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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
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
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
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
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
€ 24.15
€ 24.15
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
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
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
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
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
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
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
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
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
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
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
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
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
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
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
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
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
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. China s inexorable rise as a major world power is one of the defining features of the contemporary political landscape. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745662466
- ISBN
- 9780745662466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Hardcover. Drawing on avast body of research carried out by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and psychologists, this book shows a theory of suicide, that must move beyond the traditional classifications of suicide and it cannot limit itself. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745662442
- ISBN
- 9780745662442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50
€ 83.50
Hardback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662367
- ISBN
- 9780745662367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Hardcover. What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and complex ideas have emerged around the nature of biological, social and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting the changing nature of adult - child relations, and political and cultural understandings of childhood in the twenty-first century. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745662343
- ISBN
- 9780745662343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Hardback. Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today s knowledge economies and knowledge societies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662244
- ISBN
- 9780745662244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Paperback. Terrorism, mass uprisings, and political extremism are in the news every day. It is no coincidence that these phenomena come together at the beginning of a new era. Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Terrorists provides a comprehensive survey of the intersection of radical social movements and political violence. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745662121
- ISBN
- 9780745662121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.95
€ 22.95
hardcover. No longer content to fade away into comfortable retirement, a growing number of former political leaders have pursued diplomatic afterlives. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 2. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745661988
- ISBN
- 9780745661988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Hardback. In this exciting new book Angela McRobbie charts the euphoric moment of the new creative economy, as it rose to prominence in the UK during the Blair years, and considers it from the perspective of contemporary experience of economic austerity and uncertainty about work and employment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661940
- ISBN
- 9780745661940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58