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Society & culture: general

Paperback. New Labour has concentrated many of its social policy initiatives in reinvigorating the family, community and work. But just how 'new' are the ideas driving policy and practice? This book shows how New Labour has drawn on the ideas and premises of functionalism, which dominated British and American sociological thought from the 1940s to the 1960s. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861344595
ISBN
9781861344595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSL3; WSBB; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816639458
ISBN
9780816639458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with parents and teens, this title offers an intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in the United States and the Netherlands negotiate love, lust, and growing up. It provides a probing analysis of the way family culture shapes not just sex but also alcohol consumption and parent-teen relationships. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226736198
ISBN
9780226736198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Hardback. Drawing on interviews with parents and teens, this title offers an intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in the United States and the Netherlands negotiate love, lust, and growing up. It provides a probing analysis of the way family culture shapes not just sex but also alcohol consumption and parent-teen relationships. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226736181
ISBN
9780226736181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.14
€ 88.84

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Monday Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906308100
ISBN
9781906308100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined, that have experienced unspeakable horror, unrelenting loyalty and unforgettable courage. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0245351
ISBN
9780007248070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. Series: Schule Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 255 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810037527
ISBN
9783810037527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.43

Paperback. A voice for change, for equality, for people who have no voice. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DNJ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 28 x 135 x 216. Weight in Grams: 416. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KAK0007209
ISBN
9780340993156
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 219 x 10. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892727797
ISBN
9780892727797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571063130
ISBN
9780571063130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474435
ISBN
9781611474435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.57

Paperback. A theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism and colonialism. The analysis is supplemented by interviews conducted over a ten-year period with disability-rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe and the USA. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224810
ISBN
9780520224810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

paperback. An analysis of how women in the United States perceive the threat of crime in their everyday lives and how that perception controls their behavior. It shows that race and class position play a role in a woman's sense of vulnerability. It argues that fear itself is a strong element in keeping women in subservient and self-limiting social positions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208551
ISBN
9780520208551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.65

Paperback. Through films that alternate between containment, order, and symmetry on the one hand, and obsession, explosiveness, and a lack of control on the other, Chantal Akerman has gained a reputation as one of the most significant filmmakers working today. This title presents the study of this influential avant-garde Belgian filmmaker. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317234
ISBN
9780822317234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJH; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
1st
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763539586
ISBN
9788763539586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.09
€ 40.27

Paperback. In September 19, 1985, a powerful earthquake hit Mexico City in the early morning hours. Written by a Mexican journalist, this book chronicles the disintegration of the city's physical and social structure, the widespread grassroots organizing against government corruption and incompetence, and the reliency of the human spirit. Series: Voices of Latin American Life Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393454
ISBN
9781566393454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 B&W halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199225866
ISBN
9780199225866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. Presents a framework for understanding the ways in which the salient identities of gender, class position, race, sexuality, and other demographic characteristics function simultaneously to produce the outcomes we observe in the lives of individuals as integral forces in the maintenance of family. Editor(s): Kohlman, Marla H.; Krieg, Dana B.; Dickerson, Bette J. Series Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781905357
ISBN
9781781905357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFCA; JFSJ1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062415837
ISBN
9780062415837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226791319
ISBN
9780226791319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

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