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Paperback. Uses extensive surveys with North Korean refugees now living in China or South Korea, to provide extraordinary insight into the changing pathways to power, wealth, and status within North Korea. These testimonies provide an invaluable interpretation of th Num Pages: 256 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JFFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881324389
ISBN
9780881324389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.57

paperback. This report demonstrates the urgent need to re-evaluate our understanding of poverty and home ownership. Drawing on data from the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain, it presents a detailed picture of the realities of home ownership at the margins, providing evidence in support of radical policy for sustainable home ownership. Num Pages: 48 pages, 2figs.17tabs. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFFA; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781861344656
ISBN
9781861344656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.89

paperback. Housing Matters presents evidence to support and inform change in policy and practice to ensure that the housing needs of disabled children and their families are better met. Num Pages: 52 pages, 11figs.24tabs. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 212 x 5. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
52
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781861344830
ISBN
9781861344830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.70

paperback. This study examines the relationship between poverty and informal work. Exploring the experiences of people in low-paid informal work, it contends that unless government seeks to include the informal economy in its strategies, it will never be able to reach its employment or anti-poverty targets. Free pdf version available at www.jrf.org.uk Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781861348920
ISBN
9781861348920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.70

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9789385932045
ISBN
9789385932045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Of paramount importance to the natural sciences, the principles of Darwinism, which involve variation, inheritance, and selection, are increasingly of interest to social scientists. This book reveals how the British naturalist's core concepts apply to a wide range of phenomena, including business practices, legal systems, technology, and science. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone, 4 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418. The Search for General Principles of Social and Economic Evolution. 304 pages, 1 halftone, 4 line drawings, 3 tables. Of paramount importance to the natural sciences, the principles of Darwinism, which involve variation, inheritance, and selection, are increasingly of interest to social scientists. This book reveals how the British naturalist's core concepts apply to a wide range of phenomena, including business practices, legal systems, technology, and science. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFF; KCM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005782
ISBN
9780226005782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Series: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745684680
ISBN
9780745684680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.19

Paperback. The International Politics of Whaling examines contemporary whaling issues with an emphasis on three factors: our knowledge of whales and current whale populations and the impact of whaling; the actors and institutions involved in the debate over whaling; and the ethical dimension. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; RNKH; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774806046
ISBN
9780774806046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639090
ISBN
9780816639090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Series: Globalization & Community Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 halftones, 4 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFA; JFSG; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639335
ISBN
9780816639335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. Series: Contemporary Social Issues. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781444335378
ISBN
9781444335378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.95

Hardback. In 2013, the United States suffered its worst terrorist bombing since 9/11 at the annual running of the Boston Marathon. When the culprits turned out to be U.S. residents of Chechen descent, Americans were shocked and confused. Why would members of an obscure Russian minority group consider America their enemy? Inferno in Chechnya is the first book Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 1KBB; HRAM9; JFFE; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611687378
ISBN
9781611687378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

hardcover. This is a collection of essays from leading public intellectuals that identifies major conceptual problems in the analysis of poverty and inequality and advances strategies for reducing poverty and inequality that are consistent with these new conceptual and methodological approaches. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kanbur, Ravi. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748421
ISBN
9780804748421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.65

paperback. Argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. This book treats the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 437 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520072022
ISBN
9780520072022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.15

paperback. Offers a glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. This book explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Random House Business
Condition
New
SKU
9781847941343
ISBN
9781847941343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.83

paperback. "This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective."-- Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; KCP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349310142
ISBN
9781349310142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

Paperback. The intent in this book is to removethe secrecy that surrounds incestuous abuse in white South Africa by presenting five in-depth personal accounts of sexual exploitation as told by the survivors. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE2; JFM; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
St. Martin's
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333642337
ISBN
9780333642337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.05
€ 51.84

Paperback. Wynne-Davies addresses the social and cultural context of the poem's production in the first feminist edition of these two tales. Also includes a line-by-line gloss and historical introduction. Series: Routledge English Texts. Num Pages: 218 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DCF; DSBB; DSC; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & London
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415001342
ISBN
9780415001342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

paperback. A rousing and inclusive call to arms for anyone who would identify themselves as 'English' to fight against the forces of globalization. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781846270420
ISBN
9781846270420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

hardcover. Why do legislators in Congress do what they do when it comes to voting on immigration policy? In The Politics of Immigration, Tom K. Wong argues that contemporary immigration politics is defined by three core features. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 10.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780190235307
ISBN
9780190235307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.68

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