Sociale Wetenschappen

Onze wereld pulseert met onzichtbare patronen van menselijk gedrag, groepsdynamiek en maatschappelijke krachten die alles vormgeven, van vriendschappen tot financiële markten. Door middel van rigoureus onderzoek en overtuigende analyses belichten deze boeken hoe mensen denken, verbinding maken en zich organiseren — en onthullen zo de verborgen architectuur van onze sociale wereld.

Sociale Wetenschappen Boeksamenvattingen

Art of Manipulation

door R.B. Sparkman • 1978

What five con artists taught about human weakness that a master's degree never could.

3.93

238

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Business

Immersief

Art of Manipulation

What five con artists taught about human weakness that a master's degree never could.

door R.B. Sparkman 1978 181 pagina's

3.93

238 beoordelingen

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Business

The Man Who Shocked The World

door Thomas Blass • 2004

Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.

3.93

220

Psychologie

Biografie

Wetenschap

The Man Who Shocked The World Samenvatting

Immersief

The Man Who Shocked The World

Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.

door Thomas Blass 2004 392 pagina's

3.93

220 beoordelingen

Psychologie

Biografie

Wetenschap

Bowling Alone

door Robert D. Putnam • 2000

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

3.85

9.000+

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Politiek

Geschiedenis

Bowling Alone

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

door Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 pagina's

3.85

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Geschiedenis

Suicide

door Émile Durkheim • 1897

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

3.86

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Suicide

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

door Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pagina's

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Sociologie

Klassiekers

Filosofie

The Little Book of Psychology

door Emily Ralls • 2021

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

3.96

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Wetenschap

Educatie

The Little Book of Psychology

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

door Emily Ralls 2021 130 pagina's

3.96

1.000+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Educatie

The Social Animal

door Elliot Aronson • 1972

Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.

4.30

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Sociologie

Wetenschap

The Social Animal

Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.

door Elliot Aronson 1972 512 pagina's

4.30

4.000+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Sociologie

Wetenschap

Normal Accidents

door Charles Perrow • 1984

The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.

4.05

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Technologie

Normal Accidents

The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.

door Charles Perrow 1984 464 pagina's

4.05

500+ beoordelingen

Wetenschap

Sociologie

Technologie

The Rule of Law

door Tom Bingham • 2010

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

4.09

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Politiek

Justice

The Rule of Law

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

door Tom Bingham 2010 203 pagina's

4.09

3.000+ beoordelingen

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Justice

The Social Animal

door David Brooks • 2011

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

3.86

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Psychologie

Sociologie

Wetenschap

The Social Animal

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

door David Brooks 2011 448 pagina's

3.86

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Psychologie

Sociologie

Wetenschap

The Sociological Imagination

door C. Wright Mills • 1959

Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.

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The Sociological Imagination

Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.

door C. Wright Mills 1959 248 pagina's

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Filosofie

Politiek

Obedience to Authority

door Stanley Milgram • 1974

Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.

4.19

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Psychologie

Wetenschap

Sociologie

Obedience to Authority

Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.

door Stanley Milgram 1974 256 pagina's

4.19

4.000+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Sociologie

The Struggle for Recognition

door Axel Honneth • 1996

Social conflicts are fights for dignity, not just resources, driven by withheld recognition.

4.14

299

Filosofie

Sociologie

Politiek

The Struggle for Recognition

Social conflicts are fights for dignity, not just resources, driven by withheld recognition.

door Axel Honneth 1996 240 pagina's

4.14

299 beoordelingen

Filosofie

Sociologie

Politiek

Beauty Pays

door Daniel S. Hamermesh • 2011

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

3.17

142

Economie

Sociologie

Psychologie

Beauty Pays

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

door Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011 224 pagina's

3.17

142 beoordelingen

Economie

Sociologie

Psychologie

The Intelligence Paradox

door Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

3.52

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Psychologie

Wetenschap

Evolutie

The Intelligence Paradox

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

door Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 266 pagina's

3.52

500+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Evolutie

Connected

door Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008

Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.

3.74

4.000+

Psychologie

Sociologie

Wetenschap

Connected

Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.

door Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 pagina's

3.74

4.000+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Sociologie

Wetenschap

The Case Against Education

door Bryan Caplan • 2018

A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.

3.94

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Educatie

Economie

Politiek

The Case Against Education

A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.

door Bryan Caplan 2018 416 pagina's

3.94

2.000+ beoordelingen

Educatie

Economie

Politiek

The Nurture Assumption

door Judith Rich Harris • 1998

Parents shape children far less than we believe. Peers, not parents, build adult personality.

4.14

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Sociologie

Ouderschap

The Nurture Assumption

Parents shape children far less than we believe. Peers, not parents, build adult personality.

door Judith Rich Harris 1998 480 pagina's

4.14

1.000+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Sociologie

Ouderschap

Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams

door Stephen LaBerge • 1986

You can learn to wake up inside your dreams. The training starts before you fall asleep.

3.99

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Psychologie

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Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams

You can learn to wake up inside your dreams. The training starts before you fall asleep.

door Stephen LaBerge 1986 304 pagina's

3.99

500+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Wetenschap

Mystery

door Jonah Lehrer • 2021

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

3.84

189

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Filosofie

Mystery

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

door Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 pagina's

3.84

189 beoordelingen

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Filosofie

Saving the Modern Soul

door Eva Illouz • 2008

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

4.08

184

Sociologie

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Saving the Modern Soul

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

door Eva Illouz 2008 304 pagina's

4.08

184 beoordelingen

Sociologie

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Thinking Like a Lawyer

door Frederick Schauer • 2009

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

3.89

323

Recht

Filosofie

Educatie

Thinking Like a Lawyer

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

door Frederick Schauer 2009 256 pagina's

3.89

323 beoordelingen

Recht

Filosofie

Educatie

Curse of the High IQ

door Aaron Clarey • 2016

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

3.52

500+

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Filosofie

Curse of the High IQ

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

door Aaron Clarey 2016 154 pagina's

3.52

500+ beoordelingen

Zelfhulp

Psychologie

Filosofie

Against Democracy

door Jason Brennan • 2016

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

3.68

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Against Democracy

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

door Jason Brennan 2016 304 pagina's

3.68

1.000+ beoordelingen

Politiek

Filosofie

Sociologie

The Armchair Economist

door Steven E. Landsburg • 1993

Why seat belts kill, recycling destroys forests, and good intentions so often backfire.

3.72

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Business

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The Armchair Economist

Why seat belts kill, recycling destroys forests, and good intentions so often backfire.

door Steven E. Landsburg 1993 336 pagina's

3.72

4.000+ beoordelingen

Economie

Business

Financiën

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

door Alexander L. George • 2005

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

3.81

176

Politiek

Sociologie

Psychologie

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

door Alexander L. George 2005 331 pagina's

3.81

176 beoordelingen

Politiek

Sociologie

Psychologie

Snoop

door Sam Gosling • 2001

Your records, your mess, your posters: learn to read a room and know anyone fast.

3.36

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Snoop

Your records, your mess, your posters: learn to read a room and know anyone fast.

door Sam Gosling 2001 263 pagina's

3.36

5.000+ beoordelingen

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Zelfhulp

Tricks of the Trade

door Howard S. Becker • 1998

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

4.06

405

Sociologie

Schrijven

Naslagwerk

Tricks of the Trade

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

door Howard S. Becker 1998 241 pagina's

4.06

405 beoordelingen

Sociologie

Schrijven

Naslagwerk

Social Physics

door Alex Pentland • 2014

Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.

3.53

1.000+

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Sociologie

Psychologie

Social Physics

Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.

door Alex Pentland 2014 320 pagina's

3.53

1.000+ beoordelingen

Wetenschap

Sociologie

Psychologie

The Culture of Fear

door Barry Glassner • 1999

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

3.70

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Psychologie

The Culture of Fear

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

door Barry Glassner 1999 361 pagina's

3.70

3.000+ beoordelingen

Sociologie

Politiek

Psychologie

The Happiness Industry

door William Davies • 2015

The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.

3.64

1.000+

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Economie

Sociologie

The Happiness Industry

The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.

door William Davies 2015 320 pagina's

3.64

1.000+ beoordelingen

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Economie

Sociologie

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

door Leon Festinger • 1957

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

4.02

193

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Wetenschap

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

door Leon Festinger 1957 304 pagina's

4.02

193 beoordelingen

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Wetenschap

The Art of Life

door Zygmunt Bauman • 2008

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

3.76

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Psychologie

The Art of Life

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

door Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 pagina's

3.76

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Sociologie

Psychologie

Adult ADHD

door Thom Hartmann • 2016

ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.

3.70

360

Zelfhulp

Psychologie

Business

Adult ADHD

ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.

door Thom Hartmann 2016 174 pagina's

3.70

360 beoordelingen

Zelfhulp

Psychologie

Business

The Narcissism Epidemic

door Jean M. Twenge • 2009

The self-esteem revolution didn't produce happier kids. It produced an epidemic of entitlement.

3.61

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Sociologie

Cultureel

The Narcissism Epidemic

The self-esteem revolution didn't produce happier kids. It produced an epidemic of entitlement.

door Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 pagina's

3.61

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Cultureel

The Upswing

door Robert D. Putnam • 2020

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

3.94

1.000+

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The Upswing

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

door Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pagina's

3.94

1.000+ beoordelingen

Geschiedenis

Politiek

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Theories of Personality

door Duane P. Schultz • 2000

What if every theory of personality began as self-explanation? The classic survey, now updated.

3.96

486

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Naslagwerk

Theories of Personality

What if every theory of personality began as self-explanation? The classic survey, now updated.

door Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 pagina's

3.96

486 beoordelingen

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Naslagwerk

Sociology

door Steve Bruce • 2000

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

3.38

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Design

Business

Kunst

Sociology

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

door Steve Bruce 2000 128 pagina's

3.38

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Design

Business

Kunst

The Trouble with Diversity

door Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

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Economie

The Trouble with Diversity

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

door Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pagina's

3.59

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Economie

X Saves the World

door Jeff Gordinier • 2008

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

3.45

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Culture

X Saves the World

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

door Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pagina's

3.45

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Classics of Public Administration

door Jay M. Shafritz • 1978

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

3.65

287

School

Politiek

Educatie

Classics of Public Administration

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

door Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 pagina's

3.65

287 beoordelingen

School

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Educatie

How Pleasure Works

door Paul Bloom • 2010

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

3.71

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How Pleasure Works

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

door Paul Bloom 2010 302 pagina's

3.71

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Psychologie

Wetenschap

Filosofie

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

door Linda May Grobman • 1999

Fifty-eight social workers walk you through one day in a job everyone thinks they understand.

3.97

267

Sociale Rechtvaardigheid

Sociologie

Career

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

Fifty-eight social workers walk you through one day in a job everyone thinks they understand.

door Linda May Grobman 1999 448 pagina's

3.97

267 beoordelingen

Sociale Rechtvaardigheid

Sociologie

Career

Mismeasuring Our Lives

door Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

3.74

338

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Mismeasuring Our Lives

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

door Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 pagina's

3.74

338 beoordelingen

Economie

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Sociologie

The End of the World As We Know It

door Immanuel Wallerstein • 1999

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

4.01

137

Sociologie

Politiek

Economie

The End of the World As We Know It

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

door Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 pagina's

4.01

137 beoordelingen

Sociologie

Politiek

Economie

Face Value

door Alexander Todorov • 2017

Split-second face judgments are mostly wrong. They still sway elections, loans, and death sentences.

4.01

114

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Sociologie

Face Value

Split-second face judgments are mostly wrong. They still sway elections, loans, and death sentences.

door Alexander Todorov 2017 323 pagina's

4.01

114 beoordelingen

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Sociologie

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

door Glenn Geher • 2012

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

3.70

210

Psychologie

Wetenschap

Evolutie

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

door Glenn Geher 2012 298 pagina's

3.70

210 beoordelingen

Psychologie

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Our Kids

door Robert D. Putnam • 2015

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

4.04

4.000+

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Motivational

Our Kids

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

door Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 pagina's

4.04

4.000+ beoordelingen

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Motivational

Social Intelligence

door Karl Albrecht • 2005

Five dimensions of social intelligence, from reading a room to projecting presence, that IQ misses.

3.63

386

Psychologie

Zelfhulp

Business

Social Intelligence

Five dimensions of social intelligence, from reading a room to projecting presence, that IQ misses.

door Karl Albrecht 2005 289 pagina's

3.63

386 beoordelingen

Psychologie

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Business

Hidden Order

door David D. Friedman • 1996

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

3.75

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Hidden Order

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

door David D. Friedman 1996 352 pagina's

3.75

500+ beoordelingen

Economie

Business

Politiek

How to Feel Confident

door Leil Lowndes • 2009

Shyness can be unlearned. The body language, voice, and gradual exposure methods that actually work.

3.63

239

Zelfhulp

Psychologie

Persoonlijke Ontwikkeling

How to Feel Confident

Shyness can be unlearned. The body language, voice, and gradual exposure methods that actually work.

door Leil Lowndes 2009 288 pagina's

3.63

239 beoordelingen

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