Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
paperback. Presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the government's initiatives to influence the course of fertility, and hence the rate of population growth in the island-state of Singapore since the 1960s. The varied population issues and consequences associated with the prolonged below-replacement fertility are discussed in detail. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JFF; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814762199
- ISBN
- 9789814762199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.87
€ 34.87
Hardcover. How do mainstream film, television, advertising, videogames and newspapers engage with topics such as vivisection, hunting, animal performance, farming, meat eating and animal control? This book explores social, economic, ethical and cultural aspects of relationships between popular media forms and key animal issues. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239241
- ISBN
- 9780230239241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.59
€ 149.59
Paperback. Popular Injustice focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms of social control (known locally as mano dura) in contemporary Latin America, with a particular focus on lynchings in postwar Guatemala. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753838
- ISBN
- 9780804753838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. This volume explores the search for meaning among people in China today. The subjects of these essays span the social spectrum from hip young entrepreneurs to sweatshop workers and homeless beggars, with the issues ranging from domestic violence to homosexuality to political corruption. Editor(s): Link, Perry; Madsen, Richard; Pickowicz, Paul G. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; JFC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742510784
- ISBN
- 9780742510784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.00
€ 201.00
Paperback. "Political clientelism" is a term used to characterise the contemporary relationships between political elites and the poor in Latin America in which goods and services are traded for political favours. This title presents the ethnography of urban clientelism ever carried out in Argentina. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326212
- ISBN
- 9780822326212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. This book provides a vivid portrait of how the lives of poor people are affected by the judicial system. Drawing from ethnographic observations, court decisions, and other materials, Poor Justice brings readers inside the courts, telling the story through the words and actions of the judges, lawyers, and ordinary people who populate it. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; LAQ; LNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199355440
- ISBN
- 9780199355440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.46
€ 89.46
Paperback. Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Why do the poorest people in India spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar? This book overturns the myths about what it is like to live on very little, revealing the unexpected decisions that millions of people make every day. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718193669
- ISBN
- 9780718193669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.67
€ 14.99
€ 11.67
Hardcover. This book surveys central issues and paradigms in contemporary political sociology, urging a recommitment to certain concepts and traditions for guidance in thinking and acting in the world. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246102
- ISBN
- 9780230246102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JHBA; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319251
- ISBN
- 9781349319251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674687608
- ISBN
- 9780674687608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 96.10
€ 105.94
€ 96.10
Hardcover. Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South explores how race, gender, disability, and politics all came together to impact the career of one State Superintendent of Education in South Carolina who fought to improve educational conditions for African-Americans, women, and millworkers' children in South Carolina. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNF; JNH; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484055
- ISBN
- 9781137484055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.85
€ 53.37
€ 46.85
paperback. Editor(s): Carver, Terrell; Mottier, Veronique. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415406734
- ISBN
- 9780415406734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.55
€ 80.55
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560727330
- ISBN
- 9781560727330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.03€ 72.36
€ 93.03
€ 72.36
Hardback. Through the analysis of examples taken from America, the Caribbean and Western and East-Central Europe, this book addresses one of the greatest challenges for the immediate future: the impact of migration, displacement and minority cultures and peoples within the space of larger multicultural states. Editor(s): Hudson, Robert; Reno, Fred. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHBC; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333653425
- ISBN
- 9780333653425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 734 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HB; JFFH1; JKV; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 710
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524837
- ISBN
- 9781556524837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.26
€ 35.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. Applying concepts derived from the study of international and comparative politics, this book offers an analysis of the impact of globalization on United States domestic politics. It is of interest to politicians, policymakers, and students looking for a discussion of globalization that is grounded in political history of the United States. Series: Essential Texts in American Government Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408276
- ISBN
- 9780878408276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.24
€ 75.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 167
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694810
- ISBN
- 9781894694810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.53
€ 24.99
€ 17.53
Hardback. Applying the latest social theory from science and technology studies, this book offers a novel rethinking of the dynamics of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. It demonstrates how political struggles, poverty, and specific policy and health promotion practices have materially shaped the South African HIV epidemic in specific and often very damaging ways. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBA; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505002
- ISBN
- 9781137505002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. Few diseases have provoked as many wild moralistic leaps or stringent attempts to measure, classify, and define risk and treatment standards as AIDS. In this book, the author documents the emergence of a diverse range of community-based, nongovernmental, and civil society groups engaged in patient-focused AIDS advocacy worldwide. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8, 7 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFH2; LNTJ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415970
- ISBN
- 9781421415970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Paperback. Vietnam's political development has entered an extraordinary, if indeterminate, phase. Comprising contributions from leading Vietnam scholars, this volume comprehensively explores the core aspects of Vietnam's politics, providing a cutting-edge analysis of politics in one of East Asia's least understood countries. Editor(s): London, J. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349467365
- ISBN
- 9781349467365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.70
€ 137.70