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Social issues & processes
Hardback. We all have an opinion as to what constitutes a good life. This book takes the arguments a step further by discussing what makes a good society from a variety of perspectives. It emphasizes the need for individual involvement and the right economic conditions. Citizenship is also central for the emerging globalized society. Editor(s): Greve, Professor Bent. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333775028
- ISBN
- 9780333775028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
What Happened to Christopher: An American Family's Story of Shaken Bab...
Professor Ann-Janine Morey Phd
Hardcover. This text was written following a trial concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome at which the author was a juror. It tells the story of 19-month-old Christopher Attig (1992-1994), reconstructing his final days and the aftermath of his murder. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809322152
- ISBN
- 9780809322152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.46
€ 35.99
€ 30.46
Paperback. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349168682
- ISBN
- 9781349168682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.22
€ 188.22
Hardback. Disability can be either an ascribed status or an achieved status and its combination with other statuses will affect the person's social experiences. This issue challenges critical thinking about the interrelationships with disability. It questions if the concepts and methods of intersectionality can be applied to disability at all. Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N.; Altman, Barbara Mandell. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783501564
- ISBN
- 9781783501564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.99
€ 143.99
Paperback. The author came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. This title provides an insider's look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFFH1; JFSL1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412. Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream. 296 pages, illustrations. The author came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. This title provides an insider's look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFFH1; JFSL1; JFSP2. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight: 412.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273382
- ISBN
- 9780520273382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Hardback. The chapters in this two-part volume explore components of the emerging global discourse regarding gender and violence from a feminist and social scientific perspective. The authors address gender-based violence broadly, as an attribute of social structures as well as individuals and include LGBTQ individuals in its conceptualization of gender. Editor(s): Segal, Marcia Texler; Demos, Vasilikie P. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783501106
- ISBN
- 9781783501106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.23
€ 162.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JKV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960337
- ISBN
- 9781403960337
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Condition: New
€ 50.80€ 45.01
€ 50.80
€ 45.01
Hardcover. This title traces the roots of the resistance of underground groups through a subversive past that stretches from the Paris commune of 1871 to the punks of the 1970s. It asks "whose city is it?" and argues that a disorderly urban culture is a better alternative than the Disneyfied city. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312233358
- ISBN
- 9780312233358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.80€ 45.93
€ 50.80
€ 45.93
Paperback. Examines the historiography of the Irish Famine and its relevance now, in the context of the longer-term relationship between England and Ireland. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745310749
- ISBN
- 9780745310749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 22.23
€ 37.99
€ 22.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781441146489
- ISBN
- 9781441146489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.51
€ 34.51
Hardback. Much like the US, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration over the years. Spain, in particular, has been receiving thousands of new immigrants. This study is based on a sample of almost 7,000 second-generation students who were interviewed in Madrid and Barcelona in 2008 and then re-interviewed four years later. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 15 figures, 75 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286290
- ISBN
- 9780520286290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.21€ 71.66
€ 93.21
€ 71.66
Paperback. Details a study of Mexican and Cuban immigrants. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520050044
- ISBN
- 9780520050044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.71
€ 38.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Provides readers with a comprehensive and an overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. This title explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. Num Pages: 544 pages, 101. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274020
- ISBN
- 9780520274020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.65
€ 33.99
€ 24.65
Fortress Europe?: Challenges and Failures of Migration and Asylum Poli...
Prof Dr Annette Junemann (Ed.)
Paperback. Editor(s): Junemann, Prof Dr Annette; Fromm, Nicolas; Scherer, Nikolas. Num Pages: 179 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658170103
- ISBN
- 9783658170103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.76
€ 68.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446267592
- ISBN
- 9781446267592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.44
€ 42.99
€ 38.44
Paperback. A comprehensive introductory guide to development for students, teachers, volunteers and NGO workers. Including a discussion of the anti-WTO demonstrations in Seattle, the book examines issues surrounding development, industrialization and globalization in a historic context. Editor(s): Panayiotopoulos, Prodromos Ioannou; Capps, Gavin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 figures/27 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFS; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314020
- ISBN
- 9780745314020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Hardcover. This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. It argues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as multiculturalism 'from below', which are critical of mainstream assimilationist thinking. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. 256 pages, 26 black & white tables. This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. It argues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as multiculturalism 'from below', which are critical of mainstream assimilationist thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSL; JHBL. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229341
- ISBN
- 9780230229341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.17
€ 65.17
Paperback. This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. Itargues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as multiculturalism 'from below', which are critical of mainstream assimilationist thinking." Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310760
- ISBN
- 9781349310760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Paperback. Argues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 392 pages, 9 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341536
- ISBN
- 9780822341536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.57
€ 35.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. This title contains the presentations and discussions delivered with partners by the Social aspects of HIV/AIDS research alliance (SAHARA) Network of the HSRC at the two satellite sessions of the 16th International AIDS Conference, held in Toronto, Canada. Editor(s): Prince, Bridgette; Louw, Julia; Roe, Kristin; Adams, Rehaaz. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HSRC Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780796921949
- ISBN
- 9780796921949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.30
€ 15.99
€ 15.30