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Society & social sciences
Hardback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People's Republic of China. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653365
- ISBN
- 9780745653365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardback. Professionalism is a complex and highly disputed idea of crucial importance in a range of fields, not least health and social care. It can inspire people by reminding them of workplace ideals and the value of occupational expertise. Series: Key Themes in Health and Social Care. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; MBD; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 45. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653167
- ISBN
- 9780745653167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Hardback. This outstanding book is the first comprehensive introduction to the English School of International Relations. Written by leading ES scholar Barry Buzan, it expertly guides readers through the English School s formative ideas, intellectual and historical roots, current controversies and future avenues of development. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745653143
- ISBN
- 9780745653143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardback. Every day millions watch, vote and critique reality programs in print and online. June Deery examines why this has programming proven to be so popular and so tenacious. Series: Key Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745652429
- ISBN
- 9780745652429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652191
- ISBN
- 9780745652191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. Globalization and Work challenges conceptions of globalization as a project orchestrated by governments, multinational companies and international agencies. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745652115
- ISBN
- 9780745652115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Hardback. Paparazzi photography has emerged as a key element in today s media landscape. This book charts the historical and cultural significance of the industry, profiles its protagonists and discusses how its imagery of celebrity have become a major part of media consumption. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJCR; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745651736
- ISBN
- 9780745651736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Digital, Political, Radical is a siren call to the field of media and communications and the study of social and political movements. We must put the politics of transformation at the very heart of our analyses to meet the global challenges of gross inequality and ever-more impoverished democracies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745650869
- ISBN
- 9780745650869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.69
€ 72.69
Hardback. Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745648972
- ISBN
- 9780745648972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Hardback. Winner of the 2015 FWSA Book Prize The body is a site of impassioned, fraught and complex debate in the West today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648873
- ISBN
- 9780745648873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647913
- ISBN
- 9780745647913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. We talk about irrationality when behaviour defies explanation or prediction, when decisions are driven by emotions or instinct rather than by reflection, when reasoning fails to conform to basic principles of logic and probability, and when beliefs lack coherence or empirical support. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPL; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647821
- ISBN
- 9780745647821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardback. Media practices and the everyday cultures of transnational migrants are deeply interconnected. Mediating Migration narrates aspects of the migrant experience as shaped by the technologies of communication and the social, political and cultural configurations of neoliberal globalization. Series: PGMC - Polity Global Media and Communication Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646329
- ISBN
- 9780745646329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18
Hardback. * Francois Jullien is a philosopher with a specialist knowledge of China and Chinese thought. He uses Chinese thought as a mirror to reflect on the West and as an invitation to think about difference and otherness. * This book focuses on the idea of the universal and analyses different ways of thinking about it. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646220
- ISBN
- 9780745646220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Hardback. Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century, offered a unique insight into the profound impact of the media on modern society. Jaeho Kang s book offers a lucid introduction to Benjamin s theory of the media and its continuing relevance today. Series: Theory and Media. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645209
- ISBN
- 9780745645209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. This is a major new book by one of the leading figures in feminist social and political theory. The author is very well known internationally and is widely regarded as one of the top figures in the field. Nancy Fraser is famous for her theory of justice which combines traditional concerns of redistribution with new concerns of recognition. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745644868
- ISBN
- 9780745644868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Hardback. Over twenty two centuries ago, the Greek general Pyrrhus questioned the real gains of military victory. Today we might reflect on the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in much the same way. War is not only cruel but capricious; its outcomes are often bitter and frustrating, even for the winning side. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643533
- ISBN
- 9780745643533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Hardback. This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of research relating to immigration and religion that have been produced during the past two decades. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641690
- ISBN
- 9780745641690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardback. Weaving through theoretical and empirical examples drawn from sociology, psychology, queer and cultural studies, this book produces a transdisciplinary perspective on sexual identities, subjectivities and politics that contributes to the debates ranging from identity politics and gay marriage, to mental health 'risks' and queer youth suicide. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745641317
- ISBN
- 9780745641317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745629612
- ISBN
- 9780745629612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84