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  • Exploring Society

    Sociology for New Zealand Students, 4th Edition

    by Chris Brickell, Steve Matthewman, Gregor McLennan, Ruth McManus, Paul Spoonley ...
    A comprehensive guide to understanding New Zealand society through a sociological lens.This 4th edition introduces core sociological concepts and methods, then applies them to key areas of New Zealand life: class, race, gender, family, health, technology, and more. Case studies from working sociologists illustrate real-world applications and encourage critical thinking. Updated data and a new ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch

    Critical Disaster Studies Perspectives

    Edited by Shinya Uekusa, Steve Matthewman, Bruce C. Glavovic ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book critically surveys a decade of disasters in Ōtautahi Christchurch. It brings together a diverse range of authors, disciplinary approaches and topics, to reckon with the events that commenced with the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence. Each contribution tackles its subject matter through the frame of Critical Disaster Studies (CDS). The events and the subsequent recovery provide a ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Being Sociological

    by Sara Salman, Daniel R. Smith, Suzanne Woodward, Adrian Franklin, Kate Huppatz, Mary Holmes, Raelene Wilding, Farzana Shain, Chamsy el-Ojeili, Dylan Taylor, David Bartram, Luke Goode, Chris Rojek, Stephanie Baker, Thomas Thurnell-Read, Tracey McIntosh, Dr Lucy Mayblin ...
    Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.The book encourages readers to examine both ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Disasters, Risks and Revelation

    Making Sense of Our Times

    by Steve Matthewman ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Disasters are part of the modern condition, a source of physical anxiety and existential angst, and they are increasing in frequency, cost and severity. Drawing on both disaster research and social theory, this book offers a critical examination of their causes, consequences and future avoidance. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • A Political History of Child Protection

    Lessons for Reform from Aotearoa New Zealand

    by Ian Kelvin Hyslop ...
    Exploring the current and historical tensions between liberal capitalism and indigenous models of family life, Ian Kelvin Hyslop argues for a new model of child protection in Aotearoa New Zealand and other parts of the Anglophone world.He puts forward the case that child safety can only be sustainably advanced by policy initiatives which promote social and economic equality and from practice which ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Nga Kahui Pou

    Launching Maori Futures

    by Mason Durie ...
    by 2051 the ethnic Maori population will almost double in size to close to a million, or twenty-two percent of the total New Zealand population. Even more dramatically, by 2051 thirty-three percent of all children in the country will be Maori ...' This substantial change in our society will have major implications for Maori and wider society. Professor Durie discusses traditions and customs and ... Read more

    $5.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quarterly Essay 49 Not Dead Yet

    Labor's Post-Left Future

    by Mark Latham ...
    Series Book 49 - Quarterly Essay
    With an election looming and criticism of the ALP now a national pastime, Mark Latham considers the future for Labor. The nation has changed, but can the party?With wit and insight, Latham reveals an organisation top-heavy with factional bosses protecting their turf. At the same time Labor’s traditional working-class base has long been eroding. People who grew up in fibro shacks now live in double ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • This is Sociology

    A Short Introduction

    by Dan Woodman, Steven Threadgold ...
    This is Sociology is an engaging, concise introduction to the key concepts used for studying social life. It covers a diverse range of theorists from the rich history of sociology and shows how thinking sociologically can help us understand our lives, the groups we are part of, and the rapid social changes and inequalities that shape contemporary societies.Key features:Uses compelling ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Nga Tini Whetu

    Navigating Maori Futures

    by Mason Durie ...
    Nga Tini Whetu - Navigating Maori Futures brings together twenty-five papers Mason Durie has presented at national and international conferences between 2004 and 2010. It discusses Maori moving towards a future involving new technologies, alliances, economies and levels of achievement and being equipped to respond to the changes in a way that enables Maori to prosper and live in a changing world ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voice of Reason

    On Recognition and Renewal: Quarterly Essay 90

    by Megan Davis ...
    Series Book 90 - Quarterly Essay
    Why a First Nations Voice to Parliament is a ‘constitutional moment’ that offers a new vision of AustraliaAt Uluru, an invitation was issued to the Australian people. With the upcoming referendum, the nation will decide whether to accept that invitation. In this compelling, fresh and imaginative essay, Megan Davis draws out the significance and the promise of this “constitutional moment” – what it ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • OCR Sociology for A Level Book 1

    by Sue Brisbane, Katherine Roberts, Paul Taylor, Steve Chapman, Jannine Jacobs-Roth, Nayda Ali ...
    Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors.- Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 1 concepts in... ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The New Zealand Project

    by Max Harris ...
    By any measure, New Zealand must confront monumental issues in the years ahead. From the future of work to climate change, wealth inequality to new populism these challenges are complex and even unprecedented. Yet why does New Zealand’s political discussion seem so diminished, and our political imagination unequal to the enormity of these issues? And why is this gulf particularly apparent to young ... Read more

    $13.09 USD