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Paperback. This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care. Editor(s): Razavi, Shahra. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPQB; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349545346
- ISBN
- 9781349545346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.73
€ 194.73
Paperback. James R Walker was a physician to the Pine Ridge Sioux from 1896 to 1914. This volume of material from the Walker collection presents his work on Lakota myth and legend. It is useful for students of comparative literature, religion, and mythology, as well as those interested in Lakota culture. Editor(s): Jahner, Elaine A. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second
- SKU
- V9780803298606
- ISBN
- 9780803298606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
Hardcover. A study of the politics of representation which explores the construction of a city of intensities. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781856494076
- ISBN
- 9781856494076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.88€ 90.93
€ 100.88
€ 90.93
Paperback. Identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the projection of the worst-case scenario. This title demonstrates that, unlike the openly 'totalitarian' states of the past, bureaucratic rule is favoured over charismatic leadership. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848135307
- ISBN
- 9781848135307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.99
€ 32.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country. This book tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848133136
- ISBN
- 9781848133136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. Explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. This book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTF; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848130463
- ISBN
- 9781848130463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. The incredible story of Lula, from an early life of poverty and chaos to becoming President of Brazil. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848130111
- ISBN
- 9781848130111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. Focuses on the universal concepts of the individual, civil society, the state, justice, authority and obligation and how these have been interpreted by Middle Eastern thinkers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Series: World Political Theories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842778975
- ISBN
- 9781842778975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.05
€ 37.99
€ 32.05
Paperback. Includes chapters that address the diversity and variety of everyday sexual lives and sexual politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. This book highlights the gendered and sexual consequences of globalization and rapid social change. It describes the local situations in which women's sexual lives are lived. Editor(s): Jackson, Stevi; Liu, Jieyu; Woo, Ms Juhyun. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 102 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842778890
- ISBN
- 9781842778890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.12
€ 40.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. The author argues that even governments, keen to protect big business, are complicit in this exploitation; their 'law and order' approach on immigration being part of this complicity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842778524
- ISBN
- 9781842778524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.91
€ 32.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. An illuminating account of the politics of Britain's decision to support the US-led invasion of Iraq. Num Pages: 224 pages, Notes Bibliography Index. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842777411
- ISBN
- 9781842777411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. Explores the range of ways in which the poor mobilise to claim their rights and demand accountability, and the strategies they use towards the state, the private sector, international institutions and within civil society itself. Editor(s): Newell, Peter; Wheeler, Joanna. Series: Claiming Citizenship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- SKU
- V9781842775554
- ISBN
- 9781842775554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.38
€ 46.99
€ 39.38
Paperback. This title concerns the lessons learned from international campaigns on human rights and justice issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842771396
- ISBN
- 9781842771396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.38
€ 46.99
€ 39.38
Paperback. Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783606887
- ISBN
- 9781783606887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.22
€ 24.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. Examining media and pop culture from Sex and the City 2 to Vanity Fair and Time Magazine, Robin Riley uses transnational feminist analysis to reveal how transnational sexism towards Muslim women in general and Afghan and Iraqi women in particular has led to a new form of gender imperialism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780321288
- ISBN
- 9781780321288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.96
€ 31.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. In the much-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Trapped, foster carer Rosie Lewis tells the heartbreaking true story of 13-year-old Zadie. When the young teenage girl runs away from home and is discovered hiding on the city streets by the police, it is clear that all is not as it should be. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007597
- ISBN
- 9780007541805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Barbara Taylor's classic book, reissued with a new introduction. Num Pages: 432 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCX; JFFK; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 305. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0007286
- ISBN
- 9780860682585
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Why do many women still get married? Why do others not? Why do couples still marry in church in an age of unbelief? Taking up where "Hidden Lives" left off, these are some of the questions the author addresses, through the stories of three women who have long fascinated her. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0007219
- ISBN
- 9780099283775
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Explores the strengths and weaknesses of the various elements and sectors of the UK higher education system. This book includes chapters which illustrate the diversity of responses within different institutions to similar drivers of change. Editor(s): Palfreyman, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, Notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007207
- ISBN
- 9780335208333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This text is a business study and history of INSEAD which details how the business and management school's success was achieved, and goes on to relate the story of the school to the management themes of leadership, teamworking and innovation. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; JNM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007110
- ISBN
- 9780333803981
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99