Society & Social Sciences Books

Since its inception, the European Union (EU) has revised its foundational treaties several times, resulting in national ratification processes involving different actors, with varying success. This book focuses on the politics of ratification of EU...

Sociology of Crisis: Visualising Urban Austerity is a timely investigation into core sociological perspectives on crisis and austerity: time, the 'Other', contagion and urban space; resistance and future(s). Using methods from visual and urban sociology,...

Boundaries, Identity and Belonging in Modern Judaism addresses these new dimensions, bringing together experts in the field to explore the various and fluid modes of expressing and defining Jewish identity in the modern world. Its interdisciplinary...

Psychosis Under Discussion examines the ways in which psychosis is discussed by considering the relationship between language and the perception of mental disorder. A wide range of perspectives is discussed, from historical terms to contemporary media...

Relational psychoanalysis and Jewish philosophy have many things to say on the dynamics of human relationships, but this is the first book to explore the many similarities between these 2 disciplines. Oppenheim draws on the major relational theorists...

This book shows how to use biopsychosocial assessment for crime prevention and to achieve more individualized treatment for those who commit crimes.

This book considers the core theoretical concepts central to understanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, providing a clear view of what machines can achieve and what sets them apart from humans.

A unique cross-cultural resource with practical insights and theoretical reflections of great value for academics, scholars, educators and practitioners in the fields of theatre studies, dramaturgy, cross-cultural performance studies, contemporary...

This book invites the reader to understand how the practice of political forgiveness and sovereignty have changed, evolved, and developed over time. Londrigan offers original insights into forgiveness as part of an analysis of prerogative power, and thus...

This volume explores academic households in early modern (c. sixteenth- to eighteenth-century) Northern Europe, examining changing dynamics of family and gender.

Written by one of Sicily's leading medievalists, this is the first compendium (in English) about the historical women of Sicily. Meet a sisterhood of pious Roman maidens, steadfast queens, and a Jewish mother confronting the horrors of the Inquisition...

Volume Eighteen of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes one to seventeen of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly articles presenting jurisprudential,...

This volume, first published in 1975, traces what happens when the crises of adolescence are not sufficiently well negotiated. The topics debated and explored include: emotional conflicts; educational drop-outs; social conflict; delinquency; acting-out,...

This book examines wildfire awareness and preparedness amongst households, communities and agencies at the wildland-urban interface in Australia and the United States. Women's and men's stories of surviving, living and working with wildfire reveal the...

Since the end of the 1980 coup d'état Turkey has been in the midst of a complex process of democratization. Applying methodological pluralism in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of this process in a Turkish context, this book brings together...

This book presents a novel and cutting-edge interpretation of the evolving political economy of the Americas. Through a combination of qualitative research and theory, it considers the reconstruction of American-led hegemony in the Americas since the...

Relying on new quantitative research results, the contributors offer interdisciplinary analyses of symbolic nation-building in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia to show that whereas the citizens of some...

This Reader accompanies the ground-breaking books To See But Not To See (1987) and A Case Study in Visual Agnosia Revisited (2013) by reproducing the primary scientific papers published on the famous case study of John, who acquired visual agnosia...

"A must-read for horse lovers everywhere""Ginny's absolute desire and determination to make a difference to the horses of this world and to change people's perceptions of how they are treated, looked after, and understood, is admirable." Richard...

This book critiques a modern American political system characterized by the partisan weaponization of bureaucratic systems and institutions.

"V1 MindsetMastering Triggers, Rituals, and Relentless Actionin a Complex World"by Eugene Kayat.Drawing on the powerful aviation analogy, V1 is the decision speed - the point of no return where the pilot must take off or crash trying. This book brings...

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus combines in-depth analysis of the rapidly developing sport media industry with a clear and straightforward guide to practical sport media management skills.

This manual provides clinicians with guidance to conduct Compassion Focused Group Therapy with patients suffering from severe forms of mental illness.

Suggests a different perspective on the relationships between science, ethics and society, based upon the distinction and integration of two fields: the frontier bioethics, which examines the development of biomedicine; and the bioethics of everyday...

At Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, a Union force composed predominantly of former slaves met their Confederate adversaries in one of the bloodiest small engagements of the war. This important fight received some attention in the North and South but soon...

Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: in Forensic Settings comprehensively focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with legal processes in forensic settings...

Examines the history, contemporary practice, and policy issues of non-union employee representation in the USA and Canada. The text encompasses many organizational devices that are organized for the purposes of representing employees on a range of...

This is a history of the Vietnam war in a single province of the Mekong Delta over the period 1930-1975, focusing on the revolutionary movement that became popularly known as the "Viet Cong". It drawns on documents captured by U.S. and South Vietnamese...

This provocative critique of Washington's current security policies, draws on the arguments made by an array of non-interventionist and conservative-nationalist scholars.

In this edition, a foreword by editor Sybil Nolan considers the dual perspective this collection provides: people's original memories and the views they had in 2005.The dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor government on November 11, 1975 was stunning news...

For all too obvious reasons, war, empire, and military conflict have become extremely hot topics in the academy. Given the changing nature of war, one of the more promising areas of scholarly investigation has been the development of new theories of war...

Working With the Bereaved summarizes the major themes in bereavement research and clinical work and uses the authors' own cutting-edge research to show mental-health practitioners how to integrate these themes into their practice.

Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain and the hope shown by the storytellers. By framing the narratives with an analysis of the most recent...

This book explains how biopolitical arguments, theories, and perspectives have attempted to understand how life itself is being captured within the field of politics.

This book presents a timely set of views on the entrepreneurial personality in a systematic and scholarly manner. It will be of great interest to academics in the fields of entrepreneurship, applied psychology and sociology.

Praveen Swami explores the history of jihadist violence in Kashmir, from 1947/8 to 2004, and expertly shows how the recent explosion of conflict was part of a long-running secret war in the state.

This book presents a collection of new and updated essays on what has come to be known as the territorial explanation of war.

This book explores the relations between Christianity and politics, examines the analogy between divine and civil government and considers what images of God may legitimately be employed by Christians in the twentieth century.

This volume explains connections between American culture and the incidence of serial murder, including reasons why most identified serial murderers are white, male Americans.

Volume 19 of the Jewish Law Annual contains ten articles in English and three in Hebrew. Several discuss classic judicial institutions, including the decision rules–conduct rules dichotomy, the "two witnesses" requirement, the prosbul, and...

Evans and Hayden offer a fresh, timely, and mixed-methods approach for understanding how the emergence of virtual offices has impacted the representational relationship between constituents and members of Congress.

This book provides solutions for the removal of barriers to judicial and non-judicial remedy for victims of business related human rights abuses in non-EU states.

Eight years old and growing up in Colonial Singapore, enjoying all the elite privileges that came with having a Colonial senior police officer father. Rowena Hawkins and her immigrant family from Ceylon, were living the 1960s Singapore dream - a large...

This book explores Filipino, the national language of the Philippines, from the perspectives of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA)-informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). It is designed to encourage...

Ready for a mindset makeover? Let the transformation begin.Just like a wardrobe refresh or a home makeover clears space and adds new energy, this guided workbook is your personal invitation to do the same-with your mind, your emotions, and your inner...

A guided quest into the Realms of Transformation, Realms of Reflection is the first volume in a soulful, immersive series that invites readers to rediscover the truth of who they are. Step into the role of the Seeker called into a mythic voyage...

What if everything you think you know about the MAGA movement is missing the most important piece of context?In a world flooded with political soundbites, viral memes, and headline-driven outrage, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, misled, or simply...

Join me on an extraordinary journey as I explore the steps I took to solve one of America's most enduring legends, the mystery of the Lost Dutchman's treasure. In this deep dive, I will walk you through my investigative process, including how I analyzed...