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Social issues & processes

Hardback. Providing innovative insights, this book moves the debate on migration and integration policies in the enlarged European Union and its member states onto new terrain. Editor(s): Carmel, Emma; Cerami, Alfio; Papadopoulos, Theodoros. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFFP; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426444
ISBN
9781847426444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.19

Hardback. This important book explores the values of equality and diversity as promoted across liberal societies, drawing on various traditions of political and social philosophy, and applying them to policy and practice debates. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426079
ISBN
9781847426079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847424082
ISBN
9781847424082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. This student-friendly textbook uses theoretical perspectives to bring to life social theories relating to health and illness. including binge drinking, obesity, the prominence of therapy and the search for happiness. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847424013
ISBN
9781847424013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. This lively and topical book provides a critique of choice in contemporary society and policy. Having choices empowers us, but constant extension of choice overwhelms us. In a concise and readable style, the author considers whether choice enhances or burdens our lives, and questions the blithe assumption that more choice is always for the better. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847423979
ISBN
9781847423979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. In Ferraris for all, Daniel Ben-Ami argues that society as a whole benefits from greater affluence and action is needed to increase and spread global prosperity. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847423450
ISBN
9781847423450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847423368
ISBN
9781847423368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.74

Hardback. Establishing asylum seekers in the UK as a socially excluded group, this book provides readers with an understanding of how they experience the dispersal system and gives an insight into how this impacts on their lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847423269
ISBN
9781847423269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847422859
ISBN
9781847422859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.73

Paperback. Rooted in more than two decades of scholarship, this book uses critical social theory and participatory, biographical and arts-based methods with asylum seekers, refugees and emerging communities to explore the dynamics of the asylum-migration-community nexus. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847422224
ISBN
9781847422224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.74

hardcover. This book seeks to understand the Right to Buy, the most controversial housing policy of the last 30 years, on its own terms, rather than most studies which focus on its negative impact. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847422132
ISBN
9781847422132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.85

Paperback. Community and ageing investigates changing concepts and experiences of community into older age and how they play out in housing with care settings, with an overview of how the housing with care sector in the UK and internationally. It explores the impact of a range of factors, from social networks to diversity and the built environment. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 238 x 67. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847420701
ISBN
9781847420701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.74

Paperback. What does it mean to have a good life? Why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one? This important book explores these questions, provides an analysis of related policies and underpinning ideologies and looks to how a good life may be made more attainable. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847420688
ISBN
9781847420688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.74

hardcover. A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847420510
ISBN
9781847420510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Paperback. The book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on families globally, focusing on the experiences and perspectives of children that are caring for a parent with HIV in the global North and South. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847420213
ISBN
9781847420213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.45

Hardback. Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or 'irregular') migrants living in London, and their employers. It offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447319368
ISBN
9781447319368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Hardback. Focusing on multi-ethnic interaction in an inner city area, this book addresses difficult issues that are often simplistically and negatively portrayed, challenging the stereotypical denigration of inner city life, and Muslim communities in particular. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447315643
ISBN
9781447315643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447314578
ISBN
9781447314578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.19

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447312710
ISBN
9781447312710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB; JKS; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 240 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447311058
ISBN
9781447311058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.36

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