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Social issues & processes
Paperback. A compelling clarion call for a cultural shift that will enable us all to live more balanced lives Shortlisted for the FT McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748702
- ISBN
- 9781780748702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.08
€ 17.99
€ 14.08
Paperback. Describes a world in which government officials - police investigators, financial regulators, even judges and legislators - exchange information and coordinate activity across national borders to tackle crime, terrorism, and the routine daily grind of international interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 50245th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123974
- ISBN
- 9780691123974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVT; JFC; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784991494
- ISBN
- 9781784991494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.38
€ 152.38
Paperback. Since World War II, the biological and technological have been fusing and merging in new ways, resulting in the loss of a distinction between the two. This title deals with the fusion of biological and technological power and the entanglements of biocultures. Editor(s): Smelik, Anneke; Lykke, Nina. Series: In Vivo S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988092
- ISBN
- 9780295988092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Reveals how deaf people in Adamorobe did not live in a social paradise but that they created their own "Deaf Space" by seeking each other out to form a society of their own. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs, 11 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686320
- ISBN
- 9781563686320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 60.06
€ 71.30
€ 60.06
Paperback. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424. The Paradox of Keeping-while-giving. 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight: 414.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076044
- ISBN
- 9780520076044
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.38
€ 38.99
€ 28.38
Paperback. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628. Class, Race, and Family Life. 480 pages, illustrations. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271425
- ISBN
- 9780520271425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65
Hardback. Cultural Dynamics of Tourism. 352 pages, 37, 32 black and white, 5 line drawing. Editor(s): Van Beek, Walter. Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFP; KNSG. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 28. Weight: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010490
- ISBN
- 9781847010490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. Here, for the first time, is a simple, single explanation for the major problems facing the world today. Environmental superstar Annie Leonard has already reached millions worldwide with her message about the way stuff is ruining our lives. It's time she reached you, too. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348. How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change. 400 pages. Tells the story of the 'stuff' we use everyday - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, how they're made and distributed, and where they really go when we throw them away. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849010382
- ISBN
- 9781849010382
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Chicken provides insight into the astonishing world of the chicken and contains many intriguing facts, including why the largest predator ever to walk the earth is considered the ancestor of the modern chicken and how mother hens communicate with their chicks while they're still in the egg. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 216 pages, 72 colour illustrations, 103 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898586
- ISBN
- 9781861898586
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.52
€ 19.99
€ 18.52
Paperback. Series: Globalization & Community Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black and white illustrations and 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678150
- ISBN
- 9780816678150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. The author demonstrates how calls for family-friendly employment policies have met with inappropriate action on the part of successive governments. The text explains why federal governments have been able to implement employment equity policies, but failed to develop a national child care system. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808217
- ISBN
- 9780774808217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
hardcover. Drawing on interviews and analysis of primary documents, including two Royal Commissions, this work demonstrates how Canadian women's calls for family-friendly employment policies have translated into inaction or inappropriate action on the part of successive federal governments. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808200
- ISBN
- 9780774808200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.05
€ 113.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412864398
- ISBN
- 9781412864398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.02
€ 59.02
Paperback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359913
- ISBN
- 9780822359913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. This text juxtaposes an in-depth study of the spread of Rastafari in the 1970s with an examination of the rise of an international marijuana economy. It emphasizes Rastafari as the "hearts and minds" behind both the Caribbean informal drug economy and the internationalisation of the "ganja complex" Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRK; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103609
- ISBN
- 9780739103609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.70
€ 140.70
Paperback. Examining important issues in dementia research and care that are often neglected, the contributors to this book provide fresh perspectives on current practice. The authors put dementia care into a socio-cultural framework, highlighting the impact of social change on dementia care over the last two decades and challenging current stereotypes. Editor(s): Innes, Anthea; Archibald, Carole; Murphy, Charlie. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843101741
- ISBN
- 9781843101741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.61
€ 34.61
Paperback. Anthea Innes provides a complete guide to running a training programme for dementia care workers. She begins with a brief outline of the key factors to consider prior to the design and implementation of a programme. In particular the book stresses the importance of getting to know the care setting in which the trainees will practise. Series: University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides. Num Pages: 128 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBPK; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853027611
- ISBN
- 9781853027611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797542
- ISBN
- 9780804797542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322870
- ISBN
- 9781447322870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.03
€ 36.99
€ 35.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1988th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333422984
- ISBN
- 9780333422984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.15
€ 124.15
Hardback. Since the UNa s creation in 1945 a vast nexus of global and regional institutions has evolved, surrounded by a proliferation of non--governmental agencies and advocacy networks seeking to influence the agenda and direction of international public policy. Editor(s): McGrew, Anthony G.; Held, David. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627335
- ISBN
- 9780745627335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.98
€ 84.98
Hardback. This book focuses on elucidating leading theoretical approaches to understanding globalization, both in its current form and potential future shapes. It is divided into two parts: the first examines competing explanatory theories of globalization in its contemporary form; the second looks at competing prescriptions for the future of globalization. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632100
- ISBN
- 9780745632100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.37
€ 79.37
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804793940
- ISBN
- 9780804793940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56