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Hardcover. Civil society stands for one of the influential concepts relating to the study of modern societies. Reviewing the history of the concept, its use in various regional contexts, and its place in critical political theory, this book asks about the potential of the concept of civil society in guiding political transformations. Editor(s): Wagner, Peter. Series Editor(s): Kocka, Jurgen; Gosewinkel, Dieter. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JH; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451189
- ISBN
- 9781845451189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.56
€ 162.56
Hardcover. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745690995
- ISBN
- 9780745690995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691008
- ISBN
- 9780745691008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Hardback. * This is a brief, authoritative and accessible introduction to the idea of modernity, written by a leading social theorist. * Wagner shows that modernity was based on ideas of freedom, reason and progress, but he examines the extent to which these ideas have been, and can be, realized in the modern world. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652900
- ISBN
- 9780745652900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. We are all modern today. But modernity today is not what it used to be. Over the past few decades, modernity has been radically changed by globalization, individualization, new inequalities, and fundamentalism. A novel way of analysing contemporary societies is needed. This book proposes such an analysis. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642192
- ISBN
- 9780745642192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardback. We are all modern today. But modernity today is not what it used to be. Over the past few decades, modernity has been radically changed by globalization, individualization, new inequalities, and fundamentalism. A novel way of analysing contemporary societies is needed. This book proposes such an analysis. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642185
- ISBN
- 9780745642185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. * This is a brief, authoritative and accessible introduction to the idea of modernity, written by a leading social theorist. * Wagner shows that modernity was based on ideas of freedom, reason and progress, but he examines the extent to which these ideas have been, and can be, realized in the modern world. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652917
- ISBN
- 9780745652917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardback. The intersection of race, ethnicity and genomics have been a focus of debate. The areas of debate are pharmacogenomics and racial profiling in the criminal justice system. This book acknowledges these debates and their role in shaping what the issues are perceived to be in thinking about the intersection of race, ethnicity and genomics. Editor(s): Wade, Peter. Series: Biosocial Society. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHBK; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453558
- ISBN
- 9781845453558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.47
€ 162.47
Paperback. This volume explores the history of "musica tropical", analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power. Editor(s): Wade, Peter. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226868455
- ISBN
- 9780226868455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Interdisciplinary, pioneering overview of growing literature on race and sex in Latin America. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329499
- ISBN
- 9780745329499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.95
€ 36.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. Examines the attempts of the Roma (Gypsies) in Central Europe and their supporters to form a political movement and to influence domestic and international politics. This book analyzes connections between the evolving state policies towards the Roma and the history of Romani mobilization. Series: Ethnopolitica S. Num Pages: 7 tables, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451646
- ISBN
- 9781845451646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.71
€ 162.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JP; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118922514
- ISBN
- 9781118922514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.33
€ 145.33
Hardback. In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer highlights anthropology's continuing ability to gain insights on the whole through the comparative study of the particular and unique while critiquing the quantitative social sciences for their sweeping generalizations. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361398
- ISBN
- 9780822361398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Paperback. In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer highlights anthropology's continuing ability to gain insights on the whole through the comparative study of the particular and unique while critiquing the quantitative social sciences for their sweeping generalizations. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361589
- ISBN
- 9780822361589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. Presents a creative and innovative role of urban aspirations in Asian world cities. This book shows how projects of secularism come up against projects and ambitions of a religious nature, a particular form of contestation that takes the city as its public arena. Editor(s): Veer, Peter van der. Num Pages: 488 pages, 2 maps, 2 black and white, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 264 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281226
- ISBN
- 9780520281226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.63€ 112.66
€ 148.63
€ 112.66
hardcover. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW3; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 250 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781571811875
- ISBN
- 9781571811875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.92
€ 162.92
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; PG; PHVB; PNN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642299254
- ISBN
- 9783642299254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.51
€ 32.99
€ 28.51
hardcover. Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, this book examines a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigates the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications. It is of interest to practitioners of economic history, historical sociology, complexity studies, and demography. Num Pages: 360 pages, 65 line illus. 62 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136967
- ISBN
- 9780691136967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 62.52
€ 65.40
€ 62.52
Hardcover. This book analyses the immediate challenges from headlong cuts, root-and-branch restructuring and the longer-term pressures from population ageing. It demonstrates that a more humane and generous welfare state that will build social inclusiveness is possible and shows how it can be achieved. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSB; JPH; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137328106
- ISBN
- 9781137328106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Paperback. Series: Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Num Pages: 87 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401500449
- ISBN
- 9789401500449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.99
€ 64.99
Paperback. Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and ourselves. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also been an important engine of our evolution. This text tells the story of human reproduction and its evolution. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011120
- ISBN
- 9780674011120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Paperback. Helping readers to fully understand the ins and outs of case study research, this book examines the many aspects of case study methodology Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849206129
- ISBN
- 9781849206129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.79
€ 64.79
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531163413
- ISBN
- 9783531163413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.58
€ 62.58
Hardback. Making Sense of Self-Harm provides an alternative approach to understanding nonsuicidal self-injury; using Cultural Sociology to analyse it more as a practice than an illness and exploring it as a powerful cultural idiom of personal distress and social estrangement that is peculiarly resonant with the symbolic life of late-modern society. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHB; JHMC; JMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470584
- ISBN
- 9781137470584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88