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Hardcover. During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670539
- ISBN
- 9780745670539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Hardcover. In an interactive and densely connected world, transnational communication has become a central feature of everyday life. Taking account of a variety of media formats and different regions of the world, Adrian Athique provides a much-needed critical exploration of conceptual approaches to media reception on a global scale. Series: Global Media and Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670218
- ISBN
- 9780745670218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. Immigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of families. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670157
- ISBN
- 9780745670157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
hardcover. Few doubt that China wants to be a major economic and military power on the world stage. To achieve this ambitious goal, however, the PRC leadership knows that China must first become an advanced information-based society. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669793
- ISBN
- 9780745669793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, and drawing on Goffman s dramaturgical theory, Susie Scott explores the micro-social processes of interaction through which identities are created, maintained, challenged and reinvented. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669724
- ISBN
- 9780745669724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669700
- ISBN
- 9780745669700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
hardcover. * Brings a vibrant sociological imagination to the study of population and demography * Reveals the fascinating social insights that can be revealed by studying population trends such as population size, composition, distribution, etc. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745668376
- ISBN
- 9780745668376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Hardback. In this important new book the renowned historian Serge Gruzinski returns to two episodes in the sixteenth century which mark a decisive stage in global history and show how China and Mexico experienced the expansion of Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745667119
- ISBN
- 9780745667119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Hardcover. Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through the process of secularization, secularism is challenged today by the return of public religion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HRAM2; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745665412
- ISBN
- 9780745665412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCL; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745664859
- ISBN
- 9780745664859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Public relations is, by design, the least visible of the persuasive industries. It operates behind the scenes, encouraging us to consume, vote, believe and behave in ways that keep economies moving and citizens from storming the citadels of power. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KJSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664828
- ISBN
- 9780745664828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.51
€ 24.51
Hardcover. Public relations is, by design, the least visible of the persuasive industries. It operates behind the scenes, encouraging us to consume, vote, believe and behave in ways that keep economies moving and citizens from storming the citadels of power. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KJSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745664811
- ISBN
- 9780745664811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
hardcover. Seeing like a city means recognizing that cities are living things made up of a tangle of networks, built up from the agency of countless actors. Cities must not be considered as expressions of larger paradigms or sites of human effort and organization alone. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745664255
- ISBN
- 9780745664255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664156
- ISBN
- 9780745664156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. In recent decades, China has become a quasi-capitalist economic powerhouse. Yet it continues to be ruled by the same Communist Party-dominated government that has been in power since 1949. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663845
- ISBN
- 9780745663845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Climate change, natural disasters, and loss of biodiversity are all considered major environmental concerns for the international community both now and into the future. Each are damaging to the earth, but they also negatively impact human lives, especially those of women. Series: Gender and Global Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745663821
- ISBN
- 9780745663821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers, however the authors in this volume contend that more use can be made of Foucault than has yet been done and that some of the uses to which Foucault has so far been put run the risk of and occasionally simply amount to misuse. Editor(s): Faubion, James. Series: Theory Now. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745663784
- ISBN
- 9780745663784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Hardcover. Issues of global justice have received increasing attention in academic philosophy in recent years but the gendered dimensions of these issues are often overlooked or treated as peripheral. This groundbreaking collection by Alison Jaggar brings gender to the centre of philosophical debates about global justice. Editor(s): Jaggar, Alison M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745663760
- ISBN
- 9780745663760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. Why do powerful states like the U.S. , U.K. Series: Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745663708
- ISBN
- 9780745663708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. This incisive book provides a critical history and analysis of community organizing, the tradition of bringing groups together to build power and forge grassroots leadership for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice. Begun by Saul Alinsky in the 1930s, there are today nearly 200 institution-based groups active in 40 U.S. Series: Social Movements. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745663197
- ISBN
- 9780745663197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78