Society & Social Sciences Books

Influential on those in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis as well as families, this book remains essential reading for anyone seeking a creative and compelling understanding of autism in children. Includes a new foreword by Maria Rhode.

This book examines the challenges of urbanization in the global south and the linkages between urbanization, economic development and urban poverty from the perspectives of the cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

This book focuses on the expanding contemporary art scene in Syria, particularly Damascus, during the first decade of the twenty-first century. The decade was characterized by a high degree of experimentation as young artists began to work with...

This Handbook provides a comprehensive account of contemporary Israeli diplomacy and analyses the changing dynamics of Israel's bilateral relations over the past seventy-five years.

This important new book explores the nature of the divided brain and its relevance for contemporary psychotherapy.　 Citing the latest neuroscientific research, it shows how the relationship between the two hemispheres of the brain is central to our...

This handbook interrogates the foundations of media literacy and media education research from a methodological standpoint. It provides a detailed, illustrated overview of key methods used in the study of media literacy and media education.

This book features evidence from several disciplines exploring initiatives that have improved food environments and discusses the importance of achieving success in equitable and sustainable ways.

Perspectives on Behavioural Interventions in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is an accessible resource that collates and explores interventions that can be used to address a wide range of behavioural, psychological, social, and spiritual issues that...

Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, this text explores the drivers of urban development.Through an evolutionary lens, cities are shown to find a development path amidst an ever-changing landscape, sometimes facing extreme externalities such as...

This book offers an alternative understanding of the modern history of Mizoram through an analysis of its cultural practices through language, music, poetry and festivals. It explores the sensibility of modern cultural works not just in Christianity, but...

In Living with Extreme Intelligence: Developing Essential Communication Skills, Dr Sonja Falck provides a unique and practical manual of how to improve interpersonal interactions that involve adults who stand out from the neurotypical majority by having...

This book provides an approachable introduction to Mead's contemporary relevance in the social sciences, showing how a pragmatic view of social action serves as the core of Mead's theory, offering striking insights into human agency, symbolism, politics,...

This book explores the series of cartoons of China and the Chinese that were published in the popular British satirical magazine Punch over a sixty-year period from 1841-1901.

Drug and Substance Abuse Among Older Adults provides a timely, comprehensive overview and analysis of the silent epidemic of drug and substance abuse involving elderly Americans.  

The book analyses concepts and ideas that are particularly important for the political discourse in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795). It is addressed to readers from the academic milieu as well to all interested in the history of political...

This book is essential for anyone interested in learning about the therapeutic potential of orthodox and state-of-the-art supports for autistics.

This book explores the multitude of thoughts, theories, opinions, methods, and approaches to play therapy in order to highlight the unity and diversity of theory and perspective in the field.

This book delves into the secret histories of the CIA, the FBI and British and Italian intelligence to study how policymakers can control intelligence agencies and when these agencies will try to remove their own government. 　.

This book examines the discourses on ageing and ageism in Indian culture, politics, art and society. It explores its representations and the anxieties, fears and vulnerabilities associated with ageing.

This collection is made up of contributions from scholars producing empirical work on some of the key areas upon which Geoff Pearson established his reputation.

This book explores the intersection between faith, religion and performing arts in culture-based youth groups. Culture-specific churches provide a safe if "imagined community" in which young people can express these emerging identities, which...

This handbook offers a unique critical, and cross-disciplinary approach to the study of community psychology, showing how it can address the systemic challenges arising from multiple crises facing people across the world.

Critical disability studies both questions these existing notions of disability and interrogates how they have become a part of the academic attitude towards the field. As the first comprehensive handbook on critical disability studies, this volume...

There is evidence of a movement from "a culture of narcissism" toward elements of a perverse culture. This book examines the evidence as it reveals itself through the work organisation. This examination gives access to most of the dynamics operating...

Helping Clients Deal with Adversity by Changing Their Attitudes: A Concise Therapist Guide provides an outline for therapists wishing to help clients deal with life's adversities by encouraging them to change their attitudes.

This book deals with the two key concepts of indigeneity and nation of the indigenous people from across the world. It looks at issues and ideas of indigeneity, nationhood, nationality, State, identity, selfhood, constitutionalism, and citizenship in...

This volume investigates the perception of threat, with particular regard to the roles, functions, and agencies of various types of media.

This book explains divergent media system trajectories in the countries in southeast Europe, and challenges the presumption that the common socialist experience critically influences a common outcome in media development after democratic transformations.

Drawing on provocative case studies, personal interviews, and detailed research, Managing Death examines the medical, legal, ethical, and clinical aspects of right-to-die issues.

Challenging Lies' is a book arguing that Africa's plight is external in origin-the result of the imperialism of Western countries whose survival depends on the systematic plundering of Africa. Massocki so powerfully argues that western imperialism...

This book explores how public hospital sector doctors in Hong Kong understand their work and careers. Using narrative interviews with 27 medical doctors, the book examines how their personal values provide motivation and meaning for their work. How do...

The third volume in the Global Arctic series examines the transformation of Arctic governance following the 2022 outbreak of war in Ukraine. This conflict has disrupted the post-Cold War cooperative circumpolar order, upending decades of multilateral...

The edited volume titled "Decoding the Chessboard of Asian Geopolitics: Asian Powerplay in South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia" offers a distinctive examination of the power rivalries within the Asian region. It highlights the significant influence...

This book is an in-depth study of the ageing problem in China from a multidisciplinary perspective. For the first time in Chinese history, it systematically summarizes the development process, achievements and challenges of China from the...

Humans are remarkable beings. We have mastered flight, cracked the genetic code, developed quantum mechanics and democracy, been to the moon, and may soon become a multi-planetary species.Yet, despite these unparalleled achievements, we can still be.....

Freemasonry, the centuries-old institution, steeped in tradition, is at a crossroads in the 21st century. With membership long in decline, the once prominent society looks to an uncertain future. Its customs, inherited from a bygone time of Popes and...

From the day I was born, my future has been set in stone: Marry Crown Prince Cillian, become his queen, and produce an heir.Though I could do far worse than marry a man known throughout the continent for his dashing good looks and kind heart, I have long...

Memoir by Sokunthary Svay, poet and musician. Svay chronicles her journey as child of Cambodian refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge in the 1980s to make a new life in New York. Sokunthary Svay was born in a refugee camp in Thailand shortly after her...

Have you ever received a parking ticket? How did you feel about it? Angry? Frustrated? Did you blame yourself for making a mistake, or did you blame that terrible "meter maid"? This book is the story of an enforcement officer (meter maid) in the city of...

What if the most extraordinary power you possess is your ability to trust?In Trusting the Eyes Behind You, author, community leader, and visionary strategist Kazemde Ajamu delivers a timely and transformative message about reclaiming trust in a...

Reedsy Discovery: Featured listAmidst a tumult of fear and uncertainty, In the Time of Coronavirus emerges as a guiding beacon. Janet Zinn, a seasoned psychotherapist, takes you on a profound journey through the pandemic, weaving personal reflections...

Highlighted by his experiences in San Clemente, California in September 1974 negotiating the pardon of President Nixon, Benton L. Becker is remembered in this thorough and heartwarming biography by his son. Following historical records and personal...

Immigrant communities facing displacement have increasingly turned to social media as a platform to share their testimonies, connect to their communities, and build new support networks. Due to existing structural inequities, women face unique...

In an increasingly interconnected and technologically driven world, workplace learning must adapt to meet global demands, embrace diversity, and integrate emerging technologies. The rapid pace of innovation, combined with post-pandemic shifts, has made...

Raw. Honest. Unapologetic.An Odyssey of Oddities is not your average self-help memoir. This is a brutally honest journey through the chaos of addiction, street survival, and redemption. Jeremy Eichenberger opens the doors to his darkest days-drug...

Cupid.A dumb dating app that I refused to sign up for. I've seen the movies and read the books, but most people don't find love by swiping through shirtless pictures and photoshopped selfies.My best friend didn't feel the same. The diabolical she-devil...

Plato's Apology - A Riveting Defense of Philosophy and the Pursuit of TruthStep into the courtroom of ancient Athens and witness a moment that forever shaped the course of Western thought. Plato's "Apology" is not an apology in the modern sense but a...