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Society & culture: general
Paperback. From Syria to Somalia, from Libya to Indonesia, from Yemen to the capitals of Europe, Islamic militancy appears stronger, more widespread and more threatening than ever. ISIS and groups such as Boko Haram, together command significant military power, rule millions and control extensive territories. This is a guide to Islamic militancy today. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSR2; JPSL; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784701475
- ISBN
- 9781784701475
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.08
€ 12.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. The aborted coup in Turkey has fired up interest in a country which will play a critical geopolitical role in the wars of the Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JMG; BGH; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538262
- ISBN
- 9781784538262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.47
€ 52.99
€ 37.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Harvest House Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736915953
- ISBN
- 9780736915953
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. This student text introduces the main themes and issues of social policy. By examining a variety of social topics, such as leisure, work, media and information technology, the book explores the nature of inequality and the impact of social policy. It then considers the future for social policy. Num Pages: 280 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631178620
- ISBN
- 9780631178620
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Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. Geoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes and challenges well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFSC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 239 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447310655
- ISBN
- 9781447310655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.39
€ 35.99
€ 35.39
Hardcover. This volume addresses issues of precariousness in a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, looking at socio-economic transformations as well as the identity formation and political organizing of precarious people. The collection bridges empirical research with social theory to problematize and analyse the precariat. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella; Hanninen, Sakari; Silvasti, Tiina. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JFSC; JHBA; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509338
- ISBN
- 9781137509338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
Paperback. The New Silk Road Diplomacy traces how China, faced with internal and external challenges to its authority following the collapse of the Soviet Union, constructed a gradualist approach to Central Asia that prioritized multilateral diplomacy. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSL3; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816939
- ISBN
- 9780774816939
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.70
€ 40.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. Using data from the Integration of the Second Generation in Europe survey, this timely study focuses on the second generation of immigrants from Turkey and former Yugoslavia in Switzerland. Series: IMISCOE Research. Num Pages: 314 pages, 0 black and white; 6 full color. BIC Classification: 1DFH; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648433
- ISBN
- 9789089648433
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Condition: New
€ 52.83€ 10.30
€ 52.83
€ 10.30
Hardcover. In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Series: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684680
- ISBN
- 9780745684680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Series: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684697
- ISBN
- 9780745684697
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Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. This text presents the work of cultural theorists and philosophers of new media, together with the perspectives of artists experimenting with different interactive models critically examining their own practice. The book proposes the use of new critical tools for discussing new media forms. Editor(s): Rieser, Martin; Zapp, Andrea. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 267
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851708645
- ISBN
- 9780851708645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.81€ 48.70
€ 51.81
€ 48.70
Paperback. This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, from basic cell biology to social participation in later life, drawing on the pioneering New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, the UK's largest research programme in ageing. Editor(s): Walker, Alan. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447314677
- ISBN
- 9781447314677
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.17
€ 41.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. Series: Postcards from Scotland. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154. Charting Scotland's Inspirational Communities. Series: Postcards from Scotland. 128 pages, 0. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JF. Dimension: 206 x 146 x 9. Weight: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Argyll Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908931078
- ISBN
- 9781908931078
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Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo
Paperback. This text is dedicated to the implications of the new regionalism for global security and development. The fourth volume in the five-volume "The New Regionalism Series", it features contributions from the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687147
- ISBN
- 9780333687147
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Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunke...
Hardback. This text is dedicated to the implications of the new regionalism for global security and development. The fourth volume in the five-volume "The New Regionalism Series", it features contributions from the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687130
- ISBN
- 9780333687130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Paperback. A deft and caustic takedown of the new prophets of profit, from Bill Gates to Oprah Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781688106
- ISBN
- 9781781688106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.73
€ 20.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731161
- ISBN
- 9780814731161
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Analyzing the profound changes in UK youth crime in the 1980s, this text posits the French Social Prevention Initiative of the 1980s as an alternative model for a genuinely "joined up", social democratic response to the increasingly complex problem of youth crime in Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP2; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333692011
- ISBN
- 9780333692011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538248
- ISBN
- 9781784538248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.91
€ 32.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226161631
- ISBN
- 9780226161631
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. Editor(s): Bramham, Peter; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216839
- ISBN
- 9780230216839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. Editor(s): Bramham, Peter; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216846
- ISBN
- 9780230216846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. The New Plantation examines the controversial relationship between Black athletes and predominantly White NCAA Division I Institutions, provides a conceptual framework for understanding the magnitude of the forces that harm many Black athletes, and calls for reform, collective accountability, and collective consciousness among Black male athletes. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JNFR; JNM; WSBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137035349
- ISBN
- 9781137035349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.93€ 58.34
€ 67.93
€ 58.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JNF; JNK; JNM; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615175
- ISBN
- 9780230615175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.57
€ 53.37
€ 47.57