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  • Stories About Science in Law

    Literary and Historical Images of Acquired Expertise

    by David S. Caudill ...
    Presenting examples of how literary accounts can provide a supplement to our understanding of science in law, this book challenges the view that law and science are completely different. It focuses on stories which explore the relationship between law and science, especially cultural images of science that prevail in legal contexts. Contrasting with other studies of the transfer and construction ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Expertise in Crisis

    The Ideological Contours of Public Scientific Controversies

    by David S. Caudill ...
    When the utility of masks or vaccinations became politicized during the COVID-19 pandemic and lost its mooring in scientific evidence, an already-developing crisis of expertise was exacerbated. Those who believe in consensus science wondered: “How can ‘those people’ not see the truth?”With a foreword by Harry Collins, this book shows that the crisis is not a "scientific" controversy, but an ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • No Magic Wand

    The Idealization of Science in Law

    by David S. Caudill, Lewis H. LaRue ...
    Since 1993, Supreme Court precedent has asked judges to serve as gatekeepers to their expert witnesses, admitting only reliable scientific testimony. Lacking a strong background in science, however, some judges admit dubious scientific testimony packages by articulate practitioners, while others reject reliable evidence that is unreasonably portrayed as full of holes. Seeking a balance between ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies

    Future Research Directions on Expertise and Experience

    Edited by David S. Caudill, Shannon N. Conley, Michael E. Gorman, Martin Weinel ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book analyzes future directions in the study of expertise and experience with the aim of engendering more critical discourse on the general discipline of science and technology studies. In 2002, Collins and Evans published an article entitled “The Third Wave of Science Studies,” suggesting that the future of science and technology studies would be to engage in “Studies in Expertise and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • OLE COUNTRY ROAD HOPPER TOAD

    by Frances Caudill ...
    Illustrated by Dennis Davide ...
    A very ambitious and optimistic tadpole is setting goals to have a meaningful, bright, and exciting future when he becomes a full-grown toad. While a baby tadpole, Ms. Lily watches over him. When the tadpole develops into a toad, he displays love and respect for Ms. Lily. His animal friends named him Hopper Toad, although they playfully call him Ole Country Road Hopper Toad. It doesn’t take long ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    Transforming Society Through the Power of Ideas

    by Brady Wagoner, Eric Jensen, Julian A. Oldmeadow ...
    Series series Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development
    This book brings together social sciencists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process. Culture is as much about novelty as it is about tradition, as much about change as it is about stability. This dynamic tension is analyzed in collective protests, intergroup dynamics, language, mass media, science, community participation, art, and social ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Risk Governance

    Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World

    by Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    �Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. The skill with which he builds practical recommendations from solid ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Sociology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Steve Bruce ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology for understanding the modern world. In this new edition Steve Bruce discusses ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Complexity and Social Work

    by Hans Van Ewijk ...
    Being socially competent is essential in late modern society. We expect people to find their own accommodation, partner, job, community and lifestyle and struggle to find answers for those who are not able or do not have the opportunity to achieve these things. By placing social complexity, social vulnerability and social efficacy within a framework of social policy and social practice, Complexity ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Body

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Chris Shilling ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The human body is thought of conventionally as a biological entity, with its longevity, morbidity, size and even appearance determined by genetic factors immune to the influence of society or culture. Since the mid-1980s, however, there has been a rising awareness of how our bodies, and our perception of them, are influenced by the social, cultural and material contexts in which humans live. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Spiral of Silence

    New Perspectives on Communication and Public Opinion

    Edited by Wolfgang Donsbach, Charles T. Salmon, Yariv Tsfati ...
    Since its original articulation in the early 1970s, the 'spiral of silence' theory has become one of the most studied theories of communication and public opinion. It has been tested in varied sociopolitical contexts, with different issues and across communication systems around the world. Attracting the interest of scholars from communication, political science, sociology, public opinion and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Introduction to Sociological Theory

    Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century

    by Michele Dillon ...
    The extensively revised and updated second edition combines carefully chosen primary quotes with wide-ranging discussion and everyday illustrative examples to provide an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory.Combines classical and contemporary theory in a single, integrated textShort biographies and historical timelines of significant events provide context to ... Read more

    $67.99 USD