Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
paperback. A history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success. It studies nine major clashes between West and non-West, arguing that the West won not just because of technology, but because of its focus on individualism and democratic rights. Num Pages: 512 pages, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; JFC; JFFE; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Faber Non Fiction
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216406
- ISBN
- 9780571216406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.26
€ 25.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. This book provides a vivid portrait of how the lives of poor people are affected by the judicial system. Drawing from ethnographic observations, court decisions, and other materials, Poor Justice brings readers inside the courts, telling the story through the words and actions of the judges, lawyers, and ordinary people who populate it. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; LAQ; LNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199355440
- ISBN
- 9780199355440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.81
€ 85.81
Paperback. In Telling Flesh, Vicki Kirby addresses what may be the major theoretical issue in both the social sciences and feminist theory, namely the nature/culture dualism. Her particular focus is on postmodern approaches to corporeality. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415910293
- ISBN
- 9780415910293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.88
€ 52.88
Paperback. A groundbreaking book based on research carried out in Australia by the author on the needs of children whose parents experience periods of mental illness. Other profesional contributors encompass areas such as the effects of mental illness on children; service provision for children and their parents; foster care and child protection. Editor(s): Cowling, Vicki. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFG; JHBK; JKSB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ACER Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864312822
- ISBN
- 9780864312822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.41
€ 39.41
Paperback. A renowned sociologist gains unprecedented access to Canadian immigration offices and reveals how visa officers determine who gets into Canada - and who stays out. Num Pages: 612 pages, 9 tables, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774830256
- ISBN
- 9780774830256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.97
€ 35.99
€ 33.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; JFFN; JFSP1; LNDA1; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 239 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634829373
- ISBN
- 9781634829373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.72€ 76.70
€ 96.72
€ 76.70
Paperback. A guide which offers proof that alcoholism is a treatable disease. It describes the emotional syndrome accompanying relapse and the significance of blackouts. It outlines an approach to intervention and treatment that can arrest the progress of the disease. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFFH1; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062504333
- ISBN
- 9780062504333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.11
€ 24.99
€ 22.11
Paperback. What can you do when someone close to you is chemically dependant? In this work, Vernon Johnson describes what to do and how. According to Johnson, intervention is the process that has successfully motivated thousands of chemically dependent people to accept help. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Hazelden Information & Education
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935908312
- ISBN
- 9780935908312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. A study of Helene Cixous that adopts a chronological and expository approach, bravely taking on the daunting task of presenting to non-French-speaking readers an author who specializes in word-play. Num Pages: 197 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263451
- ISBN
- 9780803263451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.11
€ 41.11
Hardback. Explores a diversity of circumstances and motives towards contemporary mobility, ranging from expatriates to peripatetic professionals to middle class migrants in search of extended educational and career opportunities to people seeking self-development through travel. Editor(s): Amit, Vered. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451967
- ISBN
- 9781845451967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.39
€ 155.39
Paperback. A pathbreaking book tracing the history of feminist thought and women's activism in Japan. Series Editor(s): Sugimoto, Yoshio; Befu, Harumi; Goodman, Roger; Muramatsu, Michio; Seifert, Wolfgang; Ueno, Chizuko. Series: Contemporary Japanese Society. Num Pages: 308 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521527194
- ISBN
- 9780521527194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71
Hardcover. Editor(s): Venakhi, Shenhar. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; K. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560724087
- ISBN
- 9781560724087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.83€ 83.51
€ 105.83
€ 83.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 7.2.2011
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814788325
- ISBN
- 9780814788325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 261 pages, tables, charts & b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608763603
- ISBN
- 9781608763603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 282.22€ 197.98
€ 282.22
€ 197.98
Paperback. The reasons for the onset of manic depression are considered in order to further understand and assist treatment by increasing knowledge of how manic depressives actually feel. Particular difficulties in treatment are addressed, such as unresponsiveness and the problem of the manic high from which the patient may not want to recover. Num Pages: 200 pages, indices. BIC Classification: JFFG; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853023477
- ISBN
- 9781853023477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.45
€ 38.45
Paperback. This topical book outlines the expressed rationale for dispersal policies, reviews how such policies have been implemented in the UK, Netherlands and Sweden, identifies good practice and challenges the need for dispersal. Related titles include 'Doing research with refugees' and 'Refugee community organisations and dispersal'. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1DNS; JFFN; JFS; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344175
- ISBN
- 9781861344175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.54
€ 50.54
Hardcover. This book aims to explore the larger consequences of taking in large number of immigrants. Editor(s): Yeap, Su Yin; Chan, Wen Ling. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 222 pages, 5 black and white; 10 full color. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089646651
- ISBN
- 9789089646651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.52
€ 178.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFF; JKS; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588814
- ISBN
- 9781595588814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.63
€ 26.63
Hardback. This volume offers understandings of the relationship between violence and gender from the global to the domestic level. Authors trace the history of feminist antiviolence efforts, theorize the reproduction of symbolic gender violence, and show how violence might be re-conceptualized in comparative and intersectional perspectives. Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783508938
- ISBN
- 9781783508938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.74
€ 164.74
Paperback. Bhikhu Parekh's contribution to the political theory of multiculturalism is widely regarded as amongst the most original and significant. In this book, some of the leading theorists of multiculturalism revisit aspects of Parekh's work both to underline its continuing importance and the vitality of multiculturalist theory. Editor(s): Uberoi, Varun; Modood, Tariq. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFS; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401906
- ISBN
- 9781474401906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.18
€ 38.99
€ 36.18