Social Sciences

Susan Birrell / Reading Sport: Critical Essays on Power and Representation (Large Paperback)

Reading Sport begins with an insightful introduction by the editors that provides theoretical frameworks and analytical tools for reading sport. The selections that follow critically examine how the complexities and intersections of power are reflected...

Mary P. Corcoran / Uncertain Ireland: A Sociological Chronicle, 2003-2004 (Large Paperback)

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Jean Aitchison / Words in the Mind:an Introduction to the Mental Lexicon (Large Paperback)

Words in the Mind" deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them, and find the ones they want. It discusses the structure and content of the human word-store or 'mental lexicon, with particular reference to the spoken...

Irish Society: Sociological Perspectives (Large Paperback)

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John Hutchinson / Ethnicity (Large Paperback)

Although the term "ethnicity" is recent, the sense of kinship, group solidarity, and common culture to which it refers is as old as the historical record. Ethnic communities have been present in every period and on every continent, and have played an...

Michael Hayes / Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities (Large Paperback)

A close examination of how images of Travelers in Ireland have been created and distorted over the centuries. Hayes combines a survey of the existing literature with a postmodern conceptualization of Irish Travellers as 'the Other.' The author's...

Seán J. Healy , Brigid Reynolds / Social policy in Ireland: Principles, practice and problems (Large Paperback)

In this volume, 29 Irish social policy commentators contribute to chapters ranging across the social policy spectrum. Some chapters examine issues of principle, some analyze practice and others analyze specific policy problems.     All of our...

Hilary Tovey / A Sociology of Ireland (Large Paperback)

A Sociology of Ireland is a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of Irish sociological research Incorporates an extensive bibliography and maps out the development of Irish sociology Looks at Ireland's positioning in a globalising world Reflects...

John Curry / Irish Social Services (Large Paperback)

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Denys Thompson - Discrimination and Popular Culture ( Vintage Pelican 1966 )

A vintage Pengin Pelican edition, 1966, of the collection of articles and essays on the impact of mass media and popular culture on society. It asks, 'is  a squalid mediocrity the highest common factor of popular culture the best we can...