Social & ethical issues

Throughout his life, clothes have provided an outlet through which journalist Teo van den Broeke understands both himself and the world around him. From the blue princess dress he coveted as a child, that first led him to question whether he was 'normal', through to the Nike cap and Gucci loafers...

In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the ...

Debunking overly optimistic theories of an idyllic post-Cold War world, the author of Balkan Ghosts predicts that war, ethnic conflict, random violence, and fear will be hallmarks of the next century. Reprint. 30,000 first printing. Robert Kaplan, bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts,offers up scr...

You feel yourself blushing, so you get more embarrassed, so you blush more. But it needn't be like that. Using this book you can unlearn the feelings of embarrassment and failure, and take control of your life.

In 'The Courage To Be Happy', Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga distil their wisdom into simple yet profound advice to show us how we, too, can use twentieth-century psychological theory to find true happiness.

This is a photographic account of Jackie Pullinger's work in Hong Kong which through interviews provides a gripping portrait of the drug addicts, prostitutes, Triad gang members and society's outcasts who live in the Walled City.;It describes some of the most incredible stories of people she help...

The police killing of Christopher Alder was one of the most notorious deaths in custody in the UK, involving the destruction of evidence, a whitewash of an investigation and illegal surveillance. Christopher's sister Janet has been relentlessly fighting for justice for decades, and fearlessly hol...

Behind every thought, action and experience there lies a chain of biological and environmental causes, stretching back from the moment a neuron fires to the dawn of our species and beyond. Nowhere in this infinite sequence is there a place where free will could play a role. Without free will, it ...

Aimed at undergraduate and diploma students across a range of the social sciences, this textbook provides the story of social provision from medieval times to the modern day. It systematically examines major themes of: the relief of poverty and social care; healthcare and housing; crime and polic...

A profound analysis of the Western world's ageing population, examining how the issue has been tackled in different countries. Contests taboos, and debates the handling of life's later decades. From former head of Downing Street Policy Unit under David Cameron. `An inspirational call to arms' DAI...