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Social issues & processes

Hardback. Localizing Global Finance illustrates that private equity has become a more significant component of China's economy based on a pattern of new domestic elites importing and implementing a largely Western financial model. Num Pages: 111 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137517593
ISBN
9781137517593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.13

Hardback. Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics and our culture. Yet there is a growing body of research from a range of disciplines that suggests that consumer capitalism may be past its sell-by date. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650234
ISBN
9780745650234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. In this daring and insightful book, Justin Gest studies white working class people's attitudes and political behavior in the United States and Britain. Based on ethnographies and original surveys, the book offers a rich, nuanced and generalizable account of the marginality sensed by one of society's most misunderstood groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190632557
ISBN
9780190632557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.70

Hardcover. This timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context. Editor(s): Beaumont, Justin; Cloke, Paul. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428349
ISBN
9781847428349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.75

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816667406
ISBN
9780816667406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Arguing that the world did not turn 'global' overnight, this book traces the emergence of globalization. It demonstrates how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe. Translator(s): Geyer, Dona. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133959
ISBN
9780691133959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142050
ISBN
9780691142050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. In striving to become cosmopolitan, global cities aim to attract highly-skilled workers while relying on a vast underbelly of low-waged, low status migrants. This book tells the story of one such city, and shows how cosmopolitanism is an aspirational construct created through global and national development strategies, migration and identity. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JFFM; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137436146
ISBN
9781137436146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.53

Hardcover. Contains an assessment of the women's movement in Ireland. This book tells the story of one woman's search for personal fulfillment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604 Biography..June Levine. 271pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Attic Press Dublin
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
9781855942110
ISBN
9781855942110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00

Hardback. This volume explores how anthropologists and social scientists in closely allied disciplines and employing qualitative methodologies relate to public intellectuals and others with local knowledge in the field. The editors examine the importance of establishing egalitarian relationships and acknowledging their impact on findings and theories. Editor(s): Nash, June C.; Buechler, Hans C. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137521224
ISBN
9781137521224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.71

Paperback. Ethnographic research in Pakistan, the Middle East, and the United States helps to explain how transnational working classes from Pakistan are produced in the context of American empire and its War on Terror. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFN; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349112
ISBN
9780822349112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. This book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Editor(s): Jing, Jun. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line diagrams 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731348
ISBN
9780804731348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. This book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Editor(s): Jing, Jun. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line diagrams 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 2. Weight in Grams: 41.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731331
ISBN
9780804731331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Webster, Juliet; Randle, Dr. Keith. Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFF; JHBL; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137479181
ISBN
9781137479181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.19

Paperback. Now in paperback, with a new Afterword by the author, the groundbreaking book that every parent and teacher must read - offering the first hard research data on the consequences of turning young children into consumers. Num Pages: 304 pages, Charts throughout. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684870564
ISBN
9780684870564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. Combining the energy of the early seventies feminist liberation movement, with the perceptive analyses of the trained theorist, Women's Estate is one of the most influential socialist feminist statements of its time. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781687628
ISBN
9781781687628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.21

Hardback. Since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all-boys and all-girls classes for students in grades K through 12. This title provides an analysis of controversies sparked by efforts to separate boys and girls at school. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288959
ISBN
9780520288959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 72.70

Paperback. Since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all-boys and all-girls classes for students in grades K through 12. This title provides an in-depth analysis of controversies sparked by recent efforts to separate boys and girls at school. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288966
ISBN
9780520288966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. An ethnographic account of the logics and regimes of value propelling desires for transnational mobility-largely via human smuggling networks-throughout Fuzhou, China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348061
ISBN
9780822348061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230284883
ISBN
9780230284883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.92
€ 15.75

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