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Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
RRP: €26.17€25.81From Oceania to North America, indigenous peoples have created storytelling traditions of incredible depth and diversity. The term 'indigenous storywork' has come to encompass the sheer breadth of ways in which indigenous storytelling serves as a... -
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton 9781517901738
RRP: €26.17€17.16Winner of the John Boswell Prize from the American Historical Association 2018 Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association 2018 Winner of an American Library Association Stonewall Honor 2018 Winner of Lambda... -
Our Psychiatric Future by Nikolas Rose 9780745689128
RRP: €21.41€19.09Our everyday lives are increasingly intertwined with psychiatry and discussions of mental health. Yet the dominant medical discipline of psychiatry remains surrounded by controversy. Is mental distress really an illness like any other, treatable by... -
A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion by Fay Bound Alberti
RRP: €31.52€22.72Despite 21st-century fears of an 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness offers a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience. Using letters and diaries,... -
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation by Cathy O'Neil 9781802060317
RRP: €15.46€10.82A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Shame is being weaponized by governments and corporations to attack the most vulnerable. It's time to fight backShame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or... -
The Social Determinants of Health: Looking Upstream by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 9781509504329
RRP: €21.41€19.09This timely book takes seriously the idea of understanding how our social world - and not individual responsibility or the healthcare system - is the primary determinant of our health. Kathryn Strother Ratcliff puts into practice the "upstream" imagery... -
Fanaticus: Mischief and Madness in the Modern Sports Fan by Justine Gubar 9781442273047
RRP: €29.75€25.93In 2011, the San Francisco 49ers hosted the Oakland Raiders in a preseason matchup that would become a seminal moment for fan violence. During the game, seventy fans were ejected from the stadium, one person was beaten unconscious in the men's room, and... -
Symbolic Exchange and Death by Jean Baudrillard 9781473907584
RRP: €60.69€49.19Jean Baudrillard is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of contemporary social theorists. This major work occupies a central place in the rethinking of the humanities and social sciences around the idea of postmodernism. It leads the... -
Postmodern Ethics by Zygmunt Bauman 9780631186939 [USED COPY]
RRP: €39.21€4.66Zygmunt Bauman's powerful and persuasive study of the postmodern perspective on ethics is particularly welcome. For Bauman the great issues of ethics have lost none of their topicality: they simply need to be seen, and dealt with, in a wholly new way... -
Postmodern Ethics by Zygmunt Bauman 9780631186939
RRP: €39.21€34.68Zygmunt Bauman's powerful and persuasive study of the postmodern perspective on ethics is particularly welcome. For Bauman the great issues of ethics have lost none of their topicality: they simply need to be seen, and dealt with, in a wholly new way... -
The Good Project: Humanitarian Relief NGOs and the Fragmentation of Reason by Monika Krause
RRP: €28.56€27.41NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, and they offer crucial help during earthquakes,... -
Sociological Theory for Digital Society: The Codes that Bind Us Together by Ori Schwarz 9781509542970
RRP: €21.41€19.09The digital revolution has not only transformed multiple aspects of social life - it also shakes sociological theory, transforming the most basic assumptions that have underlain it. In this timely book, Ori Schwarz explores the main challenges... -
Stuff: Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper by Chip Colwell 9781805260493
RRP: €29.75€26.22The fascinating tale of humankind's journey from owning nothing to being owned-by our stuff. Why, when and how did our needs become world-destroying addictions? Over 3 million years ago, our ancestors realised they could break apart rocks for sharp... -
The New Latin America by Fernando Calderon
RRP: €22.60€20.08Latin America has experienced a profound transformation in the first two decades of the 21st century: it has been fully incorporated into the global economy, while excluding regions and populations devalued by the logic of capitalism. Technological... -
More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave by Ruth Cowan
€23.38In this classic work of women's history (winner of the 1984 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology), Ruth Schwartz Cowan shows how and why modern women devote as much time to housework as did their colonial sisters. In lively and... -
What is Digital Sociology? by Neil Selwyn 9781509527113
RRP: €17.84€16.16The rise of digital technology is transforming the world in which we live. Our digitalized societies demand new ways of thinking about the social, and this short book introduces readers to an approach that can deliver this: digital sociology. Neil Selwyn... -
Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray by Helen E. Fisher 9780393349740
RRP: €16.65€14.95Lust, romance, attachment... Antatomy of Love explores such questions as whether monogamy is natural, why we choose certain partners and why we might cheat on them. In this completely revised edition, anthropologist Helen Fisher adds a host of new data... -
On The Track Of Unknown Animals by Heuvelmans
RRP: €55.92€49.94First published in 1995. It will soon be forty years since the original edition of this work, Sur la piste des betes ignorees (1955), appeared in French. With this book, the great adventure of 'Cryptozoology', the science of hidden animals, began.About... -
Superpower: Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity by Ross Garnaut 9781760642099
RRP: €18.33€16.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760642099Author Ross GarnautFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint La Trobe University PressPublisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 342gDimensions(mm) 233mm *... -
Gender: The Basics: 2nd edition by Hilary M. Lips
RRP: €23.79€21.05Gender: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the influence of cultural, historical, biological, psychological, and economic forces on ways in which we have come to define and experience femininity and masculinity, and on the impact and importance of... -
The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities by Ellen Helsper
RRP: €44.02€36.16With the increased digitisation of society comes an increased concern about who is left behind. From societal causes to the impact of everyday actions, The Digital Disconnect explores the relationship between digital and social inequalities, and the... -
Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context by Michael Wyness
RRP: €51.16€42.15Written with clarity and thoroughly argued, Wyness confirms his place as one of the key authors within contemporary social science writing on children and childhood. A formidable exploration of the nature of contemporary childhood in globally disparate... -
Introducing Quantitative Methods: A Practical Guide by Daniela Aidley
RRP: €77.34€72.51This exciting new core textbook offers a clear and practical introduction to quantitative methods, taking a project-based approach. The author's extensive knowledge and straightforward writing style ensure that students are steered through the process... -
Ireland's Call: Navigating Brexit by Stephen Collins
RRP: €20.22€16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786051769Author Stephen CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Red Stripe PressPublisher Orpen Press -
The Nature of Money by Geoffrey Ingham 9780745609973
RRP: €21.41€20.75In this important new book, Geoffrey Ingham draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relation' of money. Genuinely multidisciplinary approach, based on a thorough knowledge of theories of money in the... -
World Risk Society by Ulrich Beck 9780745622217
RRP: €21.41€19.09This major new book draws together key essays by one of Europe's leading social and political theorists.About the AuthorUlrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.Reviews"Full of ideas and insights and thus... -
The Arena of Racism by Michel Wieviorka
RRP: €66.64€54.11In this vital addition to the sociological literature on racism, Michel Wieviorka presents a detailed and revisionary analysis of the vocabulary of racism (prejudice, discrimination, segregation and violence), arguing that racism is not reducible to... -
Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind by Nikolas Rose
RRP: €33.32€25.94The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that... -
Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies by Edward O. Wilson
RRP: €13.08€9.25'With Genesis, Wilson inspires awe ... His message is that selection has shaped a society that is characterized by cooperation and division of labour' NatureOf all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of... -
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo de Witte 9781859844106
RRP: €22.60€20.84Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity, was murdered on 17 January 1961.Democratically elected to lead the Mouvement National Congolais, the party he founded in 1958, Lumumba was at the centre of the... -
The Normal Chaos of Love by Ulrich Beck 9780745613826
RRP: €21.41€19.09This is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changing fundamentally, creating opportunities for democracy or chaos in personal life.About the AuthorUlrich... -
The World War 1 Trivia Book: Interesting Stories and Random Facts from the First World War by Bill O'Neill 9781648450167
RRP: €11.89€8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450167Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
Generation Locked-Out by Rory Hearne
RRP: €17.84€11.54The book that has been waiting to be written - how Ireland's housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it. "Clear, cogent and persuasive" - Fintan O'Toole ... -
The Invention of Green Colonialism by Guillaume Blanc 9781509550890
RRP: €19.03€17.15The story begins with a dream - the dream of Africa. Virgin forests, majestic mountains surrounded by savannas, vast plains punctuated with the rhythms of animal life where lions, elephants and giraffes reign as lords of nature, far from civilization -... -
Diversity Management and Discrimination: Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities in the EU by John Wrench
RRP: €47.59€41.72What can diversity management offer those concerned with ethnic inequality, racial discrimination, and issues of social and economic inclusion and exclusion? In this book John Wrench traces the emergence of diversity management in the US in the late... -
London's South Bank: The History by Mireille Galinou
RRP: €41.65€31.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993361029Author Mireille GalinouFormat PaperbackPage Count 584Imprint Your London PublishingPublisher Your London Publishing -
The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 9780691183176
RRP: €17.84€14.48In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry canvas tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care... -
Commune or Nothing!: Venezuela's Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project by Commune or Nothing! Chris Gilbert 9781685900236
RRP: €23.79€19.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900236Author Commune or Nothing! Chris GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S... -
Attachment in Adulthood, Second Edition: Structure, Dynamics, and Change by Mario Mikulincer 9781462533817
€57.08Synthesizing a vast body of empirical research and organizing it around a comprehensive conceptual model, this book is recognized as the definitive reference on adult attachment. The authors explain how what began as a theory of child development is now... -
Irishisms: Blather, Blarney, Blessings and everything else we say in Ireland by Ronan Moore
RRP: €14.27€10.03While officially in Ireland we may have only two languages, in truth is it is probably closer to three: English, Irish and Irish-English. And it is this third language, Irish-English, that most of us on our fair island now speak. Irishisms examines...