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Social issues & processes

Hardcover. Bringing together theories, ideas, insights and experiences of practitioners and researchers from Brazil, India, South Africa and the UK, this book explores children and young people's involvement in public action. The contributors consider the potential of children and young people's participation to be transformative. Editor(s): Tisdall, E. Kay M. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP1; JFSP2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230348677
ISBN
9780230348677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Paperback. How children weigh fairness and stereotypic expectations when making exclusion decisions is determined by their understanding of group norms, social identity, and friendships with children from other backgrounds. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118571859
ISBN
9781118571859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.40

Hardcover. Children and Sexuality probes the hidden relations between children and sexuality in case studies from the Greeks to the Great War. The lives reconstructed here extend from Greek Alcibiades to Lewis Carroll and Baden-Powell, each recounted with scrupulous vigilance to detail and nuance. Editor(s): Rousseau, Professor George S. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525269
ISBN
9780230525269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.01

Paperback. In the post-Cold War world many regions are threatened by violent ethnic, religious and cultural strife. If children manage to survive, are they scarred psychologically? This book looks at the evidence from many parts of the world in an attempt to answer this question. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863515
ISBN
9781557863515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

hardcover. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the increasingly common phenomenon of child migration, this volume examines the experiences of children in a wide variety of migratory circumstances including economic child migrants, transnational students, trafficked, stateless, fostered, unaccompanied and undocumented children. Editor(s): Gozdziak, Elzbieta M. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
2010th Edition
SKU
V9780230272538
ISBN
9780230272538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.70

Paperback. Providinga comprehensive analysis of the increasingly common phenomenon of child migration, this volume examines the experiences of children in a wide variety of migratory circumstances including economic child migrants, transnational students, trafficked, stateless, fostered, unaccompanied and undocumented children." Editor(s): Gozdziak, Elzbieta M. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349323326
ISBN
9781349323326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardcover. This collection brings together an interdisciplinary pool of scholars to explore the relationship between children and borders with richly-documented ethnographic studies from around the world. The book provides a penetrating account of how borders affect children's lives and how children play a constitutive role in the social life of borders. Editor(s): Spyrou, Spyros; Christou, Miranda. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137326300
ISBN
9781137326300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

paperback. This collection brings together an interdisciplinary pool of scholars to explore the relationship between children and borders with richly-documented ethnographic studies from around the world. The book provides a penetrating account of how borders affect children's lives and how children play a constitutive role in the social life of borders. Editor(s): Spyrou, Spyros; Christou, Miranda. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSP; JHB; JKSB1; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349459711
ISBN
9781349459711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Denov, Myriam; Akesson, Bree. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174725
ISBN
9780231174725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.54
€ 90.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Denov, Myriam; Akesson, Bree. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174732
ISBN
9780231174732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Focusing on the human rights of children, the author an acclaimed analyst, political theorist and biographer argues that prejudice exists against children as a group and that it is comparable to racism, sexism and homophobia. He draws upon a wide range of sources, from the literary and philosophical to the legal and psychoanalytic. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300192407
ISBN
9780300192407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Paperback.
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447305811
ISBN
9781447305811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.59

Hardcover. This book examines the imposition of the western notion of childhood, deemed as universal, on other cultures and explores how local communities react to these impositions in various ways. Editor(s): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert Kwame. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSP1; JKSB1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230342323
ISBN
9780230342323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Hardcover. Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street. Editor(s): Wells, Karen C.; Burman, Erica; Montgomery, Heather; Watson, Alison. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFSP1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137322593
ISBN
9781137322593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Boyden, Jo; Bourdillon, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230319240
ISBN
9780230319240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.92

Paperback. Without a deeper understanding of poverty as a lived experience in childhood, policies targeted at eradicating child poverty may fail. This book presents an opportunity to understand the issues and concerns that low-income children themselves identify as important. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861343628
ISBN
9781861343628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.11

Paperback. Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Bourdillon, Michael; Boyden, Jo. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339822
ISBN
9781349339822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Paperback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book, now in paperback, offers new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442222
ISBN
9781137442222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227835
ISBN
9780230227835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardcover. This volume addresses the relationship between childbearing, paid work and work-life balance policies across Europe in the 21st century, illuminating the uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment, the incoherence of women's and men's access to education and employment and the unequal share of domestic responsibilities. Editor(s): Olah, Livia Sz. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JFSJ1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230320888
ISBN
9780230320888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

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