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This work looks at whether crime is a "masculine" phenomenon, and why crime is so overwhelmingly an activity conducted by men. The author explores a series of high-profile events and debates around crime, criminal justice and social (dis)order.

This introduction to the core concepts of sociology aims to help students develop the "sociological imagination". By examining contradictory pairs such as structure/agency and local/global, the student is introduced to alternative explanations for aspects of human conduct over various issues.

An introduction to industrial relations and employment relationships which transcends specific national contexts. Throughout, issues of industrial relations are seen within a broad framework of the relationship between governments, markets and organizations.

Internationally eminent contributors to this book focus on issues of social movements and social class from the perspective of collective action. An important addition to current debate, the text discusses such topics as: middle-class radicalism, racism, class, the institutionalization of movements, urban politics, citizenship, education and democracy.

An account of the changing nature of party politics in Britain. Paul Webb draws on models of comparative politics and empirical analysis to explain the capacity of British parties to adapt to a changing political environment, addressing issues such as the nature and extent of party competition.

`A good history of public health developments, primarily in Australia and England, the book is a continuation of debate among health education profession over the status of any or all health education "truths"' - Choice

This major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today.

New approaches from cognitive therapy have made significant advances towards helping clients with psychosomatic problems. This practical and comprehensive guide describes a cognitive way of working with clients who present for counselling with physical symptoms, but where psychological issues or problems are causing or maintaining those symptoms.

This introduction to environmental psychology pays particular attention to the relationship of environmental and social psychology, and emphasizes theories of social representation and social identity. The birth, aims and problems of environmental psychology are presented here.

Quantitative Research for the Qualitative Researcher is a concise text that provides students who are not predisposed to mathematical or scientific thinking with the needed conceptual and practical understanding of quantitative methodology.

In this analysis of the central role that knowledge plays in our life, Nico Stehr examines the premises of existing social theory and explores the knowledge relations in advanced societies. The planned result is a significant synthesis of social theory.

A Feminist Politics of Difference engages with key contemporary issues such as difference, identity and subjectivity, and their relation to power and politics.

This work explains what is understood by the term "new social movements", and provides a critical assessment of identity politics. It examines a range of issues including neo-tribalism associated with identity politics and alternative lifestyles.

`Ingenious and original. Young people's vivid first-hand accounts of the daily dramas of business life, economically and intelligently balanced with sympathetic commentary, thought-provoking questions and scholarly reference' - Nigel Nicholson, London Business School

This work provides a presentation of Simone Weil's life, work and her contributions to feminist thought. The authors seek to make her complex and sometimes elusive ideas accessible to readers, and offer their own interpretation of her work, delineating how Weil's ideas evolved.

Describing contemporary integrative Gestalt counselling and psychotherapy, this book addresses 30 key issues which helps both trainee and practising counsellors examine and improve crucial areas of their work.

Focuses on rational emotive behaviour therapy. This book addresses preliminary issues such as building a therapeutic alliance with clients and assessing their problems. It also focuses on therapeutic intervention including: disputing irrational beliefs; activity and directiveness; vivid methods; and, therapeutic efficiency.

Intends to bridge the gap between research and practice in counselling and psychotherapy by offering clinical examples of the practical relevance of research. This book includes contributions from British and American psychotherapy researchers, who describe their research programmes and explore how their findings can inform therapeutic practice.

This book is a unique and agenda-setting interpretation of nature and ecology.

This study offers a social history of the development of the psychology of women as an academic field. The author examines areas of concern in women's psychology, including discrimination, power and social control, critique of theory and content in psychology, and epistemology.

This work challenges the assumptions and values of contemporary linear organization theory. Disclaiming the voices of positivist science, the author presents a metaphor for the rejection of linearity, the reassertion of organizational creativity, and the return of humans into organization theory.

`This is an excellent and exciting book which makes a compelling case for social development. It more than succeeds in its objective of providing a comprehensive overview of the field of social development - International Social Work

The contributors to this innovative volume extend, expound and explain the key areas of social theory long debated between Foucault and Habermas.

This innovative text offers an assessment of the role of management in the restructuring of social welfare in contemporary Britain.

This introduction to Nietzsche's thought seeks to demonstrate his significance as a philosopher and political theorist, highlighting his critique of liberalism in both its philosophical and political forms.

This text provides an analysis of mental health policy shift in the UK, Europe and North America - from institutional to community care - and its consequences in practice.

`It is difficult to qualify excitement and enthusiasm for this book.... For those studying and teaching on the body... the book is an essential text....' - Sociology of Health and Illness`...enriches the conceptual arsenal for interdisciplinary analysis of political, social and cultural change...' - The American Journal of Sociology

This book examines mass media representations of AIDS from their inception through to their impact on public understandings. Rejecting approaches which focus only on ownership, discourse or audience reception, the authors examines: promotional strategies; media production; representation and audience responses; as well as broader impacts on policy, culture and society.