Wiley: All New Social & Behavioral Sciences Titles

CBT For Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner Book

Gregoris Simos, Stefan G. Hofmann — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

CBT for Anxiety Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of the latest anxiety disorder-specific treatment techniques contributed by the foremost experts in various CBT approaches.

Happy-People-Pills For All

Mark Walker — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing.

Happy-People-Pills For All

Mark Walker — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The Politics of Volunteering

Nina Eliasoph — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Many of us may have participated in grassroots groups, changing the world in small and big ways, from building playgrounds and feeding the homeless, to protesting wars and ending legal segregation. Beyond the obvious fruits of these activities, what are the broader consequences of volunteering for the participants, recipients of aid, and society as a whole?

In this engaging new book, Nina Eliasoph encourages readers to reflect on their own experiences

The Politics of Volunteering

Nina Eliasoph — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In this engaging new book, Nina Eliasoph encourages readers to reflect on their own experiences

Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others

James Gilligan — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been "hiding in plain sight" for the past century - namely, that when America's conservative party, the Republicans, have gained the presidency, the country has repeatedly suffered from epidemics of violent death. Rates of both suicide and homicide have sky-rocketed. The reasons are all too obvious

Race: A Philosophical Introduction, 2nd Edition

Paul C. Taylor — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In Race: A Philosophical Introduction, Second Edition , Paul C. Taylor provides an accessible guide to a well-travelled but still-mysterious area of the contemporary social landscape. As in the first edition, the book blends metaphysics and social philosophy, analytic philosophy and pragmatic philosophy of experience. In this thoroughly updated and revised volume, Taylor outlines the main features and implications of race-thinking, while engaging

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Can Democracy Be Saved?: Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements

Donatella Della Porta — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new opportunities are emerging that propose alternative visions for the future of democracy.

In this highly articulate book, Donatella della Porta analyses diverse conceptions and practices of participatory and deliberative democracy, building upon recent reflections

The Sociology of Health and Illness, 3rd Edition

Sarah Nettleton — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Sarah Nettleton’s The Sociology of Health and Illnesshas become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the field. Building on these strengths, the third edition integrates fresh insights from the current literature with the core tenets of traditional medical sociology, providing students with a thorough grounding in the sociology of health and illness.

The text covers a diversity of

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Treating Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety: A Guide for Caregivers

Eli R. Lebowitz, Haim Omer — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

"Lebowitz and Omer have taken the latest and most relevant scientific research and synthesized it into an essential read for caregivers of anxious children. Treating Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety: A Guide for Caregivers provides an 'inside look' at the nuts and bolts of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for childhood anxiety—the treatment of choice among leading researchers and experts. The book is filled with analogies, examples, and practical

Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization and a New Moral Community

Heather Keith, Kenneth D. Keith — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities.

The Portable Lawyer for Mental Health Professionals: An A-Z Guide to Protecting Your Clients, Your Practice, and Yourself, 3rd Edition

Thomas L. Hartsell, Jr., JD, Barton E. Bernstein, JD, LMSW — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Everything you need to legally safeguard your mental health practice

Fully revised, The Portable Lawyer for Mental Health Professionals, Third Edition identifies, explores, and presents solutions to both the simple and complex legal questions that mental health practices must deal with daily. Written by Thomas Hartsell Jr. and Barton Bernstein—attorneys and therapists specializing in legal issues concerning mental health—this essential guide arms professionals

CBT For Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner Book

Gregoris Simos, Stefan G. Hofmann — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

CBT for Anxiety Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of the latest anxiety disorder-specific treatment techniques contributed by the foremost experts in various CBT approaches.

Listening Publics: The Politics and Experience of Listening in the Media Age

Kate Lacey — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In focusing on the practices, politics and ethics of listening, this wide-ranging book offers an important new perspective on questions of media audiences, publics and citizenship. Listening is central to modern communication, politics and experience, but is commonly overlooked and underestimated in a culture fascinated by the spectacle and the politics of voice.

Listening Publics restores listening to media history and to theories of the public sphere

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Listening Publics: The Politics and Experience of Listening in the Media Age

Kate Lacey — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

Max More (Editor), Natasha Vita-More (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking

The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

Max More (Editor), Natasha Vita-More (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking

A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory, 2nd Edition

Michael Payne (Editor), Jessica Rae Barbera (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Now thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the highly acclaimed dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to modern ideas in the broad interdisciplinary fields of cultural and critical theory

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Race: A Philosophical Introduction, 2nd Edition

Paul C. Taylor — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams

David Waldstreicher — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams presents a collection of original historiographic essays contributed by leading historians that cover diverse aspects of the lives and politics of John and John Quincy Adams and their spouses, Abigail and Louisa Catherine.