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Paperback. This book covers simulation in public policy and management research, offering a conceptual rationale for the use of simulations and a practical introduction, with examples, on how simulations might be constructed and implemented to inform public policy. Editor(s): Desai, Anand. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 black & white tables, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493901005
- ISBN
- 9781493901005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Paperback. Crumpled Paper Boat is an exploration of the possibilities and limits of a literary anthropology that bends the conventions of ethnographic voice and form to engage with writing as a material practice rather than a transparent representational medium. Editor(s): Pandian, Anand; McLean, Stuart. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363408
- ISBN
- 9780822363408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.32
€ 34.32
Paperback. An ethnography on the meaning of virtue amongst the Kallar people of rural southern India, who were considered to be a criminal caste by the British colonizers. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345312
- ISBN
- 9780822345312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360001
- ISBN
- 9780822360001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359579
- ISBN
- 9780822359579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Hardback. Crumpled Paper Boat is an exploration of the possibilities and limits of a literary anthropology that bends the conventions of ethnographic voice and form to engage with writing as a material practice rather than a transparent representational medium. Editor(s): Pandian, Anand; McLean, Stuart. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363293
- ISBN
- 9780822363293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCZ; KJMV6; KJQ; PDX; TJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461004
- ISBN
- 9781349461004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529018
- ISBN
- 9781349529018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Hardcover. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JFF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284525
- ISBN
- 9780857284525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.68
€ 140.68
Hardback. In this work, the author issues a call for scholars of contemporary social history and practice to grapple with late modernity's most pressing social and political issues. He counterposes Western thought with Indian social theory across an array of Indian texts and ideas. Series: Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103210
- ISBN
- 9780739103210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.13
€ 169.13
Paperback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192767
- ISBN
- 9781405192767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.68
€ 27.68
Hardback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192774
- ISBN
- 9781405192774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.85
€ 79.85
Hardcover. Focusing on the return of the diasporic second generation to Greece, primarily in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Counter-Diaspora examines migration experiences of Greek-Americans and Greek-Germans growing up in the Greek diasporic setting, motivations for the counter-diasporic return, and evolving notions of the "homeland." Series: Cultural Politics, Socioaesthetics, Beginnings. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674420069
- ISBN
- 9780674420069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.85€ 68.33
€ 74.85
€ 68.33
Hardback. Focusing on pastoralist societies in East and West Africa, the Far North and Siberia, and the Eurasian steppes, this volume addresses the issue of property rights and the changes these societies have undergone due to the direct or indirect influence of modernization and globalization processes. Editor(s): Khazanov, Anatoly M.; Schlee, Gunther. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFSF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453358
- ISBN
- 9780857453358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.05
€ 175.05
Paperback. Translator(s): Crozier, Alan. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475794113
- ISBN
- 9781475794113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
Hardcover. Nearly half the people born on the remote Mbuke Islands become teachers, businessmen, or bureaucrats in urban centers, while those who stay at home ask migrant relatives "What about me?" This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like "community" can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387817
- ISBN
- 9781782387817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.32
€ 162.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779347229
- ISBN
- 9788779347229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.32
€ 13.32
Hardcover. Presents the international exchange of scientific information. This series represents a range of geographic and subject matter interests in economics, and includes books from various areas of macroeconomics and microeconomics. Editor(s): Klevmarken, Anders; Lindgren, Bjorn. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780444532534
- ISBN
- 9780444532534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Hardcover. This book, for the first time, brings Niklas Luhmann's work into dialogue with other theoretical positions, including Lacan, Derrida, Deleuze, gender studies, bioethics, translation, ANT, eco-theories and complexity theory. Editor(s): Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137015280
- ISBN
- 9781137015280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardback. Covers classical social theory, modern social theory, and contemporary challenges to both periods. This book includes chapters which contain biographical data, end of chapter lists of concepts and a bibliography listing the primary and secondary literature relevant to the material. Editor(s): Anderson, Heine; Kaspersen, Lars Bo. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212874
- ISBN
- 9780631212874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.46
€ 167.46
Paperback. Classical and Modern Social Theory is comprehensive introduction to the field, covering a wide historical range of thinkers, from the classical to the postmodernist, as well as key themes in social theory and a guide to the major debates. Editor(s): Anderson, Heine; Kaspersen, Lars Bo. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212881
- ISBN
- 9780631212881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. Many Western countries now use electronic monitoring (EM) of some offenders as an alternative to more traditional forms of punishments such as imprisonment. This title presents a study of the causal effect of EM on social benefit dependency after the sentence has been served. Num Pages: 32 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 164 x 3. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790199678
- ISBN
- 9788790199678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.98
€ 7.99
€ 7.98
Paperback. Very little research exists on organization and leadership of elite sports in the Nordic countries. This book is both an attempt to start filling this gap and to stimulate further research in the area. Editor(s): Andersen, Svein S.; Ronglan, Lars Tore. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JHBS; WS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Copenhagen Business School Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763002455
- ISBN
- 9788763002455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. This thorough, interdisciplinary study of long-term trends in deportation examines the historical, institutional, and social dimensions of its use by liberal democracies. It is given added relevance by the rapid contemporary rise in deportee numbers worldwide. Editor(s): Anderson, Bridget; Gibney, Matthew J.; Paoletti, Emanuela. Series: Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy. Num Pages: 162 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493900954
- ISBN
- 9781493900954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.34
€ 126.34