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Society & culture: general
The African Diaspora Population in Britain. Migrant Identities and Exp...
Aspinall, Peter J.; Chinouya, Martha J.
Hardback. This book focuses on the 'Black African' diaspora population living in Britain, including history of settlement, migration patterns, and where Black Africans currently live. It provides an analysis of areas where Black Africans face disadvantage, including labour market participation, housing, and health and social care. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456533
- ISBN
- 9781137456533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
paperback. This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex nature of such identities, and the rise of other identity strands which are now challenging race and ethnicity as dominant and salient identities. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349324620
- ISBN
- 9781349324620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Includes "P.S.: insights, interviews & more," with Q & A with Aspen Matis, questions for discussion, and Aspen's Pacific Crest Trail playlist. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; JFFE2; JFSJ1; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062291073
- ISBN
- 9780062291073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.55
€ 21.99
€ 19.55
Hardcover. Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood examines the manifestations of blood and vampires in various texts and contexts. It seeks to connect, through blood, fictional to real-life vampires to trace similarities, differences and discontinuities. These movements will be seen to parallel changing notions about embodiment and identity in culture. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349224
- ISBN
- 9781137349224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349467846
- ISBN
- 9781349467846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Transit Migration: The Missing Link Between Emigration and Settlement ...
Aspasia Papadopoulou-Kourkoula
Hardcover. Challenging traditional approaches to migration, which puts migrants in narrow categories (legal and illegal, newcomer and settler), 'Transit Migration' shows that migrants and refugees live in transit for years, a stage in the migration course profoundly affecting destination countries and the migrants themselves. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555334
- ISBN
- 9780230555334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531132723
- ISBN
- 9783531132723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardback. The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management Series: Environmental Hazards Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 29 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFC; JKSR; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319094045
- ISBN
- 9783319094045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.49
€ 119.49
Hardcover. This book tackles unanswered questions on British Muslims and political participation: What makes religion a salient 'political' identity for young Muslims (over any other identity)? How do young British Muslims identify themselves and how does it relate to their political engagement? A fascinating insight into the lives of young British Muslims. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSR2; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302526
- ISBN
- 9781137302526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Paperback. A challenge to the liberal and traditional teachings about women in Islam that also calls for the equality and liberation of Muslim women as set out in the Qur'an. ENGLISH PEN supported. Translator(s): Cerrah, Myriam Francois. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HRHP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Kube Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847740823
- ISBN
- 9781847740823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. The expert essays in this volume deal with critically important topics concerning Islam and politics in both the pre-modern and modern periods, suchas the nature of government, the relationship between politics and theology, Shi'i conceptions of statecraft, notions of public duty, and the compatibility of Islam and democratic governance." Editor(s): Afsaruddin, Asma. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349297207
- ISBN
- 9781349297207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of organ transplantation in Turkey, based on the stories of kidney-transplant patients and physicians in Istanbul. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVG; GTB; JFFH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349129
- ISBN
- 9780822349129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Tughra Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597841153
- ISBN
- 9781597841153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.65
€ 30.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages, colour illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Tughra Books United States
- Number of pages
- 50
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597842495
- ISBN
- 9781597842495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Hardback. * Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time. * Offers critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non--Western cultures. * Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary. Editor(s): Askew, Kelly; Wilk, Richard R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220930
- ISBN
- 9780631220930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.12
€ 154.12
Islamicity Indices: The Seed for Change (Political Economy of Islam)
Askari, Hossein, Mohammadkhan, Hossein
Hardcover. The extent of Islamicity, or what Islam demands, is measured to confirm that self-declared Muslim countries have not adopted foundational Islamic teachings for rule-compliant Muslim communities. Western countries, on the other hand, are demonstrated to have better implemented fundamental Islamic teachings for a thriving society. Series: Political Economy of Islam. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JFSR2; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137587695
- ISBN
- 9781137587695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Challenges in Economic and Financial Policy Formulation: An Islamic Pe...
Askari, Hossein, Iqbal, Zamir, Mirakhor, Abba...
Hardcover. Challenges in Economic and Financial Policy Formulation provides an introductory, yet comprehensive, treatment of macroeconomic policies and their implementation in an Islamic-designed economic system. Series: Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390455
- ISBN
- 9781137390455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback / so. Series: Beitr GE Zur Regional- Und Migrationsforschung. Num Pages: 295 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531168753
- ISBN
- 9783531168753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. Editor(s): Michailidou, Asimina. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 354 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137598899
- ISBN
- 9781137598899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.26
€ 140.26
Paperback. What is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Drawing on more than sixty interviews with two decidedly different populations - the blind and the transgendered, this title answers provocative questions about the relationships between sex differences, biology, and visual perception. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMG; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023632
- ISBN
- 9780226023632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.37
€ 33.99
€ 26.37
Inequality, Poverty, Education: A Political Economy of School Exclusio...
Ashurst, Francesca, Venn, Couze
Hardcover. This book challenges the practice of exclusion by uncovering its roots in 19th century social and educational policy targeting poor children. Revealing a hidden history of exclusion, this analysis exposes the connections between the state, the education system and social policy, and opens a space for radical alternatives. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSP1; JNAM; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347008
- ISBN
- 9781137347008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HRCC96; HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274543
- ISBN
- 9780823274543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.88
€ 113.88
Paperback. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HRCC96; HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274550
- ISBN
- 9780823274550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Based on extensive studies into child welfare services, this important book brings together research into what works in service provision for minority ethnic families. Reviewing studies of the nature and adequacy of the services provided, and the outcomes for the children and their families, this book provides guidance for policy and practice. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102694
- ISBN
- 9781843102694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.38
€ 44.38