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Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of issues of language manipulation, this book explores the interpretation stage of critical discourse analysis (CDA) for students in areas such as English language, media studies and applied linguistics, as well as practitioners in the field. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618286
ISBN
9780748618286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. The right of minority groups to define their culture and identity in their own terms is the central theme of this book. O'Hagan argues that a comprehensive definition of culture, and an awareness of all the issues involved, may enable practitioners to fulfil their statutory obligations more effectively. Num Pages: 288 pages, references. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JKSN; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027598
ISBN
9781853027598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. This book examines current theory, methods, and ethics underlying global trends in involving publics in the governance of new technologies. Editor(s): O'Doherty, Kieran; Einsiedel, Edna F. Num Pages: 712 pages, 18 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: JF; JPQB; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824613
ISBN
9780774824613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.19

Paperback. This wide-ranging collection of essays offers valuable insights into the cultural issues involved in the practical application of social work theories. Leading contributors explore the challenges faced by indigenous populations and ethnic minority groups, and offer valuable guidance on cross-cultural work. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, diagrams. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843102496
ISBN
9781843102496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Hardcover. O'Hagan explores the phenomenon of filicide, a deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. Examining over 120 cases of filicide in the UK, this book identifies relationship and family patterns in which situations may rapidly deteriorate, and children may become the ultimate weapon in disputes between partners. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 figures, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JKSB1; JKSN; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137024312
ISBN
9781137024312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.68

Paperback. This book offers a fresh analysis of the role of exemplary violence and its psychological impact. It considers the role emotions such as shame and disgust play in facilitating a climate of extreme brutality and what lessons we can learn from the case of Sierra Leone in understanding the atrocities of other contemporary conflicts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBJH; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044226
ISBN
9781849044226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. Schizophrenia was 20th century psychiatry's arch concept of madness. Yet for most of that century it was both problematic and contentious. This history explores schizophrenia's historic instability via themes such as symptoms, definition, classification and anti-psychiatry. In doing so, it opens up new ways of understanding 20th century madness. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JMP; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456809
ISBN
9781137456809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.00

Hardcover. This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement. Editor(s): McCartan, Kieran. Series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JKVQ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358127
ISBN
9781137358127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.20

Hardback. Explores how contemporary developments in political theory and neuropsychology can be used to explore the political implication of the relationship between conscious and nonconscious thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623860
ISBN
9780748623860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.86
€ 107.79

Hardback. Provides an analysis of neo-liberal political economics implemented in Ireland and the deleterious consequences of that model Series Editor(s): Kitchin, Rob. Series: Irish Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084829
ISBN
9780719084829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFHF; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846824234
ISBN
9781846824234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. As the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question. This title offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma, by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe and the United States. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 line drawings, 3 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JKS; MBP; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 185 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322377
ISBN
9780226322377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Hardback. A study of the social construction and the impression management of the public forms of worship of Catholicism and Anglicanism. The study is an effort to link sociology to theology in a way that serves to focus on an issue of social praxis. Num Pages: 422 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCC91; HRCM; HRCR; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333550793
ISBN
9780333550793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.05

Hardcover. Kieran Flanagan explores the link between visual culture and religion in terms of tales, memory and character. He draws out the sociological implications of handling the virtual and virtue in ways of seeing. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333998540
ISBN
9780333998540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

Hardback. This sociological study examines the issue of enchantment in terms of habitus and charisma. It attempts to supply theology with its own sociological self-understanding of religious belief and culture, but also to give to sociology a basis of theological reflexivity. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333651674
ISBN
9780333651674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.79

Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002654
ISBN
9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Australia
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780730312789
ISBN
9780730312789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.15

Paperback. Students' imaginations are often considered as something that might be engaged after the hard work of learning has been done. Countering such beliefs, Egan and Judson show that the imagination - one of the great workhorses of learning - can be used to make all learning and all teaching more effective. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JNK; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807757123
ISBN
9780807757123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.99

Paperback. In this book, award-wining educator Kieran Egan shows how we can transform the experience of schooling in K 12 classrooms and help students become more knowledgeable and more creative in their thinking. A child's journey through school begins when they are not yet literate and ends when they are capable of complex, abstract thinking. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLA; JNLB; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470928486
ISBN
9780470928486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. An eminently practical guide, "Teaching as Story Telling" shows teachers how to integrate imagination and reason into the curriculum when planning classes in social studies, language arts, mathematics, and science. Num Pages: 132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. 132 pages, Ill. An eminently practical guide, "Teaching as Story Telling" shows teachers how to integrate imagination and reason into the curriculum when planning classes in social studies, language arts, mathematics, and science. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JNT. Dimension: 206 x 134 x 14. Weight: 172.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
132
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226190327
ISBN
9780226190327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

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