Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Research on globalisation is a political priority because the world has become a 'single place' where local events may have world-wide political and military consequences. This book argues that studying new religions in a globalisation perspective offers methodological advantages for the study of religion and the general study of globalisation. Editor(s): Geertz, Armin W.; Warburg, Margit. Num Pages: 277 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HR; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779342941
- ISBN
- 9788779342941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
Hardback. Taking the context of forced migration, this book addresses the role that regional, in contrast to national or global, institutions and relationships play in shaping asylum policies and procedures. It also considers the role that regional responses are likely to play in determining the direction of asylum policy in receiving states. Editor(s): Kneebone, Susan; Rawlings-Sanei, Felicity. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453442
- ISBN
- 9781845453442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15, 10 tables, 5 charts. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452222
- ISBN
- 9780801452222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Hardback. Editor(s): Cortina, Jeronimo; Ochoa-Reza, Enrique. Series: Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 Graphs. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156806
- ISBN
- 9780231156806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57€ 56.67
€ 73.57
€ 56.67
Paperback. Bringing together researchers from the fields of social policy, economics, sociology and clinical psychology, this book offers new evidence on the inter-related problems faced by disability claimants, and identifies important lessons for policy. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119145516
- ISBN
- 9781119145516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334577
- ISBN
- 9781590334577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.73€ 71.61
€ 93.73
€ 71.61
Hardback. This volume examines some of the greatest challenges facing the twenty-first century: security and conflict, technological innovation, energy, resources and the environment. It provides grounding in current development politics and encourages readers to consider future development policy and international relations. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 271 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780932439
- ISBN
- 9781780932439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.27€ 137.06
€ 154.27
€ 137.06
Paperback. New Perspectives in Global Environmental Disasters is a collection of articles that represent high levels of scholarship in emergent themes and key issues. These include the following: - Crisis management - Emergency planning - Community-based disaster management Series: Emerald Gems. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785608094
- ISBN
- 9781785608094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.87
€ 55.87
Hardback. Presents findings of a successful, international research project exploring links between social exclusion (SE), transport disadvantage (TD) and psychological well being (WB). This title examines fresh perspectives in relation to social capital and WB and developing various economic methods to estimate the marginal value of additional travel. Editor(s): Currie, Graham. Num Pages: 342 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 249 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780522005
- ISBN
- 9781780522005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.79
€ 94.79
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of organ transplantation in Turkey, based on the stories of kidney-transplant patients and physicians in Istanbul. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVG; GTB; JFFH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349129
- ISBN
- 9780822349129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. An ethnography of class dynamics and the subject formation of migrant domestic workers. It explores what the migrant domestic workers mean to the families that hire them, to urban economies, to rural provinces such as Anhui, and to the Chinese state. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343042
- ISBN
- 9780822343042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Hardcover. Based on original research in Northern Thailand and drawing on the breadth of indigenous Thai language materials, this study offers a sustained and powerful criticism of the normative modeling of the Thai AIDS epidemic in order to elicit new and more effective points of intervention. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 321 pages, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781571815194
- ISBN
- 9781571815194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.27
€ 146.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, Over 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AJC; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Trolley Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- SKU
- V9781904563877
- ISBN
- 9781904563877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.70
€ 26.99
€ 23.70
paperback. This classic text provides the first comprehensive examination of the social policy of New Labour. It compares and contrasts current policy areas with both the Old Left and the New Right and applies the concept of the 'third way' to both individual policy areas and broader cross-cutting themes. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2figs.14tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JKS; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861341518
- ISBN
- 9781861341518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.92
€ 36.99
€ 34.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jewish Lights Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580233590
- ISBN
- 9781580233590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.02
€ 40.99
€ 35.02
Paperback. Updated to reflect changes in the composition of New York City's immigrant population, this volume aims to show how new immigrants are transforming the city - and how New York, in turn, has affected the newcomers' lives. Editor(s): Foner, Nancy. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Completely revised and updated ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124157
- ISBN
- 9780231124157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.83
€ 54.83
Hardcover. Advanced media technologies have transformed immigrants' relations with their departure and arrival societies. This title explores how Muslim-Arab religious scholars have developed over the years a theory that tasks Muslims living in the West with specific duties within the framework of their anticipated global Muslim nation. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193287
- ISBN
- 9781845193287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Rubchak, Marian J. Translator(s): Rubchak, Marian. Num Pages: 328 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387640
- ISBN
- 9781782387640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.00
€ 157.00
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716529668
- ISBN
- 9780716529668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.90
€ 90.90
Paperback. Presenting the findings of a five year project studying the pace and impact of addictions in Europe, this book deconstructs the failures and promises of European governance polices for reducing the harm done by legal and illegal drugs and posits a nine point plan as a way forward to redesign addictions governance. Series: Governance of Addictive Substances and Behaviours Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFH1; MBNH; MMJT; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198759836
- ISBN
- 9780198759836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.00
€ 73.00
A work of history, biography, and historical theology, Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190205645
- ISBN
- 9780190205645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.20
€ 69.20
Paperback. Interest in social innovation is growing, from governments setting up innovation 'labs' to corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice. This collection helps bridge that gap, compiling work by leading social innovation researchers to build understanding of the nature and effects of social innovation. Editor(s): Nicholls, Alex; Simon, Julie; Gabriel, Madeleine. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFFP; JPS; KJD; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549532
- ISBN
- 9781137549532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.09
€ 30.09
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Jones, Scott A.; Keller, William W. Series: Studies in Security and International Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 52 black & white images. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349084
- ISBN
- 9780820349084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.73
€ 46.73
Hardcover. Editor(s): Prasnikar, Janez. Num Pages: 337 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600217548
- ISBN
- 9781600217548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.28€ 139.38
€ 205.28
€ 139.38