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Hardback. Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067097
- ISBN
- 9780674067097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64€ 57.37
€ 62.64
€ 57.37
Paperback. An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State - now fully revised to cover Blair's first term. Lively writing in the style of Peter Hennessy. Num Pages: 720 pages, 22 b/w plates, With index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; JFF; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007102648
- ISBN
- 9780007102648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
hardcover. This book provides an understanding of what child welfare is, explores how it can be measured and sets out the implications for children's services in incorporating child well-being into their work. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 247 x 19. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420657
- ISBN
- 9781847420657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.19
€ 105.19
Hardback. This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? In a tour de force of analytic thinking, Bostrom lays a foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. Num Pages: 352 pages, black and white line drawings and halftones. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFR; UYQ; UYQM; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199678112
- ISBN
- 9780199678112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.38
€ 30.99
€ 22.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446267776
- ISBN
- 9781446267776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.84
€ 51.99
€ 51.84
Paperback. Exposes the national stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry, and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a machinery of international propaganda. This book shows the impact of this on a world where consumers believe a mass of stories which are as false as the idea that the Earth is flat. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- Paperback – 1 Jan 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512684
- ISBN
- 9780099512684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A Marxist analysis of the increasing mechanisation of computerisation of our methods of working. Series: Digital Barricades: Interventions in Digital Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSC; JHBL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334035
- ISBN
- 9780745334035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.91
€ 33.99
€ 26.91
Paperback. This book meets the needs of adults with disabilities. It is a comprehensive resource providing relevant, cognitively-suitable and age-appropriate information and exercises to aid trainers working with adults with physical and multiple disabilities, and is suitable for people with mild intellectual disability and severe communication impairment. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN2; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103530
- ISBN
- 9781843103530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474410601
- ISBN
- 9781474410601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.77
€ 32.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. A major new manifesto for a high-tech future, free from work Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFR; JPF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784786229
- ISBN
- 9781784786229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138787711
- ISBN
- 9781138787711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.95
€ 87.95
Paperback. A Global Catastrophic Risk is one that has the potential to inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. This book focuses on such risks arising from natural catastrophes (Earth-based or beyond), nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and social collapse. Editor(s): Bostrom, Nick; Cirkovic, Milan M. Num Pages: 576 pages, Tables and figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFC; PDZ; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606504
- ISBN
- 9780199606504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.72
€ 34.72
Paperback. Describing some of the innovative work taking place in domestic violence and child protection work, this book looks at how interventions for children exposed to domestic violence are being developed, how services for abusive fathers have evolved and discusses a number of new initiatives in the field of interagency risk assessment. Editor(s): Humphreys, Cathy; Stanley, Nicky. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849054850
- ISBN
- 9781849054850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. Collects together key papers by international leaders in the field from a range of sources that explain the concepts, actors and processes that constitute global social policy. This book covers emergence of global social policy as an expanding field of practice, and the impact of globalisation on key welfare discourses and governance mechanisms. Editor(s): Yeates, Nicola; Holden, Chris. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423771
- ISBN
- 9781847423771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 25.89
€ 42.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of literary works created both orally and in writing by immigrants to the United States from the Hispanic world since the early nineteenth century Num Pages: 211 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 1 chart/graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743946
- ISBN
- 9780292743946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814776391
- ISBN
- 9780814776391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPCH; JFFN; JHBL; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473234
- ISBN
- 9780801473234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Series: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781906354
- ISBN
- 9781781906354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.67
€ 135.67
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFU; JNA; JNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698288
- ISBN
- 9780816698288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. When middle-class residents fled American cities in the 1960s and '70s, government services and investment capital left too. Countless urban neighborhoods entered phases of precipitous decline, prompting the creation of community-based organizations to bring resources back to the city. This book examines such organizations that drive urban life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 3 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFSG; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226509075
- ISBN
- 9780226509075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77