The contributors show how and why clinical psychology has traditionally ignored gender issues, exploring the effects on both clients and clinicians, and suggesting ways of incorporating gender issue... more »

Looks at the major schools of psychology and considers the claims or assumptions being made about 'human nature' and their position on the associated issues of consciousness, the self, the body, oth... more »

A comprehensive guide to using video with groups. Includes over 60 step-by-step exercise plans, basic information about video equipment and how to operate it, teaching techniques and advice on plann... more »

The book covers the perception of location, motion and object recognition. The machinery of vision is also described. The book places the study of vision in its historical context as our ideas have ... more »

This compelling analysis of television provides the student with the theoretical tools necessary for conducting a rigorous analysis of the medium. Accessible but not simplistic, the authors encourag... more »

This volume brings together some of the most distinguished historians from Ireland to offer their own interpretations of key issues and events in Irish history.

Ang's ethnographic perspective on the television audience gives new insights into our television culture, with the audience seen not as an object to be controlled, but as an active social subject.more »

This sourcebook illustrates the activities associated with the household, and Roman perceptions of its role and position within the wider social and economic fabric.

Explores areas of human behaviour as diverse as mob violence, the need to obey, gender behaviour, groups of individuals and their leaders.

A completely updated and revised edition of this practical handbook for people who provide psychosocial aftercare for victims of disasters.

A comprehensive introduction to television studies. Fiske analyses both the economic and cultural aspects of television and investigates it in terms of both theory and text based criticism. more »

First published in 1986, this book is an authoritative collection of the major sources for Roman Britain. It incorporates extracts from the main literary sources, and a substantial collection of ins... more »

Grosz gives a critical overview of Lacan's work from a feminist perspective. Discussing previous attempts to give a feminist reading of his work, she argues for women's autonomy based on an indiffer... more »

Beinart and Coates examine the influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems, looking at the history of settler incursion in two frontier nations: the USA and South Africa. They also seek ... more »

Addresses the need for a systematic approach to training in translation studies by exploring various areas of language and relating the theoretical findings to the actual practice of translation. Au... more »

This lively and entertaining textbook is an indispensable guide for undergraduates in sports studies and for students taking courses in the sociology of sports.

This newly updated second edition provides students with a knowledge of sociological researh methods. Written for the non-specialist, it also provides a concise but thorough guide to all the main is... more »

The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified.

Examines our understanding of why children play and how it helps them to grow both emotionally and socially.

Holmes discusses the wider application of psychotherapy within psychiatry and shows how psychoanalytical ideas can illuminate clinical problems such as obsessionality, long-term mental illness and s... more »

This book shows a collection of games, practical exercises and techniques to be used by people who work with clients who have a wide range of disorders. They are specifically designed to enhance an ... more »

Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics provides students with the answers to fundamental questions. It is an accessible and user-friendly text which explores the strategies of comparative resear... more »

Covering the development of the English language from the 5th century, this is a practical introduction to specific areas of language and provides a comprehensive coverage and a basis for further st... more »

An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France from 1870 to 1940.

Bruzzi relates contemporary cinema to the documentary tradition, exploring questions of authorship, spectatorship and 'truth' in the context of issues of race, gender and performance. ... more »