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Paperback. This title concentrates on the broad patterns of policing. It asks questions such as: how was there a shift from communal responsibility to policing? and: what has been expected of the public and vice versa? It should be of interest to any one concerned with the history of policing. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JKSW1; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Willan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903240267
- ISBN
- 9781903240267
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Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415057639
- ISBN
- 9780415057639
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Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, 24 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415546744
- ISBN
- 9780415546744
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Condition: New
€ 59.06
€ 59.06
Gendered Agents: Women and Institutional Knowledge (A Boundary 2 Book)
. Ed(S): Mariniello, Silvestria; Bove, Paul A...
paperback. Editor(s): Mariniello, Silvestria; Bove, Paul A. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321965
- ISBN
- 9780822321965
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.94
€ 41.99
€ 30.94
paperback. Assesses various aspects of Edward Said's work - his contributions to postcolonial theory, his work on racism and ethnicity, his aesthetics and his resistance to the aestheticization of politics, his concepts of figuration, his assessment of the role of the exile in a metropolitan culture, and his work on music and the visual arts. Editor(s): Bove, Paul A. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New ed
- SKU
- V9780822325222
- ISBN
- 9780822325222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.72
€ 36.99
€ 28.72
paperback. Shows how female cosmopolitanism re-contextualises the well-known Western male romance with the Orient: Japanese women are now the agents, narrating their own desires for the "modern" West in ways that seem to defy Japanese nationalism as well as long-standing relations of power not only between men and women but between Japan and the West. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 b&w photos, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5588 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328162
- ISBN
- 9780822328162
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.72
€ 36.99
€ 28.72
paperback. The Spanish terms cursi and cursileria are not easily translated, but they refer to a cultural phenomenon widely prevalent in Spanish society since the nineteenth century. This book examines the social meanings of cursi, viewing it as a window into modern Spanish history and particularly into the development of middle-class culture. Num Pages: 424 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329978
- ISBN
- 9780822329978
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 38.89
€ 41.99
€ 38.89
paperback. At the center of pluralistic societies like that of the United States is the question of how to make broadly consensual social policy in light of the different moral values held by a heterogeneous population and more. This book develops an approach to deal with conflicting values in the policymaking process. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330936
- ISBN
- 9780822330936
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.49
€ 31.99
€ 26.49
paperback. When and why have certain forms of shame been embraced by blacks and queers? How does debasement foster attractions? How is it used for aesthetic delight? What does it offer for projects of sorrow and ways of creative historical knowing? How and why is it central to camp? This title deals with these questiions. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3734 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337966
- ISBN
- 9780822337966
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.60
€ 36.99
€ 27.60
hardcover. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352174
- ISBN
- 9780822352174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.18
€ 111.18
Paperback. How does a state redefine its national identity after catastrophic trauma? And what is the role of this kind of tourism in defining their new identity? This title exposes the intersection of leisure with the inhumane, giving insight into how people respectfully share a public space that is both free and sacred, compelling and tragic. Editor(s): Sion, Brigitte. Series: SB - Enactments. Num Pages: 356 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421074
- ISBN
- 9780857421074
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.42
€ 35.99
€ 28.42
Politics of Possibility: Encountering the Radical Imagination
Olson, Gary A.; Worsham, Lynn; Giroux, Henry ...
paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781594514456
- ISBN
- 9781594514456
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Condition: New
€ 71.77
€ 71.77
Paperback. Sex offenders, and in particular paedophiles, have been the subject of political and media attention, and there have been intensive debates about the best way of dealing with them. This book explores these issues, It evaluates the measures including drug treatment, MAPPA, the use of the Sex Offender Register, and satellite-tracking technology. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKVQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843925262
- ISBN
- 9781843925262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Edition
- First Trade Paper
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932714319
- ISBN
- 9781932714319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. Series: Educational Psychology Series. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: JNC; JNSP; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415894616
- ISBN
- 9780415894616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
On The Edge: A History Of Poor Black Children And Their American Dream...
Carl Husemoller Nightingale
paperback. Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFF; JFSG; JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Basic Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780465052196
- ISBN
- 9780465052196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. Uses vision to shed light on the complex relationship between teachers' ideals and the realities of school life. Through the stories of four teachers, this work reveals how teacher educators can help new teachers articulate, develop, and sustain their visions and assist them as they navigate the gap between their visions and their daily work. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807746837
- ISBN
- 9780807746837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.45
€ 27.99
€ 26.45
Paperback. Formative and design experiments represent a methodology suited for educational research in general and literacy research in particular. This work addresses questions like what is the origin of formative and design experiments and how do they compare to other approaches to investigating interventions in classrooms? Series: Language & Literacy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807748411
- ISBN
- 9780807748411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.78
€ 32.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. Series: Teachers College Press: Early Childhood Education. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807752340
- ISBN
- 9780807752340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.11
€ 35.99
€ 33.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNLB; YQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807754856
- ISBN
- 9780807754856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.71
€ 44.71