Sociology & Psychology

Why do we cut off our noses to spite our faces? A leading expert in psychology shines a light on a universal emotion

Discover how in almost every area of our lives, our behaviour is influenced far more by others than we'd like to imagine

First, this book will change how you see the world.

Then you will change how others see it.

The fault lines that can fracture a marriage are all contained in these six words: FAMILIARITY, FIGHTING, FAMILY, FINANCES, FOOLING AROUND AND FINDING HELP. It's time to get to know your F words.

Collects a diverse assortment of pieces that examine the generational shift in the perception of the black middle class, from the serious moniker of bourgeois to the more playful, sardonic boojie. It contains essays, poems, visual art, and short stories that examine the complex web of representations that define the contemporary black middle class.

A beautiful, compelling and eye-opening guide to the way we live in Britain today.

Angela Carter's highly acclaimed polemic enlisting the Marquis de Sade in an argument about women's sexual freedom.

An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all Nobody meant for this to happen. Facebook didn’t mean to facilitate a genocide. Twitter didn’t want to be used to harass women. YouTube never planned to radicalise young men. But with billions of users, these platforms ...

A clear, concise and easily understood guide to the most fascinating of subjects - the human psyche.

This book explains what pregnancy loss involves with an emphasis on the emotional impact miscarriage can have.This is an invaluable resource for anyone who has experienced a miscarriage, as well as healthcare staff that offer miscarriage care.

'Fantastic ... It explains the misperception of stacked odds and personal powerlessness that stops individuals challenging bad behaviour. Stunning. Humbling. Thought-provoking'Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind

In the face of discrimination, bad behaviour, evil and ...

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An astonishing, chilling and appallingly useful guide to recognising conscienceless individuals - you need this book in your life.

'Testing Times: Psychologist at Work' is essential reading for those interested in Business, Psychology, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and for the general reader. "Very few people can say they changed an entire industry: Peter Saville is one of them. This book describes how he did it and a whole lot ...

Richard Sennett has spent an intellectual lifetime exploring how humans live in cities. In this pair of essays he visits two of the world's greatest cities at crucial moments in their history to meditate on the condition of exile in both geographical and psychic space: the Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice,; and nineteenth-century Paris.

A critical look at cultural urban regeneration and how it is used as a political tool by the ruling elite to police populations.

This text brings together sociological, anthropological and social policy perspectives on the life course with a view to developing the conceptual rigour of the term as well as to exploring the rich range of debates and issues it encompasses.

This book provides students with an engaging and global history of psychological science, from the birth of the field to the present. This text is an ideal introduction for advanced undergraduate students, as well as interested readers.

An accessible introduction to the sociological study of identity and belonging, this wide-ranging and engaging collection examines the interplay between self and society, and draws on case studies to explore sites of identity construction in a globalized world.

With a highly pragmatic, yet rigorous and pragmatically driven approach, this edited book explores demonstrates qualitative research with an applied approach. Using not only theory but real world setting, readers are introduced to the function and relevance of qualitative methods in psychological research. ...