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Hardback. Intends to significantly extend previous research work on the rural impacts of national welfare reform and position it in a broader context. This title provides a comprehensive and comparative account of the rural dimensions of welfare in a number of developed countries. Editor(s): Milbourne, Paul; Marsden, Terry. Series Editor(s): Milbourne, Paul. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHB; JKS; RPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849509183
- ISBN
- 9781849509183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.86
€ 117.86
Hardback. Intends to collate views on the development of tourism study by the various historically important tourism scholars and provides a fresh insight into how the context in which tourism scholars' work influences the studies they undertake. This title contributes to the formation, embodiment, and advancement of knowledge in the field of tourism. Editor(s): Pearce, Philip L. Series Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849507424
- ISBN
- 9781849507424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.52
€ 124.52
Hardback. A selection of the papers presented at RC01's international conference in Seoul (July 2008). It offers a view of the panorama of social studies on armed forces and conflict resolution in a context of fast-moving change that renders many preceding theoretical previsions obsolete. Editor(s): Caforio, Giuseppe. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 596 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848558922
- ISBN
- 9781848558922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.29
€ 162.29
Hardback. Contributes to the literature on the sociology of organizations and management, especially to sociological institutionalism. This title covers the empirical areas that range from technology and software development, the brewing industry, custodial facilities to the organization of birthing. Editor(s): Meyer, Renate E.; Sahlin, Kerstin; Ventresca, Marc J.; Walgenbach, Peter. Series Editor(s): Meyer, Renate E.; Sahlin, Kerstin; Ventresca, Marc J.; Walgenbach, Peter. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848558663
- ISBN
- 9781848558663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.20
€ 131.20
Hardback. Thirty years of economic change have fundamentally altered the nature of organizations and work in China. This volume brings together the research by many of the top scholars studying these issues and provides a glimpse into the state of thinking on organizations and work at the start of the fourth decade of transition. Editor(s): Keister, Lisa. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848557307
- ISBN
- 9781848557307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.20
€ 131.20
Hardback. Addresses a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion. This book contains topics that include how empathy induced altruism can actually be a threat to the some larger collective good, and the role of egoism in the production and maintenance of social order. Series: Advances in Group Processes. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848555723
- ISBN
- 9781848555723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.53
€ 120.53
Hardback. This volume aims to solicit new tools and insights for expanding state-of-the-art applications of Appreciative Inquiry. It revolves around three fundamental aspects of organizational generativity, namely: generative knowledge and organizational life, collective action and the appreciative inquiry summit, and sustainable inter-generative dynamics. Series Editor(s): Avital, Michel; Cooperider, David. Series: Advances in Appreciative Inquiry. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848554887
- ISBN
- 9781848554887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.67
€ 184.67
Hardback. In the study of learning and behavioral disabilities, effective practice and public policy enacted to implement this practice are closely intertwined. This book contains topics that include educational equity, imputations of malice in social policy, and analytical discussions of Response to Intervention and No Child Left Behind legislation. Editor(s): Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. Series: Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848553101
- ISBN
- 9781848553101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.55
€ 148.55
Hardback. Focuses on one of the central themes in political sociology: the relationship between political power and the policy formation process. This work examines the exercise of power in two arenas: the interlocking networks among policy-planning organizations, and the effects of PACs on the voting behavior of elected officials in Canada and the US. Editor(s): Prechel, Harland. Series: Research in Political Sociology. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478. Series: Research in Political Sociology. 150 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Prechel, Harland. Focuses on one of the central themes in political sociology: the relationship between political power and the policy formation process. This work examines the exercise of power in two arenas: the interlocking networks among policy-planning organizations, and the effects of PACs on the voting behavior of elected officials in Canada and the US. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848551787
- ISBN
- 9781848551787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.86
€ 117.86
Hardback. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848218574
- ISBN
- 9781848218574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.32
€ 170.32
Hardback. New information technologies have contributed to the emergence of new lifestyles and modern strategic developments, but they have also provided new forms of weapons for all kinds of belligerents. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JWKF; UB; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848216600
- ISBN
- 9781848216600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.84
€ 173.84
Hardback. This volume features a selection of papers presented at the 5th China - Europe International Symposium on Software Industry-oriented Education (CEISIE 2009). Editor(s): Bourrieres, Jean-Paul. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMN; UMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211346
- ISBN
- 9781848211346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.93
€ 193.93
Hardback. This edited collection represents a selection of the papers presented at the 13th annual Euro-Asia research Conference held in June 2007 at the National University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan. The book provides an analysis of the impact of globalization on corporate structures and cultures in Asia. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848210912
- ISBN
- 9781848210912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.07
€ 170.07
Hardback. Focuses on the impact on women's land rights from the contemporary drive towards the formulation and implementation of land tenure reforms which aim primarily at the private registration of land. This title features local level research that demonstrates that another world is possible. Editor(s): Englert, Birgit; Daley, Elizabeth. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; JFSJ1; JPVH3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 390. Series: Eastern Africa Series. 194 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Englert, Birgit; Daley, Elizabeth. Focuses on the impact on women's land rights from the contemporary drive towards the formulation and implementation of land tenure reforms which aim primarily at the private registration of land. This title features local level research that demonstrates that another world is possible. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; JFSJ1; JPVH3. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 11. Weight: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847016119
- ISBN
- 9781847016119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Paperback. Series: African Literature Today. 173 pages, 17, 17 black and white. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N. Brings together experiences of teachers of African literature from around the world in the context of technological change. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; 2H; DSBH; JNU. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 12. Weight: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847015112
- ISBN
- 9781847015112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.68
€ 26.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Africa. Editor(s): Mustapha, Abdul Raufu; Whitfield, Lindsay. Num Pages: 255 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382. 255 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Mustapha, Abdul Raufu; Whitfield, Lindsay. A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Africa. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847013163
- ISBN
- 9781847013163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Hardback. Gives voice to the conscripts who are forced to serve indefinitely without remuneration under the ENS in a powerful critical survey of its effect from the Liberation Struggle to today. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011602
- ISBN
- 9781847011602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Paperback. A novel study of the complex connections between Nelson Mandela and the nationalist leadership in the ANC with their kinsmen inside the Transkei Bantustan state, that reveals the significance of ethnic belonging, so important in African history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011565
- ISBN
- 9781847011565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Hardback. Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility. Editor(s): Prince, Ruth; Brown, Hannah. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSN1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 272 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011404
- ISBN
- 9781847011404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. A timely interdisciplinary, comparative and historical perspective on African childhood migration that draws on the experience of children themselves to look at where, why and how they move - within and beyond the continent - and the impact of African child migration globally. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011381
- ISBN
- 9781847011381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32