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Paperback. Over the years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that kinship should play a larger role in the welfare state. This title examines the fundamental questions about such kinship ties and seeks to understand how and why family members help each other and in what circumstances they might withhold their aid. Editor(s): Grandits, Hannes. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593389615
- ISBN
- 9783593389615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.60
€ 72.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429001
- ISBN
- 9781847429001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.54
€ 50.54
Paperback. Analyses and evaluates nomination processes in four Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway - as instruments of democracy. This book compares institutions, procedures and unwritten norms. It addresses questions about the citizens' ability to influence the nomination processes. Editor(s): Narud, Hanne Marthe; Pedersen, Mogens N.; Valens, Henry. Num Pages: 254 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 1DND; 1DNF; 1DNN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778386922
- ISBN
- 9788778386922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.39
€ 37.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. Considering that having a quality teacher is the foremost in-school predictor of students' success, ensuring teacher excellence is vital to the nation's educational system. In Creating a New Teaching Profession, diverse scholars assess the state of human capital development in the teaching profession today and how to progress. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Urban Institute Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877667629
- ISBN
- 9780877667629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.04
€ 59.04
paperback. Hannan and Freeman examine the ecology of organizations by exploring the competition for resources and by trying to account for rates of entry and exit and for the diversity of organizational forms. They show that the destinies of organizations are determined more by impersonal forces than by the intervention of individuals. Num Pages: 384 pages, 38 line illustrations, 23 tables. BIC Classification: JH; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674643499
- ISBN
- 9780674643499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.04€ 48.03
€ 52.04
€ 48.03
Hardback. The book explores the drama of the Hebrew poetry coping with the violence of the Holocaust and the Israel-Arab war. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784108
- ISBN
- 9780804784108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Paperback. Series: Encounter Broadsides. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 71.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Number of pages
- 49
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594035609
- ISBN
- 9781594035609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.96
€ 7.96
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JPF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851244976
- ISBN
- 9780851244976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.35
€ 15.99
€ 14.35
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907325994
- ISBN
- 9780907325994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.25
€ 36.99
€ 31.25
Hardcover. Beastly London explores the complex and changing relationship between Londoners of all classes and their animal neighbours: from a mainly exploitative relationship, to London becoming the birthplace of animal welfare societies and animal rights' campaigns. Num Pages: 272 pages, 120 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231679
- ISBN
- 9781780231679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
Hardcover. Though milk is the sustaining and essential food of all mammals, the majority of the world's population cannot digest raw cow's milk. Of those that do drink milk regularly, most have never actually tasted raw milk. This book explores the myths and misconceptions surrounding the drink. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861896568
- ISBN
- 9781861896568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Paperback. The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery and full citizenship. The author explains how heated debates over interracial marriage were also attempts by whites to undermine African American men's demands for suffrage and a voice in public affairs. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858820
- ISBN
- 9780807858820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.89
€ 51.89
Paperback. This book reflects recent attention in both the press and peer-reviewed research on learning through online engagement, whether formally through online classes and MOOCs or informally within game environments and popular culture discussion boards. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 267 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483333847
- ISBN
- 9781483333847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.26
€ 92.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138234000
- ISBN
- 9781138234000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.53
€ 34.99
€ 34.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059109
- ISBN
- 9781922059109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.78
€ 33.99
€ 24.78
Paperback. A collection of Hannah Mather Crocker's most famous treatise on women's rights. Editor(s): Post, Constance J. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216150
- ISBN
- 9780803216150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.87
€ 37.99
€ 33.87
Hardback. Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFD; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306900
- ISBN
- 9781447306900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.42
€ 97.42
Paperback. Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest Food Banks, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447328292
- ISBN
- 9781447328292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.15
€ 37.99
€ 36.15
Using original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change. Winner of the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2014 Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPR; KJMD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447310037
- ISBN
- 9781447310037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 178.72
€ 178.72
Paperback. Using original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447310044
- ISBN
- 9781447310044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.96
€ 48.96