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Society & culture: general

Paperback. The number of children entering the child protection system has risen dramatically over the years with implications for children's services and partner agencies. This looks at the impact of the "Munro Review" (2011) on child protection and the Government's response. Editor(s): Blyth, Maggie; Solomon, Enver. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447304906
ISBN
9781447304906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Three years after the publication of the influential Munro Report (2011) this important publication draws together a range of experts working in the field of child protection to critically examine what impact the reforms have had on multi agency child protection systems in this country, at both local and national level. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447315667
ISBN
9781447315667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.42

Paperback. Draws on the story of two African American combat divisions as they experienced military service during World War II. This work provides a historical account which is built around personal interviews and correspondence with participants, National Archive research, as well as military archive materials. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742548053
ISBN
9780742548053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.33

Paperback. How well do you know the Bible? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340980040
ISBN
9780340980040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jagiellonian University Press Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
236
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9788323336273
ISBN
9788323336273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Hardback. This book presents case studies that focus on the scope and impact of Scandinavian colonial expansion in the North, Africa, Asia and America as well as within Scandinavia itself. Editor(s): Naum, Magdalena; Nordin, Jonas M. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 327 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: HD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461462019
ISBN
9781461462019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Magdalena, Marcella. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631174094
ISBN
9781631174094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.06
€ 58.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590339428
ISBN
9781590339428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.84
€ 168.80

Hardback. There has been rapid proliferation of public--private partnerships in areas of human rights, environmental protection and development in global governance. This book demonstrates how different forms of partnership legitimacy and accountability interact, and pinpoints trade-offs between democratic values in partnership operations. Editor(s): Bexell, Magdalena; Morth, Ulrika. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPHV; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230239067
ISBN
9780230239067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 163 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
United Kingdom
Edition
12
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9783322916488
ISBN
9783322916488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.90

Paperback. Offers an analytic framework to show how the process of candidate selection often limits the participation of women in various Latin American countries Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSJ1; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439908488
ISBN
9781439908488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

paperback. Editor(s): Hatschikjan, Magarditsch. Series: Grundlagen Fur Europa. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
2000th Edition
SKU
V9783810026880
ISBN
9783810026880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.51

Paperback. Societies around the world are changing rapidly, but are adolescents being prepared to be adults in the emerging global, high-tech world? This volume is the report of an international study group addressing this question. Editor(s): Larson, Reed W.; Brown, B. Bradford; Mortimer, Jeylan T. Series: Journal of Research on Adolescence. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235408
ISBN
9780631235408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Hardback. Including a historical inquiry into the status of Jewish poetry as a marginalized kind of writing, this work helps us think about the ways in which displacement, exile, mourning, gender, and prayer contribute to the shaping of the Jewish American imagination and its poetic production. Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734295
ISBN
9780804734295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.50

Paperback. This book, the second title in the Rethinking Community Development series, argues for the centrality of class analysis and its associated divisions of power to any discussion of the potential benefits of community development. Editor(s): Shaw, Mae; Mayo, Marjorie. Series: Rethinking Community Development. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447322467
ISBN
9781447322467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones. 3 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Foreword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160825
ISBN
9780691160825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. The author paints a picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch Jeu Dip (Joseph Tape) to both protest and profit from discrimination, and of the Tapes as the first of a new social type - middle-class Chinese Americans. Num Pages: 344 pages, 45 halftones. 2 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Expanded paperback edition with a New preface by
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155326
ISBN
9780691155326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. A finely tuned investigation of why the Tamils of Sri Lanka and of India took such divergent paths in their respective political evolution. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKS; HBJF; JFSL1; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044783
ISBN
9781849044783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFHC; JPH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Progressive Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781615771646
ISBN
9781615771646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Deals with the relationship between the material culture of humans, that is our technologies, arts and environments, and our mental worlds. Emphasising the close interdependence of mind and matter, this title focuses individuals with studies of different cultural contexts and processes in the evolutionary and historical past. Editor(s): Johannsen, Niels N.; Kahler Holst, Mads; Jensen, Helle Juel. Num Pages: 200 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779342170
ISBN
9788779342170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.34

Hardcover. Young working mothers are not the only ones who are struggling to balance family life and careers. Many middle-aged American women face this dilemma as they provide routine childcare for their grandchildren while pursuing careers and trying to make ends meet. This book provides a perspective on a phenomenon faced by millions of women in America. Num Pages: 293 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814729236
ISBN
9780814729236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.98

Paperback. Young working mothers are not the only ones who are struggling to balance family life and careers. Many middle-aged American women face this dilemma as they provide routine childcare for their grandchildren while pursuing careers and trying to make ends meet. This book provides a perspective on a phenomenon faced by millions of women in America. Num Pages: 293 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814729472
ISBN
9780814729472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Written for those coming to women's studies for the first time, this text explores and examines women's lives and women's experiences. It engages the reader in reflecting on their own history and those of other women, providing a conceptual language and theoretical framework with which to do so. Editor(s): Coates, Jennifer; Madoc-Jones, Beryl. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631192541
ISBN
9780631192541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.88

Paperback. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HPK; JFSJ; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349291229
ISBN
9781349291229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

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