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Society & culture: general

Paperback. As gender training is applied increasingly as a development solution to gender inequality, this book examines gender inequality in Pakistan's public sector and questions whether a singular focus on gender training is enough to achieve progress in a patriarchal institutional context. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JFSJ; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349490837
ISBN
9781349490837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Peterson, Helen S. Series: Crossroads of Knowledge. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319433066
ISBN
9783319433066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. Based on original empirical research, this book explores retributive and gender justice, the potentials and limits of agency, and the correlation of transitional justice and social change through case studies of current dynamics in post-violence countries such Rwanda, South Africa, Cambodia, East Timor, Columbia, Chile and Germany. Editor(s): Buckley-Zistel, Susanne; Stanley, Ruth. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230246225
ISBN
9780230246225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Paperback. Based on original empirical research, this book explores retributive and gender justice, the potentials and limits of agency, and the correlation of transitional justice and social change through case studies of current dynamics in post-violence countries such Rwanda, South Africa, Cambodia, East Timor, Columbia, Chile and Germany. Editor(s): Stanley, R.; Buckley-Zistel, Susanne. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JFSJ; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349319336
ISBN
9781349319336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319525327
ISBN
9783319525327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.59

Hardback. Why in 2015 are there still large gender differences in economic success? This volume consists of a set of state of the art research articles to answer this question. Focus areas include educational attainment, financial risk management, bargaining power, social mobility, and intergenerational transfers in the US and abroad. Editor(s): Polachek, Solomon W.; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785601415
ISBN
9781785601415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Ernst, Waltraud; Horwath, Ilona. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837624342
ISBN
9783837624342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.46

Hardcover. This volume charts the changing aspects of gender in Russia's cultural and social history from the late 17th century to the Stalinist era and the collapse of the Soviet Union. This work highlights femininity and masculinity in a culture that has undergone major change since the 17th century. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333720783
ISBN
9780333720783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.93

Paperback. aeo An accessible and wide--ranging guide to the key debates in gender political theory. aeo Focuses on four central debates--equality, justice, citizenship, and representation. aeo Clearly structured to provide an invaluable introduction to the subject for undergraduates. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615011
ISBN
9780745615011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.14

Paperback. "This is a translation from Italian .. Sex/gender: gli equivoci dell'uguaglianza. Torino: Giappichelli, 2011"--Title page verso. Series: SpringerBriefs in Law. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMG; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400749900
ISBN
9789400749900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Bankosegger, Karoline; Forster, Edgar J. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531152677
ISBN
9783531152677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.50

Paperback. Grouped into twenty-one thematic sections, this work offers theoretical introductions to the primary texts provided by the scholars who have taken the lead in pushing both modernism and gender in different directions. It provides an understanding of the complex intersections of gender with an array of social identifications. Editor(s): Scott, Bonnie Kime. Num Pages: 896 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 239 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
896
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252074189
ISBN
9780252074189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.08

Paperback. A book on the role of gender in international relations. Series: New Directions in World Politics. Num Pages: 180 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075398
ISBN
9780231075398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. In this social history of gender roles, the author examines change in the spheres of men and women, in family life and in public activity before and during the Industrial Revolution. He re-examines the view that women had greater economic and political opportunities in pre-industrial England. Series: Themes in British Social History. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pearson Education UK
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780582103153
ISBN
9780582103153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232443
ISBN
9780312232443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.17
€ 56.91

Paperback. This study explores the role of politically active Palestinian women in the Lebanese Resistance Movement. The author describes the types of work involved, the organizations these women have founded, and the changing nature of gender roles set against an intense and sustained crisis. Num Pages: 245 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1FBP; JFSJ1; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231074476
ISBN
9780231074476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Gender in Chinese Music draws together contributions from ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and literary scholars to explore how music is implicated in changing notions of masculinity, femininity, and genders "in between" in Chinese culture. Editor(s): Harris, Rachel; Pease, Rowan; Tan, Shzr Ee. Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies: Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 316 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AV; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465441
ISBN
9781580465441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.56

Paperback. Visit our website for sample chapters! Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761991168
ISBN
9780761991168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.05

hardcover. Reflects the various changes in the study of gender and archaeology. This title covers issues such as sexuality studies, the body, children, and feminist pedagogy. It also covers the roles of women and men in such areas as human origins, the sexual division of labor, kinship and other social structures, state development, and ideology. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759104952
ISBN
9780759104952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.67

Paperback. Examines some of the fundamental facets of gender as they intersect with the dynamics of social, political, and economic change in Cyprus, beginning with the earliest traces of human habitation on the island to the final phases of the Bronze Age. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 272 pages, figures, tables, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3B; HDD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759104303
ISBN
9780759104303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.17

Hardback. Examines some of the fundamental facets of gender as they intersect with the dynamics of social, political, and economic change in Cyprus, beginning with the earliest traces of human habitation on the island to the final phases of the Bronze Age. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 272 pages, figures, tables, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3B; HDD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759104297
ISBN
9780759104297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.87

Hardback. Brings the analysis of gender from the margin to the center of urban theory. This volume examines the influence of gender in shaping relations in urban spaces and places. It represents a "crack" in the landscape of urban sociology, and engages in the discourse of the field from a gendered perspective. Editor(s): DeSena, Judith N.; Hutchinson, Ray. Series: Research in Urban Sociology. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762314775
ISBN
9780762314775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.85

Paperback. Illuminates the various ways in which sex and gender are elaborated, obsessed over, and internalized, shaping subjective experiences common to entire cultural regions, and beyond. Through comparison of the life ways of Melanesia and Amazonia, this work expands the study of gender and the comparative method in anthropology. Editor(s): Gregor, Thomas; Tuzin, Donald F. Num Pages: 402 pages, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228528
ISBN
9780520228528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Hardback. Gender in Agriculture Editor(s): Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Raney, Terri L.; Croppenstedt, Andre; Behrman, Julia; Behrman, Julia A.; Peterman, Amber. Num Pages: 444 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCM; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401786157
ISBN
9789401786157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.77

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