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In the social sciences and in everyday speech we often talk about groups as if they behaved in the same way as individuals, thinking and acting as a singular being. We say for example that "Google intends to develop an automated car", "the U.S. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.

Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745684840
ISBN
9780745684840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Hardback. Based on an extended period of research in two local steel factories, this descriptive account offers a wide-ranging critique of post-industrial capitalism. Its central argument is that recent government attempts to engineer Britain's transition to a post-industrial have instead created volatile post-industrial spaces marked by informal labor.. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; JHMC; KNJH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455514
ISBN
9781845455514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.37

Paperback. Explores how images of Black sexuality have been used to maintain the color line and how they threaten to spread a different brand of racism around the world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415951500
ISBN
9780415951500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501707551
ISBN
9781501707551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.20

Hardback. The sexual revolution is justly celebrated for the freedoms it brought. The author argues that the contradictions of modern love, our new freedoms have also brought new burdens and rules - without, however, wiping out the old rules, emotions, desires, and arrangements. Translator(s): Randall, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149141
ISBN
9780691149141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Barry Reay is one of the foremost historians of sex and sexuality In this new book, Reay, Attwood and Gooder recount the recent history of the sex addiction: how it was first conceptualised and diagnosed in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745670362
ISBN
9780745670362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Virago UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087297
ISBN
9781844087297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Based on a return to the village in Sierra Leone where he did his first ethnographic fieldwork in 1969-70, an anthropologist reflects on the universality of human discontent. Num Pages: 230 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349150
ISBN
9780822349150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

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This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629629
ISBN
9780745629629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. Sources include open source material but internal secret files and highly classified audiotapes of Saddam Hussein that were made available to researchers at the Conflict Records Research Center at National Defense University and some documents at the Hoover Institution. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; JFSR2; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415826
ISBN
9781421415826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.14

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Publisher
Peabody Museum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Har/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873652155
ISBN
9780873652155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.30
€ 76.62

Paperback. A chronological introduction to the work of Jean Baudrillard, with a selection of classic readings. Editor(s): Redhead, Professor Steve. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627899
ISBN
9780748627899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. This title explores key strands of contemporary social theory in developing an innovative framework for understanding the operation of power. This draws on structural theories of inequality and oppression and poststructural deconstructions of discourse, identity and emotion. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
AIAA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2002nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333803066
ISBN
9780333803066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335933
ISBN
9780745335933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.76

Hardback. Presents a unified theory of economic growth since the dawn of civilization. This title provides a comprehensive overview of the three phases of the development process. It analyzes the Malthusian theory and its empirical support. It examines theories of demographic transition and their empirical significance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 74 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCA; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130026
ISBN
9780691130026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.68
€ 71.49

Paperback. Series: Collection on Technology & Work. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483905
ISBN
9780801483905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. This eighth edition of Sociology Themes and Perspectives provides a comprehensive introduction to sociology for A-level and undergraduate students. This essential resource is fully updated to match the latest sociological teaching, research and developments to support you in learning about sociology today. Series: Haralambos and Holborn. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KL; JHB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 264 x 193 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1868.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Eighth edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007498826
ISBN
9780007498826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.75

Paperback. Dedicated to the controversial question of whether economics is performative - of whether, in some cases, economics actually produces the phenomena it analyzes, this book features case studies that intend to offer substance to the notion of the performativity of economics in an accessible, nontechnical way. Editor(s): MacKenzie, Donald; Muniesa, Fabian; Siu, Lucia. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 halftones. 11 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138497
ISBN
9780691138497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. An ethnography of an electronics factory in southern China, showing how rural girls are made into compliant factory workers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 photos, 5 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932643008
ISBN
9781932643008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 324 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMC; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137489203
ISBN
9781137489203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.47

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