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Hardback. The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE1; JFFE2; JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
116
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137338013
ISBN
9781137338013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.93

Paperback. Sheds new light on the ways that policy is communicatively created, conveyed, understood, and implemented Editor(s): Fischer, Frank; Gottweis, Herbert. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JPQB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570. Public Policy as Communicative Practice. 400 pages, 2 tables. Editor(s): Fischer, Frank; Gottweis, Herbert. Sheds new light on the ways that policy is communicatively created, conveyed, understood, and implemented. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFF; JPQB; JPR. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight: 574.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352631
ISBN
9780822352631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Explains how as a result of British efforts to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBT; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044721
ISBN
9781849044721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. This remarkable study examines in depth and over a long time span how (anti-) alien policies were transformed, resulting in an illiberal exclusion of foreigners at the same time as democratization and the welfare state expanded. In this respect Belgium is certainly not unique but offers an interesting case study of developments.. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 ills, 70 tables, 22 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; 3JJH; GTB; JFFD; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819864
ISBN
9781571819864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.57

paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The New Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565849815
ISBN
9781565849815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.22

Hardcover. How do smokers evaluate evidence that smoking harms health? Some evidence suggests that smokers over-estimate health risks from smoking. This book challenges this conclusion and finds that smokers tend to be overly optimistic about their longevity and future health if they quit later in life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010390
ISBN
9780674010390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.99
€ 91.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Marshall, Frank. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCQ; JFF; JPHC; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629144184
ISBN
9781629144184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Applying Cartesian principles to "The Woman Question" Poullain demonstrated by rational deduction that the inequality of the sexes was merely prejudice. Poullain advocated an enlightened feminine education, laying the groundwork for the future liberation movement. Translator(s): Bosley, Vivien. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226676548
ISBN
9780226676548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.40

Hardback. Translator(s): Scott-Railton, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160528
ISBN
9780691160528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.28

Paperback. An examination of new forms of alienation in our never-off, plugged-in culture--and a clarion call for a "conspiracy of estranged people." Translator(s): Cadel, Francesca; Giuseppina, Mecchia. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFFP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350767
ISBN
9781584350767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Its opponents call it part of "the lunatic fringe," a justification for "black separateness," "the most embarrassing trend in American publishing." "It" is Critical Race Theory. But what is Critical Race Theory? How did it develop? Where does it stand now? Where should it go in the future? This title deals with these questions. Editor(s): Valdes, Francisco; Culp, Jerome McCristal; Harris, Angela P. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1fig. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFJ; JFSL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 767.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399302
ISBN
9781566399302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bethencourt, Francisco. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBTB; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198466
ISBN
9781845198466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137517760
ISBN
9781137517760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.93

Paperback. Orenstein, Marc F. Plattner, Charles Simkins, Alejandro Toledo, Ilcheong Yi Editor(s): Fukuyama, Francis; Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11, 10 figures, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405704
ISBN
9781421405704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.26

Paperback. An original contribution to understanding modern migration and its human consequences. Series: Africa in the New Millennium S. Num Pages: 288 pages, Notes Bibliography Index. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 1HFMS; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Zed Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842776773
ISBN
9781842776773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149549
ISBN
9780231149549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.59

Hardback. Editor(s): Pittau, Francesco. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634638364
ISBN
9781634638364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.07
€ 180.50

Paperback. Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? Does winning make us happy? This title undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159645
ISBN
9780691159645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. An impressive compilation of facts and data on the history of American immigration..In an area where reference works are scarce, Cordasco, a recognized scholar in his field, has produced a good source for any library in need of ready reference information on American immigration. -LIBRARY JOURNAL Num Pages: 810 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
810
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810822412
ISBN
9780810822412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 257.43

Paperback. A campaigning lawyer describes the obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the current UK legal system. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745331638
ISBN
9780745331638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.46

Hardback. A reference work devoted to research strategies, a definition of feminist jurisprudence, and an assessment of the effects that the field is having on the legal system. Fully indexed. Num Pages: 206 pages, index. BIC Classification: GBCR; JFFK; LAB; LAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. A reference work devoted to research strategies, a definition of feminist jurisprudence, and an assessment of the effects that the field is having on the legal system. Fully indexed. Num Pages: 206 pages, index. BIC Classification: GBCR; JFFK; LAB; LAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. Good Clean Copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KDK0019605
ISBN
9780810831414
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Drawing from a wide spectrum of literary and autobiographical texts from the past and present, such as Jane Austen's Emma and Tina Turner's I, Tina, Frances L. Restuccia moves from a psychoanalytic explanation of the formation of women melancholics to the cultural co-construction of battered women. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFE3; JFSJ1; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847698295
ISBN
9780847698295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415874274
ISBN
9780415874274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Earley, Frances. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSK; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781536101409
ISBN
9781536101409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.64
€ 103.66

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