{"id":1473,"date":"2016-12-07T10:06:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T10:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2016-12-07T10:06:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T10:06:56","slug":"new-books-in-the-library-for-social-and-political-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2016\/12\/07\/new-books-in-the-library-for-social-and-political-science\/","title":{"rendered":"New books in the Library for Social and Political Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to\u00a0recommendations<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from members of staff and requests via\u00a0RAB<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a (very) small number of the books that have been added to the Library\u2019s collections in semester one, 2016\/17<\/b>\u00a0for the School of\u00a0Social and Political Science<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>and these demonstrate the wide range of subjects being taught, studied and researched within School.<\/p>\n

–> Find these and more via DiscoverEd<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"digital_sociologies_bookcover\"<\/a>The new Northern Irish politics?<\/em> by Jonathan Tonge (shelfmark: DA990.U46 Ton.)<\/p>\n

International humanitarian law and the changing technology of war<\/em> edited by Dan Saxon (shelfmark: KZ6471 Int.)<\/p>\n

Routledge international handbook of social work education<\/em> edited by Imogen Taylor, Marion Bogo, Michelle Lefevre and Barbra Teater (e-book).<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital sociologies<\/em> edited by Jessie Daniels, Karen Gregory, Tressie McMillan Cottom (shelfmark: HM851 Dig.)<\/p>\n

Plastic bodies: sex hormones and menstrual suppression in Brazil<\/em> by Emilia Sanabria (shelfmark: QP263 San. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Ghost\u00a0stories\u00a0for\u00a0Darwin: the science of variation and the politics of diversity<\/em> by Banu Subramaniam (shelfmark: QH401 Sub.)<\/p>\n

Democracy at home in South Africa: family fictions and transitional culture<\/em> by Kerry Bystrom (e-book)\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"seawomen_iceland_bookcover\"<\/a>Designing democracy in a dangerous world<\/em> by Andrew Reynolds (shelfmark: JC423 Rey.)<\/p>\n

Dilemmas of humanitarian aid in the twentieth century<\/em> edited by Johannes Paulmann (shelfmark: HV553 Dil.)<\/p>\n

Seawomen of Iceland : survival on the edge<\/em> by Margaret Willson (shelfmark: HD6073.F672 Wil.)<\/p>\n

Campus politics: what everyone needs to know<\/em> by Jonathan Zimmerman (e-book)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Electoral violence in sub-Saharan Africa: causes and consequences<\/em> by Stephanie M. Burchard (shelfmark: JQ1879.A5 Bur.)<\/p>\n

The vulnerable observer : anthropology that breaks your heart<\/em> by Ruth Behar (shelfmark: GN346.4 Beh)<\/p>\n

Border work: spatial lives of the state in rural Central Asia<\/em> by Madeleine Reeves (shelfmark: DK855.4 Ree. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"identity_destabilised_bookcover\"<\/a>Identity destabilised: living in an overheated world<\/em> edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Elisabeth Schober (shelfmark: HM753 Ide. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Neoliberal culture<\/em> edited by Jeremy Gilbert (shelfmark: JC574 Neo.)<\/p>\n

Every twelve seconds: industrialized slaughter and the politics of sight<\/em> by Timothy Pachirat (shelfmark: TS1963 Pac. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Child welfare removals by the state: a cross-country analysis of decision-making systems<\/em> edited by Kenneth Burns, Tarja Po\u0308so\u0308, Marit Skivenes (shelfmark: HV713 Chi. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Westminster diary: a reluctant minister under Tony Blair<\/em> by Bernard Donoughue (shelfmark: DA591.D59 Don.)<\/p>\n

Connecting people with jobs: activation policies in the United Kingdom<\/em> by OECD Publishing (shelfmark: Folio HD5765.A6 Con. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Local journalism and local media: making the local news<\/em> edited by Bob Franklin (e-book)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"this_years_model_bookcover\"<\/a>This year’s model: fashion, media, and the making of glamour<\/em> by Elizabeth A. Wissinger (shelfmark: HD8039.M77 Wis. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Markets of dispossession: NGOs, economic development, and the state in Cairo<\/em> by Julia Elyachar (shelfmark: HC830.Z7 Ely.)<\/p>\n

The order of terror: the concentration camp<\/em> by Wolfgang Sofsky and William Templer (e-book)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Handbook of critical policy studies<\/em> edited by Frank Fischer, Douglas Torgerson, Anna Durnova\u0301, Michael Orsini (shelfmark: H97 Han.)<\/p>\n

Motivational dimensions in social movements and contentious collective action<\/em> by Maurice Pinard (shelfmark: HM881 Pin. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

You can find all of these books and the many more that are available for supporting teaching, learning and research in Social and Political Science via DiscoverEd<\/a><\/strong>. E-books are only available to current students and staff at the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Caroline Stirling – Academic Support Librarian for School of Social and Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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