New books for Social and Political Science: October 2014

Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number of the books that have been added to the Library’s collections in October 2014 for Social and Political Science.

041114_sexuality_ruralitySexuality, rurality, and geography edited by Andrew Gorman-Murray, Barbara Pini, and Lia Bryant (e-book).

India’s Foreign Policy edited by Kanti P. Bajpai and Harsh V. Pant (shelfmark: DS480.853 Ind.)

Statistical Modeling and Inference for Social Science by Sean Gailmard (shelfmark: HA29 Gai.)

Effective writing for social work making a difference by Lucy Rai (shelfmark: PN146 Rai.)

The Buganda factor in Uganda politics by Phares Mukasa Mutibwa (shelfmark: DT433.29.B8 Mut.)

Limits of Gendered Citizenship: contexts and complexities edited by Elżbieta H. Oleksy, Jeff Hearn, and Dorota Golańska (e-book).

041114_essential_hirschmanThe Essential Hirschman by Albert O. Hirschman (shelfmark: HB119.H57 Hir.)

World Order by Henry Kissinger (shelfmark: JZ1242 Kis.)

Positive Emotion: integrating the light sides and dark sides by June Gruber and Judith Tedlie Moskowitz (e-book).

Political economy of statebuilding : power after peace edited by Mats Berdal and Dominik Zaum (shelfmark: JZ6300 Pol. Also available as e-book).

041114_moral_demands_nonidealMoral Demands in Nonideal Theory by Liam B. Murphy (shelfmark: BJ1474 Mur.)

Environmentalism in popular culture: gender, race, sexuality, and the politics of the natural by Noël Sturgeon (shelfmark: GE195 Stu.)

Biomedicalization: technoscience, health, and illness in the U.S. edited by Adele E. Clarke, Laura Mamo, Jennifer Ruth Fosket, Jennifer R. Fishman and Janet K. Shim. (e-book).

Check the Library Catalogue for full details of the books including number of copies, location and availability. Access to e-books is only available to students and staff of University of Edinburgh.

You may find some of these books in the New Books display on the 1st floor of the Main Library, where a selection of new books from all subjects across the University are held. Books on these display shelves can be borrowed as normal.

Caroline Stirling – Academic Support Librarian for Social and Political Science.

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