Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardback. Examines personal and organizational networks that exist between members in US immigrant religious communities and individuals and religious institutions left behind. This title examines how religious remittances flow between home and host communities, how they affect religious practices in both settings, and how influences change over time. Editor(s): Ebaugh, Helen Rose; Saltzman Chafetz, Janet. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102255
- ISBN
- 9780759102255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Hardback. Investigates the differences and similarities between the immigrant groups from the earlier classical period of immigration into the US and from the post-1965 contemporary period. This book analyzes trends in anti-immigrant attitudes and actions, changes in settlement patterns, entrepreneurship and business patterns, and ethnic diversity. Editor(s): Min, Pyong Gap. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102316
- ISBN
- 9780759102316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.06
€ 151.06
Paperback. Investigates the differences and similarities between the immigrant groups from the earlier classical period of immigration into the US and from the post-1965 contemporary period. This book analyzes trends in anti-immigrant attitudes and actions, changes in settlement patterns, entrepreneurship and business patterns, and ethnic diversity. Editor(s): Min, Pyong Gap. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102323
- ISBN
- 9780759102323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Hardback. Practitioners in the animal welfare field, law enforcement circles, and social services arena have often maintained that childhood cruelty to animals is a forerunner to violence against people. Does this behavior serve as a red flag? Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFZ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103030
- ISBN
- 9780759103030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.28
€ 156.28
Hardback. Offers an analysis of the connections between global marine and atmospheric conditions to global political phenomena. This book shows how human survival is intricately linked to the sustainability of the world ocean, a singular connected body of regional oceans. Series: Globalization and the Environment. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759105843
- ISBN
- 9780759105843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.72
€ 147.72
Paperback. Offers an analysis of the connections between global marine and atmospheric conditions to global political phenomena. This book shows how human survival is intricately linked to the sustainability of the world ocean, a singular connected body of regional oceans. Series: Globalization and the Environment. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759105850
- ISBN
- 9780759105850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.43
€ 56.43
Hardback. Focuses on migration not as a single event but as a dynamic process that responds to and is shaped by broader economic, cultural, and social forces. This work considers issues of international and internal migration; of transnational and multilocal networks through which remittances and other flows take place; and of migrants as active agents. Editor(s): Trager, Lillian. Series: Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107748
- ISBN
- 9780759107748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.99
€ 148.99
Hardback. Capitalizing on Catastrophe critically explores the phenomenon of 'disaster capitalism,' in which relief efforts for natural disasters and other large-scale disruptions are contracted out to private companies. Editor(s): Gunewardena, Nandini; Schuller, Mark. Series: Globalization and the Environment. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759111028
- ISBN
- 9780759111028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.06
€ 167.06
Paperback. his book investigates the feminine traditions of the Hebrew Bible in a readable manner, pertinent to contemporary times. It is unique in its focus on the experiences of biblical women and not how they were perceived within a patriarchal context. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802808
- ISBN
- 9780761802808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.50
€ 73.50
Paperback. This is a pioneering, systematic study of the role of violence in the structure of the political order, formulated in relation to what is characterized as the civil and fraternal orders. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803249
- ISBN
- 9780761803249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.31
€ 75.31
Paperback. This work provides a theoretical model of criminal dangerousness with special reference to the prediction of violence. A programme of research is used to consider the validity of the criminal dangerousness model as well as empirical tests of the theory's assumptions and the issues raised. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804093
- ISBN
- 9780761804093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.29
€ 79.29
paperback. This book examines why consumers assign value judgments to murder, rather than accept murder as a deliberately negative act. Consumers make such judgments because they perceive murder as an entertaining product of information, and also because they see in this product a positive, problem-solving strategy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: GPF; JFD; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- SKU
- V9780761804505
- ISBN
- 9780761804505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.72
€ 83.72
hardcover. Affirmative Action, The Supreme Court, and Political Power in the Old Confederacy Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- UPA United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761815471
- ISBN
- 9780761815471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.75
€ 117.75
Paperback. Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, Cocaine Quagmire is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFH1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761816430
- ISBN
- 9780761816430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.36
€ 75.36
hardcover. This is a collection of works which cover Transatlantic studies. They attempt to define the term Transatlantic studies, supply a critical perspective, and discuss issues of globalization, migration and law, in an international and inter-disciplinary way. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817895
- ISBN
- 9780761817895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.87
€ 132.87
Hardback. This text investigates what happens when novels that have defied traditional literary conventions refuse to break with traditional gender-based stereotypes. The author argues that the result is an ambiguity that may produce more misogynistic images within the text. Num Pages: 336 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFE; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818038
- ISBN
- 9780761818038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: G; JFFE1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761819837
- ISBN
- 9780761819837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Paperback. In this book, utilizing the case of Iran under Khomeini, the author analyzes the relationship between Islam, Islamic fundamentalism and gender inequality. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761823889
- ISBN
- 9780761823889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.64
€ 86.64
Hardback. Wilfred L. David makes a plea for the fundamental reorientation of the economics that guide conventional development discourse, moving toward an emancipatory conversation focusing on human well-being or people-centred liberation. Num Pages: 374 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KCS; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761827559
- ISBN
- 9780761827559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.64
€ 149.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFX; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761838111
- ISBN
- 9780761838111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.72
€ 116.72
Hardback. This book is an in-depth discussion of immigration reform in America, highlighting commonly held myths about immigration and explains which issues America needs to address in order to achieve comprehensive reform. The author poses questions about ethical and political quandaries presented by race and ethnicity. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850052
- ISBN
- 9780761850052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.86
€ 116.86
Paperback. The most "efficient" system is one that controls the human resources by eliminating the human part and turning them into pure resources. Their ultimate organizational goal is to transform people into things, commonly called organizational behavior. This book is about the two best historical examples of such "efficiently-run" resource management. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851875
- ISBN
- 9780761851875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16
Paperback. Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions. During these fragile times "looking down the road" has become imperative. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854456
- ISBN
- 9780761854456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.74
€ 49.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL3; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855224
- ISBN
- 9780761855224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.30
€ 92.30