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Paperback. This exploration of the work of nurses and other caregivers in nursing homes is set in the context of wider political, economic and cultural forces that influence, both positively and negatively, the quality of care for America's elderly. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JKSG; MBP; MQCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226144740
ISBN
9780226144740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Hardcover. Once heralded as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume examines Sweden's economic problems from a US perspective, exploring such diverse topics as income equalization, welfare and tax policy, wage determination and unemployment. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 488 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; HBLW3; JFF; JKS; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261782
ISBN
9780226261782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.31
€ 101.79

Hardcover. Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Bringing together leading economists, this book examines Sweden's policies in response to the mid-1990s crisis and the implications for the subsequent recovery. Editor(s): Freeman, Richard B.; Swedenborg, Birgitta; Topel, Robert H. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 352 pages, 75 line drawings, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261928
ISBN
9780226261928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.38
€ 97.12

Hardcover. Series: NBER-Conference Report. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB; JKSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 43. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226262574
ISBN
9780226262574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.80
€ 109.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, 15 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 186 x 33. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226266268
ISBN
9780226266268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40
€ 56.10

Paperback. There was a time when America's poor faced a stark choice between access to social welfare and full civil rights - a predicament that forced them to forfeit their citizenship in exchange for economic relief. Over time, however, our welfare system improved dramatically. This work demonstrates that its legacy of disenfranchisement persisted. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300771
ISBN
9780226300771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226302997
ISBN
9780226302997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. Focuses on the use and adaptive reuse of everyday buildings in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children. She introduces us to the women who were determined to mitigate the burdens placed on working-class families by an indifferent industrial capitalist economy. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 120 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMVD; JFSJ1; JKSB1; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311289
ISBN
9780226311289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.88

Paperback. As the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question. This title offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma, by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe and the United States. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 line drawings, 3 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JKS; MBP; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 185 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322377
ISBN
9780226322377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Politicians, citizens, and police agencies have long embraced community policing, hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. This book reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327310
ISBN
9780226327310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226352510
ISBN
9780226352510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.11

Paperback. This text offers a systematic examination of the origins, character, effects and prospects of generous welfare states in advanced industrial democracies in the post-World War II era. The authors demonstrate that prolonged government by different parties results in different welfare states. Num Pages: 426 pages, 28 tables. BIC Classification: JKS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226356471
ISBN
9780226356471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn - and thus narrowly prevented a devastating suicide bombing of the New York subway. This book tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work that went into it, and its unexpected aftermath. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKSW1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226360904
ISBN
9780226360904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB1; JKVP; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389813
ISBN
9780226389813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429656
ISBN
9780226429656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. In 2003, in the face of errors and accidents caused by medical and surgical trainees, the American Council of Graduate Medical Education mandated a reduction in resident work hours to eighty per week. This title takes up the apparent paradox of medical professionals resisting reforms designed to help them and their patients. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226430034
ISBN
9780226430034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. An interdisciplinary analysis that draws from interviews, official documents, and media reports to pursue different directions in the study of the cultural and cognitive aspects of political activism. This work aims to instigate a dialogue among students of culture, labor and social movements, welfare policy, and urban political economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 halftones, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JHBL; JKS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453668
ISBN
9780226453668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Investigates the impact of bureaucratic politics, special interest groups, and public opinion in aid-giving countries/agencies. This work finds that aid agencies in Africa often misdiagnosed problems and had difficulty designing appropriate programs that addressed the local political environment. Series: A Century Foundation Book. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 line drawing, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468396
ISBN
9780226468396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JKSR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470450
ISBN
9780226470450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. The Obama administration has been criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. This title argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the 'submerged state.' Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521657
ISBN
9780226521657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.33

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