социология
Философские проблемы социальной коммуникации
Я. С. Яскевич
В учебном пособии рассматриваются вопросы сущности, статуса и функций социальной коммуникации, ее генезиса и исторической эволюции. Раскрывается специфика социальной коммуникации в экономике, политике, бизнесе, культуре. Особое внимание...
Целевые ориентиры государственной национальной политики. Возобновление человеческого ресурса и национальные культуры. Проблема Другого
А. П. Люсый
Книга посвящена междисциплинарному исследованию проблемы определения целевых ориентиров государственной национальной политики в области возобновления человеческого ресурса страны. Смыслообразующим ядром исследования выбрана проблема Другого в...
Метод. Московский ежегодник трудов из обществоведческих дисциплин. Выпуск 3: Возможное и действительное в социальной практике и научных исследованиях
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В сборнике освещаются методологические проблемы изучения «серой зоны» между свершающимися фактами общественной жизни и тем, что осуществляется лишь частично, – ожиданиями, намерениями, замыслами, планами людей. Рассматривается использование в...
Метод. Московский ежегодник трудов из обществоведческих дисциплин. Выпуск 4: Поверх методологических границ
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Анализируется мировой и отечественный опыт преодоления ограничений, которые накладывают различные методологические подходы. Обсуждаются проблемы проведения междисциплинарных исследований. Рассматриваются возможности различных исследовательских...
Метод. Московский ежегодник трудов из обществоведческих дисциплин. Выпуск 5: Методы изучения взаимозависимостей в обществоведении
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В сборнике анализируется мировой и отечественный опыт установления причинно-следственных зависимостей, определения условий, влияющих на протекание социальных процессов, и изучения факторов, детерминирующих различные общественные явления....
Политика интеграции иммигрантов в российское общество
А. С. Гаева
Монография представляет собой попытку комплексного исследования государственной политики интеграции иммигрантов из стран постсоветского пространства в современный российский социум. Автор затрагивает как теоретико-концептуальные, так и...
Третье место. Кафе, кофейни, книжные магазины, бары, салоны красоты и другие места «тусовок» как фундамент сообщества
Рэй Ольденбург
Книга Рэя Ольденбурга рассказывает о жизни и смерти общественных пространств в американских городах. «Третье место» (после дома – «номера первого» и работы – «номера второго») – это общественные места для неформальных встреч: кафе, библиотеки,...
Социология права
В. П. Милецкий
В учебнике рассматриваются объект изучения, предмет, структура и функции социологии права. Выявляются социальные факторы детерминации права, его социальная сущность, источники, функциональное назначение и эффективность в современном обществе....
Социология исторического знания 2-е изд., пер. и доп. Учебник для бакалавриата и магистратуры
Ирина Борисовна Орлова
Учебник раскрывает содержание «Социологии исторического знания» – новой научной и учебной дисциплины, исследующей взаимодействие исторического знания и общества. Студенты знакомятся с тем, как формируются представления о прошлой социальной...
Connected: The Amazing Power of Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
James Fowler
Based on exciting discoveries in mathematics, genetics, psychology and sociology, ‘Connected’ is an innovative and fascinating exploration of how social networks operate.Think it’s all about who you know? It is. But not the way you think.Turns...
What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs
Arthur House
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. Ben HechtEvery day we are bombarded with far more information than we can possibly hope to absorb. We...
Why Men Don’t Iron: The New Reality of Gender Differences
Anne Moir
Why Men Don’t Iron is an eye-opening, mind-blowing book on how the major sex differences in our brains impact on our daily lives and behaviour.Men are not women and yet for the last decade have been told to get in touch with the feminine side of...
Next: A Vision of Our Lives in the Future
Marian Salzman
An almanac of the future for anyone who wants to know what’s new and exciting and around the corner…Originally published in 1999.We all know that the year 2000 is almost here – we all sense the exciting and enormous changes that are happening at...
What’s Mine Is Yours
Rachel Botsman
In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable. This new and important book shows how technological advances are driving forms of ‘collaborative consumption’ which will change...
Attack of the 50 Ft. Women: From man-made mess to a better future – the truth about global inequality and how to unleash female potential
Catherine Mayer
‘Buy it for yourself, your husband or partner. Most importantly, buy it for your children’Sunday ExpressEssential reading from Catherine Mayer, recently named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Global Policy on Gender Equality.Not a...
Attack of the 50 Ft. Women: How Gender Equality Can Save The World!
Catherine Mayer
Not a single country anywhere in the world has achieved gender equality. In more than a few countries, progress for women has stalled or is reversing. Voters in the United States chose a misogynist over a female candidate for President.Yet in...
Born into the Children of God: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside
Natacha Tormey
Natacha Tormey was born into the infamous religious cult known as The Children of God. Abused, exploited, and brainwashed by ‘The Family’, Natacha’s childhood was stolen.Born to French hippy parents attracted to the religious movement by the...
Do You Mind if I Put My Hand on it?: Journeys into the Worlds of the Weird
Mark Dolan
Mark Dolan meets the world’s most extrordinary people. Previously published as The World’s Most Extraordinary People… And Me.Looks aren’t everything. But what if, like the owner of the world’s biggest enhanced breasts, the man who turned himself...
English: A Story of Marmite, Queuing and Weather
Ben Fogle
What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite – or is it something less easily defined?Beginning at the top of a muddy Gloucestershire slope at the Coopers Hill cheese-rolling...
Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
Stephen Westaby
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, recalling some of the most remarkable and poignant cases...
Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Shetterly Lee
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURETop 10 Sunday Times BestsellerSet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil...
I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
Cathy Glass
Cathy Glass, the no.1 bestselling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother.Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's...
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting The Story
Angela Saini
‘Inferior is more than just a book. It’s a battle cry – and right now, it’s having a galvanising effect on its core fanbase’ ObserverAre women more nurturing than men?Are men more promiscuous than women?Are males the naturally dominant sex?And...
Jacked: The unauthorized behind-the-scenes story of Grand Theft Auto
David Kushner
Jacked is the story behind the most successful video game franchise in history. Over its numerous sequels and spinoffs, including the long awaited GTA IV, the game has sold over 50 million units and generated over a billion dollars in revenue....
Seahenge: a quest for life and death in Bronze Age Britain
Francis Pryor
A lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has been taking place in Norfolk and the Fenlands over the last twenty years, and in which the author...
Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: The Science of Pleasure
Paul Martin
Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?'I know the ways of pleasure, the sweet strains,The lullings and relishes of it' George HerbertThis is a book about the lengths people will go to nuzzle out some...
We Are Not Such Things: A Murder in a South African Township and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation
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A ‘MAKING A MURDERER’ set in South Africa – a gripping true-crime story of murder and the justice system in the shadow of apartheidIn 1993, in the final, fiery days of apartheid, a 26-year-old white American activist called Amy Biehl was...
A Book of Britain: The Lore, Landscape and Heritage of a Treasured Countryside
Johnny Scott
In this remarkable, landmark publication, countryman Sir Johnny Scott evokes all that is romantic about the British countryside, its people, customs and traditions. Over its 600 gloriously illustrated pages, Johnny draws on his wisdom and...
The Brotherhood
Martin Short
A classic and highly controversial expos? of the secret world of the Freemasons reissued with an introduction by Martin Short, author of ‘Inside the Brotherhood’.The Freemasons have long fascinated outsiders. The subject of Dan Brown’s new novel...
Punished: A mother’s cruelty. A daughter’s survival. A secret that couldn’t be told.
Vanessa Steel
‘Punished’ is the inspiring true story of an unusual little girl, Vanessa, whose childhood was devastated by torture and abuse at the hands of her sadistic mother. Vanessa was nearly destroyed until she discovered a secret that ultimately saved...
How to Draw a Map
Malcolm Swanston
How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.Maps have influenced humanity in many unexpected ways: life, death, sexual...
Smart Swarm: Using Animal Behaviour to Organise Our World
Peter Miller
How Understanding Flocks, Schools and Colonies Can Make Us Better at Communicating, Decision Making and Getting Things Done.The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first century humans actually have much to learn...
A Brief History of Chocolate
Steve Berry
An illustrated guide to chocolate that every self-respecting chocoholic should read.Do you remember when a Snickers was a Marathon? And when you could burst in to a sweet shop and ask for ‘an Oliver Twist, two Tiffins and a Big Wig, please!’ and...
A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers
Steve Berry
A super-sweet guide to all your favourite sweets from years gone by.A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers is a colourful and comical history of sweets and chocolates.If you ever dreamt of being the Milkybar Kid, if you remember when Snickers were...
Broke: Who Killed the Middle Classes?
David Boyle
If you thought being middle-class meant your own home, something set aside for the kids and a comfortable retirement – think again.For the first time ever, today’s middle classes will struggle to enjoy the same privileges of security and comfort...
Consumed: How We Buy Class in Modern Britain
Harry Wallop
‘Harry Wallop is one of the sharpest and funniest journalists writing in Britain today. He has an instinct for the killer detail that truly brings a story to life.' – Jay RaynerThis is the story of how we became defined by what we...
I Am No Longer Myself Without You: How Men Love Women
Jonathan Rutherford
Why do words fail men when they need them most? Why is the subject of what men want emotionally, shrouded in silence? This is a book that attempts, in the style of Blake Morrison and Richard Rayner, to put men’s experience of Love into words.’A...
It’s Christmas!: Whatever Happened to the Christmas Single?
James King
Updated for Christmas 2013!James King is tired of ‘Step Into Christmas’. He’s tired of ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’. He’s tired – if it’s possible – of ‘Fairytale of New York’. It’s time for a new Christmas Classic.‘It’s Chriiiistmaaaas’ is...
London Calling: How Black and Asian Writers Imagined a City
Sukhdev Sandhu
From the 11th-century, when one commentator claimed the capital was being overrun with Moors, to the garage MCs and street poets of today – this book tells the story of life in London for black and Asian people from the 17th-century until...
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future
Simon Winchester
Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future.The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and...
Sacred Cows: Is Feminism Relevant to the New Millennium?
Rosalind Coward
The women’s movement has transformed British society since the 1960s. In this contentious and controversial book leading feminist writer Ros Coward asks, is it now holding us back?When women set out to change the world and their place in it in...
Stonehenge: Neolithic Man and the Cosmos
John North
‘The clearest and most detailed account of Stonehenge for a generation.’ Mail on SundayJohn North’s extraordinary book finally solves the riddle of Stonehenge.How? By carefully reassessing the archaeological evidence and reconstructing the...
Superior: The Fatal Return of Race Science
Angela Saini
‘We can draw lines across the world any way we choose, and in the history of race science, people have. What matters isn’t where the lines are drawn, but what they mean.’ Modern science is pivotal in our understanding of race – not because of...
Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
Валерия Луиселли
A powerful polemic about the US-Mexico border and what is happening to the tens of thousands of children arriving in the US without papers‘We are driving across Oklahoma in early June when we first hear about the waves of children arriving,...
Viking Britain: A History
Thomas Williams
A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields.To many, the word ‘Viking’...
An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo
Richard Davenport-Hines
A dazzling reconstruction of the Profumo Affair which brings to life Sixties England and uncovers the shocking truth behind the scandal.Britain in the early 1960s was dominated by the legacy of two world wars. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan,...
Brave
Rose McGowan
My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my life. I want to help you do the same. -Rose McGowanA revealing memoir and empowering manifesto – A...
A History of Television in 100 Programmes
Phil Norman
An entertaining and illuminating celebration of televisual history by cultural historian Phil NormanFor decades, television occupied a unique position in the national imagination. By today’s standards the ‘box’ was tiny, but it dominated the...
Out of Time
Miranda Sawyer
From the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis – delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insight and humour.‘You wake one day and everything...
It’s Our Turn to Eat
Michela Wrong
A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London...
