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Paperback. Drawing on the work of Raymond Williams, Valentin Volosinov and Mikhail Bakhtin, the book examines key issues for working-class studies including: the idea of the 'death' of class; the importance of working-class writing; the significance of place and space for understanding working-class identity; and the centrality of work in working-class lives. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361588
- ISBN
- 9781349361588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Num Pages: 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510. Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels. 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight: 510.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 373
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247826
- ISBN
- 9780520247826
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813802923
- ISBN
- 9780813802923
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Condition: New
€ 75.72
€ 75.72
Paperback. Clan Cleansing in Somalia deals with the transformative violence that helped cause the collapse of the Somali state in 1991. Kapteijns argues that public acknowledgment of the clan cleansing of this period is indispensable to social and moral repair and to the critical memory work required from Somalis on all sides of this conflict. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JJPR; GTJ; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223194
- ISBN
- 9780812223194
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Civil Wars: Internal Struggles, Global Consequences (UTP Higher Educat...
Lounsbery, Marie Olson; Pearson, Fred
paperback. "Clearly the best single volume treatment of civil war now available. This is an admirable synthesis and analysis of theoretical, historical, statistical, and case study literatures. Useful as a textbook at the undergraduate and graduate level." - Roy Licklider, Rutgers University Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802096722
- ISBN
- 9780802096722
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Condition: New
€ 59.49
€ 59.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 281 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FB; GTJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137551085
- ISBN
- 9781137551085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of Nigerian civil society groups in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Kew blends democratic theory with conflict resolution methodologies to argue that the manner in which groups - and states - manage internal conflicts provides an important gauge as to how democratic their political cultures are. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 456 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; GTJ; HBJH; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634447
- ISBN
- 9780815634447
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Condition: New
€ 71.19
€ 71.19
Hardcover. This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFS; JPWD; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230380202
- ISBN
- 9780230380202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351015
- ISBN
- 9781349351015
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans
. Ed(S): Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna; Ker-Linds...
Paperback. This book explores the ambiguous role played by civil society in the processes of state-building, democratization and post-conflict reconstruction in the Western Balkans challenging the assumption that civil society is always a force for good by analysing civil society actors and their effects in post-communist and post-conflict transition. Editor(s): Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna; Ker-Lindsay, James; Kostovicova, Denisa. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332588
- ISBN
- 9781349332588
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. These essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114149
- ISBN
- 9780226114149
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKB; 1FMP; GTF; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554611
- ISBN
- 9781137554611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.95
€ 148.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSF; JPSN1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- United Nations Pubns
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211423037
- ISBN
- 9789211423037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.63
€ 19.63
Paperback. The struggle of civil rights in America can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans. This text tells the story of the civil rights struggle in its full context, emphasizing the role of those ignored by history, as well as the part played by education and religion. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Jonathan; Taylor, Clarence. Num Pages: 936 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1633.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814782491
- ISBN
- 9780814782491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Schock, Kurt. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694921
- ISBN
- 9780816694921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Marteu, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349378524
- ISBN
- 9781349378524
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Even in the late 20th Century, there remains a complex web of spatial inter-relationships linking port cities and coastal zones. Cityports, Coastal Zones and Regional Change brings together seventeen authors to explore aspects of these inter-relationships. Editor(s): Hoyle, B. S. Num Pages: 332 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AMVD; GTF; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471962779
- ISBN
- 9780471962779
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Condition: New
€ 345.84
€ 345.84
Paperback. This study of fear, crime, and segregation in Sao Paulo poses questions about citizenship and urban change in contemporary urban societies. Focusing on Sao Paulo, and using comparative data on Los Angeles, it identifies patterns of segregation developing in these cities. Num Pages: 504 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 7 figures, 4 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; JFSG; JHMC; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708. Crime, Segregation and Citizenship in Sao Paulo. 504 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 4 maps, 8 tables. This study of fear, crime, and segregation in Sao Paulo poses questions about citizenship and urban change in contemporary urban societies. Focusing on Sao Paulo, and using comparative data on Los Angeles, it identifies patterns of segregation developing in these cities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; JFSG; JHMC; JKV; JPVH1. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 31. Weight: 708.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221437
- ISBN
- 9780520221437
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
paperback. Odessa--celebrated and vilifi ed as a Jewish city of sin Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223289
- ISBN
- 9780253223289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Citizenship, Belonging and Intergenerational Relations in African Migr...
. Ed(S): Attias-Donfut, C; Cook; Hoffman, J; ...
Paperback. This book explores migration experiences of African families across two generations in Britain, France and South Africa. Global processes of African migration are investigated, and the lived experiences of African migrants are explored in areas such as citizenship, belonging, intergenerational transmission, work and social mobility. Editor(s): Attias-Donfut, C; Cook; Hoffman, J; Waite, L. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322404
- ISBN
- 9781349322404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95