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Hardback. Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 ills, 6 figs & tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458902
- ISBN
- 9780857458902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.02
€ 133.02
Paperback. Drawing metaphorically from the ancient Mayan myth of the Nahual, this study illustrates the experiences of three Central American communities connected with the global markets of tourism, handicrafts and manufacturing subcontracts. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; GTB; JFFS; JFS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528017
- ISBN
- 9780742528017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Paperback. This book covers the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and communities both physical and virtual. Community technology applications are studied in many contexts. The book demonstrates the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of evolving communities and technologies scholarship." Editor(s): Steinfield, Charles; Pentland, Brian T.; Ackerman, Mark; Contractor, Noshir S. Num Pages: 578 pages, biography. BIC Classification: J; UT; UYZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 578
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447162391
- ISBN
- 9781447162391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 234.94
€ 234.94
Communities and Technologies 2005: Proceedings of the Second Communiti...
. Ed(S): Besselaar, Peter Van Den; Michelis, ...
hardcover. Includes 23 papers dealing with the impact of modern information and communication technologies that support a variety of communities. This book includes chapters that discuss how communities are affected by technologies, and how understanding of the way that communities function can be used in improving information systems design. Editor(s): Besselaar, Peter van den; Michelis, Giorgio De; Preece, Jenny; Simone, Carla. Num Pages: 467 pages, biography. BIC Classification: J; KJE; KJU; UKR; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 467
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402035906
- ISBN
- 9781402035906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.97
€ 234.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Besselaar, Peter van den; Michelis, Giorgio De; Preece, Jenny; Simone, Carla. Num Pages: 467 pages, biography. BIC Classification: J; KJE; KJU; UKR; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 467
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048169047
- ISBN
- 9789048169047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 234.23
€ 234.23
Paperback. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Communities and Technologies; C&T 2003 Editor(s): Huysman, Marleen; Wenger, Etienne; Wulf, Volker. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: J; KJM; UKR; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048164189
- ISBN
- 9789048164189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 234.18
€ 234.18
Hardback. Considers how diverse types of communities influence organizations, as well as the associated benefit of developing an accounting for community processes in organizational theory. This title focuses on social proximity and networks that has characterized the work on communities. Editor(s): Marquis, Chris; Lounsbury, Michael; Greenwood, Royston. Series Editor(s): Lounsbury, Michael. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 363 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780522845
- ISBN
- 9781780522845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.65
€ 149.65
Paperback. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654201
- ISBN
- 9780745654201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Hardcover. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654195
- ISBN
- 9780745654195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. This book examines innovative livelihood and agricultural innovation adoption by rural farmers. It shows the impact of changing climate on crop yields, short and long term revenues with adequate incorporation of adaptive responses in Ghana and Nepal. Editor(s): Maharjan, Keshav Lall. Num Pages: 203 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, 35 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JFF; RNR; RNU; RP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431563792
- ISBN
- 9784431563792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.18
€ 118.18
Hardcover. Communities and Livelihood Strategies in Developing Countries Editor(s): Maharjan, Keshav Lall. Num Pages: 178 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, 35 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFSF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 13. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431547730
- ISBN
- 9784431547730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Hardcover. Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339057
- ISBN
- 9780230339057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of Communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339088
- ISBN
- 9780230339088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.56
€ 59.56
Hardback. In this provocative and timely reading of Emile Durkheim the author isolates the merits and liabilities of both liberal and communitarian theories and demonstrates that we need not be in the position of having to choose between them. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720427
- ISBN
- 9780804720427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.70
€ 158.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JHB; JNA; JNB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349641055
- ISBN
- 9781349641055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This text provides a detailed account of the attitudes of leading communists, including Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Gorky, Gramsci, Lukacs, Mao Zedong and John Maclean, towards education and culture during the first 100 years of the communist movement. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JNA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485866
- ISBN
- 9780333485866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349145164
- ISBN
- 9781349145164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rivers Oram Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854891440
- ISBN
- 9781854891440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.44
€ 40.99
€ 33.44
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845116248
- ISBN
- 9781845116248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.92€ 135.20
€ 153.92
€ 135.20
Paperback. BIC Classification: JPP. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333323014
- ISBN
- 9780333323014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.85
€ 51.85