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Paperback. Video surveillance, public records, fingerprints, hidden microphones, RFID chips: in contemporary societies the intrusive techniques of surveillance used in daily life have increased dramatically. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSL; JPV; KNSS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745645117
ISBN
9780745645117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.12

Hardback. Video surveillance, public records, fingerprints, hidden microphones, RFID chips: in contemporary societies the intrusive techniques of surveillance used in daily life have increased dramatically. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSL; JPV; KNSS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745645100
ISBN
9780745645100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. This book explores the place of the 'stranger' within contemporary society against a background of societal strangeness which occurs when global consciousness outstrips global connectivity. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137576712
ISBN
9781137576712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.81

Hardback. Translator(s): Scott-Railton, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160528
ISBN
9780691160528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. Addiction is increasing all around the world, and the conventional remedies don't work. The Globalization of Addiction argues that the cause of this failure to control addiction is that past treatments have focused too single-mindedly on the afflicted individual addict. This book presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199588718
ISBN
9780199588718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.08

Paperback. This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a first edition that has been used around the world. It combines selected readings and editorial material to provide a coherent text with global coverage, reflecting new theoretical and empirical developments. Editor(s): Roberts, J. Timmons; Hite, Amy Bellone; Chorev, Nitsan. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118735107
ISBN
9781118735107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.87

Paperback. Rumour has it that globalisation is doing serious damage to the nation-state at the present historical juncture. The author focuses on this global-national nexus in some of its many differing manifestations, offering theoretical, historical and analytical thoughts and perspectives on a problem which dominates academic and public debates. Editor(s): Hedetoft, Ulf. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773076842
ISBN
9788773076842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.09

Paperback. * This revised and fully updated edition brings together the most original contributions from both sides of the globalization debate. * Extensive new material incorporates the latest developments and sets the issues in the context of a global order in constant flux. Editor(s): Held, David; McGrew, Anthony G. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1080. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. Some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0004217
ISBN
9780745631356
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674286146
ISBN
9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 46.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199338467
ISBN
9780199338467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.45

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

€ 43.99
€ 25.89

Paperback. Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Editor(s): Bellwood, Peter. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118970591
ISBN
9781118970591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.53

Hardback. This book examines how local and global environment-society relations play out in coastal communities dependent on tourism for economic survival. It analyzes the consequences of social and economic policies on remote areas and makes a case for studying the role of environmental values in global environmental governance. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCN; KCP; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230246249
ISBN
9780230246249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.72

Paperback. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, the author traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice's Piazza San Marco and London's Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 36 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226002088
ISBN
9780226002088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; LNTM; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190259235
ISBN
9780190259235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.68

Hardcover. Discusses the twin forces of ideological and technological change that make globalization the most important issue facing executives. This book shows how many companies who have developed a global strategy, face the challenge of balancing a multinational presence with demands of the 'unglobal consumer' who does not have a 'one size fits all' need. Editor(s): Quelch, John A.; Deshpande, Rohit. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KJS; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787968571
ISBN
9780787968571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.32

Paperback. An interdisciplinary compendium of worldwide animal rights issues Editor(s): Linzey, Andrew. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079191
ISBN
9780252079191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. The study of global environmental politics draws on a variety of academic traditions. This title examines four important aspects of the field: international environmental cooperation; the issues of science, uncertainty and risk; the experience of developing states in global environmental negotiations; and the role of non-state actors. Series: International Relations for the 21st Century S. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826490520
ISBN
9780826490520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.50

Hardback. A new edition of a guide to understanding the intricacies behind global trends and emerging markets. Kvint adds new articles and essays on the changing global economy to track developments since 1999. Num Pages: 699 pages, tables, charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
699
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823223480
ISBN
9780823223480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.64

Paperback. A new approach to ethnic mobilization that considers the interplay between global forces, national-level variation in inequality and repression, and the political mobilization of ethnicity. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778626
ISBN
9780804778626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

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