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Society & social sciences
Approaches the theories, organization, and practices of criminal justice from a sociological perspective so that students can simultaneously develop expertise in criminal justice and understand how issues related to the police, courts, and corrections are informed by broader sociological principles and concepts. Editor(s): Kubrin, Charis E.; Stucky, Thomas D. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 30. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762595
- ISBN
- 9780804762595
Condition: New
€ 171.35
€ 171.35
This is the second volume of the author's magnum opus, which offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution. Translator(s): Barrett, Rhodes. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771597
- ISBN
- 9780804771597
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Using an economic toolkit, Doing Bad by Doing Good explains why humanitarian efforts that intend to alleviate human suffering fail to succeed, and often cause more harm than good. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JKSR; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804772273
- ISBN
- 9780804772273
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
An updated and expanded look at how under the shadow of authoritarian rule, ordinary people can make meaningful change through the practices of everyday life in the Middle East. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783262
- ISBN
- 9780804783262
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Anxious Wealth analyzes practices of network building and deal-making among wealthy businessmen and government officials in urban China, documenting the changing values, lifestyles, gender relations, and consumption habits of China's new rich and new middle classes. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783538
- ISBN
- 9780804783538
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
An annotated edition of a memoir that relates a fascinating life story and contains a wealth of historical information about late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Jewish life in Eastern Europe, America, and Israel. Translator(s): Weissbach, Lee Shai. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBT; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783637
- ISBN
- 9780804783637
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Reading across the disciplines of the mid-century university, this book uses the subculture of camp to argue that the political shift in postwar America from consensus liberalism to New Left radicalism entailed as many continuities as ruptures. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JNMN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784405
- ISBN
- 9780804784405
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
From Social Movement to Moral Market tells the story of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who helped nonprofit organizations to cross the digital divide, as a way of examining how grassroots movements lay the groundwork for the formation of new markets. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785129
- ISBN
- 9780804785129
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Through an examination of North African Jewish youth practices in Paris, Rhinestones explains the production of race, alienation, and intolerance within an understudied European minority population. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786003
- ISBN
- 9780804786003
Condition: New
€ 87.08
€ 87.08
Num Pages: 288 pages, photographs (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786515
- ISBN
- 9780804786515
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
This book traces the rise, growth, and reactions to Mexico's "student problem" during the long sixties. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786539
- ISBN
- 9780804786539
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786546
- ISBN
- 9780804786546
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
The DREAMers provides the first investigation of the undocumented youth movement that has transformed the national immigration debate, from its start in the early 2000s through the present day. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787031
- ISBN
- 9780804787031
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812243956
- ISBN
- 9780812243956
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of The Ethics Challenge in Public Service is the classic ethics text used in public management programs nationwide. It also serves as a valuable tool for public managers who work in a world that presents more ethical challenges every day. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 182 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118109861
- ISBN
- 9781118109861
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192422
- ISBN
- 9781405192422
Condition: New
€ 88.47
€ 88.47
Europeanizing Greece serves as a perceptive case study of the EU's continual enlargement and resulting regional challenges. Series: European Union Studies. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QFE; JPSN2; KCL; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641419
- ISBN
- 9781442641419
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
This study highlights linkages between Marsilius' thought and the ideas of his medieval Muslim and Jewish predecessors and contemporaries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641440
- ISBN
- 9781442641440
Condition: New
€ 79.45
€ 79.45
Vicki A. Spencer reveals Herder as one of the first Western philosophers to grapple seriously with cultural diversity without abandoning a commitment to universal values and the first to make language and culture an issue of justice. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643024
- ISBN
- 9781442643024
Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
Canadian Public Policy provides the first comprehensive, theoretically informed, empirical evaluation of the development of public policy in Canada. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644069
- ISBN
- 9781442644069
Condition: New
€ 76.90
€ 76.90