Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy. Series: Information Age Series. Num Pages: 584 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196871
- ISBN
- 9781405196871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.33
€ 37.99
€ 37.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780202303734
- ISBN
- 9780202303734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.74
€ 58.74
The Poverty Trade-off. Work Incentives and Income Redistribution in Br...
Adam, Stuart; Brewer, Mike; Shephard, Andrew
paperback. Two strategies that governments have to help people on low incomes - providing them with financial support directly, and encouraging them to earn more - generally conflict. This report provides new evidence on the trade-off between redistributing income and improving work incentives. FREE PDF version available online at www.jrf.org.uk Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JPQB; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861348630
- ISBN
- 9781861348630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.58
€ 25.99
€ 25.58
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFA; JFFB; JPR; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633305
- ISBN
- 9780691633305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.28
€ 197.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Altvater, Elmar; etc. Translator(s): Bond, T. Num Pages: 282 pages, 20figs.15tabs.3M. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 1KLSA; GTF; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 400. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012461
- ISBN
- 9780862329495
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Looks at the failure of conventional economic theories based on capitalist growth, and explores alternative models being developed around the world. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFS; KCS; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333304
- ISBN
- 9780745333304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.50
€ 33.99
€ 22.50
Hardcover. Series: Families, Law, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; LNDU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479874729
- ISBN
- 9781479874729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Gorski, Paul C.; Landsman, Julie. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stylus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579228590
- ISBN
- 9781579228590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Paperback. Leading experts on the science, history, politics, medicine, and potential of America's most popular recreational drug. Editor(s): Holland, Julie. Num Pages: 576 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594773686
- ISBN
- 9781594773686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.53
€ 25.99
€ 17.53
Hardback. The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our globally linked and technologically mediated societies. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641577
- ISBN
- 9780745641577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319522609
- ISBN
- 9783319522609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. 496 pages, 3 maps, 3 figures, 3 tables. Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA; TB. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349570
- ISBN
- 9780822349570
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. The author of the bestselling "The Future of Freedom" describes a world in which the U.S. will no longer dominate the global economy. He sees the "rise of the rest" as the great story of modern times, and one that will reshape the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340389
- ISBN
- 9780393340389
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.80
€ 19.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 2AB; 2ADP; DSB; HBTB; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 308 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311486
- ISBN
- 9781477311486
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Robbins, Hollis; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105992
- ISBN
- 9780143105992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190205126
- ISBN
- 9780190205126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.37
€ 17.99
€ 17.37
Paperback. The Politics of Violence develops an inter-disciplinary feminist perspective grounded in original ethnographic research on everyday forms of violence in El Salvador. Hume challenges dominant theories of violence through foregrounding subaltern vocabularies that have been historically ignored in debates on violence. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JFFE; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296. Gender, Conflict and Community in El Salvador. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. 212 pages, illustrations. The Politics of Violence develops an inter-disciplinary feminist perspective grounded in original ethnographic research on everyday forms of violence in El Salvador. Hume challenges dominant theories of violence through foregrounding subaltern vocabularies that have been historically ignored in debates on violence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JFFE; JFFK. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192262
- ISBN
- 9781405192262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Murithi, Timothy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; JFF; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781928232223
- ISBN
- 9781928232223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.55
€ 20.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349451814
- ISBN
- 9781349451814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.99
€ 132.99
Paperback. In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of 'conspicuous signs' of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. This book argues that the law is symptomatic of France's failure to integrate its former colonial subjects as full citizens. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JFFN; JFSL1; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147987
- ISBN
- 9780691147987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardback. Winner of the 2015 FWSA Book Prize The body is a site of impassioned, fraught and complex debate in the West today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648873
- ISBN
- 9780745648873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Explores a range of cultural representations of incest, from the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley to mother-daughter incest in contemporary true crime novels, to Oprah Winfrey's television special Scared Silent, in order to examine expressions of survivorship. Editor(s): Champagne, Rosaria. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715437
- ISBN
- 9780814715437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. After forced migration to a country where immigrants form an ethnic majority, why do some individuals support exclusivist and nationalist political parties while others do not? Based on extensive interviews and an original survey of 1200 local Serbs and ethnic Serbian refugees fleeing violent conflict in Bosnia and Croatia. Series Editor(s): Bieber, Professor Florian. Series: Southeast European Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages, Includes 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472426925
- ISBN
- 9781472426925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.20
€ 192.20
Paperback. Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMTD; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223677
- ISBN
- 9780230223677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53