Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Published with the support of the Academy for Social Sciences, this volume provides an illuminating look at topics of concern to everyone at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Leading social scientists tackle complex questions such as immigration, unemployment, climate change, war, banks in trouble, and an ageing population. Editor(s): Cooper, Cary; Michie, Jonathan. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269911
- ISBN
- 9781137269911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.26
€ 38.26
Hardback. Editor(s): Carter, Steven D. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167703
- ISBN
- 9780231167703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.82€ 102.15
€ 132.82
€ 102.15
Cape Verdean Women and Globalization: The Politics of Gender, Culture,...
Carter, Katherine, Aulette, Judy
Hardcover. This book employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence. Num Pages: 205 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDV; 3JM; JFFS; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618084
- ISBN
- 9780230618084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. This book documents recent and historical events in the theoretically-based practice of peace development. Its diverse collection of essays describes different aspects of applied philosophy in peace action, commonly involving the contributors' continual engagement in the field, while offering support and optimal responses to conflict and violence. Editor(s): Kumar, R. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JNA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349384150
- ISBN
- 9781349384150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Hardcover. This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring animal rights and animal welfare; whether and under what circumstances animals are regarded as social actors with agency; media representations of human-animal relations; and the relation between animals and national identity. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246591
- ISBN
- 9780230246591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. "This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring animal rights and animal welfare; whether and under what circumstances animals are regarded as social actors with agency; media representations of human-animal relations; and the relation between animals and national identity"-- Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBA; JM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319695
- ISBN
- 9781349319695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A well-informed portrait, part social critique, part memoir, of sexual mores and homosexuality in provincial Mexico. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFH2; JFSK; JHM; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101912
- ISBN
- 9780231101912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 674 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1075.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Number of pages
- 674
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531158419
- ISBN
- 9783531158419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.48
€ 95.48
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824408511
- ISBN
- 9783824408511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Editor(s): Carsten, Janet. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405154222
- ISBN
- 9781405154222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.79
€ 125.79
Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods for Social Science
Carsey, Thomas M.; Harden, Jeffrey J.
Paperback. Taking the topics of a quantitative methodology course and illustrating them through Monte Carlo simulation, this book illustrates abstract principles, such as bias, efficiency, and measures of uncertainty in an intuitive, visual way. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452288901
- ISBN
- 9781452288901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Hardback. Editor(s): Hart, Carroll T.; Armstrong, Virginia M. Num Pages: 146 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCFM; KNAC; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622574711
- ISBN
- 9781622574711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.05€ 130.56
€ 188.05
€ 130.56
Paperback. Along the way, he shows readers how technology enables the forms, equipment, and devices of play to evolve constantly, both reflecting consumer choices and driving innovators and manufacturers to promote toys that involve entirely new kinds of play-from LEGOs and skateboards to beading kits and videogames. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHBS; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416502
- ISBN
- 9781421416502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.40
€ 39.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477270
- ISBN
- 9780801477270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Hardcover. Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in the UK and across the world and the 2015 Women's World Cup was the biggest tournament it had ever seen. This book looks at fans' experiences of following their teams in Canada and how they became fans in the first place. Num Pages: 95 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JMG; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBS; WSJA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567321
- ISBN
- 9781137567321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.34
€ 71.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHB; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 207.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349220748
- ISBN
- 9781349220748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.34
€ 65.34
Paperback. Building on recent work in critical animal studies and posthumanism, this book challenges past assumptions that animals were only explored as illustrative of humanity, not as interesting in their own right. The contributors combine close reading of Chaucer's texts with insights drawn from cultural or critical animal studies. Editor(s): Van Dyke, Carolynn. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341610
- ISBN
- 9781349341610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Approximately two-thirds of all children referred to mental health agencies are labeled conduct-disordered. Typically such children exhibit antisocial behavior -- lying, cheating, stealing, firesetting, fighting, oppositional behavior and noncompliance to parental requests -- at abnormal rates. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSN2; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471944485
- ISBN
- 9780471944485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.87
€ 122.87
hardcover. Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation's jails every year. What happens to them as they gestate their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In this book, the author explores how, in this time when public safety is in disarray and when incarceration has become a central strategy for managing the poor, jail has become a safety net. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSJ1; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- California University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288669
- ISBN
- 9780520288669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 89.80
€ 94.03
€ 89.80
Hardback. Saari posits that human beings may first construct a picture of their immediate environment and then construct their identity within that environment. She argues that the psychotherapeutic profession must extend its range to include socio-cultural-economic factors and she includes ample case studies to support her position. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121965
- ISBN
- 9780231121965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.82€ 102.15
€ 132.82
€ 102.15