Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This volume examines the complex nature and interplay of gender, careers and inequalities in the fields of medicine and medical education through interdisciplinary, comparative and critical perspectives. Scholars will bring insights from across disciplines of social sciences, including sociology, medical anthropology, psychology, and HRM. Series: International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1; JMJ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 330 x 319. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784416904
- ISBN
- 9781784416904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.88
€ 139.88
Hardback. Examines the authorial consciousness in the 15-year correspondence between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his fan, Marie-Anne de La Tour. This book also looks at the issues raised by De La Tour's project of creating a publishable "private" correspondence with a famous author. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSBD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838756522
- ISBN
- 9780838756522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.68
€ 123.68
Hardback. This book examines the conceptual underpinnings of authentic leadership to discover why so little attention has been paid to gender. The author explores the failure to interrogate the complexities surrounding the concept of authenticity, especially as it relates to the diversity of lived experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHL; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460431
- ISBN
- 9781137460431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992941
- ISBN
- 9781784992941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.02
€ 33.99
€ 33.02
Paperback. Janet Todd is one of the leading authorities on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century women writers. The author discusses women and issues of gender from the Restoration to Romanticism. She examines the complex connections between art and life as revealed by women authors. The author's previous books have sold well. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610559
- ISBN
- 9780745610559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Hardcover. Drawing on recent feminist discussions, this collection critically reassesses ideas about agency, exploring the relationship between agency and coercion in greater depth and across a range of disciplinary perspectives and ethical contexts. Editor(s): Madhok, Sumi; Phillips, Anne; Wilson, Kalpana. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300323
- ISBN
- 9780230300323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. Drawing on recent feminist discussions, this collection critically reassesses ideas about agency, exploring the relationship between agency and coercion in greater depth and across a range of disciplinary perspectives and ethical contexts. Editor(s): Phillips, A.; Wilson, K.; Hemmings, Clare; Madhok, Sumi. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336128
- ISBN
- 9781349336128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.73
€ 71.73
Hardcover. Gender is not a 'security issue', but it tells us a lot about how, why and when certain subjects are written as security concerns. Thirteen case studies on violent subjects, reason, and emotion demonstrate different ways in which we understand political violence, security, resistance, power, and agency, and how we make sense of gender. Editor(s): Hall, Linda A.; Shepherd, Laura J. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293908
- ISBN
- 9780230293908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. A challenge to the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles. Editor(s): Ni Leime, Aine; Street, Debra; Vickerstaff, Sarah; Krekula, Clary. Series: Ageing in a Global Context. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447325116
- ISBN
- 9781447325116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.87
€ 105.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Frazier, Lessie Jo; Hurtig, Janise; Solar, Rosario Montoya Del. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960405
- ISBN
- 9781403960405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Labor has acquired a re-emergent public relevance and shown that feminist theory must reconsider the relationship between labor and gender. This book builds a theoretically-informed politics about changes in the gendered structure of labor by analyzing representations of how the symbolic power of gender is in the service of neoliberal practices. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137599469
- ISBN
- 9781137599469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Hardcover. Labor has acquired a re-emergent public relevance and shown that feminist theory must reconsider the relationship between labor and gender. This book builds a theoretically-informed politics about changes in the gendered structure of labor by analyzing representations of how the symbolic power of gender is in the service of neoliberal practices. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381194
- ISBN
- 9781137381194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479603
- ISBN
- 9781349479603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. Gendered Violence: A Cultural Perspective challenges readers to confront gender violence as a social problem deeply embedded in inequalities of class, race, and nation as well as gender. It offers a highly readable and clear overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and its history as a public issue. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Introduction to Engaged Anthropology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223597
- ISBN
- 9780631223597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
Hardback. Gendered Violence: A Cultural Perspective challenges readers to confront gender violence as a social problem deeply embedded in inequalities of class, race, and nation as well as gender. It offers a highly readable and clear overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and its history as a public issue. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Introduction to Engaged Anthropology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223580
- ISBN
- 9780631223580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.41
€ 111.41
Paperback. From the murder of schoolgirls in a rural Amish community to the widespread rape of women in the Sudan to sexual predators on the Internet, this volume explores the persistent, pervasive phenomenon of gendered violence in the United States and around the world. It also includes articles on sex trafficking, and masculinity and terrorism. Editor(s): O'Toole, Laura L.; Schiffman, Jessica; Edwards, Margie L. Kiter. Num Pages: 529 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762103
- ISBN
- 9780814762103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 24.65
€ 40.99
€ 24.65
Paperback. Just a few years ago, most Russian citizens did not recognize the notion of domestic violence or acknowledge that such a problem existed. Today, after years of local and international pressure to combat violence against women, things have changed dramatically. This title examines why and how this shift occurred. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220745
- ISBN
- 9780253220745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
hardcover. Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women. Yet this reign of terror against women not only occurs during exceptional moments of social collapse, but during peacetime too. As this powerful book argues, violence against women should be understood as a systemic problem - one for which the state must be held accountable. Editor(s): Sanford, Victoria; Stefatos, Katerina; Salvi, Cecilia M. Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs, 7 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576183
- ISBN
- 9780813576183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Hardback. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 220 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMG; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137603234
- ISBN
- 9781137603234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
paperback. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, this book questions the category 'woman' and continues in this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'. It considers gender as a reiterated social "performance" rather than the expression of a prior reality. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415389556
- ISBN
- 9780415389556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93