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Hardcover. The book primarily employs Coser's (1956) social conflict theory for a discussion of tourism development in Chinese communities. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784413569
ISBN
9781784413569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.18

Hardback. This collection documents social development in the Asian countries of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and India and concludes that social development has lagged behind economic development, and that this has given rise to "distorted development" in many countries. Editor(s): Tang, Kwong-Leung. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMT; 1FPCH; 1FPCW; 1FPKS; JFF; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792362562
ISBN
9780792362562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.54

Paperback. An ethnographic study of the Izhavas in Kerala, India, highlighting the complexities and contradictions of modern identity. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745316932
ISBN
9780745316932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJP; JFFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612096759
ISBN
9781612096759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.07
€ 163.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJP; JFFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 264 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612096766
ISBN
9781612096766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.07
€ 163.84

Hardcover. This reader brings together a selection of writings on peasant and labour movements; women and students youth movements; and ecological and environmental movements. It discusses contemporary social movements in India from the perspective of equity and security. Editor(s): Oommen, T. K. Series: Oxford in India Readings in Sociology & Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFN; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198063285
ISBN
9780198063285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.02

Paperback. This book offers a nuanced understanding of the contexts, culturally conditioned rationality, local networks, and innovation in contentious action across the Middle East and North Africa to give the reader a substantive understanding of events in the Arab world before and since 2011. Editor(s): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHB; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785693
ISBN
9780804785693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. This much-needed new textbook introduces readers to the development of China's welfare polices since its conception of an open-door policy of 1978. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861348807
ISBN
9781861348807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BMU; DS; G; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9788173048906
ISBN
9788173048906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

Paperback. An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan Editor(s): McFate, Montgomery; Laurence, Janice H. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 319. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044219
ISBN
9781849044219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.53

Hardback. "v.1, No. 1 only, 230 p.,. 26 cm. Original wrappers. Very good copy with slightly dulled cover."
Publisher
Social Science Pub. House of Chi
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KEX0081662
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750387
ISBN
9780804750387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.97

Paperback. Tests the effects of socialization in international relations-to help explain why players on the world stage may be moved to cooperate when doing so is not in their material power interests. This book looks at China's participation in international security institutions during two crucial decades of the "rise of China," from 1980 to 2000. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134536
ISBN
9780691134536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bridge21 Publications, LLC United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626430372
ISBN
9781626430372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.83

Hardcover. Based on a study of the major Muslim and Christian religious welfare organisations in Lebanon (including Hezbollah), and drawing upon supplementary research conducted in Iran, Egypt and Turkey, this book argues that religion is providing sophisticated solutions to the major social and economic problems of the Middle East. Num Pages: 323 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HR; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861349538
ISBN
9781861349538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Furuto, Sharlene B.C.L. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W Illus.: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JKS; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Furuto, Sharlene. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JKS; KCR. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157155
ISBN
9780231157155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Markovits, Claude; Pouchepadass, Jacques; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, 2+ maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843312314
ISBN
9781843312314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Paperback. A study that upsets the popular assumption that human relations in small-scale societies are based on shared experience. It presents an account of the lives of the Korowai of West Papua, Indonesia, and shows that in this society, people organize their connections to each another around otherness. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256866
ISBN
9780520256866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. This volume addresses different aspects and areas of inequality in Israel, a country characterized by high levels of economic inequality, poverty, and social diversity. The book expands on the mechanisms that produce and maintain inequality, and the role of state policies in influencing those mechanisms. Editor(s): Khattab, Nabil; Miaari, Sami; Stier, Haya. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFF; JFSC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557193
ISBN
9781137557193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 195 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 288 x 19. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Military History
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351983
ISBN
9780764351983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.36

Paperback. A moving and harrowing story of British girl forced into marriage in Yemen. Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; BGA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751543988
ISBN
9780751543988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. A brave account of a soldier who refused to return to Afghanistan Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BM; HBWS4; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781680926
ISBN
9781781680926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. The ill-fated Brave Two Zero mission of the Gulf War has become one of the most notorious episodes in military history. Several accounts of the story have already appeared in books, films and articles, but in this book the author now seeks to set the record straight and honour the memory of his three comrades who were killed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BG; BTM; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840189070
ISBN
9781840189070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Series: Association of the United States Army Foreign Military Studies. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBWS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813150802
ISBN
9780813150802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.63

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