Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. A study of the evolution of the Community Economic Development movement, paying particular attention to the institutional and legal mechanisms it utilises. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328155
- ISBN
- 9780822328155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. This work provides a context for understanding what globilization means for human society. It describes the underlying processes which have led to globilization and then sets out the present stage in the evolution of these processes in three vital areas. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFS; JPS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947180
- ISBN
- 9780333947180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.45
€ 65.45
Paperback. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 line illustrations, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376. The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it. 264 pages, illustrations. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271234
- ISBN
- 9780520271234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Random House USA Paperbacks
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780375707599
- ISBN
- 9780375707599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.85
€ 21.99
€ 18.85
Hardcover. This book looks at how the spread of syphilis was linked to socio-economic transformation, land dispossession and migrancy, and how urbanization disrupted social networks - factors similarly important in the AIDS crisis. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFFH; JFFJ; JFSL; MBN; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740446
- ISBN
- 9780333740446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFF; JFSL1; JHBL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565843257
- ISBN
- 9781565843257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.48
€ 32.48
Paperback. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JFMP; JFMX; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479827466
- ISBN
- 9781479827466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Paperback. This edition bring up-to-date the author's seminal study of mental retardation. Focusing on the role of stigma and the efforts of the mentally handicapped to pass normal lives, the text explores such areas as social competence, independence and quality of life. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBPK; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev and Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082267
- ISBN
- 9780520082267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.81
€ 35.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510713925
- ISBN
- 9781510713925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. A forceful intervention into the philosophy of therapeutics at the level of the individual Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSL9; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992419
- ISBN
- 9780295992419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. The story of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests has sent shock waves around the nation and will not fade from consciousness or the news. We ask, "How could this happen?" And then we ask, "How could the Catholic Church let this continue for so long-in seeming silence and duplicity?" Paul R. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589010062
- ISBN
- 9781589010062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.07
€ 75.07
Hardcover. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 6 black & white tables, 44 b&w illus., 5 maps, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBTB; JFFZ; PSVS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295999340
- ISBN
- 9780295999340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardcover. The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty. Editor(s): Lemanski, Charlotte; Marx, Colin. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367426
- ISBN
- 9781137367426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty. Editor(s): Lemanski, C; Marx, C. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JPQB; KCM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349474493
- ISBN
- 9781349474493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
hardcover. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744058
- ISBN
- 9780804744058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Paperback. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 208 pages, 1 map. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744065
- ISBN
- 9780804744065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Benton, Gregor; Pieke, Frank N. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349260980
- ISBN
- 9781349260980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.48
€ 194.48
The Chinese Diaspora. Space, Place, Mobility and Identity.
. Ed(S): Ma, Laurence J.C.; Cartier, Carolyn
Paperback. Leading scholars in the field consider the profound importance of meanings of place and the spatial processes of mobility and settlement for the Chinese overseas. Editor(s): Ma, Laurence J.C.; Cartier, Carolyn. Series: Why of Where. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFFN; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517561
- ISBN
- 9780742517561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.84
€ 88.84
Paperback. The rise of China is the most important development in world affairs. During the past three decades China dramatically modernized its economy and taken a positon as one of the two major powers in the world. For all of its newfound prowess, China's rise has not been a smooth process. The China Reader chronicles and catalogues these complexities. Editor(s): Shambaugh, David. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 6 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199397082
- ISBN
- 9780199397082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.47
€ 89.47
Hardback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354807
- ISBN
- 9780230354807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99