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Paperback. Social welfare and social development discusses social welfare practice in global and regional context. It addresses issues of poverty, unemployment and populations at risk within South Africa and the role of the social welfare system in South Africa in tackling these issues. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 171 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199076833
- ISBN
- 9780199076833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.34
€ 53.34
Examines the relationship between the British government, the Palace, and the modern Commonwealth since 1945 and argues that the monarchy's relationship with the Commonwealth, which was initially promoted by the UK as a means of strengthening imperial ties, increasingly became an impediment to British foreign policy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps, 16-page plate section. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199214235
- ISBN
- 9780199214235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.94
€ 151.94
Paperback. Trust lies at the heart of our relationships, our society and our everyday lives. From fascinating puzzles about the biological origins of trust, to the wider social and political implications of trust in human society, this short but thought-provoking book explores how trust works, what makes it possible, and why it matters more than ever today. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JM; JP; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199217922
- ISBN
- 9780199217922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.92
€ 25.92
Hardcover. This is the first history in over a century of what is arguably Oxford's oldest College. As one of the few organizations in the UK whose history goes back so far, this is an account of the College from its origins over seven and a half centuries ago to the present day. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 colour plates; 80 black and white figures; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199284290
- ISBN
- 9780199284290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.46
€ 214.46
Paperback. In The Gingrich Senators, noted political scientist Sean Theriault documents how former House members, who learned politics at the knee of Newt Gingrich, have been behind the transformation of the U.S. Senate from the venerated chamber of the 1950s into the partisan battleground that is regularly the scorn of even the senators themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199307463
- ISBN
- 9780199307463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Paperback. Models of Immigrant Political Incorporation brings together a multidisciplinary group of researchers. Each develops a systematic model permitting the study of who is an immigrant, what is politics, and how incorporation occurs or is blocked. Ranging across North America and Western Europe, it is indispensable for analysts and activists alike. Editor(s): Hochschild, Jennifer; Chattopadhyay, Jacqueline; Gay, Claudine; Jones-Correa, Michael. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 b&w line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPS; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199311323
- ISBN
- 9780199311323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.56
€ 81.56
Paperback. Mary Dudziak's original analysis of American wartime and its effect on law, policy, and our ideas about time itself, now available in paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199315857
- ISBN
- 9780199315857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.91
€ 41.91
Paperback. Imprisoned in English argues that in the present English-dominated world, social sciences and the humanities are locked in a conceptual framework grounded in English and that scholars need to break away from this framework to reach a more universal, culture-independent perspective on things human. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; JFFP; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199321506
- ISBN
- 9780199321506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.52
€ 61.52
Paperback. Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199324163
- ISBN
- 9780199324163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.34
€ 50.34
Paperback. The twenty-first century will not belong to America, China, Asia, or anyone else. It will be no one's world. Charles Kupchan spells out how to capitalize on the coming diversity to fashion a consensus between the West and the rising rest. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w line. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325221
- ISBN
- 9780199325221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.48
€ 23.99
€ 21.48
Paperback. In The Price of the Ticket, Fred Harris contends that Obama's success has, in reality, exacted a negative price. His victory has not only utterly transformed the forms of black politics that emerged in the 1960s and which laid the foundation for his eventual ascendance, Harris claims-it has profoundly weakened them. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL3; JP; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325238
- ISBN
- 9780199325238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.82
€ 44.82
Paperback. A comprehensive look at where women candidates and officeholders stand at this moment in time, what brought them to this point, and what their prospects are in the 21st century. Editor(s): Thomas, Sue; Wilcox, Clyde. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199328734
- ISBN
- 9780199328734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.77
€ 67.77
Paperback. In Does Capitalism Have a Future?, the prominent theorist Georgi Derleugian has gathered together a quintet of eminent macrosociologists to assess whether the capitalist system can survive. Editor(s): Wallerstein, Immanuel; Collins, Randall; Mann, Michael; Derleugian, Georgi; Calhoun, Craig. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KCB; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199330850
- ISBN
- 9780199330850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.99
€ 55.99
Paperback. Russia, the U.S., and China all see Central Asia as strategically important and have devoted extensive financial and human resources there. In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's leading younger international relations scholars, explores the dynamics of the new competition for influence over the region since 9/11. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199331437
- ISBN
- 9780199331437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.02
€ 57.02
Hardback. Like race, gender, and sexuality, disability is a social and cultural construction. Music, musicians, and music-making simultaneously embody and shape representations and narratives of disability. Disability - culturally stigmatized minds and bodies - is one of the things that music in all times and places can be said to be about. Editor(s): Howe, Blake; Jensen-Moulton, Stephanie; Lerner, Neil; Straus, Joseph. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Music. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199331444
- ISBN
- 9780199331444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.14
€ 287.14
Paperback. "Mendoza the Jew combines graphic history with primary documentation and contextual information to analyze and explore issues of nationalism, identity, culture, and historical methodology through the life story of Daniel Mendoza, a poor Sephardic Jew from East London who became the boxing champion of Britain in 1789"-- Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 17. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199334094
- ISBN
- 9780199334094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Grounded in key observations in consumer psychology, Bounded Rationality and Industrial Organization develops non-standard models of "boundedly rational" consumer behavior and embeds them into familiar models of markets. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAL; KCA; KCC; KCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199334261
- ISBN
- 9780199334261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.08
€ 61.08
Paperback. Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics is Charles Wagley's classic ethnography of peasant life in the Amazon, with updated material by Conrad Kottak and Richard Pace. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199335251
- ISBN
- 9780199335251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.97
€ 78.97
Paperback. While focusing on contemporary developments of the Russian state, this book highlights those developments' roots in the historic concept of autocracy. The central scholarly question is not whether Russia will recreate a strong state, but, rather, what kind of a strong state it will be and under which circumstances it will function. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199336210
- ISBN
- 9780199336210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.67
€ 68.67
Paperback. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of juvenile crime and juvenile justice administration. Editor(s): Feld, Barry C.; Bishop, Donna M. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 960 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKVQ2; JMC; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 169 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 960
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199338276
- ISBN
- 9780199338276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.93
€ 91.93