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Hardback. Gender analysis remains central to understanding social life, yet focusing on gender alone is inadequate. Recent feminist sociological scholarship highlights how gender intersects with other systems of privilege and oppression. This exciting new text combines these insights with an innovative, student-centered pedagogical approach. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651859
ISBN
9780745651859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

Paperback. What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652207
ISBN
9780745652207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardback. * A wide-ranging volume from one of the world s most influential and respected figures in gender studies. * Proposes a bold new agenda and manifesto for the social scientists as advocates of social justice. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653501
ISBN
9780745653501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardback. Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653587
ISBN
9780745653587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardcover. The telegraph, telephone, and television, not to mention the Internet and mobile telephony, are all forms of communication that move information faster than the speed at which objects move. Both labor and capital and armies and commodities once moved at the same speed as the information organizing them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653983
ISBN
9780745653983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardcover. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745654195
ISBN
9780745654195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745654201
ISBN
9780745654201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardcover. It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745655062
ISBN
9780745655062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745655079
ISBN
9780745655079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Hardcover. * A groundbreaking new study by a leading scholar on the history of the Jews and the process by which they became a diaspora people. * Wide-ranging in scope, from the expulsion of Jews from their ancestral homeland in the Ancient world to the 'Final Solution' and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745660165
ISBN
9780745660165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Hardcover. * New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice s outstanding academic title award. * Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661155
ISBN
9780745661155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback.

Despite global shifts in world power, racial conflict remains one of the major problems of contemporary social life. This concise and engaging book demonstrates the interplay between identity, power and conflict in the creation, persistence and transformation of patterns of race and ethnic relations across the globe. Series: Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 212 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662619
ISBN
9780745662619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Hardcover. Shows that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex transnational gift-giving systems to national bonds - are organizational tools that can be used to bind dispersed groups to the nation. This title examines how the Irish republicans and the Zionist movement secured financial support in US during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662640
ISBN
9780745662640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Shows that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex transnational gift-giving systems to national bonds - are organizational tools that can be used to bind dispersed groups to the nation. This title examines how the Irish republicans and the Zionist movement secured financial support in US during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662657
ISBN
9780745662657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardcover. The third edition of Jill Steans popular and highly respected text offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to gender in international relations today. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 250 x 23. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662787
ISBN
9780745662787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.49

Hardcover. At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam, immigration or social cohesion, Tariq Modood, one of the world's leading authorities on multiculturalism, provides a distinctive contribution to these debates. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662862
ISBN
9780745662862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Issues of global justice have received increasing attention in academic philosophy in recent years but the gendered dimensions of these issues are often overlooked or treated as peripheral. This groundbreaking collection by Alison Jaggar brings gender to the centre of philosophical debates about global justice. Editor(s): Jaggar, Alison M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663777
ISBN
9780745663777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Hardcover. Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG; JHMC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664798
ISBN
9780745664798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

Hardcover.

In this important new book, the leading philosopherFrancois Laruelle examines the role of intellectuals in oursocieties today, specifically with regards to criminal justice. Heargues that, rather than concerning themselves with abstractphilosophical notions like justice, truth and violence,intellectuals should focus on the human victims. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745668406
ISBN
9780745668406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardcover. How are we to live with the wide varieties of sexuality and gender found across the rapidly changing global order? Whilst some countries have legislated in favour of same-sex marriage and the United Nations makes declarations about gender and sexual equality, many countries across the world employ punitive responses to such differences. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 51. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745670997
ISBN
9780745670997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

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