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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Freiner defines a new understanding of nationalism, with a focus on the ways in which the Japanese state has utilized Confucian philosophy to create a Japanese national identity and on the impact of this on women. She examines the key policy areas of education and social security alongside the roles that women have played in these initiatives. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFE3; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619289
- ISBN
- 9780230619289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. This workbook provides strategies to help those with ASD engage with people at home, school, work, and in the community. Using a restaurant menu as a template, it guides readers through each step of a conversation, and encourages students to think through their responses and consider the consequences of what they say and how others might react. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNS; MMZL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849058612
- ISBN
- 9781849058612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. David Brooks weaves a vast array of new research into the lives of two fictional characters, revealing a fundamental new understanding of human nature. He outlines a new definition of success, highlighting what economists call non-cognitive skills - those hidden qualities that can't be easily measured, but which lead to happiness and fulfilment. Num Pages: 549 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 44. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720371
- ISBN
- 9781780720371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Editor(s): David, Bruno; Barker, Bryce; McNiven, Ian J. Num Pages: 384 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855754990
- ISBN
- 9780855754990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. In this study the social construction of dementia is examined closely for the first time. Nancy Harding and Colin Palfrey show how Western society sees dementia as a disease, rather than a natural part of the ageing process. They take issue with the constructed view of the body as a machine, whose parts 'break down' and need replacement. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN; JMM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022579
- ISBN
- 9781853022579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Hardcover. Editor(s): Harzig, Christiane; Juteau, Danielle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813756
- ISBN
- 9781571813756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.93
€ 174.93
Paperback. Though the composition of the populace of industrial nations has changed dramatically since the 1950s, public discourse and scholarship, however, often remain welded to traditional concepts of national cultures. Far from being an external factor of society, this volume shows how diversity has become an integral part of people's lives. Editor(s): Harzig, Christiane; Juteau, Danielle; Schmitt, Irina. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813763
- ISBN
- 9781571813763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 23.19
€ 36.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. Offers an account of the role of knowledge in society aimed to stimulate both discussion and investigations. This book presents an analysis of knowledge in everyday life in the context of a theory of society as a dialectical process between objective and subjective reality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140135480
- ISBN
- 9780140135480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.93
€ 14.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. * Contemporary advanced societies. * Informed by extensive fieldwork, including interviews with mayors, judges, police officers, community leaders and grass--roots organizations. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JFFA; JFFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205210
- ISBN
- 9780631205210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
The Social Development of Leadership and Knowledge: A Reflexive Inquir...
Warwick, Robert, Board, Douglas
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137005502
- ISBN
- 9781137005502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. The dominant view of resilience is as something individuals possess rather than as a process that can be facilitated. This book provides evidence for the ecological understanding of resilience in ways that help resolve both definition and measurement problems. Editor(s): Ungar, Michael. Num Pages: 463 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461405856
- ISBN
- 9781461405856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.43
€ 198.43
Hardcover. The book explains how social outcomes result from the influence of economic ideas which are themselves strongly impacted by the distribution of power in society. The book examines policies and programs of contending interests, emphasizing the importance of socio-economic issues stemming from quasi-economic stagnation. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497888
- ISBN
- 9781137497888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. Some countries, like the UK, give special recognition by the state to one or a few religions; other countries, like France and the US, give recognition to none. This book is about a new approach that gives equal recognition to all religions and non-religious belief systems. Editor(s): Carling, Alan. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- SKU
- V9781137501943
- ISBN
- 9781137501943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.28€ 46.84
€ 129.28
€ 46.84
Paperback. A personal interpretation of the impact of the Chernobyl disaster both in the Soviet Union and the West, examining the environmental consequences, Soviet media coverage, reconstruction of life in the disaster zone (including the city built for Chernobyl workers) and safety changes in the industry. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFFC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333481981
- ISBN
- 9780333481981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. This book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema while championing the literary critical practice of close reading to show how literature reflects, promotes, and contests pervasive sociocultural ideas like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797023
- ISBN
- 9780804797023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFC; JFSJ; JHMC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349414338
- ISBN
- 9781349414338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardback. This work challenges contemporary thinking on memory by examining the complex ways in which the social inheritance of the Nazi Holocaust is gendered. It considers how the past is handed down in the US, Poland and Britain through means such as historiography, autobiographies, films and museums. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JFSJ; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333761472
- ISBN
- 9780333761472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. The rapid increase in adoption of modern 'connective' technologies like the mobile phone has reshaped the social landscape of Africa. This book examines the myriad possibilities that the post-global moment offers African societies to develop and to relate, offering profound new insights into the processes of globalization. Editor(s): Bruijn, Mirjam de; Dijk, Ria van. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447497
- ISBN
- 9781349447497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This book traces the transformation of opium from medicine to narcotic over a period of five hundred years. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 b/w illus. 2 maps 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521608565
- ISBN
- 9780521608565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Hardback. A rich and sophisticated ethnography of a stateless indigenous society and its complex and troubling relations with its natural environment and the Soviet state that dominated it. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FCS; GTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734622
- ISBN
- 9780804734622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. Gives you the tools to make a difference to your organisation's social media strategy development and delivery going forward. This title offers an educational programme written for experienced social media professionals. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119963233
- ISBN
- 9781119963233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.34
€ 21.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. Celebrates the fluid media landscape and its possibilities Editor(s): Mandiberg, Michael. Num Pages: 299 pages, 11 b&w illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764060
- ISBN
- 9780814764060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world. Editor(s): Goodwin, Jeff; Jasper, James M. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118729793
- ISBN
- 9781118729793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.50
€ 38.99
€ 38.50
Hardcover. Offers educators, counselors, and clinicians a handbook for understanding and implementing an alternative to traditional methods for preventing substance abuse among young people. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JMP; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 183 x 29. Weight in Grams: 737.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787964597
- ISBN
- 9780787964597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.99
€ 76.99