Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
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
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Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639090
- ISBN
- 9780816639090
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Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.95
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
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
€ 113.26
€ 113.26
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
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.15
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.83
€ 15.99
€ 11.83
The Migration-Development Nexus. A Transnational Perspective.
Faist, Thomas; Fauser, Margit; Kivisto, Peter
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
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Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.17€ 51.69
€ 52.17
€ 51.69
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
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
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
€ 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
€ 174.90
€ 174.90
Paperback. An intriguing historical examination of China's widespread opium epidemic Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 drawing, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- First Softcover Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067688
- ISBN
- 9780472067688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384. The Modern World's Assault on the Imaginal Realm. 240 pages.
The constant force-feeding of too much information causes a reality overload that robs us of our living connection to time, the physical world, and each other. The degradation of the environment mirrors what is happening to us in our own imaginal realm, the home of our dreams, creativity, and individuality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFF. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594772443
- ISBN
- 9781594772443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.01
€ 24.99
€ 23.01
Hardcover. As life expectancy increases in India, the number of people living with dementia will also rise. Yet little is known about how people in India cope with dementia, how relationships and identities change through illness and loss. Series: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFH; MJND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383543
- ISBN
- 9781782383543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.57
€ 135.57
Paperback. In this work, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. Insightful and accessible, this book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing them in ways that reveal the realities of women's choice and agency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386229
- ISBN
- 9781137386229
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Condition: New
€ 53.34€ 52.77
€ 53.34
€ 52.77
paperback. From the moment we first open our homes - and our hearts - to a new pet, we know that one day we will have to watch this beloved animal age and die. This book makes a forceful case that our pets, and the love we bear them, deserve better. It asks - and answers - the toughest questions pet owners face. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBZ; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226151007
- ISBN
- 9780226151007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.17
€ 23.99
€ 19.17