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I Thought We'd Never Speak Again
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 13.99In her classic books The Courage to Heal and Allies in Healing, Laura Davis helped millions cope with the trauma of child sexual abuse. Her supportive guide Becoming the Parent You Want to Be taught parents to create a vision for their families. Now, in I Thought We'd Never Speak Again, she tackles another critical, emerging issue: reconciling... more...
Culture and Equality
Wiley 2013; US$ 41.50All major western countries today contain groups that differ in their religious beliefs, customary practices or ideas about the right way in which to live. How should public policy respond to this diversity? In this important new work, Brian Barry challenges the currently orthodox answer and develops a powerful restatement of an egalitarian liberalism... more...
Comparing Modernities
BRILL 2005; US$ 97.00The authors of this collection, renowned scholars from around the world, explore the tensions and dilemmas that impact pluralism and homogeneity in modern societies. This book is in homage to Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt. We honor his ground-breaking work in the comparative study of modernities and civilizations. more...
The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 50.00A unique handbook on human psychology, integrating contributions of sociocultural specialists from 15 countries worldwide. more...
Stereotype Dynamics
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2007; US$ 45.95Addresses the role of communication in stereotype dynamics, while placing the phenomenon of social stereotypes in the socio-cultural context. more...
The Emotions of Managing
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00The past decade has seen a growing understanding of how emotions are intertwined with and embedded in all aspects of organizational life. The traditional stereotype of the detached and singularly cognitive-focused Mr. Spock-like manager has been replaced by one in which managers are expected to be more well-rounded, fully human individuals.... more...
The Bass Handbook of Leadership
Free Press 2009; US$ 125.00For thirty-three years and through three editions, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership has been the indispensable bible for every serious student of leadership. Since the third edition came out in 1990, the field of leadership has expanded by an order of magnitude. This completely revised and updated fourth edition reflects the growth and changes... more...
Leren van de praktijk
Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 22.50Lerende Overheid staat empirisch onderzoek naar het oplossen van maatschappelijke problemen centraal. Wat betekent de Rotterdamse aanpak van achterstandswijken voor het gelijkheidsbeginsel? Hoe verantwoordt de politie zich over de aanpak van hardnekkige veiligheidsvraagstukken? Met welke bestuurlijke en politieke obstakels worden burgerinitiatieven... more...
The Concept of Social Change (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 41.95Anthony Smith's important work on the concept of social change, first published in 1973, puts forward the paradigm of historical change as an alternative to the functionalist theory of evolutionary change. He shows that, in attempting to provide a theory of social change, functionalism reveals itself as a species of 'frozen' evolutionism. Functionalism,... more...
Communication Power
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 18.99We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The media have become the space where power strategies are played out. In the current technological context mass communication goes beyond traditional media and includes the Internet and mobile communication. In this wide-ranging... more...









