Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. Around the world, intensifying development and human demands for fresh water are placing unsustainable pressures on finite resources. Countries are waging war over transboundary rivers, and rural and urban communities are increasingly divided as irrigation demands compete with domestic desires. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 ills. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JHM; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456061
- ISBN
- 9781845456061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.19
€ 163.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Tacke, Veronika. Series: Organisation Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531134420
- ISBN
- 9783531134420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.08
€ 72.08
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531186481
- ISBN
- 9783531186481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.63
€ 60.63
Paperback. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-Universietat Erfurt). Num Pages: 362 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531143606
- ISBN
- 9783531143606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.68
€ 72.68
Paperback / so. Series: Familienforschung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658069247
- ISBN
- 9783658069247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Paperback. Explores an important, yet often overlooked dimension of nationalism - its embodied and emotional components. Through an ethnographic study of schools in western India, this work examines the idioms through which teachers, students, and parents make meaning of their political world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759069
- ISBN
- 9780804759069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; JHB; JHM; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289912
- ISBN
- 9781349289912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. Is our sexuality a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have views of sexual norms changed over time? And how have feminism, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex? This Very Short Introduction examines these questions and many more, exploring what shapes our sexuality, and how our sexuality shapes us. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199298020
- ISBN
- 9780199298020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. With demography acting as but a starting point, this book provides a critical assessment of recent progress in the field of population and development, showing how our understanding of populations is enhanced by the inclusion of anthropological detail. Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400750456
- ISBN
- 9789400750456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. Soft computing methods - including fuzzy systems, neural networks, evolutionary computing and probabilistic reasoning - are state-of-the-art methods in theory formation and model construction. This title offers a look at soft computing methods and their applications in the human sciences, such as the social and the behavioral sciences. Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; PBWX; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540004660
- ISBN
- 9783540004660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.41
€ 133.41
Hardback. Explores the impact of transition from communism and war on everyday life of women and men, as well as the way how everyday life and gender related changes affect women's vulnerability to domestic violence and trafficking in women. This book also explores the impact of micro level changes on development of civil society. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVWB; 1DVWYM; 1DVWYS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402007262
- ISBN
- 9781402007262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.93
€ 131.93
Paperback. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JKV; LN; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048160631
- ISBN
- 9789048160631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. An examination of the emergence of nationalism in Lithuania, in particular the Lithuanian national movement, Sajudis, and its views on citizenship rights of national minorities. The study concentrates on the late 1980s and early 1990s, when citizenship rights began to be widely debated. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 267 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSL; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333794685
- ISBN
- 9780333794685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Steffen, Vibeke; Joncke, Steffen; Raahauge, Kirsten Marie. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542135
- ISBN
- 9788763542135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.12€ 40.81
€ 51.12
€ 40.81
Hardback. "Nagaland for Christ" and "Jesus Saves" are familiar slogans prominently displayed on public transport and celebratory banners in Nagaland, northeastern India. They express an idealization of Christian homogeneity that belies the underlying tensions and negotiations between Christian and non-Christian Naga.. Num Pages: 356 pages, 36 ills, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRCS; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455956
- ISBN
- 9780857455956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.07
€ 163.07
Paperback. A study of the effects of translation practices and historical writings in the Philippines on questions of nationalism Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336648
- ISBN
- 9780822336648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
paperback. Any attempt by governments to stem the tide of early retirement will need to focus as much on employers' management of human resources as on the impacts of social policy. This report focuses on this previously neglected area: employers' policies and practice as a dynamic force in retirement decisions. Series: Transitions After 50 Series. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345844
- ISBN
- 9781861345844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.84
€ 25.99
€ 25.84
Hardback. Offers research on the character and implications of workplace participation. This book examines various outcomes, causes, and consequences related to participation programs and worker democracy. It also considers issues surrounding the distribution of and struggle over work hours and how these vary across a number of factors. Editor(s): Smith, Vicki. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312023
- ISBN
- 9780762312023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.85
€ 181.85
Paperback. A leading feminist theorist rethinks deconstruction and its relevance to nature, embodiment, materialism, and science. Num Pages: 184 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350736
- ISBN
- 9780822350736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. In Telling Flesh, Vicki Kirby addresses what may be the major theoretical issue in both the social sciences and feminist theory, namely the nature/culture dualism. Her particular focus is on postmodern approaches to corporeality. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415910293
- ISBN
- 9780415910293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47
€ 53.47