{"id":955,"date":"2015-03-30T08:18:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T08:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=955"},"modified":"2015-03-30T08:18:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T08:18:24","slug":"new-books-for-social-and-political-science-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2015\/03\/30\/new-books-for-social-and-political-science-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"New books for Social and Political Science: March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/using-library\/request-resources\/recommend-books\" target=\"_blank\">recommendations<\/a>\u00a0from members of staff and requests via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/services\/library-museum-gallery\/using-library\/request-resources\/recommend-books\/book-recs-student\" target=\"_blank\">RAB<\/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\u2019s collections in March 2015 for\u00a0<strong><em>Social and Political Science<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2015\/03\/unexpected_alliances_book_cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-958\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2015\/03\/unexpected_alliances_book_cover.jpg\" alt=\"unexpected_alliances_book_cover\" width=\"132\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2331592\" target=\"_blank\">Polarization and Transformation in Zimbabwe : social movements, strategy dilemmas and change<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2331592\" target=\"_blank\"> by Erin McCandless (e-book)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Unexpected Alliances : independent filmmakers, the state, and the film industry in postauthoritarian South Korea<\/em> by Young-a Park (shelfmark: PN1993.5.K6 Par.)<\/p>\n<p><em>The neoliberal regime in the agri-food sector : crisis, resilience, and restructuring<\/em> edited by Steven A. Wolf and Alessandro Bonanno (shelfmark: HD9000.6 Neo. <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2324099\" target=\"_blank\">Also available as e-book<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2331589\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The great humanists : an introduction<\/em> by Jonathan Arnold (e-book)<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2015\/03\/ukraine_crisis_book_cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-959\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2015\/03\/ukraine_crisis_book_cover.jpg\" alt=\"ukraine_crisis_book_cover\" width=\"128\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Ukraine crisis : what it means for the West<\/em> by Andrew Wilson (shelfmark: DK508.849 Wil. <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2325520\" target=\"_blank\">Also available as e-book<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Presenting Data : how to communicate your message effectively<\/em> by Ed Swires-Hennessy (shelfmark: T10.5 Swi. <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2331615\" target=\"_blank\">Also available as e-book<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Decentralization in Africa : the paradox of state strength<\/em> edited by J. Tyler Dickovick, James S. Wunsch (shelfmark: JQ1875.A55 Dec.)<\/p>\n<p><em>National identity and educational reform : contested classrooms<\/em> by Elizabeth Anderson Worden (shelfmark: LC93.M65 Wor. <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2324307\" target=\"_blank\">Also available as e-book<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Key concepts in race and ethnicity<\/em> by Nasar Meer (shelfmark: GN495.6 Mee.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2015\/03\/rowing_eternal_sea_book_cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-960\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2015\/03\/rowing_eternal_sea_book_cover.jpg\" alt=\"rowing_eternal_sea_book_cover\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2330374\" target=\"_blank\">Rowing the eternal sea : the story of a Minamata fisherman by Oiwa Keibo ; narrated by Ogata Masato ; translated by Karen Colligan-Taylor (e-book)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2326243\" target=\"_blank\">Handbook of father involvement : multidisciplinary perspectives edited by Natasha J. Cabrera, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda (e-book)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Modernization as Spectacle in Africa edited by Peter J. Bloom, Stephan F. Miescher, and Takyiwaa Manuh (shelfmark: HC800 Mod. <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2331593\" target=\"_blank\">Also available as e-book<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Check the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/searchBasic?sk=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Library 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<p>You may find some of these books in the\u00a0<strong>New 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<p><em>Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for Social and Political Science.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to\u00a0recommendations\u00a0from members of staff and requests via\u00a0RAB\u00a0from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. 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