Social Sciences

Clive Seale / Social Research Methods : A Reader (Coffee Table Book)

Bringing together many of the core classic and contemporary works in social and cultural research methods, this book gives students direct access to methodological debates and examples of practical research across the qualitative/quantitative divide. The...

Micheal MacGreil , Eamon O. Cuiv / Pluralism and Diversity in Ireland: Prejudice and Related Issues in Early 21st Century Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

Pluralism and Diversity in Ireland' is based on a National Survey of attitudes and opinions in the Republic of Ireland in 2007-08 and marks the third book in a trilogy on the subject of prejudice and tolerance in Irish society. The current survey traces...

Aileen Moreton-Robinson / Talkin' Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism

Revealing the invisible position of power and privilege in feminist practice, this accessible and provocative analysis elucidates the whiteness of Australian feminism. A pioneering work, it will overturn complacent notions of a mutual sisterhood and...

Fiona Devine, S. Heath / Sociological Research Methods in Context (Large Paperback)

This book seeks to introduce students to the challenges of 'real life' social research through a detailed consideration of eight recent empirical studies. Designed to complement existing introductory methods texts, it emphasises the importance of...

Pete Lunn / Using Evidence to Inform Policy (Large Paperback)

This unique new book systematically explores and demonstrates the potential breadth and value of the contribution that evidence can make to policy, while also highlighting its limitations. Provides a comprehensive insight into the complex...

Stephen M. Kosslyn / The Case for Mental Imagery (Large Paperback)

"This volume is the most important if not the final word on the great imagery debate. It examines issues critical to all cognition. For example, whether the brain is a general purpose computer and if the brain's structure imposes limits on what can be...

Malcolm MacLachlan / Happy Nation?: Prospects for Psychological Prosperity in Ireland (Large Paperback)

The National Happiness Experiment was a pioneering text-based survey in Ireland, run over six weeks in May 2012. Designed by the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, the NHE surveyed a total of 3,309 people producing some surprising findings...

Desmond Dinan / EVER CLOSER UNION? - AN INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (Large Paperback) 2nd Edition

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Lotte Hughes / The No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous peoples have long suffered from exoticization. Outsiders elevate their beauty, remoteness and difference and do not see beyond this to the real problems they face. The No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples looks beyond the exotic images,...

Jeremy Seabrook / The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste & Hierarchies

After nearly two centuries of industrialization, social relationships still tend to be defined by whether you are an owner, a manager or a shop-floor worker. In older but less industrialized societies, notably India, the caste system defines...

Helmuth Berking / Sociology of Giving (Hardback)

We all give and receive gifts. But few of us reflect on the risks and uncertainties inherent to this form. For example, to give means to acquire power, to effect a symbolic exchange, to initiate ties and alliances, to convey social messages to others...

Robert D. Friedberg / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Busy Child Psychiatrist and Other Mental Health Professionals: Rubrics and Rudiments (Hardback)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Busy Child Psychiatrist and Other Mental Health Professionals is an essential resource for clinical child psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and mental health professionals. Since 2001, psychiatry...

Barbara Rogoff / The Cultural Nature of Human Development (Hardback)

Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the Efe community in Zaire, infants routinely use machetes with...

Barbara Rogoff / Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town (Hardback)

Winner of the 2014 Maccoby Award from the American Psychological AssociationBorn with the destiny of becoming a Mayan sacred midwife, Chona Pérez has carried on centuries-old traditional Indigenous American birth and healing practices over her 85...

Susan T. Fiske / Social Cognition (Large Paperback)

This is a revision of a market leader in social cognition written by two well-known and respected authors. The text is designed to provide a critical overview of the theories and methods in the newly emerging field of social cognition. The major theme of...

John Brookshire Thompson / Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media (Large Paperback)

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Anthony P. Cohen / Self Consciousness: An Alternative Anthropology of Identity (Large Paperback)

Cohen establishes the importance of the self and argues that in order to appreciate the complexity of social formations, one must first take note of individuals awareness of themselves and as authors of social contexts and formations.     All...

Jennifer Rowley / Organizing Knowlege (Large Paperback)

The fourth edition of this standard student text, Organizing Knowledge, incorporates extensive revisions reflecting the increasing shift towards a networked and digital information environment, and its impact on documents, information, knowledge, users...

Dale O'Leary / The Gender Agenda: Redefining Equality (Large Paperback)

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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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Amy S. Wharton / The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research (Large Paperback)

Gender is one of the most important topics in the field of sociology, and as a system of social practices it inspires a multitude of theoretical approaches. The Sociology of Gender offers an introductory overview of gender theory and research, offering a...

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...

Bryan Fanning / Racism and social change in the Republic of Ireland (Large Paperback)

In the last decade Irish society has visibly changed with the emergence of new immigrant communities of black and ethnic minorities. Argues that Ireland was never immune from the racist ideologies that governed relationships between the 'west and the...

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...