Social Sciences

Marilyn Strathern - The Gender of the Gift - PB

Published by University of California Press, 1990, originally 1988.  Angled creases to back cover corner, back corner is also dogeared, otherwise internally unmarked.  In the most original and ambitious synthesis yet undertaken in Melanesian...

Leila Kahwati / Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation (Large Paperback)

Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation provides a user-friendly introduction for using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as part of a mixed methods approach to research and evaluation. Offering practical,...

Edward T. Hall / The Silent Language (Large Paperback)

Leading anthropologist Edward Hall analyzes the many aspects of non-verbal communication amd considers the concepts of space and time as tools for transmission of messages in this fascinating study. The Silent Language is a work of interest to both the...

Ian Stewart / TA Today - A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis (Large Paperback)

  A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis   Vann Joines TA is a model for understanding human personality, relationships and communication. It was first developed by Eric Berne. Since then, TA has continued to grow. Theory has been...

Erving Goffman / Stigma (Large Paperback)

Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity From the author of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life , Stigma is analyzes a person’s feelings about himself and his relationship to people whom society calls “normal.”Stigma is an...

Val Wosket / The Therapeutic Use of Self (Large Paperback)

Counselling Practice, Research and Supervision.  Routledge UK.    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing...

Helen Buckley / Child Protection Practices in Ireland: A Case Study (Large Paperback)

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Marshall B. Rosenberg / Living Nonviolent Communication (Large Paperback)

Practical Tools to Connect and Communicate Skillfully in Every Situation We all find ourselves in situations similar to these, and too often resort to the same old patterns of behavior - defending our need to be right, refusing to really listen,...

Stephen Gorard / Combining Methods in Educational and Social Research (Large Paperback)

“This excellent book promises much and delivers a whole lot more. It provides a description of the practicalities of combining evidence from a variety of data collection modes in order to enrich our responses to educational research questions. This...

Robert F. Drake / The Principles of Social Policy (Large Paperback)

The Principles of Social Policy provides a powerful exposition of policy making in the contemporary nation state. Social policies are shaped by prevailing political beliefs and values and they are made tangible in the form of overarching policy...

Ian Craib / Classical Social Theory : An Introduction to the Thought of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel(Large Paperback)

Ian Craib compellingly shows the value of studying classic thinkers such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel alongside the more popular contemporary questions. Providing an account of the key ideas of classical social theory, Dr Craib establishes their...

Frances Clegg / Simple Statistics (Large Paperback)

A Course Book for the Social Sciences Simple Statistics is suitable primarily for A-level students and undergraduates following courses in psychology and, to a lesser degree, sociology, economics and geography. This book is second hand, and while you may...

Nicholas Clifford / Key Methods in Geography (Coffee Table Book)

Key Methods in Geography is an introduction for undergraduates to the principal methodological issues involved in the collection, analysis and presentation of geographical information. It provides an accessible primer, which will be used by students as a...

Gill Branston / The Media Student's Book (Coffee Table Book)

Available in colour for the first time, thoroughly revised, re-ordered and completely updated with recent examples and expanded coverage of current issues, this fourth edition is a must-have introduction to media studies. The chapters are all supported...

Alice Miller / Thou Shalt Not Be Aware - Society's Betrayal of the Child(Large Paperback)

In this book, the author follows a psychoanalytic path in order to explain why child abuse is so widespread, and why it is so commonly ignored or overlooked. She argues that fundamentally mistaken Freudian theories on infantile sexuality have been used...

Mikhail Bakhtin ( Edited by Michael E. Gardiner) / SAGE Masters in Modern Social Thought series - Vol 1-4 (4 Book Collection)

Mikhail Bakhtin Edited by Michael E. Gardiner Vol 1-4 (4 Book Collection) Mikhail Bakhtin was one of the twentieth century's most influential literary theorists. This four volume edition of his work deals in detail with his ideas on authorship and...

Alan Bryman ( Editor) Sage Publishing / Ethnography Volumes 1-4 ( Sage Benchmarks in Research Methods) (4 Book Collection)

Ethnography (4 Book Collection)

Social Psychology (4 Book Collection)

Social Psychology (4 Book Collection)   Social interaction and Personal Relationships Issues for Social Psychology  Identities - Groups and Social Issues Understanding the Self

Open University / DSE 202: Methodology Handbook (2 Book Collection)

DSE 202: Methodology Handbook (2 Book Collection)   Experimental research designs Correlational research designs

Open University / Social Psychology D317 (2 Book Collection)

Social Psychology D317 (2 Book Collection)   trigger unit media notes

Open Guides / Psychology (4 Book Collection)

Open Guides to Psychology (4 Book Collection)   Perception and Representation Memory  Language Understanding Problem Solving

Nikolas Rose / Governing the Soul - The Shaping of the Private Self (Large Paperback)

This 1999 work is now widely recognised as one of the founding texts in a new approach to analyzing the links between political power, expertise and the self. This "governmentality" perspective has had important implications for a range of academic...

Helen Buckley / Child Protection and Welfare - Innovations and Interventions (Large Paperback)

IPA, published 2002. This book gives an overview of innovative practices that have been demonstarted in different health boards and child welfare and protection services. The range of subjects covered includes family support, identification of children...

Lauren B. Alloy / Casebook in Abnormal Psychology (Coffee Table Book)

This book is in NEW condition. Although it was read, it's spine has not been broken, there are no dog ears. It contains 14 case histories based on material supplied by psychiatric professionals. The presenting symptoms were actually observed, and the...

Lilly M. Berry / Psychology at Work: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Coffee Table Book)

With an analysis of human work behavior, this text addresses the issues of using psychology at work. A focus on the development of employees and organizational structure helps students understand how psychology is applied in the workplace. Organizational...

Tibor Palfai / Drugs and Human Behavior (Coffee Table Book)

Drugs and Human Behavior provides unique historical background and introduces students to psychoactive drugs' pharmacology and the mental illnesses they are used to treat. This text is ideal for upper-level courses that take a psychopharmacological...

Irwin G. Sarason / Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior (Coffee Table Book)

This classic textbook builds on the strengths of existing theoretical systems and clinical methods to provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date real-world overview of the field of abnormal psychology. It focuses on maladaptive behaviour as a...

Mark T. Keane / Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook (Coffee Table Book)

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Ross Vasta / Child Psychology: The Modern Science (Coffee Table Book)

This updated topically organized text examines child psychology from the perspectives of three principal traditions which characterize the discipline today—the cognitive-developmental, environmental-learning and ethological orientations. It...

B.R. Hergenhahn / An Introduction to the History of Psychology [6th ed]

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Thomas Hardy Leahey / A History of Modern Psychology (Coffee Table Book)

This book is a history of modern psychology, beginning with the publication of Fechner's elements of Psychophysics in the mid-19th century to the present. It approaches the history of psychology from a scientific perspective. Chapter topics include: the...

Daniel J. Levitin / Foundations of Cognitive Psychology: Core Readings (Coffee Table Book)

  Scientists from many disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, and neuroscience, contribute to the study of cognition. Cognitive psychology, the science of the human mind and of how people process information, is at the core of empirical...

A. McCashin / Social Security in Ireland (Large Paperback)

An accessible text for college or institute of technology students of Irish social policy, sociology, social studies, social care, public administration, poverty and equality studies. Also written for those undertaking professional training in social...

Vincent Mosco / The Political Economy of Communication (Large Paperback)

This definitive, critical overview of the discipline explains in detail the analytical tools that political economy can apply to today′s increasingly global and technological information society. Vincent Mosco defines political economy by its focus...

Mary Ingham / Men (Hardback)

. Apart from the chapter on Feminism, which now seems somewhat dated, the treatment of men's feelings and behaviour patterns is insightful and beautifully constructed, and remains current today. At the time it was written inm 1985 the men interviewed...

A.Barrett / How Unequal? - Men and Women in the Irish Labour Market(Large Paperback)

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John Van Maanen / Representation in Ethnography (Large Paperback)

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Dang Nghiem Van / Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam (Large Paperback)

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Tony Fahy & Helen Russell ( Editors) / Best of Times? The Social Impact of the Celtic Tiger (Large Paperback)

2007 ( published just before things went belly up)  The Celtic Tiger  caused the Irish economy to roar ahead, but what has it done to Irish society? Some saw the rising tide as having lifted all boats, while others argue that the benefits...

Clifford Geertz / Works and Lives the Anthropolgist as Author (Large Paperback)

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Andrew Gamble / An Introduction to Modern Social and Political Thought (Large Paperback)

This book is a concise guide to the main doctrines and trends in Western social and political thought since the French Revolution. Clearly and simply written, the book includes brief biographical details of major individual thinkers as well as an...

Henrietta L. Moore / A Passion for Difference (Large Paperback)

n this new book Henrietta Moore examines the nature and limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about sex, gender and sexuality. Moore begins by discussing recent feminist debates on the body and the...

Marushka Svasek & Kay Milton (Editors) / Mixed Emotions (Large Paperback)

Emotions are of increasing interest in all the human sciences. In the past two decades, a growing number of anthropologists have explored emotional dynamics in a variety of geographic and cultural settings, and have developed various, at times...

Barbara A. Misztal / Theories of Social Remembering (Large Paperback)

“brilliant… an impressive tour de force” Network *Why does collective memory matter?*How is social memory generated, maintained and reproduced?*How do we explain changes in the content and role of collective memory?Through a...

Ian Hacking / The Social Construction of What? (Large Paperback)

Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social...

Robert Ornstein / Psychology: The Study of Human Experience (Coffee Table Book)

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Eric Miller / From Dependency To Autonomy (Large Paperback)

In this absorbing collection Eric Miller draws on the experience of three decades as organizational consultant to various sorts of institutions, employing approaches drawn from psychoanalysis, systems theory and the group relations movement. He has...

Paul E. Willis / Learning to Labor - How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs (Large Paperback)

Hailed by the New Society as the "best book on male working class youth," this classic work, first published in 1977, has been translated into several foreign languages and remains the authority in ethnographical studies.   This book is second hand,...

Gillian Cohen , George Kiss & Martin Le Voi / Memory : Current Issues ( 2nd Edition - Open Guides to Psychology) (Large Paperback)

Open Guides to Psychology An up-to-date, in-depth treatment of the major current issues, theories and findings. It introduces a representative selection of different research methods, and the reader is encouraged, by means of activities and...

Beate Rössler / The Value of Privacy (Large Paperback)

This new book by Beate Rössler is a work of real quality and originality on an extremely topical issue -  privacy and the relations between the private and the public.Rössler investigates the reasons why we value privacy and why we ought...

Daniel Miller, Don Slater / The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach (Large Paperback)

This pathbreaking book was the first to provide a rigorous and comprehensive examination of Internet culture and consumption in the early 2000's. A rich ethnography of Internet use, the book offers a sustained account not just of being online, but of the...

Allan Megill ( Editor) / Rethinking Objectivity (Large Paperback)

Although "objectivity" is a term used widely in many areas of public discourse, from discussions concerning the media and politics to debates over political correctness and cultural literacy, the question "What is objectivity?" is often ignored, as if...