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Society & social sciences
Paperback. This volume examines how gender, social class and ethnicity colour the storylines of those who experienced the horrors of Auschwitz, and asks whether we can or should make sense of Auschwitz. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761991878
- ISBN
- 9780761991878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. Series: Society for American Archaeology. Num Pages: 250 pages, charts, tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HD; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761991946
- ISBN
- 9780761991946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.80
€ 79.80
Political Decision Making, Deliberation and Participation
. Ed(S): Carpini, M.X.Delli (Department Of Po...
Hardback. Contains essays that address three important and interrelated themes in the theory and practice of democratic politics: the use of information short cuts in political decision making; the role of deliberation in citizens' attitude and opinion formation; and, the pathways to civic and political participation. Editor(s): Carpini, M.X.Delli (Department of Political Science, Barnard College, USA); Huddy, L. (Department of Political Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA); Shapiro, R.Y. (Department of Political Science, Columbia University, USA). Series: Research in Micropolitics S. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762302277
- ISBN
- 9780762302277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.66
€ 213.66
Hardback. Argues that right-wing interests, sometimes called the counter-establishment, rose to power in the Reagan and Bush years, and exerted great influence in these two administrations, particularly the former. This title presents case studies of the political and economic forces at work in the Iran-Contra affair and the SDI (Star Wars) program. Series: Research in Political Economy. Num Pages: 748 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 60. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 748
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762302383
- ISBN
- 9780762302383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 361.48
€ 361.48
Hardback. In 1997, Science for Peace invited experts on Yugoslavia to Toronto for a conference to discuss the lessons learnt from the Yugoslav conflict and eventual break-up of the former country. This book addresses a specific range of problems. It contains papers on the analysis of the Kosovan conflict, and reviews the Yugoslav tragedy. Editor(s): Spencer, Metta. Series: Research on Russia & Eastern Europe S. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSJ1; JHBC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762302802
- ISBN
- 9780762302802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.07
€ 248.07
hardcover. Presents a research in employment policy. This title addresses the reform of the unemployment insurance system. Editor(s): Bassi, Laurie J.; Woodbury, Stephen A. Series: Research in Employment Policy. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305070
- ISBN
- 9780762305070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.75
€ 156.75
Hardback. This book provides significant insight into the factors that affect the careers of these scientists and gives voice to the many men and women who overcame discrimination, prejudice and racism to build successful scientific careers. It gives the opportunity for a full range of voices, from a number of perspectives, to be heard. Series: Diversity in Higher Education. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305629
- ISBN
- 9780762305629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.50
€ 178.50
Hardback. A result of the poster session which focussed on teaching the need to evaluate information found on the Internet, this book presents a collection of contributions from individuals who present their best thinking on the subject of evaluation in the library context. Editor(s): Vincent, Steven; Norman, Sue K. Series: Foundations in Library and Information Sciences S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; JNM; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762306022
- ISBN
- 9780762306022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.00
€ 228.00
Hardback. From the de-institutionalization of psychiatric hospitals to the privatization of prisons, the dramatic public policy changes of the last three decades have been, to a large extent, changes in organization. The chapters in this volume examine these organizational changes. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307166
- ISBN
- 9780762307166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 223.76
€ 223.76
Hardback. This volume offers papers touching on four inter-related themes: a critique of the European Enlightenment as a basis for the production of knowledge; the use of "gender" as a concept; problems in feminist theories of development; and the place of feminism in the production of knowledge. Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307203
- ISBN
- 9780762307203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.03
€ 194.03
Hardback. A collection of research that serves as an example of aspects of social status, social class, and ideology connected to contemporary questions about who wins in struggles for civic, economic, and individual citizenship. It studies inequalities of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation at local, regional, national and transnational levels. Editor(s): Dobratz, Betty A.; Waldner, Lisa K.; Buzzell, Timothy. Series: Research in Political Sociology. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307562
- ISBN
- 9780762307562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.45
€ 255.45
Learning from International Public Management Reform
. Ed(S): Steane, P.; Jones, Lawrence; Guthrie...
Hardback. Editor(s): Steane, P.; Jones, Lawrence; Guthrie, John. Series: Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307593
- ISBN
- 9780762307593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 232.34
€ 232.34
Hardback. This text emphasises the central place that ethnographic work should have in the formulation and evaluation of education policy. Ethnographic studies contribute to a greater understanding of the process formulation, evaluation and critique. Editor(s): Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307685
- ISBN
- 9780762307685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.89
€ 237.89
Hardback. Examines the important post-World War II development in the Behavioral Sciences. This title also examines, discipline by discipline, the history of the evolutionary thrust, leading figures and key literature, the degree of acceptance (or rejection) within each discipline. It discusses the biobehavioral approach on a geographic basis. Editor(s): Peterson, Steven A.; Somit, Albert. Series: Research in Biopolitics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307692
- ISBN
- 9780762307692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.20
€ 238.20
Hardback. This volume brings together the work of certain evaluators to explore the evaluation of programme quality. Through conceptual descriptions and applied examples they discuss the theoretical concerns and practical issues they face. Editor(s): Hinn, D.M.; Benson, A.; Lloyd, C. (Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Illinois, USA). Series: Advances in Program Evaluation. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307715
- ISBN
- 9780762307715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.41
€ 226.41
Hardback. Editor(s): Crowson, Robert L. Series: Advances in Research & Theories of School Management & Educational Policy S. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307791
- ISBN
- 9780762307791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 222.66
€ 222.66
Hardback. Presents a series of papers that discuss political opportunity and social movements. This book includes case studies of specific social movements, comparative case studies of social movements, and comparative case studies of transnational issue networks. Editor(s): Coy, Patrick G. Series: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307869
- ISBN
- 9780762307869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.57
€ 216.57
Hardback. Examines seven theoretical perspectives of public budgeting: incrementalism, the budget process model, the organizational process model, the median voter model, the 'greedy bureaucrat' model, a post-modern model, and the transaction cost model. This title also examines and critically reviews major research from each perspective. Editor(s): Bartle, John R. Series: Research in Public Administration S. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307906
- ISBN
- 9780762307906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.34
€ 193.34
Hardback. This volume presents an alternative perspective on the problem of leadership in organizations. Drawing upon general systems and complexity and chaos theory, Kime presents organizational leadership as a normative feature of organizations, testing his formulation on a sample of US fire services. Editor(s): Kime, C. Series: Contemporary Studies in Applied Behavioural Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW2; KJU; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307968
- ISBN
- 9780762307968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.21
€ 215.21
Hardback. This text firstly attempts to deal with challenges about the validity of qualitative research. Then, after outlining the theory and methodology adopted, seven case studies are presented, covering such topics as multicultural literature, school restructuring, and standardized testing. Editor(s): Carspecken, Phil Francis; Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBC; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307975
- ISBN
- 9780762307975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.75
€ 237.75