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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today and what social policies help them to combine work and family life? Editor(s): Knijn, Trudie. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSP2; JHBK; JHBL; JKS; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300255
ISBN
9780230300255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097690
ISBN
9780719097690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 39.10

Hardback. This book examines issues affecting working women with families in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes a range of strategies for resolving work-family friction and includes policy recommendations as first steps toward remedying longstanding challenges. Editor(s): Mokomane, Zitha. Series: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319012360
ISBN
9783319012360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

paperback. Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts." Editor(s): Drobnic, Sonja; Guillen, A. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; JPB; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349330980
ISBN
9781349330980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardcover. Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts. Editor(s): Drobnic, Sonja; Guillen, Ana M.; Guillen Rodriguez, Ana. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHBL; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230289499
ISBN
9780230289499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403914965
ISBN
9781403914965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

paperback. In this title, Hakim presents a multi-disciplinary theory for explaining and predicting current and future patterns of women's choice between employment and family work. Preference theory is developed specifically to explain women's behaviour and choices. Num Pages: 356 pages, numerous tables and 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199242108
ISBN
9780199242108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.46

Paperback. Looks at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. This work explores the barriers of stigma in relation to political participation, and demonstrates how stigma can be effectively challenged and redirected. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127705
ISBN
9780691127705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. This workbook offers a comprehensive review of existing violence prevention programs, which can help schools evaluate their existing programs and select the right approach for them. Author Dr. Jared M. Scherz offers practical guidance on building a prevention paradigm that integrates into the existing mission and vision of a given school. Num Pages: 110 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFU; JNHB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 167.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Workbook
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475812428
ISBN
9781475812428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.97

paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670477
ISBN
9781583670477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.72

Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148009
ISBN
9780231148009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. Cultural understanding is indispensable in today's work environment, but few people have the necessary knowledge or training in this area. Working Across Cultures illustrates how to thrive in unfamiliar cultures by understanding and tapping into the stress management mechanism of the people who live there. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; KJK; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 32. Weight in Grams: 721.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748070
ISBN
9780804748070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.27

Paperback. Using an innovative, action research approach, Vickers explores the lives of women who work full time while caring for a child with significant chronic illness or disability. She demonstrates that such women can be disconnected from those around them, unsupported and overwhelmed with responsibility at home and work. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK; JHBL; JKS; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349546510
ISBN
9781349546510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Adolescent Lives S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 graphs, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016149
ISBN
9780674016149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.20

Hardback. Avram Taylor assesses the effect of credit on working-class communities and relates this to the debate about community. Based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, this book combines lively individual accounts with theoretical arguments. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSC; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333962329
ISBN
9780333962329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

paperback. This book offers a fresh look at Taiwan's state workers in from the postwar period to the present day and examines the rise and fall of labor insurgency in the past two decades. Challenging the conventional image of docile working class, it unearths a series of workers resistance, hidden and public, in a high authoritarian era. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFF; JHB; JHBL; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349487462
ISBN
9781349487462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Hardback. This book offers a fresh look at Taiwan's state workers in from the postwar period to the present day and examines the rise and fall of labor insurgency in the past two decades. Challenging the conventional image of docile working class, it unearths a series of workers resistance, hidden and public, in a high authoritarian era. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 figures, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSC; JHBL; JPWL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137404763
ISBN
9781137404763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. This is an original study of women self-identified as working-class and lesbian, showing the significance of class and sexuality in their biographies, everyday lives and identities. It provides insight, a critique of queer theory and an empirical interrogation of the embodied, spatial and material intersection of class and sexuality. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008717
ISBN
9780230008717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Based on a five-year study of 28 young, unmarried women working in Hong Kong, this study describes how Chinese families direct their daughters' earnings. It also explores the impact of industrialization upon families, particularly in the light of the 1997 transition to communist Chinese rule. Series: Morningside Books. Num Pages: 317 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102254
ISBN
9780231102254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

Paperback. Examines women's inclusion into and exclusion from positions of authority in Austria and Hungary in the latter half of the twentieth century. This book discusses the legacies of Austria's and Hungary's 'gender regimes' following the demise of state socialism and during the process of integration into the European Union. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVH; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822330905
ISBN
9780822330905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

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