Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day on which the temperature would eventually climb to 106 degrees. This book reveals how in coming decades the effects of climate change will intensify the social and environmental pressures in urban areas around the world. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 halftones, 3 maps, 7 figures, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPR; JFFC; RNPG; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226276182
- ISBN
- 9780226276182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.36
€ 20.36
Paperback. This fully updated edition provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs are covered, with quick reference guides, helpful diagrams and clear information on each drug's effects, methods of use, legal status, availability, treatment options and associated slang. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVG; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103516
- ISBN
- 9781843103516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465058723
- ISBN
- 9780465058723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.08
€ 30.99
€ 22.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065606
- ISBN
- 9780252065606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the projection of the worst-case scenario. This title demonstrates that, unlike the openly 'totalitarian' states of the past, bureaucratic rule is favoured over charismatic leadership. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848135307
- ISBN
- 9781848135307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.99
€ 32.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. Explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. This book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTF; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848130463
- ISBN
- 9781848130463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. The author argues that even governments, keen to protect big business, are complicit in this exploitation; their 'law and order' approach on immigration being part of this complicity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842778524
- ISBN
- 9781842778524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.91
€ 32.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This title concerns the lessons learned from international campaigns on human rights and justice issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842771396
- ISBN
- 9781842771396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.38
€ 46.99
€ 39.38
Paperback. In the much-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Trapped, foster carer Rosie Lewis tells the heartbreaking true story of 13-year-old Zadie. When the young teenage girl runs away from home and is discovered hiding on the city streets by the police, it is clear that all is not as it should be. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007597
- ISBN
- 9780007541805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Barbara Taylor's classic book, reissued with a new introduction. Num Pages: 432 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCX; JFFK; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 305. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0007286
- ISBN
- 9780860682585
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 496 pages, 3 maps, 3 figures, 3 tables. Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA; TB. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349570
- ISBN
- 9780822349570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.13
€ 41.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Offering an analysis of the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey, this title charts the extent and nature of material and social deprivation and exclusion in Britain at the end of the 20th century. It measures the extent of social exclusion, and provides an understanding of poverty and social exclusion from a national and international perspective. Editor(s): Gordon, Dave; Levitas, Ruth; Pantazis, Christina. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861343734
- ISBN
- 9781861343734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.98
€ 40.99
€ 38.98
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816697571
- ISBN
- 9780816697571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFP; JFFS; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503600119
- ISBN
- 9781503600119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. This important book explores the impact of different forms of policy and practice on the lives of vulnerable people, arguing for a flexible policy approach that places people in control of their own lives and creates housing options that effectively improve the well-being of those who live in them. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DNS; JFFB; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306344
- ISBN
- 9781447306344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.70
€ 98.70
Hardback. A comprehensive look at how Canadians are responding to the forces of globalization through collectively owned enterprises. Editor(s): Fairbairn, Brett T.; Russell, Nora. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSG; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827881
- ISBN
- 9780774827881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. This book is a path-breaking reflection of the challenges posed to Western societies by the large-scale migration of the postwar period. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649627
- ISBN
- 9780745649627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that unfolded in these urban centres and describe how this model of diversity has changed over time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007226
- ISBN
- 9780802096098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Rycenga, Jennifer; Barufaldi, Linda. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479877768
- ISBN
- 9781479877768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.95
€ 39.95
Paperback. Marriage is often described as a melding of two people into one. But what-or who-must be lost, fragmented, or buried in that process? Dolan reveals the contradiction that lies at the very heart of modern marriage. We have inherited from early modern England a model of marriage, she contends, so flawed that its logical consequence is conflict. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812220827
- ISBN
- 9780812220827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83