Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This book provides an introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It is the first systematic appraisal of two central themes of his thought -- violence and civilization. Although Elias is best known for his theory of civilizing processes, this study highlights the crucial importance of the concept of decivilizing processes. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618791
- ISBN
- 9780745618791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.61
€ 25.61
Hardback. Societies often struggle to address crime and violence within families; as such behaviors are often unreported and even concealed. This multidisciplinary volume of CPFR addresses topics such as: child abuse, spousal violence, incarceration, family life and delinquency, intrafamily violence, and policy-related issues pertaining to family violence. Series Editor(s): Blair, Sampson Lee. Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBK; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785602634
- ISBN
- 9781785602634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.42
€ 171.42
Hardcover. Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships examines the lives of Afro-Brazilian lesbian women in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFE; JFSK1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498519
- ISBN
- 9781137498519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE. Dimension: 186 x 319 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634850780
- ISBN
- 9781634850780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.37€ 185.32
€ 251.37
€ 185.32
Paperback. Weber contributes to the ongoing scholarly discussion about Islam in the West, demonstrating how current thinking about gender violence prohibits the intellectual inquiry necessary to act against such violence, and analyzes ways in which Muslim women participate in the public sphere by thematizing violence in literature, art, and media. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBG; HBJD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435258
- ISBN
- 9781349435258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Hardcover. Weber contributes to the ongoing scholarly discussion about Islam in the West, demonstrating how current thinking about gender violence prohibits the intellectual inquiry necessary to act against such violence, and analyzes ways in which Muslim women participate in the public sphere by thematizing violence in literature, art, and media. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFE; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007087
- ISBN
- 9781137007087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565931329
- ISBN
- 9781565931329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Paperback. This study reviews two decades of research on mental disorder and presents empirical and theoretical work which aims to determine more accurate predictions of violent behaviour. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 334 pages, 7 line drawings, 35 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMAL; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534060
- ISBN
- 9780226534060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. Violence, with its profound and often long-term effects, is a key challenge for public mental health systems. This wide-ranging review of the mental health legacy left by violence addresses the issues as they affect states, communities and families. Editor(s): Lindert, Jutta; Levav, Itzhak. Num Pages: 438 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 665.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401778831
- ISBN
- 9789401778831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.81
€ 119.81
Hardback. Violence and Mental Health Editor(s): Lindert, Jutta; Levav, Itzhak. Num Pages: 423 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401789981
- ISBN
- 9789401789981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.20
€ 121.20
Hardback. Focuses on one of the world's major problems - violence and psychopathy. This book presents some of the key contributions made at the Fourth International Meeting on the Biology and Sociology of Violence held in November 1999. Editor(s): Raine, Adrian; Sanmartin, Jose. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306466694
- ISBN
- 9780306466694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.70
€ 181.70
Paperback.
This innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all connected. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653495
- ISBN
- 9780745653495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.40
€ 25.40
Hardback. This innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all connected. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653488
- ISBN
- 9780745653488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. Focusing on the effects of violence in internal conflicts after peace agreements have been signed, this book adopts a four-part analysis, examining in turn violence emanating from the state, from militants, from destabilized societies, and from the challenge of implementing a range of issues including demobilization, disarmament, and policing. Series: RIREC Project in Post-accord Peacebuilding S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025885
- ISBN
- 9780268025885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.49
€ 32.99
€ 31.49
Hardcover. Focusing on the effects of violence in internal conflicts after peace agreements have been signed, this book adopts a four-part analysis, examining in turn violence emanating from the state, from militants, from destabilized societies, and from the challenge of implementing a range of issues including demobilization, disarmament, and policing. Editor(s): Darby, John. Series: RIREC Project in Post-accord Peacebuilding S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025878
- ISBN
- 9780268025878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. Violence and injustice are two major political problems facing the world today. Offering a fresh, innovative analysis of the concept of violence, this book presents an original insight into the nature of injustice. Addressing three key questions, it forces us to rethink the scope and aims of a theory of social justice. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPS; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292. 232 pages, illustrations. Violence and injustice are two major political problems facing the world today. Offering a fresh, innovative analysis of the concept of violence, this book presents an original insight into the nature of injustice. Addressing three key questions, it forces us to rethink the scope and aims of a theory of social justice. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPS; JFF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230552968
- ISBN
- 9780230552968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback. A collection of essays that consider the ways in which violence shapes subjectivity and acts upon people's capacity to engage everyday life. It ventures into many areas of ongoing violence, asking how people live with themselves and others when perpetrators, victims, and witnesses all come from the same social space. Editor(s): Das, Veena; Kleinman, Arthur; Ramphele, Mamphela; Reynolds, Pamela. Num Pages: 389 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216082
- ISBN
- 9780520216082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.96
€ 38.99
€ 27.96
Paperback. Explores the impact of violent speech and physical violence. Editor(s): Aldama, Arturo J. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 440 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215598
- ISBN
- 9780253215598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. This volume explores violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities--as a collective act, a historical event, and an urban process. Editor(s): Fuccaro, Nelida. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797528
- ISBN
- 9780804797528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. This volume explores violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities--as a collective act, a historical event, and an urban process. Editor(s): Fuccaro, Nelida. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804795845
- ISBN
- 9780804795845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.39
€ 146.39