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Hardcover. Radio s influence can be found in almost every corner of new media. Radio in the Digital Age assesses a medium that has not only survived the challenges of a new technological age but indeed has extended its reach. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661964
- ISBN
- 9780745661964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. Translated by Carl Ipsen. This short book provides a succinct and masterly overview of the history of migration, from the earliest movements of human beings out of Africa into Asia and Europe to the present day, exploring along the way those factors that contribute to the successes and failures of migratory groups. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661865
- ISBN
- 9780745661865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Paperback. Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661735
- ISBN
- 9780745661735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
Hardcover. Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661728
- ISBN
- 9780745661728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. The Politics of Global Supply Chains analyses the changing politics of power and distribution within contemporary global supply chains. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JP; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661711
- ISBN
- 9780745661711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. The most significant philosopher of Being, Martin Heidegger has nevertheless largely been ignored within communications studies. This book sets the record straight by demonstrating the profound implications of his unique philosophical project for our understanding of today s mediascape. Series: Theory and Media. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661261
- ISBN
- 9780745661261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
Hardcover. * New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice s outstanding academic title award. * Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661155
- ISBN
- 9780745661155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. In this lucid and intelligent guide, John Nerone traces the history of the media in public life. His unconventional account decenters professional journalism from its central role in providing information to the people and reconceives it as part of a broader set of media practices that work together to represent the public. Series: New Directions in Media History - Polity. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660202
- ISBN
- 9780745660202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Hardcover. * A groundbreaking new study by a leading scholar on the history of the Jews and the process by which they became a diaspora people. * Wide-ranging in scope, from the expulsion of Jews from their ancestral homeland in the Ancient world to the 'Final Solution' and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660165
- ISBN
- 9780745660165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745659763
- ISBN
- 9780745659763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.98
€ 21.98
Paperback. It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655079
- ISBN
- 9780745655079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
Hardcover. It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655062
- ISBN
- 9780745655062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45
Hardcover. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654409
- ISBN
- 9780745654409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Paperback. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654201
- ISBN
- 9780745654201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Hardcover. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654195
- ISBN
- 9780745654195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. The telegraph, telephone, and television, not to mention the Internet and mobile telephony, are all forms of communication that move information faster than the speed at which objects move. Both labor and capital and armies and commodities once moved at the same speed as the information organizing them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653983
- ISBN
- 9780745653983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. * This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653976
- ISBN
- 9780745653976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
Hardcover. * This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653969
- ISBN
- 9780745653969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Paperback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653938
- ISBN
- 9780745653938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Hardback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653921
- ISBN
- 9780745653921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. On 10 September 2008, amid much fanfare, the Great Collider run by CERN in Geneva was turned on. The Collider was supposed to fire protons around a seventeen-mile loop of tunnels, causing them to crash into one another at close to the speed of light and break into even tinier particles. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653884
- ISBN
- 9780745653884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653839
- ISBN
- 9780745653839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.94
€ 25.94
Hardback. Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653822
- ISBN
- 9780745653822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. Arguably the most prolific and most widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek has made indelible interventions into many disciplines of the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Series: Theory Now. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653716
- ISBN
- 9780745653716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49