Geoff Smith; Mark Button; Les... Despite efforts to tackle fraud and white collar crime, they still thrive in our society. This book explores the themes, theories and issues that are essential for understanding these crimes... | John Kirk; Christine Wall A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. |
| Porpora, Douglas; Porpora is concerned with the concept of social structure and with the relationship between social structure and the individual. He focuses on two different... |
Melanie Kirkpatrick From the world's most repressive state comes rare good news: escape to freedom of a small number of its people. It is a crime to leave North Korea. They go... | Diana Schumacher This Briefing illuminates Fritz Schumacher's thinking and shows how we can help to turn our present crisis into the opportunity to build a more kind, just and ecologically... |
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Bruce Schneier In today's hyper-connected society, understanding the mechanisms of trust is crucial. Issues of trust are critical to solving problems as diverse as corporate responsibility, global warming, and the political system. | Will Hutton * An incisive look at how our society has fragmented into inequality and how to address this most crucial blight on our times, out now in paperback |
Duncan J. Watts "From one of the world's most influential and cited sociologists, Everything is Obvious reveals how variable is human common sense and how, as individuals, societies and businesses, we delude ourselves... | Paul Goodman; Susan Sontag; Casey... |
Didrik Soderlind; Michael Moynihan | Eric Klinenberg A revelatory examination of the sharp increase in people who live alone and its surprising benefits |
| Maurice Godelier Groundbreaking examination of the relationship between thought, economy and society. |