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Hardcover. The dominant view of resilience is as something individuals possess rather than as a process that can be facilitated. This book provides evidence for the ecological understanding of resilience in ways that help resolve both definition and measurement problems. Editor(s): Ungar, Michael. Num Pages: 463 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461405856
- ISBN
- 9781461405856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.43
€ 198.43
Hardback. This text collects together the author's essays on psychoanalytic concepts. Psychoanalytic theory has had an ambivalent relationship with sociology, and these essays explore that ambivalence, providing arguments about how and why psychoanalytic approaches can deepen the sociological perspective. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 line drawing and 1 table. BIC Classification: JH; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214897
- ISBN
- 9780520214897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.29€ 49.59
€ 62.29
€ 49.59
Hardcover. The book explains how social outcomes result from the influence of economic ideas which are themselves strongly impacted by the distribution of power in society. The book examines policies and programs of contending interests, emphasizing the importance of socio-economic issues stemming from quasi-economic stagnation. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497888
- ISBN
- 9781137497888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. Some countries, like the UK, give special recognition by the state to one or a few religions; other countries, like France and the US, give recognition to none. This book is about a new approach that gives equal recognition to all religions and non-religious belief systems. Editor(s): Carling, Alan. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- SKU
- V9781137501943
- ISBN
- 9781137501943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.28€ 46.84
€ 129.28
€ 46.84
paperback. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138982215
- ISBN
- 9781138982215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801833588
- ISBN
- 9780801833588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.38
€ 36.38
Paperback. A personal interpretation of the impact of the Chernobyl disaster both in the Soviet Union and the West, examining the environmental consequences, Soviet media coverage, reconstruction of life in the disaster zone (including the city built for Chernobyl workers) and safety changes in the industry. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFFC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333481981
- ISBN
- 9780333481981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. This book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema while championing the literary critical practice of close reading to show how literature reflects, promotes, and contests pervasive sociocultural ideas like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797023
- ISBN
- 9780804797023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFC; JFSJ; JHMC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349414338
- ISBN
- 9781349414338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardback. This work challenges contemporary thinking on memory by examining the complex ways in which the social inheritance of the Nazi Holocaust is gendered. It considers how the past is handed down in the US, Poland and Britain through means such as historiography, autobiographies, films and museums. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JFSJ; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333761472
- ISBN
- 9780333761472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. An undergraduate introduction to both classical and contemporary social theory. Num Pages: 632 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412992787
- ISBN
- 9781412992787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 227.51
€ 227.51
Hardcover. What happens when people "achieve"? Why do reactions to "achievement" vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 ills & tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382201
- ISBN
- 9781782382201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.68
€ 162.68
Paperback. Addresses two developments in the conceptualization of citizenship that arise from the 'war on terror', namely the reculturalization of membership in a polity and the re-moralization of access to rights. This book takes an anthropological perspective of the subject. Editor(s): Eckert, Julia M., PhD. Num Pages: 196 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899429640
- ISBN
- 9783899429640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. The rapid increase in adoption of modern 'connective' technologies like the mobile phone has reshaped the social landscape of Africa. This book examines the myriad possibilities that the post-global moment offers African societies to develop and to relate, offering profound new insights into the processes of globalization. Editor(s): Bruijn, Mirjam de; Dijk, Ria van. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447497
- ISBN
- 9781349447497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Drawing on ethnographic data from Sweden and on theory from both anthropology and science and technology studies, the author examines how forensic evidence is produced and which social relationships it creates as cases move from crime scene to courtroom. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288393
- ISBN
- 9780520288393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.94
€ 44.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141428
- ISBN
- 9780691141428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.45
€ 49.99
€ 36.45
Paperback. This book traces the transformation of opium from medicine to narcotic over a period of five hundred years. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 b/w illus. 2 maps 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521608565
- ISBN
- 9780521608565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813546056
- ISBN
- 9780813546056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. Spirits can be haunters, informants, possessors, and transformers of the living, but more than anything anthropologists have understood them as representations of something else - symbols that articulate facets of human experience in much the same way works of art do. This book challenges this notion. Editor(s): Blanes, Ruy Llera; Santo, Diana Espirito. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226081779
- ISBN
- 9780226081779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.91
€ 29.91
Hardback. A rich and sophisticated ethnography of a stateless indigenous society and its complex and troubling relations with its natural environment and the Soviet state that dominated it. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FCS; GTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734622
- ISBN
- 9780804734622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16