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american psychiatric publishing
Restoring Mentalizing in Attachment Relationships Treating Trauma with Plain Old Therapy Jon G. Allen
Therapy has become just one of many treatment options for posttraumatic stress disorder and other traumarelated illnesses. This book provides a conceptual framework for treating trauma patients and illuminates relationship factors that are empirically associated with positive outcomes.
American Psychiatric Publishing, October 2012
A comprehensive and user-friendly guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discusssion.
Anthem Press, October 2012
PB 9781585624188
£43.00
anthem press
A Guide to Marx’s ‘Capital’ Vols I-III Kenneth Smith
HB 9780857285065
£60.00 PB 9780857285560
£19.99 Key Issues in Modern Sociology
Knowledge Governance Reasserting the Public Interest Edited by Leonardo Burlamaqui, Ana Celia Castro and Rainer Kattel
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Offers the novel approach of ‘knowledge governance’ as a means of understanding the role of knowledge in growth and development.
Anthem Press, October 2012 HB 9780857285355
£60.00
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anthem press
Sixties Radicalism and Social Movement Activism Retreat or Resurgence Edited by Bryn Jones and Mike O’Donnell
Explores and re-analyses major events, debates and themes from the radical developments of the nineteen sixties and relates them to contemporary social movements and issues.
Anthem Press, October 2012 HB 9781843318958
£60.00 PB 9780857285737
£25.00 eBook options available. View on Blackwell’s Collection Manager
bloomsbury publishing
The Aesthetics of Education Theatre, Curiosity, and Politics in the Work of Jacques Ranciere and Paulo Freire
A groundbreaking work, applying Ranciere’s theories of aesthetics and politics to the field of teaching, analysing the works of Dewey, Freire and other education thinkers.
Bloomsbury Publishing / Continuum, August 2012 HB 9781441157713
£60.00
Tyson E. Lewis
Educating the Postmodern Child The Struggle for Learning in a World of Virtual Realities
Traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age, drawing on a range of philosophical thinkers.
Fiachra Long
Bloomsbury Publishing / Continuum, November 2012 HB 9781441103871
£70.00
coming soon
Rethinking Knowledge within Higher Education Adorno and Social Justice Jan McArthur coming soon
Explores the relationship between knowledge in higher education and social justice, arguing that higher education should have social and economic roles at its heart, and that these should encompass the needs of all society.
Bloomsbury Publishing / Continuum, November 2012 HB 9781441197535
£75.00
brill academic publishers
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion Volume 3: New Methods in the Sociology of Religion Edited by Luigi Berzano and Ole Preben Riis
Atlas of European Values Trends and Traditions at the Turn of the Century Loek Halman, Inge Sieben and Marga van Zundert
Folklore and Nationalism in Europe During the Long Nineteenth Century
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Religion is changing in present society, and social research is more attentive to its complexity. Simultaneously, new methods are developed in social research. This volume points to the potentials of methodological innovation in the social scientific study of religion, as a source of inspiration for future research.
This title summarizes the beliefs and values of the Europeans in informative graphs, charts and maps. It includes all European countries and shows how Europeans think about work, family, sexuality, religion, politics, and morality.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book brings together work in the fields of History, Literary Studies, Music and Architecture to examine the place of folklore and representations of ‘the people’ in the development of nations across Europe during the 19th century.
Brill Academic Publishers, July 2012 HB 9789004176034
€ 107.00 eBook options available. View on Blackwell’s Collection Manager Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
Brill Academic Publishers, July 2012 PB 9789004224247
€ 69.00
Brill Academic Publishers, July 2012 HB 9789004211582
€ 129.00 eBook options available. View on Blackwell’s Collection Manager National Cultivation of Culture
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brill academic publishers
Freedom of Expression and the Media Edited by Merris Amos, Jackie Harrison and Lorna Woods
For the purposes of this book we are concerned with freedom of expression and the media with regard to the current application of legal standards and self-regulation to journalistic practice.
Brill Academic Publishers / Martinus Nijhoff, July 2012 PB 9789004207745
€ 90.00 eBook options available. View on Blackwell’s Collection Manager Nijhoff Law Specials
Handbook of Hyper-real Religions Edited by Adam Possamai
Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights 2nd ed. Natan Lerner
Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion Volume 23 Edited by Ralph L Piedmont and Andrew Village
Shifting Frontiers of Citizenship The Latin American Experience
coming soon
What is War? An Investigation in the Wake of 9/11 Edited by Mary Ellen O’Connell
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‘Hyper-real religions’ are innovative religions and spirituality that mix elements of religious tradition with popular culture. Through various case studies, this book studies the on and off-line religious/spiritual consumption of these narratives through a social scientific approach.
This second edition updates the information on developments that took place in the time elapsed and incorporates new chapters. Such as freedom from religion, religion and freedom of assocation and expression and group rights and legal pluralism.
The twenty-third volume of RSSSR includes a landmark collection of papers on Theism and Non-Theism in Psychological Science, as well as papers on other key areas in the study of religion such as spirituality and social capital.
This book aims to assess the shifting frontiers of citizenship in Latin America, analysing contemporary practices, redefinitions, the impact and limits of the Liberal model of citizenship, the emergence of alternative models, the transnational dimensions and prospects of different paradigms of citizenship.
The meaning of armed conflict is reported on by prominent international law scholars from four continents together with perspectives by military historians, soldiers, war scholars, political scientists, peace studies scholars, and war correspondents, offering a unique interdisciplinary exploration.
Brill Academic Publishers, March 2012 HB 9789004218819
€ 143.00 eBook options available. View on Blackwell’s Collection Manager Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Brill Academic Publishers / Martinus Nijhoff, August 2012 HB 9789004232150
€ 175.00 Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights
Brill Academic Publishers, May 2012 HB 9789004229532
€ 112.00 eBook options available. View on Blackwell’s Collection Manager Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion
Brill Academic Publishers, November 2012 HB 9789004226562
€ 139.00 International Comparative Social Studies
Brill Academic Publishers / Martinus Nijhoff, May 2012 HB 9789004172340
€ 185.00 International Humanitarian Law Series
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cambridge scholars publishing
Professional Ethics Education for a Humane Society Edited by Feng Su and Bart McGettrick
Contributors from a variety of occupational fields and geographical regions unite in their concern for developing an ethical response to the changing institutional contexts within which they operate. Practitioners, trainers, managers and scholars will find this book thought-provoking and insightful.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, March 2012 HB 9781443836302
£34.99 Liverpool Hope University Studies in Ethics Series
commonwealth secretariat
Implementing Inclusive Education A Commonwealth Guide to Implementing Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Richard Rieser
jessica kingsley publishers
Autism Spectrum Disorders Through the Life Span Digby Tantam
The Psychology of Ageing An Introduction 5th ed. Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Examines the adoption of the Convention and provides examples, both through illustrated case studies and on the accompanying DVDs, of how inclusive education systems for all children have been established in pockets throughout the Commonwealth and beyond.
Commonwealth Secretariat, March 2012 HB 9781849290739
£25.00
The definitive guide to the autism spectrum from birth to old age. An indispensible primary resource containing the latest research on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, intervention and support of individuals with ASD, and examines their implications at various stages of life.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, September 2012
An accessible text providing a comprehensive overview of the psychological processes of ageing. It examines what constitutes older age, and presents the latest theory and research in a variety of domains.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, May 2012
HB 9781843109938
£75.00 PB 9781849053440
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new york university press
No University is an Island Saving Academic Freedom Cary Nelson
A comprehensive account of the social, political, and cultural forces undermining academic freedom. At once witty and devastating, it confronts these threats with exceptional frankness, then offers a prescription for higher education’s renewal.
New York University Press, December 2011 HB 9780814758595
£18.99 PB 9780814725337
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palgrave macmillan
Interculturalism The New Era of Cohesion and Diversity Ted Cantle
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY & EDUCATION
Ted Cantle sets out his new concept of ‘interculturalism’ which he argues should replace multiculturalism as our approach for managing community relations. Cantle argues that in an increasingly globalized and superdiverse world, multicultualism no longer works, and a new framework and new systems of governance are needed to deal with this 21st century problem.
Palgrave Macmillan, August 2012 HB 9781137027481
£60.00 PB 9781137027467
£19.99
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springer
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a Science An Iconoclastic Perspective Luciano L’Abate
This book demonstrates how clinical psychology and psychotherapy practices may reach a scientific level provided they change the three basic paradigms that have controlled those practices in the last century. These paradigms have served well in the past but they are now less helpful in the current digitally focused world.
Springer, September 2012
This volume draws together experts in prejudice and intergroup contact to provide a long-awaited update on the state of affairs in intergroup contact research.
Taylor & Francis / Psychology Press, September 2012
HB 9781461444503
£117.00
taylor & francis
Advances in Intergroup Contact Gordon Hodson and Miles Hewstone
HB 9781848720541
£105.00 PB 9781848721142
£34.99
Fathers in Cultural Context David W. Shwalb, Barbara J. Shwalb and Michael E. Lamb
This new volume reviews the latest research on fathering from every continent, from cultures representing over 50% of the world’s population.
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, September 2012 HB 9781848729476
£91.00 PB 9781848729483
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Handbook of Father Involvement Multidisciplinary Perspectives 2nd ed. Natasha Cabrera and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Handbook of Self-Regulatory Processes in Development New Directions and International Perspectives
This second edition reviews new research findings and theoretical advances on fathers, families, child development, programs, and policies that have occurred in the past decade.
This handbook highlights the relationship between mastery motivation and self-regulation, and selfregulation and brain and physiological processes.
Steven J. Gold and Stephanie J. Nawyn
HB 9780415878678
£63.00
Taylor & Francis / Psychology Press, November 2012 HB 9781848729193
£185.00 PB 9781848726246
Karen C. Barrett et al.
£71.99
coming soon
International Handbook of Migration Studies
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, September 2012
Featuring forty-seven essays written by leading scholars, the title offers a conceptual approach to the study of international migration.
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, September 2012 HB 9780415779722
£120.00 Routledge International Handbooks
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taylor & francis
Qualitative Mathematics for the Social Sciences Mathematical Models for Research on Cultural Dynamics
Rudolph introduces readers from the social sciences to the rich contribution that modern mathematics has made to our knowledge of logic, structures, and dynamic systems.
Ted Cole, Harry Daniels and John Visser
Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies Ken Albala
HB 9780415444828
£95.00 Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation
Lee Rudolph
Routledge International Companion to Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, August 2012
This topical and exhaustivelyresearched companion examines the difficulties of defining EBD, and the dangers of allocating this imprecise label to children.
This interdisciplinary food studies handbook will offer students, scholars and all those interested in foodrelated research a one stop easy-to-use reference guide.
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, September 2012 HB 9780415584630
£120.00
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, August 2012 HB 9780415782647
£135.00 Routledge International Handbooks
Social Representations in the ‘Social Arena’ Annamaria Silvana de Rosa
This text brings together international experts to explore the relevance of a variety of applications of social representation theory in both institutional and organizational settings.
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, September 2012 HB 9780415591195
£100.00 Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation
Working Memory The Connected Intelligence Tracy Packiam Alloway and Ross G. Alloway
A comprehensive overview of many of the key applications of working memory research and theory to different areas of human life and activity.
Taylor & Francis / Psychology Press, October 2012 HB 9781848726147
£90.00 PB 9781848726185
£32.99 Frontiers of Cognitive Psychology
Youth Studies An Introduction Andy Furlong
This book is a clear, jargon-free and accessible textbook which will be invaluable in helping to explain concepts, theories and trends within youth studies.
Taylor & Francis / Routledge, October 2012 HB 9780415564762
£95.00 PB 9780415564793
£26.99
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