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Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society by Bruno Latour
RRP: €36.83€28.48Science and technology have immense authority and influence in our society, yet their working remains little understood. The conventional perception of science in Western societies has been modified in recent years by the work of philosophers,... -
On Collective Memory by Maurice Halbwachs
RRP: €33.32€32.59How do we use our mental images of the present to reconstruct our past? Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945) addressed this question for the first time in his work on collective memory, which established him as a major figure in the history of sociology. This... -
Tattooed Bodies: Theorizing Body Inscription Across Disciplines and Cultures by James Martell 9783030865658
RRP: €130.89€117.49The essays collected in Tattooed Bodies draw on a range of theoretical paradigms and empirical knowledge to investigate tattoos, tattooing, and our complex relations with marks on skin. Engaging with diverse disciplinary perspectives in art history,... -
Southern Theory: Social Science And The Global Dynamics Of Knowledge by Raewyn W. Connell 9780745642499
RRP: €21.41€19.09In Southern Theory Raewyn Connell presents the case for a new 'world social science' - one that is inclusive of many voices - by arguing for a more democratic global recognition of social theory from societies outside the dominant European and North... -
The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong by Jonathan Dimbleby 9781526701831
€23.471 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... -
Explaining Life through Evolution by Prosanta Chakrabarty 9780262546256
RRP: €24.99€16.61Apologies 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 -
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 Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England by Barbara A. Hanawalt 9780195045642
RRP: €17.84€14.74Barbara A. Hanawalt's richly detailed account offers an intimate view of everyday life in Medieval England that seems at once surprisingly familiar and yet at odds with what many experts have told us. She argues that the biological needs served by the... -
The Redneck Manifesto by Jim Goad 9780684838649
RRP: €22.60€14.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684838649Author Jim GoadFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 244g -
Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research by Barney G. Glaser
RRP: €52.35€45.74Most writing on sociological method has been concerned with how accurate facts can be obtained and how theory can thereby be more rigorously tested. In The Discovery of Grounded Theory, Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss address the equally Important... -
From Menarche to Menopause: The Female Body in Feminist Therapy by Joan C. Chrisler
RRP: €57.11€49.75From Menarche to Menopause: The Female Body in Feminist Therapy examines the latest research on the menstrual cycle and women's reproductive health. This timely volume focuses on women in therapy who are disconnected fromor even repelled bytheir own... -
A Moral Economy of Whiteness: Four Frames of Racializing Discourse by Steve Garner
RRP: €47.59€41.72A Moral Economy of Whiteness presents a working model for understanding the main ways in which white UK people make 'race' through talking about immigration in the twenty-first century. Based on extensive empirical interviews, Steve Garner establishes... -
Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities by David Sobel 9781935713050
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935713050Author David SobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Orion MagazinePublisher Orion MagazineDimensions(mm) 214mm * 138mm * 10mm -
The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution by Faramerz Dabhoiwala
RRP: €17.84€13.03For most of western history, all sex outside marriage was illegal, with the church and state punishing any dissent. Between 1600 and 1800, this entire world-view was shattered by revolutionary new ideas - that consenting adults have the freedom to do... -
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis 9781786079954
RRP: €23.80€16.07'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,... -
Problem Spaces – How and Why Methodology Matters by C Lury 9781509507948
RRP: €21.41€19.09In this innovative book, Celia Lury argues that the time has come for us to explore the world not only with new methods, but with a new approach to methodology itself. Fundamental changes are taking place in how we produce knowledge, how we communicate... -
Pierre Bourdieu by Richard Jenkins
RRP: €44.02€38.71This short critical introduction to Pierre Bourdieu's thought is a model of clarity and insight. Where Bourdieu's own writings are often complex, even ambiguous, Richard Jenkins is direct, concise and to the point. He emphasizes Bourdieu's contributions... -
And the Category Is...: Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community by Ricky Tucker
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807007327Author Ricky TuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Markets in the Making - Rethinking Competition, Goods, and Innovation by Michel Callon
RRP: €33.32€25.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130574Author Michel CallonFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 159mm * 38mm -
The Logic of Care: Health and the Problem of Patient Choice by Annemarie Mol 9780415453431
RRP: €47.59€41.72**Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2010**What is good care? In this innovative and compelling book, Annemarie Mol argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore, creating more opportunities... -
Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson
RRP: €17.84€11.66The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplace... -
Research Methods: The Key Concepts by Michael Hammond 9780367178741
RRP: €23.79€21.05This book provides an overview of ninety key concepts which often trouble those who are new to researching within the social sciences. It covers theories of knowledge, methodologies and methods. Each entry offers a definition of a concept, shows how... -
Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell by Marta Russell 9781608466863
RRP: €20.22€13.89Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this volume, Russell's various... -
Healing from the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Journey for Women by Karen A. Duncan
€25.68The traumatic affects of childhood sexual abuse can remain and recur throughout life for women who have not healed emotionally. This book by a family therapist shares stories from 18 women abused as children, explaining that healing can occur at any... -
American Kinship: A Cultural Account by David M. Schneider
RRP: €24.99€24.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226739304Author David M. SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)... -
The Third Pillar: The Revival of Community in a Polarised World by Raghuram Rajan
RRP: €15.46€10.09SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against... -
Night Philosophy by Fanny Howe 9781916425026
RRP: €13.08€8.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916425026Author Fanny HoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Divided PublishingPublisher Divided Publishing -
Authority by Richard Sennett 9780393310276
RRP: €20.23€17.23A master of the interplay between politics and psychology, Richard Sennett here analyzes the nature, the role, and the faces of authority-authority in personal life, in the public realm, authority as an idea. Why have we become so afraid of authority?... -
One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race by Yaba Blay
RRP: €32.13€22.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807073360Author Yaba BlayFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays by Thomas Sowell 9780817992620
RRP: €17.79€14.91Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end... -
Social and Economic Networks by Matthew O. Jackson 9780691148205
RRP: €53.55€41.73Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make it critical to understand how they impact... -
Sociology for Social Workers by Anne Llewellyn 9780745660332
RRP: €35.69€32.18The second edition of this major textbook clearly shows how sociology can inform professional social work practice in the twenty-first century. It provides an easy-to-follow, jargon-free introduction to sociology for social work students, with crucial... -
From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies That Everyone Can Read by Kristen Ghodsee 9780226257556
RRP: €17.85€17.70Ethnography centers on the culture of everyday life. So it is ironic that most scholars who do research on the intimate experiences of ordinary people write their books in a style that those people cannot understand. In recent years, the ethnographic... -
The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology by Bryan Turner
€4.03 - €9.25Written by three eminent professors, it has been updated to reflect the shifts of sociological thought in the last five years, making it the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date dictionary available. It is essential reading for all students... -
Genetic Testing: Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame by Michael Arribas-Ayllon 9781138019966
RRP: €59.49€51.77Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises... -
The Sociology of Early Childhood: Critical Perspectives by Norman Gabriel 9781446272992
RRP: €44.02€41.28The Sociology of Early Childhood is a theoretically and historically grounded examination of young children's experiences in contemporary society. Arguing that a sociology of early childhood must bring together and integrate different disciplines, this... -
The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature by Pierre Bourdieu 9780745609874
RRP: €21.41€19.09The Field of Cultural Production brings together Bourdieu's most important writings on art, literature and aesthetics. Bourdieu develops a highly original approach to the study of literary and artistic works, addressing many of the key issues that have... -
Confidence Culture by Shani Orgad 9781478017608
RRP: €27.36€23.32In Confidence Culture, Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill argue that imperatives directed at women to "love your body" and "believe in yourself" imply that psychological blocks rather than entrenched social injustices hold women back. Interrogating the... -
Classical Sociological Theory by Dr George Ritzer 9781544354828
RRP: €143.99€135.08The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award-enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Classical Sociological Theory, Eighth... -
After the Internet: Digital Networks between the Capital and the Common by Tiziana Terranova
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901689Author Tiziana TerranovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E)