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Paperback. Looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to income taxes, and where regressive sales taxes apply even to food for home consumption. This book argues that these policies contribute in unrecognized ways to poverty-related problems. Series: Wildavsky Forum Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 31 line illustrations, 27 maps, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPQB; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269675
- ISBN
- 9780520269675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Hardback. Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. And for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. This title challenges this story by examining opinion polls and letters to presidents from average citizens. Num Pages: 240 pages, 36 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135632
- ISBN
- 9780691135632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.70
€ 42.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. This book examines the purpose and structure of social policy and presents the various domains of policy required for the course (child welfare, housing, social security, income, and more). Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 190 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452240312
- ISBN
- 9781452240312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 246.97
€ 246.97
Paperback. Mandated for work in the juvenile justice system by the federal government and highly recommended for work with adult female offenders as well, the gender sensitive approach takes into account the special needs of girls and women. Addressing this gap in the literature, this book shows how professionals can address the needs of female offenders. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JKVQ1; JM; LA; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470581537
- ISBN
- 9780470581537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.60
€ 66.60
Hardback. In a hard-hitting book that refutes conventional wisdom, Katherine Sender explores the connection between the business of marketing to gay consumers and the politics of gay rights and identity. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: JFSK; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127349
- ISBN
- 9780231127349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.25€ 46.42
€ 59.25
€ 46.42
Paperback. Intervenes in debates about both reality television and audience research, offering the concept of the reflexive self to move these debates forward Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740705
- ISBN
- 9780814740705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Kathy was eight years old when her father forced her mother into prostitution. When their mother fled, she and her sisters stuck together passing from children's homes to boarding schools. On a trip home, she realises that her mother's lover was shot by her father. As an adult, she travels to London to find out who her gangster father really was. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; BGA; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KTG0010688
- ISBN
- 9780091921507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. The interview creates a context of interaction with a particular authenticity to experience. Contributors explore how the interview is experienced as a particular kind of knowing within which personal, biographic, and social norms are explored and interrogated, providing direction and awareness for future encounters. Editor(s): Smith, Katherine; Staples, James; Rapport, Nigel. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385899
- ISBN
- 9781782385899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.82
€ 163.82
Paperback. Series: Textual Moments in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA; JPF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474230391
- ISBN
- 9781474230391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.28
€ 52.28
Hardcover. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination. 244 pages, illustrations. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454829
- ISBN
- 9780857454829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.44
€ 164.44
Paperback. Examines the significance of race in the US system of representative democracy for African Americans. This work examines whether black members of the US House legislate and represent their constituents differently than white members do. It also looks at the issue of representation from the perspective of ordinary African Americans. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 tables. 1 halftone. 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117867
- ISBN
- 9780691117867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
paperback. Based on analysis of public opinion data since the 1970s, this title examines how Black opinions on welfare, affirmative action, crime control, school vouchers, civil rights for other minorities, immigration, the environment, and US foreign policy have changed. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017023
- ISBN
- 9781589017023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.23
€ 75.23
Paperback. Presenting an approach to strengthening non-profit boards of directors, this book offers a thoroughly tested process for strengthening a governing board's understanding of the organization and commitment to its goals and mission. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN1; KJM; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787942939
- ISBN
- 9780787942939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFP; JFS; JHBA; JKSN; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190211066
- ISBN
- 9780190211066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.81
€ 117.81
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488696
- ISBN
- 9780801488696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.32
€ 45.99
€ 40.32
Paperback. How should Americans deal with racial and ethnic diversity? Communities across the country have attempted to answer it by organizing discussions among diverse volunteers in an attempt to improve race relations. This work looks at this strategy to reveal the reasons behind the method and the effects it has in the cities and towns that undertake it. Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226869070
- ISBN
- 9780226869070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.33
€ 40.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. The book is a practical and up-to-date account of ways in which schools can use emotional literacy to realize their goals. Series: PCP Professional. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761940869
- ISBN
- 9780761940869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.93
€ 58.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSL9; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 242 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855754457
- ISBN
- 9780855754457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
€ 18.99
€ 15.20
Hardcover. Editor(s): Westley, Katherine E. Num Pages: 215 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JNKF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 18. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617282744
- ISBN
- 9781617282744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.40€ 138.53
€ 205.40
€ 138.53
Paperback. A spellbinding journey into the heart of Neapolitan life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Fleet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006321
- ISBN
- 9780349006321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74