In this tenth edition of his award-winning introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular culture, means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines.

The Cult of the Victim Veteran explores the pool of American post-Vietnam War angst that rightists began plying in the 1980s. Ronald Reagan’s 1984 proclamation of a new "Morning in America" encoded the war as the moment of the nation’s fall from grace; it was the meme plagiarized by Donald Trump for his "Make America Great Again" slogan.

The fourth edition of Individual Counseling and Therapy: Skills and Techniques decodes the nuances of therapeutic language and helps students discover their clinical voice.

This book identifies the most common types of waste, its major producers, how we manage waste locally, regionally and globally, and why this management is leading to more waste. It is written for students and general readers interested in waste as a human health and environmental issue.

Is it possible to separate humanitarian action from politics? Drawing on the expertise of practitioners and researchers, and balancing theoretical insights with empirical grounding, field examples and policy recommendations, this book is an essential guide to the thorny interplay between what are too often considered as separate worlds.

This light-hearted and entertaining book, authored by top psychologist David Cohen, explores the influences and impacts on our perception of body image, examining the power of appearance and the psychology behind how we think and feel about ourselves physically.

This book illustrates group dynamics and group interventions in response to diversity-related content and processes in group therapy.

The Psychology of Fashion shows how the application of psychology in the context of fashion can make a positive difference to our lives.

Family Therapy, second edition, is a fully updated and essential textbook that provides students and practitioners with foundational concepts, theory, vocabulary, and skills to excel as a family therapist.

In a managerial world often dominated by command and control, this guide champions the Swedish leadership paradigm, offering a fresh, solution-focused approach that harmonises power with empathy, innovation with tradition, and individualism with collective responsibility.