* Provides brief accounts of the central ideas behind key concepts of critical social theory * Prepares students to tackle primary texts and gives them a point of reference when they find themselves stuck * Is essential reading for undergraduates in sociology and across the social sciences.

A must for anyone working with questions of drug use; from students across the social sciences to practitioners such as nurses, health workers and social workers. This is not a medical text but rather a critical account of psychoactive drugs in our society that enables the reader to think about drugs beyond cultural myths and presuppositions.

By critically reviewing over 40 key concepts in the field of contemporary ethnography, this book is a clear, concise and comprehensive introduction to the field.

This book is a major addition to undergraduate reading lists. It is reliable, allows for easy transference to essays and exams and easy to use, and exceptionally clearly written for student consumption. Topics range over qualitative and quantitative approaches and combine practical considerations with philosophical issues.

This is a compact, yet comprehensive, title that clarifies and explains the main concepts within sociology. It is useful both for new students and for students who wants to refresh their memory and come up with new ideas for essay topics.

Providing concise, focussed introductions to everything from the central research methods, to ethics, to metaphysics, and with helpful features such as real-world examples, cross-references and lists of key thinkers, this guide is an ideal introduction.

Explains the central ideas, debates and theories of work and offers an overview of the social, political and economic contexts of work illustrated from diverse industrial societies. This book is intended as a reference guide for students in sociology, business studies, management learning about work, employment, organizations and labour markets.

Written by two experienced teachers in youth studues, this is an accessible and straight-to-the-point inter-disciplinary resource for students engaging with youth studies and youth theory throughout the social sciences.

London 1997: New Labour is sweeping into power and Britpop is at its zenith. A&R man Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music industry, fuelled by greed and inhuman quantities of cocaine, searching for the next hit record amid a relentless orgy of self-gratification.

A collection of essays which re-examine the work of Paul Willis, 25 years after the publication of his seminal 'Learning to Labor'. They examine the relationship between schooling and work, the lives of working class youth, the role of school as productive site of struggle and other important themes.

Moves beyond the stereotypes that conflate arranged marriages with forced marriages. Using in-depth interviews and participant observations, this book assembles a rich and diverse array of everyday marriage narratives and trajectories and highlights how considerations of romantic love are woven into traditional arranged marriage practices.

Dramatic social transformation in Western society over recent decades has had a profound impact on the way the life course is studied.

Combining her own experience with an examination of the history of blindness in the Western world, author shows that sightlessness has been an 'active' force in history, rather than the passive condition which is too readily assumed.

AN URGENT AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE

aeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, including the concepts of emancipation, individuality, work and community.

The internet is changing the rules of the game of love. In a world where anything is possible, a potential date - whether it be a one-night stand or the start of a more lasting relationship - can be just a click away. Anyone looking for love online can throw off their inhibitions and can say what they have never dared to before.

Journalist and parent, Zoe Williams provides a provocative critique to modern parenting, the antithesis of contemporary 'how to' guides.

An enthralling tale of modern Manchester, told by a writer and journalist who has spent four decades reporting on the movers and the shakers of this unique city, from council leader Sir Richard Leese to Sir Alex Ferguson and Tony Wilson. -- .