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Imagining Society: The Case for Sociology Daniel Nehring (East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai) 9781529204902
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £21.04Re-examining C.Wright Mills's legacy as a jumping off point, this original introduction to sociology illuminates global concepts, themes and practices that are fundamental to the discipline. It makes... -
Enemies of the People?: How Judges Shape Society Joshua Rozenberg 9781529204506
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.18Do judges use the power of the state for the good of the nation? Or do they create new laws in line with their personal views? When newspapers reported a court ruling on Brexit, senior judges were... -
The Essence of Interstate Leadership: Debating Moral Realism by Yan Xuetong
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £66.05Bringing together eminent International Relations (IR) scholars from China and the West, this book examines moral realism from a range of different perspectives. The first section of the book is... -
Asian Military Evolutions: Civil–Military Relations in Asia by Alan Chong
RRP: £90.00Booksplease Price: £74.29This book explores civil–military relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the range of contemporary Asian practices under... -
Middle Powers in Asia Pacific Multilateralism: A Differential Framework by Sarah Teo
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Drawing on insights from differentiation theory, this book examines the participation of middle powers in multilateralism. Taking Australia, Indonesia and South Korea as examples, the book examines... -
Climate Change Criminology Rob White (School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania, Australia.) 9781529203974
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £21.04Leading green criminologist Rob White asks what can be learned from the problem-solving focus of crime prevention to help face the challenges of climate change in this call to arms for criminology... -
The Encyclopedia of Rural Crime by Alistair Harkness 9781529222005
RRP: £90.00Booksplease Price: £74.75The key reference guide to rural crime and rural justice, this encyclopedia includes 85 concise and informative entries covering rural crime theories, offences and control. It is divided into five... -
New Developments in Urban Governance: Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity by Jonathan S. Davies 9781529205824
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80This book presents the findings of a major European Social Research Council (ESRC) project into urban austerity governance in eight cities across the world (Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Melbourne,... -
The Death of Affirmative Action?: Racialized Framing and the Fight Against Racial Preference in College Admissions by J. Scott Carter 9781529201116
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Affirmative action in US college admissions has inspired fierce debate as well as several US Supreme Court cases. In this significant study, leading US professors J. Scott Carter and Cameron D... -
The Criminology of Boxing, Violence and Desistance by Deborah Jump 9781529203240
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Can the boxing gym be recognised as an effective space for supporting desistance? Exploring the psychosocial manifestations of boxing, this enlightening study reviews conflicting evidence to... -
Philosophy Behind Bars: Growth and Development in Prison by Kirstine Szifris 9781529205541
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529205541Author Kirstine SzifrisFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Bristol University... -
It's the Government, Stupid: How Governments Blame Citizens for Their Own Policies by Keith Dowding 9781529206388
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to 'nudge' their citizens to... -
Transnational Criminology: Trafficking and Global Criminal Markets by Simon Mackenzie 9781529203783
RRP: £63.99Booksplease Price: £58.55This pioneering study looks across key trafficking crimes to develop a social theory of transnational criminal markets. These include human trafficking, drug dealing, and black markets in wildlife,... -
Generational Encounters with Higher Education: The Academic-Student Relationship and the University Experience by Jennie Bristow 9781529209778
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80The 21st century has witnessed significant changes to the structures and policies framing Higher Education. But how do these changes in norms, values, and purpose shape the generation now coming of... -
Surviving Everyday Life: The Securityscapes of Threatened People in Kyrgyzstan by Marc von Boemcken 9781529211955
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Moving beyond state-centric and elitist perspectives, this volume examines everyday security in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and written by scholars from... -
Combatting Disability Harassment at Work: Human Rights in Practice by Lucy-Ann Buckley 9781529223781
RRP: £42.99Booksplease Price: £34.90Disabled people report high levels of harassment worldwide, often based on intersectional characteristics such as race, gender and age. However, while #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter have highlighted... -
Diverse Voices in Tort Law by Kirsty Horsey 9781529231601
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79This captivating book explores uncharted territory in tort law, shedding light on underexplored viewpoints in the field. The collection brings issues of social class, race, gender, marginalisation,... -
More-Than-Human Aesthetics: Venturing Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature by Mike Michael 9781529227789
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80In a present marked by planetary crisis, a radical rethinking of aesthetics is necessary. This inspirational collection proposes a new way of thinking about aesthetics as fundamental to cultivating... -
A Hierarchical Vision of Order: Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy in Asia by Antoine Roth 9781529227932
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £25.54China’s vision for international order is a matter of great global interest. This book analyses China’s vision for foreign policy and how it is seeking to achieve its goals with its immediate... -
Researching Justice: Engaging with Questions and Spaces of (In)Justice through Social Research Elizabeth Mavroudi 9781529226652
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £66.05Understanding justice, for many, begins with questions of injustice. This volume pushes us to consider the extent to which our scholarly and everyday practices are, or can become, socially just. In... -
Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention: Power, Punishment and Control by Carla Ferstman 9781529222494
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £27.04Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This book examines what happens when states and other authorities use detention to abuse their power, deter dissent and maintain social... -
The Sun Also Rises in Portugal: Ambitions of Just Solar Energy Transitions by Siddharth Sareen 9781529242102
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.99This book addresses how a country with Europe’s best solar irradiation potential yet very low installed solar capacity of less than 0.5 gigawatt (GW) in 2017, went on to become the darling of... -
Understanding France Helen Drake 9781529229950
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £21.04In this authoritative yet accessible text, Helen Drake provides a compelling introduction to the politics, society, economy and culture of France. She examines the challenges of contemporary France... -
International Business as Responsible Business: Theory and Practice John Bryson 9781529241150
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £23.29Framed around central themes of risk, responsibility and sustainability, this textbook uses a practice-oriented approach to explore how global businesses are navigating disruptive innovations,... -
A Desire for Equality: Living and Working in Concrete Utopian Communities Michel Lallement 9781529236781
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £23.56Since the late 1960s, individuals rebelling against societal norms have embraced intentional communities as a means to challenge capitalism and manifest their ideals. Combining archival work with an... -
The Economic History of Colonialism Leigh Gardner (The London School of Economics) 9781529207644
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £21.75Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible... -
Engaging Comparative Urbanism: Art Spaces in Beijing and Berlin Julie Ren 9781529207057
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Julie Ren investigates the motivations and practices of making art spaces in Beijing and Berlin to engage with comparative urbanism as a framework for doing research, beyond its significance as a... -
Critical Perspectives on Research with Children: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Researcher Identity by Sarah Richards
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £66.05This collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity. The book considers issues such as the identities and roles of researchers, as well... -
The Gilets Jaunes and the New Social Contract by Charles Devellennes
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529212211Author Charles DevellennesFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Bristol University... -
Taxing Democracy: Local Taxation and the Social Contract in America by Carrie Manning
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £66.05Carrie Manning’s illuminating book examines how policies to limit taxation at state and local levels in the US have direct and lasting consequences for equity, accountability, and ultimately for... -
Transforming Agriculture and Foodways: The Digital-Molecular Convergence by David Goodman
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £66.05A wave of innovation driven by the convergence of digital and molecular technologies is transforming food production and ways of eating in the US, Western Europe and Australasia. This book explores a... -
Ecological Reparation: Repair, Remediation and Resurgence in Social and Environmental Conflict by Dimitris Papadopoulos 9781529239546
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £78.04The threat of social-environmental destruction is a fundamental challenge for those who are interested in creating and maintaining liveable worlds. This volume will bring together international... -
Southern Craft Food Diversity: It's Not All Fried Down Here by Kaitland M. Byrd 9781529211429
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £21.79Driven by consumers' desire for slow and local food, craft breweries, traditional butchers, fromagers, and bakeries have been popping up across the US in the last twenty years. Typically urban and... -
The Economic History of Colonialism by Leigh Gardner 9781529207637
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible... -
Peer Relationships at School: New Perspectives on Migration and Diversity by Emma Soye 9781529235753
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £36.05Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. It is increasingly recognized that ethnonational frameworks are inadequate when examining the complexity of social life in contexts of... -
The Economy of Algorithms: AI and the Rise of the Digital Minions by Marek Kowalkiewicz 9781529242461
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £9.49An insider’s guide to the invisible new economy that is reshaping our lives. Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It’s here and it’s growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with... -
Asian Military Evolutions: Civil–Military Relations in Asia by Alan Chong 9781529229325
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £27.04This book explores civil–military relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the range of contemporary Asian practices under... -
Calibrating Colonial Crime: Reparations and The Crime of Unjust Enrichment Joshua Castellino 9781529241822
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £66.05This profound book by leading socio-legal scholar Joshua Castellino offers a fresh perspective on the lingering legacies of colonization. While decolonization liberated territories, it left the root... -
Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights Katie Boyle 9781529237917
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £23.29Legal academics.Book InformationISBN 9781529237917Author Katie BoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bristol University PressPublisher Bristol University Press -
Boundaries of Queerness: Homonationalism and Racial Politics in Sweden Katharina Kehl 9781529223521
RRP: £85.99Booksplease Price: £71.28Over recent decades, LGBTQ people have successfully fought for civil and reproductive rights across Western states, including the right to marry, have children and serve openly as public servants and...