Social Sciences

David Riesman / The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character

The Lonely Crowd is considered by many to be the most influential book of the twentieth century. Its now-classic analysis of the “new middle class” in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character opened exciting new...

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...

Layla F. Saad / Me and White Supremacy : How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World (Hardback)

White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour and if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. And if you are person who...

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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Thomas Hylland Eriksen / Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Large Paperback)

Ranging from the Pacific islands to the Arctic north and from small villages to modern nation states, this concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology reveals the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text also provides a...

John Radford & Ernest Gower - A Textbook Of Psychology ( 2nd Edition PB ) (Large Paperback)

 This introductory textbook of psychology has been revised and updated to take account of the developments that have taken place since the first edition appeared. The subjects covered include psychology as a science and the psychology of language...

Tony Fahey / Best of Times? : The Social Impact of the Celtic Tiger (Large Paperback)

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John Curry / Irish Social Services (Large Paperback)

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Tony Byrne , Kathleen Maguire & Brendan Byrne - Bullying in the Workplace, Home and School - PB - BRAND NEW Blackhall Press

Bullying is a serious and complex issue facing society and this book will help families, teachers, business owners and managers alike, understand and effectively deal with this problem.  Whether you have to deal with this issue or have suffered at...

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...