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  • Sociology and the Environment

    A Critical Introduction to Society, Nature and Knowledge

    by Alan Irwin ...
    Can sociology help us to tackle environmental problems? What can sociology tell us about the nature of the environment and about the origins and consequences of environmental risks, hazards and change? In this important new book Alan Irwin maps out this emerging field of knowledge, teaching and research. He reviews the key sociological debates in the field and sets out a new framework for analysis ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Citizen Science

    A Study of People, Expertise and Sustainable Development

    by Alan Irwin ...
    Series series Environment and Society
    We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today. Environmental issues are a major area of concern for policy makers, industrialists and public groups of many different kinds. While science seems central to our understanding of such threats, the statements of scientists are increasingly open to challenge in this area. Meanwhile, citizens may find themselves labelled as `ignorant' ... Read more

    $106.99 USD

  • How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully

    Second Edition

    Edited by Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt ...
    Series series How To Guides
    It is an old cliché that leading and managing academics is like herding cats. This timely second edition challenges this myth and presents a way to deal with the many challenges of academic leadership, from managing departments, research groups and teams to managing tensions between research and teaching. The book is a practical and stimulating guide to different pathways to successful academic ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Irwin & Rippe's Procedures, Techniques and Minimally Invasive Monitoring in Intensive Care Medicine

    by Richard S. Irwin, James M. Rippe, Alan Lisbon, Stephen O. Heard ...
    This softcover manual covers all procedures and techniques necessary for certification in critical care from the internal medicine, anesthesiology, and surgical critical care certification exam. Each procedure or monitoring technique discusses indications/contraindications, equipment, anatomy, techniques, postprocedure care, and complications. Specific nursing indications are indicated where ... Read more

    $113.39 USD

  • Audiobook

    Spider-Man and Philosophy

    The Web of Inquiry

    by William Irwin, Jonathan J. Sanford ...
    Narrated by Alan Marriott ...
    Series series The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

    Unabridged

    8 hours 17 min

    Since Stan Lee and Marvel introduced Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962, everyone's favorite webslinger has had a long career in comics, graphic novels, cartoons, movies, and even on Broadway. In this book some of history's most powerful philosophers help us explore the enduring questions and issues surrounding this beloved superhero: Is Peter Parker to blame for the death of his uncle? ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • International Political Economy

    Debating the Past, Present and Future

    Edited by Nicola Phillips, Catherine Weaver ...
    The book gathers together a set of lively, provocative essays by leading voices in International Political Economy to debate the evolution of the field, its current state and its future directions.Prompted by recent commentaries on the existence of a ‘transatlantic divide’ in IPE between an ‘American school’ and a ‘British school’, the essays provide a wide-ranging discussion of whether it is ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Welfare

    by Mary Daly ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    Welfare is an important concept in the social sciences. It is also challenged and contested not only by alternative concepts but also as a political goal in itself. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this book takes a fresh look at the continuing relevance of welfare in the context of public policy, recent scholarly developments and changes in popular attitudes and behaviour.The book connects ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Stratification

    Social Division and Inequality

    by Wendy Bottero ...
    Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends, consumption items and lifestyle) are influenced by hierarchy and social difference. Exploring the topics of assortative mating; social capital; friendship networks and cultural identity; the book examines how hierarchy affects ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Materialities and Mobilities in Education

    by Rachel Brooks, Johanna Waters ...
    Series series Foundations and Futures of Education
    Materialities and Mobilities in Education develops new arguments about the ways in which educational processes can be analysed. Drawing on a recent interest in mobilities across the social sciences, and a conterminous resurgence in academic accounts of materialities, the book demonstrates how these two ostensibly differing perspectives on education might be fruitfully deployed in tandem. ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Contemporary Environmental Politics

    From Margins to Mainstream

    Edited by Piers Stephens, John Barry, Andrew Dobson ...
    Series series Environmental Politics
    This new collection from the leading journal, Environmental Politics,presents an excellent overview of the key themes found in contemporary green political thought since the early 1990s.Bringing together the journal's major work, this new book charts a fascinating period in which environmental politics developed from a marginal position in society and the academy, to its current place in the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Developments in Sociology

    by Robert Burgess, Anne Murcott ...
    Series series New Sociologies Series
    Appropriate as a supplemental text to courses in Sociology. Providing an overview grounded in research. Developments in Sociology focuses on the major areas of theoretical, methodological and substantive developments in sociology. Each author takes a field of study in which they are an acknowledged expert and highlights the way in which the subject has developed over the last fifty years. ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Education into the 21st Century

    Dangerous Terrain For Women?

    Edited by Inga Elgquist-Saltzman, Alison Mackinnon, Alison Prentice ...
    The combined effort of 19 feminist educators and theorists from four continents, this exciting collection of essays is designed to be as wide-ranging intellectually as it is geographically. Probing the abilities (and dis-abilities) of women in education from the mid-19th century to the present, it brings historical analysis, classroom research, and theoretical reflection to bear on gender issues ... Read more

    $73.99 USD