This book is an investigation of what it's like to be 'not religious' in secular Britain today. It draws attention to the ways in which the 'not religious' engage with 'religious' matters i.e. what it means to live and die, weddings and funerals, and... Zobraziť viac
In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in the second instalment of his definitive account ... Zobraziť viac
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee-one of the world's most respected experts on AI and China-reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace. In AI Superpowers , Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because ... Zobraziť viac
A bold and illuminating vision of the future, from one of Europe s foremost speakers on global trends in economics, business and society. What will the world look like in 2050... Zobraziť viac
In a general study of Sociological Theory, social processes are usually broken down into three tiers: macrodynamics (societies and large-scale institutions), microdynamics (interpersonal encounters), and mesodynamics (corporations, communities, smaller... Zobraziť viac
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively... Zobraziť viac
Offers a practitioner-oriented overview of professional standards in all aspects of policing, aiming to capture some of the complexities and interpretations that form the basis of professional standards in policing today. The book takes a novel,... Zobraziť viac
Unrivaled in the way it makes the teaching of statistics compelling and accessible to even the most anxious of students, the only statistics textbook you and your students will ever need just got better! Andy Field's comprehensive and ... Zobraziť viac
With remarkable accuracy, George Friedman has forecasted coming trends in global politics, technology, population, and culture. In Flashpoints, Friedman focuses on Europe the world’s cultural and power nexus for the past five hundred years ... Zobraziť viac
An introductory textbook on data analysis and statistics written especially for students in the social sciences and allied fields Quantitative analysis is an increasingly essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences... Zobraziť viac
The Dutch concept of niksen comes at no cost and zero effort. It's literally doing nothing, but consciously so. In this concise and witty book, Olga Mecking will provide tips on how to niksen in the most important areas of your life... Zobraziť viac
Racism is not a simple matter of good people versus bad. In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explained how racism is a system into which all white people are socialized. She also made a provocative claim: that white progressives cause the most daily... Zobraziť viac
Aso is one of many powerful voices in Dina Nayeri's wide-ranging, groundbreaking new book, which combines deep reportage with her own life experience to examine what constitutes believability... Zobraziť viac
How will governments and courts protect civil liberties in this new era of hacktivism? Ethical Hacking discusses the attendant moral and legal issues. The first part of the 21st century will likely go down in history as the era when ethical hackers... Zobraziť viac
And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us... Zobraziť viac
The Cultural Industries, Second Edition combines a political economy approach with the best aspects of cultural studies, sociology, communication studies, and social theory to provide an overview of the key debates surrounding cultural production... Zobraziť viac
Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance... Zobraziť viac
Are you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow still not doing enough? Has the bottom half of your To Do list been locked in place for months? Is everything becoming work as your job seeps into your evenings, ... Zobraziť viac
Mahi Binebine's courageous novel takes place in Morocco, where seven would-be immigrants gather one night near the Strait of Gibraltar to wait for a signal from a trafficker that it is time to cross... Zobraziť viac
Who are we? What do we value? How do we live here? Guided by parents, carers, teachers and siblings, we learn to answer these questions as we grow up. But it's not just us. Many animals must learn to answer them too... Zobraziť viac
