This redefinition has prompted theorists and scholars alike to analyze the shaping power of language and culture, and the interplay between the individual and the social.; Recent... -
Making Relational Care Work for Older People: Exploring Innovation and Best Practice in Everyday Life by Jenny Kartupelis
RRP: €38.07€33.71This book explores the concept of relational care, what it feels like for older people and for carers, why it makes life happier and how those involved in residential or community care can make it work. Relational care is gaining traction as its benefits... -
Technopoly by Postman N 9780679745402
RRP: €17.84€13.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679745402Author Neil PostmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
RRP: €32.12€27.67In The End of the Cognitive Empire Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South," in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric... -
The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives by Helen Pearson
RRP: €15.46€10.82LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 ORWELL PRIZE'Eye-opening, extraordinary insights into ordinary lives' Financial Times 'Superb' Literary ReviewThe remarkable story of a unique series of studies that have touched the lives of almost everyone in Britain todayIn ... -
Doing a Successful Research Project: Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods by Martin Brett Davies
€36.01This straightforward, student-friendly guide contains all the practical advice for successfully undertaking a research project, leading students through all the stages of the research process. The second edition of this no-nonsense textbook supports... -
Mobilizing without the Masses: Control and Contention in China by Diana Fu 9781108430418
RRP: €27.36€26.05When advocacy organizations are forbidden from rallying people to take to the streets, what do they do? When activists are detained for coordinating protests, are their hands ultimately tied? Based on political ethnography inside both legal and... -
Meanwhile, in Russia...: Russian Internet Memes and Viral Video by Professor Eliot Borenstein
RRP: €16.65€15.01The Russian internet is a hotbed for memes and viral videos: the political, satirical and simply absurd compete for attention in Russia while the West turns to it for an endless reserve of humorous content. But how did this powerful cyber community grow... -
The Sarawak Report: The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose by Clare Rewcastle Brown 9781527219366
RRP: €17.84€15.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527219366Author Clare Rewcastle BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 564Imprint Lost World PressPublisher Lost World Press -
The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice by Nasar Meer
RRP: €17.84€14.43What can we learn from successes and failures in the pursuit of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North? A dominant view of racial justice in Britain has long been linked to a 'cruel optimism' which normalises social and political... -
The Amish by Donald B. Kraybill 9781421425665
RRP: €28.56€25.88Companion to the acclaimed PBS American Experience documentary.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLThe Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy... -
Becoming Nigerian: A Guide by Elnathan John
RRP: €11.89€8.03In Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide, Elnathan John provides an affecting, unrestrained and satirical guide to the Nigerians you will meet at home and abroad, or on your way to hell and to heaven. It is a searing look at how power is performed, negotiated and... -
Globalization and the Race for Resources by Stephen G. Bunker 9780801882432
RRP: €29.75€28.49Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations-Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan-achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access... -
Memoirs of a Wonky-Eyed Man: The Dad-Knows-Best Years by Jason Byrne 9780717194483
RRP: €26.17€18.58Jason Byrne is 17. With his leaving cert under his belt but no idea what to do next, who better to ask for advice than his dad, Paddy? There's a (very) short stint studying accountancy (he was asked to leave); a FAS course with juvenile offenders to... -
Penology: Theory, Policy and Practice by Karen Harrison 9781137607836
RRP: €39.26€32.58This textbook considers the full breadth of the criminal justice system, going beyond prisons to cover other punishments such as out-of-court disposals and community penalties, as well as issues around rehabilitation and reintegration. It offers a... -
Identity: Coversations With Benedetto Vecchi by Zygmunt Bauman
RRP: €17.84€16.16This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio-political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual... -
Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong by Ashley Merryman
RRP: €20.22€14.61What if we told you...that dishonesty in children is a positive traitthat arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role modeland that if you praise your children you risk making them fail...and it was all true?Using a cutting-edge combination of... -
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... -
Colonialism and Modern Social Theory by Bhambra 9781509541300
RRP: €21.41€19.56Modern society emerged in the context of European colonialism and empire. So, too, did a distinctively modern social theory, laying the basis for most social theorising ever since. Yet colonialism and empire are absent from the conceptual understandings... -
The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People and Significant Otherness by Donna J. Haraway 9780971757585
RRP: €13.03€9.92"The Companion Species Manifesto" is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, who are bonded in "significant otherness". In all their historical complexity, Donna Haraway tells us, dogs matter. They are not... -
The Road to Character by David Brooks 9780812993257
RRP: €35.70€20.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812993257Author David BrooksFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 242mm... -
Eyewitness Account of the Dea by Dead Man Walking
RRP: €20.23€11.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679751311Author Helen PrejeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Black Skin, White Masks by Rachele Dini
RRP: €7.74€7.27Frantz Fanon's explosive Black Skin, White Masks is a merciless expose of the psychological damage done by colonial rule across the world. Using Fanon's incisive analytical abilities to expose the consequences of colonialism on the psyches of colonized... -
Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism by Kohei Saito
RRP: €101.15€101.10Facing global climate crisis, Karl Marx's ecological critique of capitalism more clearly demonstrates its importance than ever. This book explains why Marx's ecology had to be marginalized and even suppressed by Marxists after his death throughout the... -
Space Mining and Manufacturing: Off-World Resources and Revolutionary Engineering Techniques by Davide Sivolella 9783030308803
RRP: €33.31€30.52This book produces convincing evidence that exploiting the potential of space could help solve many environmental and social issues affecting our planet, such as pollution, overcrowding, resource depletion and conflicts, economic inequality, social... -
AQA Sociology for A-level Book 2 by David Bown
€46.61Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Build students' understanding with this concept-driven approach to the 2015 AQA A-level Sociology specification, written by a team of leading subject... -
How to be a Social Researcher: Using Sociological Studies by Sarah Cant
RRP: €23.79€22.37Learn how to be a rigorous social researcher with this incisive and engaging book for students studying A level Sociology or starting sociology at university. Examine each major sociological method where research into crime, family life and education is... -
Essentials of Discursive Psychology by Linda M McMullen
RRP: €27.36€23.00The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to capturing phenomena not easily measured quantitatively, offering exciting, nimble opportunities to gather... -
Chivalry by Maurice Keen 9780300107678
RRP: €20.22€17.39Chivalry-with its pageants, heraldry, and knights in shining armor-was a social ideal that had a profound influence on the history of early modern Europe. In this eloquent and richly detailed book, a leading medieval historian discusses the complex... -
Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up by Annette Lareau 9780226806433
RRP: €22.61€22.02A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant observation and analysis. In-depth interviews and close observation are essential to the work of social scientists, but inserting one's researcher-self into the lives of others can be... -
The Bachelors' Ball: The Crisis of Peasant Society in Bearn by Pierre Bourdieu 9780745630953
RRP: €20.22€18.11Continuing the theme of self-reflection, Bourdieu's final book, The Bachelors' Ball, sees him return to Bearn, the region in which he grew up, to examine the gender dynamics of rural France. This personal connection adds poignancy to Bourdieu's... -
Stata Survival Manual by David Pevalin 9780335223886
RRP: €44.02€42.04Where do I start? How do I know if I'm asking the right questions? How do I analyze the data once I have it? How do I report the results? When will I ever understand the process? If you are new to using the Stata software, and concerned about applying... -
The Telemachus Complex: Parents and Children after the Decline of the Father by Massimo Recalcati 9781509531721
RRP: €17.84€11.66Fatherhood today is in crisis. Fathers have gone missing, or have become their children's playmates, and the symbolic authority of the father has lost its power. What remains of the father today in the wake of this decline, and what should the relation...