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Hardcover. The claim that 'LGBT rights are human rights' encounters fierce opposition in many parts of the world, as governments and religious leaders have used resistance to 'LGBT rights' to cast themselves as defenders of traditional values against neo-colonial interference and western decadence. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745698687
- ISBN
- 9780745698687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
Hardcover. Understanding the Life Course provides a uniquely comprehensive guide to the entire life course from an interdisciplinary perspective. Combining important insights from sociology and psychology, the book presents the concept's theoretical underpinnings in an accessible style, supported by real-life examples. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745697925
- ISBN
- 9780745697925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Hardcover. Digital technologies are a key feature of contemporary education. Schools, colleges and universities operate along high-tech lines, while alternate forms of online education have emerged to challenge the dominance of traditional institutions. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 123. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696461
- ISBN
- 9780745696461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
Hardcover. Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning its structures, processes, conditions and effects in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696201
- ISBN
- 9780745696201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. In this engaging dialogue, Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist and philosopher, and Stanislaw Obirek, theologian and cultural historian, explore the place of spirituality and religion in the world today and in the everyday lives of individuals. Translator(s): Bartoszynska, Katarzyna. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745695693
- ISBN
- 9780745695693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.23
€ 22.23
Hardcover. In this engaging dialogue, Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist and philosopher, and Stanislaw Obirek, theologian and cultural historian, explore the place of spirituality and religion in the world today and in the everyday lives of individuals. Translator(s): Bartoszynska, Katarzyna. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745695686
- ISBN
- 9780745695686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it develops new concepts which will help reshape and reorient common understandings. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691701
- ISBN
- 9780745691701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691008
- ISBN
- 9780745691008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.08
€ 22.08
Hardcover. Who exactly are the intellectuals ? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690353
- ISBN
- 9780745690353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.37
€ 73.37
Hardcover. Series: New Human Frontiers - Polity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689968
- ISBN
- 9780745689968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.43
€ 60.43
Hardcover. We hear much talk about the advent of a postracial age. The election of Barack Obama as President of the U.S. was held by many to be proof that we have once and for all moved beyond race. The Swedish government has even gone so far as to erase all references to race from its legislative documents. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689715
- ISBN
- 9780745689715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Hardcover. For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Series: PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689616
- ISBN
- 9780745689616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. What shape can radical politics take today in a time abandoned by the great revolutionary projects of the past? In light of recent uprisings around the world against the neoliberal capitalist order, Saul Newman argues that anarchism - or as he calls it postanarchism - forms our contemporary political horizon. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688732
- ISBN
- 9780745688732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688695
- ISBN
- 9780745688695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.30
€ 22.30
Hardcover. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688633
- ISBN
- 9780745688633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic institutions and the very civil, political and social rights that form the basis of democratic life. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JPWF; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688589
- ISBN
- 9780745688589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback.
In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688367
- ISBN
- 9780745688367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.87
€ 15.87
Hardcover. In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688350
- ISBN
- 9780745688350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Hardcover. China?s ambition is to rise peacefully. Avoiding fierce conflicts with its Asian neighbors is essential to this goal. Jonathan Holslag makes a brilliant case for the geopolitical dilemma facing the rising China, and his argument that China will likely enter into major conflict with Asia is compelling and thoughtful. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688244
- ISBN
- 9780745688244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Paperback. Bringing warring parties to the negotiating table is the aim of any peace process. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687995
- ISBN
- 9780745687995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.77
€ 24.77