If Truth Be Told: The Politics of Public Ethnography (Fassin Didier)(Paperback)

If Truth Be Told: The Politics of Public Ethnography (Fassin Didier)(Paperback)

What happens when ethnographers go public via books, opinion papers, media interviews, court testimonies, policy recommendations, or advocacy activities? Calling for a consideration of this public moment as part and parcel of the research process, the contributors to If Truth Be Told explore the

Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing (Fassin Didier)(Paperback)

Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin

Humanitarian Reason: A Moral History of the Present (Fassin Didier)(Paperback)

In the face of the world's disorders, moral concerns have provided a powerful ground for developing international as well as local policies. Didier Fassin draws on case materials from France, South Africa, Venezuela, and Palestine to explore the meaning of humanitarianism in the contexts of

The Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry Into the Condition of Victimhood (Fassin Didier)(Paperback)

Today we are accustomed to psychiatrists being summoned to scenes of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, war, and other tragic events to care for the psychic trauma of victims--yet it has not always been so. The very idea of psychic trauma came into being only at the end of the nineteenth century

Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography (Clifford James)(Paperback)

These seminal essays place ethnography at the intersection of interpretive anthropology, cultural studies, social history, travel writing, discourse theory, and textual criticism. They grapple with issues of power and poetics in contemporary situations of globalization, post-coloniality, and

Death of a Traveller: A Counter Investigation (Fassin Didier)(Paperback)

It is a simple story. A 37-year-old man belonging to the Traveller community is shot dead by a special unit of the French police on the family farm where he was hiding since he failed to return to prison after temporary release. The officers claim self-defense. The relatives, present at the scene,

Truth Be Told (Abdullah Kia)(Paperback / softback)

Longlisted for The Diverse Book Awards

Majestic (Strieber Whitley)(Paperback)

It is time for the truth to be told... On July 2, 1947 something crashed in the desert outside of Roswell, New Mexico. An explosion of light and sound made the sheep wail, the chickens squawk, and the children scream. And then the ranchers heard a noise they thought could only have come from the

Delirium: The Politics of Sex in America (Cohen Nancy L.)(Paperback)

'Perhaps if the Pill had never been invented, American politics would be very different today,' Nancy L. Cohen writes in her prescient new book, Delirium: The Politics of Sex in America The 2012 election was supposed to be about the economy, but over the last few months it turned into a debate

Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing (Molotch Harvey)(Paperback)

View 'Public Restrooms' A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly.So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for

Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health (Richardson Eugene T.)(Paperback)

A physician and anthropologist questions the Global North's 'monopoly on truth' in global public health science. In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson makes a provocative claim: that public health science manages and maintains global health inequity. Richardson, a physician and and

Truth Be Told (Barber Kathleen)(Paperback / softback)

An addictive debut psychological thriller for fans of Serial, Disclaimer and Luckiest Girl Alive. Soon to be a major TV series from Apple

If I Tell You the Truth (Kaur Jasmin)(Pevná vazba)

Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Rupi Kaur, this heartrending story told in prose, poetry, and illustration weaves together the stories of a mother and daughter's lives.In this stunning sophomore novel, acclaimed writer Jasmin Kaur explores trauma, fear, courage, community, and the healing

Unacknowledged Legislation - Writers in the Public Sphere (Hitchens Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

A celebration of writers and their encounters with politics and public life from one of our greatest

Politics of Public Space Volume 2 (Georgiou Myria)(Paperback / softback)

Truth Be Told: How Authentic Marketing and Communications Wins in the Purposeful Age (O'Brien John)(Paperback)

Purpose as a business philosophy has resulted in organizations struggling to make sense of what they need to do and made 'purpose washing' commonplace. Identify the challenges and opportunities in the age of purpose and learn how to create authentic messaging, activate successful campaigns and

Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World (Tynion IV James)(Paperback)

Best of 2021 Lists: New York Public LibraryEntertainment WeeklyIndigoAnd more... 'A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Men in Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers.'- Forbes 'A story for our zeitgeist. SIMMONDS' art invokes Bill Sienkiewicz.'- Entertainment

If the War Goes On . . . - Reflections on War and Politics (Hesse Hermann)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of essays on the absurdity of war, from the Nobel Prize

The Politics of Bureaucracy: An Introduction to Comparative Public Administration (Peters B. Guy)(Paperback)

Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised seventh edition, offering extensive, well-documented comparative analysis of the effects of politics on

The Courage to Be (Tillich Paul)(Paperback)

Selected as one of the Books of the Century by the New York Public Library 'The brilliance, the wealth of illustration, and the aptness of personal application . . . make the reading of these chapters an exciting experience.'--W. Norman Pittenger, New York Times Book Review 'The Courage to Be

Present Pasts: Urban Palimpsests and the Politics of Memory (Huyssen Andreas)(Paperback)

This book analyzes the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in three late-twentieth-century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas-Berlin, Buenos Aires, and New

Public Policy in the Community (Taylor Marilyn)(Paperback)

The idea of community involvement and empowerment has become central to politics in recent years. Governments, keen to reduce public spending and increase civic involvement, believe active communities are essential for tackling a range of social, economic and political challenges, such as crime,

The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (Voegelin Eric)(Paperback)

'Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that The New Science of Politics would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and

Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category (Valentine David)(Paperback)

Imagining Transgender is an ethnography of the emergence and institutionalization of transgender as a category of collective identity and political activism. Embraced by activists in the early 1990s to advocate for gender-variant people, the category quickly gained momentum in public health, social