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Hardback. Offering a compassionate view of the interior life of the batterer, this book explains the inner mechanisms of the batterer's violent behavior, analyzes society's negative depictions of abuse as well as general ideas concerning victims, and proposes alternative views. Finally the book addresses treatment methodologies that will result in permanent change. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JMP; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119849
- ISBN
- 9780231119849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.18
€ 65.07
€ 51.18
Paperback. The first book to look beyond the brutal events toward the broad implications of Matt Shepard's story. Loffreda shows how the politics of sexuality unfolds in a remote and sparsely populated area of the country. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; JFFE; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118590
- ISBN
- 9780231118590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.60
€ 25.99
€ 19.60
Hardback. In addition to examining the role of the legislative and executive branches of government, Stein covers the often-overlooked role of the judiciary, showing how social welfare practitioners should interpret (1) conflicting judicial rulings in cases where courts of equal jurisdiction rule differently on the same matter and (2) judicial rulings that signal significant changes in the law. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 184 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116824
- ISBN
- 9780231116824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.81€ 64.07
€ 82.81
€ 64.07
Hardback. Demonstrates how social workers can use an empowerment approach when dealing with those who have experienced oppression by virtue of poverty, colour, gender, sex or race. The reader is shown how the oppressed can learn to attain goals both individually and within the wider social environment. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115483
- ISBN
- 9780231115483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.44€ 62.34
€ 80.44
€ 62.34
Paperback. Balgopal and contributors explore ideas and skills that help human service workers, social workers, helping professionals, and policymakers deepen their understanding of newly arrived immigrants and refugees. Editor(s): Balgopal, Pallassana R. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFD; JFFN; JFS; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108577
- ISBN
- 9780231108577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. Balgopal and contributors explore ideas and skills that help human service workers, social workers, helping professionals, and policymakers deepen their understanding of newly arrived immigrants and refugees. Editor(s): Balgopal, Pallassana R. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFD; JFFN; JFS; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108560
- ISBN
- 9780231108560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.18
€ 118.30
€ 90.18
Paperback. Contributors discuss the differences between women within and across cultures and how local attitudes and traditions can affect the prevention of, or vulnerability to, HIV / AIDS. Editor(s): Long, Lynellyn D.; Ankrah, E.Maxine. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JFSJ1; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106054
- ISBN
- 9780231106054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Examines the feminist, African-American and avant-garde counter-cultures that flourished in the USA between the two World Wars. It discusses such topics as public art in the Depression, the proletarian subculture and the social poetics of Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukeyser and Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 316 pages, 128 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082792
- ISBN
- 9780231082792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. An analysis of immigrant life in the USA which focuses on the habits of consumption. The author describes how Jews responded to the prospect of mass consumption, familiarizing themselves with such activities as installment buying, advertising and vacationing. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 276 pages, 17 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFFT; JFSR1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780231068536
- ISBN
- 9780231068536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. This now classic work is the only definitive collection available of interviews with leading French women intellectuals. Editor(s): Jardine, Alice A.; Menke, Anne M. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067720
- ISBN
- 9780231067720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 79.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JFSF; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 244 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231053891
- ISBN
- 9780231053891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. This text reconstructs the conflict between MOVE, a radical black separatist group, and the city of Philadelphia. Against this account, the author develops an analysis of the relation between definition and action, between language and violence. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226869773
- ISBN
- 9780226869773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Hardback. The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. This book focuses on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men - people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male - on the job. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738055
- ISBN
- 9780226738055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.37
€ 94.64
€ 79.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734910
- ISBN
- 9780226734910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. An interpretive history of culture and law, political philosophy and constitutional analysis, explaining the background, development and growing impact of two challenging human rights movements: feminism and gay rights. This text argues that both movements are extensions of rights-based dissent. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSK; JPHC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226712079
- ISBN
- 9780226712079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.64
€ 42.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226671840
- ISBN
- 9780226671840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
paperback. This text looks at how postwar cultural values affected the rights-orientated policy in the 1970s and how this affects judicial interpretations of provisions under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It argues that this has created a lose/lose situation for the people the act was meant to protect. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226616605
- ISBN
- 9780226616605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. A probing and provocative work of urban history with deep relevance for urban public schools today, Nelson's book reveals why equal educational opportunity remains such an elusive ideal. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFFJ; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226571904
- ISBN
- 9780226571904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.45
€ 47.99
€ 37.45
Paperback. This volume chronicles the history of Catholic parishes in such major cities as Boston, Chicago, Detriot, New York and Philadelphia, linking their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of 20th-century American race relations. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 29 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226558745
- ISBN
- 9780226558745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Explains how maps can tell where to anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be misleading. The text considers that although it is important to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious dangers. Num Pages: 378 pages, 9 line drawings, 107 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKV; RGV; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534183
- ISBN
- 9780226534183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.05€ 45.08
€ 52.05
€ 45.08