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Hardback. Offers research on the character and implications of workplace participation. This book examines various outcomes, causes, and consequences related to participation programs and worker democracy. It also considers issues surrounding the distribution of and struggle over work hours and how these vary across a number of factors. Editor(s): Smith, Vicki. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312023
- ISBN
- 9780762312023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.47
€ 173.47
Hardback. Showcases scholarship by historical, political, and economic sociologists grouped around three broad subjects with historical relevance. The subjects in this volume are: the relationship between race, class, and urban politics, and how racial identities interact with each other; and more. Editor(s): Davis, Diane E. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311903
- ISBN
- 9780762311903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.92
€ 171.92
Hardback. At the center of our belief in law is the hope and expectation that law can differentiate the guilty from the innocent. The articles in this volume explore law's guilt about literature, various domains in which bodies of guilt appear, and historical perspectives on the subject of guilt. Editor(s): Anderson, Matthew; Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311897
- ISBN
- 9780762311897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.15
€ 171.15
Hardback. This volume illustrates how international childhood researchers can use current concepts and theories into unlikely contexts exposing their limitations and helping to inform more versatile and robust lines of thinking for children and youth studies. Editor(s): Bass, Loretta; Kinney, David A.; Rosier, Katherine Brown. Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- International ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311835
- ISBN
- 9780762311835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.30
€ 172.30
Hardback. A collection of papers which push the study of the multifaceted nature-society relationship and the socioeconomic consequences of human dependence on nature forward in a variety of areas. It examine the roles of material process, space, and time in shaping social processes of economic ascent and long term hegemonic change. Editor(s): Ciccantell, Paul S.; Smith, David A.; Seidman, Gay W. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 412 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311620
- ISBN
- 9780762311620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.53
€ 186.53
Hardback. Contains articles which represent both older and established ethnic and racial communities as well as new groups in New York City. Editor(s): Krase, Jerome; Hutchison, Ray. Series: Research in Urban Sociology. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311491
- ISBN
- 9780762311491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.47
€ 172.47
Hardback. Editor(s): Alexander, Kern; Hunter, Dr. Richard C. Series: Advances in Educational Administration. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311453
- ISBN
- 9780762311453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.32
€ 175.32
Identity, Agency and Social Institutions in Educational Ethnography
. Ed(S): Troman, Geoff; Jeffrey, Bob; Walford...
Hardback. Focuses on identity and agency in a variety of social institutions in educational ethnography. The contributors explore these themes in a range of international contexts. They demonstrate the capacity of educational ethnography to provide accounts of participants' perspectives and understandings to highlight the agency of educational subjects. Editor(s): Troman, Geoff; Jeffrey, Bob; Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311446
- ISBN
- 9780762311446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.14
€ 175.14
Hardback. Simulations are often used in the military and other performance-critical fields (law enforcement, aviation) to assess readiness, to support training, management, and decision making and to conduct mission rehearsal. This volume documents the state of the possible individual and small unit human performance research and simulation. Editor(s): Ness, James W.; Tepe, Victoria; Ritzer, Darren R. Series Editor(s): Salas, Dr. Eduardo. Series: Advances in Human Performance & Cognitive Engineering Research. Num Pages: 628 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311415
- ISBN
- 9780762311415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.47
€ 178.47
Hardback. This is a comprehensive, insightful, and state-of-the-art overview of the everyday work and activities of legal and social control professionals, functionaries, and participants, highlighting the distinctive contributions that ethnographic and ethnomethodologically-informed studies have to offer research on law and social control. Editor(s): Burns, Stacy Lee. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311286
- ISBN
- 9780762311286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.99
€ 184.99
Evaluating the Upgrading of Technical Courses at Two-Year Colleges
. Ed(S): Gullickson, Arlen R.; Lawrenz, Franc...
Hardback. The National Science Foundations (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is a dynamic set of projects intent on improving the USA's technical workforce. This book uses the ATE work as a means to focus on key issues for federally funded projects and community colleges facing the challenges of reaching constituents in positive ways. Editor(s): Gullickson, Arlen R.; Lawrenz, Frances; Keiser, Nanette. Series: Advances in Program Evaluation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNM; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- Technological ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311200
- ISBN
- 9780762311200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.47
€ 190.47
Ethnographies of Education and Cultural Conflicts: Strategies and Reso...
. Ed(S): Jeffrey, Bob; Walford, Geoffrey
hardcover. Contains articles that exemplify the conflicts, the coping strategies and resolutions adopted by those at the policy implementation interface. Examination of these processes using ethnographic methods identifies and characterises these tensions and provides research findings that can be used to construct solutions. Editor(s): Jeffrey, Bob; Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- JAI Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780762311125
- ISBN
- 9780762311125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.65
€ 209.65
hardcover. Presents an array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. These scholars examine law and culture, the complex intersections of law and policy, and the place of religious values in legal life. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Ewick, Patricia. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- JAI Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780762311095
- ISBN
- 9780762311095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.48
€ 191.48
Hardback. The sociology of emotions is at the forefront of micro social theory and research. The papers in this volume represent an array of approaches to the analysis of emotions, including from traditions in social psychology and micro sociology traditions such as symbolic interactionism, expectation states research, interaction ritual theory, and others. Editor(s): Turner, Jonathan H. Series: Advances in Group Processes. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311088
- ISBN
- 9780762311088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.39
€ 210.39
hardcover. Provides a view into the world of Bioterrorism and shows how it could affect the healthcare system of the United States. This work demonstrates the ramifications to health, politics, and everyday common actions and looks at biological agents and how organizations and the government should respond in cases when such agents are unleashed. Editor(s): Zapanta, Albert C. Series: Advances in Health Care Management. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 691.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311057
- ISBN
- 9780762311057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.39
€ 210.39
Hardback. Emphasizes the developments in interactional theory and practice, plus examples of post-modern ethnography and performance texts focused on border crossings and border performances. This title presents essays honoring Laurel Richardsons contributions to Symbolic Interaction and Communications. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310968
- ISBN
- 9780762310968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.69
€ 192.69
Hardback. Offers feminist perspectives on the social, cultural and medical aspects of women as sexual beings and of their fertility, pregnancy and child bearing. The seven essays included here, raise questions about control and agency asking who decides if, when and how fertility should be controlled and the circumstances under which birth takes place. Editor(s): Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310883
- ISBN
- 9780762310883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.81
€ 209.81
Hardback. Asks questions, regarding the implications of motivation theory for school reform. This volume portrays the potential of research methods and re-examines tried and true conceptions of the nature and nurture of motivation. It also suggests issues and points to venues for application. Editor(s): Pintrich, Paul R.; Maehr, Martin L. Series: Advances in Motivation and Achievement. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310777
- ISBN
- 9780762310777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.84
€ 200.84
Hardback. Presents articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars spanning the social sciences, humanities, and law. This title examines fresh perspectives on political relationships, politics and legal reform, and law and the family. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Ewick, Patricia. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310746
- ISBN
- 9780762310746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.45
€ 183.45
Hardback. Starting with an overview of the history and philosophy of punishment, this title includes articles that explore penal practices in the modern state and the deeper philosophical and social aspects of retributive justice. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Ewick, Patricia. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310722
- ISBN
- 9780762310722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.28
€ 184.28