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Hardcover. Challenging traditional approaches to migration, which puts migrants in narrow categories (legal and illegal, newcomer and settler), 'Transit Migration' shows that migrants and refugees live in transit for years, a stage in the migration course profoundly affecting destination countries and the migrants themselves. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230555334
ISBN
9780230555334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. The exploitation of migrant workers in the Gulf is explored in this accessible yet in-depth analysis by scholars from the region. Editor(s): Khalaf, Abdulhadi; Shehabi, Omar Al; Hanieh, Adam. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335209
ISBN
9780745335209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

Hardcover. Topics covered include longitudinal trends, legal requirements, planning, juvenile justice, post-secondary education, mental health services, self-determination, evidence-based practices, curriculum, and process models. Series: Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784419349
ISBN
9781784419349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.88

Paperback. Between 1980 and 2000, Peru suffered an armed conflict, massive human rights violations, and the destruction of its democracy. This book examines Peru's struggle to restore human rights accountability and the political factors that have shaped its fate. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349435623
ISBN
9781349435623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Preceded by Transitions in dying and bereavement: a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care / by Victoria Hospice Society and Moira Cairns, Marney Thompson, Wendy Wainwright. c2003. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; MMC; MQCL9; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Health Professions Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938870651
ISBN
9781938870651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardcover. Following a group of people as they make the transition from homeless to 'housed' , this book presents a new perspective on homelessness, the individual factors associated with it such as addiction, mental illness and traumatic life histories, and how welfare and poverty interact with these conditions. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230201620
ISBN
9780230201620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Paperback. This book identifies chances and barriers women face in their transition to adulthood in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. Adopting a life course perspective, it provides a new integrative micro-macro-theoretical framework and innovative analyses of individual life courses based on longitudinal data. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JPQB; KJWB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349470181
ISBN
9781349470181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

paperback. Editor(s): Suarez-Orozco, Carola; Abo-Zena, Mona M.; Marks, Amy Kerivan. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770177
ISBN
9780814770177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813545226
ISBN
9780813545226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan 'West' to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Zheng, Wang. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161701
ISBN
9781405161701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.69

hardcover. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 273 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPL; JFFE1; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137538819
ISBN
9781137538819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.96

Hardback. Offers a collection of essays on Latin American, Caribbean, and US-based Latina feminisms and their multiple translations and cross-pollinations. Editor(s): Alvarez, Sonia E.; Costa, Claudia de Lima; Feliu, Veronica; Hester, Rebecca; Klahn, Norma; Thayer, Millie. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 781.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356158
ISBN
9780822356158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Hardback. The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which we judge its legitimacy. We are witnessing a gradual and partial shift from inter-state co-operation to more complex forms of governance, involving participation by transnational actors, such as NGOs, party associations, philanthropic foundations and corporations. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPHV; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230239050
ISBN
9780230239050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.55

Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780814719725
ISBN
9780814719725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. The dawn of neoliberal rationality in Africa in the 1980s coincided with a massive exodus of skilled Africans to the global North. Moving beyond the 'push and pull' framework that has dominated studies of this phenomenon, this collection instead looks at African transnational migrations against the backdrop of rapid and intensifying globalization. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke; Vaughan, Olufemi. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338661
ISBN
9780230338661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. Readers of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina. Editor(s): Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Edelman, Marc; Kay, Cristobal. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFS; JPW; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190411
ISBN
9781405190411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Duncan, Russell; Juncker, Clara. Num Pages: 276 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772899589
ISBN
9788772899589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. A study of South Asian Americans which views both their identity and that of America as constructed transnationally between the U.S. and India. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335443
ISBN
9780822335443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sierra, Marta; Roman-Odio, Clara. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230109810
ISBN
9780230109810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

paperback. Editor(s): Sierra, M.; Roman-Odio, Clara. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349292318
ISBN
9781349292318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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