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Paperback. Traces how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. This book explains how disabled people are instrumental to charting the passage from a disciplinary society to one based upon regulation of the self. The author reveals cracks in the social production of human variation as aberrancy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFG; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767321
ISBN
9780226767321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403940933
ISBN
9781403940933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.71

Hardcover. Amartya Sen is the most respected and well-known economist of his time. Offering an overview of the development process, this book is a synthesis of his thought, viewing economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JHBA; JPVH; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198297581
ISBN
9780198297581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFR; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168425
ISBN
9780691168425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Hardback. Race debates have become more frequent at the national level, and the response to racism in the media and by politicians has shifted from denial to acknowledgment to action. Focusing on the experiences of communities from India's Northeast borderland, the author explores the dynamics of race debates in contemporary India. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFJ; JFSL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137538970
ISBN
9781137538970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.32

Hardback. Domestic Violence Laws in the United States and India is a comparative study of the domestic violence laws in India and the United States, seeking to illuminate the critical issues of intimate partner violence through the lenses of these two societies. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137399700
ISBN
9781137399700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92

Paperback. This text has been updated and revised to take account of new developments in international political economy, notably the East Asian crisis, and the deepening crisis of African society. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JH; JPS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KRA0005085
ISBN
9780333914205
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. In his vivid, lively account of how Greek Cypriot villagers coped with a thirty-year displacement, Peter Loizos follows a group of people whom he encountered as prosperous farmers in 1968, yet found as disoriented refugees when revisiting in 1975.. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 18 photos, 6 figs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454449
ISBN
9781845454449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447322870
ISBN
9781447322870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. Three years after the publication of the influential Munro Report (2011) this important publication draws together a range of experts working in the field of child protection to critically examine what impact the reforms have had on multi agency child protection systems in this country, at both local and national level. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447315667
ISBN
9781447315667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. Editor(s): Kilkey, Majella; Palenga-Mollenbeck, Ewa. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 387 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520975
ISBN
9781137520975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.58

Paperback. The interlinkages between gender and poverty have, until recently, escaped careful analytical scrutiny. The contributors to this edited volume critically reflect on some of the key methodological and analytical issues that a gendered analysis of poverty needs to address. Editor(s): Razavi, Shahra. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KLN0013377
ISBN
9780631217930
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Ministry of Thin takes an unflinching look at how the modern obsession with weight loss, youth, beauty and perfection got out of control. Emma Woolf, author of An Apple a Day, explores how we might all be able to stop hating and start liking our own bodies again. And she dares to ask: if losing weight is the answer, what is the question? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849534123
ISBN
9781849534123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. The long-awaited second edition of this seminal text, reconceived as a critical analysis of the world's leading comparative asylum jurisprudence. Num Pages: 773 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; LBBR; LBBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 248 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107688421
ISBN
9781107688421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.40

Paperback. This is an introduction to poststructuralist theory which examines how poststructuralism might be used to theorize gender, identity and experience in patriarchal societies. This revised and updated edition includes an additional final chapter on the recent debate about feminism and postmodernism. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631198253
ISBN
9780631198253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. This book, now in paperback and with a new preface by the editors, explores the debates between feminist and queer theorizing to seek out interconnections and identify new directions in thinking about sexuality and gender that may emerge out of and at the interface. Editor(s): Richardson, Diane; McLaughlin, Janice; Casey, Mark E. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296350
ISBN
9780230296350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.80
€ 66.96

Paperback. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFS; PDA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628384
ISBN
9780816628384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Utopia should be understood as a method rather than a goal. This book rehabilitates utopia as a repressed dimension of the sociological and in the process produces the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society, a provisional, reflexive and dialogic method for exploring alternative possible futures. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHB; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231979
ISBN
9780230231979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 184.74

Hardcover. When Jimi Hendrix died, the idea of a black man playing lead guitar in a rock band seemed exotic. Yet ten years earlier, Chuck Berry had stood among the most influential rock and roll performers. Why did rock and roll become white? Jack Hamilton challenges the racial categories that distort standard histories of rock music and the 60s revolution. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 halftones, 5 music illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; JFCA; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416598
ISBN
9780674416598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.80

Hardback. Editor(s): Tappata, Laura. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JM; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
214
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624179693
ISBN
9781624179693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.40
€ 171.48

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