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Contemporary Conflict Resolution / 4th edition
The Prevention, Management and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts
2023 || Paperback || O Ramsbotham || Polity Press
Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The fourth edition of this hugely popular text explains the key concepts, charts the development of the field, evaluates successes and failures, and assesses the main current challenges and debates in the second decade of the twenty-first century. In response to ongoing changes in the dynamics of global conflict, including the events and conseque...
Media, Communication, Culture / 2nd edition
A Global Approach
2000 || Paperback || James Lull || Polity Press
Media, Communication, Culture offers a bold and comprehensive analysis of developments in the field amidst the effects of postmodernism and globalization. James Lull, one of the leading scholars in the discipline, draws from a wide range of social and cultural theory, including the work of John B. Thompson, Thomas Sowell, Nestor Garcia Canclini, Anthony Giddens and Samuel P.
Huntington, to formulate a well balanced and highly original account of key contemporary developments worldwide. The fi...
Sociology / 9th edition
2021 || Paperback || Anthony Giddens e.a. || Polity Press
The indispensable guide to understanding the world we make and the lives we lead. This thoroughly revised and updated ninth edition remains unrivalled in its vibrant, engaging and authoritative introduction to sociology. The authors provide a commanding overview of the latest global developments and new ideas in this fascinating subject.
Classic debates are also given careful coverage, with even the most complex ideas explained in a straightforward way. Written in a fluent, easy-to-follow sty...