Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardback. Drawing on analysis of the origins, occupations, literacy, and mobilization of emigrants recruited in the UK on behalf of colonial legislatures, this work demonstrates how a variety of factors combined to increase the opportunities for underemployed rural and domestic workers, from 1831 to 1860. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN; JHBL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333660492
- ISBN
- 9780333660492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.43
€ 68.43
The New Economic Model in Latin America and Its Impact on Income Distr...
Victor . Ed(S): Bulmer-Thomas
Paperback. This text explores the main features of the "new economic model" in Latin America and, through analysis of the reform process and case studies, examines its impact on income distribution and poverty. Editor(s): Bulmer-Thomas, Victor. Series: Latin American Studies Series. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFFA; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333662748
- ISBN
- 9780333662748
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Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
Paperback. This is a critique of the discipline of international relations from a feminist perspective. The critique is developed theoretically, with a view to developing an approach to world politics which incorporates an analysis of gender and gender relations. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 267.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333664803
- ISBN
- 9780333664803
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Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardcover. Eco-labelling is an increasingly popular way of meeting consumers' demands for environmental information about the products they purchase. This text examines the conceptual and practical issues, and discusses how eco-labelling can be made effective and equitable. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; KCLT; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 607.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665473
- ISBN
- 9780333665473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.44
€ 195.44
Paperback. Explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation. Editor(s): Campling, Jo; O'Mahony, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; HPQ; JFFR; JHBA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
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Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Hardcover. Drinking alcohol can be pleasurable and life enhancing. On the other hand, it can be associated with danger and risk. This book explores some of the implications of this dichotomy, which creates many policy and practice dilemmas, by an exploration of the place of drinking in women's lives. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665893
- ISBN
- 9780333665893
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Examines political, economic and social issues in the debate on the future of the European Union. The book addresses questions about areas such as: the role of the European Parliament and democratic control; the reform of the public sector; citizenship; and crime and criminal justice. Editor(s): Symes, Valerie. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JKS; JPHC; JPSN2; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333666005
- ISBN
- 9780333666005
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Condition: New
€ 195.10
€ 195.10
Paperback. This text investigates different notions of communitarianism and citizenship, and their application within a number of fields, in particular education, politics and social welfare. Editor(s): Demaine, Jack; Entwistle, Harold. Num Pages: 240 pages, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCX; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677445
- ISBN
- 9780333677445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardback. This text examines racial and ethnic discrimination in the labour markets and workplaces of western Europe. Contributors set out the experience and implications of this exclusion for two main groups: the established second and third generations of post war migrant descent, and the "new" migrants. Editor(s): Wrench, John; Rea, Andrea; Ouali, Nouria. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682791
- ISBN
- 9780333682791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. Some businesses started by immigrants have been incorporated into the European and American mainstream. Others stay on the economic fringes. The starting point of this book is that a proper understanding of these businesses is served by focusing on the embeddedness of immigrant businesses. Editor(s): Rath, Jan. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683149
- ISBN
- 9780333683149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. This text combines empirical data and theoretical discussion on women's representation in scientific education and employment. Comparisons are made between the UK, and the USA and France. The case is put for the scientific disciplines to be examined separately, both empirically and theoretically. Num Pages: 201 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683187
- ISBN
- 9780333683187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. "Haven or Hell?" brings together in a systematic manner three discrete areas of interest pertaining to refugees. Asylum is explored through the law in Europe, the harmonization of European policies and the broader factors affecting decisions on asylum. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333686928
- ISBN
- 9780333686928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
National Perspectives on the New Regionalism in the Third World
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunke...
Paperback. The third volume in "The New Regionalism Series", this text presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization, in order to offer a more concrete understanding of its dynamics. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687123
- ISBN
- 9780333687123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunke...
Hardback. This text is dedicated to the implications of the new regionalism for global security and development. The fourth volume in the five-volume "The New Regionalism Series", it features contributions from the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687130
- ISBN
- 9780333687130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo
Paperback. This text is dedicated to the implications of the new regionalism for global security and development. The fourth volume in the five-volume "The New Regionalism Series", it features contributions from the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687147
- ISBN
- 9780333687147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. This text provides theoretical insight and analysis of the power relations between women's activism, Islamist thought and the Egyptian state. Comtemporary feminist debates among women's NGOs are examined, and the different perceptions of gender roles among Islamist men and women are contrasted. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFFK; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333688175
- ISBN
- 9780333688175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Negotiating Citizenship: Migrant Women in Canada and the Global System
Stasiulis, Daiva K., Bakan, Abigail B.
Hardcover. This title explores the growing inequalities associated with nation-based citizenship from the perspective of migrant women workers who have made their way from impoverished Third World countries to work in Canada in the caregiving industries of domestic service and nursing. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689608
- ISBN
- 9780333689608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Hardback. An analysis of institutional dynamics which develops the argument that social policy development in Korea is not due to common exogenous factors such as international or union pressure but the desire of government to have itself legitimated. The book is part of the ST ANTHONY'S series. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JFF; JKS; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699270
- ISBN
- 9780333699270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Paperback. An exploration of the social space occupied by both gender and ethnicity, which uses examples ranging from Punjabi families in the UK and Surinamese migrants in Amsterdam, to Hindu and Muslim women and black nurses in Britain, the African and Asian diasporas, and gender identity in post-Soviet Latvia. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711125
- ISBN
- 9780333711125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.38
€ 71.38
Hardback. Investigating the perceptions of political actors towards EMU in Europe, this research is based on personal interviews in key organizations in Britain, France and Germany. It examines why actors perceived EMU to serve or frustrate their interests. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JFFS; JPSN2; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712009
- ISBN
- 9780333712009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.41
€ 194.41