Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
Hardback. A guide to the experiences of economic reform since the second world war, and system reform and economic integration across the world in the past decade in the INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION series. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; KCB; KCF; KCM; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333698068
- ISBN
- 9780333698068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. When the United Nations sanctions a humanitarian relief operation, how can the numerous and diverse UN, Non-Governmental Organizations and military elements be co-ordinated? This volume provides practitioner perspectives on the question. Editor(s): Whitman, Jim; Pocock, David. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSR; JPSN1; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658529
- ISBN
- 9780333658529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.42
€ 193.42
Hardcover. Selected papers from the 4th World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990. This is a study of the more intractable problems of Soviet society. Editor(s): Joyce, Walter. Series: Harrowgate. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333553282
- ISBN
- 9780333553282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. An examination of the impact of victimization on those who are victimized, their response to the crimes and the services needed for crime victims. It looks at the traditional victims, women and children, as well as some usually neglected groups such as victims of abuse of power and state terrorism. Editor(s): Fattah, Ezzat A. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333407752
- ISBN
- 9780333407752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Hardcover. In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. Editor(s): Briquet, Jean-Louis; Favarel-Garrigues, Gilles. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVM; JPH; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394. The Hidden Face of Politics. Series: Sciences Po Series in Ir and PE. 272 pages. Editor(s): Briquet, Jean-Louis; Favarel-Garrigues, Gilles. In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JKVM; JPH; JPZ. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622869
- ISBN
- 9780230622869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book addresses the complex issue of incarceration of Latino/as and offers a comprehensive overview of such topics as deportations in historical context, a case study of latino/a resistance to prisons in the 70s, the issues of youth and and girls prisons, and the post incarceration experience. Editor(s): Oboler, Professor Suzanne. Num Pages: 308 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619241
- ISBN
- 9780230619241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardcover. In this volume, the authors present studies of the emerging pattern of socio-economic segregation in seven major cities of Latin America and, for inter-regional contrast, one in the United States. Editor(s): Roberts, Bryan R.; Wilson, Robert H. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609600
- ISBN
- 9780230609600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries -- focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards. Editor(s): Gibbon, Peter; Ponte, Stefano; Lazaro, Evelyne. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579514
- ISBN
- 9780230579514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Based on a decade of research by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, this volume includes material on inter-generational transmission, the importance of assets and vulnerability, and conflict, and new thinking about the close relationship between social exclusion and adverse incorporation. Editor(s): Shepherd, Andrew; Brunt, Julia. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579347
- ISBN
- 9780230579347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. This book sheds light on new research related to welfare state, child care policies, and small children's everyday lives in institutions in Europe. In uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives and historical and comparative approaches, the book explores institutionalization as a feature of the modern child's life. Editor(s): Kjorholt, Anne Trine; Qvortrup, Jens. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JNLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579323
- ISBN
- 9780230579323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This book explores the significance of food practices for childhood identities, from early babyhood to middle childhood and teenage years. It examines how children and families negotiate food and eating practices; what influence the media has on these; the role institutions play; and how far class and ethnicity shape the food that children eat. Editor(s): James, Allison; Kjorholt, Anne Trine; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 231 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFSP1; JHBK; JHBT; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575998
- ISBN
- 9780230575998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Bringing together new research, this book advances current theoretical understandings of punishment and control in society. It provides a critical analysis of institutions, punishment and the law, and explores the delivery of punishment and experience of incarceration in Western societies from the early-nineteenth century. Editor(s): Johnston, Helen. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKVP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549333
- ISBN
- 9780230549333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Drugs and Empires introduces new research that re-evaluates the relationship between intoxicants and empires in the modern world. It re-examines controversies about such issues as the Asian opium trade or the sale of alcohol in Africa and addresses new areas of research, including the impact of imperial drugs profits on American history. Editor(s): Mills, James; Barton, Patricia. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; JKVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516519
- ISBN
- 9780230516519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. Under the themes of Justice, Participation and Social Exclusion contributors explore and discuss the impact on those targeted or excluded by important public and social policies in European countries. Contexts, consequences and controversies current in the global North are uncovered highlighting the ethical implications for policy research. Editor(s): Petrie, Stephanie. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSC; JKS; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390829
- ISBN
- 9780230390829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and responsiveness to patients and workers. Editor(s): Pavolini, Emmanuele; Guillen, Ana M. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; KCQ; KCR; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369610
- ISBN
- 9780230369610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. The EU has long been seen as confederation that has failed to assert itself effectively on the international stage. In this collection, a series of experts discuss how the EU has shed its reputation as a weak international actor in light of its policies on police cooperation and intelligence-sharing as part of the global effort to combat terrorism Editor(s): Kaunert, Christian; Leonard, Sarah. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; JPH; JPS; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361812
- ISBN
- 9780230361812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With multicultural incorporation as an option, the authors explore the potential impact of the politics of identity in societies with social democratic welfare states committed to redistributive politics. Editor(s): Kivisto, Peter; Wahlbeck, Osten. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFFN; JFSL1; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360198
- ISBN
- 9780230360198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardcover. This collection examines the subject of identification and surveillance from 16th C English parish registers to 21st C DNA databases. The contributors, who range from historians to legal specialists, provide an insight into the historical development behind such issues as biometric identification, immigration control and personal data use. Editor(s): About, Ilsen; Brown, James; Lonergan, Gayle. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKVF1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354388
- ISBN
- 9780230354388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Hardcover. This book aims to tackle the issues that are central to understanding and addressing one of the most important employment policy problems facing governments in the UK and beyond: the high number of people of working age claiming 'disability' or 'incapacity' benefits. Editor(s): Lindsay, Colin; Houston, Donald. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB; KCFM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230349940
- ISBN
- 9780230349940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Drawing on data from across Europe and the US, this book comparatively analyzes the current state of minimum income protection policies and explores the prospects for their improvement. Editor(s): Marx, Ive; Nelson, Kenneth. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 360 pages, 55 figures, 35 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348134
- ISBN
- 9780230348134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70