Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119131595
- ISBN
- 9781119131595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.03
€ 26.99
€ 22.03
Paperback. The university, in its laudable effort to be a democratic institution, has lost its original sense of mission and become a credential factory rather than a place where learning for its own sake is valued. This book proposes a practical reform of higher education based on the original ideals of the institution. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819182692
- ISBN
- 9780819182692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.80
€ 81.80
Paperback. Series: Routledge English Language Introductions. Num Pages: 332 pages, 4 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV; JNZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415644976
- ISBN
- 9780415644976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36
€ 53.36
Hardcover. Is midlife for gay men the start of a slide towards the rejection, exclusion and misery associated with the spectre of the lonely old queen? Whilst exclusion is possible as gay men age, Middle Aged Gay Men, Ageing and Ageism offers a more nuanced view of gay ageing, using sociological tools to advance understanding beyond stereotypes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSK2; JFSP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435231
- ISBN
- 9781137435231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
paperback. This book's striking message is that palliative care does not deliver on its aims to value people who are dying and make death and dying a natural part of life. Applying Social Role Valorisation, it argues for the de-institutionalisation of palliative care and recommends an alternative framework to current approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861349217
- ISBN
- 9781861349217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.70
€ 37.99
€ 37.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Sindd, Paul. Series: Pilot notes. Num Pages: 36 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JWG; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80. Series: Pilot notes. 36 pages, Ill. Editor(s): Sindd, Paul. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JWG; TRPS. Dimension: 205 x 157 x 6. Weight: 76.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Number of pages
- 36
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859791199
- ISBN
- 9780859791199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.06
€ 9.99
€ 9.06
Paperback. Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology. Series: Earthscan Risk in Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; JMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849711487
- ISBN
- 9781849711487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our society's great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life. This book examines the gap between expert views of risk and public perceptions. It allows the reader to see the evolution of our understanding of such perceptions. Series: Earthscan Risk in Society. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMAL; JPA; JPVK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853835285
- ISBN
- 9781853835285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.85
€ 50.85
Paperback. Taking as a starting point the parallel occurrence of Cook's Pacific voyages, the development of natural history, scenic tourism in Britain, and romantic travel in Europe, this book argues that the effect of these practices was the production of nature as an abstract space and that the genre of travel writing had a central role in reproducing it. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440399
- ISBN
- 9781349440399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. Paul Smith examines how the Senate has attempted, since 1958, to locate itself within the French (semi-) presidential system, how it asserts its place in relation to the President, Government and National Assembly and how it has sought, in recent years, to develop an autonomous and particular sense of identity. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008113
- ISBN
- 9780230008113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Editor(s): Snider, Paul. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633218321
- ISBN
- 9781633218321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.38€ 131.49
€ 191.38
€ 131.49
Paperback. Citizens are political simpletons - that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. This title brings together the political scientists, who offer insights into the political thinking of the public, the causes of party polarization, and the paradoxical relationship between turnout and democratic representation. Editor(s): Sniderman, Paul M.; Highton, Benjamin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 line illus. 53 tables. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151113
- ISBN
- 9780691151113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.51€ 42.10
€ 52.51
€ 42.10
Paperback. Presents fourteen critical essays on race and mixed race by one of America's most prolific and influential ethnic studies scholars. Collected in one volume are many of Paul Spickard's theoretical writings over the past two decades. Ten of the articles have been revised and updated from previous publications. Four appear here for the first time. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041489
- ISBN
- 9780268041489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. This reassessment of the ideas that Americans have had about race tells the history of the American system of racial domination and of twentieth-century challenges to that racial hierarchy, from monoracial movements to the multiracial movement. Editor(s): Spickard, Paul R.; Daniel, G.Reginald. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041045
- ISBN
- 9780268041045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.71
€ 45.99
€ 41.71
Paperback. This provocative short book is a valuable introduction to social security in Britain and the potential for its reform. Num Pages: 124 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447337324
- ISBN
- 9781447337324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.66
€ 14.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. This fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook is extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. Laying out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, it provides a sense of the scope, range and purpose of the subject. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316107
- ISBN
- 9781447316107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.08
€ 37.99
€ 35.08
Paperback. This book introduces students and practitioners to the concepts and methods required to undertake the analysis and review of policy and its implementation. Focusing on understanding and skills for a growing area of practice, it combines material from public and social administration with examples and application to social policy and services. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861348258
- ISBN
- 9781861348258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.65
€ 33.99
€ 32.65
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428103
- ISBN
- 9781847428103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.37
€ 37.99
€ 37.37
Hardback. Reclaiming individualism reviews the scope of individualist approaches, and considers how they apply to issues of policy. It argues for a concept of individualism based on rights, human dignity, shared interests and social protection. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447309086
- ISBN
- 9781447309086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.63
€ 104.63
Hardback. This fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook is extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. Laying out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, it provides a sense of the scope, range and purpose of the subject. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316091
- ISBN
- 9781447316091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.63
€ 104.63