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Social issues & processes
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€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
line drawings. Illustrator(s): Firenza, Caroline. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFG; MMZL. Dimension: 310 x 355 x 90. Weight: 3326.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Connect Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953604265
- ISBN
- 9780953604265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.33€ 140.48
€ 148.33
€ 140.48
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
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. The role of competition within communities, in shaping the structure and composition of the community matrix itself and in influencing day to day functioning of the system is particularly controversial. This book offers a synthesis of these arguments and suggests avenues for further research. Series: Population and Community Biology Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JMAL; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412313509
- ISBN
- 9780412313509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.76
€ 68.76
Paperback. The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics and offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination mechanisms. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ; JHB; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447332633
- ISBN
- 9781447332633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.80
€ 20.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFD; JFSJ1; JKS; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456909
- ISBN
- 9780801456909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFD; JFSJ1; JKS; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454080
- ISBN
- 9780801454080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.73
€ 139.73
Paperback. An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business. The ad industry celebrated irrepressible youth and promoted defiance and revolt. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260129
- ISBN
- 9780226260129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.16
€ 25.99
€ 21.16
Hardback. Series: American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPSD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319507200
- ISBN
- 9783319507200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.49
€ 142.49
Paperback. This book is a major contribution to the literature on race, identity and child development, and offers a radically new way of looking at some of these issues. Based on intensive research on interracial families, the book reviews the previous literature relating to racial identity development, and shows it to be based on flawed assumptions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853023767
- ISBN
- 9781853023767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473982383
- ISBN
- 9781473982383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.96
€ 55.96
Hardback. Includes most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure, and anomie in affluent society. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473982376
- ISBN
- 9781473982376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.71
€ 163.71
Paperback. The world is becoming deeply interconnected, whereby actions in one part of the world can have profound repercussions elsewhere. In a world of overlapping communities of fate, there has been a renewed enthusiasm for thinking about what it is that human beings have in common, and to explore the ethical basis of this. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 38. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648729
- ISBN
- 9780745648729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55
Hardback. Focussing on China's stem cell research, this book investigates how, over the last decade, Chinese scientists, ethicists and policy-makers have developed a cosmopolitan sensibility in comprehending and responding to ethical and regulatory concerns. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JFMG; MFCC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302594
- ISBN
- 9780230302594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.51€ 29.55
€ 79.51
€ 29.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Columbia Global Reports United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990976363
- ISBN
- 9780990976363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786496082
- ISBN
- 9780786496082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.91
€ 40.99
€ 40.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Alvarez, Alvin N.; Liang, Christopher T.H.; Neville, Helen A. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433820953
- ISBN
- 9781433820953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.56€ 89.15
€ 92.56
€ 89.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBWF; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479806898
- ISBN
- 9781479806898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardcover. The Country of First Boys is Amartya Sen's intellectual journey through the past and present to seek an understanding of India's history and the demands of its future. In this collection, Sen examines justice, identity, deprivation, inequalities, gender politics, education, the media, and the importance of getting your priorities right. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738183
- ISBN
- 9780198738183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.75
€ 23.99
€ 21.75
Paperback. The Creative Citizen Unbound explores the nature and value of creative citizenship and examines its place at the heart of the contemporary struggle to re-make democratic institutions and procedures in an age of 'monitory democracy' (Keane 2009). Editor(s): Hargreaves, Ian; Hartley, John. Series: Connected Communities. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFP; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447324959
- ISBN
- 9781447324959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.10
€ 37.99
€ 36.10