{"id":820,"date":"2015-01-19T09:16:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T09:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=820"},"modified":"2015-01-19T09:16:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T09:16:39","slug":"new-books-for-social-and-political-science-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2015\/01\/19\/new-books-for-social-and-political-science-december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"New books for Social and Political Science: December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to\u00a0recommendations<\/a>\u00a0from members of staff and requests via\u00a0RAB<\/a>\u00a0from 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 December 2014 and early January 2015 for\u00a0Social and Political Science<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"understanding_political_science_research_methods\"<\/a>Understanding political science research methods : the challenge of inference<\/em> by Maryann Barakso, Daniel M. Sabet and Brian F. Schaffner (shelfmark: JA86 Bar. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The wellbeing of nations : meaning, motive and measurement<\/em> by Paul Allin and David J. Hand (e-book)<\/a><\/p>\n

Government of Development : peasants and politicians in postcolonial Tanzania<\/em> by Leander Schneider (shelfmark: HN797.Z9 Sch.)<\/p>\n

Sexual behaviour in Britain : the national survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles<\/em> by Kaye Wellings (and others) (shelfmark: HQ18.6.G7 Sex.)<\/p>\n

\"watching_the_watchers\"<\/a>Scrambling for Africa : AIDS, expertise, and the rise of American global health science<\/em> by Johanna Tayloe Crane (shelfmark: GN296.5.U33 Cra.)<\/p>\n

Watching the Watchers : Parliament and the Intelligence Services<\/em> by Hugh Bochel, Andrew Defty, Jane Kirkpatrick (e-book)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Damage Done<\/em> by Peter Woolf with Humphrey Price (shelfmark: HV6248.W66 Woo.)<\/p>\n

Love : a question for feminism in the twenty-first century<\/em> edited by Anna G. Jo\u0301nasdo\u0301ttir and Ann Ferguson (e-book)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"golden_holocaust\"<\/a>Golden holocaust : origins of the cigarette catastrophe and the case for abolition<\/em> by Robert N. Proctor (e-book)<\/p>\n

Handbook on sexual violence<\/em> edited by Jennifer M. Brown and Sandra L. Walklate (shelfmark: HV6556 Han.)<\/p>\n

Social Media and Democracy : innovations in participatory politics<\/em> edited by Brian D. Loader and Dan Mercea (e-book)<\/a><\/p>\n

The people want : a radical exploration of the Arab uprising<\/em> by Gilbert Achcar ; translated from the French by G.M. Goshgarian (shelfmark: JQ1850.A91 Ach. Also available as e-book<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Check the\u00a0Library Catalogue<\/a>\u00a0for 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.<\/p>\n

You may find some of these books in the\u00a0New Books<\/strong>\u00a0display 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.<\/p>\n

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

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