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Paperback. Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in large-scale land deals, often from public lands to the hands of foreign or domestic investors. This collection provides new empirical and theoretical analyses of the relationships between global land grabs and processes of government and governance. Editor(s): Wolford, Wendy; Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Hall, Ruth; Scoones, Ian; White, Ben. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118688267
- ISBN
- 9781118688267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.60
€ 29.60
Paperback. This on-the-ground account of a celebrated Brazilian agrarian movement highlights the contingent nature of social movements and political identities more broadly. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 photos, 13 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345398
- ISBN
- 9780822345398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.60
€ 36.99
€ 27.60
paperback. Following her successful book "A New Modernity?", in this volume Wendy Wheeler gathers together essays which explore the complex nature of the contemporary "self", which - as she argues - is the starting point for politics. Editor(s): Wheeler, Wendy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853159148
- ISBN
- 9780853159148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.69
€ 20.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Arguing that humans are, in a fundamental sense, social beings, this book articulates that this can be grasped from understanding the complex social processes of evolution. It shows that through looking at the complex emergence of human society and culture, we can get a better understanding of how 'the whole creature' operates. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238. Complexity, Biosemiotics and the Evolution of Culture. 174 pages, black & white illustrations. Arguing that humans are, in a fundamental sense, social beings, this book articulates that this can be grasped from understanding the complex social processes of evolution. It shows that through looking at the complex emergence of human society and culture, we can get a better understanding of how 'the whole creature' operates. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight: 238.
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
- Number of pages
- 174
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905007301
- ISBN
- 9781905007301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.66
€ 24.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816644926
- ISBN
- 9780816644926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. This work highlights the high rates of delinquency and academic failure among new Asian Americans, and reveals shortcomings in the way schools educate "language minority" students. The author offers suggestions for ways in which schools might do a better job of educating all students. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JNA; JNK; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787901226
- ISBN
- 9780787901226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. Get the most out of Exploring Leadership. This workbook offers students an avenue for deeply applying the content of Exploring Leadership, Third Edition in their efforts to develop their leadership skills. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118399507
- ISBN
- 9781118399507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.00
€ 21.00
Paperback. Comparing the co-teaching relationship to a marriage, this resource offers a lighthearted yet comprehensive perspective on setting up, conducting, and maintaining a successful co-teaching partnership. Num Pages: 288 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JNLC; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412968058
- ISBN
- 9781412968058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.58
€ 58.58
paperback. Dealing directly and exclusively with the issue of older workers, this book brings together up-to-the minute research findings by many of the leading researchers and writers in the field exploring key issues that will influence public policy in the UK and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424181
- ISBN
- 9781847424181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.98
€ 40.99
€ 38.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCV; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587433559
- ISBN
- 9781587433559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 102 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780789014689
- ISBN
- 9780789014689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.41€ 44.86
€ 123.41
€ 44.86
Paperback. * A highly accessible introductory textbook which provides the most up to date and comprehensive analysis of women in contemporary politics available today. * Examines women as participants in the political process as members of parliament, leaders, Cabinet members, electoral candidates and political activists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624990
- ISBN
- 9780745624990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Hardback. * A highly accessible introductory textbook which provides the most up to date and comprehensive analysis of women in contemporary politics available today. * Examines women as participants in the political process as members of parliament, leaders, Cabinet members, electoral candidates and political activists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624983
- ISBN
- 9780745624983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772196
- ISBN
- 9780226772196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.86
€ 36.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772240
- ISBN
- 9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Meeting the needs of trainee teachers and Higher Level Teaching Assistants, this book provides an introduction to key issues. It covers: self-assessment of your own attitudes towards SEN issues; legal definitions and current legislation and guidance; and, identification, assessment and support for children with SENs across the key stages. Series: David Fulton / Nasen. Num Pages: 136 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 297 x 8. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415567718
- ISBN
- 9780415567718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.36
€ 46.36
Paperback. Revised and updated, this fifteenth anniversary edition reignites Shalit's claim that we have lost our respect for an essential virtue: modesty. Num Pages: 368 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476756653
- ISBN
- 9781476756653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.89
€ 19.99
€ 17.89
This insightful study of traditional Mexican clothing is based on authentic dolls made by folk artists in Mexico. With over 550 color photographs, it is a beautiful and comprehensive review that relates customs, language, music, and folk arts to a blendin Num Pages: 224 pages, 370 color photos. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA; WFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328879
- ISBN
- 9780764328879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.91
€ 43.99
€ 39.91
Hardback. This groundbreaking book brings the study of whiteness and postcolonial perspectives to bear on debates about urban change. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129138
- ISBN
- 9781405129138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- World Council of Churches (WCC Publications)
- Number of pages
- 145
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- KNW0010741
- ISBN
- 9782825411391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99