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BC, Paperback - Trade, Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press, SOC004000, SOC026000
Dangerous Exits
Decade after decade, violence against women has gained more attention from scholars, policy makers, and the general public. Social scientists in particular have contributed significant empirical and theoretical understandings to…
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BUS068000, Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Macmillan, SOC026000
Defining Poverty in the Developing World
Four different approaches to poverty and the developing world– monetary, capabilities, social exclusion and participatory–are compared and contrasted. Despite increasing acceptance that poverty is multidimensional, most policy work…
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BC, EDU040000, Paperback, SOC026000, Southern Illinois University Press
Dialogic Education
Examining undergraduate education from the point of view of a philosopher of communication, Ronald C. Arnett takes a positive view of higher education during a time when education is being…
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BC, HarperCollins, HarperOne, HIS036000, REL084000, SOC026000, Trade PB
Doubt: A History
In the tradition of grand sweeping histories such as From Dawn To Decadence, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and A History of God, Hecht champions doubt and questioning as one…
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BB, Palgrave Macmillan, SOC026000
Governance, Citizens and Consumers
This is the first book to bring together a focus on governance with that on cultures of consumption. It asks about the changing place of the consumer as citizen in…
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BB, Hardback, SOC026000, University of Wales Press
Health and Society in Twentieth-Century Wales
This book offers an illuminating introduction to many aspects of health and society in twentieth-century Wales, ranging from public health to personal lifestyles and household budgets, birth control and the…
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BC, HEA028000, Palgrave Macmillan, SOC026000
Health, Technology and Society
The impact of technology on health service is an issue of global concern, and this pertinent text provides a fascinating account of current health care technologies and their implications for…
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BC, Paperback, SOC026000, University of Wales Press
Heritage, Place and Community
“The debates in which this book engages have been repeatedly aired since the 1980s. Dicks presents a useful review of the literature. And the Rhondda provides an interesting case study . . . this…