In Fifty Key British Films, Britain's best known films such as Clockwork Orange, The Full Monty and Goldfinger are scrutinised for their outstanding ability to articulate the issues of the time. This is essential reading for anyone interested in quality, cult film.

Exploring race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide focuses on conceptual areas of classical and contemporary theories of race and ethnicity; the body as an object of racial discourse and biological approaches to the question of race.

Fifty Key American Films explores and contextualises some of the most important films ever made in the United States. With case studies from the early years of cinema to the present day, this comprehensive Key Guide provides accessible analyses from a range of theoretical perspectives.

This chronologically ordered volume includes coverage of:

• Citizen Kane
• Casablanca
• Psycho
• Taxi Driver
• Blade Runner
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This book is a concise guide to the most important facts, theories and ideas that more and more managers are turning to for insight into how to run their business. Human Resource Management: The Key Concepts is closely tailored to students needs whilst its relevance to the wider social context makes it useful for practitioners also.

It covers:

• employee relations
• emerging issues in HR
• employee rewards
• employee resourcing.

Each concept is defined and dicussed with regards to it's origin, it's fit into the overall...

Psychology: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive overview of 200 concepts central to a solid understanding of Psychology and includes the latest recommendations from the British Psychology Society (BPS). The focus is on practical uses of Psychology in settings such as nursing, education and human resources, with topics ranging from Gender to Psychometrics and Perception.

Now in its second edition, Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations has been thoroughly updated with several new entries and a new preface to reflect the latest developments. There are new sections on Constructivism, International Political Theory, and English School, as well as a range of new thinkers. They include:

• Samuel Huntington
• Christine Sylvester
• Jurgen Habermas
• John Rawls
• Barry Buzan

Fully cross-referenced throughout, this book has everything for...

Fifty Key Thinkers in Criminology brings the history of criminological thought alive through a collection of fascinating life stories. The book covers a range of historical and contemporary thinkers from around the world, offering a stimulating combination of biographical fact with historical and cultural context. A rich mix of life-and-times detail and theoretical reflection is designed to generate further discussion on some of the key contributions that have shaped the field of criminology. Featured profiles include:

• Cesare Beccaria
• Nils Christie
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Criminology: The Key Concepts is an authoritative and comprehensive study guide and reference resource that will take you through all the concepts, approaches, issues and institutions central to the study of crime in contemporary society.

Topics covered in this easy to use A-Z guide include:

• policing, sentencing and the justice system
• types of crime, including corporate crime, cybercrime, sex and hate crimes
• feminist, marxist and cultural approaches to criminology
• terrorism, state crime, war crimes and human...