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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. Is economic globalization irresistible? One of its main effects has been to shield financiers and investors from democratic processes deemed out-of-sync with powerful economic interests. This book is an inquiry into the ways by which citizens and states may be able to undo some of these constraints imposed by transnational legality. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; L; LB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137004055
- ISBN
- 9781137004055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.96
€ 69.96
Culling the Masses questions the view that democracy and racism cannot coexist. Based on records from 22 countries 1790-2010, it offers a history of the rise and fall of racial selection in the Western Hemisphere, showing that democracies were first to select immigrants by race, and undemocratic states first to outlaw discrimination. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL; JPB; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729049
- ISBN
- 9780674729049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.25€ 63.03
€ 68.25
€ 63.03
Hardback. This comprehensive 2nd edition covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety. In particular it covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system; the role of infotainment in driver distraction; and the increasing role of driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction. Num Pages: 1468 pages. BIC Classification: JFFU; TNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786352224
- ISBN
- 9781786352224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.16
€ 125.16
paperback. This book offers an account of how groups of economically marginal people have adapt and negotiate the offerings of a 'post industrial' labour market and a welfare system geared towards reintegrating them into formal employment. Through close ethnographic study it highlights collective strategies and responses to labour and welfare changes. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFF; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861346001
- ISBN
- 9781861346001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.78
€ 38.99
€ 37.78
Paperback. "Previously published by Skyhorse Publishing as 'Why planes crash'"--Title page verso. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632205896
- ISBN
- 9781632205896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.34
€ 18.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475894
- ISBN
- 9780801475894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Hardback. An investigation of our social and moral fragmentation and how the internet serves as a 'marketplace' for extreme religious and political ideas where self-worth, solidarity and belonging are easily obtained online. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043434
- ISBN
- 9781849043434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
Hardcover. Adopting a historical perspective this book reconstructs a contemporary sociology of human rights and examines ways of resolving Turkey's human rights issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFFE; JFFJ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355415
- ISBN
- 9780230355415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. This text is a thorough history of the traffic in psychoactive substances. It brings wide research, reasoned judgment, and dry humour to a subject prone to ill-informed and overheated discussions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010031
- ISBN
- 9780674010031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.92
€ 35.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. This edition offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction-from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005853
- ISBN
- 9780674005853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.49
€ 50.99
€ 43.49
Paperback. * Offers a new conceptual apparatus for thinking about developments and transformations in the a racial statea . * Integrates racial theory with state theory, arguing that race is integral to the formation and management of states. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199212
- ISBN
- 9780631199212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. Racist Culture offers an anti--essentialist and non--reductionist account of racialized discourse and racist expression. Goldberg demonstrates that racial thinking is a function of the transforming categories and conceptions of social subjectivity throughout modernity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631180784
- ISBN
- 9780631180784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardback. Argues that race is integral to the conceptual, philosophical and material emergence of the modern nation state, and to its ongoing management. This book shows that debates and struggles about race in a wide variety of societies are really about the nature of political constitution and community. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199199
- ISBN
- 9780631199199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.26
€ 143.26
Paperback. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPB; KCN; PHD; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309245
- ISBN
- 9781349309245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Connect to the world around you and realize the enormous potential in talking to strangers
Everyday, random encounters really can change lives, when you make them happen the right way and leverage the connection at the other end. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFP; VS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118203477
- ISBN
- 9781118203477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.30
€ 25.99
€ 21.30
Hardback. * Offers a fascinating introduction to the public debate over media violence. * Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history. * Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405133838
- ISBN
- 9781405133838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.41
€ 111.41
Paperback. * Offers a fascinating introduction to the public debate over media violence. * Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history. * Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405133852
- ISBN
- 9781405133852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433813290
- ISBN
- 9781433813290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.06€ 60.02
€ 60.06
€ 60.02
Paperback. An analysis of the policy decision by the Carter Administration on how to cope with the Mariel boatlift from Cuba in 1989. The work argues that a faulty decision making structure and ignorance of the historic dynamics of Cuban immigration contributed to the mishandling of the refugee crisis. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; JPQB; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684144
- ISBN
- 9780847684144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Hardcover. This volume illuminates the ways in which an Asia-based analysis of migration can yield new data on global migration patterns, new theoretical insights for a broader understanding of global migration, and new methodological approaches to the spatial and temporal complexity of human migration. Editor(s): Haines, David W.; Yamanaka, Keiko; Yamashita, Shinji. Series: Foundations in Asia Pacific Studies. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457400
- ISBN
- 9780857457400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.00
€ 163.00