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Social issues & processes
Hardback. How should planners use the available evidence to choose treatments? This book addresses key aspects of this question, exploring and partially resolving pervasive problems of identification and statistical inference that arise when studying treatment response and making treatment choices. Series: The Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; KCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121536
- ISBN
- 9780691121536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 67.89
€ 89.13
€ 67.89
Paperback. A social history of the earthquake-tsunami that struck Lima in October 1746, looking at how people in and beyond Lima understood and reacted to the natural disaster. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JF; HBJK; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341895
- ISBN
- 9780822341895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Presents an alternative vision, where life and work are regrounded in a natural sense of continuity, connection and purposeful direction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 212. 8vo. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0262233
- ISBN
- 9780099301257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. We will not survive unless we adapt to the way the world is changing. This book helps us to understand what Tom Peters, the American business guru, has called the new 'upside down' competitive realities in the world of work and of leisure. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Highlighting on sentences but remains good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0000639
- ISBN
- 9780099548317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Fleas need elephants, just as elephants need fleas to keep them alert and dancing. This idea also applies to economies who need both, to business, which has to structure itself to allow fleas to co-exist with the elephants, to society, which needs to encourage individualism but needs the conformity of the elephant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099415657
- ISBN
- 9780099415657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77
paperback. Offers a glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. This book explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847941343
- ISBN
- 9781847941343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.83
€ 15.99
€ 11.83
Hardcover. This book explores how trust and community are affected by the rapid increase in the scope of communication. Uncertainty of relations generates many destructive reactions, yet it also creates the possibility of a community wider and more diverse than ever before. The book puts these contrasting scenarios in a historical and theoretical context. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198708551
- ISBN
- 9780198708551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.97
€ 70.97
Hardback. Focusing on multi-ethnic interaction in an inner city area, this book addresses difficult issues that are often simplistically and negatively portrayed, challenging the stereotypical denigration of inner city life, and Muslim communities in particular. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447315643
- ISBN
- 9781447315643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.30
€ 97.30
Paperback. In American football, seven out of ten players are black, but few are fully aware of the struggle to achieve equal rights. This text examines how sports laid a foundation for social change by integrating black and white athletes in the National Football League. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814774960
- ISBN
- 9780814774960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. The author of this text aims to show that revenge is a required form of justice that should be incorporated into the criminal justice system. He argues that the current system disempowers those who are victims of crime, the accused, and their respective communities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. Chicago, IL
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227789
- ISBN
- 9780812694024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, a consumer culture in the United States promoted constant spending to meet material needs and develop social identity and self-cultivation. This work examines the key players active in shaping this cultural evolution: advertisers and consumer advocates. Num Pages: 528 pages, 50 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856765
- ISBN
- 9780807856765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Paperback. Tells the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living. Drawing on the lessons from their stories, from brain science, and from the realm of urban experimentation, this book offers solutions we can all use to improve our lives and shows that simple changes can make all the difference. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSG; RGC; RNT; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047546
- ISBN
- 9780141047546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lantern Books,US
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930051997
- ISBN
- 9781930051997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.09
€ 20.99
€ 20.09
Paperback. Focusing on three causes of disaster - natural, organizational, and deliberate - this title shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR; RNR; RNT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150161
- ISBN
- 9780691150161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.52
€ 26.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. The special issue gathers a range of creative and provocative contributions to examine the urban impact of trauma. These contributions go beyond architecture's agency as a reflex action in disaster response to probe the wider disciplinary and practical questions of design in the aftermath. Series: Architectural Design. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470744987
- ISBN
- 9780470744987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.64
€ 39.64
Hardback. In Ingenious Citizenship Charles T. Lee centers the daily experiences of migrant domestic workers, sex workers, transgender people, and suicide bombers in his rethinking of models of social change to show how ingenious and subversive acts disrupt traditional practices of liberal citizenship in order to exercise political agency. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360216
- ISBN
- 9780822360216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. In Ingenious Citizenship Charles T. Lee centers the daily experiences of migrant domestic workers, sex workers, transgender people, and suicide bombers in his rethinking of models of social change to show how ingenious and subversive acts disrupt traditional practices of liberal citizenship in order to exercise political agency. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360377
- ISBN
- 9780822360377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. A study of social inequality, this text asks how long-lasting inequalities in life chances arise, and how they come to distinguish members of different socially defined categories of persons. It highlights the social mechanisms that create and maintain paired and unequal categories. Num Pages: 310 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448. 310 pages, 6 line drawings. A study of social inequality, this text asks how long-lasting inequalities in life chances arise, and how they come to distinguish members of different socially defined categories of persons. It highlights the social mechanisms that create and maintain paired and unequal categories. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221703
- ISBN
- 9780520221703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.56
€ 36.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. In 2005, following the death of two youths of African origin, France erupted in a wave of violent protest. More than 10,000 automobiles were burned or stoned, hundreds of public buildings were vandalized or burned to the ground, and hundreds of people were injured. This book seeks to understand the causes and consequences of these events. Editor(s): Tshimanga, Charles; Gondola, Ch. Didier; Bloom, Peter J. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221315
- ISBN
- 9780253221315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138801561
- ISBN
- 9781138801561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 53.10
€ 54.99
€ 53.10