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Hardcover. This volume focuses on the interconnected formations of patrimonialism, colonialism/empire and capitalism. The articles show that patrimonial practices, which often form the backbone of empire, are present throughout history, including in global capitalist modernity. Editor(s): Charrad, Mounira Maya; Adams, Julia P. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784417581
- ISBN
- 9781784417581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70
Paperback. Patriation and Its Consequences examines the political events and struggles that resulted in the 1981 agreement to patriate the Canadian constitution and sheds light on the political consequences of this key moment in Canadian history. Editor(s): Harder, Lois; Patten, Steve. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780774828628
- ISBN
- 9780774828628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.54
€ 40.99
€ 36.54
Hardback. Patriation and Its Consequences examines the political events and struggles that resulted in the 1981 agreement to patriate the Canadian constitution and sheds light on the political consequences of this key moment in Canadian history. Editor(s): Harder, Lois; Patten, Steve. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; LAR; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828611
- ISBN
- 9780774828611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.50
€ 107.50
Paperback. This innovative study of the patriarchy belies the accepted notion of the father figure as tyrannical and exploitative. Series Editor(s): Smith, Richard; Vries, Jan de; Johnson, Paul; Wrightson, Keith. Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy & Society in Past Time. Num Pages: 268 pages, 30 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KI20003360
- ISBN
- 9780521599788
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745601588
- ISBN
- 9780745601588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.41
€ 32.41
Hardback. This volume examines the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. Although set in Buenos Aires, Auyero describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JFFH; JPQB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352594
- ISBN
- 9780822352594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.84
€ 106.84
Paperback. The Politics of Waiting in Argentina. 192 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. Describes the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. This title also describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JKS; JPQB. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 13. Weight: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352334
- ISBN
- 9780822352334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.79
€ 32.99
€ 29.79
Paperback. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626. An Exploration of the Borderland Between Anthropology, Medicine and Psychiatry. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. 448 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFFG. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 28. Weight: 626.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520045118
- ISBN
- 9780520045118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health.. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. Mental Illness, Modernity and Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh. 252 pages, 25 ills. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight: 444.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454881
- ISBN
- 9780857454881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Hardback. This book places the patient-centred practices of a single clinic in a national context where ARTs are highly regulated ('Dutch IVF') and examines how this form of medicine co-shapes the experiences, views and decisions of the women and men using these technologies. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFMG; MBDC; MBNH4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332265
- ISBN
- 9781785332265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.89
€ 179.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Schweizer, Harold; Myers, Kimberly. Series: Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483468
- ISBN
- 9781611483468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.43
€ 71.43
Paperback. Focusing on when the future-self matters and how to reduce the shortfall between the self that one aspires to become and the outcomes that one actually attains, Oyserman introduces the reader to the core theoretical framework of identity-based motivation (IBM) theory. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 281 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195341461
- ISBN
- 9780195341461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.96
€ 105.96
Paperback.
This volume explores the social and economic processes involved in the manufacture of obsidian prismatic blades, one of the sharpest cutting instruments ever produced in the prehistoric world. Focusing on ancient Mesoamerica, contributors examine the variation in the way the blades were manufactured and the causes behind their variation. Editor(s): Andrews, Bradford; Hirth, Kenneth G. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 145 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780917956997
- ISBN
- 9780917956997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.70
€ 15.70
Pathways to Power: Political Recruitment and Candidate Selection in La...
. Ed(S): Siavelis, Peter M.; Morgenstern, Sco...
paperback. Editor(s): Siavelis, Peter M.; Morgenstern, Scott. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271033761
- ISBN
- 9780271033761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.59
€ 52.99
€ 40.59
Hardback. How does global Christianity relate to processes of globalisation and modernization and what form does it take in different local settings? These questions have lately proved to be of increasing interest to many scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450052
- ISBN
- 9781845450052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
Hardcover. The volume examines how leadership and layers of leaders are developed and cultivated from the classroom to the boardroom. Some of the topics include leadership recruitment and selection processes, retention, coaching and mentoring, placement and continued professional development support for aspiring and practicing leaders. Editor(s): Normore, Anthony H.; Hamdan, Kamal; Lahera, Antonia Issa. Series: Advances in Educational Administration. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JNK; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784411169
- ISBN
- 9781784411169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.07
€ 139.07
Paperback. Social and emotional development in young children is a part of ensuring positive developmental outcomes later in life. This book serves as a guide to social and emotional development of young children. It offers information required to understand social and emotional development and how to support it. Num Pages: 582 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSB1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1497.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brookes Publishing
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557668912
- ISBN
- 9781557668912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600211140
- ISBN
- 9781600211140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80€ 43.71
€ 60.80
€ 43.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- New World Library United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577314714
- ISBN
- 9781577314714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.72
€ 26.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. This is a comprehensive guide to providing excellent end of life care. It covers the pathway of care at the end of life, from initial conversations about end of life care and assessment and planning, to care in different settings, multi-agency care, and providing a good death. Case studies and reflective questions feature throughout. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JKSN; MMC; MQCL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053648
- ISBN
- 9781849053648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.28
€ 41.28