Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Discussing the notions of nation, identity and tradition, this text shows how Western and Third World scholars have misrepresented Third World cultures and feminist agendas. It examines the underlying problems which "culture" poses for the respect of difference and cross-cultural understanding. Series: Thinking Gender S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415914192
- ISBN
- 9780415914192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. Segal analyzes Asian immigration to the U.S., including immigrants' reasons for leaving their countries, their attraction to the U.S., the issues they face in contemporary U.S. society, and the history of public attitudes and policy toward them. Num Pages: 480 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120838
- ISBN
- 9780231120838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.59
€ 51.59
Hardcover. Covering a period from the late 18th century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and historical specificities in a variety of Middle Eastern contexts. By situating incidents in particular processes and conflicts, the case studies seek to counter notions of a violent Middle East.. Editor(s): Freitag, Ulrike; Fuccaro, Nelida; Lafi, Nora. Series: State & Place. Num Pages: 324 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385837
- ISBN
- 9781782385837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.94
€ 166.94
Paperback. * This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653976
- ISBN
- 9780745653976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
Hardcover. * This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653969
- ISBN
- 9780745653969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Hardback. This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global business, nation states and movements rooted in civil society. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632308
- ISBN
- 9780745632308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardback. In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633985
- ISBN
- 9780745633985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594549052
- ISBN
- 9781594549052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.68€ 119.84
€ 174.68
€ 119.84
paperback. Series: Bildung und Gesellschaft. BIC Classification: JFF. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Edition
- 2., überarbeitete Aufl. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531181899
- ISBN
- 9783531181899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. Rumour has it that globalisation is doing serious damage to the nation-state at the present historical juncture. The author focuses on this global-national nexus in some of its many differing manifestations, offering theoretical, historical and analytical thoughts and perspectives on a problem which dominates academic and public debates. Editor(s): Hedetoft, Ulf. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773076842
- ISBN
- 9788773076842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.09
€ 10.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Hedetoft, Ulf (Professor of International Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark); Hjort, Mette. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639373
- ISBN
- 9780816639373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Postcolonial Migrants and Identity Politics: Europe, Russia, Japan and...
Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen, And Gert Oostindie
World War II sparked a wave of decolonizations throughout the world. These transfers of sovereignty resulted in extensive, unforeseen movements of citizens and subjects to their former countries. Present-day Western Europe, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Portugal are home to six million first-generation postcolonial migrants. Editor(s): Bosma, Ulbe; Lucassen, Jan; Oostindie, Gert. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTR; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492. Europe, Russia, Japan and the United States in Comparison. Series: International Studies in Social History. 270 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bosma, Ulbe; Lucassen, Jan; Oostindie, Gert. World War II sparked a wave of decolonizations throughout the world. These transfers of sovereignty resulted in extensive, unforeseen movements of citizens and subjects to their former countries. Present-day Western Europe, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Portugal are home to six million first-generation postcolonial migrants. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTR; JFFN. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 18. Weight: 492.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453273
- ISBN
- 9780857453273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 155.37
€ 155.37
Hardback. Making a case for liberation that is based primarily on common moral intuitions and beliefs, and that therefore could attract wide understanding and support, this title attempts to change the terms of the liberation debate. It claims that speciesism is compatible with liberation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133287
- ISBN
- 9780691133287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.98
€ 65.36
€ 50.98
Paperback. Presents an economist's eye to bear on an age-old question: Are market exchange and aesthetic quality friends or foes? This book asks what happens when cultures collide through trade, whether technology destroys native arts, why (and whether) Hollywood movies rule the world, and whether 'globalized' culture is dumbing down societies everywhere. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 48673rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117836
- ISBN
- 9780691117836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.87
€ 43.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Drawing on social and cultural history, this book shows how, despite Anglo attempts to fix racial categories through Jim Crow laws, converging migrations - particularly those of Mexicans and Creoles - complicated ideas of blackness and whiteness and introduced different understandings about race. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282582
- ISBN
- 9780520282582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. This anthology seeks to bridge the gaps between feminist and anti racist theories and practices. The essays deal with racial and gender inequality around the globe, tackling such issues as political and environmental racism, imprisonment, sexual exploitation and economic inequality. Editor(s): Twine, France Winddance; Blee, Kathleen M. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814798553
- ISBN
- 9780814798553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
What Women Do in Wartime: Gender and Conflict in Africa: 0
Turshen, Meredeth; Twagiramariya, Clotilde
paperback. This work describes and analyzes the experience of women in African civil wars. A mixture of reportage, testimony and scholarship, it includes contributions from women in Chad, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan. Num Pages: 192 pages, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; HBW; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Zed Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856495387
- ISBN
- 9781856495387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.43
€ 55.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): Turner, Raymond A.; Rogers, Henry O. Num Pages: 158 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 182 x 14. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622571130
- ISBN
- 9781622571130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.66€ 160.69
€ 237.66
€ 160.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Turcotte, Daniel M. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626189492
- ISBN
- 9781626189492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.72€ 156.76
€ 231.72
€ 156.76
Paperback. A straight-talking guide to helping disabled people fulfil their sexual lives, covering sexual needs, difficulties disabled people experience and communication. How professionals can support disabled people with sex is covered, and a chapter on the law is included. Essential reading for practitioners working with or supporting disabled people. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053969
- ISBN
- 9781849053969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.87
€ 35.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639090
- ISBN
- 9780816639090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
hardcover. Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762410
- ISBN
- 9780804762410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470559079
- ISBN
- 9780470559079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.74
€ 27.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. A theoretical attempt to grapple with the writings of women of color. It is suitable for those who are struggling to understand voices and experiences of those 'we' label 'other'. Num Pages: 184 pages, 138 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Underlining/margin Notes
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253205032
- ISBN
- 9780253205032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.84
€ 20.84